22 March 2012

22 March 2012

OH SNAP! I have not gotten enough sleep through the night. In class, when Mr. Lim was teaching, I felt sleepy and my eyelids were feeling heavy. Never mind that, the next lesson was where the whole class would be making tea.

After my lunch, we went back to the same classroom at 1pm and the teacher was there to start his presentation. He taught us how making tea is as beautiful as writing a poem. The history of making tea and especially the different types of tea leaves.
 After a 30 minutes presentation, we got out of the class and crossed over to the opposite building (CCA Block). 

The room was filled with tea table sets when we entered, our class split into groups of 6 and ready for the set of instructions the teacher has prepared for us. 
The teacher gave each of us about 2 grams of green tea leaves and jasmine flower into a funnel bowl. 
He told us that we first have to boil water and use it to moisturized the dried leaves and warm the tea cups and tea pot. The first brewed tea was said to be dirty and we have to pour it away, but we never heed his advice and tested it, SO BITTER.

After some time, we go for a second serving and the teacher warned us about consuming a lot will make a person drunk. I felt a little dizzy after drink ten cups and more.

At night, I brought Hakim and Shakir to the CCA Block where the first storey was hip hop dancing. We were impressed with the moves they perform like hand stand and head spin. We three went to the third floor where there were girls practicing cheerleading. The girls were the same group yesterday and were happy to see us, we joined in and had fun! Lastly, we took group photos before we left as we have homework to do.