Like all living organisms that evolve to survive... a recent visit to Coffee Nations showed its lastest evolution in its menu.... well it now has set meals! Yeah...the main thing where most singaporeans like me look out for when I step into any restaurant or cafe or eatery... (set meal = cheaper and more...most of the time that is.)

And from what I observed, the set meal definitely didn't disappoint me. One of the best deals will be the All day Sausage meal going at $13.90. The meal includes the soup of the day, a sausage platter (choose from 3 sets worth about $10.80 when ala-carte), a side dish (between potato wedges or coleslaw) and a Coffee Nation Classics. +$1 if you wanna a smoothie or a frappe. (You choose the classic from the drinks menu...not those standard one cup house coffee thingy)

ANd yes that was what I ordered.... the All day Sausage meal....i chose the Taste of Europe Platter, a chef recommendation...the sausages were relatively huge and come in a pair. The skin is tight and the meat is tender, very full of taste indeed and if I'm not wrong...it's German. The wedges are good, though I asked for my usual ketchup when presented with chili, thank goodness I didn't arrogantly say, 'take the chili away...i only want ketchup...' cos the chili is a much better choice with the sausages than the ketchup. The ketchup overwhelms the taste of the sausages while the chili is a smooth companion. The dish comes with salad too...the usual greens...good and healthy.

Other set meals include the All day Sandwich meal at $12.90 and the Light sandwich meal at $8.80 for the hungry but slim body keepers.

My companion tried the Coffee Nations Hot chocolate and as described by the menu...it's as dense, as thick, as warm and as delicious. All at $4.50. A good pick. (Some may think it's a little tat sweet...but I'm a sweet tooth keeper. So yup...if you are one too...that's a lovely creamy choice.)

Yesterday's cake of the day... the Blackforest cake was heavenly...it has a little alcohol taste at its first bite though I'm not sure if it contains that and it leaves a perfect not overwhelming and not sticky, but good chocolatey feel in your mouth. It was indeed salivating to think of.

Along the lazy stretch of Bali Lane... a few shops away from the Blue Jazz, out sprouted a totally cosy cafe, The Coffee Nations. (It's the only coffee place around those lanes.)

Two storey high with a nice chill out interior ranging from eyptian style to london feel, the cafe provides enough room to house the crowd who enjoy chilling out with friends and loved ones over coffee, cakes and finger food.

The menu interestingly contains coffee choices that are brought in from other countires... the Milan ice coffee for example, really is a recipe from Milan. (How cool is that man...) Cakes on the list include all time favourites mango cheese cakes, strawberry cheese cakes, chocolate bliss and the ever wonderful tangy mango. All these yummy stuff together with other heavier dishes that include sausage platters, finger food, sandwiches, salads, soups etc and your ever reliable cold beer, all these at reasonable prices to mark the start of or end your day.

The cafe also offers free wireless with your order and an area that can be enclosed and booked for private functions. So hop on down now to The Coffee Nations with your friends or your laptop and chatter or type away while basking in the middle of fragrant aromatic coffee.

Business starts from 8am and ends at 11pm daily...opening hours extended to 1am on weekends. closed on sundays.

The cafe is directly behind the bus stop along Bali Lane and has just opened recently. Expect to enjoy more varieties added to the menu in near future as well as more artistic touches to the place. But no worries, as it is now, it's really already somewhere you can eat, drink and chill relaxingly.

P.S. Free parking at Kampong Glam after 5pm plus it's outside of ERP. (you get the drift.)

one week into my sch term and i have so many problems choking up already...7 modules...SEVEN modules...

i'm not even thinking straight anymore.

and here's a list of my past week doings...

1) went back to my sch for the first time since i left it... helped out with ppl from Blue CRoss

2) went to the history gallery at NMS

3) hung out at old sch for a nite of bad boys shows...

4) grandma's bdae...

