Chocolate Review: Weisse Schokolade

So, I am planning on starting a new series of posts in which I would review all sorts of snacks. From cookies to chocolate, snacks you can find in supermarkets to snacks from Marks & Spencer's, I'll review them all! I hope that these posts will help others to decide whether or not they should buy the snacks I've reviewed as well as help myself keep track of which snacks I would re-purchase in the future. 

Without further ado, here's the review!

The first snack I'm going to review- as you could probably tell from the title above- is white chocolate! I was fortunate enough to receive this chocolate bar from my mum's European colleague/friend and although I do not know where my mum's friend is from, I'm pretty sure that this is a German brand. Please do correct me if I'm wrong.

The name of this chocolate is "Weisse Schokolade".

This is real white chocolate because it contains cocoa butter.

Every piece of chocolate has the letter "G" on it. As you can see from the pic above, it's quite thick.

Texture-wise, it glides down your throat easily and it doesn't hurt your throat on the first few pieces however I did notice that after eating 6 pieces of chocolate, my throat started to hurt so I had to stop eating it. It stopped hurting after I drank water. Also, I could taste a hint of hazelnut for some reason, I'm not sure if there are hazelnuts in there because I can't read German.

Sweetness on a scale of 1-10 stars:

★★★★★★★★☆☆

1: Bitter

5: Just right

10: Too sweet that I had to spit it out

Would I purchase this if I had the chance? Maybe not because it was a little too sweet for

my liking. 

Final thoughts: This chocolate was okay however in my opinion, there are better white chocolates out there that aren't as sweet as this one and have a lighter taste to them ( if that makes any sense to you ) so I would not purchase this in the future. On the plus side though, there are times when my throat immediately hurts after eating the first piece of white chocolates of other brands so this one is definitely 5 times better than those. I would recommend this for people who have a sweet-tooth only.

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First Day of School!

Ello ello there, I'm back to write the first blog post of the year! And it's gonna be about my first day of school as a Senior ( muahahahaha ).

On 12th January 2015, I woke up at 5.15am, had a shower, relaxed on the couch before finally going to school at 6.20am. I reached school approximately 15 minutes later. When I got there, I sat down, ate my breakfast and had a little chat with my friends before we headed to the assembly grounds at 7.10am. 

As you may or may not already know, after the results of the final exams came out last year, we Form 5s had to change classes according to our grades against our own will. You cannot appeal to stay in whichever class you were in the previous year nor can you appeal to move up a class. Well, I thought that this was a load of horseshit and that they weren't going to change a thing ( even though I saw the same happen to my seniors in the previous year ) until eventually the inevitable came after the assembly was over when the teacher informed us ( well, "us" as in the science stream students, that is ) of which class we were going to be in by reading off of a name list. I watched as some of the students from other classes, as well as mine stood up to form a new line, then walked off to their new classes. I also watched as some of the students from other classes came and join my classmates and I in our current line, all the while scrutinizing the fact that the teachers had taken it upon themselves to ruin the unity we used to have as a class.

When I got to my new class, everyone had already taken the best spots leaving me with the one nearest to the back door, though I can't complain much because of how convenient it is. The downside to it is that I can't see the words on the whiteboard quite clearly from time to time, but I'm confident I'll get past that in time. 

When classes have started, our class teacher was surprisingly, a no-show. It's surprising because she's the same class teacher as last year so I know how much of a perfectionist she could be. As there was no teacher in the class, everyone started to talk and the atmosphere quickly turned lively. Half an hour or so later our Chemistry teacher entered our class and started to talk about Chemistry-related things thus ending our minutes of freedom. He didn't start teaching because nobody bothered to bring their textbooks to school. 

