Power Chef KDU - Competition!

Had chef competition yesterday morning at KDU!

There were 63 teams, 2 person per team.

My team is called Chefstruck, and my team mate is Hanna.

So... Firstly, they showed us a quick demo on how to make mayonnaise. There were too many people crowding around that small table, so Hanna and I missed out the first few steps. :(

Then right after the demo, we had to do it ourselves.

It was something like this (if only we watched this before we did it hands on -_-):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_Oi8p3Mb0

Well, I guess we did some steps wrongly because after whipping and whipping and whipping till times up, THE TEXTURE WAS STILL WATERY. Pretty disappointed about it, but glad to say our presentation and decorations were awesome! :D
The next round, we had to make California Rolls, up to our creativity.
This time around it was much better! But time was too short for it to be better.
But it was great, really! :) We decorated the previous 'mayo' on the plate artistically instead of spreading it in the roll though.
That dish must have boosted our marks a lot :)
Well, after about half an hour of introducing KDU to us, we were called back into the auditorium, to our respective tables.
That was when they announced the teams that made it to the next round.
Apparently, 50/63 teams made it through, so I still had my hopes there. :)
As they announced the many many teams, I was getting a lil more hopeless... I held my hands tighter and tighter and kept praying...
But thank God, we were the last group they announced! They sure did make us worry so much! :')
I was just so happy, after such a stress in the morning! A lot more happened actually, but they all ended well afterall! :D
After the results were announced, we were forced to eat up our own California rolls. WHY?
Because many people spam wasabi in it and killed the judges! Hahaha! Well, Hanna and I sure did enjoy them! Ours were good... ;D
While eating, (a lecturer?) someone wearing KDU shirt came to take picture of our team, us posing with our thumbs up eating our delicious California Rolls. Then she 'interviewed' me and threw some questions like how was the competition, what have I learnt, etc etc. ^^
So, next week would be the next round. :)
Would be more competitive. Pray hard, do our best, and hope for the best! ♥

Thank you!

Reasons Why I Want A Ukulele! ♥

I've promised a post on why I want a Ukulele, so here it is!

If you didn't read my previous post about a Ukulele, you can read it HERE.

:)

So, here's 8 reasons why I want a Ukulele:

♥ It's cute!

♥ It's small and convenient! (I like 'mini' things ☺)

♥ It makes you happy!

♥ It's price is really affordable!

♥ It sounds great!

♥ It's cool!

♥ It's really easy to play!

♥ It's FUN!

It's true! ;)

Ukulele!

Today, I'd like to share this lil' amazing instrument.

You may already know, it's a Ukulele! :D

For a wiki answer on what it is, click HERE. ☺

I would say the best way to describe is that it is something like a smaller version of a guitar, with only 4 strings. The one I'm looking at is the standard(soprano) ones, which are higher in pitch from that of the guitar.

And to have an idea of how it sounds like, think of songs like Jason Mraz's - I'm Yours and listen to the instrument played!

The look of a white Mahalo Ukulele and the gig bag.

Some of the amazingly sweet colors they have!

The tunings for the strings are G' C' E' A'.

It is said that it will go out of tune once in a while, but like a guitar, you'll get used to retuning it time to time. ☺

Below is a picture of some chords for the Uke(the abbreviation of Ukulele):

I like this instrument so much, I'd like to get one of these!
Do stay tuned for my Reasons Why I Want A Ukulele! ♥

*Strums~

iPad Winner! ♥ :')

I was doing my homework this afternoon when I got a text message from my dear friend, Marissa.

I read it, and my heart pumped real fast as I ran into the hall to tell my parents!

Mum, Dad, Jann & Benson was there at the scene, and we were all surprised and excited over it!

They told me to go online and check it out, so I immediately went on the computer.

And then all of us crowded around the screen and saw that I won the iPad, we all had another round of excitement! We were really happy! After 3 months... My efforts finally did pay off! :') ♥

Here's the screen shot of the result on Facebook:

I'm really happy and thankful for it! Thanks Youth World once again, my dear God, my lovely family, and my most amazing friends! Thanks also for all the wishes sent to me! I appreciate everything, from being here for me to supporting me, I wouldn't be where I am today if not of all of you! :D

In case you didn't see the blog post about the event which I submitted for this competition, here it is!

http://jesslynlcl.blogspot.com/2011/02/future-of-success-seminar-d.html

Here's my thank you speech;

"I dreamt of this little gadget in my bag. Small in size and very compact. Simple in design - with functions so hi-tech. It's none other than this thing called 'iPad'. Today, my dream came true! ♥ x')

Thank you Youth World and everyone who supported me and my blog! I really appreciate it! ♥"

I can't wait to get hands on the iPad; I literally dreamt some time ago that I had an iPad, and my dream came true once again!

