Milestones

Time flies! It seem like we have started Pitstop Cafe for ages but actually it has only been less than a year. It has been an eventful journey. We are still learning, working hard to meet the challenges thrown at us. Hopefully we will be able to substain and have more milestones to share we you guys...

Yeah some milestones are pretty insignificant but i guess it bring back some interesting memories to some of us at Pitstop Cafe

3rd September: Feature In Nanyang Chronicles
Revisiting Astroboy and Eve's university, we were fortunate enough to be covered by the esteemed Nanyang Chronicles of NTU. Interestingly, it led to many students calling in and asking us to collaborate with them in the same kind of project...
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3rd July 2006: Feature in the Straits Times
Our first feature on the english paper under the youth ink column. The article were about how more youths are trying their hand at becoming their own bosses. A reader on the blog was nice enough to send us a softcopy of the article
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25th June 2006: Feature in the Chinese LianHe Zaobao
Our first feature on the chinese paper. The focus was more on the coffee rather than the boardgaming. The sunday we were featured, we got quite abit of nice folks coming by just to try out our coffee. Hope we have met up to their expectations!
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23rd May 2006: Featured in Lime Magazine
Our first feature on a printed medium! It was really great to be showcased in one of the nice hangouts for youth

23rd April 2006: Featured in Creative Community Singapore
An online feature in the Creative Community Singapore website
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18th April 2006: First Birthday Event
We organise our first birthday event. The cafe was decorated with beautiful pink and white balloons and the guests had an enjoyable and private party at Pistop Cafe
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17th April 2006: Feature in Small Business Blog of the Day
Pitstop Cafe blog has been feature in a blog about how small business uses blog to help establish an online presence for their business
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1st April 2006: Start of Pitstop Fetish Evenings
Everyone has been asking for special nights with good values. Pitstop Cafe started its own fetish evenings, offering various value deals so that everyone can have great fun at great value everyday at Pitstop Cafe.
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29th March 2006: A Half-Far Game List
People has been asking us for our game list online. We finally get to having something online for our readers...
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19th March 2006: First Sabo
A customer make a booking for 20 person. We prepared a buffet but in the end it was cancelled without informing us. We learn the lesson the hard way.
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18th March 2006: Internal Conflict
When you work together in team, there is bound to have conflicts. However with more stuff to juggle and tougher challenges, things can get pretty fustrating...
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16th March 2006: Pitstop Cafe is 3 month old!
We have manage to substain operation for 3 months. We mark this special occasion with a new blog design as well as a ice cream buffet promotion.
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4th March 2006: Organised our first buffet
The first time we host a buffet function for a group of great folks from NTU Hall 4. Its was hard work but interesting experience.
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28th Feb 2006: An interior upgrade
We made a first upgrade to the cafe, an awning for the balcony. It was tough to make the decision as we are pretty low on cash. We went ahead anyway...
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27th Feb 2006: Customer oriented
We are constantly getting feedback from customer on how to improve our cafe. This entry kinda of drawn a negative response. Thankfully, we got some readers who support us in a positve way...
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17th Feb 2006: Changes to operating hours
When we first started, we were pretty aggressive in our operating hours. This results in us feeling burnout and also not enough time to focus more on developing the cafe rather than just manning the cafe...
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14th Feb 2006: First time on TV
Ok we weren't really featured, rather it was the speed dating event that we organised that got featured on the news. Nevertheless we got some TV seconds...
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12th Feb 2006: Ang Bao Toto draw
We kinda of "won" the toto...
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9th Feb 2006: First promotion
We have our first promotion called "Sweet Desire". We make posters, send email, etc. It was an interesting experience.
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4th Feb 2006: Our first sponsor event
We were part of the sponsors for the NUS Bike Hunt event. Pitstop Cafe was actually one of the stop. Participants have to locate our cafe and solve a challenge before proceeding. Of course they have free ice cream on the house as well...
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28th Jan 2006: New batch of games
We got in a new batch of games to further cater to the needs of the folks that come to Pitstop Cafe. We may not have the most games, but we definitely has some cool and unique stuff....
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24th Jan 2006: An entry in the blog got Tomorrowed
An entry on brewing coffe got tomorrowed and this kinda of generate more publicity for the blog as well as the cafe.
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16th Jan 2006: Pitstop Cafe is 1 month old
Although been only one month old, there are quite a couple of folks who have made Pitstop Cafe the place to celebrate their friends birthdays...
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11th Jan 2006: Bad service at Pitstop Cafe
We pride ourselves on the service we provide. Nevertheless sometimes we did not handle a situation as well as we hope to be. Thankfully all of us learn and improve on it...
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10th Jan: Finally a decent menu
Doing the menu was pretty tricky but we managed to get something up and going...
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9th Jan 2006: Featured on Hook
We got featured on NUS online Magazine called Hook...
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4th Jan 2006: An entry in Cowboy Caleb blog
Cowboy Caleb actually drop by our cafe. Till today we do not know what exactly he is. He write an entry on his blog. We were pretty new to blogging then and we did not know that he is popular blogger. Anyway his entry helps to generate more awareness to our cafe and we are really grateful for that!
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26th Dec 2005: Power trip
Due to our inexperience, we experience a power trip while we have a big group of customers. It was pretty embarrassing but luckly everyone was really supportive and understanding...
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22nd Dec 2005: External conflict
We had a conflict with the coffee shop right below us...
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16th Dec 2005: Unofficial launch
We did not really have an official launch, but unofficially we started operation on the 16th of December...
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15th Dec 2005: NEA Approval
We got some problems in getting approval prior to the opening. Luckily everything was resolved and we manage to commence operation the following day.
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6th Dec 2005: Almost completion of the renovation
The renovation of the cafe was almost complete and we weren't sure if it look that great...
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Nov 2005
This period was quite a pack time trying to find the location for the cafe. We also started the blog. As we are still unfamilar with the concept of blogging, it took us quite awhile to get used to blogging...
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Before Nov 2005
Talking cock, dreaming, say alot but never really do anything. Think of owning a brew pub...
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