Amazing Talent

This is really amazing and ingenious. Someone actually manage to create a paper model of a 4 stroke engine. Yes the whole thing is made of paper!




Not only does the model look realistic, the paper model actually pump like a real engine! Check out the video and see it in action.



It must take hell amount of thinking and design to come out a model like that using mainly paper. The artist has spend 2 years working on it! If you are interested, you can even consider purchasing the DIY Kit and try to piece the whole beast together.

It goes to show that no matter what you do, if you put your heart and soul into it, you can achieve something amazing.

So go on, do your amazing stuff!

Pitstop Cafe, be part of the fun!

astro

A creative performance

Remember the popular Japanese show where participants had to come out with a skit that is both entertaining and creative? Check out the videos below. Great stuff!

Ping pong in matrix style



Have you came across any interesting video? Let us know!

Pitstop Cafe, be part of the fun!

astro

A new cool way to view photos

Finding it hard to find your photos that you had taken at Pitstop Cafe? You can now use PicLens to easily browse through the recently updated photos.

Give it a try. Simply click on the PicLens Enabled button at the right hand menu.

For those who like the 3D experience, you can download the plugin at http://wwww.piclens.com

Insprational Speech by Dr. Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture

I stumbled upon this lecture by Dr. Randy Pausch and thought it was really a good inspiring lecture to share with everyone. What happened was that Dr Randy Pausch has only a couple of months to live and he gave a last lecture to his students. It became popular and he was subsequently invited to share more of his story...



It kind of bring back the memories of why we had started out Pitstop Cafe. It was simply to achieve a dream.

I remember having an online discussion with one particular folk. During the discussion, we had different view points. So he said, "No offense, but how long had you run your cafe? I been an entrepreneur for x amount of years and invited to schools to give talk..." I guess his point is that he being an entrepreneur represent some superiority.

I feel that many folks oversell the idea of being an entrepreneur. In my opinion, it is just one of the many possible paths to achieving one dreams.

You don't need to be an entrepreneur to realize your dreams.

I hope the video is an inspiration to everyone to continuously strive for their dreams no matter what you are doing! So do share your dreams and let us know how you manage to realize it!

astro

Pitstop @ The Quest (Finding Nebo)

With great partnership comes even greater value for our pitstoppers!

As part of the celebration of our new venture in Downtown East.
We are proud to be involved in The Quest , NTUC's version of the amazing race for YOUTH!

In this race, YOUths are required to form into groups of 4-5 and travel around Singapore. Along the way, there will be riddles and obstacles to clear. Most importantly, participants will experience a fun and exciting time, not to mention attractive prizes to be won!

So, if you are aged between 12-25, and able to form a crew of 4-5 people, just send us all your name, ic no. and contact no. and we will hook you up for the race.

Wait a minute! If you are a Pitstopper, sign up with us at a special rate of $5/- per person (U.P $15) and on top of that we will also give you an exclusive one year nEbo membership!

Do drop us an email at Pitstopcafe@gmail.com, or come down to Pitstop cafe or contact Timothy Boay @ 94306979 to sign up now!

Pitstop cafe, bigger means better value for Pitstoppers!

Tim

Pitstop Cafe in Malaysia

Thanks to the wonderful job by the Pitstop Team in Malaysia, the first Pitstop outlet in Malaysia was finally opened last month. Check out the actions over there at http://pitstopcafemy.blogspot.com. The team in Singapore made a trip up north to give a helping hand and of course we wanna be part of the exciting action! Check out the pictures below.



Pitstop Cafe Malaysia! New look but the same fun place!


A cozy place where one can relax and just engage in fun games with friends!

Blank walls at the moment...But with the Pitstop fun and creative style, i have no doubt that the walls will soon be filled with photographs and creative drawings from all the cool Pitstoppers over there.


Alfie sharing a game of Cloud 5

Teaching games can be quite a challenge considering that Mandarin is more commonly used over there rather than English. Nevertheless not much sweat for Alfie as he shows that language is no barrier when it comes to fun with board games!



