Muffin Day~

Whoa, I didn't know what has gotten into my dad today, but he's been telling us to make muffins for 3 days straight. Well after buying the ingredients(eggs mostly) we head back for an afternoon nap....once we wake up we started making the batter...

Cracked 4 eggs, pour in some blueberry drops and flour, then some almonds and pecan nuts, raisins(which we bought in Little India just now) and added some vege oil. My sister was the one that worked along side dad to mix the entire thing.

Mom and I was in the kitchen preparing for dinner....which we didn't eat later on. Well ingredients for tomorrow then. After that we placed the muffin batter in the paper cups and put em in the oven.

20mins later....whoa the smell of blueberry filled the air. It was awesome! I mean, the muffins started to expand and grow...and then it went overboard...well 2 of the cups bubbled over like magma. However~ after the 'test' (which consist of poking the muffin with a chopstick to see if it's fully cooked) my sister went 'Dekita~' in her Konata like voice. Finally it was done. Yay.

Dad was dancing to 'Ging Gang Goolie Goolie Whatcha Ging Gang Goo' while he's waiting for the muffins to be done. As we waited for the muffins to cool down, my sister took the fallen over magma and tasted it...and it was GOOD! Whoa.

I was skeptical coz they look....well they don't look like muffins aside from the cups. I ate one...and then I ate two....Coz it was FANTASTIC! The blueberry was really tasty. The muffins weren't that sweet, and the almonds were crunchy, the pecans added more crunchiness and texture, it was awesome. By the way Just look at the pictures. They speak for themselves.

That's the batter.

 The cupcakes/muffin(s) before they go into the oven.

Dad with his muffin~ Cheers!

 The muffins!

 We ate all of em except 2 for my other sister who's working in Queensbay.

 I was relishing it, then my sister took this pic of me...>.> what a weird smile.

Close up of the MONSTER MAGMA BLUEBERRY MUFFIN!!

We're gonna make more, maybe strawberry next time.

An English camp for 52 Thai Students.

I was able to help conduct a small treasure hunt for over 50 Thai students from Songkla, Thailand in Disted College. It was interesting, as the kids surprised me with their grasp of English. They're very bright and smart as far as Asian countries go and did quite well on the Treasure Hunt questions that Jo designed.

The only gripe I had, is the time. The time I spent with them was too short and the session ended in about 70mins. I miss my first batch of Thai students from Pattani, nobody would ever replace them in a way. Well maybe because I spent 3 days with them...I've formed a bond with those kids. Ah...how I wish I could see them again in the future. I was very touched when they added me on Facebook and told me how much they miss Penang already.

For those of you readers(If there are...) out there who are familiar with the English camp treasure hunt, it's still the same. We give them clues hidden all around Disted and make them solve roadblocks that accompany the clue-list. It's simple, but challenging if you're a first timer. Heck I remember I had a tough time searching for the Ebrary logo.

Oh yeah, a junior from my college came visiting me yesterday. Michael came a calling, visiting Miss Jaya and was surprised when he saw me working there. I also got news that another Junior of mine will be getting married. Whoa time flies, it makes me feel nostalgia and fond memories I had of Disted...hmm man that makes me feel old.

I got a  horoscope reading...Aquarious will be traveling this month...and how true is that? I'll be going down to Singapore tomorrow for my Masters....what a coincidence?

Now I'll have to prepare a Toastsmasters speech for my assignment, and think of ways to get more money so I can get myself a Camera. Well, hope to see more comments coming.

PS : My site was added to the list of Penang Bloggers on the Penang Blogger's Website. In case the link doesn't appear, it's this one.

http://penangbloggers.wordpress.com/

Give them a visit ya?

Taking my first class.

My first tempt class in Disted. Whoa, it's the first time I'll be teaching a group of International Students from various countries. With help from my colleague Jo-Chan~ I was able to successfully conduct an English Enrichment Program Class.

My class consist of a German boy named Ramon, an Indonesian named Steven, An Yuan from Taiwan, a student from Pattani, Thailand nicknamed Maew and a local student from Malaysia named Chia Yean.

We started off  with some simple Q&A and then continued on with a movie viewing of the animated cartoon from Disney, called Ratatouille. They had fun...I guess. But half way through the movie, I had to head out to guide some photographers from Japan. They were led by Jacinta, Jo and myself around our college and towards the library. The main focus of the tour was to show them our English course offered by our college.

After that I gave them some questions regarding the movie, heh of course that was after the photographers left our college. Well I found out more about our students from some of the slide questions, such as their ambitions and the tough times they faced.

Oh yeah, at the near end of class, I threw them an essay. It was about writing an informal letter of gratitude to someone that supported them during their toughest time in life. I hope they did well....

Sadly, I received the news this morning from the lecturer that it wasn't that good...Well with time, I hope they'll improve.

We received another new International student by the name of Tan Ping, from Hong Kong. I wish we get more students and increase our number of international students in our college.

More to come later~

FIRST! AT BLOGFEST.ASIA 2010!

After a year long hiatus, the dying flame of my blogging life got a nice dose of napalm. Thanks BlogFest.Asia for reigniting my flame. After some rummaging, I found out that my old blog posts in friendster is still up.

http://knightsofthesquaretable.blog.friendster.com/

That's the link...

For now, I'll be starting anew. For now I'll just quickly explain what I'll be posting up here. As my site states, Life is like a Giant Cake with different shades of filling and toppings. I'll be blogging about my slice of the cake.

For the most part, it'll be about my travels, my food trail, my collection of miscellaneous  things and the events I've attended.

For now, just enjoy my old blogs. Feed back is welcomed!