Food review: Indo-Taste Restaurant, Fajar

I should at least do one food/restaurant review here in Tawau. I don't think I've done a proper one before since most food posts are updated straight on my Instagram.

Where I dined:

The second Indo-Taste Restaurant branch at Fajar (same row as Maxis Center). Recently opened  on October last year.

The interior and decoration of the restaurant; a nice contrast to its other branch near Giant Tawau. A very comfortable place to dine in with friends or to hangout alone since it is quite spacious and there are plenty of sockets around (to charge whatever devices you lug around). Its a non-smoking restaurant since the place is indoors and air-conditioned. 

Nasi Ayam Penyet.

They serve a variety of Indonesian dishes but I opted for this instead since you can never go wrong with Nasi Ayam Penyet especially when dining at unfamiliar restaurants. 

Avocado sago

It tasted different (milkier maybe, if that's a word)  compared to Indo Cafe's version of this. Maybe it has something to do with the chocolate syrup and chocolate chips but its yummy, nevertheless.

The prices are standard, still in the not-too-pricey range (pricey is what you get at L.A Rooftop). The service is okay, didn't take too long to wait. My first time dining there had been a pleasant experience so far. Indo-Taste's food never fails to be appetizing, this includes my experience dining at the first branch where I ate the best Nasi Ayam Cendawan, in my opinion.

Maybe more food review soon (stress on maybe), since its such a pity to not blog about the food where you can't find its competition at your own hometown.

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Dental Technology Training offer

During the 2 week holiday, I got a surprise when my mom gave me this letter. 

Turns out I'm still receiving offer from SPA.

This letter sparks that train of I-could've-have-been thoughts since this was the same course that I got when I applied in SPA after I finished my SPM.

Imagine that instead of going to Tawau, I would be experiencing life in Penang (since the only training centre specializing in this course is at that particular state).

I would be getting a monthly allowance of RM835 for 3 years instead of struggling to budget one semester's allowance until the end of my degree.

Not that I'm ungrateful, but knowing how the struggle is and looking at the constant changes in the field that I'm currently studying makes me think that there's something else out there that I could be pursuing.

I feel blessed because of the people I got to know for the few years that I have been here

but at the same time, all the things that I love became the things I can't bear.

For example, this semester I thought I'd be happy learning about Visual Arts, but the opposite happens. 

Stop.

I shouldn't go too far

(because our obedience is worth thousands,no kidding)

Now you have a hint that I feel there's something more to this that I could (and supposed to) be experiencing.
Anyway, my interview is going to take place by the end of the month but I can't attend it, like it or not, because I'm already bound to a contract.
But thank you,SPA, for letting me have the chance even though I have to reject it.
I wouldn't mind getting more offers just to see what I can get.

School Based Experience III

Recently, I went to SK Puun Tunoh for my 3rd SBE. I'm not sure whether everyone has heard of this school because it is situated  far from Kota Kinabalu. Think hills and paddy fields; that kind of rural. There were only 4 of us ; three (2 of them happened to be my secondary schoolmates) from IPG Keningau and then there's me. We went there for a week but I only managed to take decent pictures using a proper camera on the last day we were there.

Somewhere not far from the school ground. The view of paddy fields and distant hills is pretty amazing but I can't imagine the heat one has to endure when taking the shortcut here.

Is it me or there's an eerie charm to old,abandoned buildings? I couldn't resist to take pictures of this abandoned teacher's quarters. I do hope that the school would demolish this building because the space that it takes could be a lot more useful for new classrooms or parking lot. Not to mention the safety hazards will be eliminated.

The view from the school on top of the hill. The panorama is breathtaking from here. If you drive along the Jalan Pintas Penampang, you can spot this school from afar.

Preschool kids. There's always that one kid that has to stare.

"Psst, I heard she called you an ass." "What!"

- An imaginary conversation

You do not know how amused I was when I saw these at the preschool.

Among all the classes that I could have had as class relief, I was given PJ classes to handle (once alone, the other times were thankfully, with my friends). That one time when I was on my own, I brought these Year 5 kids to the field and the boys and girls fought about who gets to used the field since the boys wanted the whole field to themselves to play soccer while the girls needed space to play netball. Thankfully, I managed to let both use the field without having them hate me (I think.)

My angels :) They are so good in terms of proficiency and participation. The little girl in glasses, Aishah, is a good singer. She's the first one that caught my attention when she sang "Let It Go"  for an audition in the school. I found out that she's a mix of Dutch and Bajau after asking one of the teachers 

there. 

I also met her older brother, Hakim, who is in Year 5. Eurasian genes mannn, definitely going to be future eye-candy with that.

A side job for a week at the school.

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There goes the 2nd update for 2014. I'm on a roll, yes it's slow, but an improvement nevertheless. 

More to come (hopefully).