Lunch @ Assumption Pathway School

Came home at 10pm today after an almost 3 hour governors' meeting at St Gabriel's :S

I'm dreading having to write the minutes, but all in all, i enjoyed attending the meeting as the topics discussed were very interesting and the governors are all very accomplished, eloquent and humorous people :D

The scrumptious dinner served and some wine appeased me a little as well.. We even had wine and birthday cake to celebrate one of the governor's birthday! I always say i love free stuff, not to mention free meals~ stayed for abt 2 hours after the meeting ended listening to the governors chatting and caught a ride home with the chairman of Monfort schools no less, lol.. I think i gained a lot of general knowledge tonight, whee..

My souvenir from today's meeting held at Boys' Town (testing my new phone's camera *big broad grin* but more on that later)

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Anyways, after getting to know about this foundation, i realised that kids who are not academically inclined in Sg are rather pitiful as they have no where to go, unlike at home in Malaysia where they can opt to go to a vocational school. The foundation is trying to help such kids by setting up a vocational school (one of only a limited few in Sg) to equip such kids with skills that will help them to find jobs later on in life.

I had a chance to try out the products of their culinary classes one afternoon when we had our company lunch at The ART aka The Assumption Restaurant for Training. Its something like the little restaurant at TAR College where they train the students studying hospitality but in this case, the trainees are all in their early teens!

The set lunch menu, the choices are limited but maybe they might improve the menu in future

Yummy bread with butter before the main course :)

mushroom soup with croutons which was so warm and creamy that brought so much comfort to my tummy on the rainy afternoon that we were there :)

Cheese Quesadillas, one of the mains

My Seafood Marinara Pasta, loved the big juicy prawns and squid~

Dessert that i didnt really like, maybe cos im not a big fan of the red bean filling. We were supposed to have brownies but we were there late and it was out of stock T.T

The food was quite good, better than what I had expected and proceeds from the restaurant go to improving the school itself. Its only S$12 per person and its for a worthy cause, so hopefully more people will trek all the way up the hill at St Gabriel's to try it out.

The view from the patio is quite nice if you sit outside, green fields just below the hill :) However, please do not expect impeccable service since you will be served by young students after all. I think they were all rather nervous, I even saw one girl walk into the glass door while on her way to set a table =.=

Nevertheless, please give these kids a chance, I hope in time society will find that everyone has their own place in this world and its not the end of the world if you cannot get good grades in school~

Address: 30 Cashew Road, Singapore 679697
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Its just unbelievable..

14.09.2009

Its just unbelievable that.. I woke up in the morning to a view like this!

Its just unbelievable that.. Water in a drain can be as clean as this!

Its just unbelievable that.. a bridge can look as picturesque as this! *click to zoom*

Its just unbelievable.. that a road can be as wide as this! 8 lanes! and its a roundabout!

Its just unbelievable.. that a street can look as grand as this! Arc de Triomphe!

Its just unbelievable.. that an LV store needs to be as huge as this!
The flagship store in Paris~

Its just unbelievable that.. The streets can be as messy as this!
Where are the lines that are supposed to be on the road??!

Its just unbelievable that.. A building can be as grand as this! Is that gold I see? @.@~

Its just unbelievable that.. I have seen this with my own eyes! *so touched.. sobs..*

Its just unbelievable that.. I was here in front of this, just 2 years ago on this exact same day!

Its just unbelievable that.. It looks even prettier in the night time! :):):)

Ok, I think you are starting to get annoyed by the monotony of this post by now :S How time flies, I seriously can't fathom how 2 years has passed by so fast, can you??!!!

That was from Day 11 of my Europe Trip Chamonix Mont Blanc -- Paris, spent many hours travelling in the bus that day, hence the many blurry and oddly cropped pics.. but it was all worth it to see that monument in its lighted up glory.. hehehe...

I don't know why I just felt like doing a special post today, its been a long time since I changed the format of my blog posts, but reading my old old posts, I just think that maybe I was a lot more creative and fun then, and I'd like to find that part of me again~ :)

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered. (the food)

Me wiping the dust off my blog just proves how much I miss him T.T~ Yup, the boy came to visit me last week during the raya holidays cos he got 1 week off from work, while I got a measly 1 day holiday!!! Where is the justice in this world?!! In the end, I sacrificed my weekend and public holiday chance to rest to bring him sightseeing..

Just had to put this up cos for the first time in ages, my skin looks nice, my hair looks shiny, my head looks small and my eyes look big!! WoW, 100% miracle..

The lighting was sooo good, I just couldnt resist.. pardon the luggage strewn all over my room...

Actually I only brought him out for half a day each on Sunday and Tuesday, muahahha.. cos we ended up being to lazy to leave the bed until late morning and the only pictures available are from his first day in Sg, since after that he kind of became an honorary Singaporean employee a.k.a. my maid, so no point to take pictures, lol...

So here goes, I actually took him on the same route that I brought Lil previously i.e. walking from Marina Bay MRT to Raffles Place MRT, whee~

Recognise the landmarks?? :)

City Skyline~~

Suddenly realised how senget my eyes are.. the pic turned out so lopsided.. T.T

We got real excited when we saw these.. they weren't there the last time I went *defensive* motion sensor solar powered fans!!! Real cool~! Spot the pun? :P

At some deserted pier near Fullerton Hotel.. I seriously need to fix my hair =.=

With the very thing he was so eager to see.. hahaha... merlion molester!

My photography skills can pass?? lol...

Had planned to have dinner at Bugis Junction cos I'd read abt this Japanese dessert buffet place called Lets Sweets.. I was so so anticipating trying it, but turned out it had closed down.. sobs... Only SGD19.90 per person for dinner, maybe too worth it till the business started making losses, cos ppl couldn't stop eating once they started, lol... We ended up having something entirely different for dinner, at a restaurant called Honguo 红锅 (literally red pot)..

Me with Yunnan Cuisine called 过桥面线

Giant bowl of soup, vermicelli and 12 types of ingredients to throw into the soup.. the waitress wanted to put the ingredients in for me but I chose to do it myself cos it seemed fun.. In the end quite lame lor, just pour everything in and thats it.. Ceh... Quite satisfying tho, cos the bowl was soo huge, the meal took me forever to finish... :D

Monday I had to work, and my maid cooked a scrumptious meal that could feed an army for our dinner. Tuesday we went to Funan Digital Mall (he forced me to bring him there =.=) and Orchard Road where we watched Final Destination 5 in 3D (Eeeew!!). Wednesday, I had to work again so he came and met me for dinner at Lau Pa Sat. All too soon, it was Thursday and we had to say our goodbyes..

So sad that I have no idea when is the next time I'll be seeing him again.. Cant wait for his next visit.. so many more places that I want to visit.. *hint* Universal Studios and Sentosa Luge and Singapore Flyer, Whee~ :)