Recipe #6 Cantonese Gau Gei and Seaweed
January 17, 2010
Berry Berry Easy presents Madam Goh’s Berry Delicious Recipe #6 – Cantonese Gau Gei and Seaweed.
With the growing concerns of cancer and other acquired illness as we grow older, food with great antioxidant properties has been all the rage lately. Cantonese gau gei has also been touted in the growing list of food that have antioxidant properties which purported has health benefits. Combine that with probably one of the secret of Japanese longetivity, seaweed, we have a recipe from Madam Goh’s which is both healthy and more importantly berry delicious.
Berry Delicious Recipe #5 – Cantonese Gau Gei and Seaweed Soup
*Nanyang Cantonese Gau Gei ( aka Kau Gei Choi / Jiu Ji Chai / Chinese Boxthorn / Chinese Teaplant (Lycium chinense) ) and Seaweed Soup
Serving: 3-5 people
Ingredients:
A) Preparation for the Minced Chicken Ball
- 100 g chicken meat, minced
- Salt (small pinch)
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp soya sauce
- 1 tsp flour
- Pepper
B) Stock
- 1 tbsp oil (sunflower seed / olive)
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 handful of dried anchovies (ikan bilis)
- 1 piece of seaweed (20 – 30 cm diameter)
- 200 g kau gei / gau gei / jiu ji / Chinese boxthorn / Lycium chinense
- 5 bowls of water (3 person = 3 bowls of water)
- Salt to taste (½ tsp)
Instruction:
A) Minced Chicken Ball
- Marinate minced chicken meat with all the seasoning in ingredient A for 5 minutes.
- Form into ball.
B) Stock
- Fry garlic till golden with oil and add dried anchovies (ikan bilis).
- Add water till boil.
- Add chicken ball.
- Add kau gei and seaweed.
- Add salt.
Tada! So there you go! Another one of berry delicious and healthy recipe from Berry Berry Easy.
Berry Berry Physical Chemistry Booklist Form 6
January 12, 2010
Too much to study and too little time? This is the problem facing nearly every student. Sometimes, there are just too many books on the market. Even if money isn’t a problem, there is still an issue of not having the time to devour all the available books. Hence, came a question from one of our Berry Reader, Fanie who asked a question which is in the mind of many students. “Which exercise books are important for STPM Chemistry Form 6?“
Berry Berry Teacher will like to share with you all some recommended book (not necessarily exercise books) which should be made mandatory reading for all STPM Chemistry students.
Berry Berry Good (BBG) STPM Physical Chemistry books
1) Physical Chemistry for STPM (2004). Tan Yin Toon. Penerbitan Fajar Bakti Sdn. Bhd. Selangor. Malaysia.
This is a Super BBG books that young berries must get! If you want to score A, this will be the book that I recommended to all Malaysian students. This book has already been out of print and if young berries want to get it, you may get it through your seniors or your school library or maybe some secondhand bookstore. The explanations in this book are rather lengthy (complete explanation) and everything is in ‘paragraph form’. Therefore, young berries must get enough sleep before you read this book.
2) Ace Ahead Chemistry Volume 1. (2009). Tan Yin Toon, Loh Wai Leng & Kathirasan Muniandy. Oxford Fajar. Selangor. Malaysia.
This book Tan’s latest STPM reference book. Berry Berry Teacher loves the book because it is berry easy for students to understand. NO MORE Lengthy explanation! Besides that, I love the Focus on STPM Exam 2005 – 2007 section which will be berry berry useful for STPM students to stay focus on the Berry Important Sub-topic. The disadvantage for this book would be the lack of a CD on the past year questions.
3) Pre-U Text STPM Physical Chemistry (2009). Lim You Sie & Yip Kim Hong. Longman. Pearson Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Selangor. Malaysia.
Students love to use this book due to the berry berry easy explanation and every book comes with a complementary CD with 1999 – 2004 STPM papers. Furthermore, it also includes a lot of examples to guide STPM students in answering the STPM questions. But there are few mistakes in the book (in explanation and answer part).
4) Physical Chemistry for STPM (2005). Kho Chin He, Zaharah Aiyub, William L. Masterton & Cecile N. Hurley. Thomson Learning. Singapore.
