Welcome back

Before i know it, i was off again to the US. You know that you are travelling too much within a short time when:

1. You pack your luggage without unpacking it.
2. You get back the same flight attendants.
3. You watch the same inflight movie.
4. The 10 ten best sellers in the bookstores are still the same
5. The immigration officer says "Welcome back"

I wanted to have another game of Alhambra with the Pitstop crew. I did not win the previous game and i definely will make a come back! This is a great game. For those who enjoy strategy games with gameplay involving building and resource management, do check out this game when you drop by Pitstop Cafe.

Do try our new ice cream flavors too!

Astroboy

Exam Results

Hey all NUS students.... Exam results are going to be out on 25 May (3rd yr students), 26 May (2nd yr students), 27 May (1st yr students)

come to Pitstop cafe to mourn, celebrate or spend money, whichever is fine with me..

Pitstop cafe, we hope to be IVLE also


Kimoki

Memoir 44

We do have a helluva 2 player games at Pitstop Cafe, one of my favorites is still Memoir 44.

I yer think war games are only for guys, take a look again. Memoir 44 is easy to learn, and yet realistic as you control actual figurines like infantry, tanks and artillery.


the greens are allies and the greys are axis

What makes this game unique is its multiple terrain which is used to set up different scenario and it is actullay based on real world war II scenario.

Luck plays a significant role in this game in terms of dice throwing and card drawing.

However, what makes this game exciting and fun is that you are playing in Pitstop cafe..


terrain gives you combat bonuses as well as obstacles

As most girls think that this is a Boyish game, most of the time I end up playing the game with Astroboy. So if you are bored and lonely with no Kaki to play boardgames with, do come down and challenge me to a game of Memoir 44.

Yes, I am very free now. Exam over leh....

play with me leh..

Kimoki

First cafe with a blog

Pitstop Cafe, with it blend of quirky crew gives the cafe a unique concoction of emotion and personality. Even the Stikfas figure gets a life of its own in our cafe. Just check those cool studio shots...its ALIVE!

This blog is almost 6 months old and the Pitstop crew would like to dedicate this blog to all you Pitstoppers because it is because of you folks that have littered our blog entries with all your laughter, smiles and encouragments that make the blog touching and motivational for the crew at Pitstop Cafe!

Thanks again!

Pitstop Cafe, the first cafe with a blog

Astroboy

A Life after Life.............

Indeed after exams, the atmosphere was less uptight and folks are finally taking time to enjoy.

The Pitstop crew did the same, with Astroboy flying on his jetpack to San Fransisco again on this wednesday ( it's ladies night at Pitstop cafe. 8 bucks, free flow of gaming and 1 triple scoop sundae) ehh..ok, anyway, we decided to have another group outing again..

We went to the futuristic the Cathay and behaved like 'Sua Kus', the world has changed since we last stepped out of Pitstop cafe..

Indeed, the retails were still not opened.. and I had to pay 2 bucks per entry for parking... friggin fufu

after a survey of 4 Singaporeans, 2 students and 2 working adults. 100% agree that they prefer eating at hawker centre and playing bowling


The Pitstop crew proceeded to Glutton Bay @ Esplanade. True enough, there were many Gluttons, but not enough stalls..


Astroboy was not impressed by the food at all, said that they will soon makan their own sutra

Complaining that we felt lethargic and 'in a daze', we decided to do some sports in order to keep those muscles and joints moving so that we can serve you better...


Superbowl @ Marina Square. Yes, we can bowl too!!!

Featuring:


your Royal 'Glamness'


the 'plays only with balls that match the top


the 'check out my new boxing gloves'

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the 'will not appear until he perfects his hook'

So, the fun's ended and we are looking forward to the new week ahead where we meet new Pitstoppers and catch up with already Pitstoppers....

A new week's ahead, there is a life after life at Pitstop Cafe...

Pitstop Cafe, beat the differences..

kimoki

First Mascot

We finally have our first mascot, and guess what?

