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Sunday, February 20, 2011, 12:57 AM
are you all geared for PRACTICUM!?!
Official start of practicum in less than 1 day!Went on a learning journey to Bollywood Organic Farm on Friday and then had to rush off to Bedok.
Met up with the SCM of BGSS, Mr Tan, as well as the VP of the school, Mr Lim.
After self intro, settling the admin matters (getting the timetable, access card, and briefing on the guideline to follow etc), we went on a tour to familarise with the school environment. Went to the staff room and met my CT, Ms Koh, as well. Gotten my assignments to be completed and the textbooks.
I will have three sec 2 classes, express and n(t), and a sec 3 n(a) class. I will have to conduct a rough puff pastry (chicken pie) practical session with the sec 3 class on Wk 2 of the practicum! And.. Rough puff pastry is not something is usually bake during my free time! Had to make preparations for lesson plan and practice making CHICKEN PIES!
Shall end of with some photos of Bollywood Farm!
(i'm so sleepy that i decided to call it a day! I shall upload later in the morning!)
=)
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Thursday, February 10, 2011, 11:16 AM
u.d.d.e.r.s ice cream cafe =)
1 more week to our deadlines for the entrepreneurship report and our magazine!Firstly, thanks all our customers for buying our cups! ❤
Next, for our magazine, we are doing a comparative study on....
DESSERT CAFES!
Our group selected 4 cafes with different desserts as their specialty and went to each shop to survey the ambiance and service, as well as to try the food!
So.. This is one of the cafes we went..
the U.d.d.e.r.s!
Labels: DCX 133 Teaching of Consumer Education
Thursday, February 3, 2011, 11:21 AM
photoshop COOK!
I'll like to share this creative video that I've chanced upon!Perfect your photos with Adobe photoshop? That's OUTDATED!
The IN thing now.. Perfect you cookies baking skills with Adobe photoshop cook!
HAHA, ENJOY!
credits to: http://www.dtail.com/2010/03/adobe-photoshop-cook/
Visit the dtail™, an independent creative design blog, tailored to finding the very best inspirations in contemporary designs.. You can find a lot of interesting designs there! =)
AND..
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR to my readers!
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| GONG XI FA CAI! =D |
image from: http://soloverly.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-chinese-new-year.html
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Saturday, January 29, 2011, 12:53 AM
WHITE POPPY!
Hi everyone!My group's blog page for our entrepreneuship project is up!
Please visit here and support us!
We are selling hand-made cups in a pair, price starting from $9.90 to $15.90.
There will be more updates on our range of designs in the next few days, please stay tune!
For those who had already made your orders, I would like to thank you for your support on behalf of all my group members! We will contact you by next week to arrange for collection!
For new visitors, please click here to check out designs that we have yet to update in our blog shop!
Should you like any of our designs and would like to make an order, please visit our BLOG SHOP or our FACEBOOK PAGE to make an order!
Your support is much appriciated! Thank you!
Labels: DCX 133 Teaching of Consumer Education
Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 4:19 PM
needs VS wants..
(image from: http://www.upit.co.za/philosophy.html)
A familiar pyramid? This is Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
The theory is that: only when the basic needs, those at the bottom of the pyramid, are met, we try to meet other needs higher up the pyramid.
Nowadays, many people do not problems meeting basic needs like food and shelter. Many of us even take them for granted. The distinction between needs and wants also diminishes and we often considered our wants as needs.
(image from: http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/compare-prices/patent-lace-up-court-shoe)
"I need to get this pair of shoes, it's pink and there's ribbon!"
(image from: http://www.jmarket.com/Featured-in-magazines-Bicolor-Mini-Dress.html)
"This dress is a must have, it's feature in the magazine!"
(image from: http://bagwhiz.com/category/luxury-handbag-reviews/betsey-johnson-bags/page/3/)
"This bag is so cute, I must buy it!"
Don't the above captions sound familiar? They are some common quotes I have heard before during my shopping trips (some are excuses I gave at times too!).
No doubt that shoes, clothes and bags are basic needs, but we don't stop buying after we have them. I have like at least 10 pairs of shoes that I barely wear, some are even brand new, and I will still buy new shoes (giving all sorts of excuses like this is pink and I need a pink heels to match my new dress, etc). BUT, if I really needed that pair of shoes, I don't need to find any excuses as (REAL) needs hardly need justification to be purchased.
Everyone loves beautiful things and sometimes, we think that we need to have them. However, when we actually spend the time and give second thoughts to analyse the need for the item, there are actually more reasons not to buy them.
The line between NEED and WANT is for us to define!
(image from: http://notes.chanv.net/want-vs-need)
Labels: DCX 133 Teaching of Consumer Education
Monday, January 24, 2011, 10:11 AM
mugs for SALE! =)
These are the items that our group will be selling for our entrepreneurship project..
We managed to design these cups in about 2 hours.. Here's some "behind the scene!"
I'll update our site for you to place your orders soon! =)
Labels: DCX 133 Teaching of Consumer Education
Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 11:45 PM
Creative advertising!
One of the most important factors of marketing: ADVERTISING!
Be it print, digital or through the media, consumers are constantly bombarded with numerous of advertisements everyday. In order for an advertisment to stand out, it has to be either very creative, very unique, or it can be very lame or annoying.
Since advertisements can sway consumers' perception of products/ services/ mindsets etc,
the key of advertising is probably:
The more impression your advertisement can leave on the audience, the higher the possibility to improve your sales/ bring across your me!
Here's some examples of "cool" adverts~
ENJOY =)
(video from: http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Be-Creative-in-Advertising-6304224)
Be it print, digital or through the media, consumers are constantly bombarded with numerous of advertisements everyday. In order for an advertisment to stand out, it has to be either very creative, very unique, or it can be very lame or annoying.
Since advertisements can sway consumers' perception of products/ services/ mindsets etc,
the key of advertising is probably:
The more impression your advertisement can leave on the audience, the higher the possibility to improve your sales/ bring across your me!
Here's some examples of "cool" adverts~
ENJOY =)
Labels: DCX 133 Teaching of Consumer Education, something interesting to share