Long flight of stairs seems to be another trademark of Pitstop Cafe...


Another nice cozy corner upstairs with a clear view that you can even see Singapore...

Ok i am joking about that but nevertheless it is still a very nice and relaxing corner.


Alfie sharing more games with the Pitstop team in Malaysia...

Teaching of games is an important element in the Pitstop experience. While we can't say we know every games, we definitely take the effort to learn the popular well. In this way we can explain these games with fellow Pitstoppers without having them go through the complicated rulebooks.


With the Pitstop Team in Malaysia

Do pop by to http://pitstopcafemy.blogspot.com and say hi to them!

Congrats again to MingLuen and Panda for the great job done in bringing the Pitstop experience to Malaysia. Definitely looking forward to more fun times ahead!

Pitstop Cafe, be part of the fun!

astro

Let's do a Pitstop @ nEBO

The dust has finally settled.

It's time to unveil the mystery that has been the talk among the marketplace.

The fabled spot of the new Pitstop venture

Nestled in the buzz of the new downtown east complex, the E!hub is where our new cafe is located.

Brought to you by the same people who brought you Pitstop cafe, the new venture called nEBO is a F&B establishment that is part of our Pitstop vision of YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.

The Pitstop team will not only bring our boardgames expertise to the eastside, but we will also be involved in many exciting activities dealing with youths! For more info, check out 'project Y' in our homepage.

More pics will be coming soon!

Pitstop cafe, be part of the fun everywhere!

Tim

A plug for a Pitstopper

One of our Pitstopper, Astro, required some help from you guys. Due to his itchy backside, he decided to take an additional module on developing Facebook applications in NUS. So to do well for his assignment, he needs people to add the application that he and his friends had created!



This application is basically a card game trying to emulate one of the card games call MagBlast that is available at Pitstop Cafe. He thought it was easy to convert a boardgame concept into a facebook application but it turn out to be much more challenging than expected!

So if you bored and got some time to spend, do add this monster card game to your facebook and give it a try!

Pitstop Cafe, be part of the fun!

astro

Quick Updates

Really sorry for the lack of updates recently. It has been an enjoyable but extremely busy period for the Pitstop Team.

Thanks to the support of all you Pitstoppers, Pitstop Cafe has increasingly become a popular choice for having birthday parties and it was really fun for us to host these events. Hopefully will get to share with you guys more photos soon.

We are also doing a really interesting and exciting project at the east side and been spending lots of effort to make sure that it is going to be a really fun place to be in! Will provide more updates once the dust settle. :)

Apologize for the short update. At the meantime, do enjoy the newly uploaded photos ok!

For youth entrepreneurs who like to try their hands on setting up a business, we still have push carts available for rent. Do drop us an email to find out more!

Pitstop Cafe, more fun coming your way!

astro

Project Y

Looking for an exciting holiday job? Pitstop Cafe is looking for suitable folks to expand its service crew.

We are looking for passionate youth to join our team. If you think you are fun loving, full of energy and passion for service, come on an join the Pitstop Team. Candidates should be able to work in either the central or in the east area.

We are also looking for budding young entrepreneurs. We have available push carts for rent at attractive price. So if you have any interesting products or services to offer, why not drop us an email and see what we can do for you!

Interested parties can email us at pitstopcafe@gmail.com or contact Alfie directly at 81390957 for more information.

Pitstop Cafe, be part of Project Y

A Plug for a Pitstopper

Updates
Congrats to Nadnut for winning the trip to Sydney! Enjoy yourself and take more pictures!



One of our Pitstoppers, Nadnut recently joined the "Unexpected Sydney" contest. Guess what, her entry actually make it to the top 7! Hopefully this entry will help her garner more votes.