The rest of the details are quite hazy due to my short-term memory, but I do remember hat happened during English class. Fortunately for me - not so for others - the teacher who taught us English last year is also teaching us English this year. She's always been very kind towards me since my days in Form 3, so I was quite elated to learn that she was gonna be my English teacher during my last year of High School. Anyway, my English teacher gave us an assignment when she came in- we were to group into a team which consists of 2 people and learn about the similarities and differences between us and our friends and write them down in the form of an essay. Needless to say that I had a lot of fun in the process of completing this assignment. We're supposed to write the essay in class tomorrow and hand it in as well.

So as my friends and I were writing down each other's differences and similarities, my English teacher comes over and says  "[my name]! How've you been? How was your holiday? Did you go anywhere?". " I went to Korea," I replied. She then remarks that I must like kpop, and immediately notices the word "Kpop" which I had written down as a similarity between my friend and I on the paper. After having said that, my teacher proceeds to walk away, only to be called back by me because I wanted to tell her about my essay getting an "honourable mention" in an essay-writing competition. She responded by congratulating me as well as asked if any of my classmates had an honourable mention too. "No, I'm the only one," I said, and she congratulated me again. Aaaaah, what a great way to start the first day of school. ( To be very honest, I have been aching to write an essay during the holidays so to have my wish come true is sooooooooooo good though I do feel bad for my peers who aren't as excited as I am ) 

The rest of the day was okay I guess, nothing too memorable. Our class teacher did come in during the last period but she didn't explain her being absent earlier on. After receiving RM100 each from our teacher, she started to assign roles to us, for example, the monitor, the co-monitor, the secretary etc. I thought that I was free of responsibility only to be picked to be in charge of everything related to our History period later on ;A;.

So, that's basically it I guess, nothing too exciting to blog about. It's 11.17 pm now so I'm going to head to bed. Til' my next post, bye!

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Update 31|12|014

What up blog, it's time to post some updates ( because I'm too lazy to write a whole blog post about a particular topic ) from this month.

1. I got back from Korea on the 15th of Dec and it's safe to say that I had a blast while I was there. There's going to be a blog post about that soon though I haven't figured out what I want to write yet.

2. I got a new laptop! Yes, due to my old laptop ( which I named Kyuhyun ) shutting himself down every time I start him after almost 6 years of functioning, my parents thought it best to buy a new laptop. Don't worry, Kyuhyun is still with me but I'm not going to use him as much any more. And if you're curious, yes the new laptop does have a name. I named him after a tv character I liked, Choi Ji Hoon.

3. On christmas eve, I went to my cousin's house and celebrated christmas eve with my relatives~ I had a very good time there, what with all the relatives, turkey, ham, cupcakes, christmas cookies, presents, etc. It's impossible to NOT be happy in that situation. As for christmas, well, we spent it at church in the morning, then home in the afternoon, and a Korean restaurant at night.

4. School was supposed to start on the 5th of January but the government had to postpone the date to the 12th of January due to the worsening floods in the city and countrysides.

5. Today, as you can tell, is New Year's eve and mum's friend invited us over to her place to celebrate the New Year's. Not gonna lie, I'm quite sad that I won't be able to celebrate with my cousins at Mcdonalds this year.


That's all of the updates I can think of for now. Till my next post -which is going to be posted in 2015- bye and Happy New Year!



*Just wanted to borrow this post to write that I will miss 2014 very dearly. 

2014 has changed me in so many ways that I can't be thankful enough for all the experiences and people I've been given that lead to those changes. 
I've learned lots of things and scaled many obstacles, even more-so than in the year 2013, and it's all thanks to lots of people who've played a part in my life this past year. 

I'd like to thank my parents for all of their support, my Maths teacher ( who turned my world upside down in the beginning of the year only for me to turn it back up again sometime later ), my English teacher ( for encouraging me throughout the year and whose praises have helped build my somewhat low self-esteem ), my friend ( of whom I became close with this year even though I knew her a long time ago), my classmates ( who are so awesome and are the best classmates you could ever find in a school like mine ), my cousins ( who back me up when I'm feeling down ) and many more. 


Lastly, I'd like to thank God, for giving me this life. Thank you, each and every one of you.




