📷Selling BYD in the mall | 在商场里买比亚迪😎 Out for a rather late lunch on Thursday which was a holiday here in Singapore. Close to 2pm. The market were already closed for #marketfriday by @dswigle. The food centre next to it still had many stalls doing busines including this rice stall which usually had a very long queue. My wife had hers with chicken wing. I had a one piece of pork chop. The two plates cost $6.90. After lunch, over to a fruit store near by to get some bananas for…
📷Started pickleball training last Sunday | 上周日开始皮克球训练😎 Haven't played for two months since my eye laser surgery. I am joining a team to participate in a pickleball tournatment. Someone booked an indoor court for us to train so I went last Sunday although I'm only in the team as a reserve because I haven't play for two months. The court is inside a school. On Sunday, no students and staff since there was no lesson. The indoor court was nice. At least it wasn't subject to the…
📷Walking for Balestier Road | 走去马里士他路😎 Went walking to Balestier Road looking for dinner some time ago. First, passing by Toa Payoh Town Park. Went up a pedestrian overhead bridge and looked at swimming pool. At first, there wasn't any one in front of me on the bridge. I looked to the right towards the HomeTeamNS clubhouse. Then a moron lady rode her bike followed by her friend on skateboard. I could see the clubhouse when I reached the end of the bridge. It was about a 15…
📷No cashback curry chicken noodle | 六六大顺咖哩鸡面😎 Working from home on Friday. Went out 15 minutes before noon. Hoping to grab the Paylah app cashback. As I walked to the food centre, I checked the app and found the $3 cashback had all been redeem. So, I decided to try a stall that doesn't accept Paylah. Bought a small portion bowl of curry chicken noodle from this stall which at a sign at the top that does not mention curry chicken noodle. Don't ask me why. I brought my food to…
Good morning to start of with. A first visitor of the day. | 早上好。 今天的第一位访客。😎 I seldom get any. It was just looking around. I managed to get one more photo before it took off. If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link: https://noise.app/invite/pi1dyz2b #originalcontent #singapore #birds #animals #photography #myphotograph #ace108 #cn 这算少见。 它只是看看了四周。 在起飞前，我只能拍多一张照片。 这是我录制的视频。
📷Late lunch at the zoo | 动物园的晚午餐😎 Wife's office had a company event at the zoo on Saturday afternoon. So, we ended up going there for lunch. She had some vouchers and we decided to eat at restaurants outside since we ate inside the last time we were there. Chose to buy from this Chomel Bistro. The food wasn't cheap. The laksa was about $13. I guess the rental must be high. Well, they need the money to feed the animals. The plain prata with plant-based mutton curry was almost…
Going to the zoo - 1 | 去动物园 - 1😎 Went to the zoo on Saturday for my wife's office event. Out of the parking lot and I see there is heavy construction there. It was a walk before reaching the outside of the zoo. My wife collected some vouchers from office and we ate a late lunch outside. Just before going you, there is a statue of a polar bear which died a few years ago. The zoo is 50 years old. Heading into the zoo now. There were a few elephants statue outside the toilet.…
📷Korean lunch and dinner | 韩式午餐和晚餐😎 Working from home on Friday. It rained and rather heavily. No out for lunch for #marketfriday by @dswigle . So, grabbed a Korean cup ramyun. End of the day, I had an appointment at the post office to collect my passport. I had submitted my application for renewal and went through two photos rejection. Finally, I took a photo without wearing glasses and got accepted. I had to bring my old passport which was already expired. Got a queue…
📷Another pickleball night with fireworks | 又一个匹克球烟花之夜 😎 Went for another pickleball play night at the club. I was early enough and some people started playing already. Put in my attendance before warm up. Lots of people coming through to the Padang to watch the National Day Parade Rehearsal. There was the usual parachuters and flypast but this time I managed to record our newest helicopters and the fighter planes. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7256245622028651777…
📷3rd indoor courts pickleball training | 第三次室内球场匹克球训练 😎 Last Sunday was the 3rd time I went to the indoor courts at Yangzheng Primary School for pickleball training. I drove to a nearby carpark during the first two times but decided to take a bus. The ride was about 15 minutes. After crossing the road from the bus stop, I took a photo before going in. I went through the gate and walked a path that was sheltered halfway. It started drizzling and I quickly walked the remaining…
📷In conversation with Andrew Ng on 7th year anniversary | 七周年与吴恩达对话😎 Yesterday was 17-Jul. Can't image it has been 7 years since I first created my account on the blogging blockchain. Out to the University Cultural Centre to attend a talk by Andrew Ng on Monday afternoon. Those of you who knows AI will know who Andrew Ng is. Interesting talk though I heard some of the stuff before online. He shared about opportunities in AI. I also think harm from AGI isn’t going to happen…