5) movie with my family... The Mummy

6) had unpleasant encounters with my niece, my yr4 classmates, my ASE class, my bio tutor...had to rush from one place to another... i'm not paid for my work yet...sighhh...i have no idea if i can finally get to study what i want to study in the last term of my studies in here...it really bothers me if im gonna get cheated n that i wasted two yrs of my life studying crap i hate again...as if wasting 3 yrs was not enough...cries..

it's really hectic n disgusting. i have so many readings, have to deal with tutors' attitudes and temper., so many adjustments to the tt and tuition schedule..have to deal with the fact that ppl enjoy staying within groups n im so darn left out in a class where i know no one.... helpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

sobz

i am so very not into typing that above title but its prob the best way for me to start accepting reality...as im typing this now...its actually already the last day of my hols...im just recalling the past week's events...ok let's start with monday...tearfully...

mon...i went to garden fest with mum...gorgeous flowers...really beautiful, we had a lot of fun looking at flowers, at booths and taking lots of pics n shopping...we got some tees...a pitcher plant and a venus fly trap.

tues.... spent the mornign w mum seraching for ants n flies to feed the fly trap...really quite cool. then sped down to cine and exchanged tix for dark knight...went tuition then met up w bi to go downtown to watch his movie...cool one...silent guardian, watchful something...nvm...shame me shame me...still great stuff there...a lot to read into...but now's not the mood to talk abt it...

wed...went for tuition then met up with my fren ade...for dinner and a drink at lunar... ladies nite...3 free martinis and free flow of cosmo from 11 to 12...well...here's what happened...we were in there and there's this table of 3 guys sitting diagonally from us...they kept turning their heads...they look younger so ya, ade n i were like...not at us...but when ade left to get a drink...one of them actually walked up n approached me, asking if we would like to join them for drinks...i was like...u noe actually though i have been clubbing for years, i still fear such approaches...dunno why but guess i will be missing them when i get older? dunnoo...anyway thank goodness ade returned and we both were like er... haha...its ok, we r leaving soon...thanks...n for the rest of the 20 mins we had to finish our drinks, the guys never turned their heads over again...

thurs...

met up w my nie classmates to go for chalet at sentosa...it was really v v laid back...we took walks, had drinks, enjoyed the breeze, ate, watched tv, chatted and thats abt it...but it was all so relaxing...haiz...the night was darn funny cos one of my classmates snored and snored, we recorded that and couldnt stop laughing...then to make things worse, that classmate started to laugh in his sleep...he laughed, he spoke...wah liaoooooooo....lol

what have we suffered around here to know how to be empathetic? we have no natural disasters, we only know how to work, we only know how to run after money and when friends in need turn up at our doorsteps...we shrug our shoulders and start to be sympathetic...

GOd...pls don't do that...it's inhumane...when u r sympathetic...u PITY that person...when u r empathetic...u ACCEPT and understand that person...see what an insult it can be to be symapthetic towards another?

even if natural disasters aren't coming around anytime soon, (thank god), let's learn to be compassionate...let's read up more, let's reach within ourselves and learn to put ourselves in others' shoes...

people will never remember what u teach them, but they will never forget how u treat them...

my holidays are ending...so fast...3 mths and in a blink...its over. i really can't bear to let it go, not that i dread the school term...but i know that this is my last longest holidays...next year this time, i will be out struggling with office politics, with customer service and a fake smile...i can't see how sincere this world and society can be anymore...it's just so hard to tell if a person is sincere or just trying to earn ur impression or money. people in this society has become masked-keteers. u never know who can be a friend and who is out to swallow u when your time is up.

humans are indeed the scariest animals around. they have so many faces that they can simply whoosh u around like a sack of potatoes. The motives, the goals, the greed, the sins, the power, the lust, the evil....all behind a smile.

u never know who is what...so just play the game.

smile LIKE u mean it.... LOL

pathetic.

life has a funny way of telling u how simple things can do wonders and how simple things can also bring about terror.

yesterday i met up with one of my long lost friend...we used to work together and meeting up with her sparked a lot of recollection of old funny stuff. we had a meal at nydc and then a beer at paulanor. good ambience. had fun catching up with her. it was also with her that we recalled some of the recent things that have happened to frenz we shared. one which is a tragic accident. a fren of mine died in a car crash...the whole car flipped. he was a fun fren of ours, hardworking, helpful, jovial and always trying to brighten up our days. i will always rem how he walked into that tiny room of ours and greet us with a big wide smile, a joke even if he was tired out by the day's work. he was a good fren to have. May his soul rest well in heaven and may his family members have the strength to carry on with lives.

it's sad how life is just gone in a blink...that day happened to be my 40th mth with my darling and we were spending our time at sentosa...to think as we did that, a fren of mine would have been witnessing and experiencing a car accident, bleeding profusely and drawing his last breath. how short life can be no matter how long we think it will be. the thought of him under the car...it was something that cannot be recalled without a dull heartache. why should life be this bitter for someone who always tries his best to be more optimisstic and bring joy to others? he had worked hard even till that last minute, he was working.

it's just so...unacceptable....