This is another out-of-print book! This is a full-coloured reference book. It is a book which has been adapted from an overseas book (Chemistry Principles and Reactions). A Berry colourful and interesting book which is berry different as compared to other STPM reference books. It will be good as an extra referencing book but not for your textbook. Some of the information is not included the STPM syllabus (only can be use in University level).
[Disclaimer: Berry Berry Easy is not affiliated to any of the publishing house. This is purely a recommendation from Berry Berry Teacher]
If any ex-STPM students wish to donate their books to Berry Berry Teacher or Berry Readers, please drop us a line. We can make arrangement to collect the books. So, if you have any old books which are mentioned here and you wish to donate it so that other students can benefit from it, please do so via Berry Berry Easy. A good deed goes a long way.
Recipe #5 Cantonese Stir Fried Soya Bean Sprouts with Minced Chicken Meat
January 12, 2010
Berry Berry Easy presents Madam Goh’s Berry Delicious Recipe #5 – Cantonese Stir Fried Soya Bean Sprouts with Minced Chicken Meat.
Generally, cantonese cuisine are well-loved by the chinese and also foreigners alike. This is mainly due to its diversity of ingredient used (paraphrased from Wikipedia). Hence, Madam Goh would like to share a cantonese recipe in this edition of Berry Delicious post. It will be one of the many cantonese recipes to come.
Berry Delicious Recipe #5 – Cantonese Stir Fried Soya Bean Sprouts with Minced Chicken Meat
Ingredients:
A) Preparation for the Minced Chicken
- 1 – 2 tbsp oil (sunflower seed / olive)
- 1½ cloves garlic, chopped
- 100 g chicken meat, minced
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp soya sauce
- 2 tbsp dark soya sauce
- Pepper
- Salt (½ tsp)
B) Stir-fry Soya Bean Sprouts
- 200 g soya bean / soybean sprout, chopped
- 2 sprigs Chinese spring onion, sliced
- 1 – 2 red chili, sliced
- 1½ cloves garlic, chopped
Instruction:
A) Preparation for the Minced Chicken
- Fry garlic till golden with oil.
- Stir fry minced chicken meat and sugar.
- Add in soya sauce, dark soya sauce, pepper and salt.
- Mix it well.
B) Stir-fry Soya Bean Sprouts
- Fry garlic till golden with oil.
- Stir fry chili, soya bean sprout and Chinese spring onion.
- Add the stir-fried minced chicken (A) and mix it well.
And you’re done! Your delicious and tasty cantonese dish. Most importantly, it is berry berry easy to prepare.
Yearly Plan (Takwim) for STPM Chemistry Form Upper 6 – Year 2010
January 6, 2010
Finally, the last part of the yearly plan for Chemistry. This post as usual will be especially useful for revising students and teachers who would like to make their own teaching plans. Berry Berry Teacher wish to wish all of you students and teachers, all the best in this nascent academic year. Let us all work hard together towards our aims.
(For students, you may use this to compare if you are on schedule on your revision schedule)
Parents may also print this out for your children to aid their study. Encourage them to tick topics that they have studied. The more ticks, the better.
