📷Powder-ful pau for powerful drive at pickleball | 叉烧包烧爆发匹克球😎 The rain stopped as I headed to play pickleball. Stopped by the pau stall to buy some as I was bit hungry. They have the best char siew pau around here. 20 paus in two boxes. Arrived at the courts and they were mostly dry by then and my friends were already playing. Let me put my stuff down there. Grabbed and devoured one before picking up my Sword and Shield. 😎 Go play some pickleball. Here is a video I recorded.…
📷National Day special croffle | 国庆日特价Croffle😎 Out to meet my wife at Toa Payoh North for dinner recently. I reached there first checking out other places for dinner after finding the coffeeshop we wanted to go to was closed for renovation. One was this Indian food place. Another was this Thai food place. Seems they have a good promotion too. In the end, went to another coffee shop for simple cai peng rice which cost my $4.30. I had other plans after that. I saw this place…
📷Preserved Veg Hor Fun | 菜脯河粉😎 Was at Chinatown for lunch recently and decided to find the stall I saw on TV before. Some other stalls had quite long quite. I found the stall. They have different item on the menu and I wanted to try their preserved veg hor fun. That cost me $6.50 and I had to wait quite a long time. Finally ready. It didn't have a nice appearance but tasted good enough Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7398820513897843969 If…
📷Solo indian food lunch | 单人印度午餐😎 Went for lunch alone from office a few weeks ago. Ended up trying a different Indian food place. Went into the small place and some people were eating there. Went further in to place order for a chicken biryani. Seems they have western food upstairs. The chicken biryani was good enough. Had a teh halia (ginger tea) too. The food and drinks cost $10.10 which was a bit expensive for an ordinary lunch. Here is a video I recorded.…
📷Went Starbucks for light dinner | 去星巴克吃了顿清淡的晚餐😎 Went to Starbucks for a light dinner a few Sundays ago Wasn't crowded at the time and we got a nice table. We had a chocolate cake to share Shared a cup of hot chocolate. I ordered a meatless black pepper chicken pie for $6.50. It was quite a small piece. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7399188577239829776 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link: https://noise.app/invite/xw3xgagi…
📷Grand Cha Chaan Teng - dinner at Genting Highlands 20240718 | 豪华茶餐厅 - 云顶吃晚餐20240718😎 Went for first dinner at this restaurant during last trip to Genting Highlands. Quite early for dinner but there were people eating already. Looked around before checking menu. Ordered our food after looking at the menu. Drinks came. Chrysanthemum tea for her. Ginger tea for me. The chicken rice for her but she didn't like it much. My dry wonton noodle was still okay. Took the egg from the…
📷NDP2024 ground walkabout | 国庆庆典场地逛一逛😎 Went to walk around the NDP2024 parade ground recently. Come along and have a look. Starting diagonally across from Raffles City. Turn around and walk along Saint Andrew's Road. Saw the building decorated for National Day. There was some kind of practice or rehearsal when I was there. Check out where the ministers and VIP audience will be. Majulah Singapura The National Gallery is on the right. Turning back from here. More practice…
📷Happy National Day | 国庆日快乐😎 Happy National Day. Today is our National Day in Singapore celebrating 59 years old of our nation. This photo was taken at Lorong 1 Toa Payoh when I was there for dinner recently. A selfie before my wife arrive. Then one shot taken by wife with my phone camera. Those of you in Singapore, enjoy the fireworks and the long weekend. 😎 Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7400943575451700496 " If you need an invite to…
📷Late lunch on National day | 国庆日轻点的午餐😎 Looking for a light lunch. Went to this coffeeshop near home. Can get local breakfast style of food all day. What else do they have? Even stall like this have National Day special. Quite a variety of dishes. Got a mee rebus for me at $4.50. Mix it with the gravy and eat. Good enough for me. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7401035133152808193 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷Late night porridge for dinner | 深夜粥当晚餐😎 After finishing pickleball games at club on Saturday, went back closer home for dinner. Most shops were already but was glad the porridge place was opened. Went in and looked at the menu on the wall. Bought two bowls of porridge and doughstick for $13. Still quite a bit of people dining at this time Someone got to the mixed organ porridge quickly. So for the rest, you'll have to watch the video. Here is a video I recorded.…
