Chocolate Sponge Cake

Sorry if the sponge cake doesn't look so pretty to you but as long as it taste good that is okay for me because I used a mixer which is not used for mixing batter ('mixer have to take the blame!') . I baked this chocolate sponge cake in this afternoon with just some simple ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 130g Castor sugar
• 120g self-rising flour
• 1tbsp bicarbonate soda powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 60g butter

Prepare a 20cm round cake pan lined with parchment paper. Preheat oven at 190 degree Celsius. Separate the eggs. Whisk the egg white with sugar first and then add in egg yolk, flour, melted butter, soda and cocoa powder, continue to beat until pale and thick ( I prefer using a mixer).

Turn batter into the lined cake pan and bake for 15 minutes until lightly golden brown. Leave to cool in the pan for 2-3 minutes before turning out to cool completely.

Brother Birthday

My 3rd elder brother celebrated his 19 year old birthday yesterday. My 2nd elder brother bought KFC to celebrate it . Unfortunately he was away during that time, he went out to celebrate with his fellow friends so me and other family members may as well just ate that without him. Yum..yum. It was so yummy. I ate a lot and was so full that time that I can't even move... take a break ..hehehe

Hot Dog Bun

Ingredients (A):

250g high protein flour 50g flour 50g sugar 1 egg (B size) 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp milk powder 1 tsp yeast 1/4 tsp bread improver 160ml water 25g shortening 10 hot dog sausages

This was the first time I baked buns. The first thing I did was to search for recipe sheet in the internet from My Kuali. You may try it out it was fun and really take your patience. Why did I say so..? In this case you may have a look at the procedure or method, Combine (A) in a mixing bowl. Add water and knead with a dough hook in the electric mixer for two minutes on slow speed, then continue for another two minutes on medium speed. Mix in shortening and continue to knead for a minute on slow speed. Turn to medium speed and knead for 10 minutes until dough comes together in a lump. Finish by kneading for a minute on maximum speed. Place dough on a lightly-floured surface and round it up into a neat ball. Place the ball of dough in a lightly-floured basin. And cover with cling film. Leave to prove for one hour. Punch down the dough, then rest it for 30 minutes. Cut the dough into 55g to 60g pieces, cover and leave aside for eight minutes. Bake the hot dog sausages on a tray at 190°C for three minutes. Leave to cool slightly, then poke half a satay stick into one end of the hot dog sausage. Flatten each piece of dough with a rolling pin. Place a hot dog on each piece of dough. Roll up the dough tightly and seal up the edge with water to prevent the dough from opening up. Cut slanting slits through the dough to touch the sausage. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the bun. Leave to prove for 15 to 20 minutes. Brush lightly with beaten egg. Bake the buns at 200°C for five minutes. Lower the temperature to 180°C and continue to bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Taking SPM Result Flash Back

All of the students on the stage were from 5 Science 1 . If you found you were inside this picture please do come to school on 18th April for Hari Anugerah Cemerlang.

Scenes That I had captured in Photographs On That Day:

Sea Coconut Dessert (Part 1)

Yesterday I made sea coconut dessert. I started off with peeling the skin of sea coconut and scoping out tender coconut flesh using steel spoon. What an 'enjoyable day for me' spending hours finishing the peeling of coconut skin. Then I boiled 'Gula Melaka' or our local coconut sugar to make syrup. Subsequently I put all of the coconut inside the boiling syrup. It was being cooked for about 2 hours using low heat. That's all! I can smell the nice and sweet aroma from it and was ready to be served!

JPA Interview

I went to the interview this afternoon. Well, I was not satisfied with myself. The only thing I wanted to say is be prepared. Better to prepare a script than you ends up mumbling nothing.. There were three interviewers where they will interview you by group (5 persons in a group). My group panel consists of 2 doctors from UM and 1 engineer from JKR (graduated from Ireland). First they ask us to intro ourselves one by one.. name, no. of siblings, ex-school, why you chosen the course, who inspired you (don't ever mention parents) etc..

Then follow up by question. This session last for 45 minutes. The first question they allow us to do group discussion 2 minutes about what is our opinion with the scholars who were sponsored by JPA they working oversea instead of going back to M'sia. Some say they should pay back the money some say they should be pinalised some say Gov should offer rewards to them so that they would come back to Malaysia.

Everyone had their respective opinions. Then the 2nd question .. Then 3rd Question: How would you overcome the culture differences when JPA send you to study abroad? The first girl and the 2nd girl (me) answered try to tolerate with their culture. Then I don't know why suddenly it changed topic to" where the country 'you' would like to study abroad?" 3 people answered Australia because it is claimed that Australia offer the best Quality of education. While Lin (the first girl) answered she wanted to study medics in Ireland. Since then I noticed that I was the only one who chose a third world country as a country of my choice to study medics which is Indonesia. The panel asked Lin "why you choose Ireland?" She answered because the quality of education is good, better facility, more dead bodies for practical usage. Then two panels who are the doctors laughed.They talk with each other "why don't choose India, can get fresh, cheap bodies everyday....

When they asked me to explain why I had chosen Indonesia? Well, I said because the country has large population a lot of accidents happened very frequently and can get to know to all kind of diseases (actually I was blank that time I don't know what to say..).The undergraduates can train themselves to handle with critical situation.

Among the 5 of us 2 chosen medics who were me and Lin. 1 had chosen dentistry who was Shu Jin. The other 2 , Sin Yin and Fikah(she changed course from medics to pharmacy during interview time) had chosen pharmacy.

At the end of the interview there is an Q&A session. We asked the doctors to share their experience with us.... Well, that was how the interview ends.

Scholarship

I am rather confused about scholarship indeed. Which scholarship i have to apply, how to apply and what course I should apply. I am not a good decision maker. I need to know that a small decision that i make today will make a big difference in my future. My next plan is to study form 6 if my JPA scholarship application is rejected. May be I will study medics after Form6. My father looks determined to sponsor me if I pursue my study in medical field. My teacher advised my to apply as much scholarship as possible. But the matter is I am 'trap' between medics and engineering. Thus, I need someone to consult me.