Food Product Concept Competition at AP Food Expo on 20 to 22 Nov, Hall 4 Singapore Expo

Blog Post by Gan Heng Hui, Lecturer

 

Dear all,

Three groups of our Food Science year 2 students participated in the recent “Food Product Concept Competition”, organized by SFMA.

One of the component of the competition includes ‘Most Popular Product’ award, based on the most number of votes via sms received by the organizer.

I am writing in to seek your support towards our students -

The SMS contest begins at 0900 hrs on November 20, 2009 and ends at 2200 on November 22, 2009. The SMS details will be published on The New Paper and Shin Min Daily News on the 19th November.

Please SMS to 77877 in the following format:

The Newpaper :   tnpsfma<space>code<space>NRIC<space>Name

Shin Min :  smsfa<space>code<space>NRIC<space>Name

Code Number

Beetroot 2-in-1 Sauce : 10

Sugar Free Cookies : 12

Tea-Up Jelly : 3

Show your support, Pick up the phone, Type ” tnpsfma<space>code<space>NRIC<space>Name” and SEND

 

 

Interesting website: NOVA scienceNOW

Blog Post by Kevin Neo, MB0704

I’ve been visiting this website for quite a long time and I find the videos there very educating and interesting. All the videos are related to science and it gives you an insight of what scientist are doing around the world and how certain discoveries have impact our society. Here are some of the topics you can find from the site: 

Marathon Mouse
With an “exercise pill,” researchers turn couch-potato rodents into champion runners.

Diamond Factory
Visit a laboratory where entrepreneurs are growing perfectly pure diamonds

Profile: Luis von Ahn
A computer scientist finds novel ways to stop spammers and harness the brainpower                                          of millions of people.

The Science of Picky Eaters
Don’t like broccoli? Your DNA may explain why.

Profile: Sangeeta Bhatia – July 2009
Intrigued by the idea of artificial organs, a biomedical engineer uses computer-chip                                     technology to craft tiny livers.

You can find many more other interesting videos from the website.

Do visit them when you have the time.

Here’s the link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/

Ice Cream Workshop (07/11/2009)

Blog Post by Rain Lim, Staff

Even 5-year-olds were capable of making ice cream without any machinery! On 7 November 2009, 24 children, aged 5 to 14 years old, from Singapore Children Society, together with the volunteers and staff from Olympia Travel, turned NYP Food Science kitchen into a market place filled with excitement, fun and laughter.

The inquisitive bubbly children could not stop asking questions the moment they stepped into the robbing area.  They were amused by the outer garment they had to put on as the disposable aprons were hanging so loosely on most of their petit figures.

Session started with Ms Gan Heng Hui attempting crowd control with an ice breaker known as “Simon says”… surprisingly it proved effective! The perky children really kept still for split second when Ms Gan shouted “Simon says keep quiet!”… haha…

Ms Gan tried to explain the basic science behind this wonderful dessert but failed terribly as the “energizer bunnies” were too excited to remain still. The moment they were allowed to start the hands-on session, they went wild! Both the children and adults were fascinated by such simple steps in ice cream making. They never thought they could make DIY ice cream at home with basic ingredients such as milk, cream, sugar and lots of crushed ice.

After an hour of hustle and bustle intermingled with chaos, most of the little chefs were able to savour their own creation guiltlessly. Surely those extra calories did not bother them when indulgence was all they were yearning for.

The children left behind a cluttered kitchen, faint buzzing in our ears and spontaneous smiles on all our faces.

Special thanks to Ms Gan Heng Hui to co-ordinate with Olympia Travel for this event, as well as, Mr Richard Khaw, Zhang Wei Sheng and Rain Lim to come back to assist on this workshop.

Mr Kerk Bing Lin’s 21st Birthday Celebration

Blog Post by Ng Wen Teng, Belinda, FS0703

Welcome to the adulthood! He was totally clueless about it and yes! this surprise birthday celebration was a success! Many thanks to people who were there: Esther, Yun Xuan, Xinyi, Li Juan, Ria, Fiona, Patrick, Jerald, Betrand and of course myself (Belinda). Cheers to Esther and Yun Xuan for planning this party.

On 30 September, everyone gathered outside the lift and gave him the 1^st surprise.

Look at the black and white decorations on the wall. Hours of hardwork were spent on these decorations.

Then we had our individual shots with the birthday boy, or should I say man.

SFMA 2009

Blog Post by Er Jin Jack, FS0801

Food Science Singapore Food Manufacturing Association Competition 2009

Participants : Geoff Ang Xun , Er Gin Jack ( Me ) , Jeremy, Winnie, Germaine , Bao Ru from FS0801

We would like to thank our lecturers for giving us the chance to participate in the contest.
We also like to thank them for all the help they have given us over the course of the competition as well.
Thank you Mr Richard Khaw , Mr Thomas Teh , Ms Gan.

Over 20 teams from different institutes including NUS participated, we all given our own unique presentation to go along with our food product.

