Somewhere in the middle of the night;
this familiar feeling strikes,
I wish I may, I wish I might;
hold on to this so dearly tight

There will never be a point in your life where it is the right time to do a great thing. If you're waiting for that perfect moment, for that perfect timing, it's not going to happen. You know what you have to do? You have to create that perfect time and that perfect opportunity and that perfect situation. 

So a lot of people become comfortable. They stop growing, they stop wanting anything, they become satisfied. People getting ready to go for jobs that they don't like, jobs that are making them sick. You see when you're not pursuing your goals, you are literally committing spiritual suicide. When you have some goal out here that you are stretching for and reaching for that takes you out of your comfort zone, you will find out some talents and abilities you have that you didn't know you have. 

When the messenger of misery visits you, what are you going to do? What will keep you in the game?

There are things that you'll never need to know, that you may only need to know one time in your life but that could save your life because you had that knowledge.

Unless you attempt to do something beyond that, which you already mastered, you will never grow. What is it that you looked at, at some point in time  you decided that you couldn't do it, that you talked yourself out of it. 

What reason can you remember that you can call on, that you can reach on, that can make you get back up? Find that reason. If you're not where you are, if you're not where you wanna be, if you don't have what you want to have, if you are not where you think you should be at this particular place, it has nothing to do with the system but with the fact that you are not willing to make a sacrifice.

Listen to me, if it was easy, everybody would do it. 

Most people take their greatness, take their ideas, to the graveyard with them.The wealthiest place on the planet is the graveyard. Because in the graveyard, we would find inventions that we were never ever exposed to, ideas, dreams that never became reality; hopes, aspirations that were never acted upon.

You will never ever be successful until you turn your pain into greatness, until you allow your pain to push you from where you are to push you to where you need to be. Stop pushing away your pain, embrace your pain. 

Let the biggest enemy you have to deal with be yourself! There is an old African proverb that says if there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm. 

I would say if life knocks you down, try to land on your back because if you can look up, you can get back up.


Was chatting with Jinghui and Renyong earlier and somehow we drifted to topic of..... A's.

I foresee the tension in the hall breaking the fine strings holding my sanity, the quote in blue circling my head. Fuck, I don't think I have the courage to look at my results, look at the judgement slip of my efforts, look at the possible paths of my future.

It's almost a month and I feel so detached from the world.

Thankfully, luckily, after eternal searching and endless trips to interviews, I've finally settled for a job - at Jamie's Italian with Cheng yay! Honestly, I've never heard of Jamie Oliver before this because well, I'm not much of a cooking person, I didn't even know who was Gordon Ramsay until he came to SG omg.

After the interview and the 4-hour trial (to experience how the day is like as a staff, and yes, the restaurant was busybusybusy, i like it), Cheng and I went for our induction, which is also the first day of work! Nothing much, mostly paperwork, getting to know the basics, procedures and precautions.

Didn't see it coming but after which, we were fed a feasttt *_*

(from top left, clockwise) Crispy Squid, Our Famous Polenta Chips, Truffle Risotto, Turbo Penne Arrabbiata, (not too sure), Prawn Linguine

I loveee the sauce for crispy squid! Couldn't figure out the ingredients they used upon tasting but the combination is PERFECT! I later found out that it's actually garlicky mayo & lemon~

Truffle Risotto and Turbo Penne Arrabiata is a MUST-TRY!  From the picture, the Truffle Risotto looks like mainstream fish porridge from any coffeeshop ah but upon tasting, its a whole new different story, the sauce/marinade (?) (idk the right cooking term) is what makes the dish stands out, SCRUMPTIOUS! 

And once again, its also the sauce/marinade and the breadcrumbs (hehe) that made me craved for more Penne Arrabiata, best pasta I've tasted yet! Oh yes, there's actually chili in it and I don't eat spicy food but the sauce was sooo nice that i was maximising my last few pieces of pasta by rolling it in as much sauce (whatever was remaining) as possible, I think I accidentally rolled into a chili piece (!?!) because my mouth burned like sh*t!!!!! I'D NEVER EATEN SMALL CHILI IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ouch my tongue :"( But after drinking a ton of cold water, I went back to finishing le pasta HAHAHA too good

And this his wife Jools, 4 children, Daisy, Poppy, Petal and son, Buddy. 
His personal values (being family oriented) are also brought into work, in our restaurant, we have sections names after his family members, I find this really cool.
Also, children are very welcomed in Jamie's Italian! We have viewfinders and colouring materials to entertain children and kids meals come with a complimentary Shake Me salad to encourage them to eat their greens!

Friday, 28 November 

Saturday, 29 November

Haji Lane

Work @ Cedele

It was quite an easy job I'd say! Nice boss, nice colleagues. Rotated shifts even though the event was only 2 hours haha, watched the aweeeesome performance and hehe, eating the pastries after work ;)

People's Park Center

Timbre

KBox

Thursday, 4 December

Friday, 5 December

Saturday, 6 December