The good news is that voters will also stand a chance to win attractive prizes like a MacBook Air, a Sony Ericsson K8501,a Nikon B60, a Nintendo WII and two Sandisk Ducati 4 GB Thumbdrive! I want that WII!

So if you like her entry, click here to vote for her!

If you have any interesting events that you like to share, do drop us an email and we can try to share the information on this blog. Do check out ProjectY for more information.

Pitstop Cafe, be part of the fun!

astro

Leap Year, Boing Boing Boing!

Today is a special day. You get 29 days in February only once in 4 years. So a happy birthday for those born on this day! By the way, do they only celebrate their birthdays only once in four years? Must be a grand one!

Today we also had an exclusive team building event at the cafe and gosh it was great fun hosting the event...


Started off quiet and easy with lunch..

After lunch, it was party time with a nice mix of both action games and strategic games...


Test of memory in the game of chicken cha cha


Like to make a guess on the game they are playing?

After all the various games at the different stations, the game that managed to keep all the teams on the edge must be Jenga. I too was filled with excitement. Every time I thought the tower was going to collapse, the folks playing just keep proving me wrong.


Holding their breathe while their team mates make an attempt on the tower...


The guys are good...


as well as the girls.

Despite being in different teams, they were cheering and encouraging each other as they make their best attempt to build a higher tower. Way to go guys!


With great teamwork, you get an nice tall tower!


The cool folks from DSTA!

Do check out more photos of the event from the slide show above. Hope all of you had a great time at Pitstop Cafe!

For those interested in holding your events at Pitstop Cafe, do check out the event enquiries link at the side menu.

Pitstop Cafe, folks that play together stay together!

astro

Pitstop Cafe New Look

Welcome to the newly designed Pitstop Cafe blog! Have been planning to revamp the site for a very long time. It has been tough to get help on this when you don't have lots of moolah and goodwill can only bring you so far.


I need a makeover...

So not much choice but to take up this task on my own. After working on bit by bit over the past few months, I am finally done with initial part of this new design!

On the North side, you can now see a new menu which is simpler to navigate. On the East side, there are the links to some of the online services that we provide. You can now make reservations, event enquires and much more.

A lot of folks have given feedback on some of the outdated material on the site. We will try to update the content soon. At the meantime, I hope you guys enjoy the new look.

Pitstop Cafe, we got a brand new look!

Astro

Pitstop Cafe Makeover

Saw, hammer and screwdrivers in place, counting down to makeover in 12 hours time...

Update:
Seem like the makeover is more complicated than it seems. Hopefully it can be done by tomorrow...

Astro
Pitstop Cafe, be part of the makeover...

Something is churning...

Indeed, something BIG is happening in the east and the north...

Something REALLY BIG...

Pitstop cafe, Fee Fi Fo Fum!

Happy Chinese New Year

Hurry down to Pitstop cafe to celebrate Chinese New Year with us!

Wear Red!

Pitstop cafe, Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Kitchen Helper Needed!

I think some of the folks have realized that at Pitstop Cafe apart from having lots of fun games, we do serve pretty decent main courses as well. This includes our new dishes like our freshly made sambal chicken chop and our mushroom chicken chop.

Apart from playing board game, we are getting more and more groups coming here to enjoy a nice dinner together before playing the games. Thanks for all the support!

To make sure if can continue to provide great service, we are looking to hire another full time kitchen helper.

So if you have any friends, relatives, neighbors or anyone keen in a kitchen job, do give us a call at 65355383 or drop us an email at pitstopcafe@gmail.com

Pitstop Cafe, we serve good food too!

astro

Game Review: Spy Alley

Do you like deduction games? If the answer is yes, you definitely love this game Spy Alley. It is quite a hard game to get and we only manage to get this set during a visit to Australia so do check it out!


Spy Alley...how good a spy are you?

Overview
Spy Alley is an exciting game based on deduction and lots of bluffing. In this game, everyone represent a spy from one of the 6 countries. The objective is pretty simple. As a spy, you need to collect several items such as password, disguise, etc and deliver it to your country embassy.


