Trials

Here we are, in the beginning of October, the 10th month of year 2012 already *windblows*
Time passes so fast, we just have to try and keep up, look forward to the future and forget the bitter past. We're in the middle of trials, and STPM Sem1 is just around the corner, about 3 weeks ahead! :O
 

Okay, enough of the melodrama!

Pretty hyper after school today! :D Finished Pengajian Am and Sejarah paper so far!!!
That's like a whole lot of burden lifted off my shoulders. (NOTE : in Sejarah paper, we have to write 4 essays, out of 6 choices, and in 2 freaking hours!!!) how crappy is that? -_-
 

Anways, we have MUET Paper 1, that's Listening, tomorrow. For those who are not familiar, MUET stands for Malaysian University English Test. This is a tertiary level examination, *it's either you take MUET or IELTS to enter universities. What is heard is that if you pass IELTS, you automatically pass MUET. That's because IELTS = International English Language Test System.

MUET is graded in 6 bands, with Band 6 the highest and Band 1 the lowest. There are 4 components in MUET,

Paper 1 : Listening
(Listen to a 'talk' *yawns*)

Paper 2 : Speaking

(4 people in a group have to talk about some boring topic)

Paper 3 : Reading

(MCQ - the most bearable component)

Paper 4 : Writing
(As of now, 9th October 2012, I have no idea what this is all about fml)

For now i get to relax, do anything I want :) ...... for roughly about 10 hours? *sigh* and then I have to study for BM and Economy :(

Alright! Bye for now! *runs off to watch tv*

TEEHEE!!! XD

Mooncake Festival :D

 Snow skin mooncakes

It was Mooncake Festival yesterday, also known as the Mid-autumn Festival or zhōngqiū jié
(source:wikipedia) Mandarin Level : FAIL or Lantern Festival. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. This year, 2012, it falls on the 30th of September.

Did nothing special yesterday :( But... I had the chance to learn how to make "Snow skin Mooncakes" the day before aka Saturday! :D

 Seriously, these are the only things you need
*plus the filling (of your choice)

 Green and red food colouring + banana essence

 

Step 1 : Mix the white packets together
*We used a pre-mix, very convenient, just follow the instrustions printed

 Tadahhhh!!!! 3 colours :D

 Then, let it "run" for 25 minutes and cover it with a damp cloth

 Durian paste, because the other fillings are all sold out :(
*You can add any nuts or other ingredients according to your preference

**Note to self : get ingredients earlier next time

 

Weigh them one by one so that you get a constant size

 

Before and after; ugly shape and then perfect rounded balls 

 After being set aside, you can start making snow skin mooncakes! :D

 Put the dough in between a plastic sheet and flatten it out using a rolling pin

 Place the flattened "skin" on your palm, and add the filling in the center, and wrap it up

Then, roll it a little into a ball, and put it into the mould >>>>> press it and that's what you get :D

 Put the "ball" into the mould, and press hard
*Before this, brush the insides of the mould so that it won't stick to the walls

My first masterpiece! :D 

*squeals in delight*

This Hello Kitty-shaped mooncake is made specially for Alisha Ho

*I know you're reading this :P

 

After this stage, you can put them in the fridge and serve when chilled :D no need for any baking! ;)

This is to make a tri-colour mooncake

Flatten it out as usual and continue on to add the "fillings" and so on

Tadah!!! This is what you will get ;)

You can add 'spots' of colours... to make.....

A multi-coloured mooncake! :D

See? Try any variation to get different results
These some of the patterns we tried that day,
so be creative and let your imagination run wild

My cousin, Joseanne with her masterpiece

Winnie the Pooh mooncake! :D

This is the share that I packed home

A group picture (which I look like crap -_-)

(From left : Me, Joseanne, Jeanette, Agnes sifu)

 Be Kor and Agnes sifu

Lucas the naughty little cousin

They said that they would mostly probably sell them next year, and this is roughly how it will be packed ;)

Shanghai mooncake that they made last weekend without me *sobs*

Messy hair; was rushed to start, hair was tied sideways *unintentionally
and even my bow is inverted :(