Cake Decorating Tutorial: Rose out of Icing

Simple cupcakes can make one smile too~


Source: google

A story from a website~

Old Folks Abandoned, seen in bus stops.
Source: here.

Purpose: A comment in a blog whereby the author have seen elderly folks lying at bus stops at night with no place to go and feels affected by the type of society we live in with no compassion for the elderly.

As I woke up for my ride this morning, it never occur to me that I’ll be sitting here now writing this. Thoughts are running through my head but I just can’t seem to be able to put structure them into the words and express them as I would like to but here goes.

Nothing beats a morning ride.

As I zipped through the quiet neighborhood, with the sound of the wind rushing by my ears, the feeling of the cool morning breeze running through my hair directed through the air vents in the helmet makes me feel fresh even though I’m sweating like a pig and my muscles are screaming for me to stop from all the effort.

One thing I can’t help but notice is the number of old folks that are sleeping at the bus stops. What are they doing sleeping here at this ungodly hour? I can definitely say that they are not waiting for buses as there aren’t any service that runs at 4am in the morning. Then it dawned upon me. They’re homeless.

I’ve heard and read about the homeless in Singapore, there was even a documentary made to highlight this situation. Abandoned by their children or having no children as they’ve worked pass their prime to settle down, they’ve no one to support them as they grow old and their savings dwindled from the increasing cost of living. The situation is more common than anyone of us would like to admit but the morning quietness of the neighborhood with no other distractions around you does punctuate this rather strongly.

It got me thinking. As society progresses, and as we grow old and slow down due to our age and being unable to catch up with the progresses as we are able to do so now, will we be eventually left behind to our own devices to be forgotten by everyone else? Will our savings hold out?
Today as the standard of living is rising rapidly, we find it more and more difficult to make ends meet these days, what I’ve seen this morning does trigger a sense of fear and hopelessness about the future.

Granted that we have more access to information and knowledge to help lower the chances of our fate ending as such, there is no guarantee as to what will happen in the future. And what about these folks who’ve not had such information in the past? Are we to just forget them and hope that they will just eventually go away? And even if we are willing to help them, are we able to?

As I spin around my neighborhood, the peace, quiet and joy of the ride was overshadowed by a sense of fear and uncertainty as I can’t help but wonder if this is the bleak future that we’re all riding into.

Source: http://memories.simplyordinary.com/2007/12/

Abandonment of old folks - Some Singaporean's views

Read a touching article about old folks:

It's introduction:

Introduction
Many Singaporeans today view the elderly as a burden. Most of them now either live separately from their family or are left in the care of nursing homes or hospice. Some even live in the streets. Many of them never get visited by their relatives or family at all, they feel neglected and extremely disappointed, as the children they have raised do not even show care and concern.According to the Singapore Medical Journal 2006, the number of nursing home beds has increased to over 6400, 75% of which were provided by 28 nursing homes run by voluntary welfare organizations and the remainder by privately-run nursing homes.

We sincerely hope that at sometime in the future the abandonment of old folks will decrease.

Pictures posted by Lions.
We are not allowed to take pictures or videos, so we found some pictures on the official website of the Geylang East Home for the Aged instead:

Pictures of homeless old folks were also taken~

Read more at:

http://help-oldfolks.blogspot.com/

Old folks home~

Picking an old folks home who is available for my project~





Source: http://www.mft.org.sg/
http://www.salvationarmy.org/smm/www_smm_singapore.nsf/vw-sublinks/01F5FF03C34EED77802571260011BE69?openDocumenthttp://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel_sites/whats_nearby/cat/1070/nursing_home/
http://www.lionshome.org.sg/

How to Make Homemade Cupcakes From Scratch - Recipe by Laura Vitale Laur...

I researched on a how to bake healthy cupcakes~

Still tasty but with minimal sugar in it~Source: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/recipe_slideshows/easy_healthy_cupcake_recipes?slide=5#leaderboardad

How to - Cupcake Decorating

Researched on different types of cakes~

Found it a fairly surprising website - grannys pies~

Tons of different muffins to choose from~

Source: http://www.grannys.com.au/view-list.php?category=Cakes%20and%20Slices

Cupcakes for granny

Read up on a blog entry the other night~


Source: http://flourandhand.com/2011/07/18/cupcakes-for-granny/

Personal Project 2011

TOPIC OF INTEREST: How can baking help you to teach the people around you?

AOI 3: Health & Social Education

• Why would you be interested in that topic? What inspired or motivated you?

I am interested in this topic because i have something for sweet stuffs. And whenever I'm upset, the colors of the cupcakes can really cheer me up. Just like chocolates. My god mom has baking classes held at her places, so whenever i go over to visit. I'd always have delicious cupcakes baked by her. Their just so delicious and I'll feel really happy after eating it. So I'm really interested in baking because there's so many steps to learn, tons of different decorations, designs, for different occasions/purposes and more.
My god mom is a real good baker and i wish i could learn more from her.

• What do you think is the differences between learning and doing? How do you know?

Learning is based on what you know through listening, writing and communication. Whereas for doing, its a hands on practical to prove that you actually understood what you've learn. If you do not understand what you've learn, you probably won't ace well in what you do. It's like a chain routine, you get what you learn, you ace in what you do.

• Which AOI would you be interested in? Why?

I am interested in the 3 AOI because i wanna teach people to bake and let them know it's not easy to be satisfied with your end products till you master it, and in order for you to master it you've to learn it step by step. And i also want them to find happiness in whatever that they do. Just like how i can feel happy when i bake. :)