i recently went to Blue Cross, an institute for ID people and it is a world entirely different and out of your imagination. You can never imagine that people who often are only witnessed in movies, actually do exist and it's not just one or two, it's almost a hundred. Yet what saddens me is not their plight, but how difficult their caretakers' lives may be, how painful their hearts may have been to see someone so close like that. it's also how people shunned them that saddens me greatly. their inability to accept shows the immaturity of their minds, their perception of a role model for their children and the scariest of all, what they would have taught their younger generation about these people.

when too many things happen within a short period of time...i can hardly hold all together...even as i sleep at night, little fragments form the dreams that keep the mind ticking, ticking away from sleep.

last nite, one of my ex crushes spoke to me...funny that i still have a slight crush on him even till now... i suppose looks really play such a huge role? i dun really know him and perhaps that is what that is keeping this crush alive...as the saying goes...sometimes u fall in love with the person becos u dun noe him well enough...and u fall out when u know him too well...

anyway it still sets a flutter in me.

ok let me try to get hold of what has been happening...

thurs... met fren, j...at nite, chatted with my art fren,. uncle joe.

fri...lib sale w family and dinner with them..midnight...msn with an ex...

sat...settled my tuition kid, came home, received something from an ex...went haji, met idiots, went arts house, saw gig, went pink party, had bottle of champange, got high, missed out my fren at NMS nite fest, went coffee club, had free pies, saw a situation at MOS...wat a day

sun... sis came, went holland, did nails, came back, ate dinner with all.

mon...watched movie with ma n bro, had lunch sakae...met w bi...went settle idiots, then Melt, then HMV, then home w a mousey cake...

tue...sms old fren ade,JBJ open letter (wow), niece n nephew losing it, new baby... new v ex contacts...new feelings abt the world, chatted w frenz like cy and james and finally my ex crush.

a matter of days...i feel overwhelmed.....help help help...sigh

today i went to watch movie my mum n bro and had sakae sushi for lunch....then went to idac w bi to register the accident and then it's the start of bdae celebrations for my bi... i made a reservation at MELT-the world cafe at Mandarin Oriental...he was totally overwhelmed by the generosity of food and huge spread of desert...there were baby lobsters, oysters, clams, sashimi, chinese food, indian food, thai food, vietnam food, tons of desert that includes cakes, cookies, waffles, ice cream, fondue, numerous cups of delight, ice kachang, nonya food etc etc... he was so spoilt for choice that he said he could live there forever, just give him a gym and ESPN too...haaahaaa i gave him the goldlion wallet and card holder and after dinner we went for a walk to raffles citylink, he bought himself a brithday gift and finally he sent me back where i gave him a little mousey cake, 5 minutes b4 his bdae ends...he was totally boyish by then...like a little kid...hahaaa

im glad he had a great time.

happy birthday bi...may things only get better from now on and may u be in good health and good fortune from now on.

and so many things have happened....let's see how it all starts...firstly on sat morning, i went to give tuition and somehow...settled some stuff...a little more relief. then i went home, ate lunch, watched game plan and noticed i received something in my facebook...it was my fav flower from one of my past ppl. n the title reads, my love for u wont fade away...i froze... its definitely something i never expected...and the day before this person shocked me by saying he missed evreything abt me... its been like 5 years plus...and somehow...some things dont change...im pretty...surprised.

j has left quite an impression in my mind since the day we all met up for coffee... its like...although i noe its impossible...a part of my mind keeps projecting the images... but it cant be and its really quite dark to recall what a major misunderstanding i had...its totally embarassing for me, so i really hope i can snap out of this silly thought.

sat has given me another chance to witness ugly singaporeans...esp. the richer ones who thought they made more sense than anyone else and who try to be superior. it really angers me. that stupid face of that skinny assh***... his useless and stupid companion, his senseless words, his way of looking down on ppl who r poorer...his shameless declaration of wealth...its disgusting, its DISGUSTING...totally...  well, its ok dude....cos MONEY IS BLIND BUT HEAVEN AND KARMA ARE NOT.

i feel totally bullied and infuriated... how can this world be so unfair? may life has great reasonable responses to his actions, installed for him and his companion.

it was a party for july babies and we had surprised ourselves by dunking an entire champange between 2 of us within an hour. after which, we went into high mode though still sober enough to walk, talk, run and think. the music was good, the free champange even better.

though we missed the night fest, the gig was quite good.

today was a day with fam and its good. with free mani and pedi with my sis and dinner with all.