True to our promises, Pitstop cafe delivers an experience that goes beyond commercialism and capitalism.

Everything in Pitstopcafe is customer oriented...

Our First Mascot, was presented to us with kind appreciation from one of our fellow pitstopper and his gang...

Presenting to you: Mr Pitstop Stikfas!!!!

This folk is really not too bad.. he does lotsa chores and is really flexible


he carries plates

Not only that, his adornment and colors clearly depicted our cafe well!!


Sings and dances...

Well, I guess this embodies Pitstop cafe best... creativity, energy and friendship.


and at the end of the day, he is also tired...

So thank you Smith and his creative Co.!! really appreciated your nice gift!!!


and he needs to relax too.

Now, come to Pitstop cafe and witness Mr Stikfas in action!!!!

Pitstop cafe, we accept gifts too...

Whose cab is it? 2

Pretty coincidental that we met with the same incident too...

Me and Mumu was near clarke quay hailing for a cab when an Ang Moh, Farang, Colonialist whatever was standing in the middle of the road trying to get the cab's attention..

We hopped onto one cab and he showed me the finger and spat on the floor..

I laughed at him and went home... up yours tourist, this is Singapore..

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Anyway, on a side note. If yer planning to stay late at Pitstop cafe, best is avoid the 2300-0000 time to take a cab. As most of the cabs are changing shift or on call, you'll end up waiting half and hour to 45 mins for a cab..

recomendations, get on the train before 2330 or stay past midnight at Pitstop cafe, we are open til late on fridays, weekends and public holidays.

That is when yer sure to take a cab or the midnight bus without having anyone showing you the finger or you showing your fufu.

Pitstop Cafe, we are a gracious society

kimoki

Whose cab is it?

It was a great friday evening at Pitstop Cafe. We had fantastic crowd tonight. I had a great time sharing the game of Puerto Rico with this particular group. Did not manage to get their names though, so do sign our guestbook and leave us a note if you are reading this

Mum as usual whip up an array of nice dishes and for those who are familiar with Mum stuff know that mum lamb stew with bread is really solid stuff. I hope you guys like the spicy sour soup too.

We close past the midnight and had to take a cab back. The streets were full with people and it is tough getting a cab despite it is already past 1.30 am. To get away with the crowd, we started walking towards a junction nearby. At this moment, a couple of folks from the other side started crossing over from the other side of the road and come right in front of us! So we just keep walking towards the junction and a moment later we managed to hail a cab.

Then one of the guy shouted at Eve, "Hey that is not very nice" and kinda of stare at Eve. We just hop onto the cab. Then guess what this joker did. He walk onto the road right in front of the cab. But i guess when he see the cab started to move, he kinda of realise that it is a car that can run down people, not another way round and hence he got off the road, but not without first staring into our windows.

I was really tired otherwise i would have shown him how to construct a fufu with my hands but eve kinda of beat me to it. I mean sometimes the situation might be a misunderstanding but there is no reason to toy with your life like that! We have seen 2 fatal accidents signs this week so don't add to the statistics!

So folks do take care while crossing the roads. Look left, look right and look left again :)

Pitstop Cafe, we care for you too!

Astroboy

A New Beginning for Mu...

Finally completed my exams however I do not seem to be excited...wonder why...

Anyway something I wanna bitch about my prof ( hope he doesn't see this blog)...

Here it goes, he was so nice that he gave us all the exam questions before the exam itself so that we could go n prepare!!! ( all of us were obviously stunned then elated) However, HORRORS of HORRORS... the prof actually changed some of the questions for the final paper!!!

Not only did he add new terms to the identification section which I obviously did not prepare for ( most of my friends didn't either)...he drastically changed the essay questions too!!!

Eg: From a question which we were told, " Why did China export the goods?" to..."Why did CHina import the goods?" They are of stark contrast!!!

On retrospect, I wonder if students like me and my fellow friends were just plain naive to believe him or he is out to "tua" us!!! I just can't figure out why he had to change the questions when he initially said that the questions he gave us would be THE exam questions....