Thank you, and Happy New Year.

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Update 03|12|2014

Let me start this post off by saying Happy December everyone~ Christmas is just days away!

1. Mum almost forgot that our flight was supposed to be tomorrow at midnight! She kept saying that our flight is on the 5th of Dec which is technically true but we have to be in the airport a few hours before we take off which is on the 4th Dec. It's a good thing she remembered this or we might have ended up packing things in a haste ( because I'm sure my aunt would call us since we're going there together ).

2. I went to watch Mockingjay Part 1 with my friends last Friday, 28th of Nov. The movie was amazing! It wasn't action packed because it's all about Katniss re-discovering herself I think(?) and it's slowly building up to the eventual rebellion that's gonna take place in the 2nd part of Mockingjay. People may have found the lack of action to be boring but I think it's just fine as we get to see the events that transpire before the actual battle. It's like a game of who can figure out the others' weaknesses and use it to their advantage, how exciting! I say that President Snow has the upper hand now though I hope it wouldn't stay that way.

My friends and I also went jumper shopping but they were either too expensive or not my type so that's a bummer. On the plus side though, mum told me to buy clothes when we are in Korea.

3. There's something wrong with my laptop and I don't know what it is.. It keeps shutting down by itself when I'm in the middle of doing something. Because the problem can't seem to be fixed, mum and dad have agreed to buy me-or rather, themselves- a new one ( but it's obvious who will be the real owner of that new laptop I mean c'mon )

4. I tricked my mum into thinking that I dropped to the 2nd class. Listen, this wasn't my initial plan okay. I initially planned on telling her that I am staying in the 1st class when we're in Korea but when she forced me to tell her which class I was going to, I thought it'd be fun to experiment and see how she would react to me dropping to the 2nd class. She didn't take it so well. I could tell that she was pissed at me by the look on her face. It was a funny sight to see if I'm being totally honest, no offence mother dear. Just imagine the look on their faces when I tell them that it's all a lie, muahahahahahahahahahaha, that would be a fun sight to see though I'm pretty sure I won't be laughing when they punish me for lying about a very serious matter.


That's it for Nov-Very early Dec updates. We are going to go to Korea tomorrow and honestly I haven't packed yet. I've always packed my travel items at the last minute (which is probably a bad idea...). I can't wait to go there and have fun and spam my instagram account with pics.

Till my next post, bye!

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Update 21|11|2014

1. I was very bummed out over the news of my failure that I forgot to write a post about the time when my friend and I went to watch the Maze Runner ( 20|10|2014 to be exact )! Only the 2 of us went as the others weren't free to go but we still had fun nonetheless. 
The Maze Runner was awesome! I loved that movie so much that I actually bought the first book of the series a week later ('cause mum didn't bring enough money for me to buy more than 1 book). My favourite characters are Newt and Alby. Not really liking Thomas as of now but hopefully my opinion of him will change as I read the series. 

2. I went shopping today with my mum and the twins to purchase a few jumpers that I could wear in Korea ( going there in 2 weeks ) but to no avail, as expected of a country that experiences summer-time all year long. I went to GAP, H&M, Uniqlo and even though I managed to find some decent-looking jumpers, I figured that if I didn't like them 100% then it's a waste of money to purchase them. I DID eventually find one jumper that I liked 100% at H&M though mum refused to buy it for me 'cause she deemed it to be too "manly-looking". On the bright side, this means that I'll be able to buy jumpers in Korea since we didn't buy any here, so I'm not particularly upset. 

3. Mum's been doing last minute research lately on places to go in Seoul and she's also been pestering me to help her. As much as I want to help her, she's basically already included all of the places I want to go on her itinerary, so I don't think I'll be bringing much to the table anyways. 