Rancangan Pelajaran Tahunan Kimia Tingkatan 6 Atas (2010)
(Translated as: Annual Learning Plan for Form Upper 6 Chemistry (2010) )
Note: This takwim was made originally for SMK Dato Jaafar by Cikgu Isabelle Wong for Year 2010
| Week | Date | Topic | Remark |
| 1 | 4/1 – 8/1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | 11/1 – 15/1 | Physical Chemistry
Chap 9: Reaction Kinetics |
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| 3 | 18/1 – 22/1 | Chap 10: Chemistry Equilibrium | |
| 4 | 25/1 – 29/1 | Chap 11: Ionic Equilibrium | 30/1 – Thaipusam |
| 5 | 1/2 – 5/2 | Chap 12: Phase Equilibrium | |
| 6 | 8/2 – 12/2 | Chap 13: Electrochemistry | 14/2, 15/2 – CNY |
| 7 | 16/2 – 19/2 | Chap 13: Electrochemistry | |
| 8 | 22/2 – 25/2 | Chap 14: Thermochemistry | 26/2 – Muhammad |
| 9 | 1/3 – 5/3 | Chap 14: Thermochemistry | |
| 10 | 8/3 – 12/3 | Ujian Piawai 1 | |
| 13/3 – 21/3 | Cuti Pertengahan Penggal i | 9 days | |
| 11 | 22/3 – 26/3 | Revision | |
| 12 | 29/3 – 2/4 | Organic Chemistry
Chap 1: Carbon Chemistry |
|
| 13 | 5/3 – 9/4 | Chap 2: Alkanes | 8/4 – Sultan Johor |
| 14 | 12/4 – 16/4 | Ujian Piawai 2 | |
| 15 | 19/4 – 23/4 | Chap 2: Alkanes | |
| 16 | 26/4 – 30/4 | Chap 3: Alkenes | 1/5 – Labour Day |
| 17 | 3/5 – 7/5 | Chap 4: Benzene | |
| 18 | 10/5 – 14/5 | Chap 5: Methylbenzene | |
| 19 | 17/5 – 21/5 | Peperiksaan Pertengahan (Physical & inorganic) | |
| 20 | 24/5 – 27/5 | Peperiksaan Pertengahan (Physical & inorganic) | 28/5 – Wesak |
| 21 | 31/5 – 4/6 | Chap 6: Haloalkanes | |
| 5/6 – 20/6 | Cuti pertengahan tahun | 16 days | |
| 22 | 21/6 – 25/6 | Chap 7: Alcohols and Ethers | 19/6 – Hol Day of Almarhum Sultan of Johor |
| 23 | 28/6 – 2/7 | Chap 8: Phenols | |
| 24 | 5/7 – 9/7 | Chap 9: Carbonyl Compounds | |
| 25 | 12/7 – 16/7 | Chap 9: Carbonyl Compounds | |
| 26 | 19/7 – 23/7 | Chap 10: Carboxylic Acids | |
| 27 | 26/7 – 30/7 | Chap 11: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives | |
| 28 | 2/8 – 6/8 | Chap 12: Amines | |
| 29 | 9/8 – 13/8 | Chap 13: Amino Acids and Proteins | 11/8 – Awal Ramadan |
| 30 | 16/8 – 20/8 | Chap 14: Polymers | |
| 31 | 23/8 – 27/8 | Peperiksaan percubaan StPM 2010 | |
| 32 | 30/8 – 3/9 | Peperiksaan percubaan StPM 2010 | 31/8 – National Day |
| 4/9 – 12/9 | Cuti Pertengahan Penggal II | 9 days | |
| 33 | 13/9 – 17/9 | Revision | 10/9, 11/9 – HR Puasa |
| 34 | 20/9 – 24/9 | Revision | |
| 35 | 27/9 – 1/10 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 36 | 4/10 – 8/10 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 37 | 11/10 – 15/10 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 38 | 18/10 – 22/10 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 39 | 25/10 – 29/10 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 40 | 1/11 – 4/11 | Preparing for Examination | 5/11 – Deepavali |
| 41 | 8/11 – 12/11 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 42 | 15/11 – 19/11 | PEPERIKSAAN STPM 2010 | 17/11 – HR Qurban |
| 20/11 – 2/1 | Cuti persekolahan akhir tahun | 44 days |
Yearly Plan (Takwim) for STPM Chemistry Form Lower 6 – Year 2010
January 6, 2010
Intake for Lower Six won’t come until few months from now, but as part 3 of the 4-part chemistry yearly plan for SPM and STPM, Berry Berry Easy presents all reader with the yearly plan/takwim for STPM Chemistry Form Lower 6 – Year 2010.
This post is especially useful for teachers who would want to plan for this year’s lower six programme and also for future Form 6 students who takes chemistry. You may start to build up your reading list for Form 6. It is no child’s play, so start studying now in low gear, rather than spending all your time on non-useful activities.
