https://padlet.com/a167964/tgsnyis1ldkmp15w Week 1 en-us 2021-07-26 14:43:18 UTC 2025-03-19 21:30:30 UTC hello@padlet.com a167964 https://padlet.com/a167964/tgsnyis1ldkmp15w/wish/1689089083 1. What have you done?
Basically for my elective posting based on the picture attached, i have decided to start a small business of selling variety of frozen kuih-muih such as donuts (my personal favourite!), currypuff, sausage roll and sardine roll. These 4 are my main menus that i put a lot of attention to so far because who didn’t like donuts and currypuff?? I have other menus in my mind as well to add more variety but like my mum said, baby steps.
So on the first week, i collected and listed out the recipes and ingredients for the kuih i decided to sell from my family, aunties and made some internet research for tips and tricks of making  scrumptious kuih with decent shapes and consistent sizes (very important in order to start on a business). I tried to make donut, sausage roll, sardine roll, and pau with help of my mom. I also asked my neighbour who is has good experiences of making kuih as she was a cooker at a school canteen. Honestly it was not even that hard to make kuih! The most difficult part was probably shaping it and making sure it is consistent in size but with practices, i kind of get used to it. All the kuihs i successfully made are not for sell on this week because i was just trying out and and of course taste test by my family members. Alhamdulillah i did get their approval so i think i’m good to start off my small humble business!

2. Points to remember from week 1!
I never knew making kuih are actually fun and therapeutic (at least for me). Honestly, i didn’t know before that from the exactly same ingredients of making donuts, we can make pau rebus (with coconut filling) and sausage roll! And i’m not talking from a perspective of a seller because obviously seller make in a large scale. As a perspective of someone who casually making kuih for evening tea, instead of hustling to make just one type of kuih, you can actually 3 or more types of kuih from the same bater (adunan).

3. Your feelings & thoughts
 I feel like starting my own business took a lot of courage and as what Dr Akmal said ‘It is not a man show’. It takes time, needs a lot of patience (especially in shaping the kuihs), faith and support. I am truly grateful that my family are very supportive especially my mom. She helped me a lot indeed. Besides of making profit from selling kuih (insyaAlllah), i get to spend more time with my mom in the kitchen making kuih. I definitely will treasure this moment forever.

4. 1 good thing from what you did that you can practice now!
One good thing that i can practice now is to be disciplined! I actually woke up early in the morning to start on making these kuihs. There were days that i feel so lazy to get off my bed especially during this holiday but i needed to wake up regardless. And that is definitely a good thing not only for a business starter but as a medical students as well.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?
My main concern is the hygiene. Moreover we’re still going through this hard time of pandemic. Actually it scares me a lot like what if i accidentally infect my costumers and vise versa. Not forgetting the overall hygiene that i really need to consider while preparing and packaging the kuihs because i would not want to eat unclean food either. I was contemplating to wear gloves or not. Pros of wearing one is; the food is clean but the cons is; it is almost impossible to make a perfect shape of the kuih and it is uncomfortable. After a few considerations, i decided to just practice a good hygiene while preparing the food that are; wear head scarves at all time to prevent any hair got into the kuih, cut my nails short, and frequently wash my hands.

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far
Therapeutic and overwhelming

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)
Next week I decided to start promoting my business and try to make frozen version of the kuihs as this week i did not keep it frozen as i directly fried and gave it to my family and relatives aka taste test. And not to forget the packing and storing process. ]]> 2021-08-21 18:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/a167964/tgsnyis1ldkmp15w/wish/1689089083