Dave's Bistro Bar Grill & Artisan Roast Coffee

The weekends are a great time for me to let my hair down,

And enjoy the company of a person whom I can have a decent conversation with about my week.

Jyun and I tried the pizza at Dave's Bistro Bar Grill at One Utama since my brother told me about it.

 We had salami pizza and it was sooooooooo delicious! 

They were so generous with their salami and it was our first time there but we know that we'll go back to try other things in their menu.

Both of us don't have a big stomach and the pizza portion was just right for us who wanted to save space for coffee and dessert later.

Artisan Roast Coffee.

One of our favorite coffee joint which serves absolutely good cup of mocha.

 Tried their brownie with nuts.

It was rather dry but it tasted so good with our cup of mocha..

Last but not least,

A cup of coffee for each of us to celebrate the weekend and to complete the week.

I would have two cups of coffee if my stomach wasn't that full from lunch *grins*
It was indeed a good weekend out :)

My job

It has been approximately 2 months since my life as a university student came to an end. I am still trying to come in terms with the transition from being a young adult to learning to take the responsibility as an adult. 

I've had a new job since February and I hardly talk about my job with anyone else except for a very handful of people. It's not that I don't like what I'm doing, but I really do like what I am doing. I am still learning and trying to be great at my job. So what's my current job you may be wondering? I am a trainee ABA therapist by profession. Right now I am working under supervision since I am quite new to the therapy and albeit I've learned the therapy in theory, but the practical side of the therapy is rather new to me. From there, you'll know that I am working with autistic children. And I want to be good for the children cause they deserve someone great to guide them in their unpredictable world.

Before this, I was a teacher aide at a special needs centre and I learned the basic of managing special needs children behaviour from that centre. I had a great supervisor whom I looked up to and I must say I am really grateful to have her as my internship supervisor, for she taught me a lot about being a special needs educator. I've always had an interest when comes to children's pathology but I am not sure if it's the idea of working with them or I really do like working with the children. The internship gave me a rough idea on how is it like working with special needs children and then I decided to go ahead learning more about them. 

So far, I know that besides having an abundance of patience when comes to working with special needs children, is that they really need to genuinely like working with them. It pains me to see the look of disgust at some inconsiderate people's face when they come face to face with such unique children and yet they still want to work with these children when they cannot even stay in the same room with them and froze at the sight of them. My students are really smart, adorable, and really talented in their very own ways. I am not being bias but I know children that comes with special characteristics have their own gift and all of them are really adorable.

I've learned in theory that autistic children have their qualms when comes to social interaction but what I do notice is that my students did try to connect to the people around them but they just don't know how to. I can see that although some may not understand certain social norms and couldn't read emotions but I know in their very own way, they do somewhat can decipher emotions but just don't know how to react to it. Time out will not work for very young autistic children but then again, I think time out will not work for really young children either whether they have special characteristics or not. 

One of the few things that makes me happy is when I see that my students learn. Something so simple for other children may be difficult for my students but boy, they do learn fast. Even before this at the centre, I know my students are fast learners in their very own ways and although they sometimes make your blood boil by being so very cheeky but at the end of the day, they always managed to put a smile on your face with their very own antiques. 

Like any other working adults or young adults, working life is indeed exhausting. I've worked before part time back in my high school days during the school holidays and later in my pre-u days and when I was a university student and it has been the same experience for me. During the weekends like today, I am really grateful to have some me-time and to be able to spend time with my favourite people before I go back to thinking about work fully recharged.

The children are unpredictable. So we have to be prepared for anything which includes, tantrum, hyperactivity, and many more. 

So these are my thoughts. I have a lot more running in my mind but I don't have the motivation to do so now *smiles sheepishly*. So yeah, happy weekends and have a pleasant week ahead!

"Autism is an unpredictable, one-step-forward-two-steps back condition. There are no certain outcomes, and no two autists are the same" (Moore, 2004).

Tong Pak Fu, Nadeje, & Well Cooked Gourmet

My brother has this thing for baking..

He just picked up the "hobby" and I must say, he's pretty good at it..

So far he has baked durian cheesecake (apparently it tasted better that Secret Recipe's), carrot cake and just recently, he baked red velvet cupcakes! :)

And this time, I we get to try it..

 Love the cheese frosting:)

 Tong Pak Fu..

Left, durian shaved ice (soooooo gooooodddd); right, peanut 

(not a fan of peanuts but Jyun likes it)

Finally, we managed to try Nadeje's mille crepe cakes at PJ3 Two Square.

My first mille crepe cake was from Food Foundry and I like the texture of the cake.

Taste wise, I can't compare yet since I've only tried one mille crepe from Food Foundry

This time, we tried FOUR flavours (:

I am a happy happy girl..

 From top left, double chocolate, mocha, tiramisu, and lastly original...

My favourite was the mocha :)so

It goes so well with my cup of latte:)

 Left, dark chocolate latte; right, latte

The coffee was quite strong, but it goes well with my cake..

Stir fried asam laksa from Well Cooked Gourmet.

I remember that the ones at SS15 tasted really good compared to this but the shop isn't there anymore:(

But this was quite good too (can't compare to the ones I used to have at SS15 back in my pre u days)

PS: Thank you for giving me something to look forward to :)

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