Life as a Trainee Teacher...

The first week of practicum is over in a blink of an eye!
This week passed quite slow movingly but things are going to move faster soon!
Life at HG is great! Colleagues and the school are nice people. Feel so fortunate that the management team is great over here.
Week 1 lesson observations.
Realised I need to develop my own strategy to handle different classes.
Week 2 would be their common test week. I would be down for examination invigilation during the exam days. Lessons resume as per normal on thursday and friday! Would be teaching starting this wed for the make-up F&N class.
Week 3 the Sec 1 students would be down for a 3 day camp at the Zoo!
I would be following my CTs to the Zoo as well! Sounds rather fun!
Hope to build greater rapport with my students down at the Zoo!
Singapore ZOO, here I come!!!!!!!
Looking forward to it!

God bless us all during practicum!
All the best my friends!
Always remember to be positive as it will help in a long way to come!
Take great care of your health as well!
Till then, Byebye! =))) ♥
P/s: I don't know when is the next time i will be updating this as my work load is coming up......

Bollywood Veggies

Our last day in NIE was a learning journey trip to Bollywood Veggies farm.
A rather warm friday but everyone was filled with fear and excitement as this was the last day that we are going to meet up before going for our practicum.
Went there with much excitement as I thought it was a vegetable farm with lots of different types of vegetables. But it turned out a little different but it was great too!
These are some of the photos i took at the farm!
The wild mushroom growing on the log resembles ling zhi isn't it? Thought it was rather cute. 

Banana flower pointing upwards indicates that it is unsafe for consumption.
Flower pointing downwards indicates that it can be consumed!
Interesting isn't it??

Photoshoots & Assignments

My group's comparative assignment!
We're doing on 5 different shops on the same product!!!!!
Totally worn out when we were done with all 5 products and photoshoot!
Can you imagine the looks and stares that all the passer-by gave as they were walking pass us??
It's just so embarrassing BUT it was fun doing the photoshoot as all of us felt like we were models. =))
Untrained models to be exact!

Entrepreneurial Project

Entrepreneurial Project for our consumer education lesson.
My group consisting of myself, Li Whey, Si Ni, Xi Ling and Fion brainstormed with many ideas but decided to work on one at the end!
We're selling something that all sweet tooth's would like!!!! =))


Do support my group, iCandy!!!
Thank you very very much!
The details are all on the e-poster!
♥

Commercials...

Fed ex castaway commercial


DHL korea


Jetstar commercial


Still in the midst of thinking on which should i choose....
Probably the jetstar advert! 

Scrapbooking is Loved

My interesting scrapbooking workshop by Ms Chin! She taught me a lot about scrapbooking and how to place my photos and embellishments...
Thank you.....
I love my piece of my mum and dad.

Towel Embroidery

Embroidery was done using the sewing machines. They do create beautiful designs on the fabrics. Now, i wish i have one of those that can do embroidery at home too!

The 2 designs above were done on the towel given by Dr Mok.

This Tea Party word was done on the table runner project.

I love the outcome of the words on my towel and on my table runner but I realised that it wasn't easy to do the embroidery. The top thread somehow might come off, the bobbin thread might be too lose, the overall tension might not be right........ But above all those problems faced, I liked the outcome of the embroidery stitches.

Wooden Door Hanger

Wooden Door Hanger
This wooden door hanger was done using the Napkin Technique.
It was the first time i heard of this technique but it really beautifies the things you do with it.
Let me show you the door hanger that i did using the Napkin technique.

The pictures on the door hanger was done using the napkin technique. Amazing isn't it??
The napkins are just ordinary napkins that can be found in departmental stores like Tangs and Robinsons and even Ikea.
The first time when i saw samples of what Dr Mok did, i couldn't believe that the pictures were done using napkins! Pretty amazing but they are really good ways you can use to beautify your things at home like your bookshelves, wardrobe, mirrors and more....

Woven colourful handbag

Another of our textile project.... Woven bag.
A very long and tedious process was taken to complete this bag.

