Hello aliens~!!
Good news today!!
We don't have anymore forensic lectures because we are DONE with all the chapters!
YEAH!!!
But we still have projects D:
Sad me is sad.
But today was another IS activity.
We did caligraphy and had a mini tea ceremony!
I was definately excited for the caligraphy part because i'm curious how to write nice characters with a brush.
It appears that there are different styles for different strokes.
and each stroke has a name.
I can't understand what the instructor was saying because its all in chinese.
But i did manage to catch a thing or two..
like how to hold the brush properly and how to write simple strokes!!
I realised that the ink and the type of paper is very unique.
The ink has more of an oily texture while the paper is like tracing paper.
i guess it's easier to write with these especially when you're writing with a brush!!
Thank goodness i took chinese lessons.
So i was able to write simple characters like 你好吗？or 我姓李。
and my caligraphy isn't that bad!
knowing that it is my first time holding the brush and writing caligraphy!
it's harder then it looks!
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| Excited people!!! |
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| our instructor teaching us the strokes |
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| GO MISS CHUA!!!! |
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| LOOK AT WHAT MY TSO WROTE!!! Not bad!! |
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| Not bad right?? HEHE |
I didn't know that making and pouring simple tea have a few complicated methods.
We learned 2 ways on how to brew tea today!
First is placing all the leaves into a small ceramic bowl and with hot water!
After a few minutes, pour the tea into the teapot through a ceramic filter!
but this isn't for drinking!
This is for sterillisation!
This is to save the authentic taste of the tea so that the taste wont be contaminated.
The next method is what i would like to call the 'Teh tarik style'.
So the tea leaves are placed in a tall cup and brewed with hot water.
But before serving to the guests, the water has to be cooled down.
Like Singapore, they cool the tea using the usual Teh Tarik method we see back in Singapore's hawker centres!
The tea cups are also adorably small!
After pouring the tea, the teacups are served to guests using bamboo tweezers so as not to contaminate the taste of the tea!
the tea is served to the oldest first!
So me,Irfanah, Gordan and Wei Seng were one of the firsts to be served since we are the 1994 babies T_T.
But i'm still the youngest among the 4 of us! HEHEHE!
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| I see Wilson is happy..haha |
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| Tea leaves!!! |
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| Joel using the teh tarik style |
I realised i know nothing about the methods of brewing traditional chinese tea.
Maybe because it isn't really practiced in Singapore.
Or maybe it just isn't really been exposed to youths like me!
i guess the different cultures in Singapore is open but not really open!
I still have very little understanding about the Chinese culture even if i can find the chinese culture everywhere in singapore.
Maybe because China is the root of the chinese culture so thats why there is more.
Whatever it is, i think the different cultures in Singapore could be more open to each other.
With this, we can have a similar understanding of each other and improve harmony.
Believe it or not, i still believe that Singapore still has racism.
I've experienced it, but at least Singapore is a much better place to live in because most people can understand and live in harmony!!!
Alright so thats what happen today!! SEE YOU AGAIN!!!
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