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Thursday, June 4, 2009

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFE SKILLS ASSIGNMENT 3
BAKING COOKIES.
i've always known how to bake cookies,
because i've baked them during valentines,
christmases and so on so forth.
however,
knowing that i can bake cookies,
why would i choose baking cookies at my lifeskills project again?
i feel that i need more improvement on my cookies.

when i bake cookies,
i always feel that i couldn't do it well enough.
because when i bake cookies,
it is always that i overbake them,
causing the cookies to be burnt,
and i would waste the mixture of the cookies,
or else i would have keep baking the same kind of cookies over and over again.
this time, i wanted to make chocolate cookies!
i went to the internet to find the recipes of chocolate cookies the day before i wanted to bake,
and it was sort of like a last minute work.
however, i manage to find some,
but the ingredients were those that i didn't know what they were.
in the end, i had to find another recipe that was much easier for me to bake.
however, the next day when i was at the supermarket wanting to purchase my ingredients,
my mother called me and started shouting at me that she has all those ingredients,
so i bought only the brown sugar instead.
she handed me a book of recipe,
i didn't have one of the ingredients that would make the biscuit crispy.
however, she insisted that the ingredients is inside and once again,
we quarrelled.
then, i seeved the flour when i was not suppose to,
and i had to remix the flour properly again.
then when i mixed, i added some chocolate paste but it was just a waste.
in the end, i added in vanilla essence to make it vanilla cookies.
when tried to make the dough into a light and fluffy one,
the flour won't "stick" together,
and i insisted on added bit and bits of water.
however my friend insisted that i shouldn't,
but i still added water,
and to our surprise,
the dough actually became light and fluffy after a while of mixing.
we used the shape cutter to cut the dough into many heart shapes,
and placed them into the oven to cook.
this time, it came out beautifully without being burnt!
and i tried continuously for the past few times,
i noticed that i have successfully completed what i wanted to do,
which is not let the cookies be burnt!
what's more, without butter crisco, that was originally supposed to be in the mixture,
the cookies were only a bit soft,
yet really tasted great when it's being eaten!
it's the best cookie that i've baked,
and i felt really happy,
because i've attained the goals of my purpose of doing the projecT!

nicely baked :D

pretty dough :D

TOO DRY A DOUGH?

ME MIXING THE FLOUR INTO A DOUGH.

ADDING BUTTER.

THE NEW FLOUR MIXTURE.

Still SIFTING.

SIFTING THE FLOUR WHEN IM NOT SUPPOSED TO ><

ANNA BLOGGED @{/2:21 AM}

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 2 - BAKING A CAKE

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

TITLE OF ACTIVITY - BAKING A CAKE
No. Of Hours For This Activity - 4 hours
Date(s) for activity 1 - Actual Date was 21/05/09
Activity was spread over a few hours.
1. INTRODUCTION
2. WHY CHOOSE CAKE BAKING?
3. PROBLEMS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED.
4. TAKEAWAY
5. PICTURES OF BAKING A CAKE

ANNA BLOGGED @{/2:17 AM}

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 2 - BAKING A CAKE
PART 2 - WHY CHOOSE CAKE BAKING?

i chose cake baking because i really like to eat cakes.
i didn't want to buy more cakes from the cake shop,
and since my lifeskills project has given me the alternative to bake a cake,
WHY NOT?
i will be able to share what i like with my friends and families,
and they can give me their comments for improvements!
when i shared the cake with my friends and families,
they gave me thumbs up,
because they felt that my cake was really tasty for a first timer who baked it !
in future,
i want to bake more cakes,
so that my friends can save money when they birthday is near,
or during their birthday itself :D
i am glad i overcame the problems WHILE BAKING THE CAKE !
and it's really a very wonderful experience !

ANNA BLOGGED @{/8:44 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 2 - BAKING A CAKE
PART 3 - PROBLEMS i HAVE ENCOUNTERED

it's my first time baking a cake,
and i spent 4 hours just by baking the cake.
i invited my friends over to help me bake the cake,
but i still did not accomplish it well.
first, my mother did not allow me to use the mixer at home,
because she was afraid that i would spoil her equipments,
because i was rather clumsy.
i tried to seeve the flour, but some of the flour spilled out.
and i tried to use my hand to mix the ingredients together,
but it didn not turn out fine.
so in the end, my mother took out the mixer,
and tried to guide me and my friends along on how to bake the cake.
i forgot to buy some baking materials, so when my friends came, i asked them for help,
to buy those ingredients for me.
i added in the wrong kind of yeast to the cake mixture,
and i had to throw the mixture away.
it wasted my time and effort too.
when finally the cake mixture was done,
i forgot to preheat the oven, thus spending more time to continue mixing the mixture,
until the time when the oven had been preheated,
then we started baking the cake.
my friend helped me with seeing if it has been fully cooked.
when my mother wanted to help me,
i actually shouted at her,
and we had a quarrel.
finally, after a long wait,
the cake was done,
but partial of the cake actually broke, but didn't break thoroughly.
when waiting for the cake to cool,
we had to put it on a metal stand,
but i forgot to put the aluminium foil,
causing the shape of the the stand to be on the cake,
and compressing the cake by a bit.
we placed the cake in the fridge because we need the cake to cool,
before we could actually place the decoration on top of the cake.
however, when the cake has actually cooled,
i wanted to put the mangoes on top,
because i was making a mango cake,
the mango was too ripe,
and i couldn't do the decorations.
furthermore, it was rather late into the night after it has cooled down,
so i had to wrap the cake up,
and place it inside the fridge.
the next day, until i bought better mangoes, i did the decorations.
i sliced the mangoes,
and decorated it with whip cream.
Finally, it was done.
however, something unfortunate happened.
after decorating, i placed the cake inside the fridge,
but the whip cream still melted!
then i had no choice, but to cut the cake.
i gave some pieces to my friends,
and they felt that it was rather tasty.
so i feel that i've made an accomplishment by baking the best cake,
for the first time!

