Mother Earth Take-out Lunch

As the NIE canteen is closed, we had to look for alternative lunch venues. Lucky us, our friend went to Mother Earth Vegetarian restaurant for lunch and helped a bunch of us to buy back take-out lunch bento! 
Even if you are not a vegetarian, I would recommend Mother Earth vegetarian restaurant. The price is reasonable and the portion is large. I had a hard time trying to finish everything in my lunch bento! Most importantly, the food is really tasty! Love ourselves and our bodies once in a while by having the healthier option of vegetarian food. :) 

CORE Team Lunch

Lunch with the research team. A bunch of passionate researchers. My fortune to be able to work with yet another great bunch of colleagues and friends! 

CORE research team (not everyone here as some are on leave)

Lunch Catch-up

I had lunch with a former NIE colleague and friend who is now working at MOE. It was a great catch-up session. Thanks for lunch, Han Jing!

RPC 2017 Appreciation Lunch

We had our RPC 2017 Appreciation Lunch at Straits Kitchen at Grand Hyatt. It was a great lunch, being in the company of some pretty awesome colleagues and friends. :)

Life's Simple Pleasures 2017

Nothing better than enjoying a hot bowl of delicious mee hoon soto soup (non-spicy) in the school canteen on a wet and cool day (amid the students' staring haha). I just couldn't resist adding a perfectly fried egg with crispy edge! 

Farewell Lunch

We had a nice, cosy farewell lunch for one of our colleagues/ friends, Sabina. She will be leaving us soon on 18 April 2017. 

Sabina is one of the nicest and most zen person I have ever met. I wish her all the best for her future!

Curbside Lunch

I had lunch at Curbside, a cafe opened by my former student, Sam Koh. I haven't been here for a while as I became busier due to increase in workload and responsibility. There has been a change of menu.

I really enjoyed the Grilled chicken with rice and salad. It gave me the much needed energy to conduct two high stakes interviews for my project, right after lunch. :) 

Japan Trip 2016: Day 6 Part 2 7 Dec 2016 Wed - Temari no Ouchi Cat Cafe (てまりのおうち)

The second stop of our relaxing day is Temari no Ouchi Cat Cafe at Kichijoji. I made reservations a month earlier for 2pm. As we arrived earlier, we walked around the area and found some interesting shops, including Moomin Stand and a cat-themed shop, Hikosen Cara. 

We were shown to our table at 2pm. We were so excited and happy to see the cats and just started taking photos of the cats and petting the cats before we remembered to order our lunch haha. 

It wasn't long when a cat turned up at our corner and started to nap there. I was really tickled. Not long after that, a second cat came to our cosy corner and started napping too! And our lunch came! Juliane and I were forced to be really quiet when we ate our lunch haha. We now had two cats napping away under our table. I was so happy that they trusted us enough to do that! None of the other tables had cats napping there. The cats probably sensed that we are cat people haha. :)

A cat came to rest under our table

Shhh... It is really relaxing and going to sleep!

My milk tea with cat cookie

A second cat came to our cosy corner!

Juliane's Pork Burger Rice

Our silent lunch because of the napping cats under our table! :D

We reluctantly left Temari no Ouchi Cat Cafe at 3:20pm as we had to get to our next destination before 4pm. Cat therapy is the BEST! 

If you wish to visit Temari no Ouchi Cat Cafe, it is best to make an appointment a month in advance to avoid disappointment. As there is no time limit, the cat cafe can get very crowded and there may not be tables available should you decide to just turn up wihtout notice. 

Yantra

It is my first time having a meal at Yantra, a trendy and chic fine dining Northen Indian cuisine restaurant at Tanglin Mall. Although Tanglin Mall is my neighbourhood mall, I have never been to Yantra until today. All thanks to the hosting of lunch for a visiting professor. :)
The buffet selection was quite good and there were some non-spicy dishes which suit me fine. I think I will bring my parents and my girls here for a meal. 

Korean Lunch

Had a most wonderful and relaxing Korean lunch with my friend, Liyana. Was still wondering if I could post our lunch on Facebook and then I realised I am the "boss" so why not hahaha. :D

Meetings

I had back-to-back meetings today since 9:30am in the morning until 6:30pm with only 30 minutes break in between. I have never been so exhausted and so hungry. I didn't have my lunch until after all my meetings which should count as my dinner. 
I will have to stock up on my eat-on-the-go food in my office such as cereal drink, instant noodles, instant soup, biscuits, ... 

Lunch with My Student

I met up with my 2000 Primary 4 Prudence student, Lizzie for lunch today after 16 years! I can't believe that I taught her that many years ago. She is much taller than I remembered her to be haha. Actually I remember all my ex-students as they were in Primary 4! :P We had a great time chatting about the times in SCGS, and what's happening in life now. 

Let's meet up again soon. :)

Lunch Theme: Vending Machine

The NIE canteen was closed. I was too lazy to walk all the way to NTU to have lunch. Instead I bought my lunch from the vending machines! Really convenient for lazy people like me hahaha. :D

Vending machine selling sandwiches!

My Chicken Kebab sandwich came out really hot! Surprised. 

My vending machine theme lunch :)

Happy Children's Day 2015

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It is Children's Day today. (It used to be 1 October but has been changed to accommodate the PSLE dates). I took Juliane out for lunch to celebrate Children's Day.

After lunch, we walked around the Botanic Gardens. We eventually ended up at The Library of Botany and Horticulture. We looked at the plant cuttings and Juliane ended reading a book. :)

The Library of Botany and Horticulture

Juliane's Children's Day gift

Post National Day Holiday

It is the day after National Day, another public holiday as it replaced National Day falling on Sunday. Juliane and I went to Food for Thought, Singapore Botanic Gardens for lunch. Marieann refused to go with us and she's smart because it started raining while I was ordering food. I decided to try local fare and ordered chicken laksa and iced rose bundung ripple latte. OMG, I almost died from the spiciness. No idea what I was thinking when I made my order! :P 

Juliane's kid meal

After our lunch, the rain had stopped. We walked around the garden to admire nature and to walk off our lunch. :)

A visit to the Singapore Botanic Gardens is a nice end to the National Day Jubilee Weekend. :)