Jon Tee

19/9/2009 Going Back to Singapore

2009-09-18T22:54:00.002-07:00

Now nothing to do. My room is clean and empty like what it was when i reach...
Don't feel like leaving here. They treat me like their own brother.
Sitting on the bed and watch the Alliance Video..
Think back all the best moment at here..
From Stranger to Friend... From Friend to Best Friend... From Best Friend to Brother/Sister...
Eg. went to Paris, annecy, BBQ together, play game together, celebrate friends birthday, had dinner everyday in the kitchen with friend.
Too many best moment!!! REALLY DON'T BEAR TO LEAVE HERE!!!
Akaba (Coco, My Brother!!!) come to my room, to give me picture.....
Later going to ED.(My Last Trip to there!!) To buy chocolate...
Then bath bring down all my luggage. Going to eat lunch with my Japanese Brother!!!
i can not bear to leave them...
Then will be going to Airport. Flight at 6plus.
Lyon- Frankfurt- Singapore
Totally around 12hour ++

30/8/2009 Street Market!!!

2009-08-30T10:53:00.001-07:00

Today went to Lyon Street Market again to buy food.
With Thiago, Millienia, Okuda. XuanYan and Hazel
Brought Chicken for lunch,Grapes and Banana.
Then went back to clipper, had lunch.
Thiago and Millienia brought pork and sausage.
Had different food.
Then back to room, have a nap.
NAP...
Wake up, use laptop
Dinner
Chit Chat
Sleep early because tomorrow is Boulangerie lesson.
Have to wake up early.

29/8/2009 Chinatown, Brazil Shop and Collect Sir Jim Present

2009-08-30T10:39:00.000-07:00

Today wake up, wash up, change and use laptop.
Then meet Akaba, Okuda, Otsubo, Thiago, Millenia, Odysseas. Then go to chinatown to buy food.
In the shop, i show them what is durain and let them smell. And their reaction is like EEEEEeeeeeee!!!
Then odysseas buy durain essence.
Then we walk to hotel de ville to find a brazilian shop. We walk and walk.
We don't even know that we walk pass the shop. The shop was so quiet at 1 spot.
Then we walk in the shop, it sell quite many asia food also.
Then Thiago and Millenia buy a drink from brazil and let everyone try.
It was very nice.
Then walk around to find places to eat our lunch.
So we choose this restaurant call "Hippopotamus"
I had beef carpaccio and deep fried chicken drumstick for starter
Beef fillet with black pepper sauce, french fries and veg for main course.
Creme Brulee for dessert.
After that, walk to metro and go to Bragard to collect Sir Jim present.
After that went back to clipper, use laptop, go down for dinner.
Had spring roll, japanese food, salad and cheese.
Chat with friend in kitchen and sleep

28/8/2009 Day to Paul Bocuse Restaurant and Wine yard

2009-08-28T12:39:00.000-07:00

Today we be going to Paul Bocuse Restaurant!!! and Wine yard!!
We must be in school at 10.
So wake up at 9, wash up and change to formal uniform.
Went down for breakfast and walk to school.
As we are waiting, Chef Luc bring his son along.
Went up the bus and off to Paul Bocuse Restaurant!!
From school to there is about 20mins, so some of us sleep, listen to music.
Akaba and me wanted to vomit as the bus keep shaking...
When some people is sleeping, Samira take picture of them!!!
After we reach Paul Bocuse Restaurant, everyone started to take picture.
Then we slowly walk to the entrance. And there a wall that show how Paul Bocuse become so good and famous. Is like a history of him.
Then we can saw the kitchen from the outside. Is very clean!!
Then we split in to 2 group and enter the restaurant and kitchen, it was very beautiful.
The kitchen is very neat!!! And most of the chef there look very young like 20plus.
And there is 2 MOF Chef working in the restaurant and 1 MOF Service helping.
Everything is sooo pretty!!!
And infront of his restaurant door. There are name of the winner of Bocuse d'or.
And Singapore was in it too, on 1987-1989.
And he is Chef William Wai.
After visiting Paul Bocuse Restaurant, went back to IPB for lunch.
Had buffet!!! It was very nice, different cusinies.
And the ice cream was NICE!!! There was coconut and rum, pear and mango ice cream!!
After lunch, went back to clipper to sleep for awhile as we going off to wine yard at 1.45pm
SLEEP.....
Wake up, change and walk to school with Akaba and Okuda.
Get up the bus and off to the wine yard. Sleep on the bus as it take 1hr to reach there. Listen to music too.
After 1hr...
We have reach but the place don't look like a wine yard. Then we walk to a building.
It's about history of wine. How it came from, how it was make during the olden days, what the equipment they use for making wine.
The guy who is guiding us through, only speak french. So Thea say those who don't understand french, stand next to her as she will translate to English.
After that we go for wine tasting. Taste both red and white wine. Then after this we go to the shop. Never buy anything as we have to rush to the train to go to the place where they make wine. Sit with Akaba and Okuda and infront of us is Jason, Lais and Gabriella.
After 5 or 10 mins of ride we have reach!!
Mdm Teo (Don't really know how to spell her name) bring us, and explain to us.
Then back on the bus and back to IPB.
After another 1hr. Everyone sleep on the bus today.
Went back to clipper, wash up, use laptop, dinner, chit chat and sleep

27/8/2009 3rd day of Demo by Finland, Greece, Colombia and Taiwan. Dinner at Centre de research

2009-08-26T13:05:00.000-07:00

Today wake up at 8. Wash up, change and went down for breakfast.
Walk to school and change then went up to amphitheater.
First to demo was Finland.