📷Going to Govtech event | 参加 Govtech (政府科技局) 活动😎 Tuesday. Out of the home in the morning to go to a Govtech event but it was raining. Dashed across to sheltered walkway and made it to the train station and took a train to City Hall. Walking through the underground Link Mall to get to the convention centre. A new dessert store is there. Restaurant is opened so you can get coffee. No dimsum from Tim Ho Wan yet. Even 7 eleven is not opened after 8am. Clothes stores are normally…
📷Friday Vegetarian Lunch | 周五素食午餐😎 Went out for lunch from home at early 11.30am. I checked the Paylah app and found the cashback had all beem redeemed. So, I went to the coffeeshop and got vegetarian noodle. This cost me $3.80 After lunch, I walked out to the nearby food centre to get a coffee from Ah Chye. I paid $1.10 for the coffee. So, the whole lunch was still under 5 bucks. Tonight will be more interesting. I'm meeting a fellow blogger in Chinatown. 😎 If you need an…
📷Dinner with @detlev and fam | 与@detlev 和家人共进晚餐😎 @detlev and family is in town for a few days. Managed to scheduled a time to meet him and family for dinner on Friday night. Arranged to meet outside the visitor centre next to the Buddha Tooth Relic temple. Then head to the food centre at Chinatown Complex which is more of the eating place for commoners. 😎 Found an area with empty table and decided to get food from one of the many tze char stalls there. The first dish came…
📷Last pickleball games with fireworks | 最后一场带烟花的皮克球比赛😎 Out to City Hall train station on Saturday 20230722. It was super crowded with people heading to the National Day Parade Rehearsal. It’s was still an hour before pickleball games. So, I went to coffee bean and tea leaf. Luckily, we found a table inside. But we had to wait quite a while before getting out drinks and a cake. I went to the courts just before 5pm and saw lots of people streaming in to watch the National Day…
📷Jacky’s concert 20230716 | 学友演唱会20230716😎 Went for a second concert after the pandemic last Sunday. Was early enough but there were people even more early. Caught a bit sunset before going to the indoor stadium. Had to go through security with bags checked before we were allowed in. There was a table outside the entrance. They were giving masks. "Went in, looked around and took some pictures. " Still earlier than many people. More people came. Then darkness and the most…
📷Thai food lunch to Korean food dinner | 泰国菜午餐到韩国菜晚餐😎(by @ace108) Out to Tiong Bahru food centre for lunch from the office. Many stalls were closed on Monday. Decided to try the Thai food stall I noticed before. The basil chicken rice cost me $6.50 and I didn't have to wait very long for the buzzer to call me to collect the food. Taste was OK though more expensive than many other food around there. Left office soon after work and headed to the food court at HDB Hub after…
📷Encountered of the orang utans | 相遇红毛猩猩😎 Visited the zoo recently and was looking for the pelicans. Almost didn't find them where I expected from the previous visit but saw them all hiding at one side next to the fence. It was difficult to get pictures of them. So, I walked further along and took a photo from the side. A bit further, there were a few more on the other side. One was deciding to take the plunge. It eventually didn't. Moving along away from the birds. I saw…
📷Our first pickleball tournament | 我们的第一场匹克球赛😎 Our pickleball gang went to play our first pickleball tournament recently. The location was a cool place. Cool because the Sports Hall at Bukit Canberra has air-conditioned. We participated in the team challenge and had to play two other teams in the first round. Was difficult for our friends to decided which game to watch because they have 12 courts and all the games against the other team were played at the same time. We have…
📷Early breakfast for the cash back. | 早点吃早餐为了回扣😎 Woke up earlier for a work from home day on Friday with mission. To get the $3 cashback from Paylah app for #marketyfriday by @dswigle. So, I went to the food centre and bought a breakfast set for $3.90 and paid with Paylah app and got $3 cash back. I got my coffee and went to a table that I reserved with the help of batman. Soon, they called me to pick up my kaya butter toast. It took a few more minutes before the eggs were…
📷To National Day Parade 2023 Final Rehearsal | 2023年国庆庆典最后彩排😎 That was why there was no pickleball games on Saturday. The courts ground was used for an event. At least I got tickets to National Day Parade Final Rehearsal. So, I was on the other side. Wasted some time at the security bags check because I had to empty my bag for checking. We got our NDP packs and walked in. Got to the seats but the Red Lions already started coming down. At least I saw down and managed to catch…
📷Last indoor pickleball practice and dinner before a concert | 演唱会前最后一次室内皮克球练习和晚餐😎 Went for last indoor court pickleball practice a couple of Sundays ago. Donned on a new camo blue T-shirt and took a bus there. It was the second time I took the bus there. Good thing about being driven there was I could change shoes in the bus. Looked like some paint work was happening at the school on Sunday. It was the last time we got the indoor courts to practice for the tournament. I…
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