4. Starting last week, the form 5s have been sitting for their important examinations, so us irrelevant students get to have alternating days off until our year-end holiday comes on the 26th. I had to go to school on Tuesday and Thursday last week due to extra exams for science stream students only. This week I have to go to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but judging by how late this post will be posted, I'm positive you've already figured out that I'm skipping classes. I went to school on Monday though due to exams again. Now that they've ended, I can finally start my unofficial holiday ( I'm supposed to go to school on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday next week but meh, I'm lazy ). You'd want to skip too if all you did in school was keep quiet while trying to play games, which I can assure you is IMPOSSIBLE because of all the fun you're having with your friends. 

So on Monday, I found out which class I was going to be in for next year but I'll save that for another post because I have so many things that I want to say but I wouldn't be able to fit them in this already super-long post. 

5. Tomorrow I'm going to a friend's house.

6. Saturday I'm going to my cousin's house 'cause the rents want to discuss about the trip to Korea. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that I'm also going to get a new wardrobe!





I guess that's it for this update post. Till my next post, bye!

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Failed.

Yeah, I failed Chemistry. This... is the first time I've ever failed a test, and the feeling isn't great.

As exams neared, I always joked about wanting to throw the tests and fail, never fully believing that I would actually fail. Now that I have, it's like I've been slapped in the face with my own laziness. I thought I did well enough to pass Chemistry but apparently I didn't and now I'm facing the consequences of my procrastination. Here's a tip people: Do NOT start studying the day before the actual test because luck isn't always going to be on your side, it certainly wasn't on mine that day.

When I found out that I had failed Chemistry, I was very out of the zone at first. I kept spacing out and worrying in class and there's this girl who would mock me and ask " are you daydreaming?" OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Said girl later mocked me when I was losing at chess which made me even more frustrated because girl, I DON'T NEED THIS SHIT. I JUST SAID THAT I'VE FAILED CHEMISTRY, DO YOU NOT GET IT? NO I'M NOT DAYDREAMING, I'M INTERNALLY BEATING MYSELF UP FOR GETTING AN F SO WOULD YOU STOP MOCKING ME AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS? 

When I got home, I decided it would be best to break the news of my failure to my parents over the phone as I couldn't do it face-to-face or I would start to cry and I didn't want them to see that. So I called my mum first and told her that I've failed Chem and immediately after that I started to cry but I tried to keep my voice together so that she wouldn't noticed. She comforted me and we talked a little. I then told her that I wouldn't be going to school for the next 2 days since the teachers weren't going to teach or come to class anyways and she said:" see this is why you have bad grades because you're always skipping school. " What? I JUST told her that the teachers weren't going to come to class and it's not like I always skipped school when they did! 

The other reason for me wanting to skip school is because I'm running away from the reality of it all. I still haven't received my Physics test papers yet and I'm afraid that if I do, and if I failed Physics too, then I wouldn't be able to handle it right then and there. I've slightly managed to keep my cool in school yesterday but there's no telling if I would be able to do it again if I get another F. I've cried in school before and I'm not going to do it again. 

After I told my mum, I called my dad and told him that I've failed Chem and at first he was disappointed- I could hear it from the way he spoke -but then he started to ask questions and I answered, all the while trying to hide the fact that I'd started to cry again. We talked and I told him that I was going to skip school for the next 2 days as well as explained the reasons for my decision and you know what he said? He said: " It's no wonder you got bad grades when you keep skipping school like this. " HELLO? What's up with parents and them NOT LISTENING TO YOUR PERFECTLY GOOD REASONS? I am not the type of person to skip school for no good reason before my final exams end and my parents seemed to have conveniently forgotten that. 

And to all the parents out there, newsflash: NOT ALL TEACHERS ARE GOOD IN TEACHING, AKA even if your child goes to school EVERY SINGLE DAY, chances are that they wouldn't gain any knowledge because THEIR TEACHER(S) SUCKS AT TEACHING. Here's my list of teachers who've failed to make me (more) knowledgeable in the past few months: Chemistry, Physics, BM, Maths/Add Maths. Notice what they have in common? THEY ARE TEACHING IMPORTANT SUBJECTS YET THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEACH WELL.