Finland:
Finland have many fishes, so today they are demonstrating mostly fish.
First they give us Crunchy Bread, which is just like cracker.
Then they serve us "Salt and Sugar cured Lavaret". They are cured using salt, sugar and dill.
And its sooo flavorful. And you put some lemon juice on it and the taste change.
Next they prepare "Hot smoked lavaret". They just cured the fish with salt and then smoke it.
The smoke flavor is just right, and taste abit sweet. And it smell good.
They prepare quite many thing for us. Next is "Marinated herring".
Marinated with spirit vinegar, sugar, water, slice carrot, slice onion, juniper berries or white pepper and dill stalks. I don't know how to describe the taste. But i like it very much.
Then "Herring salad". Salted herring (chop), Hard boiled egg (chop), creme fraiche, onion or spring onion, dill, black pepper and lemon juice.
And another salad, "forest mushroom salad".
Forest mushroom (in salt or vinegar), creme fraiche, onion or spring onion and black pepper.
They can get many mushroom in their forest in Finland. Just go and pick.
Last one is something like a pancake.It's call Finnish blinis. Made of Sarrasin flour, yogurt, yeast, egg yolks, milk, melted butter and whipped egg white.
Next is Greece.

Greece:
They bring alot of food from their country.
First they let us try their olive that Christos bring from Greece.
It is nice as I not so into olives.
Then they serve us like marinated tomato with feta cheese on a toast and with a liquor name "Ouzo". The cheese really change the taste of everything. It's very nice.
Then the next dish is like a pastry inside wrap with spinach and cheese. I don't really like this because of the cheese.
Then Christos demonstrate how to make something like chicken soup with rice. Then they serve us. It taste like Singapore's Ginseng Chicken sauce with rice. I like this very much!!! =D
Next is Giant bean with tomato sauce. I didn't taste it as i don't like beans.
Next is the lamb stew. This taste very great!! with vegetable.
They have 2 dessert. I not very sure 1 of it is what but it serve with a kind of oil ice cream.
Then another 1 is like a custard tart.
After dessert, Christos make some Greece coffee.
After this is Colombia.

Colombia:
Help them to set up the place. Their demo start. They introduce their country and also say that they have 5 different region in their country. They they serve us something like corn soup with deep-fried corn flour ball with cheese in it. It's different dishes but they put it together and it go very well. They have a special dish which is braise marinated beef tongue with tomato salsa( if i not wrong) and peas rice. I like this dishes. The tomato go well with the tongue and rice.
Their dessert is the best. Reduce evaporated milk with puff pastry. I like this because is sweet but not very sweet and with the puff pastry give a crunchy texture. And they let us try coffee sweet from their country and coffee with liquor. It was very nice!!
Next will be Taiwan.

Taiwan:
Their menu is sweet and sour pork, stir fired chicken with three cup sauce, braised cabbage with white stock and fried rice. Kuo Wei present and Feng Yi cook the dishes. They talk about their country and their night market and some food from their country. When Feng Yi start cooking stir friend chicken with three cup sauce, after he saute the dried chilli. Everyone is choke but the spicy smell. Some of they go out of the amphitheater as it too spicy for their nose and eye, and some of them cover their nose with tissue. But they like it very much. After this, we help them to clean up the amphitheater and kitchen and went back to clipper.

Wash up, use laptop, change and meet up with Jeanne, Atsuko, Kassie and Daniel to eat at Centre de research.
Walk to Centre de research and waited for awhile. This week theme is Meat, Seafood and Fish.
Our Amuse Bouch is Focaccia Bread with saute onion and olive.
Then Jeanne, Kassie, Atsuko and Daniel had white wine prepare for their appetizer.
So when the appetizer is serve.Jeanne, Kassie and Daniel had artichoke veloute with walnut salad and foie gras wrap in a spring roll skin. Atsuko and me had Poached codfish with tomato coulis, a perfect egg (is like hard boiled egg and inside is still watery) and roasted bellpepper. It was sooo nice!! I can not describe it...
Next is our main course. or our main course, Daniel had roast beef fillet with shallot confiture, confit turned potato in duck fat and brown sauce.
Kassie and Atsuko had Pan-sear sole fillet with mussle and shrimp and emulsion tradition sauce.
Jeanne had Confite Lamb with spices wrap in spring roll skin and roasted lamb rack with couscous of fruits.
I had grill seafood with hand-made pasta, roasted bellpepper and crustaces juice(as the sauce). The seafood are shrimp, crawfish, squid, cockles, clam, bamboo clam.
Everyone is happy with their food execpt Kassie. Cause she don't want to eat fish. And daniel say this dish is much worth. All the dishes is very nice.
Everyone is happy with their food execpt Kassie. Cause she don't want to eat fish.
Next is the dessert.
Everyone had sponge cake with chocolate mousse and strawberry, raspberry. Serve with strawberry sauce and coconut and rum ice cream.
After the dinner, walk back to clipper with Atsuko and Kassie as Jeanne and Daniel going to Carrefour to buy thing. Talk to thiago, millenia, akaba, otsubo and okuda at the kitchen.
Then back to room and sleep as tomorrow we are going to visit Paul Bocuse Restaurant and Wineyard.

26/8/2009 2nd day of Demo by Japan, Brazil and Singapore then Fromage lesson (Cheese Lesson)

2009-08-26T13:04:00.000-07:00

Today we have demo by Japan, Brazil and Singapore and Cheese lesson.
Wake up at 6.30, wash up, change and go to school.
Start to cook my marinated meat. Separate the meat for demo and cooking.
Just heat up the pan, oil, garlic, cinnamon stick and star anise. Then put in the meat and saute for 5mins and pour in the water and braise for at least 1hr. Adjust the seasoning and stir it time to time.
Then i help the Japanese take picture when they working in the kitchen.
9am Japan demo start.

Japan:
They demo as they go through the slide. And they decorate the table top very nicely.
First they give "Tirachizushi" a dish for woman and children day. Sushi rice mix with dice shitake mushroom, japanese cucumber and sesame. Top with slice shrimp, egg, carrot, daikon and cucumber. And show us how to make japanese stock. Atsuko and Akaba show us how to make a tempura batter. Then Okuda demonstrate how to make sushi rice. And how to make salmon sushi, scallop sushi and marinated salmon sushi and cucumber sushi. While Okuda showing us how to make sushi, Atsuko and Akaba start to make Tempura with Eggplant, sweet potato, zucchini, mix vegetable slices and prawn.
After everything is demostrate finish, the serve use the food and deep fried more tempura.
Then Otsubo start to make miso soup with the japanese stock. He put in carrot, zucchini and potato. Cook till they soft then slowly mix in the miso paste bit by bit. They also talk about what going on in their school.
Everyone like their presentation and food. Next is Brazil.