It really relates to what I've learnt in the Future of Success seminar:

♥ Sometimes, it's okay to be crazy. Dream BIG! - Prof Dr Dato' Chin See Keat

♥ Believe and work towards your dream, then you will succeed! - Mr. Saiful Nang

I would always remember this event! :D

LOVES! ♥

XOXO

Bruno Mars - Count On Me / Jason Mraz - I'm Yours MASHUP! :)

Finally uploaded the mashup!
Took me like one day for recording, 2 days for the photoshop generated graphics, and another hour for creating the video.
This mashup was originally created to sing with my dear friend Marissa. :) ♥ She's also the one who introduced me Bruno Mars - Count On Me! :D
Enjoy the video!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCfzOozZBME 

♥ xoxo

Give, Hope, Love!

Bought a stainless steel water bottle today... It's my new baby! ♥ So pretty :D

Seems that it could store cold water and remain cold after long hours because of the double walled vacuum-insulation. It's heavier than a normal stainless steel bottle.

I really don't understand why I can't use it for hot water though... Is it because if I put hot water in it, it will damage the bottle? Or is it just because the heat won't last long? Confused ._.

The girl just told me that it can be used for cold water but not hot water. Hmm.

Tried searching about it online, but I couldn't find my answer -_-

RM35.90 for this baby, wallet pain! ('Wallet pain' is a term I learnt from Marissa :D)

Yeah, I never ever bought a bottle at this price before. So let's pray it will last very long and keep me healthy! :)

Loves loves loves! ♥

Awwe!

Hello world! Ah, this picture is so cute! :) ♥ My boy.

It's really long since I blogged. More than a month, or is it two?

Senior year now, and it's more stressful than I thought.

I'm currently having my March holidays, one week. :D

Many things to blog, but by the time I want to sit down and type a post, I lost my excitement of blogging it already. Oh well.

I shall blog a better post, soon.

HEH. :P

*Yawn.

Future Of Success Seminar! :D

Yo people! I proudly went to the most happening event on the 23rd January 2011! I had to ask my dad to drive me all the way to Sunway University College just for this. ;P

It's the Future Of Success Seminar by Youth World - THE place for youths! (formerly known as Edmira Resources)
Over 1000 students from about 62 schools attended - WOW!

These are the details of the event, so cool aint? Everything about it caught my attention to it! :D
Just look at the speakers and their achievements... They're so awesome! ♥

Here are some of the wonderful speakers who attended.

Prof. Dato' Dr. Chin See Keat, Mr. Yeoh Chen Chow, Mr. Saiful Nang, Dr. Christopher Wong, Ms. Khoo Cai Lin, Ms. Che Chew Chan, Mr. KM Rajendran, Ms. Amber Chia and more!

*Blink twice, you're right! She's AMBER CHIA! ♥

She has an awesome personality! She's beautiful! She... she looked at me! Literally!

But I couldn't get her autograph as she had to go T_T

But never mind, that's not what I'm trying to blog about. Heh!

So anyway, I spent days and nights doing up this video about the event. It's a must-watch! Pretty hard work, phew! ENJOY IT!

Well I know you'll take a peek and scroll down though so sit back, relax; Here are some pictures to entertain you! :)

This was the opening ceremony. Look how cheery and colorful it is! :D What a great start!

That's Team Awesome performing wonderful stunts and cheers! ♥

They taught us a few steps and got all of us on the floor to dance with the cheer spirit! Yea, everyone!

The crowd was so high that time, amazing event warm-up! xD

Burger? ._.

Yeah, burger! :D Some of our lunch that day was this vegetarian burger - it tasted so good I didn't know it was vegetarian at first! ♥ I want some more!

Meey Mei Sze, our pretty emcee! ;D

And meet Eddie Lim, the founder of Youth World! :D
He's an olympian and academician too! He's an amazing all-rounder! ;)

Our very own Amber Chia!

Amber gave 3 of her books to 3 Lucky winners among over 1000 students! And one of them is my friend! :D 

This is Eddie's signature! Thanks Eddie!☺

That's me with the goodie bag! Thanks, Sunway University College! :)

Well that's for the pictures.

There's more to share!
Here are some of the great things I learnt and felt about the event. :)

♥ Sometimes, it's okay to be crazy. Dream BIG! - Prof Dr Dato' Chin See Keat

♥ Put effort + determination and never give up! - Mr. Yeoh Chen Chow
♥ Believe and work towards your dream, then you will succeed! - Mr. Saiful Nang
♥ If you fail to plan, you plan to fail; If you plan, you plan to succeed! ;) - Dr. Christopher Wong
♥ Also, use your creativity use both parts of your brain smartly! ;) - Dr. Christopher Wong
♥ Don't let others or obstacles influence you in life, accept the challenge and move on! - Ms. Khoo Cai Lin 
♥ Stay strong and keep your eyes on the goal no matter what happens! - Ms. Che Chew Chan
♥ You don't need to be pretty in order to be a model. (Nothing is impossible!) - Ms. Amber Chia
♥ Always have a positive attitude! - Ms. Amber Chia
♥ Stand strong, be brave and never give up! - Taekwondo peformances

Above all, Dream BIG, Stay POSITIVE, Work HARD & NEVER Give Up!