After this bag was completed i felt a great sense of achievement. I took a lot of time to iron the fabrics to the interfacing, to iron the fabrics so that it has no air bubbles trapped in between, to weave the fabric, to glue it together layer by layer and blowing it with the hair dryer at the same time, to sew the extra weaves at the top, to insert the handles, to sew the top of the bag together using hand stitch.
It really wasn't easy.... But i'm glad i made it! =))

Grilled with Love

My brother won a Philips Griller during his school's annual dinner. Hence, my mum thought of using the new griller last weekend to try it out before CNY dinner next year. My brother's gf was invited over for dinner and we were the ones grilling ALL the food for our family... These are some of the food that was cooked by my bro's gf and me.

 Dou Miao stir-fried on the griller. A very simple and easy way of cooking but the taste was INCREDIBLE! Only garlic and soy sauce but it tasted great and beyond what my bro's gf and I had expected. This was in fact the first time I stir-fried dou miao on a griller.
A word of advice for those who are going to stir-fry it on the griller: You have to stir-fry it at a very fast rate as it tends to be overcooked very fast. =))

 Grilled prawns with garlic and butter.

Almost done! =))

What do you think about the cooking method grilling?? Is it a healthy method of cooking??
The method that I did at home was not exactly a very healthy method of cooking. Why do I say so? I used quite a fair amount of margarine to coat the griller to prevent the food from sticking especially when i am grilling the meats.
What is your say for this cooking method? Is it like what the textbook says "a relatively healthy cooking method as the fat and oil is dripped away"? Maybe for the actual grilling or BBQ-ing method it is....?

The Art of Cutting

The different cuts of vegetables.......

Onions, carrots, garlic and cai xin (if i'm not wrong)

 Sliced onions

 Diced carrots

 Julienne carrots

 Minced garlic

 Chiffonade cai xin

Shredded carrots

These are the different cuts of vegetables that we have done during the very first practical lesson of our module The Teaching of F&N.
The different cuts not only give variety of shapes, it also determines the cooking time of your dish and the cooking method.

Polkadots drawstring bag

The very first textile project of NIE.
Our very cute and colourful drawstring bag without the cord!
Dr Mok taught us how to quilt our bag.

THE COMPLETED DRAWSTRING BAG!!!!!!!! =))) I love the colours of this bag! ♥
Do you know that this bag is actually reversible! We learnt how to sew a reversible bag this time round and i realised that it wasn't difficult to do so in fact.
I shall be patient and wait for the cord to be given so that it is really completed.

记得吃 dessert photography

Had always been in love with this dessert shop.
It serves really nice, value for money and very presentable desserts.

 

The menu for their shaved ice. It's loaded with lots of pictures filled with colours!

The one that i ordered is the middle bowl. It's mocha shaved ice. Take a look at their actual serving to decide if it looks exactly like the picture.

 Peanut Paste.

 Mango filled mochi

 Mocha shaved ice! Looks almost the same as the one in their picture!
The colour of the ice reminds me of sharpened pencils....

 Durian puffs topped with icing and strawberry.

This dessert shop is one of the best that I have eated in Singapore, not to mention those in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It's comparable and all of you should try their shaved ice! The ice will just melt in your mouth smoothly and it has a very fine texture. Trust me, if you choose a flavour that you like, you'll be in love with it! But it's meant to be for 2 or more servings. One bowl might be too sweet and too much for you to handle without getting a sugar rush. =))
Very Very good desserts ranging from cold to hot. You'll be in love with it! Do try it out, it's definately worth it!

Fruit Rojak

A few weeks ago, my mum had the sudden urge to eat fruit rojak and she bought fruits, rojak sauce, peanuts, sugar and lime to make them.

Here's the ingredients...

Starfruit

 Pinapple, cucumber, green apple, starfruit and jambu(the red one)

 Rojak sauce, prawn paste and lime

 Rojak sauce, prawn paste, sugar and lime juice

 Rojak completed topped with lots of peanuts! =))