Brazil:
First thing they do is give us what they normally drink during they party. Is slice lime with Cachaca and ice. Its very nice the acidity of the lime go well with the Cachaca. They also go well with other fruits. Next dishes is a soup. Black bean soup with fried bacon. The salty taste go well with the black bean soup. And they have to preapre this soup the day before as the bean take a long time to cook. Thiago demostrate how to cook the black bean soup.
I like this dish, Pan-sear Marinated Codfish with bellpepper and onion and coconut milk plum oil sauce. They pan-sear the codfish then with the juice pour in the plum oil but just abit. Then saute the bellpepper and onion then pour in the coconut milk. Let it reduce abit and put in the codfish. And serve with rice.
And they have 2 dessert. 1 of it is something like a nougat with sugarcane sugar. This one I like!!!
Another one is coconut with egg yolk and suger and then steam? XD
But i don't really like it.
Next will be our demo, SINGAPORE!!!

Singapore:
Before our demo was lunch, so we cook rice and bring everything over to the demo room. Adjust the seasoning for my braise pork. My mother recipe. Then prepare the place.
So now start, first we talk about singapore. What famous place in singapore and more...
Then hazel start to demostrate her dish, Singapore Chilli Crab. She had trouble cutting the crab as it is still alive. But in the end, she still did it. After she cut up the crab, she wash it. While she is washing it, me, XY and WeiLun talk about the food we have in Singapore. After Hazel finish washing her crab, she start to cook.
After its done, she start plating and give them taste. And I start to cook my braise pork.
Just give a small presentation, and serve.
Everyone like our food but like Hazel's chilli crab most. Because it is spicy, and all of them like spicy food. After this is our Cheese Lesson, so we have to clean up fast.

Cheese Lesson:

A MOF chef of cheese come and teach us about cheese. How it was made andhow it was ferment. And he also teach us different cow,goat and sheep give how much milk a day to make cheese and how many type and family of cheese.
There are about 200 kind of cheese in the whole france and only 10% of it is raw milk cheese.
Then he let us taste the cheese and go with what kind of wine. We had 4 kind of cheese and 2 is goat cheese and another is cow cheese.
The first cheese is goat cheese, i don't really like it because is sooo smelly.
Second cheese is also goat cheese but i like this alot. It shape like a cone and it taste sweet and it don't have a heavy smell.
Third cheese is cow cheese, which we normally eat here, Comte. It's a hard cheese, but this taste abit different from those we eat normally.
The last one is also cow cheese. It's also very nice.
Then the chef let us taste a cherry jam with the last cheese. It's even nicer!!
After that his lesson ended. But we ask him, how he get MOF of cheese.
So he explain how the test is like. And 1 of the task is to make some of the cheese even nicer.
So after we thanks the chef and take picture with him and went back to Clipper.
Wash up, use laptop, dinner and sleep.

25/8/2009 1st day of demo by America, Mexico, Peru and Chile

2009-08-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

Today wake up at 8am.
Wash up and change and go for breakfast.
Walking slowly to school with my Japanese friend
Change to chef uniform and talk at the bar awhile and went up to amphitheater
First is America.

America:
They cook Gumbo, Bread pudding and Banana Fosters.
They did a good presentation, Kassie has picture of her cousin hunting for deer, fish, duck.
The Gumbo is veryyyyyyyy nice!! It taste abit spicy, is like singapore shark fin soup.
It serve with rice
Next is bread pudding, at first i keep thinking "will bread go well with pudding?"
and the answer is YES. The bread is not soggy and the custard go very well with the bread!!!
Last is Banana Fosters, they are cook in sugar, cinnamon powder, abit of water.
Then put in the banana, cook for awhile then put in the rum and flambe to burn off the alcohol.
After that take out the banana and make a sauce with the liquid. And is serve with vanilla ice cream. And is hot banana and cold ice cream. Add it together become Hot & Cold!!!
By the way, do you know that Tabasco sauce does not come from Tabasco Island, It came from Louisiana!!! And i am very surprise.
After America, we have Mexico. Had a 15mins break, as the America need to clean up and the Mexico need to prepare the place and their presentation.

Mexico:
They let us try their chocolate. Is abit dry and bitter but also nice.
They have a vegetable soup which is call Soupa de Milrea, is very light and flavorful!!
They also have a drink, is dried guava in brown sugar water.
They have this drink which they always drink in the breakfast. Is call Atole de Arros.
They cook the rice like porridge then cook in the milk and putted with sugar.
like oatmeal. The texture of the Atole de Arros can be thick and also can be smooth.
They also have another dish which is like kebab. But they cook it with a beanpaste and then put in the ovan and serve with taco, marinated slice onion and black bean paste.
Next is Peru.

Peru:
They demonstrate many dish. But this dish is the best!!!
Marinated Beef HEART!!! What make it best is that they BBQ it!!!
Yum Yum!!! But we are in indoor so we can not BBQ. So they make charcoal oil.
Which is just they burn the charcoal till very hot red!!! and put it in the oil and cling film it very fast!!! Is like infuse the oil with BBQ smell.
After them is Chile.

Chile:
They let us try dried horse meat. It is salty and dry.
They have a drink like singapore ching tang. Brown sugar water with barley and dried peach. Very nice!! but very sweet too.
And they also cook Pastel de Choclo.
Is saute beef with maize put in a casserole with hard boil egg and black olive in it.
Put abit of sugar on the top (for color) and finish off in the ovan.
And u also have another dishes i don't know what it call.
Its almost same as Pastel de Choclo but just the saute beef warp in the dough and bake in the ovan.

Overall:
Everything is very nice!!! Some of them still give me the ingredient to go back to singapore cook.

After all, do mise-on-plac for our tomorrow demo. Went and collect our ingredient, and go to kitchen. I just have to cut the pork belly in to slices and blanch them, then marinated them.
Hazel cut the crab and steam and take out the flesh.
Change and go back clipper. Everyone is too full to eat dinner so stay in their room.
But for me, i cook and go back to room, use laptop and sleep.