To end off....my dear NUS students...please do not take this prof's paper anyway...
Shall be nice not to name him...but some clues for you guys...

1) He is from History Department
2) A Chinese National
3) Has a mole on his left cheek
4) Taught us a module on Sino-SEA interaction
5) He counts the number of "also" used in the essays!!!
6) Last of all....his surname starts with letter Y!!!!

Love
Mutastic

A time for everything....

This verse is really my favorite... I have been living my life with this philosophy in mind.

in case, if yer wondering.. these pics are all a depiction of a classic post exam landscape


some people tell me that they need to cramp as much as possible

looking at this pictures again reminded me of this passing semester which has been a helluva ride for me at least, striving to achieve the best for my grades as well as keeping the cafe afloat.


I take time to look at the girls

Not that I love repeating, but the cafe has really taught me to remain focus and manage my time carefully. Many people have been asking me 'how the heck are you goin to manage your time?'

everytime my answer is the same, 'I dunno'

I really dunno. But truth is, all thanks to great teamwork with my other partners, support from relatives and friends and also most importantly, passion:

the passion to believe and the motivation to achieve


some folks start to wonder about their result

As I look a this picture again and sitting at pacific coffee company typing what you are reading now, it dawn onto me that many people like to say, 'no time, very busy'. but truth is,

there is a time for everything


I still take time to look at girls

and i guess that's the main idea of Pitstop Cafe,

amidst of our work and stress, there is time to meet friends, a time to indulge in fun.

Pitstop Cafe has not taken up my time.

Instead, it has become my source of inspiration, the baby of my perspiration.

Folks, it's time we 'relook' at our busy lifes again.. are we missing out on anything?

have we been too busy to reflect on our lives?

Have we been too busy to meet our friends?

Have we been too busy to take a break?

beyond all these, there is a time for everything.

There is a time to make a Pitstop.

Pitstopcafe, the time for everything.

kimoki

Promotion of the month

In response to recent comment regarding the promotion for this month,

Pitstop cafe is proud to launch a new and unique (once again) promotion!!!

Here you go:

Come to Pitstop Cafe and enjoy free flow of....

Fun, laughter and out of this world kinda thang!!!!

Pitstop cafe, always got promotion.

kimoki

mirror, mirror on the wall (Singapore version)

Hey folks.... been keeping from all of yer for a while...

some shit is goin' on in Pitstop Cafe...

it's definately something gotta do with our wall..

come all ye Pitstop cafe and yer fine out why..

kimoki

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

Who is the ah pei in the wall??!!

This is it! I am greying! I normally don't spend alot time on the mirror and mostly very bochup in how i look. However as this trip is an exhibition, i need to be in tie and suit daily and so spend more time on the mirror to make sure i look clean and neat.

To my shock i spot this silver patch at the side of my head. Tons of white hairs! I am not sure if it is the work or my diet or lack of exercise. One thing i know for sure is I don't want to be astro ah pei!

i had to get back to Pitstop Cafe soon, immerse myself in the smiles, joy and laughter of the Pitstoppers, suck their souls and rejuvenate my youth!

Pitstop Cafe, rejuvenating your youth

Anyway it has been a long week and i can't wait to get back home. See you guys soon!

astroboy

I like to teach the world to sing...

I have always like Coca Cola, not only the drink but stuff like collectibles. I like its classic design and to me it represents a global symbol. I used to collect bottled and can Coca Cola from different countries. I had stopped for quite awhile because mum was piss off when those cans of Coca Cola started bursting and create a mess. It is like one can out of no reason burst, you cleaned it up and the following month another can burst again. I manage to preserve my current collection but i am not going to try my luck by getting more of the cola.

Anyway i was watching this interesting documentary on the history of Coca Cola on the history channel. I always thought that coke was the dominating leader in the soft drink market since donkey years back (in the 1880s era). The truth is Pepsi had once overtook the market leader position!

