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TGIFFFFFFF with my girlfriends

Oh my! So elated that my tough days ended off on a good note. Was asked to attend 2 days of induction by my Supervisor and could barely listen attentively for these 2 days course. It was a freaking 9 hours of listening to our presenter and having to joint down important notes for me to remember. It feels like regaining back to my old poly days where I have to sit in in the lecture room and study/ scribbling down notes and trying to focus on what my lecturer have to teach. The course wasn't that bad on the second day as it required physical action, having a safety precaution toward the autistic students. Such rare opportunity that I received from the school and definitely allowed me to understand more about autistic child and also to handle them well in different kind of situation. The thought of having to attend it on next wed kinda pull me a long face but im sure it would be fun, at least don't make me fall asleep.



Through these course, I made new friends with the TP interns who are joining us on next Monday for 3 months. I was so glad to be able to group with the 3 musketeers which made the whole course more interesting and lively. I would gladly announce that our group was the most nosiest but also the most STEADY team. While each team has to present their work, we were enthusiastic enough to come up with a skit ( mainly because they love to act while me being part of the team have to join in too!) to illustrate a scene where real case happen, and how do we have to solve it. 


Bought to you: Carissa, Sue and Glen. We named ourselves as SGJC, on the look of our first alphabetical. Sounds like 'Singapore Junior College" or "Serangoon Junior College". But anyway, I have a great bonding with them and more than happy to know that they will be helping out in Campus 2 so it means I will get to see them more often!


And what's TGIF without meeting up with my girlfriends? Its been long that we last hang out! I could recall that our last meeting was in USS given by Natasha's mum. Other than that, we are so busy with our daily lives. My sillies and I seldom hang out together but once we meet up for a short dinner, our conversation will never end, there will be alot of talking and laughter in each's conversation. I treasure friends who still make time for each other. This group of girlfriends will always be there for me when I need them, via whatapps/ phone calls. Never want to lose them in my whole entire life. Many people say that once you are attached, you will tend to drift off with your close friends. I'm glad that we are not this kind of person. Although both Meijun and I have our partner, both of us still try our very best to make time for each other. We even include our boyfriend to be part of the group. I simply love the feelings of my close friends hanging out with my boyfriend. And that's how each bonding grows.







Anyway, we have our dinner at Kovan's Bah Kuh Teh! The shop was called 'Shun Fa' BKT so I thought that it was the popular 'Song Fa' BKT, then I realised its actually a Franchise of it. Of course, the original Song Fa BKT taste better than the franchise. The taste differ on their soup texture. This outlet's soup is less peppery and weren't spicy at all. Shun Fat BKT makes it a point to have their BKT soup refillable! Free soup to the refill! The waiter kept coming to our table to top up the soup for us. Let say that their service was good!

Other than that, one has to order their sesame oil chicken and their ai yu jelly drink to soothe your throat. Upon having their chicken, you may witness a layer of oil on top of it. Simply layered it out if you are scared to drink it. The main focus will be on the chicken meat.
BKT will never go wrong with fried you tiao! Throw in the You tiao into the soup and eat it together with the rice! That's heavenly! Hehehe.


949, Upper Serangoon Road, 534713
Tel: 6284 3717
Open 12pm to 11pm daily







After our round of dinner, I thought that it would be good to find a place to have dessert and also to continue our long conversation so I suggested Hatterstreet which is just our area.

Hatter Cafe is a rather cosy restaurant that has an indoor sitting capacity of no more than thirty pax. The interior design is inspired by the popular animation Alice in Wonderland. It sells mainly drinks, pasteries and waffles. You wouldn't find any main course here! 

It was a long queue when we arrived so it took us some time to get seated. We were lucky enough to be able to get their waffles as it ran out very fast. Felt pity for the those who queued but went back home without trying their waffles.


Our main motive is to try their waffles so we ordered two different flavours to try! Waffle with Panda ice cream & Gula Melaka sauce ($8.90) was one of the recommendation in most instagram. The waffle smelt great when it arrived at our table. I was totally blown away by the crispy crust and soft fluffy center of the waffle, and the homemade pandan ice cream tasted heavenly with a very authentic pandan aroma. 

The other waffle was drizzled with salted caramel which also cost the same price as gula melaka. 
I had this twice and it’s still as good on the second time. In fact I thought the portion is bigger. Their waffle is exceptionally crispy and yet the inside remain moist. I find caramel sauce quite sweet most of the time but not for Hatter’s salted caramel. There is a good balance between the sweet and salty taste that goes perfectly with the waffle.