24/8/2009 Lesson on Coffee and buy present for Sir Jim

2009-08-24T10:08:00.001-07:00

Wake up at 8, wash up and wear formal clothing.
Went down for breakfast and go school with the Japanese
Chit Chat awhile and go to lesson in amphitheater for coffee lesson
Learn how to roast coffee, how the bean come, where they come from, history of the coffee, how to store it and what kind of grinded bean is prepare for making coffee.
Then there a small demo by chef.
Coffee sauce with pan-sear fish
IT WAS SOOOOOO NICE!!!!
The sauce match with the fish and the coffee in the sauce did not take over all the taste
After that, we went for lunch. Had curry rice with fried chicken.
Actually we have cheese lesson but because of some reason the lesson is push to Wednesday
After that i went back to clipper and wait till 2pm, go to buy present for Sir jim
Choose the present and wait to pay as there is too much people in the shop.
After buying, went back to clipper and cook dinner with akaba
Do this report and went back to room, wash up and sleep.
Tomorrow there will be a demo by America, Peru, Chili and Mexico.
Night Night!!

23/8/2009 Sunday!!! and 1 more month till we back to singapore...

2009-08-23T10:02:00.001-07:00

Today wake up at 9 plus.
Wash up and use Laptop
Wanted to watch video on internet but is too slow, so i just have to play games on my laptop
After playing game, i went to Ecully to buy lunch and something for my room
After i reach clipper, XuanYan ask me to find picture with WeiLun about Singapore places because on Wednesday we going to do a demo on Singapore food.
Spent the whole afternoon finding picture and then sleep awhile.
Dinner, Chicken Porridge
Then chat with friend in the kitchen till 11pm and back to room, wash up and sleep as tomorrow lesson start at 9.15am and is THEORY LESSON!!!
Hope i don't sleep =D

22/8/2009 Birthday Party for Daphe and Mc.Lory

2009-08-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

Wake up at 9plus am
Wash up, Switch on my laptop and listen to music and back to sleep again.
Wake up at 12pm, wash up, change and walk to Carrefour
Buy chewing gums, bubble gums and tea for my family
Eat sandwich as my breakfast and lunch.
On the way back, Akaba and Okuda scare me from the back
Chat with them for awhile and walk back to clipper
Put down my thing and listen to music awhile, went down to kitchen at around 2pm..
Talk with akaba and other people
The party start at 4plus. There was salad, beef, sausage and drinks...
And start to BBQ the sausages first and eat salad...
And about 6 plus, almost everyone was here and they start BBQ the whole 6kg of beef!!!
Its season with paprika, coarse salt and olive oil.
They BBQ for around 1hour till middle-rare doneness.
When the meat is done, some is still soooo rare, so we cut and BBQ it...
And after everyone finish eating the sky start to get darker and star coming out...
So me, akaba, jeanne, jason almost everyone start to look at the sky...
then we talk about what we going to do when we go back to our country and where we wan to go for holiday...
We talk till like 12 midnight and went back to my room and wash up and sleep...

21/8/2009 Last day of Achats & Sécurité des Aliments

2009-08-21T09:52:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day of Achats & Securite...
Start at 6.30 as there will be many thing to do.. cos the school and the school restaurant will start next week.
Today I'm working on put the ingredient on the trolley for each kitchen.
We have 10 trolley to make, Miriam who on the computer today, came and help.
So we did sooo fast that we finish all the trolley at 9.30
Went and help at the computer
Break for awhile and lunch at 11.30
After lunch we start to clean up the places
end at 3plus
Back to clipper
Sleep, wake up, wash up, dinner
When i was cooking my noodle, a moth fly into my pot.
Kassie and me saw it, and we keep laughing and soon everybody in the kitchen know it
so take out and continue cooking XD
Chit chat at the kitchen and corridor cos is very cold and windy in the night time till quite late..
And back to room and sleep...

20/8/2009 Day 3 of Achats & Sécurité des Aliments and Presentation...

2009-08-20T08:49:00.001-07:00

Today same as yesterday.
Start at 7.15am
Wake up, wash up, breakfast and walk to school
today at reception again.
It was easy as there is little thing to do...
help out at the computer there...
Off to break and lunch..
Lunch at melibar!! Today theme is Valentine day. AND ROBERTO IS SINGING!!!
He can sing very well, he sing song in French, Italian, Portuguese and Spain
After lunch we have our presentation about fruit and vegetable from our country
First is Jeanne then me..
I present Jackfruit, Longan, Lychee, Lotus Roots, KangKong and Chinese Cabbage
then Thiago, Miriam, Atsuko and last is Reima.
We have to present in french. i had a HARD time speaking in french then Chef help me with it.
Ended at 4.30pm
Back to clipper, same old thing
Sleep, wake up, wash up, laptop, dinner, chat with friends till midnight about old game and everything....

19/8/2009 Day 2 of Achats & Sécurité des Aliments and Dinner at Centre de Recherche

2009-08-20T08:37:00.000-07:00

Today we start at 7.15am because there little thing to do.
Work with thiago today at the computer. We have to key in all the stuff we brought and print to keep it as a record.
After we finish, we help out at the reception
Same thing, go for break and had our lunch at 11.30 at melibar.
today theme is Christmas, so Roberto play all christmas song.
It was sooo nice... The music is nice, the food is nice...
We ended at around 3plus
Back to clipper, sleep and wake up around 6.30
Wash up, change and Jeanne come knock on my door, meet Kassie and Jason
The Dinner is at 7.30 at the Center of Research
but when we reach, they say it start at 8. And we saw Thiago and Millenia
So we waited at the living hall.
The theme for this week is Vegetable and Fruit
4 Courses for 10euro, if u drink wine plus another 5euro
It is sooo cheap. When the food is serve, they taste sooo good like in restaurant
IT WAS WORTH IT!!!!
Today weather was quite cooling..
OOO ya!! Have to burn midnight oil today to do my presentation for tml!!!
but can not.. Sleep at 12 plus XD

18/8/2009 School Start!!! Day 1 at Achats & Sécurité des Aliments

2009-08-19T08:02:00.000-07:00

Wake up at 5.30am
Wash up, change, eat breakfast and go to school
Change and wait for chef to reach
Today i working at the reception.
i working with Jeanne and Reima. We are to check the stock and measure the stock and put it in different fridge like Meat, Fish, Vegetable and Fruit, Cheese and Egg.
Its was quite easy..
Went for our break and then continue again.
Went for lunch at 11.30 at melibar. Today theme is Easter Day.
After lunch, we relax abit, drink coffee and went to castle with Jeanne to make reservation at Center of research. Then we went up to the classroom for our theory lesson about how Achats & Securite thing work..
End at 4.30pm. Went back to clipper and sleep for 2 hour
Wake up, wash up and cook dinner..
After dinner, laptop and sleep

17/8/2009 Day before School Start!!!