They really give me the inspiration to overcome any obstacles in life!
THANKS A LOT! ♥ :')

Not to forget, LMF = Let's meet friend = Less meat fans = Love me forever.
They showed us videos on climate change and global awareness, it's really hurting to see people suffering from various disasters!
We can help save the earth by being a vegetarian. Those who wish to participate LMF can practice "less meat Monday". Know why it helps? Because every meat you eat, an animal died for you. D:

The kids from Rumah Prihatin also performed 'Tell Me Why' & 'We Are The World' by singing in a choir.
There were even kids less than 5 years old brave enough to sing out there! :) See, age is not a limit!
Most of us sang along with them! ;)

Other than performances and talks, there were some quiz and lucky draws with prizes that worth up to over RM1000! Wow. ;) Never been to such an amazing seminar before!


That's not all, I want to share with you a little slogan that I had to crack my head writing it! x) I actually submitted it here to win an iPad (yes, they're even giving away an iPad!!!) but they've decided to extend the deadline to 7th February and so we got to blog about the event or create a video of the event.

So here's my slogan!

I dreamt of this little gadget in my bag. Small in size and very compact. Simple in design - with functions so hi-tech. It's none other than this thing called 'iPad', and I'm still dreaming that one day, I can have it in my bag. So till now, I'm still dreaming... "I WANT iPAD, I WANT iPAD, I WANT iPAD!!!" ♥

(*Made some corrections)

Thank you Youth World for organizing such an amazing event and having this competition with such fantastic prizes! All the best! *Supports!*

With love and hugs, xoxo

Hello 2011 :)

It's been a while since I last blogged eh?

Been so busy with so many great things! :)

Then 2011 came, and I looked forward to it.

The first week of school passed, and I'm coping well as well as enjoying it :)

I admire my own neat and colorful work on my school notes x) New thing.

I'm in-charge of decorating the class for the first time, but yet it doesn't feel like a new thing to me :)

Plan to learn driving theory before my birthday, then take practical exam after I am officially seventeen ♥

I always loved driving, from driving on the computer to bumper cars to dreams to dad's car ;D

Come to think of it, I notice I love many racing car games ever since I was a kid. I remember we use to have this old gadget which requires about 6 huge batteries just to work... It's a mini steering wheel with a gear stick like an auto car xD

Oh, childhood times :)

Alright, here's my lil' update. Await the next!

xoxo ♥

Just The Way You Are :D

Hahaha, he made me smile and laugh literally in front of the computer. xD

It's so cute, especially when he makes a mistake! x)
He's original yo ;)

♥♥♥

Three Days To Christmas!

Been so busy shopping, making, writing and wrapping gifts! :)

Another 3 days! I'm in a rush! =O

Last night was a cool night. :)

Yes thats my tiny little update. Sorry if it's too short!

Hohoho! x)

Christmas Deco

Here's a picture of some decorations we have for our Christmas Tree :)

Been so busy - and tired.

I'll be going caroling and signing again today, and going shopping again tomorrow. :3

I ♥ December.

xoxo

Hamster :D

HEHEHEHEH

This is so cute x)

Took it on 3rd December 2010 =)

It's growing up really fast.

Cute today, wild tomorrow.

RAWH.

♥

Cha Soba

In case you don't know what I'm talking about...

CHA = Green Tea; SOBA = Noodles.

Daddy saw my Facebook status yesterday and he was like... "Eh, is this how you spell 'char siew pau'? 0.o"

-__________-"

Nevermind, I went shopping today with mummy and offered to provide tonight's dinner for the family.

( Except that Jann isn't at home. :I )

So I bought the green tea noodles and sauce.

Hey, I sacrificed that money to buy and cook dinner for tonight, when I actually planned to buy my iPod silicon case and screen protector!

But well, I'm so glad they liked the food :D

It's my second time of my life eating this dish - Cold Cha Soba.

The first time I ate was when my cousin, a piano teacher, brought me to Tropicana City Mall for her student's album launch. And so she brought me for lunch at a Japanese restaurant.

I saw that on the menu and I felt like trying it since it's something new to me and it looks interesting.

So there I go. And when the food came, I starred at it literally. And asked my cousin for help like how do you eat this? .___. (haha, really.)

So she taught me :D She loves Japanese food and she knows many Japanese things - even Japanese language.

The way of eating is kinda cool. The serving includes ice cubes on the noodles and a bowl of dilute sauce (soba tsuyu).

You're supposed to dip the noodles in the sauce with your chopsticks, then eat it.

Okay, sorry I didn't take a picture of the end product of my cooking, not that it's bad, but I just don't have the right kitchenware for the food and it will totally spoil the picture - HAHA.

Peace ♥ ;)

Deck The Halls!

Hello world! It's D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R if you didn't realize :D

My favourite month. ♥

Like the photograph? The design? Check it out at StudioJess Photography!

Have a beautiful month! :)

God Bless! ♥