Classes begins..

WHOAA!!! i can't wait!! Intermediate Pastry class is on April 2nd 2008. Gonna do something even more, more chocolates, more cakes, more breads and a lot more!!!! I'm very very very excited yet very very nervous. 2 more days to go than back to school! YIPEE!! my very first time i'm excited to go to school hahahhaha :D :D

Went out with a different clique

Today i went out with the m'sian students frm Cordon Bleu..Laura is back from Quebec. We went to watch "SHUTTER" i didn't get to see the original movie but the english version is good also, i thought it was gonna be scary but it wasn't so scary. I jump a few times but other than that its a good movie to watch. Than we sat at the food court on Rideau Center and chat for 2hrs. Just chatting and we didn't realize it was 8 30pm. When i got the bus ard 8 45pm reach the bus stop ard 9 15pm. The 'alley' i gotta walk in order to reach the house was so dimmed i was so scared but i thoughen up and walk very quickly coz the wind is so strong plus i didn't wear my leggings today so my legs are cold. Gonna meet up with them again tomorrow and laura to go to school to pick our lockers i'm still gonna pick the same locker. Hopefully no one has taken my locker.

After that i'm not sure where we'll go. Ouh laura's brother is gonna join us and he wants to buy some stuff downtown so i guess we're going shopping!

After Gradutaion Party

After dinner that nite we went down to meet the rest of Cordon Bleu students @ Urban Well. It was so much FUN we were LOUD bunch. Finally met up with some asian students frm Cuisine side. Fei, Rahim and Jing Hao they are from M'sia, Eddie and Hyunmin from Korea. I had a great time with them. Next term is gonna so much FUN i can't WAIT for intermediate pastry!!!!!



Photos of us @ Urban Well:


Eddie, Hyunmin & me.



Group Photo



Kiel & Me.

More Picture

My Basic Certificate



Us with our Certificates.



Me & Fei



Leftover petit fours

Graduation Day!

We had our graduation today @ 2pm, only 3 people showed to the graduation ceremony from Basic Pastry. Laura went to Quebec with her mum,bro &boifey, Ashley gotta work, 1 went back to Alabama, 1 couldn't make it,1 came but she didn't bring along her chef jacket coz her excuse was she didn't have a computer nor an email account so she didn't know. Well she if that was the case why didn't she have any initiative to ask someone from the office and ask if she needs to bring something along or what?! RIGHT!? If it was me and i didn't have my computer and i wanted to go to the ceremony i would have ask someone do i need to bring something along?

AAAhhh oh well thats her problem! who cares! Ok so the ceremony went well, there were some cheese & crackers, petit fours, some mixed fruit and hors d'œuvre i didn't really try it coz it didn't look appetizing to me..ooohhh i cld try it next time.Flow of champagne and fruit punch. So that was nice. Kiel's parents gave me a ride after that ard 620pm we (Kiel's parents,Kiel and me) met up with Valerie and her mum at a restaurant on Bank street (i think)..his parents paid for my meal..i don't feel comfortable about it but his mum offered so..i didn't say anything.

Here are some of the photos i took at the graduation:



Me & Chef Herve, a really nice Chef.



Me, Valerie, Chef Herve, Chef Jerome & Kiel.



Me & Rizza from Superior Cuisine & Pastry
(she did her Grand Diplome both at the same time)


Me and Kathy Shaw.


Me & Valerie


Us with our Certs!
Frm left: Valerie's mum, Valerie, Kiel, his mum Mary and ME!!


Us at Oz Bar/Restaurant.

I did pretty well i got a 71.11/100 class average is 67.58 so i think 71.11 is good enough.

I thought i screw up my bon d'economat but i didn't i got a 9/10, my presentation i got 16.3/20, technique 17.63/25, taste 19.56/25, organization is 12.5/20 now thats bad organization but i thought i was organize but apparently not. For exam marks i receive 74.99/100 and overall out of the whole term i got 71.11/100 not sure why. I didn't miss a class so we receive a pin for attendence so thats cool!!!


My Basic Patisserie Certificate!!


My attendence pin.

FINAL EXAM & PRACTICAL

Well today was my practical exam..pheeww glad its over & done. We just need to wait for a phone call tomorrow to let us know whether we pass or fail. If there is no phone call than we are safe meaning we have passed our basic patisserie.

Well i totally screw up my Bon d'economat which is basically a form we need to fill up, the ingredients and the quantity of each ingredients, from a list of recipe they have given us. And we need to memorize 10 recipe, i have mixed up my quantity from other recipe with the one i've picked. OH WELL!! its only 10 marks. The important part is the practical exam..there were some minor mistakes i've made luckily no major ones!! And i'm sooo sooo glad the exam is DONE!! i was so nervous just now but when i did the practical i was calm as i can be... :D

Well at least my border today is nicer than the one i did in class... :D :D :D

This is my FINAL EXAM presentation:

Miroir Cassis

BTW the list of practical exam is:

1. Charlotte aux Poire

2. Eclair's & Religiesus

3. Miroir Cassis

And the list we need to remember was:

1. Pave du Roy

2. St Honore

3. Tart Citron

4. Gateau Basque

5. Miroir Cassis

6. Eclair's & Religiesus

7. Gateau Foret Noire

8. Charlotte aux Poire

9. Tart Souffle

10. Succes

Class photo

OhMyGoodness!! I look so weird in this photo..hhahahah us malay have a saying that if you eat a lot of chicken neck your neck will be tilted to either right or left depending on which you eat the most, i guess i have eaten my share of left chicken neck. So my neck is always tilted when i take pictures...ahahahahahh not sure if this old grandma tale is true or not but its a funny tale to tell.. =]

Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Ottawa

Basic Patisserie 2008.

Oh by the way i uploaded this using my web camera that's why the colour contrast looks so weird also i edited it wif some other software.