Returning back to our "normal" lives in Vietnam after the 5 day trip to Dalat - Nha Trang, we had a week of doing our core module. We started drawing for our second assignment, the last one and we'll be completing the module.

Today, we didn't have much things to do. So during the evening, we headed to Co-op mart to get our dinner followed by a karaoke session afterwards. It was my first time karaoke-ing (serious) and it was a great experience for me! We sang our lungs out and had the greatest time together.

Today we are making Vietnamese spring rolls. So is it similar to those of the Chinese's? Not really. Firstly, the filling is wrapped by rice paper. The rice paper when dipped in water, becomes very elastic, thus, easier to wrap the fillings. Second, the fillings vary with items like of pork, pineapples, spring onions, grass noodles, wooden ears, mints and a large variety of different vegetables.

The helpers helping us with the spring rolls came in a van, their hands carrying large bags of ingredients. Ranging from sauces, garlic, basil, meat and many other vegetables. We were all crammed in the stuffy kitchen and was shown how to prepare the many ingredients we have for the spring rolls. The meat (pork) has to be boiled, the basil leaves are removed from their stems, the garlic peeled and the wooden ears chopped up.


After the preparation of the many ingredients, we are then moved outside of the kitchen to a series of tables lined up against one another. There we sit as we learned how to wrap one ourselves.


The spring rolls were delicious, most especially when dipped in my favourite: fish sauce.