📷Lao Wei Dao Sha Guo Bao | 老味道砂锅煲😎 Went to a rather new restaurant in Toa Payoh "It was crowded but there were few tables available " Looked at the menu and quickly decided Went to the counter and ordered and paid about $24" Back to the table to wait. Looked at the tables at the side. Lemon tea came soon after. Next came the chicken skewers. I like these more than the lady did. Sesame oil chicken was still sizzling in the claypot A bowl of rice to share. The sambal kang kong…
📷NamNam Dinner | NamNam 晚餐😎 Was at Raffles City for an early dinner. Ended up in NamNam before many people. Looked a the menu. On both sides. Then make a quick decision. The lady wanted a bowl of pho A pork baguette for me Shared a lychee dragonflies quencher Total cost about $36 The refreshing drink came first After a sip, went to get the cutlery The lady's pho came first. She was satisfied enough. I was happy with my pork sandwich too. Here is a video I recorded.…
📷Spring cleaning, "Japanese” lunch and M&M Indian dinner | 大扫除、“日式”午餐和 M&M 印度晚餐😎 Diwali. Usually means the time for Chinese New Year spring cleaning. Lunch at home sometimes a simpler instant noodle. I bought this Nissin Kyushu Red Instant Ramen. It was selling at $1.88 instead of the usual $2.44. The noodle looked different from the normal instant noodle and I kind of like it. Dinner time at night. Went to a nearby coffeeshop for the Indian food stall. Bought a plain prata,…
📷Lockdown disruption after diarrhea | 腹泻后于封锁😎 Having a bout of diarrhea on Monday morning. Took some po chai pills and went out to head to office. Stopped by the supermarket to buy some po chai pills but they didn't have any. So, went to take the train and make an appointment to go to the staff clinic. They gave me an appointment for 10am. As I was reaching the building, I heard the fire alarm ringing. Was thinking of going to the food court to get some breakfast since was…
📷Walking around Siam Paragon, Bangkok | 逛Siam Paragon, 曼谷😎 Was in Bangkok last month with the club for pickleball games. We had a dinner on 20241019. After the games in the morning, we went for lunch and back to the hotel to rest a bit. Still some time before dinner, so decided to take the BTS train from Stadium to Siam and walk around in Siam Paragon. The place was quite crowded outside. There was a water with some sculpture just inside. There are many branded goods stores.…
📷Desserts at Ji De Chi | 记得吃甜点😎 Looking for desserts at Square 2 at this store recently "Not the chendol. That looks too expensive. " The store shares the space with a pizza place. Two bowls of desserts for $3.80 each. Sesame paste for me. Glutinous rice balls for the lady. Satisfied enough with what we got. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7433783321487805703 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷11.11 Thai food @Thai Station 42 | 11.11 泰国餐@Thai Station 42😎 Out looking for dinner at the town central recently. Went to this coffeeshop with a Thai food stall that I have not eaten at for quite a while. There were quie a few people waiting around. So I expected that it would be some time before the food would be ready. I went to buy the food and they gave a pager number and I went back to my table to wait. Coincidentally, the pager number and the table number are both…
📷Wanton Noodle at People's Park Centre | 珍珠大厦吃云吞面😎 Went to People's Park Centre for lunch recently with my colleagues. The place was crowded and we were lucky to find a table. The rice stall was popular. See the long queue? My colleagues were satisfied with what they got. I decided to get wanton noodle from another stall. I was also happy with the $4 noodle. Bought snacks from another stall and was also happy with the banana fritter and green bean cake. Here is a video I…
📷Rainy day porridge for lunch after taichi | 雨天练完太极拳后，午餐吃粥😎 Went to Lorong 8 Toa Payoh for early lunch after taichi practice on Saturday. It was rainy rather heavily. There were many people at the food centre but not very crowded. I went to a stall to buy two bowls of porridge. Paid $8. It's nice to have a hot porridge on a rainy day. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7435477773411536135 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷Seng Huat Coffee House | Seng Huat 咖啡屋😎 Went to a new coffee shop that took over another coffee shop recently. Went in to check out the different stalls. There seemed to be more stalls and more seats too. The food is more expensive than before but there is more variety and I like that they have more seats. My wife had a $6 satay bee hoon. It's the not best. I went to get a ban mian for $5. It was also not the best but still not bad. Here is a video I recorded.…
📷Garlic Grilled Fish | 蒜香烤鱼😎 Went to Koufu food court for lunch Decided to try the newer ma la tang stall Bought the garlic grilled fish. With staff discount, it cost about $7.30. Luckily, got a table just next to the stall. My colleague had a sour vegetable grilled fish Here is my garlic grilled fish. Overall, happy enough with the fishy lunch. Here is a video I recorded. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSjyS2Cgb/ If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷Smart Home Tech Show 2024 | 2024 年智能家居科技展😎 Was working from home on Thursday. It suddenly rained heavily in the afternoon. Someone was working outside and didn't expect the rain too. Check out the video. Luckily the rain stopped and I could go out at night to Suntec City. On the 3rd floor, the open area already had many booth for different computer brands but I couldn't find the Lenovo I wanted. As I headed up to the exhibition hall, I saw there are TVs from Samsung.…
