Baking for sabbaticals and GEMS

havent blogged for quite some time... after all, i dont have "blog" test.

anyway, being very enthusiastic abt my cooking and baking course for sabbaticals, i went isp to check out the details. good news and bad news. good news: mrs tham is teacher in charge plus transport provided to the venue. bad news: vendor and venue is exactly the same as that for gems...

the items that we are going to bake during sabbaticals:
Puff Pastry, Siew Mai, Apple Strudel, Soon Kueh, Durian Strudel, Durian/Mango Pudding, Curry Puff, Mini Fruit Tart, Oreo CHEESE Cake.. baking for two days from morning till afternoon.. i think we are most likely gonna bake one of these things during gems... which means i'll probably be learning and baking something twice... how *exciting*.....

was comtemplating whether i should go for gems.. tried finding out from JL whether gems is compulsory. he ended up explaining using functions and limits:

"if GEMS is a function of E, and whereby the degree which students are encouraged may be represented by E, then as E --> infinity, GEMS tends towards compulsory. "

and he also explained using chemistry terms: "in other words, it is pseudo-compulsory"

on second thought, how can the welfare rep not go for class activities? plus JL said class might be going for lunch together... aiyo for the sake of the class welfare, i had to oblige and go for gems (bye bye $15). oh well hopefully i can learn to bake well during sabbaticals... in the event that i end up bringing home burnt cakes during sabbaticals, at least i can start all over again during gems haha... but i dont think i will screw up that badly.

anyway, i guess after learning the baking stuff during sabbaticals, i can help the class (read: the guys) during gems. haha

all right shall end here. havent stayed up so late before... do try to slack some more these few days before lessons start proper in week 3... :)

oh btw, what happens when the welfare rep agrees to go for gems??
"(Barney pops up beside you and gives you a hug)"

go figure who said that...

mui