We arrived at the location via our chartered bus and our mr friendly “Driver”

We had to prepare our food and slides plus rehearsal so no time to take photos of the event occurring during the competition itself. Our lecturers might have some though

After the competition there was a buffet and we all sat around feast on the food while we took photos of ourself =O

The 3 girls from NYP!
Germaine , Winnie and Bao Ru

The 3 guys from NYP!
Jeremy , Jack , Geoff + Winnie

The rest are just cam-whoring pictures
Jeremy and Winnie

Geoff And Germaine

Jack & Germaine

*The media took photos of our product and will be publishing them on the “New Paper” on 20th-22th November
Be sure to vote for us! “Sugar-free cookies & Beet-root sauce”

Cookie 4 2day

Beet root sauce!

A Trip to Sentosa

Blog Post by Hui Xian, FS0901

A trip to Sentosa . Special thanks to the people who came for this class outing, especially Irine who spent $100 to book a ticket to come to Singapore from Indonesia just to join us for the outing!

First, we met at Vivo City at 12.00pm then we took a monorail to Sentosa beaches. Next, we took a tram to Siloso beach. We prefer Siloso beach to other beaches because it had facilities such as the basketball court, volleyball court, wider open space and more for us to have our activities. Although it was only half the class, we still played very uncontrollably in high spirits. We played different types of games such as basketball, volleyball, captain ball, Frisbees and dog and bone. Among all the games, most of us loved captain ball and dog and bone. There were the most interesting among all and most of us were familiar with them. After these exciting activities, we also had our picnics to replenish our energy. We drank water and ate some tidbits. Everyone bought different snacks so we had a wide range of variety of snacks and chips. People tended to be lazier after eating so we did not carry on our ball activities. Instead we played cards game followed by captain ball. When we felt that we were sick of the games, we decided to have some water activities. Some of us played ball games in the sea while others played water bomb. When everyone was drenched, we cleaned and packed up our stuffs then headed to toilets to have our shower.

Once everyone was ready, we started to take out our handphone to snap photos of each other and have a group photo. It was evening time; everyone was exhausted after a day and was hunger for food. We went to Habourfront coffee shop to have our dinner. After eating, we took train back together. Although it was long and tiring day in Sentosa, everyone enjoyed ourselves. We are looking forward to another class outing. This time hopefully whole class can come together and have fun.

DrugTrail@NYP

Blog Post by Phoon Chee Wee, Staff

As part of the School Outreach and Promotion Programmes, SCL(LS) organised a Medicinal Chemistry workshop entitled “DrugTrail@NYP” on 21 Oct 09. The aim of this workshop is to showcase the application of thin layer chromatography, an important analytical method in pharmaceutical sciences. A total of 25 students and 3 teachers from 5 secondary schools took part in this workshop. The participants learnt about the concepts and techniques of TLC. They also acquired the hands-on experience of applying TLC to identify the active ingredients in common pain killers such as Panadol, Panadol Extra, Aspirin and Nurofen.

National Mircobiology Quiz 2010

FS0801 Prawning Trip

Blog Post by Jack, FS0801

On 1st Oct , some of us ( Hui Hui , Geoff , Jeremy , Devi , Ai Jin , Lay Khean and me ( Jack) ) from FS0801 went to prawn together =) It was the first time some of us went prawning and it was overall fun and entertaining. Despite some of us not having the “magical touch” to catch the prawn. We had enough people with the “magical touch” to ensure we had prawns to eat by the end of the day

Some of us fishing for prawn ( Boring when no prawny )

Jeremy and me while waiting for prawns to bite our tasty baits

More picture of us prawning!

Victory pose with prawn!

More prawns

and finally more prawns

NE activities

Blog Post by FS0903

Here’s a blog entry about our National Education trips. The first trip we went was the visit to the fire station gallery. It is such an honor to stand in the oldest fire station in Singapore even though it is open to public on weekends. We were filled with information about the history of the fire station. We were also given a chance to see the fire engine in the past and fire engine of the present. There is really a big change! We also learnt various types of forces which cater to different situations, including the dog teams that are meant to find bodies or drugs. Oh well, did it sound boring? Actually not, while we listen to the man who is talking to us, he will joke around here and there trying to make the talk as enjoyable as possible.

See the pole behind? You actually need technique to slide down

Remember about the different forces I told you? This force controls the dog.

The second trip we went was about fire safety. Oh wow, the fire station is huge and the only lift there seems to be only cargo lift. Anyway, we are going to the lecture room to have lecture. YES, in school we have lectures, now even in fire station. During the lecture, we were taught the different level of fire, we are also taught about different fire need to use different method to extinguish the fire off as wrong method might cause the fire to get bigger. Next we went for demonstration where we were allowed to use fire extinguisher on a live fire. Not a thing we can do in our daily life, and even better if it we don’t even need to do that.

Does it look like his suit is going to get fire?

Fire extinguished!

Picture credit: Marysa and Joyce