Bubble Tea Saga Part 1

hey hey... lately the blog have been quite quiet sia... no updates for sometime liao... there is a request for something on the bubble tea event that we had on the 12th of April, however i dun have the pictures from the actually day other then 2 pictures from Arthur Lim. Therefore I'm going to split the entry. This entry is actually quite overdue. These are pictures taken from the first trial session that we had at Zhu's place.

These are the people who are came along... the one will the newspaper covering the face is Zhihui. Dawn is reading magazine and Bok looking at his hp.

These are the materials we used. Flavouring, sugar syrup and tea.

Step 1: Brew the tea.

Tea tasting. From the colour you can see how thick is it... its actually green tea.

As we go along we write down the recipe.

Step 2: Add in the flavour syrup and sugar syrup. Painstakingly ensuring that we had get the proportions right.

Step 3: Add in the tea(which we diluted before hand).

Last Step: A quick stir and tasting.

In all we had 3 attempts.

Ok... lets put it to a vote. Well, its quite clear who the winner is... Cup 2.

The recipe is consolidated and task assignment are done.

Well, that was the first trial that we had. Next update hopefully I would be able to bring you all the photos we took at the fair itself.

Ca va a tous? ( How's everyone?)

Sorry i haven been posting anything for the past probably 1 month. I forgot how to post recently, cause the blogger layout is in french here. Simply not good enough to understand all. But anyway, got that figured out already. But i've been looking at the posts all the time to keep me updated.

I'm fine and alive. Standard of living has improved. I'm cooking for practically every meal now to save up for trips. Been to swiss, and also my buddy's parents' place somewhere above Paris called Angicourt. The pictures I'm sure you guys know where to see them so I'm not going to post them here. Double posting is tiring. And I'm sure you guys wont want my whole lot of other friends looking at our blog all the time. So for those of you who haven seen the website, EG. G_n B_ks_eng, it will be nice if you would want to take a look. Yes YOU!!!

Some updates from my side, Peisin is coming to Germany for summer studies in May. And we will go travelling together in the whole of July. Plans right now is Greece, Spain, Italy and London. So basically, I will be saving up for that and also avoiding to go to those countries.

My french is IMPROVING! Thanx to my french buddy Gaetan who is coming to NTU next semester. So probably, some of you will be able to meet him. He's very nice and invited me to his parents' place for a weekend. Apart from getting his parents flowers as 见面礼, I didn spend much. The family is too nice, I drank alot and really enjoyed my short trip there.

Ok... Local news~~

Hmm... sorry for you guys that the bubble tea isn exactly working out. TZ and dawn and i think JY, good luck for the "not bubble tea stall". If I'm there, I will go help.

For cailing, I'm ready anytime for the phototaking although I'm transforming into a caveman soon. I can actually tie up my hair already. Dun worry, I will cut soon~ but dun know when yet. C'est tres cher! (It's very expensive!)

And one last thing, they haven caught the JI fucker ah? Think he at Batam already, drinking coconut and eating satay liao lor!

Oh, There was something bad that happened at home in singapore. My niece kanna the foot mouth diease. She was unwell for a while, that kept me pretty worried. But thankfully, she recovered already. 天公保佑~

That's all for now. Reply me if you wanna let me know your individual updates.






Can someone uploaded TZ's birthday pictures?

Photoshoot

Hi everyone, I will be more than willing to help out for the homecoming event. Bubble tea might be quite tedious, especially the cooking of the pearls to get the right consistency and texture.
Do we also have a wide range of syrups for making the bubble tea in at least more than a few different flavours? If not, may I humbly suggest that we sell regular syrup drinks instead. It will be so much easier for everyone in terms of preparation work.

Photoshoot
As for the photoshoot we were supposed to do. I can offer to take charge of this event.
However, there has been many different views on this.
Some suggested taking graduation photos, so we'll have to wait for another 3-4yrs when Junyou graduates. By that time, some of us might be married or pregnant(lol!) or would have grown fat and look too old for the graduation gown.

Then there's those few ladies who are wearing their braces now, and are not exactly at their prettiest. I'm sure they would prefer to take the photos after they have their braces taken out.
and that will take another 3yrs later.

Then there will be some who feel fat and not looking their best, and would rather take the photos when they have lost their weight or look better. However, we are not sure when is that date going to come either.

To summarise, there will always be people who are unwilling to take the photos because of various reasons. But I hope everyone can make an effort to put your own vanity aside so as to fulfill the dreams of the others of taking an official studio group photo. The purpose of the photoshoot is to commemorate our 10th anniversary and friendship. Makeup and photoshop does wonders to even the most ordinary looking person. So do not fret my dear friends, you can still look airbrushed perfect and slim with photo editing.

Or else, we can just start a poll and vote. If majority are agreeable to it, the minority shall be forced and coerced into joining for the photoshoot as well.

So everyone, please give feedback.

