FHLCC Mentees baking workshop (10.06.2014)

Hey everyone! Okay yes finally I have an event to blog about. I kept on harping how boring May is, now summer vacation is here!!

Before my tests I was busy with revision. After tests I am still as busy; I have prep camp for 3 days, to prepare for the upcoming SP BP Mentoring Club Freshmen Orientation Camp, which is my CCA.

It was really fun, because during the prep camp, the GM (Game Masters) helpers started playing mind trick games. 

It continued even from the 1st day to the last day! The FOC is a 3 day camp. more details will be up in my next entry (but let me say beforehand that the post will be a lengthy post). 

The bakery was initially at Ang Mo Kio, but it later was changed to Punggol... And we have to reached there at 9.30am..

Luckily Eve & I were on time, because then Max can lead us the way to the bakery.

When we arrived, the place is a common neighbourhood bakery. But unlike others, this neighbourhood bakery has its own website & does catering & offer workshops.

When the mentees arrived, they were so noisy! (Hahah obviously)

The programmes lined up were: pizza making, cookie making & a worksheet to complete. 

Luff's Cottage

Karise over there!

Thanks to Louis for the photo!

The box to contain their own cookie

I was in charge on taking care of the primary 5 & 6. When they were doing pizza, they were spamming the cheese (I guess this is like the typical human being habit), while few of the girls were really neat on their pizza, like must symmetrical. 

While they were waiting for the pizza to be cooked, that's when they did the worksheet. Basically it's just writing down the price of the different breads & drawing 5 favourite breads.

A simple worksheet to pass time

I finally brought out my Casio Exilim EX-JE10 camera to play!
My Samsung ST600 (the one with front LCD screen) is being neglected.. So sorry baby I'll bring you out too soon!

*Press press press*

Kneading the dough for the pizza!

The kids I'm in charge of

Typical Hawaiian pizza yaay cheese!

The other groups

Time for bakery tour!

The other Auntie explaining the different types of bread

There's always time for selfie!

When the pizzas were done, there was a problem.. 

The pizza were all stuck to the baking paper! I guess the baker did not grease the paper before placing the dough on top of it. 

That's when the children started to make noise... They're kids, of course they'll complain & show their unhappiness.. One table were quietly eating the toppings & whatever dough they can eat without the paper, the other were busy plucking the paper off the pizza. 

When Yi Ling asked one of the mentee from that table whether the pizza is nice, she yelled 'not nice!', to which the workshop auntie heard it. 

The same mentee complained 'the paper is stucked, how to eat?!', and again, the words were heard by the auntie.

So in the end the auntie use the knife to slice of the baking paper.

When it was time to make the cookie, the face of the workshop auntie totally changed. Drastic difference: in the beginning she was all smiles, introduced the activity with a happy tone. When explaining the instructions, her tone was serious & her face straight. 

Pity the auntie ah.. 

Ingredients: raisins, chocolate chips and MnMs

Off to the oven it goes! Some are really creative with their cookie shapes, like heart shapes.

Some of the mentees' cookies

There is this mentee called Nicolette, she's not my mentee but I always tease her. Her Jiejie (mentor) is Clover, but I always play with her saying Clover is my Jiejie. 

I tried to take photos of her but she doesn't like it, so I secretly took some. Hehehe.

But at 1 point of time she wanted to play with a camera app, so I let her. xD

So shy hahaha

Got it secretly hehehe

Think she found out..

Sorry Clover! I am not stealing your mentee, just teasing her xP.
And here is her creation:

Before

After

This is all her choices, I didn't do it. xD

What matters most is that the mentees enjoyed their baking experience. Actually they didn't bake, it's just decorating of the dough.
But they had fun, which is what is important.
Mass group photos!

The mentees!

Singapore Zoo

Another post about my trip to somewhere!
This time it is to the zoo. It was my second time going there since I was a child, when my parents brought my family out to enjoy.
& this time, it was with my CCA mates: FHLCC people. But not all came though. We met up early in the morning (10am) and reached there at around 11am? By then the venue was already filled with tourists and locals.
We were baffled by the length of the queue... Fortunately the queue was moving and it didn't take very long. We tried to purchase the tickets online but it failed. Oh well.

Photo taken by Eve. Believe me it look way more crowded.

Once we got our tickets, I was excited to see the animals! :D

I will talk less, let the photos do the speaking.

Proboscis Monkey; the monkey whose nose is the main attraction

Tapir

1. Lone wild boar
2. Oh no they are fighting!
3. They have 4 horns/husks?
4. Are they playing or fighting?

The majestic white tiger

Gaaah it looks into my camera!

This goat is extremely close to visitors! I didn't have enough balls to touch it

1. mmm Red Butt Baboon
3. The Grand Master ass
4 and 5. It is picking the ticks! Witness the scenario

1. It was going to eat the shit
2. Dat ass
The rhinoceros 

Snakesss. The middle one is the biggest of all.

Free roaming reptile.

We went to watch an animal show. It was pretty cool. 

& Aston volunteered to be the one to touch the snakes!! How rad!! I wish I could touch the snakes too! 

Pretty badass I would say.

Me when there's school the next day

Another pair of fine asses

They sure are relaxing

A nest of big birds

I spotted Gwangsoo

Naked Mole Rats (Remind me of the song in Kim Possible)

Orang Utan

I forgot who was it that pointed out the bats above us. I wouldn't have notice it!

However... something unfortunate happened. A bat dropping landed on someone's arm.

Yup.. It is 1 of us but I won't say out who to protect the person's face. 

#badluckbrian 

But of course as fellow CCA mates, we offered tissues/wet tissues to the person after we finished laughing xD

I can't stress any further

Tail like calligraphy brush

The penguin in the middle is like chilling out man.

There was another animal show we went to, it was targeted mainly to children, but we watched it anyway.
But there was a slight problem during the show: the cat did not came out as trained & the trainer had to come out to bring the cat to climb the prop. Oooops.
Then there was a segment of the show where the trainer needed 4 young volunteers, and 1 of them was very naughty & fidgety. Couldn't stay on the spot and do as he was told, going around and exploring the place.
Until the trainer was kinda pissed off, and till the point that the mother had to come down for the kid.

It was good.

Group photo of the day!
It was a fun day. Animal lovers sure enjoy the zoo, except for the scorching hot sun and the rain that fell afterwards.
I was sharing umbrella with Karise and were walking to the shelter, and we didn't know there was someone behind us. This auntie, a mother, yelled at us 'HELLO CAN WALK FASTER?!'
Yes, exact words of hers.
1. What kind of grammar is that.
2. You're so rude; couldn't you at least say 'excuse me' & not yell?
3. You're with your daughter, shame on your attitude towards strangers.
4. You're a mother, shame on you for not preparing necessary items out.
5. It was raining, the floor is wet. It was natural human instinct to walk carefully so as to not slip.

Goodness, I have experienced several ungracious Singaporean acts but your attitude is 1 of the worst, Auntie.