📷Not a bad mee siam at the bus interchange | 巴士转换站的面暹还不错😎 Going home after a medical appointment recently. I got off the bus at the bus interchange and decided to get breakfast at the NTWU Canteen. It a small place with not many seats. I forgot to take a picture inside after I recorded the video. Anyway, I wanted to try the mee siam there which I hadn't tried before. I bought the mee siam with a soy bean drink and they cost $4.80 altogether. The mee siam was one of the…
📷ArtEverywhere@CDC on Saturday morning | 周六早上在 ArtEverywhere@CDC😎 After quick taichi practice in the morning, brought my father in law to the dentist. Went to the NTWU canteen while waiting for the dentist to finish his work and took a picture of the the place from inside which I forgot the last time. Had a coffee there for $1.20. Then walked aroud the open space at HDB Hub. There was a ArtsEverywhere@CDC event and some rehearsal going on for a 1pm performance. There is some…
📷Rainy day late lunch and dinner before Christmas on a Great Street | 雨天晚午餐和餐乌节圣诞大街欢前和晚餐😎 It was raining in the afternoon on Sunday. Went out to a coffeeshop nearby for lunch. Went for the tze char stall there. We were that just after 3pm so we missed the special price items. My wife had a sweet and sour pork rice and she was quite happy with it. I had a mee goreng and was quite happy with it too. Paid $11 for both of us. Here is a video I recorded. After visiting the inlaws…
📷New Prawn Noodle stall | 新开的虾面摊😎 Went to Kim San Leng coffeeshop at Toa Payoh Central for dinner recently. The fishball noodle stall I was looking was gone. Instead, there is a prawn noodle stall. Oh well, I'd just try the $6 prawn noodle soup. The portion is not big for 6 bucks though it was OK but I find the soup a bit salty. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7438985028698262802 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…
📷Christmas lightup at Toa Payoh Central | 大巴窑中心圣诞灯饰😎 Went to the club to play some pickleball on Wednesday night. This is just me after my first of 7 games. Took the MRT train back to Toa Payoh after the pickleball games. The town central had Christmas lights setup already. Took some pictures as I walked towards home. Passed by a children's playground The reindeer are here but I think there is still something missing. Out to the main road. Last photo before crossing the…
📷Meetup over Indonesian Food and burning calories | 聚餐，品尝印尼美食，燃烧卡路里😎 Meeting some long time ex-collegaues for lunch at a building where we all became colleagues. Passed by another restaurant Great Nanyang which I went last week and there was a long queue. I reached the restaurant we were going. I had came last weekend to check on my reservation because I didn't get any confirmation for my online reservation. They have no telephone number on their website. They didn't find my…
📷Christmas on a Great Street after dinner | 晚餐后乌节圣诞大街欢😎 Out of Triple One Somerset after dinner recently. Stopped to take a picture of the Christmas tree outside. Then walked to Orchard Road to check out the Christmas lightup. The lightup seems less impressive nowadays with the lights being overpowered by the different shopping malls. Crossed the road and walked towards Takashimaya Shopping Centre. There is a Christmas Village there. Before going in, I turned back to look at…
📷Going to sheltered courts at Geylang Serai for pickleball | 去芽笼士乃的有遮盖球场打匹克球😎 It was expected to rain and was really raining in the evening. I was invited to play pickleball at sheltered courts at Geylang Serai. So instead of going to usual club pickleball session, I took a train to Paya Lebar. It was still drizzling as I walked out of the station. Walking towards the place, I saw a mall with Christmas decorations outside. Passed by an overhead bridge. There is a food centre…
📷Response to Adidas Response Super 3.0 | 对阿迪达斯 Response Super 3.0 的回应😎 It's shopping month in November. Bought quite a few things already but there is always a good deal somewhere. An ad for Adidas came on my feed. I decided to open my Adidas app and search for that pair of shoes. Better than clicking the link. I found the pair of shoes selling at 40% off with further markdown. My response was add to cart and check out. Wow, over 100 dollars pair of shoes and I paid less $40…
📷Carrot cake for lunch and checking options | 午餐吃菜头粿并查看选择😎 Out for lunch on Thursday when I was working from home going to a nearby coffeeshop. Passed by the Christmas tree next to the library. Went to the coffeeshop to get carrot cake. Their quality is not very consistent so it's trying my luck. There is a new roast meat stall in the coffeeshop. Wonder if it's any good. I got my carrot cake after waiting a while and this time it was done quite nicely. As I eat, I saw the…
📷Rainy day pork rib rice | 雨天排骨王饭😎 Raining most of Friday morning when working from home. I went to a coffeeshop nearby for lunch. One reason was they have lunch time promotion. There were already people waiting for their order. I quickly went in and paid for my food as there were only a couple of empty tables outside. After waiting for a while, the lady brought me my $4.50 pork rib rice which I was quite happy with. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSjpe8Wyc/ If you need an invite to…
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