Taiwanese Dessert Crave

For music industry, we have K-Pop such as Super Junior, Girls Generation, Beast and other Korean artists evading Malaysia. For desserts, we have Taiwanese desserts such as the famous Chatime, Snowflake, Share Tea and plenty more Taiwan dessert brands. Malaysians, especially the young people are so deeply in love with all these Taiwan desserts that they are willing to queue for it. Therefore, you can see many branches of these Taiwanese desserts all around.

If you are one of those Taiwanese dessert lovers out there, then you must know about Snowflake! Snowflake Malaysia is now offering combos for all the Snowflake lovers out there! There are two combos, combos A and B as you can see below. You can have it for Dine-in or Take-Away. In addition, they are offering the Snowflake best seller in the combo so you don't have to worry if they are offering something cheap and not delicious. 

You can also choose to add on for their Pearl Milk Tea for RM 3 each. Of course, there are also term and conditions such as you can only buy limited units for these combos. You can't be selfish right because there are people out there who would like to enjoy their combos also.

So what are you waiting for? Spread this news to your friends and tag them along with you to enjoy this cooling dessert to cool yourself under the hot weather! 

*I really miss their Taroballs now 

BY: YEONG YEE SIONG

American Field Service - AFS

AFS is a field service that helps students to go on a student exchange program.. In this program you can choose to stay for 2 months or a year but it also depends on the country you pick. Some countries that you pick such as Italy and France, you would only be able to go to that country in June or July.

During this period there will be students from different countries also coming together for this student exchange program...The process goes like this...
First you must apply to this student exchange program by getting a form online
Next, once you have applied wait for the mail to come to say if you were chosen to go for an interview. If you were selected then you must go for an interview and you will be interviewed by 3 people.
After that, if you were selected you will get a letter stating when is the post departure camp
Last but not least once everything is settled you will receive a letter and information or profile on your host family and where you will be living...
In my case, I went to Leverkusen, Germany.

  Clockwise: Kai (Australia), Tom (New Zealand)  and me

The AFS students from all over the world who were at Cologne

It was a once in a life time experience and I would do it all over again...I made friends from all over the world. Once in Germany, we will be staying with a host family. The host family would be like your own family. My host family had 7 people which means I had 5 siblings and I was the eldest among them. It was a big difference being the eldest when I am the youngest in my family in Malaysia. Once you are living with this host family you become apart of their family. Some of the host parents would ask the students to call them "Dad" and "Mom" because the students are now their adopted children.

My host mum

My host dad

Three of my host siblings

Going for this student exchange does not mean it is a year of holiday. We actually have to live a life of a student in that country which means we do have to go to high school. Usually participant who are chosen for the year program are students (Malaysia) who have finished their high school which means 18 year old students.The school that I went to didnt have any gates, there are no school uniforms and the students could go back and come back if they do not have a subject at that time so it is not like the schools we have here in Malaysia. The students there were very polite and kind. We also had to go for an intensive language school which means we had to go everyday for a month and by the end of the year we were all able to speak almost fluently...

My German friends

My German Friends

       













The only advice that we anyone of you if you want to go  for a student exchange program is to not keep to yourself and try to blend in with not only your student exchange friends but also your german school friends so that life would be a little less harder there. Of course you will be experiencing home sickness but after a while it will be fine and to be honest in this year i felt more matured then ever (because 18 years old was considered an adult in Germany) so I prioritized what is important and thats when I felt myself maturing. Until today I have not regretted that experience and I wish I could go through that again because I made 2 best friends and a few close friends...
So come and join AFS!

My 2 best friends in Germany until now....

 
By Sharyl Andrea Stephen      

Easter Day

What is the most important day to the Catholics?

If you were thinking Christmas, then think again! It is Easter!!

Easter is the greatest and most important celebration for the Catholics because it is the third day of the death of Jesus Christ and the day he resurrected from the dead. The Catholics believe that after Jesus Christ death on the Cross, he was wrapped up in linen cloth and put in a tomb with a big boulder covering the entrance to the tomb. On the third day, the women that went to visit the tomb found the boulder moved and the tomb empty and they ran to tell His disciples. When the disciples arrived, there was an angel saying that Jesus Christ has risen. Thus, Easter became the most important day for the Catholics because it was a great day to celebrate.

The Pope saying mass on Easter Day

Look at the crowd!! (Vatican City)

Children get to have fun too! (China)

Eggs in a basket? Are they real eggs? (South Korea)

The Pope saying a mass on Easter Vigil (The day before Easter, midnight mass)

During the week Easter it is called the Holy Week and during this week people who do not fast for 40 days before Easter would try to fast and abstain the whole week because it is a very holy week. In some of the pictures you can see eggs. The eggs are not real eggs but chocolate in a shape of an egg and it is wrapped up in wrappings. In Germany, people would hide a basket of Easter eggs and chocolates and presents for the kids to find. It is quite fun! and the grownups would be given presents. In almost all families, during Easter day, they would have a family reunion and eat lunch or dinner together.

