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Typical workday + TGIF + Pathlight YFAs

Friday was a typical day at work and the colleagues decided to have lunch at Eighteen chefs. We were given only 1 hours of lunch break but we self-claimed our lunch break to 1.5hrs and went back to the office at our own time own target ( since we have nothing much to do at work and 2 of our Muslim colleague went out for prayers)




Most of the office workers lunch time start at 12pm and as expected there was a queue lining outside the shop. We panicked because we didn't want to queue for our lunch so when the moment we stepped into the mall, we dashed up to the escalator and run over to the shop. It was a short-breathe run, acting like a kanjiong spider.




Lunch time promotion is always the best. They have different lunch promotion to choose from. Yingwei and I managed to deceive through for our baked rice/pasta student price promotion. Hehehe, with a main dish, drink and a scoop of ice cream, we only have to pay $6.40.

Of course, greedy me wanted my baked rice to be flavorful so I choose double cheese sausage baked rice with red/white sauce. Red & white sauce is a combination of tomato and creamy sauce so it feels like im having a bowl of cream soup and spaghetti.

We also added in double chilli fries to share. Given that it is $5.80 per serving, the portion was not that big. The fries were fried soggy and the sambal chilli was over-powered. I almost choked by its spiciness.



Strolled back to work and so some shredding in the office and also to help out the staffs to pack their documents to courier over to our first campus. 

This was me talking to the photocopy machine because all the secondary school teachers will be shifting over to campus 1, leaving only the P3-P6 teachers in the office, I'm more closer to the seocndary teachers though so it was hard-breaking to hear them leave,




Another sad news to know that the YFAs last day to report to work on Friday. These group of cutie people purposely came over from campus 1 to take pictures with me, leaving this school with a happy note. So grateful and thankful to have them during these 3 months time although its only a HI, BYE or some small little talks. 






As one says "we all take different paths in life but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere." Its amazing how work became fun when you guys are around. You all were not just a YFAs colleague but a very good friends too. Have a prosperous life and keep in touch on instagram (:

Till then.

Date with the Man

I can never get so excited when my man is finally back from his Thailand training. Thank god for his safe arrival and also being well-fed by his Sirs unlike the previous trip to Brunei, the skinny-bone Zhi wei that most of his friends couldn't recognise. I couldn't make it on time to fetch him from the airport as work doesn't permit me and also I was fully ordered not to pick him up. 
Time never felt so long while working, the anxiety of seeing him gave me motivation to complete all my tasks and work on time. Im such a fan girl mode I know. So when the clock finally striked 4.30 pm, I grabbed my bag and left the office as fast as I could. I would prefer to fly there you see.
Boyfriend gave all the trusts to me when it comes to dining out so I chose Eighteen chefs. 

 I first came across Eighteen Chefs three years ago and was quite intrigued by its concept of hiring ex-convicts. While some may think that hiring ex-convicts may compromise service standards, but I must say that my visit to Ang mo kio branch outlet, the service was polite, efficient and fuss-free. Most of the crowd is quite young - possibly mostly students due to the very value-for-money student promotion. Oh well, I entitled for their student's meal promotion too even though I have graduated from Polytechnic. Hehe.






The way Eighteen Chefs works is that you get to choose the sauce and ingredient(s) to your pasta or baked rice, which comes up to quite a lot of combinations given the variety of ingredients (take a look at the menu). The students promotion is a bit more interesting because while you have to choose from the four cheapest ingredients, you will actually get a free ingredient top-up if you make an ingredient add-on. It just means you would end up with three ingredients for the price of two.


So what I ordered- DOUBLE CHEESE Sausage baked rice. 

I chose red and white gravy to go with it. Its actually a mixture of tangy tomato and creamy cream. As I scarfed down spoonfuls, I noticed that the cheese was only present at the top instead of being between layers for the more wholesome taste. However, the cheese layer was so generous at the top that it’s sufficient for each scoop. The gooey mixture of thick melted cheese and creamy sauce with grainy rice hits the spot for me and provides warmth and comfort for the tummy.
Sambal double Cheese Fries:
 Mozzarella cheese-baked fries topped with tasty sambal chilli. The hearty taste of the sambal the smooth and concentrated-flavour of the cheese. Need I say more? It was all so perfectly good but the fact that the fries was fried a little too soggy.

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken with Apple Potato Salad : 
The chicken was cooked very well. The teriyaki sauce was a tough salty, but went very well with the chicken. The accompanying apple potato salad is a bit sour due to the fact that they use green apples, nothing fantastic or bad about it.

I guess what's make it worth is the price. I have to be honest that the food wasn't the best but it would be considered cheap for a bowl of baked rice, drink and ice cream at the price of SGD$7+ when you present your student pass. I would be returning back to try other food in the menu. You can give Eighteen Chefs a try if you're on a budget.

53 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, #04-02
Singapore 569933
Telephone: 6481 7625 

Business Hours:
Sunday to Thursday
11.00am to 10.30pm

Friday, Saturday & Eve of Public Holiday
11.00am to 2.30am


After a good hearty meal, boyfriend and I took a bus ride to Serangoon garden to have our DESSERT! My crave for UDDERS. The smell of the waffles flew in when im 200m away from the entrance.
Thinking of choosing either waffles or sundaes, I finally make up my mind and ordered their sundaes.










The Chocoholic Sundae ($10.50) on a Waffle is a melange of 3 scoops of ice-cream, chocolate kitkats, Hazel's nuts and awesomely chocolate, with oreo cookie chunks and crunchy chocolate, dark chocolate fudge drizzles, chocolate balls and shavings. Delicious and decadent. 







Kudos to our endurance, we managed to walk from chomp chomp to nex mall by foot. It wasn't a long walk but the walk felt so smooth when there is someone talking and laughing with you.
Thanks for the accompanying my dear boy. It really feels good to be able to spend time with you, especially after a long day at work (:

 Till then.
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