An exciting extra-curricular event in two weeks

xem phim đi! ♥ Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng ♥

Có ai muốn đi xem phim cùng nhau không? Phim nay có vẻ hay lắm nhỉ? :)

Anyone wants to watch this movie together? It seems interesting! :)  -Chi ♥

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Vietnam Immersion Programme 2009 - Quynh

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Vietnamese Dance Performance for CLS Day

LAV@NUS presents to you a special dance performance in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Centre for Language Studies. 

And my journey in Viet 3 continues...

Chào các bạn! (Hello friends!)

Times flies.. 3 consecutive semesters down the road and I’m now a Vietnamese level 3 student!

I always have friends asking me:

“ Why you wanna take Viet! =/ “,

 “ Take Korean la! Or Jap! IN!”,  to..

“Huh… why you still continue taking Viet 3!!!!!!????????”

The reasons are really different.

Why did I take LAV1201 in the first place..

I remembered Cô Lê asking us this question during the first lesson. And my reply to her was: I wanted to take Bahasa, but the bidding point is too high.’

( and actually…bidding points for Korean was even WAYYYY higher, Jap is hard to score.. and the Thai(which serves its uses when I do shopping in Thailand) exam clashed with my core – of course I kept to myself all these otherwise it’s going to be too overboard! Haha)

True enough, I did not take this module because I have an interest in it, but because I have no other choices =p

Why then did I continue taking LAV2201..

Because I had fun in and out of classroom! Being a Sci student where tutorials usually = copying down answers fervently, the lessons I had during Vietnamese class were so so so refreshing to me. Lessons were more of chit-chat and laughing, mingling sessions. No doubt, speaking in a totally new language was daunting especially when I first started out, but it doesn’t matter when most of us are equally not eloquent , does it? =) And the test papers.. they are so primary-school-like! It’s a good time to refresh your olden days’ memories. =)

Of course, I enjoyed the cooking project, movie screening etc too..  You can see that the teachers really put in their best foot forward in engaging us in the Vietnamese culture^^

And why LAV 3201..

Because I want to continue having fun lessons! If Viet 1 is interesting, Viet 2 is even more. With a smaller class of 9 students in my Viet 2 class, there were more interactions between the students and teacher. Most of the time, we were either laughing at others’ or our own mistakes ; or making fun of pronunciations that meant something else in our non-Vietnamese languages which the teachers of course, don’t understand=p

Also, I learnt much more as compared to Viet 1, be it new vocabulary, pronunciation, writing blogs in total Vietnamese or cultures. Lessons were also less stressful in Viet 2 and there were times where we just hung around in class celebrating each other’s birthdays and chitchatting (with minimal teachings)!

And so with that, my journey in Viet 3 continues……

Oh..one thing I’ve noticed in all these modules: there is never a lesson in Viet classes where you won’t have a good laugh. =) 

                                                            Eng Pei Sze Fronia, Vietnamese 3 (Sem 2 AY 10/11)

Gỏi Cuốn Một

Chào các cô, Chào thầy, và Chào các bạn. Vào thứ bảy tuần trước, chúng tôi - em  Bình An,  Bình Đạt, Bích Diệu và Bích Anh gặp ở Bukit Panjang, nhà thầy Minh. 

Our group was tasked to prepare Gỏi Cuốn for lớp nấu ăn Việt. Upon waiting for the grand arrival of cô Bích, she động từ chúng tôi how to prepare this tradition Vietnamese dish - Gỏi Cuốn (Fresh Cold Salad Spring Roll). Her amazing creativity of using undesirable ingredient such as tomato skin, chilli, capsicum và cucumber and transforming them into attractive decoration for the various dishes left us in awe and motivated to get started with our very own version of Gỏi Cuốn!

Our Group (Gỏi Cuốn Một)

Bình An

When I arrived at nhà thầy Minh, I was surprised to see so many people there commencing on their lớp nấu ăn Việt. Finally our group settled down in a small room with 2 other groups. With 15 full-grown size people squeezing in a small room, I felt as though an innocent sardine in a can grasping for that last bit of air for survival. *Exaggerating* Nevertheless, it did not dampen our spirit! 

My group is the most efficient bunch, we got all our ingredients ready at home, which left us with the wrapping and decorating to be done there. Being a newbie when it comes to handling food, I must admit I made the ugliest Gỏi Cuốn among my fellow members. Thankfully, they were an understanding lot. I truly had a great time with them and the rest of the class.

Bình Đạt

Gỏi Cuốn was the simplest dish, but to make the perfect fresh springroll, one must indeed have delicate fingers. The rice papers were very fascinating to us because it turned soft immediately upon gently pouring water over them. One by one, we assembled the ingredients onto a round netting which cô Bích provided, and folded them into individual springrolls. The prawns simply made the whole dish look so pretty. 

When it came to the tasting part, cô Bích commented that we had added too little mint and basil leaves. The springrolls were not as flavourful without the herbs. We forgot to make a sauce to go with the springrolls but thankfully, cô Bích made her special concoction of hoisin sauce that made everything taste so delicious. Thanks to all các giáo viên for making this cooking project a memorable and enjoyable experience.

Bích Diệu

The thought of learning how to make an authentic Vietnamese dish has never crossed my mind. When cô told us that we are going to have this cooking project, I was really excited! Our group chose to make Gỏi Cuốn as it seems really interesting. On the day itself, we tried our best to produce the most fantastic and delicious Gỏi Cuốns and I think we did pretty well for our first tries. CHEERS!

I like to eat the Gỏi Cuốn when it is dipped with hoisin sauce! The rest of the Vietnamese food prepared by các cô và các bạn was very good. After eating, các em rất vui! This experience of making our own Vietnamese dish will definitely stay with me even after graduation! 

Bích Anh

I was really excited about the cooking project albeit having to wake up so early on thứ bảy! *Yawn!!* Nevertheless, it was really a one of a kind experience with the cosy environment with saliva and feet flying across dishes *joking*! We all had a go in Gỏi Cuốn making, and I must say, I definitely am one of the better đầu bếp in our group.

Having seen what all the other groups are capable of making, we are most certainly a cohort of culinary potential!

Our Final Product!

Everything else... :)