During the Easter Vigil, candles would be lit for awhile to show respect because the moment Jesus Christ died the sky became dark for a moment and so this is a sign of respect for Jesus Christ death on the Cross. However, in Malaysia (I am not sure about other countries) the candles would not be on for the whole mass.

Good Friday

What is Good Friday? Good Friday is celebrated by the Catholics. Good Friday is the day that Jesus Christ was crucified and died for the good of mankind. On this day, the Catholics would go through the 14 stations that He went through before he got crucified. Some would actually go through the process that Jesus Christ when through which means they would also be crucified. Crucified means being nailed on to the cross. Different countries would celebrate it differently. In some European countries, it is a public holiday.

In Jerusalem, the Palestinians are celebrating Good Friday

In Iraq, the Bishop gave a mass for the soldiers.

In Indonesia, they acted how it was during the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

In Indonesia also in a church the cross was carried.

On the head of Jesus Christ, were thorns. This was taken in Mumbai, India.

The women in India would also carry cross and follow the man acting as Jesus Christ.

 I know some would think why is ist a celebration when Jesus Christ was brutally crucified. He was taunted, beaten up, scourged and ridiculed but in Catholicism, Jesus Christ suffered and sacrificed his life for the good of mankind. They believed He was the Son of God that was sent down from heaven and His sacrifice was to open the heaven so that all mankind's sin will be forgiven.

This is a very sacred day and Catholics would go to church on Good Friday to pray and remember the day Jesus Christ sacrificed His life.

New Phones Arrival !!

Attention! New phones arrival! Htc have launched their new phones this month, they are Series One. This series include three models, they are One X, One V and One S.

From the right to left, HTC One S, HTC One X, HTC One V

HTC One X, the high-end smartphone

Some features of HTC One X : 4.7” inch screen, 1.5 GHz, quad-core, android 4.0 with HTC Sense, 32 GB memory, 8 MP camera with auto focus, Smart LED flash and BSI sensor (to capture better photo in low-light), 1080 HD video recording, 1.3 MP front camera for video chat, continuous shooting mode and beats audio.

The middle high-end model, HTC One S

HTC One S has the features almost same with HTC One X, the different between the two models are HTC One S having 16GB of memory and VGA front camera while HTC One X having 32GB memory and 1.3 front camera.

Middle-end model, HTC One V

This is the third model launched, HTC One V. features of this model : 3.7” inch touch screen, android 4.0 with HTC sense, 5 MP camera with auto focus, smart LED flash, BSI sensor, 720HD video recording and it is also come with beats audio.

For those who has a thought of buying new phone, you can consider this three models!

BY : Chai Ling Xin   

Brinchang Pasar Malam

I bet many of us are familiar with Cameron Highlands. What about a night market there in Brinchang? Operating only in the weekends, this night market were often spotted filled with people walking in and out.

It's easy to be located as it's just right opposite of the police station. From selling strawberries to vegetables and souveniers, many visitors love coming here to get what they want with reasonable price. The people there are kind enough as well to tell you which is the better one and they definitely are more friendly.

clown spotted in the night market

the amount of people in the night market

variety of food from cameron highlands

you can find this delicasies all over the place

fresh honey for sale

fresh fruit sold there

soft toys available there as well

all about strawberries

keychains and souveniers

other foods for sale

BY: ELAINE KUM SZE LIN

Subway Buy 1 Free 1!

Have you seen many Subway coupons appearing in almost all the newspaper, ranging from The Star to Chinese newspaper? They are giving out the same offer, with the Buy 1, Free 1 concept, they are giving out one 6"sandwich with every purchase of any regular 6" sandwich.



So, you must be wondering. Why are they doing it in such an idea? Well, it's to celebrate their 100th branch in Malaysia! For those who had yet been or tried the food in Subway, they actually serves sandwiches along with some soft drinks and cookies.

To purchase one, all you got to do is to pick your favourite sandwich, which have much variety of choices. They even serves sandwich for vegetarians. You can have your choice of chicken sandwich, beef, or even seafood as well! After picking it from the menu, you move on to picking up your own fillings. You can add on lettuce, onions, tomatoes and more to your sandwich, based on your very own desire. Later on, pick on your sauce, whether you want mayo, chilli or even barbeque sauce, according to your own favourite.

Have fun with picking and creating your own sandwich, especially with the current promotion which makes it even more reasonable to dine in there.

Get your coupon now!

BY: ELAINE KUM SZE LIN