Thank you for your time.

2008 - 1st Quarter Report

April has tiptoed and reached us silently. We have just crossed the first quarter mark of the year. Its time to do a little recap of what we have set out to do at the beginning of the year and what have we done so far.


AUGUST/SEPTEMBER '08 - 3D2N Cruise
I am very proud to declare that this main part of our anniversary celebration has been settled. We are embarking offshore on the 19 - 21 September, the later part of third quarter of the year.

For those who are unable to join us, =( we know it will be different without you guys. But we hope that this will just be the beginning of the many trips to come. (cross fingers!)

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Activities

*Cutting an album
ZhiHui has been very mindful of this idea and has been constantly reminding us to select a song for the album. We should be starting on this the moment Ber is back, somewhere around July 2008. So in the meantime, please have in mind a song that you sound best in/ people compliment you the most everytime you sing it/ you can emo the most in/ you spend the most time singing in the bathroom.etc.

*Compliation of photos
Thanks to Tian Zeng, who is still doing this impossible task. For those that think im still hording the photos, I HAVE ALREADY RANSACKED MY HOUSE and PASSED TO HIM whatever that i deemed suitable. Even he thinks im hiding some. (WAHLAU!)

So for the rest of you, please also ransack your houses and give TZ whatever photos/ items that will evoke some hot tears behind the eyes.

*Blog
Do i still need to say more? im in it now. Enough said.

*Be More Happening
Remember at the beginning of the year, it was said that we will visit some TALK-OF-THE-TOWN places and to rub shoulders with the Who-and-Who.

Well for a good start, we have visited Jane's Le Bar last Friday. (Jane, if you are reading this, Thank you so much for organising!) Although the only shoulders i rubbed were those of Ee Loon and Anggy's.

Much interest has been expressed in Dragonfly. (We are Chee-naas @ heart.) Hence, we will be planning a trip there, tentatively on 18 April 2008, whereby i will be able to introduce all of you to the glory of my new-found idol, William Scorpion! Do join us if you can. Contact me. Hopefully, people out there will be excited to rub our shoulders too.

*Photo Shoot
I have not hear/ smell/ see/ touch or taste anything on this. So, anything? Anyone?

*End-of-year Chalet
Bok Sheng is keeping track on this. We will only be able to make booking in September. So, BS, all yours! Thanks!

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Lastly, XMS Homecoming. Everyone wants to know the reason why and what happened. Maybe we planned it too early, maybe there was too much work, maybe it was the lack of manpower and resources or maybe it was just our lack of entrepreneurial spirit, all the draining work has taken a toil on us and we have decided to throw in the towels last Sunday.

However, due to TZ's guilt and sense of responsibility towards his bro, he has decided to persist on. He will still be experimenting on the bubble tea and if all else fails, he will think of something else to sell. I will be joining him in this. For those who wish to join us, let me know. No obligation.

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Thank you all for your participation these past 3 months. You have been wonderful. I will try my best to give a quarterly report throughout the year so that we can know what we have been doing, have done or are going to do. All of us are busy but our 10-year anniversary only come once. To you, the things that we organise may just be another pointless, boring, aimless activity; but your presence and company matters alot to us... or at least, to me.

Have a great week ahead. And till we meet again... Take Care!

Bubble Tea Stall on XMS Home Coming Day Cancelled

I guessed by now, all of u would have received news from dawn that the bubble tea stall would be cancelled. This is due to lack of motivation and lack of resources. Nevertheless, we still thank the OIC Tz and secretary dawn for organising and trying their best to put things together. Also to the rest of the active committee members like zh and bok for their efforts. EL, sorry for the glitter that u have bought, u can always save it to make bday cards for us.. =P

Alternatively, we MIGHT be still going back to Xinmin this coming Sat depending on the response. Some of us are also planning to go roller blading this sat instead.

I guess coming up next would be recording of our own album. More details would be discussed on our next gathering. Meanwhile, Dawn would be putting up a quarterly report for the year so far.

That's all for the updates so far! Have a gd wk ahead!

Latest Announcement Home Coming Day

Alright, just a reminder for all, this friday 4/4/08 we would be meeting to go to Jane's Pub Le Bar. Very good attendance so far, all would be going except for jy and ber. Anyway, 4th April is a special day for someone incase some of u have forgetten abt it but i shall not divulge anymore details if not that someone will hamtam me. Hee.. Well, I guess it would be a gd time for us to do some bonding and also discuss further details regarding home coming day and regarding this sunday's meeting.

As mentioned earlier, according to our dateline. This sunday 6/6/08 we would be meeting up for home coming day prep. Venue would be at my place. Creative team can buy the stuff and do the decors. The bartenders would be cooking the pearls and mixing the drinks. Of course, we still need to get the rest of the ingredients and decide on the flavours we want. So, kindly confirm your attendance for this sunday on friday when we meet.

See ya guys!!