Here comes the food part!

Hygiene in the kitchen is very important – clean food, healthy and happy customers!

The 100% beef patties are grilled with no additives and fillers!

Now let’s put them together…

When the day is cold (seldom) or when one is feeling down, the golden fries from McDonald’s will surely save the day! And how can you not get the McNuggets too?

Thank you very much McDonald’s for giving me this opportunity to look beyond the counter and witnessed what was going on in the kitchen. I have always been a loyal customer and the visit shown me more about what goes into my favourite food.

Now I am assured that McDonald’s get their ingredients from reputable sources and hygiene is very important to them.

I am lovin’ it!

Welcome to McDonald’s!

May I have your order please?

So I went for a session of the Open Doors 2011 before it officially starts on 18 Sept 2011 and had the opportunities to go beyond the counter and into the kitchen!

We have the nice people from McDonald’s to share with us some info and to show us around later.

There’s Ting, our Open Doors Ambassador! This is where the containers for the food and some condiments are stored at. It is really important to keep them tidy so that you know where to get what in the shortest period of time! This is FAST FOOD after all, remember?

With so much food in the house, we will need a HUGE refrigerator!!!

There is even a staff corner for staff to have their meals and rest during their break time. That is so considerate!!!

 

Alrighty, the next post I will touch on the more important stuff, which is the FOOD!!!!!!!!!

McDonald’s Open Doors is back!

This is going to be the third year that McDonald’s is going to open its doors to all. It is a free guided kitchen tour at selected McDonald’s restaurants where participants will learn about McDonald’s food from “farm to fork”.

Where are the raw ingredients from?

How is the food prepared?

How do the McDonald’s fries stay crispy on the outside and fluffy inside?

What are the safety and quality checks?

These are some of the questions that will be answered  during the tour. If you want to join the tour, you really have to act fast.

The slots were snapped up last year. You read right, I said "snapped up”! Happening on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 18 Sept 2011 to 19 Feb 2012, you should go to www.mcdonalds.com.sg/opendoors to register NOW!

Changi Airport Fabulous Friday Deal!

Still thinking of getting the iPad 2 or waiting for iPad 3? Well, Changi Airport has this great deal for iPad 2 today!

Spend $30 at the stores at Changi Airport and you will get to buy the iPad 2 at $554.75.

The sale starts at 7pm but I think people might be queuing up already!

http://millionaire.changiairport.com/index.php/fabulous_fridays/deal

I want to be a Tu Tu Kueh seller one day…

I was at Boon Keng yesterday to visit my grandmother and as I wondered what food should I bring her, I came across this stall selling Tu Tu Kueh (TTK). TTK is a local snack made of rice flour and different kinds of fillings to choose from – coconut or grounded peanut!

What struck me was the uncle made sure that each and every TTK was pressed to shape and he stuffed a lot of fillings into them. In today’s context, where the price for everything has gone up, it was a relieve to see that his TTK are selling at 3 for $1.

Maybe one day, I will be a TTK seller too.

Selamat Hari Raya!

Great food, great friends, great time!!!

SPARKS @ The MERANTI Project

All student teachers have to go through this self-discovery course which is known as the Meranti Project. Meranti is the name of a tree that is native to Singapore.

Spread over two days, the project covered issues such as National Education, self discovery and it kind of bonded the team together. It was a dread to go to school on the early morning of Saturday and Sunday. But it turned out to be pretty meaningful.

The Great via Ferrata Wall Challenge!

So I signed up for the challenge again this year and almost chickened out. I mean, I attended a course in the morning from 8.30am to 5.30pm and I had to travel from Tampines at 6.30am. I was really really really tired.

So somehow I managed to push myself and went ahead. I drew Lot 5 which was a killer!!!! Even before the start of the challenge, I had to rock-climb up the wall and it was only then that I realised that I had not done anything like this for a long time. A little shaky initially but things got easier eventually.

There was one guy who hung on the wall for 100 minutes!!!! Yes, that is more than an hour, 1 hour 40 minutes to be exact. He got Lot 6 and the emcee said it was one of the ‘good lot’.

Not easy.

Last year’s champion came back and only managed to stay there for 70 minutes. Me? I did 15 minutes.

Next year again? Maybe… because the goodies bag is really good!

Sold.sg SMASHING PRICES

I dropped by the Sold.sg’ s HQ last Thursday and was introduced to the entertainment shopping website. It was launched in July 2010 and has now 34,000 registered users!!

A variety of products can be found at Sold.sg. From PS3, iPad 2, iPhone, Wii to Kindle which cannot be found in Singapore.

There we have Qiuyan, one of the founders, telling us more about how Sold.sg works.

The bidding price start from zero. Each time an user places a bid, the bid price increases by 15cents and countdown timer increase by up to 20 seconds per bid. Bid is made using tokens which can be purchased from the website. Each token costs 75cents. So when the countdown timer reaches zero, the one who made the last bid wins the auction.

In short,

Simple huh??

Why not try it today?

Go to Sold.sg where treasures can be found!

[Sold.sg] Where the Treasures are!

I was told that there is a clue to where the treasures are hidden. I wonder where is it…

hmmm… oh! there it is!!!!

Four steps to find the treasures… But first, I must get to SOLD.SG

What do we have here?

I must find a way to gather all these treasures. I MUST!!!

Four easy steps, once I master them, all the treasures will be mine!!!! MINE!!!!!!!!!!! Wa ha ha ha ha….

H a p p y B I r t h d a y S I N G A P O R E !!!

Even Google.com.sg has adapted the Singapore Flag on its page. Happy Birthday Singapore!

We are S.P.A.R.K.S!

Hurray!!! We are done with Runway NIE!!! As part of NIE’s National Day Celebration, NIE’s freshies have to come up with a costume and have a model to showcase it on 8th August 2011.

So basically, I was the model for my team, S.P.A.R.K.S!!

In short, I had images of the Capitol Building and National Stadium on my legs, a kite on my waist, F1 cars on my hands, Majulah! The Singapore Spirit shirt and tattoo, 2 durian shells aka Esplanade as my shoulder pads and Marina Bay Sands on my back.

Not the funnest thing to do in the world but hey, people in S.P.A.R.K.S got to know each other better and we are on my way to accomplish the actual GESL Project.

Wish us luck! ^^v