2009-08-19T08:01:00.000-07:00

Today.. sleep as much as i can!! as tml i going to wake up early for Achats & Sécurité des Aliments.
It's something like taking stock and check the stock if it correct...
But i can't.. i wake up at 4 and can't sleep, so use laptop till 11 then buy ingredient for lunch and dinner.
Then back to clipper slack till dinner time, Dinner
Laptop and sleep...

16/8/2009 Mini Museum- Chinatown

2009-08-18T08:34:00.000-07:00

Today wake up at 10plus
Wash up and use com awhile..
Then bath and change at around 11plus
And take bus at 12.02pm to hotel de ville to go to a mini figure museum
I going on my own and abit scare that i might get lost..
When i reach, buy ticket which cost 5.50euro
1st go down to basement, was very dark and i keep thinking that there will be like people jump out and scare me.. but is there none, so that is what i think tooo much.
then there are 4 story, 1st story and 2nd story is about movie setting.. how they put on the alien costume on...
3rd and 4th story is about all those mini thing, from house to wine glasses.. Very small but detail
And on the 4th story, there is the workshop where the man is doing his mini thingy.
After looking at all the thing, went and buy "I LOVE LYON" t-shirt..
and off to Chinatown to meet Hazel and XuanYan for lunch
Reach there at 2 and my stomach is very hungry, so eat french fries first. While I was buying, Hazel and XuanYan reach. So they waited for me to eat finish then go to a Chinese restaurant for lunch. They say that the beef noodle was very big!!! and they wanted to eat again.. but they shop was close. So we just eat at another Chinese restaurant.
Had ginger stir-fried beef, then go buy some stuff and back to clipper
Wash up, laptop, dinner, laptop, sleep...

15/8/2009 OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS

2009-08-18T07:48:00.000-07:00

Wake up at around 9 plus
Wash up, use computer
Meeting the Japanese friend at living room at 2pm.
Wear Olympique Lyonnais Jersey..
To buy Bragard Chef Uniform for Sir as a present
When we reach the place, the shop is close as they having holiday till 24aug
So we walk to Part-Dieu Shopping Mall..
Buy Sandwiches to eat and other thing...
Akaba use his email to login to facebook use a shop Iphone.
Guess wat!! He don't know how to login out...
So walk around more and went to Stadium!!!
The match start at 7.. We reach about 5plus... So we have to wait..
Buy Fries to eat...
Today match is Olympique Lyonnais VS Valenciennes FC
Around 6, everyone start to go in.
Check ticket and check bag, and they ask us to take off the bottle cap.. As they scare people try to throw on people...
So get to our sit.. Luckily we are under shelter but abit far!!
So we wait wait and wait.. More and more people coming in!!
And we saw Hazel and XuanYan
And they start to cheer!!!
Then the goalkeep from both side came out and do warm up.
When Valenciennes FC Goalkeeper came out, OL(Olympique Lyonnais) Fans keep booing them..
When the match going to start, the player came out and the fans can remember player name..
Match start.. everyone stand!! So we follow them, they can stand for the full game except half time and keep cheering!!!
OL score at 37mins... then nothing happen after that XD
OL won by 1 point
When the match end, everyone go off. Me and the Japanese walk down and take picture
After went back to clipper, wash up, laptop and sleep...

No more picture!!!

2009-08-18T07:41:00.000-07:00

Sry i cannot upload anymore picture!!

12/8 - 14/8

2009-08-14T12:24:00.001-07:00

Same old thing...
Wake up, wash up, Laptop
Laptop
Lunch
Laptop
Dinner
Laptop
ALL DAY LONG!!!

Dame Angry with hostel internet!!! I think got VIRUS!!!
Wish to go back Singapore ASAP!!

11/8/2009

2009-08-11T14:30:00.000-07:00

Today wake up, wash up and use laptop...
Change and go to Ecully buy bread,drinks,rice,chicken
Walk back, relax, Laptop,chat with Sir on facebook, Family Guy
My lunch is just bread with nutella
till dinner...
Rice with paprika chicken XD
Laptop again..
Then XuanYan knock on my door and pass me "I Love Paris" T-shirt
They help me buy S size.. like super tight fit LOL
Then chat at the doorway awhile
And back to my Laptop again
then read book "How to peel a peach" (Borrow from XuanYan)
This book is about how to choose the veg, how to store it well
Almost everything u need to know is inside...
About to sleep
NightNight...

10/8/2009

2009-08-11T03:13:00.000-07:00

Today wake up at 9plus
Watch video, listen to music, read book
Was about to go to Ecully to buy food but is raining
So never go, talk to friend on MSN
Take "Family Guy" Disc from XuanYan
And watch all day..
Dinner (Just sausages)
"Family Guy" again
Sleep...

9/8/2009 National Day In SINGAPORE!!

2009-08-10T04:43:00.000-07:00

Today is Singapore Birthday!!
Happy Birthday Singapore!!!
Woke up and use computer then wash up and go to buy food as my room is empty... XD
After buying my thing...
Went back to clipper and webcam wif my sister
Ask her to on the webcam and put it infront of the TV, to let me watch NDP.. haha
then talk to my relative and cousin!!
They are eating Steamboat!!!
OMG STEAMBOAT!!! So long nv eat liao!!!
MA when i go back singapore i wan to eat STEAMBOAT!!!
then chat till 6pm..
Cook dinner, the japanese guys are going to spain tomorrow!!!
and i will be in Clipper alone again!!!
Then back to room, read book. listen to music, watch video, relax

8/8/2009 Trip to Geneve (Switzerland)

2009-08-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
After this we take train back to Lyon, and back to clipper...
Hungry again cook instant noodle in XuanYan room as she have a induction cooker. Waiting for the water to boil, help XuanYan and Hazel to check the ticket to Paris Disneyland. Then Jeanne came to XuanYan room with her boyfriend Ben. Talking about what we do in holiday. Chat till 11plus and back to my room, watch video and sleep

All the country flag around the world!!!!