Coca cola has stick to the older generation while Pepsi quickly engage the younger generation with messages like "Choice of the new generation", etc.

Of course, coca cola bei tahan so they strike back with a popular advertisement (more on this later) but that was not enough. Pepsi continue its lead with campaign like the Pepsi Challenge in 1980.

So the CEO of Coke think of a smart idea. They did market research, change the formula of coke and launch a product called new coke and it taste much like Pepsi and that ended up to be the biggest marketing flop ever made. Pepsi has a field day. It is a victory for them. They declare a one day holiday and even started with ads which a first-time Pepsi drinker exclaimed "Now I know why Coke did it!"

The traditional folks were unhappy that changes were made to the traditional formula. There were riots, calls and even lawsuits to get the organisation to switch back to the original formula. Of course the sales were low and the CEO lan lan change back to the original formula and named it classic coke and thats hows the tagline "Its the real thing" comes about. This spur sales and kinda of turnaround the situation for coca cola! There has been various conspircy theory to suggest that coke purposely plan this marketing ploy.

Of course things are more complicated now as the 2 companies has grown big through acquisition and opening up of new markets. It is hard to measure who is the leader.



Anyone remembered this advertisement? It was supposed to start in 1971, i was not even born yet! Somehow i have a deep impression on this advertisement.

There you go, hope you folks enjoy this short history on coke.

Pitstop Cafe, we serve coke

Astroboy

The Monkey, The Gorilla and Jazz

There was this man that had a monkey and he took the monkey to the bar. While the owner was drinking, the monkey jump down the bar and drink a shot out of a customer glass. The bartender of course was unhappy and he shout "Hey look what your monkey is doing". The man replied "No problem, i'll pay for it".

Then the monkey jump onto the pool table and swallow down 2 cue balls. This man has no choice but to pay for it. He finish his drink and grab the monkey out the bar. Then the next day, the man bring the monkey to the bar. The monkey jump down and went for a customer cocktail. It took the cherry from the cocktail, stuff it up the ass, pull it out and ate it. The bartender shouted to the owner and the owner replied "No problem, i'll pay for it".

The bartender said "No what i meant was that he stuff the cheery up its ass first and then took it out and ate it!"

The man replied, "Ya that is what he has been doing now after swallowing the 2 cue balls last night...."

Ok here is another one...

There was this news on the TV that a gorilla had ran away from the zoo, anyone see the gorilla should call the zoo. A man heard a sound on the roof and sure enough he saw the gorilla. He made the call to the zoon and within minutes the zookeeper arrived at the scene with a ladder, a big fierce dog, a pole and a shotgun.

So the man asked "What are you going to do?". The zookeeper repiled, "Ok here is the plan. I am using the ladder to climb up the roof. Then i will use the pole to tip the gorilla over the roof. The moment the gorilla lose the balance and falls off the roof, the dog is trained to go and bite the balls. This will make the gorilla paralayse from the pain."

"Ok then what is the shotgun for?" the man asked.

"If the gorilla tips me off the roof instead, shot the damm dog!"

Here are some jokes we were sharing at a jazz bar called the Elephant Bar down here in the town of Austin. Seem like Austin is known for its live band music. The jazz sound not bad. Then again, i never knew how to appreciate jazz at all so i can't tell if they are good or bad in the first place. Jazz to me sound so random, there don't seem to be a begining or an end or where is the chorus. It sound pretty chaotic at time. It just seem like everyone are playing random notes on different instruments.

How do you really appreciate jazz or it just sound good to jazz lover? Or what exactly is Jazz music? African American music?

Anyway if you were to tell a joke, what will the joke be? Share with us!

Pitstop Cafe, we share jokes too!

Astroboy

What is nanotechnology?

So what exactly is nanotechnology? It is the buzzword in recent years so let astroboy the nerdy engineer shed abit of light on the world of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is about scaling things down to the nano level. Some real life examples...