As before, feel free to use it for your own teaching plans (if you are a teacher) or revision plans (if you are a student). Plase share this with your friends. Berry Berry Easy would also like to request teachers who visit this site to contribute takwim/yearly plans for other subjects. There are demands for it. So if you would like to help students beyond your school’s jurisdiction, feel free to drop a comment and get in contact. (I’m sure there are teachers in Malaysia who would like to share out information)
Rancangan Pelajaran Tahunan Kimia Tingkatan 6 Bawah (2010)
(Translated as: Annual Learning Plan for Form Lower 6 Chemistry (2010) )
Note: This takwim was made originally for SMK Dato Jaafar by Cikgu Isabelle Wong for Year 2010
| Week | Date | Topic | Remark |
| 1 | 4/1 – 8/1 | ||
| 2 | 11/1 – 15/1 | ||
| 3 | 18/1 – 22/1 | ||
| 4 | 25/1 – 29/1 | 30/1 – Thaipusam | |
| 5 | 1/2 – 5/2 | ||
| 6 | 8/2 – 12/2 | 14/2, 15/2 – CNY | |
| 7 | 16/2 – 19/2 | ||
| 8 | 22/2 – 25/2 | 26/2 – Muhammad | |
| 9 | 1/3 – 5/3 | ||
| 10 | 8/3 – 12/3 | ||
| 13/3 – 21/3 | Cuti Pertengahan Penggal i | 9 days | |
| 11 | 22/3 – 26/3 | ||
| 12 | 29/3 – 2/4 | ||
| 13 | 5/3 – 9/4 | 8/4 – Sultan Johor | |
| 14 | 12/4 – 16/4 | ||
| 15 | 19/4 – 23/4 | ||
| 16 | 26/4 – 30/4 | 1/5 – Labour Day | |
| 17 | 3/5 – 7/5 | ||
| 18 | 10/5 – 14/5 | ||
| 19 | 17/5 – 21/5 | Pendaftaran 6 bawah (STPM 2011) | |
| 20 | 24/5 – 27/5 | Pendaftaran 6 bawah (STPM 2011) | 28/5 – Wesak |
| 21 | 31/5 – 4/6 | Introduction | |
| 5/6 – 20/6 | Cuti pertengahan tahun | 16 days | |
| 22 | 21/6 – 25/6 | Physical Chemistry
Chap 1: Matter |
19/6 – Hol Day of Almarhum Sultan of Johor |
| 23 | 28/6 – 2/7 | Chap 2: States of Matter: Gas | |
| 24 | 5/7 – 9/7 | Chap 3: States of Matter: Liquid and Solids | |
| 25 | 12/7 – 16/7 | Chap 4: Electronic Structure of Atoms | |
| 26 | 19/7 – 23/7 | Chap 5: The Periodic Table | |
| 27 | 26/7 – 30/7 | Ujian Piawai 1 | |
| 28 | 2/8 – 6/8 | Chap 6: Chemical Bonding | |
| 29 | 9/8 – 13/8 | Chap 7: Shapes of Molecules and Ions | 11/8 – Awal Ramadan |
| 30 | 16/8 – 20/8 | Chap 8: Intermolecular Forces | |
| 31 | 23/8 – 27/8 | Inorganic Chemistry
Chap 1: The Periodic Table and Periodicity |
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| 32 | 30/8 – 3/9 | Ujian Piawai 2 | 31/8 – National Day |
| 4/9 – 12/9 | Cuti Pertengahan Penggal II | 9 days | |
| 33 | 13/9 – 17/9 | Chap 2: Group 2 Elements | 10/9, 11/9 – HR Puasa |
| 34 | 20/9 – 24/9 | Chap 3: Group 13: Aluminium | |
| 35 | 27/9 – 1/10 | Chap 4: Group 14 | |
| 36 | 4/10 – 8/10 | Chap 5: Nitrogen | |
| 37 | 11/10 – 15/10 | Chap 6: Group 17 | |
| 38 | 18/10 – 22/10 | Chap 7: An Introduction to the Chemistry of d-Block Element | |
| 39 | 25/10 – 29/10 | PEPERIKSAAN AKHIR TAHUN (PHYSICAL & INORGANIC) | |
| 40 | 1/11 – 4/11 | PEPERIKSAAN AKHIR TAHUN (PHYSICAL & INORGANIC) | 5/11 – Deepavali |
| 41 | 8/11 – 12/11 | Revision | |
| 42 | 15/11 – 19/11 | Revision | 17/11 – HR Qurban |
| 20/11 – 2/1 | Cuti persekolahan akhir tahun | 44 days |
Yearly Plan (Takwim) for SPM Chemistry Form 5 – Year 2010
January 3, 2010
As promised in one of the previous posts, Berry Berry Teacher would like to share with fellow teachers and students the yearly /takwim for SPM Chemistry Form 5 – Year 2010.