📷#BeautifulSunday Eat & drink | 星期天吃吃喝😎 The lady had something to do on Sunday. I went out for lunch at this coffee shop at Lorong 8 Toa Payoh before going to the inlaws. There were quite a bit of people eating outside. I ordered a fish hor fun for 6 bucks. Then went to a nearby table and waited. The food was served quite fast and I was satisfied with it. My wife came to her parents’ place later and bought some cakes. Not too hungry when we left in the evening and I went to…
📷Last pickleball games under fireworks in 2023 | 2023 年烟火表演下的最后一场匹克球局😎 Our last club pickleball games with fireworks was on 20240803. It was the day of final rehearsal for NDP2024 and the City Hall MRT station was crowded when I arrived. Still had some time to waste so I went to the lounge to monopolise the mic for karaoke. It was hot and the sun made the red that many of us wore looked nice and bright. The sun went down behind the St Andrew Cathedral later. I went to the…
📷Walking around for Tuesday dinner | 为星期二晚餐走动😎 Out for dinner before heading to inlaws' place on Tuesday night. Went to the Lorong 8 Toa Payoh food centre but many food stalls were closed. So, my wife and I walked over to the nearby coffeeshop. We walked and she went to a stall at the corner to buy a soup. I walked closer to the next stall and thought a bit. Her pig stomach soup came with a big chicken drumstick but the soup was too salty. I bought this pumpkin sliced fish…
📷Ah Gong Traditional Hainanese Curry Rice | 阿公传统海南咖喱饭😎 It was a rather cloudy morning one day as I went in to office recently. Took a picture of this new condo that blocked off part of my office at a previous job. Lunchtime, went to People's Park food centre. Couldn't decide to eat what. I walked from one end to almost the other end and decided to get rice from this stall. They have lots of dishes to choose from and I ordered a few items with rice. Paid $4.80 for it using an…
📷Supper at Genting Highlands 20240718 - Grandma's | 云顶高原的夜宵 20240718 - 摇滚妈妈😎 Spent a few hours contributing to the revenue of the casino after dinner. Came out a bit poorer but hungry enough to look for food. The crowd was lesser then. Went to this place called Grandma's Don’t ask me why she's on a motorbike. Inside sitting area were all full. So we got a table outside and ordered. Curry Laksa noodle for me. Compare that to the picure on the menu. Kong Foo Yin Yong for the…
📷Coming home to getai and sushi | 回家看到歌台才吃寿司😎 Went from office to the club on Wednesday after work and it was still drizzling. Water from a few courts had been mopped but still partly went and my friends were playing. I went to changed and joined. Had to minimised running because the ground is partially wet. After the games, took a train home and bought some sushi at the town central. Many shops were closed already. Another row of shops with more shops closed for the day.…
📷Like this chicken lasagna | 喜欢这个鸡肉千层面😎 Out to coffeeshop nearby for dinner recently. Wasn't sure if they still have the chicken lasagna I wanted. So I went to check the menu to confirm. It's still there and I paid $7.50 and waited a while. One of my favorite chicken lasagna. Not many places serve the chicken version. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7404093786407603457 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷Sunday Noodle Lunch | 周日面条午餐😎 Went for late Sunday lunch at this coffee shop at Lorong 1 Toa Payoh. Decided to get some noodles from this stall. Getting the $4 wanton noodle for myself and $5.20 curry chicken noodle for the lady. Curry chicken noodle came with a drumstick. I was happy enough with my wanton noodle. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7404411475797871888 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷Will be back for more chicken rice here | 会再来这里吃鸡饭😎 During a recent lunchtime, I walked to Tiong Bahru food centre alone. After walking around for a long time, I decided to join a long queue since I was not in a hurry. I didn't try this chicken rice before and it was confusing because there was a queue from another stall the seemed to be merging. Closer to the stall, I saw the "Michelin" stickers over the years which explained the long queue. I ordered a simple $3.50…