Anyway, my dad did eventually comfort me when he came home and told me to not be so hard on myself as well as nagged me to watch less tv shows and study hard while my mum did/said nothing, all of which I'm grateful for because if they dwell on the topic for too long, I think I'd start to cry ( yeah I'm a crybaby ).


So.





I'm not coping well as of now but... I'll be fine. 







Eventually.



*If I do/do not fail Physics, I'll write it down below. 




UPDATE: I got a D for Physics.

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Luhan.

...where do I begin? 

So yesterday, 10th of October 2014, Luhan filed a lawsuit against SMent and requested for the nullification of his contract. 
I found out about his lawsuit when whilst I was scrolling through instagram, I noticed many people commenting on a D.O fanpage about how D.O "shouldn't let Luhan go" or how he should "stop Luhan from leaving" (the commenters thought that that was D.O's real account so..) And I remember thinking to myself:" Why is everyone still believing in those silly rumours? Our Luhan isn't going anywhere.". Yet, after thinking such thoughts, I started to doubt myself.

So I went on soompi and the page wasn't fully ,loaded yet, but on the top of the page I managed to see a picture of what I presumed was  Luhan's growl era hairstyle (again, the page wasn't fully loaded yet so all I could see was his hair). Surprise surprise, I was right.

To cut things short, I read the article, found out about the lawsuit and his departure and from then on I continued to mutter the word "no" over and over again because I was in self-denial mode. I went on twitter to see people flooding my timeline with tweets about Luhan along with the hashtag #alwayssupportLuhan at the end of (almost) every tweet. Everything was just... overwhelming. It's like what happened with Kris is happening all over again.

I don't want this post to be too long (because I have a lot of thoughts on my mind regarding this issue but putting them into comprehensible sentences... that would be a tough job) so I'll just cut to the chase, to why I decided to write about this in the first place.

A post for Luhan.


Dear our deer, Luhan,

I knew of your existence before I even became a fan of exo as your name kept popping up on twitter, facebook and other social media sites. You were so popular back then and you still are now. However, your popularity wasn't the reason why I made you my bias.
Admittedly, you weren't my first bias in exo, (it was Kyungsoo) but as I slowly got to see more video clips of you and hear more of your angelic voice, I couldn't help but start to like you more and more. 
As I continued to be a fan of you, I realised that another thing that made me like you was how proud you were to be Chinese. As a Chinese myself, I felt really insecure because us Chinese always get looked down upon and treated unfairly, and the fact that I suck at speaking as well as writing in Mandarin kind of worsened my already low self-esteem. But then you came along and showed me that yes we Chinese can be capable of achieving our goals  as well as showed me the beauty of learning Mandarin, even though it is a really really hard language to master. Thanks to you, I feel like all these years of learning Mandarin have finally paid off because of the way you embrace the language and the way you use it to communicate with your fans despite the fact that you are also quite fluent in the Korean language. 
There are an innumerable amount of other things that I like about you, Lu ge but alas, I am unable to express them in words. And it is because of this, how fond I am over you that I am quite unwilling to let you go, yet at the same time I feel like the choice you made was quite appropriate, given the fact that your health is rapidly deteriorating and that you feel like your company has committed a great injustice. 

I wish you the best Luhan, and hopefully I'll be able to hear from you again in the near future. It's a selfish request, I know and I'm sorry but I can't help but make it, you've become a part of my life ever since I started to become a fan of exo. To never be able to hear from you again after getting accustomed to having every single thing you do being spread all over twitter, it's... saddening. At least a picture or two or even a status update would suffice. 

Continue to pursue your dreams Lulu, because us fans will have your back through every step of the way. 

Till you- our bambi, our former vocalist, our Jack Frost- reappear, be it on social media or on the big screen, I bid you a farewell. 


Love ya, Luhaen.
x.

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