United Nations

United Nations

United Nations

Huge right!!!
Picture with Huge Chair!!!

UN!!

Huge Chair!!!

Huge Chair!!!

Had our lunch at MacDonald...

They are very pretty!!!

SOOO many Goose/Swan

SOOO many Goose/Swan

Big right

SOOO many Goose/Swan and Duckling

They pretending to feed them..
SOOO many Goose/Swan

SOOO many Goose/Swan

Who wan to know his/her GPA??? XD

Picture!!!

This is it..

HAHA we get CRAZY AGAIN!!!

HAHA my hand is too small..

Ma u see they have this here!!

Me!!! Kissing a rhino

Nice right..

See the pink eye...

Cute right!!!
We come to a animal museum..
Every animal here look sooo real!!!

Xinyi see!!

Ducati!!!

Pink Car!!!

This is another church..
When i enter this church, there a strong perfume smell..
After that i went out..

This car is nice!!

See...

This mini cooper is longer than the others..

Picture again!!!

The BIG road...

This is what it look like inside...

This small kid follow us went in but his parent ask him to stay XD

This is the front view...

We went to a church first..
Saint Peter's Cathedral and Chapel of the Maccabees

All this are Chocolate!!!

All this are Chocolate!!!

All this are Chocolate!!!

After 2hr ride, we have reach Switzerland's Geneve!!!
Here is Switzerland but there alot of asian people here...

Picture...

This is what it look like inside

Today wake up at 4.45am cos meeting at the living room at 5.25
wash up and go to the living room, then everyone is here, we take bus and train to Lyon Part Dieu. We buy our ticket, our train is ar 6.51
Went up the train and sleep... XD

7/8/2009 Trip to Sir Hurbert house for lunch at St Vallier

2009-08-09T10:55:00.000-07:00

This is what my Japanese friend give me =D
Today wake up at 8.30am
Wash up and change and go down to the living hall to wait for the other 3 ITE friend
and we take bus and subway to Lyon Part Dieu train station
Our train is at 10.25am but we miss it. So we call Sir Hurbert about it and he tell us what to do.
So we find another train which go to St Vallier. The train is at 11.11am, so we got on this train.
When we reach, we don't know which side to alight, we almost alight the wrong side. And on that side, a fast train go past, we are sooo lucky...
Then we saw Sir Hurbert, and we sit his car to his house... (SOOO long never sit in a car liao!!!)
It was 20mins ride from the station to his house. His house is on a mountain.
What we did there?? Look at all the picture below!!!
Then after our "hike", settle down at the garden awhile and take picture and off to the station.
The train is at 4.27pm but guess what!!! We are late again!!! So we have to wait at the train station for 1 hour because the next train is at 5.27pm. We thanks Sir Hurbert for a wonderful day and lunch with them. Back to Clipper.

On the way back!! Sunflower!!!

Group Photo Together...

Nice Flower in the garden planted by Sir Hurbert's mother

Nice Flower in the garden planted by Sir Hurbert's mother

Nice Flower in the garden planted by Sir Hurbert's mother

Nice Flower in the garden planted by Sir Hurbert's mother

Sir Hurbert's Dog...

Cow!!!

Berries...

Nice View ar... There horse also

Peach Tree

Group Picture!!! (Team ITE)

A lake where all the duck at.. But when they saw us.. they fly away...

I like this!!

Apple Tree

See how tall is it...

Sir Hurbert explaining the tree to us

This tree is very big!!!

His house!!!

Hazelnut

Corn!!!

Plum tree

Then we go for a small "hike" in the forest..
Rain abit..

Sword...

Rifle...

This is the biggest fireplace i seen

This is what it look like inside

And this is his house!!
The wall are Stone Wall

That is where we had our lunch.
Our lunch is Tomato with egg salad, olive cake, mix green and french bean salad.
All the vegetable are from their garden, planted by Sir Hurbert's mother
There alot of salad right, cause yesterday was hot in france, so they eat salad will be very cooling... then we have dessert and cheese.
Those 2 big tree is about 100 or 200 years old i can't remember...

The is at the back of this house!!!
And his house is a private place, so no one can enter...
And all the trees there are forest!!!
Can u imagine you staying near to a forest!! SO cool!!!

Our apptizer!! Melon!!! It is sweet
That Sir Hurbert's mother, Sir Hurbert and his wife??

6/8/2009

2009-08-06T08:40:00.000-07:00

Today is a boring day..
Wake up at 7plus ( I don know why)
Watch video, wash up and chat with friends
I never eat lunch today, lazy to buy thing and cook (I don know why again)
Eat Chips and drink milk
Video again then sleep
Wake up, guess what!!!
VIDEO AGAIN!!!
haha later cooking dinner, vegetable and instant noodle!!!
then maybe back to room and video again and sleep
Another BORING Day.....

5/8/2009

2009-08-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

Today VERY tired!!!
Wanted to sleep more but the sun is just TOO BRIGHT!!!
ITS BURNING MY BUTT!!! XD
Do the same thing... Wash up and switch on my laptop
But the problem today is that I HAVE NO INTERNET!!!
Is like have, don have, have
So when there internet try to talk to friend awhile.
While i talk to Akaba, he say his room have internet.
So i rush down to his room with my laptop and spent my day there
And it was lunch time!!!
Cook Pasta again!! LOL Since money i eating Pasta!!!
After that went to GYM (I don't know what i think, after lunch go gym!!! I must be CRAZY!!!)
Then went back to Akaba room, awhile later he say he want to sleep.
So i went down to the living hall and use my laptop, talk to my family and load video
And is Dinner agian!!
PASTA again...(Like no life ar!!)
Went back room watch video
But i still need internet!!!
So i down here in the living hall again, uploading blog and loading video
and i be back in my room watch video and sleep =D

Oo ya we have brought the ticket to Saint Vallier because we have to meet a teacher which he come to Singapore to visit us. He invited us to his house for a lunch.