1. When you see a nice big hamburger on the poster but when you buy it, the real one is so small that you can finish in one bite, that is nanotechnology
2. When you put in alot of effort in your preparation in your exams but in the end still get a sucky result that is nanotechnology
3. When a woman front looks big at first but shrink after taking off the bra, that is nanotechnology
4. When 5 bucks can get you a mcdonald meal in Singapore and you need to pay 10 bucks for the same thing, that is nanotechnology
5. When a FuFu gets large after constant motion but subsequently shrink upon vomitting, that is nanotechnology

Ok lar enough rubbish, nanotechnology in general means The science and art of making devices that are smaller in scale than MEMS (MicroElectroMechanicalSystems) often at a molecular size, generally fabricated by chemical processes that result in the growth or formation of certain useful structures.

Here is an interesting read on nanotechnology

Pitstop Cafe, where questions are answered

Astroboy

Tiring but Well Fed

Warning, a long whinning entry...

Been in San Francisco for a couple of days, it has really been tiring. Days start at 7 am and normally end with dinner that stretch till 11 pm. It has been good exposure because of the opportunity to work with people who are more experience in what they do and hence you get to learn from them.

I guess sometime you got to be carefull on what you wish for. Previously i was complaining that the lack of travel is making my life boring and how i hope i got more chance to expose myself. My wish kinda of got it and since Decemeber last year i have been to the state for 5 time and it seem like i might be schedule for another trip a week after i am back from this trip. It is really tiring. Of course there are perks too, your flyer miles, good food and wine if you are travelling with the right party, etc.

But i guess this is the irony part. When i get what i want i complain, i don't get what i want i also complain. Something must be wrong with me...


Something for tonight dinner, salmon on top of japanese rice

It is funny here cos even for fish they ask if you want to do it rare, medium or well done. Medium rare turns out pretty well for salmon.


Dessert nicely presented

The desserts looks excellent in terms of presentation and i guess this is something we can learn to make our ice cream more sexy! I just have the tart and leave the rest, kinda of wasteful though. Dinner has been great with really good selection of wine, but i think the price is really way too high. Appetitiser is around 15, main course at 25, dessert another 10 and a bottle of wine at 200. This easily work out to be a 100 per pax just for dinner. I guess i am just lucky this time to be around someone who knows how to entertain.

I have an interesting thought though. Would you prefer a job that pays pretty average but you get to travel alot (which is extremely tiring), get exposure and get entertained in good food and wine OR have a higher pay but pretty routine and regular job?

I am still sitting on the fence on this question. Will you be more practical to try to get a higher paid job in exchange for the exposure?

Will be off to Texas, got to endure a couple more days and its home sweet home!

astroboy

Change of Name

Please Note, with effect from 25 April 2006,

from thence the name, timo

shall thus be changed to Kimoki..

Period

Another Feature...

it was great to find out that Pitstop Cafe together with Timo and Mumu are featured in an article on the Creative Community Singapre website. Not sure what exactly is that but its always great to be featured right, especially for a small and young cafe like us.

All you Pitstoppers have been fantastic and we really like to share the joy with you guys on whatever little achievments we have made. We could not have done it without your support!

So hang on, it will be a fun and exciting journey ahead and we like to YOU to be part of it!

Astroboy

10 Funny Bumper Stickers!

Some funny bumper stickers i saw in a shop and hope it put a smile to your face

1. A NICE ASS should be seen Not heard
2. I'm Not Stupid, I'm Hard of Thinking
3. Sometimes you just Gotta Say "What the Fuck?"
4. I User Up All My Sick Days, So I Called In Dead
5. Jesus Love You, Everyone Else Thinks You're An Asshole
6. If Size Doesn't Matter, How Come I'm So Popular?
7. How Do I Spell Relief? F-A-R-T
8. Men are Idiots and I Married their King
9. Life's All About Ass. Covering it, Kicking it, Kissing it or Trying to Get It
10. If I Wanted to Hear from an Asshole, I'd FART

Pitstop Cafe, putting a smile to your face...

Astroboy