Thai Salad

Vegetables for the Salad
Carrot Strips
Purple Lecttuce Strips
Lasksa Leaves
Basil Leaves
Mint Leaves
Iceburg Lettuce

Sauce
Peanut
Fish Sauce
Prawn Paste
Sugar
Lime

Ingredients found in Cheng Tng, one of my favourite desserts

Dried Longans
Dried Pessimon
Sweet Potatoe
Barley
Tau Suan
Pong Tai Hai
Sago Balls
Dried Winter Melon Strips
White Fungus
Agar Agar Strips
Ginko Nuts

Storytelling @ Blk 79 Fengshan Diamond RC

I have volunteered myself to do storytelling at the RC every Monday at 8.00 pm. Tiring, but definitely fun and enjoyable. Today I read
1) Rumble In the Jungle - the children loved it
2) Tooth Trouble
After the first story, I had some quizzes for the children. Everyone had a small soft toy as a prize... as a result, it took time to contain their excitment before I could start the second story... learning lesson... give the prize at the end of the session:)

Visit to Koolwerkz Learning Factory

Yesterday, I went on a "learning tour" to Koolwerk Learning Factory, set up in June 2005, by Temasek Poly to provide hands-on training approach for entrepreneurship development. It is located at Block 3017 unit #04-20, Bedok North Street 5, Gourmet East Kitchen. The small outfit is equipped with a complete set of ice cream making plant and facilities and students can simulate learning in a real environment with exposure to ice-cream making processes, inventory control, packing and even marketing! The learning factory now carries six flavours of ice cream... er.. I can only remember these : Mango, Green Tea, Honey Suckle, Strawberry, Vanilla. We tasted their ice-cream and its actually nice! Suitable for children as its not too sweet! If you are interested to buy just email Grace at T02250@tp.edu.sg.

Miscommunication

I came across this article on miscommunication ....

Memo from CEO to Manager:
Today at 11 o'clock there will be a total eclipse of the sun. This is when the sun disappears behind the moon for two minutes. As this is something that cannot be seen every day, time will be allowed for employees to view the eclipse in the parking lot. Staff should meet in the lot at ten to eleven, when I will deliver a short speech introducing the eclipse, and giving some background information. Safety goggles will be made available at a small cost.

Memo from Manager to Department Head:
Today at ten to eleven, all staff should meet in the car park. This will be followed by a total eclipse of the sun, which will appear for two minutes. For moderate cost, this will be made safe with goggles. The CEO will deliver a short speech beforehand to give us all some information. This is not something that can been seen every day.

Memo from Department Head to Floor Manager:
The CEO will today deliver a short speech to make the sun disappear for two minutes in the form of an eclipse. This is something that cannot be seen every day, so staff will meet in the car park at ten or eleven. This will be safe, if you pay a moderate cost.

Memo from floor Manager to Supervisor:
Ten or eleven staff are to go to the car park, where the CEO will eclipse the sun for two minutes. This doesn't happen every day. It will be safe, and as usual, it will cost you.

Memo from Supervisor to staff:
Some staff will go to the car park today to see the CEO disappear. It is a pity that this doesn't happen everyday.

:) I guess in today's context, this is unlikely to happen, .. cause you just have to forward the email from the CEO!!, no need to redo the memo again and again! :)

Me, the Tech Sua Ku :)

I didn't know that the google search bar can be used as a caculator, currency converter and also to do much more.... Ai Yoh! This is one of the things I have learnt after attending a tech talk two days ago. This is what this Sua Ku also learnt:
1) Google Docs .......you can create word, excel, and powerpoint lookalike docs. These docs can be set to be viewed by others or even edited, ....good for collaborative work!
2) Google Calendar ...... pull your everyday activties into this calendar. If even has a SMS reminder service to remind you of your meetings, appointments, etc.. and its free :)
3) Google Map ... this one is really cool. Better than your street directory. If you are planning a trip, the maps will be really useful! On the topic of travel, the speaker recommended this website : http://www.tripadvisor.com/ to check out on your travel needs!

Also learnt about these:

Bookmarking platforms : Del.icio.us, Diigo, Ma.gnolia.... use these to tag your favourite stuff

For sharing platforms we have : YouTube, Vimoe, itunes U, Slideshare, Sliderocket, Flickr ... I think many more, but these were the ones I remember...

For networking platforms : Facebook, Friend Feed, Ning, Linked In, Plaxo, My Space

For wikis, there are : PBwiki, Wikispace, Wikiuniversity, Wikitravel, and the latest Knol by Google.

For Blogging : Blogger, WordPress, Vox, V Blogs
For microblogging : Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Friend Feed, Plurk

Typing all these already made be feel overwhelmed. But, as you can imagine, its a whole BIG internet world out there, I will take my time to explore. For sure, it will be hard to keep up with all the new stuff!

The Lim Clan Bloggers

The Lim Clan has entered a new technological era .... we have created our very own Lim Clan Blog!