4/8/2009

2009-08-05T03:17:00.000-07:00

Today went to ecully to buy bread and cheese
and come back, watch "Jumper", "Taken" and "Wanted"
Cos the internet lost connection
Watch from afternoon till night
Cook Dinner
Watch "Wanted" till half way, heard Akaba voice
So i open the door and they are back from Nice.
Talk at the corridor, and after awhile Hazel and XuanYan come back from Rome
Went to their room chat..
Continue watch "Wanted"

Maybe i will be going to Switzerland with my Japanese Friend on 8th Aug
And i will be going to a teacher house on 7th Aug for lunch

3/8/2009

2009-08-04T09:26:00.000-07:00

3rd day!!! And is a monday!!!
Wake up, wash up, watch video, listen to music
Change and went to ecully to buy food
Cook lunch
Watch video, listen to music
Dinner
Video and music again
Sleep

2/8/2009 2nd day of Holiday

2009-08-03T06:05:00.000-07:00

Today is the 2nd day!!!
Wake up and my sister webcam with me..
All my relative is at my house, so chat with them awhile...
Then wash up and change and go to flea market alone...
was very scare tat i will be lose but never XD
When i got off the bus, saw ali (School helper) he only noe how to speak french while i only can speak abit.. so chat awhile and back to shopping for vegetable and fruits.
I brought onion, carrot, zucchini, banana, raspberry, strawberry.
And went back to clipper, while in the bus it started to rain...
So when i reach the bus-stop. i start running back to clipper.
Cook lunch. Room, video, sleep
Maybe from tml onward i go to gym train my body XD
Maybe only ar!!!
Dinner and the same as lunch time
then sleep till next day

1/8/2009 First day of Holiday!!!

2009-08-03T05:57:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day of holiday...
Everyone went back to their country or go to other country..
While me... i staying at clipper as i need to save money. I spend too much money during the last 2 months... So for this few day i be eating pasta or drink vegetable soup... XD
Today went to carrefour with my japanese friend. Buy daily product, dinner ingredients.
We will be eat Soba noodle and miso soup!!!
I buy lots of thing and my bag is heavy, on the way back to clipper
We saw 1 trolley, so we take the trolley and put all our thing in it and push it back to clipper.
When we are pushing back, my mind keep thinking : OMG i can not imagine i am doing this. and people is looking at us.. But in the end we still get back to clipper safely...
Went up to room, sleep, watch video
and is dinner time!!!
and back to room again...
OMG tml the japanese guys are going oversea... and i will be alone in clipper...

27/7 - 31/7/2009 Saison (Season) restaurant kitchen, Spring Cleaning and Last day of school!!!

2009-08-01T10:40:00.000-07:00

Okuda

Atsuko disturbing people

Nice???

Buffet!!!!

Picture with Sous Chef Fredrico

Picture with Chef Le Cossec

A Toast!!!

Chef Le Cossec give a speak

Massage!!!

A small party in kitchen for celebrating a successfully service!!!
The drink is fruit juice and lots of gin!!
but u can't taste the gin XD

Last day of school.. so we having a buffet!!!

Feng-Yi Plate

Akaba Plate

Mc Lory Plate

Another Mise-on-plac place...

Jason!!!

This is where we put all our plastic container

Another CDP of Garde Mange

The Meat team!!

CDP of Meat!!!

Big Glass for guest/visitor can see the kitchen

Meat Station (Which where i am in)

Saison Kitchen

The Fish Team!!!

CDP of Garde Mange

CDP of Fish

25/7/2009 Shopping!!! Last day of Sales!!! and Olympique Lyonnais Shop and Stadium

2009-08-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

OL= Office Lady??
NO!! is Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais Shop

Olympique Lyonnais Shop

Olympique Lyonnais Shop

Olympique Lyonnais Shop

Olympique Lyonnais Shop

Olympique Lyonnais Shop

Olympique Lyonnais Shop

20/7 - 24/7/2009 Theory lesson (History of food, Sous-vide, wine and arts??)

2009-07-26T02:59:00.000-07:00

Cute Right

Cute Right

Me and my Art Teacher!!!
Miss/ Mrs E Brrrrémond

Luis Plate and Table Cloth
Laura Plate and Table Cloth

Kuo-wei Plate and Table Cloth

XuanYan!!!

Luis!!!

Miriam!!!

Maria!!!

Laura!!!

Lais!!!

My Plate and Table Cloth!!!

Reima Plate (Finland)

Okuda Plate (Japan)

I forget her name but she from Mexico

Miriam Plate (Mexico)

And Changi Airport Tower!!!

Merlion
Look the same??

Mine Plate (Singapore)

Luis Plate (Peru)

Lais Plate (Brazil)

Otsubo Plate (Japan)

Roy Plate (Finland)

Laura Plate (Colombia)

Samira Plate (Colombia)

Jason Plate (America)

Jeanne Plate (America)

Samira!!! XD

Kuo-wei Plate (Taiwan)

Atsuko Plate (Japan)

This is what i draw!!!
Nice right
We have to draw and paint the plate and table cloth which represent our country...

Picture!!!

Wine stone??

Like pro ar?? XD

HAHAH She don't like the wine!!!

Like pro ar?? XD

XD!!!

Like pro ar?? XD

Like pro ar?? XD

Biggest Champagne!!!

Teaching us where are the wine from and how much the place produce the wine

Thiago

Mr D Gâteau

Mr D Gâteau

Teaching us where are the wine from and how much the place produce the wine

Teaching us where are the wine from and how much the place produce the wine

Teaching us where are the wine from and how much the place produce the wine

See everyone listen to the lesson

Teaching us where are the wine from and how much the place produce the wine

He is D Gâteau
Teaching us where are the wine from and how much the place produce the wine

HAHA Wine lesson!!!
He show us the wine bottle.. but is just a Dummy Bottle...