Given that it is held at a neighborhood area, the business was genuinely good. They should start expanding their shop as it get a little cramp when there is an unstoppable flow of human coming in. Although we waited 30 mins for their waffles, their waffles doesn't disappoint us and in fact we will be coming back again for their pastries and coffee.

Hatter Street Bakehouse & Cafe
Block 212 Hougang Street 21 #01-333 Singapore
Tel: +65 6988 4591

FB: https://www.facebook.com/HatterStreet

Open Hours

Tuesdays – Sundays 1300 to 2200; Closed on Mondays

Till then.

Concetto X Createaf Waffles

Finally met up with Jia Hui and Kai Ling after for many months. I think my last seen with them was back to Chinese New Year. Nowadays, everyone was so busy with their life that we hardly find a right date for a dinner. At last, we managed to squeeze in some time for a little catch up of our life.


Our dinner was at Concetto. It wasn't a plan to dine in at this fine dining restaurant, just a random stopped by. Concetto by Saveur is located at Level 1 of The Cathay where the old Billy Bombers used to be. What a change after that as it was pretty quiet at Billy Bombers and rather crowded at Concetto instead.


They are known for their competitive pricing strategy, where they offer very good Italian food without burning a huge hole in your pockets.

As of other saveur outlets, the design is simplistic and modern with an open concept kitchen probably not the best thing for quick fine dining experience.



Menu is divided into many section. Earth: Appetisers. The land would be for their main dishes containing all the Pork and Beef. The sea which categorise Fish and Seafood and lastly their light for desserts.

Though choices were limited, we were torn ordering between the Creamy Pork / Bolognese / Duck Tortellini / Funghi Risotto / Prawn Aglio! In the end though, we three ordered: 


Creamy Pork also known as Carbonara ($10.90)
a roasted pork belly with spaghetti sprinkled with bacon bits and a poached egg. The portion is alittle too small but suitable for ladies who have small appetite. Guys with big appetite should totally avoid ordering this. Anyway, the poached egg was beautifully cooked.


 Duck Tortellini ($12.90)
Ravioli are pastas with ingredients wrapped inside. Minced duck meat was used. the duck was somewhat savoury but the whole dish is really salty in the end which was not really pleasure to eat.

What sat before us was a beautifully poached egg, new potatoes and parmesan emulsion (the white foam) that drew out an immediate “WOW” from all of us at the table.


Basically we shared two plates of the main because this fine dining doesn't really WOW us as much as the over-whelmed of original saveur but to the price for a fine dining restaurant, I don't mind coming back for their desserts and also their good service.






They have pretty good white walls and lighting for cam-whore/ selfie and photo-taking.

Concetto is open daily from 12noon to 9.30pm. It is located at The Cathay, 2 Handy Road, #01-11/12, Singapore 229233. For RESERVATIONS, call 6735 1141 or email enquiry@saveur.sg

Next up, for our desserts, we conquered createaf waffles located at Cathay too. This was our initial plan but Jia Hui was afraid that waffles won't make us full and its funny to have waffles for dinner.



Whenever I walk past this CAFE - Createaf Waffles I feel so tempted to try the waffles! Finally, I had the chance to visit this cafe with the girls to try those mouthwatering waffles with delicious toppings.



To get the best of whole worlds (waffles and tea), they offer a waffles set which comes with a sweet/savoury waffle with a drink of your choice and it only costs $12.50!




 As we were half full, we decided to order their half waffle instead of the whole so that we can order more items for photo purposes. I had my chicken ham and sausage waffle under their savoury menu. ($6.90). The waffle texture is like moist sponge with a crispy exterior. Each bite was pillowy.



Jiahui had her sinfully chocolate which was coated with bitter-sweet chocolate sauce and cocoa-crunch. She topped it up with a scoop of macademia nuts ice-cream. Sweet savoury stated in the menu.



Kling ordered the plain waffle with maple syrup and also topped up with cookies and cream ice cream. The maple has a taste of sour-ness, not really sure if it came from the waffles batter or the maple itself. Can never go wrong with cookies and cream because it covered well with the sour-ness.

 I was hoping to see more creative variety of waffles, you know, something like Strictly Pancakes kind. But considering they are only opened for less than a year, so I guess they are still working on the Menu. Service was fast though. Our waffles were served after 10 minutes of waiting and the presentation looked good though.

Createaf Waffles
Address: 2 Handy Road, #01-02 The Cathay

Opening hours: Sun – Thurs 12 to 10pm; Fri & Sat 12 to 12am













Selfless selfie at the end of the day because being girls, taking photos is our hobby. Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

The thing is, that when you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you have ever had, years have gone by and you are mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.

But no matter what., im still glad that after all these years, we are still close as ever and definitely cherish this friendship for this golden friendship is so hard to get (:

Till then.