Feel free to use it for your own teaching plans or revision plans. Remember to inform your friends who might find this useful. Knowledge should be shared.
Rancangan Pelajaran Tahunan Kimia Tingkatan 5 (2010)
(Translated as: Annual Learning Plan for Form 5 Chemistry (2010) )
Note: This takwim was made originally for SMK Dato Jaafar by Cikgu Isabelle Wong for Year 2010
| Week | Date | Topic | Remark |
| 1 | 4/1 – 8/1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | 11/1 – 15/1 | Chap 10: Rate of Reaction
10.1 Rate of Reaction |
PEKA: Experiment 1.1 |
| 3 | 18/1 – 22/1 | 10.2 Factors Affecting the Rate of Reaction | PEKA: Experiment 1.2 |
| 4 | 25/1 – 29/1 | 10.3 Collision Theory
10.4 Scientific Knowledge to Enhance Quality of Life |
(30/1 – Thaipusam)
PEKA: Experiment 1.3 |
| 5 | 1/2 – 5/2 | Chap 11: Carbon Compounds
11.1 Carbon Compounds 11.2 Alkanes |
Laboratory Work 2.1 (Discussion) |
| 6 | 8/2 – 12/2 | 11.3 Alkenes
11.4 Isomerism |
(14/2, 15/2 – CNY) |
| 7 | 16/2 – 19/2 | 11.5 Alcohol | Laboratory Work 2.3 (Discussion) M&S
Laboratory Work 2.4 (Discussion) |
| 8 | 22/2 – 25/2 | 11.6 Carboxylic acids | (26/2 – Muhammad)
Laboratory Work 2.5 |
| 9 | 1/3 – 5/3 | 11.7 Ester
11.8 Fats |
Laboratory Work 2.6 (Discussion) M&S |
| 10 | 8/3 – 12/3 | Ujian Piawai 1 | |
| 13/3 – 21/3 | Cuti Pertengahan Penggal i | 9 days | |
| 11 | 22/3 – 26/3 | 11.9 Natural rubber | Laboratory Work 2.7 (Discussion)
Laboratory Work 2.8 (Discussion) Experiment 2.1 (Discussion / Demo) |
| 12 | 29/3 – 2/4 | 11.10 Homologous series
11.11 The variety of organic materials |
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| 13 | 5/3 – 9/4 | Chap. 12: Oxidation and reduction
12.1 Oxidation and reduction |
(8/4 – Sultan Johor)
Laboratory Work 3.1 (Discussion) Laboratory Work 3.2 (Discussion) Laboratory Work 3.3 |
| 14 | 12/4 – 16/4 | Ujian Piawai 2 | |
| 15 | 19/4 – 23/4 | 12.2 Rusting as a redox reaction | Laboratory Work 3.4 (Discussion)
Laboratory Work 3.5 Experiment 3.1 (CD courseware) |
| 16 | 26/4 – 30/4 | 12.3 The reactivity series of metals and its application | (1/5 – Labour Day)
Laboratory Work 3.6 (Discussion) Laboratory Work 3.7 (Discussion) Laboratory Work 3.8 (Discussion) |
| 17 | 3/5 – 7/5 | 12.4 Electrolytic and chemical cells | |
| 18 | 10/5 – 14/5 | 12.5 Appreciating the ability of elements to change oxidation numbers | Laboratory Work 3.9 A (Discussion)
Laboratory Work 3.9 B |
| 19 | 17/5 – 21/5 | Peperiksaan Pertengahan | |
| 20 | 24/5 – 27/5 | Peperiksaan Pertengahan | (28/5 – Wesak) |
| 21 | 31/5 – 4/6 | Chap. 13: Thermochemistry
13.1 Energy changes in chemical reaction |
Laboratory Work 4.1 (CD courseware) |
| 5/6 – 20/6 | Cuti pertengahan tahun | 16 days | |
| 22 | 21/6 – 25/6 | 13.2 Heat of precipitation | PEKA: Laboratory Work 4.2 |
| 23 | 28/6 – 2/7 | 13.3 Heat of displacement | (19/6 H Hol Alm Sultan Ismail)