My Sous-Vide Chef
Chef Jean-Pierre Grossi
He will be the chef design the new kitchen for ITE CCK
I soooo wan to use the kitchen!!!

Confit Lemon

Chicken thigh cook at different rate with different temperature

Chicken Thigh

This is Beef Rumsteak if i not wrong...

This is pork tenderloin which is slow cook for 1 day

After Sous-Vide the product.
Have to put the product in hot water for 3 sec to let the plastic bag to tighten up...

I forget what this machine is...
We cook the meat slowly for 1 day...

This is our Sous-Vide Lesson
He teaching us how to the machine...

19/7/2009 TO PARIS!!!! Day 2

2009-07-25T14:04:00.000-07:00

That all then we went to have our dinner near the train station.
And take train back to lyon and taxi to clipper...

A amusement park!!!

HAHA there is a underwear on the statue head!!!

We still can see the Eiffel Tower!!!

Together!!!

haha!!!

Then me too!!!

HAHA we saw this statue.
Then Akaba went and pose...

Group Picture!!!

Group Picture!!!

Group Picture!!!

Mona Jon!!!!

Mona Jon!!!!

This is a shopping mall near a museum.
This museum had the Mona Lisa art piece.

I forget what the name liao XD
I never dream that i will come here!!!!

Went to Eiffel Tower again

Here come the train!!!

The Metro Station

This whole street is about nake girl show... XD

Moulin Rouge

Sushi Shop

And there a restaurant there

Wind-mill

This man really know how to draw

This man really know how to draw

And this is daylight robbery!!!
When u just stand there, they come and draw u and charge u money...

Hazel and Xuanyan get draw

Train!!!

This is a city of arts!!

She can play very well

She can play very well

Me and my Brother!!!

I brought 1

Cute right!!!

Like this!!!

This man can make a dog keychain within 5mins

Nice right

Nice right

Nice view!!!

This is a famous church which located at the top of a hill/mountain...

See the view

See the view

This is a famous church which located at the top of a hill/mountain...

2nd Day!!!
This is somewhere near where we stay
Today i follow the japanese friend

18/7/2009 TO PARIS!!!! Day 1

2009-07-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

Pink Limo!!!

Pink Limo!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Me and Candy Floss!!!
Yummy!!!

Me and Candy Floss!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!! and tree??? XD

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Nice car right!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Merry-go-round and Eiffel Tower!!!

Merry-go-round and Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Ground again!!!!
We took 3hr plus plus
Cos we eat and slowly walk up and down... XD

Picture from the Top take down to the ground!!!
Everything is like ants!!!

Picture from the Top take down to the ground!!!
Everything is like ants!!!

Picture from the Top take down to the ground!!!
Everything is like ants!!!

Picture from the Top take down to the ground!!!
Everything is like ants!!!

Picture from the Top take down to the ground!!!
Everything is like ants!!!

We are almost to the tip of Eiffel Tower!!!

Picture from the Top take down to the ground!!!
Everything is like ants!!!

Picture from the Top

Picture from the Top

Picture from the Top

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

Singapore is 10,745km away from Paris!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

View From The Top!!!

The lift to the ground floor
With Big Wheel!!!

People who are lining up to go up to the top!!!

Picture at 2nd level

Picture at 2nd level

Picture at 2nd level

Picture at 2nd level

Picture at 2nd level

Picture at 2nd level

Picture at 2nd level
And we reach!!!

Up to 2nd level!!!

Woah there someone outside!!! Help him!!!
Haha is a dummy

Woah there someone outside!!! Help him!!!
Haha is a dummy

View from the 1st level

View from the 1st level

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Drawing about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Things about Eiffel Tower

Haha!!! We have reach again!!!
this is the view from the center

We cannot take lift up to the 2nd level....

Alright Up we go again!!
To the 2nd Level!!!

The History of Eiffel Tower

Picture from this level view!!!

Ok we reach the 1st story!!!
Fast right

Up we go!!!

Picture first!!!

All right!! Warm up and climb Eiffel Tower!!!

People who are at the bottom of Eiffel Tower!!!

Eiffel Tower!!!

Picture!!!

And we reach the park infront of the Tower!!!

We are near to Eiffel Tower!!!

Ray-can Glasses

And i saw this car!!!
Look like Speed Racer's Car

Going to Eiffel Tower

Fossil

Skeleton of Ancient Animal

1 Eye Pig

2 Head 1 Brain Lamb

Fish without a mouth??

2 Body 1 head Rat

2 Body 1 head pig

This kitten have 8 legs

Small small small Dolphin

Skeleton Of Small People??

The inside of Snake and Lizard

Skeleton of the Sea Animal

Skeleton Of Animals

Monkey Skeleton

Mammoth!!!
We are at Museum National D"Histoire Naturelle

AAAHHH Dinosaur!!!
haha is fake

We separated from Brazil, Japan, America friends

Paris Train Station

Paris Train Station

We wake up at 5am and go to the train station.
We reach Paris at 9.03am

16/7/2009 Day 4 of Pefection 3

2009-07-20T11:15:00.000-07:00

Lobster Coral and Intestine

Lobster with American Sauce

Riesling (White Wine)

Cognac

Trout With Fish Mousse Souffle

Pan-Fried Whiting with Herb Butter

Pane Method

Pan-fried Stingray with Butter lemon sauce

Poached Hake if i not wrong...

Fish And Bell Pepper Terrain

Stingray!!!

Poach Royale Sea beam

Fish And Bell Pepper Terrain

Mussel Soup

Cling-Film till the bottom

HAHA Chef Lemaire don't want any people to touch his Kitchen box

15/7/2009 Day 3 of Pefection 3

2009-07-15T14:53:00.001-07:00

Hans Wine!!!

Today theme is Seafood
But there is only 2 seafood on this plate.

14/7/2009 Lunch in melibar and Day 2 in Prefection 3

2009-07-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

Crayfish!!!

Lobster!!!

To clarify the stock

Today theme is Carpaccico

Table Setting

Working!!!

Akaba with the France Chicken hat!!!