Your secret identity

The tricky part of this game is to keep your identity a secret and expose other players' identity. If your identity is exposed or you made the wrong accusation, then you will be eliminated from the game!


Going around the board to get the required items

So the idea is to go around the board to get the items and head for your country embassy. However if you do it too obviously, your identity may be exposed and that would get you eliminated.


Getting different items to confuse your opponent. Is he an Italian


The dangerous spy alley

You can enter the spy alley and get a chance to guess other players who are in the alley for free. But take care not to end up as a victim yourself!

As this game is based on elimination, get eliminated too early in the game and you will just have to suck thumb and watch the rest continue with the game.


A good read for those who are eliminated from the game

Conclusion

Spy Alley is a great game for up to 6 players. It is easy to learn and you get a lot of fun trying to figure out each other identity and keeping your identity from been exposed.

The board game components are also nicely designed. I particularly love the fact that the creator had used plastic cards for player's identity. It is definitely more durable and has less obvious marks that might give away your identity.

Although the gameplay isn't as meaty as most Euro games, it is still a great challenge when played with witty and cunning players. The only downside is that if you get eliminated too early in the game, it might turn out to be too boring for you. Also try not to play this game with females. Either they tends to have an amazing dose of sixth sense or i simply sucks at lying.

Spy Alley is definitely a game worth playing. So do check it out on your next visit to Pitstop Cafe.

New Games
Apart from Spy Alley, we are also very lucky to receive 2 games from the creator of Spy Alley, Bill Stephenson. Thanks Bill!

So if you like Spy Alley, do give these 2 games a try too!


From the creators of Spy Ally, Simply Suspects and Bluff & Peg

Pitstop Cafe, be part of the fun!

Astro

An Intriguing Review

Some board games can be really cruel. In the game of Intrigue, you will need a good dose of backstabbing and betrayal in order to stand any chance of winning the game.


Like the name of the game suggests, winning is through crafty plotting or underhand methods.

Despite the betrayal and backstabbing elements of the game, Intrigue is basically a negotiation game. For those who enjoys game like I'm the Boss or Lifeboat will likely to enjoy this game as well.

Overview

Every player owns a court with various positions that offers lucrative salary.


Different positions get paid differently. Will you get paid $1000 or $10000?

At the same time each player has various scholars. The objective of the game is to get your scholars to work in other players' court (hopefully in a lucrative position) and earn tons of money as officials.


Can you get your 8 scholars to work in a well paid position?

The problem is that there are only limited high paying positions in the game and everyone is eying for them. Hence to get into a high paying job, you will need to bribe other players to secure a good position for your scholars. However other players are cunning. There are no guarantees that they are going to keep their promise. You might have bribe $10,000 for a $10,000 position and ended with a low $1000 position!


While you might have secured a high paying position, you never know when you will be betrayed and get kick out of the position.

Throughout the game, there will be intense negotiations and betrayals that keeps everyone on their edge.

Conclusion

Overall Intrigue is a very intense and exciting negotiation game. Unlike the game I'm the Boss which can be a quite a friendly game depending on your opponents, Intrigue is designed to cause conflicts among the players. It is always interesting to see how players who like to avoid conflicts having to make some tough betrayal decisions.

So if you are like negotiation games like I'm the Boss, do give Intrigue a try!

Pitstop Cafe, be part of the fun!

astro

Happy New Year

The Pitstop Team would like to wish all Pitstoppers a Happy New Year and may everyone stay happy, healthy and prosperous!

It has been a wonderful 2007 and we greatly appreciate all the support that you have given us. We look forward to your continuous support and we strive to improve ourselves to make sure that each stay at Pitstop Cafe remains a memorable experience.

The new year will bring new and exciting changes to Pitstop Cafe. You can look forward to more great games and more exciting stuff...

So stay tuned and happy holidays!

Pitstop Cafe, hello 2008..