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I’m on a blogging frenzy today, didn’t really have the time to blog the whole of this week and i have to clear my brain of them.. Short chunky posts seems to be easier to read, and hence i decided not to do a long lengthy one that would probably be categorised under every single category avail here..

Went up to huixin’s lab today to sample fishballs for her project, dragged michelle tan n her fren (whom i still dunno her name) along.. FST lab really looks more like a kitchen than a lab, and with all the experiments on food going on inside, this is one lab where u can’t possibly stick signs saying “No eating in lab”. I can just imagine u making some new product, then have to get out of lab to eat it.. Anyway they have like fridges..ovens n stuff.. interesting..

Anyway the way they test is damn pro lah, u’re brought into this room where u sit in ur own partition, with a computer infront of u… n the food samples, today was to try 3 fish balls n decide which one of the 2nd n 3rd tastes closer to the 1st. Then b4 n after tasting each one, u’re supposed to eat a cracker n drink some water to clear ur tastebuds.

It’s sad in a way to see how technology has changed the way our foods are made? Everything becomes so scientific n precise, whatever taste/texture/colour/smell you want in ur fishball, or for that matter any food item, there’s a high chance that it could be created in ur FST lab. Cooking n food become so impersonal for the sake of uniformity and convenience in preparation, that the input of the person cooking it is no longer that impt? After watching too much 妙手厨师, i’m of the opinion that 70% of the taste of a dish comes from the chef, how much effort n feeling he puts into his cooking. A dish cooked while devoid of feelings would never taste as good. That’s y home cooked food rules, which i havn’t had for a VERY long time

My 1st email interview, mabbe it would be the last. This came from an Informatics student doing a paper on mass communications. So yah, it wun be seeing the light of day except via here… Qns in bold. Happy editing hor student, i was lazy to type in proper english..heh..

1)Name: jkaiser 2)Blog address: http://jkaiser.blogsome.com 3)What is your current occupation? 3rd year physics undergraduate, NUS 4)How long have you been blogging?: almost 2.5 yrs 5)What made you set up a blog? (peers?, Curiosity? etc.): It was back in jul 2003 when online diaries became increasingly popular. Back then, on my friend’s recommendation i set up mine on Diaryland. It was a “screaming” thing, space to express myself, considering that i’ve just finished my NS and gone into NUS. Emotionally i was unstable then, dealing with matters of the heart.. haha! Shifted to blogger in oct 03…n finally blogsome in oct 05 6)What do you normally post about? (Specific events?, Memorable events, daily activities? etc.): I used to use my blog as an online diary, blogging about my daily life.. It got basically very boring. Slowly it evolved into more reflectory posts, on my life and daily happenings instead of purely regurgitating what happened today etc. It’s actually a hidden side of me, most ppl dun really know that i tend to think alot about current affairs, and hence some commentary posts (not as much as i would like though). 7)Do you share your intimate moments by writing about it in your blog?: It depends on what you mean by intimate. I’m fine with talking about my relationships with my close friends, and mostly they are ok with it. A word from them would suffice to make me remove the post or censor it if they are uncomfortable with it. Erm i do blog about crushes on some gals, and i dun put their names, haha! Of cos if you have started reading from my old blog, you would noe about “that gal in my blog”, remnants of a failed r/s. How detailed/brief the post would be would depend on the scenario. “that gal in my blog”, i could afford to be more explicit in talking about my feelings as most of my friends dun really noe her n she is more or less shielded. 7.1)If yes, do you write about it explicitly or jus a brief outline of it?: as above in Q7 8)What are your views about bloggers in Singapore? Blogging is still relatively new, in the sense that most ppl are having web diaries as opposed to a blog. I like to see mine as a combi of both, with the diary part playing a slightly smaller role. With regards to the recent sedition cases in court, and schools forcing students to tone down, we are moving into a new era where we realise that blogs are no longer personal and the blogger would have to acct for his/her words. I like the fact that many prominent bloggers are going into print media as well, like mr brown and mr miyagi. However the leap into print media would mean greater viewership, and hence greater responsibilities to their readers n society in general. The new semi-celeb status would mean that they inevitably become role models to the next generation, good or bad, that is wholly subjective