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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Pre-trip cooking session
5:32 PM


I've honestly learnt a lot from this cooking session. It was great interaction with the group members and great fun marketing/cooking as well. Great interaction in a sense that I realized Samuel is actually quite a perfectionist when it comes to cutting potatoes - he was totally trimming the edges making them as curvy and round as possible. Also it was quite funny how he kept saying "too many cooks spoil the broth" just because he knows nuts about cooking (like me). Then I realized I'm not the only klutz when it comes to cooking (in the group) - there's always Adeline and Samuel lol. I also found out that Nimat is such a great and efficient potato peeler! And there's Bing Hao who likes to cook lol. Little things like these will become useful when we go Yunnan, seriously.

I think communication is quite important within the team. And I mean GOOD communication. For example, like what was mentioned during the "debrief" by Ms Liew was that some people didn't realize how much ingredient was needed (like the onion/garlic) and peeled extra, which resulted in wastage. I mean, seriously, there are people who aren't sure how much exactly is needed and hence, from this simple scenario, I kinda realized that we have to communicate well among the group so as to know how much the person cooking needs. Just like what happened on that day, we had to make do with our available funds (1SGD per person) so same goes for Yunnan, it's pretty important to know that we cannot waste food. Also, since it's gonna be a whole new experience of cooking in Yunnan (what with firewood and the cold weather and a water source far away), I hope we'll just be adaptable and work well as a group!

Just like Samuel said, "too many cooks spoil the broth", I think I should just stick to simple stuffs like peeling potatoes, washing dishes, maintaining the fire when we go Yunnan and cook. It's 30 people's worth of food at stake lol. But then again, I honestly thought my fried potato/potato chips were excellent (for a first timer).

It's almost 6pm now! Sooooooon we'll be at the airport leaving Singapore!! :D

- Kah Hui

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