ANNA BLOGGED @{/8:41 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 2 - BAKING A CAKE
PART 4 - TAKEAWAY

the reason why i chose to bake a cake,
because i really like eating cakes.
rather than buying from the bakery always,
i want to bake my own cake this time !
furthermore,
i can test my own skills of baking a cake,
and i want to know how nice my cake can taste since it's the first time i bake a cake :D
i know that baking a cake is not easy,
and it takes up a lot of time.
if you do one step wrongly,
or mix the wrong ingredients,
you need to do the whole thing all over again.
if you overbake, you will also waste everything,
and your time too.
so, we have to keep a very high watch on the baking and the mixing.
i've encountered a lot of problem when baking cake, but i was glad that i have solved them :D

ANNA BLOGGED @{/8:25 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 2 - BAKING A CAKE

PART 5- PHOTOGRAPHS.

PHOTOS NOT IN ORDER :D

The Cake that was baked finished , nicely still inside the tray.

The cake again :D

BAKING INSIDE THE OVEN :D

BAKING .. STILL BAKING...

THE PERFECT MIXTURE :D

ooo :D CREAMY LOOK :D

CREAMY CREAMY ! :D

STIRRING MORE :D

JUST FINISHED MIXING :D

The beginning of mixing :D

oops. TOO BRIGHT?

TURNING AROUND LIKE A MERRY GO ROUND :D

The Mixture before it was being mix.

LOOKS SO .. WEIRD ._.

TOO BRIGHT?

THE MIXING MACHINE :D

MY FRIEND SIFTING THE FLOUR WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE PICTURES :D

BEGINNING OF THE CAKE BAKING :D

ANNA BLOGGED @{/7:50 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 1 - JAMMING SESSION
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

TITLE OF ACTIVITY - JAMMING SESSION
No. Of Hours For This Activity - 3 hours
Date(s) for activity 1 - Actual Date was 22/05/09
Activity was spread over a few times.

1. INTRODUCTION
2. VIDEO OF JAMMING
3. WHY THE JAMMING SESSION
4. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE JAMMING SESSION
5. TAKEAWAY
6. PHOTOS OF THE JAMMING SESSION.

ANNA BLOGGED @{/7:23 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 1 - JAMMING SESSION

PART 2 - PRODUCING A MUSIC VIDEO

Pardon us for the not - so - satisfying - music video.

( Video Enclosed)

ENJOY :D

ANNA BLOGGED @{/6:54 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LifeSkill Project 1 - JAMMING SESSION
PART 3 - WHY THE JAMMING SESSION?

I chose to participate in this activity,
because i feel that i will be able to sing properly by co-ordinating with my friends,
also, my friends have always like music alot,
thus i wanted to give them a chance to enjoy this jamming session with me.

i started by calling them up to ask about the preferences of the date,
but they were having exams.
so we had to delay the jamming session,
and we also have to pick a new song for us to learn.

i enjoyed the jamming session because it was really successful,
seeing that they were co-operative and they could really play well,
really puts me at ease.
they were really funny during the jamming session,
thus we really enjoyed our time a lot,
instead of just jamming without any entertainment,
which is so boring (:

challenges were eventually overcomed,
but we were not really satisfied with it.

ANNA BLOGGED @{/6:46 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LIFESKILLS PROJECT 1 - JAMMING SESSION

PART 4 - PROBLEMS OCCURED in THE JAMMING SESSIONS

that whole jamming session took us around 2 to 3 hours.
the exact day itself,
we tried to co-ordinate with each other, but we met with some problems.
my friends had actually started to learn the song called ,
FALL FOR YOU,
by secondhand serenade,
and they had difficulties,
because most of the time,
they always learnt japanese songs.
so when they tried to do the whole english song,
they had to learn how to pitch themselves properly,
and learnt how to got with the tempo.
i experienced some problems with them,
because i sang too fast,
and they were far behind me,
so we had to do all over again.
then there was this time that they played the music too loud,
because most japanese music were loud,
we almost got chased out by the owner of the room.
but we made some promise that we wouldn't scream,
so he allowed us to continue to stay.
In the middle of the jamming sessions,
i would have headaches.
because the music was too loud,
and i had to go with the music.
and we had to rush through because there was not enough time.
trying to film the video was also a trouble,
because we didn't had a video camera,
and my camera had something wrong with it,

ANNA BLOGGED @{/6:40 AM}

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LLA PROJECT 1 - JAMMING SESSION
Part 5 - TAKEAWAY ( REFLECTIONS)

This project is useful to me in a way,
because i could actually learn how to co-ordinate with my friends well.
however,
i really experienced much more difficulty than i've expected it to be.
This Jamming session allows me to communicate more with my friends,
and allow them to "showcase" their jamming talent.
they have always liked music more than me,
and they always like to conduct their own jamming sessions.
i really want to thank them a lot,
because it was their exam period,
and they really wanted to stop their jamming sessions,
yet because of my requests,
they fork out their own personal time to help me with this project.
My friends in Manjusri Secondary,
Excluding Starski,
had took part in Manjusi Idol conducted in our school as a band category,
and had won runner-ups prizes before.
i have sort of improved the way i tried to co-operate with them,
because i have to control my temper when i tried to talk to them,
yet the music is too loud,
and it hurts my eardrums. (:

ANNA BLOGGED @{/6:21 AM}

LLA LIFESKILLS PROJECT

LLA PROJECT 1, JAMMING SESSION

PART 6 - PICTURES

AT THE JAMMING STUDIO :D