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Baking up a storm in a cup(cake).

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You might think baking as a mere fluffy stuff housewives do in the kitchen. What you don’t know is that baking is a form of chemistry. The mixing of ingredients used for baking a cupcake are not much mixing chemicals to make a plastic cup. For example, did you know flour itself is made up of mostly starch granules and proteins? Any slight changes in a recipe would make a difference between a moist cake and a brick. The only thing that separates baking from chemistry is that you can actually eat the results. Last Friday on 24th March, the Honnets are learning how to bake cupcakes under the watchful eyes of Honsbridge’s teachers. The teachers are on hand to give pointers on how to bake the cupcakes and the chemistry involved behind them. Honnets involved are from Junior classes – SJ2 & 3, J9, J10A & B and J12. While they’re given the same ingredients for the cupcakes – corn oil, egg, flour, each class tackle the challenge of mixing and baking their own way. SJ2

Celebrating unity on Sports Day

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It's 2nd of March 2017, another year for the annual Honsbridge Sports Day at the Panasonic National Sports Centre in Shah Alam. Students from all over Honsbridge, along with Stellar Academy gather together for this auspicious event to celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship and athleticism. Students are divided into four different coloured houses, each inspired by famous superheroes: The white house is called the White Tigers; the Purple House the Phantoms; the Green House the Hulks; and the Yellow House is Wolverines. The Sports Day began with a cheerleading event where each house showcase their moves with colourful banners and spectacular stunts. These stunts are inspired by the superheroes representing them; for example, the Hulks & Wolverines roar with furious pride for their houses. Each house also showcase colourful banners with said superheroes emblazoned on them personifying the spirit of their house. Soon, the houses compete with each other in variou