GINGERBREAD

Honestly I do not know much about gingerbread. I just know that it is something related to Christmas and there is a gingerbread man in a computer-animated American comedy film, Shrek.

As for our assignment, we need to do something with gingerbread, let it be a gingerbread house or anything. You can't believe how creative is our group to come with ideas like laptop, toolbox etc. At last we all agreed to use Yik Hoong's idea, which is a merry-go-round.

our inspiration

brainstorming...

the incomplete model

(by vivien)

brainstorming again...

with lots of luv from vivien

isn't our horse-y (马儿) adorable?

1st attempt with biscuit
(it gets soft after awhile)

2nd attempt with bamboo skewer
(it broke into two as it is too skinny)

finally with chopstick

the burnt horse
by yik hoong

the finish product

do you want to join stephen chow and cj7 for fun?

our effort...

Before that I thought making something from gingerbread is not that hard. I guess it will be more or less like sticking some card box with glue. However it is absolutely different. The gingerbread was soft and the royal icing was not sticking.

We started with baking at 1pm. We expected it to be finished at least 8pm but actual time is 6am. There were countless time we get frustrated especially when things do not turn as what we planned.

I really appreciate all the effort and support we gave one another during the whole assignment. I am not sure how it will turn to be without you guys.

Good work everyone. Thanks a lot...