Laboratory Work 4.3 |
| 24 | 5/7 – 9/7 | 13.4 Heat of neutralisation | Laboratory Work 4.4 (CD / Discussion)
Laboratory Work 4.5 (CD / Discussion) |
| 25 | 12/7 – 16/7 | 13.5 Heat of combustion
13.6 The existence of various energy sources |
Experiment 4.1 (CD / Discussion) |
| 26 | 19/7 – 23/7 | Chap. 14: Chemicals for Consumers
14.1 Soaps and detergents |
Laboratory Work 5.1 |
| 27 | 26/7 – 30/7 | 14.2 Food additives | |
| 28 | 2/8 – 6/8 | 14.3 Medicines
14.4 The existence of chemicals |
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| 29 | 9/8 – 13/8 | Revision Form 4 Topics | (11/8 – Awal Ramadan) |
| 30 | 16/8 – 20/8 | Revision Form 5 Topics | |
| 31 | 23/8 – 27/8 | Peperiksaan percubaan SPM 2010 | |
| 32 | 30/8 – 3/9 | Peperiksaan percubaan SPM 2010 | (31/8 – National Day) |
| 4/9 – 12/9 | Cuti Pertengahan Penggal II | 9 days | |
| 33 | 13/9 – 17/9 | Revision Form 4 Topics | (10/9, 11/9 – HR Puasa) |
| 34 | 20/9 – 24/9 | Revision Form 5 Topics | |
| 35 | 27/9 – 1/10 | Revision | |
| 36 | 4/10 – 8/10 | Revision | |
| 37 | 11/10 – 15/10 | Revision | |
| 38 | 18/10 – 22/10 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 39 | 25/10 – 29/10 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 40 | 1/11 – 4/11 | Preparing for Examination | (5/11 – Deepavali) |
| 41 | 8/11 – 12/11 | Preparing for Examination | |
| 42 | 15/11 – 19/11 | PEPERIKSAAN SPM 2010 | (17/11 – HR Qurban) |
| 20/11 – 2/1 | Cuti persekolahan akhir tahun | 44 days |
Recipe #4 Sweet Potato Leaves with Fermented Beancurd
January 3, 2010
Berry Berry Easy presents Madam Goh’s Berry Delicious Recipe #4 – Sweet Potato Leaves with Fermented Beancurd.
Love salty and mild sweetness taste? Love beancurd? Why not try this Berry Delicious recipe involving fermented beancurd as part of the central pairing with sweet potato leaves. Madam Goh would like to present to Berry Readers a recipe which is rich in Vitamin K and delicious in taste.
Berry Delicious Recipe #4 – Sweet Potato Leaves with Fermented Beancurd
(Mandarin translation: Fan Shu Ye with Fu Yu)
(Sweet potato leaves is rich in Vitamin K)
Servings: 4–6 people
Ingredient:
- 2–3 tbsp oil (sunflower oil)
- 2–3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2–3 fermented beancurd / fu yu / doufu ru / Chinese Cheese)
- (1 packet / 300 g of organic potato leaves = 1 fermented beancurd)
- 5–10 chili padi, cut or chopped
- 750 g sweet potato leaves cut in 4 cm
- ½ cup of water
Seasoning:
- ½ tsp salt
Preparation:
- Fry garlic till light golden.
- Add chili padi and fermented beancurd.
- Add water and bring to a boil.
- Add sweet potato leaves.
- Reduce heat to medium low.
- Add seasoning.
And that’s it. Your sweet potato leaves with fermented beancurd which is high in Vitamin K. Try out this tasty recipe and drop us a line on how it taste. Drop by more often for more free recipes.