📷Woodpecker in town | 镇上的啄木鸟😎 Spotted this unusual looking bird in my town sometime back. I zoomed in a little bit to look closer. I thought it looked like some kind of woodpecker. It did a search and found it common flameback which is a kind of woodpecker. What's a common flameback doing in my part of town? Haha, it got chased away by a crow later. If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link: https://noise.app/invite/b9hnv15r #originalcontent #singapore #travel…
📷Not the fried chicken for lunch | 午餐不吃炸鸡😎 Went Chinatown Complex for lunch recently. There were a couple of stalls of halah food next to a fried chicken place I heard about which had a long queue. My colleague bought two pieces and certified it was good for him. I decided to look elsewhere and settled for claypot rice. Chose the number 3 without the soup and paid 6 bucks. Took some time and waited quite a while. Finally, got it. First time I see broccoli in claypot rice but…
📷The carrot cake returns | 菜头粿回来了😎 A stall that was closed when they were at another coffeeshop reopened at a different coffeeshop. I went in to check it out. Quite a bit a people waiting. I ordered a white carrot cake and a hokkien prawn noodle. After quite a while, the pager they gave me buzzed for me to collect my food. The fried hokkien prawn noodle for the lady was OK My white carrot cake was not as good as I hoped for. A few days later, I saw someone eating one that…
📷Training for faster hands | 训练快手😎 Bought this wrist weights from Lazada recently. It came delivered quite fast. It works on the ankle as well. Planning to used to try for faster hands. So, one onto the right hand. And one on to the left hands. If you are looking to buy this, check this link: https://s.lazada.sg/s.150C1?cc Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7406909643122822417 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷Sunday late lunch and desserts | 周日晚午餐和甜点😎 Went Lorong 7 Toa Payoh on Sunday. About 4pm. Many stalls at the food centre were closed. Went to a nearby coffeeshop. Decided to try the ngoh hiang from this stall which is relatively newer. The lady chose the items to go with two plates of bee hoon for us. The meal cost $7.60 and that's a good price for these. Here is a video I recorded. Later in the night after visiting the inlaws, went to the Fork & Spoon food court. As wasn't…
📷From MRI to Lucky Chicken Rice | 从 MRI 扫描到幸运鸡饭😎 Out to get an MRI scan recently. Got off the train at Orchard MRT station and walked passed Takashimaya Shopping Centre. Looked down at the atrium and saw the mooncakes sales booth. Walked out and wanted to cross the road to Paragon Shopping Centre. Who knows it was raining heavily. Back into Takashimaya Shopping Centre. Passed by the mooncakes sales event as I went to the underpass to get to Lucky Plaza. I saw a massage shop…
📷Over budget lunch and under budget dinner | 午餐超预算，晚餐低预算😎 Wednesday lunchtime. Went out to Tiong Bahru food centre from office for lunch. It was peak lunch hour and quite crowded. Wanted to get some soup as was recovering from a flu. Added a plate of bean sprouts and the lunch ended up costing $10. Over budget. Just as well. Needed the energy to play pickleball in the night. After the games, bought a bit of sushi home for dinner. They were only $1.60. So, these were under…
📷Saturday lunch and snacks | 周六午餐和小吃😎 Had a bit of sore throat last Friday and blocked nose on Saturday. Tested for COVID-19 and confirmed negative before I went to the school for taichi practice. After that, went to Lorong 8 Toa Payoh Food Centre for lunch with my wife. It was quite crowded. Decided to try a relatively new stall. Paid $11.50 for a bitter gourd fish soup with rice and fish porridge. The bitter gourd fish soup with rice was mine and I was quite happy with it.…
📷Satay chicken burger after 10 pickleball games | 打完 10 场匹克球后吃沙爹鸡肉汉堡😎 Out to the school to practice taichi on Saturday morning. There was still National Day decoration there. There were some people playing pickleball outside the school. I should get to know them. Here is a video I recorded before. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7403936247388851473 Went to the club lounge to waste time doing some karaoke and had a drink. Went down to the courts after 5pm. Some people…
📷Buying lunch on a work from home Friday | 周五在家工作时买午餐😎 Went out to this coffee shop at Lorong 4 Toa Payoh to buy lunch when I was working from home on Friday. Walked in to fish soup stall. Bought home two bowls for us. The lady got the double fish soup bee hoon. My you mian. Altogether cost $10.10. Happy enough with the lunch. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7406564511567727888 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
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