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📷Late Sunday lunch from Ipoh Taste and Ramen dinner | 怡保风味周日晚午餐和拉面晚餐😎 Looking for late Sunday lunch at Lorong 4 Toa Payoh This coffeeshop was quite quiet. But it looked like many dishes were freshly cooked at the rice stall. They were also packing some food ready for someone to pick up apparently. I went to buy rice with a few items which cost me $5. The pork chop was a bit hard but overall still OK. The zhi char stall nexxt to it had some special offer set. Maybe I should…
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📷Santa Claus and the snail came to town | 圣诞老人和蜗牛来到镇里😎 Went out with my wife for physiotherapy earlier this week. She was having knee pain and the doctor referred her for physiotherapy at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The place was quite well equipped. Headed back home by MRT train and saw Santa Claus in town after we got off the train. Then we went home and looked out of the window. What's that? A snail? You are long way from the ground buddy. What are you doing so far up? If you…
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📷Vegetarian lunch near the new supermarket | 新超市附近的素食午餐😎 Out for lunch on a work from home Friday. Decided to go have a look at the new supermarket that took over the place of another one. Good that they decided to open 24 hours. Went to the vegetarian restaurant nearby to check out what's the special for the day. It was fried rice and I ordered that. Sat and waited not very long. The $4.50 fried rice came. Happy enough with the simple lunch in an air-conditioned place.…
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📷Check out Singapore Comic Con 2024 | 查看新加坡国际动漫展😎 Went out to check out Comic Con at Marina Bay Sands A few floors of exhibition space used but I was too cheap to pay to get in. So, I just walked around and took some photos as I walked and made a video. It was such a colorful event. Many were happy to pose for many photographers. I went outside and some photographers had serious lighting setup. This lady was also happy to pose for photos for many photographers. As I left to…
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📷Goodbye Kopi Fellas for now | 再见了 Kopi Fellas😎 Went to town central after taichi practice on Saturday for late breakfast at this place. I heard they are closing this place and moving to a new location and the new location definitely is smaller. I went up and ordered a kaya toast set. Paid $5.80 for the breakfast set. The coffee and half boiled eggs were ready quite fast. Waited for a while before they called number 66 and I went to pick up my kaya butter toast. Enjoyed…
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📷Joy to the world and a karaoke dinner | 欢乐世界和卡拉 OK 晚餐😎 Out of the area where the people attending the Comic Con in the afternoon after taking some photos and videos. Took a bus to club to get a drink. As I left the club after a drink, there was a group of people singing Christmas caroles. So, joy to the world. I met my wife nearby and went to Suntec City. At Suntec City, I decided when I grow up I want to be just like Snorlax. We went to the Karaoke room at the Suntec Guild…
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📷Late breakfast after townhall meeting | 全体会议后的迟来的早餐😎 One day last week, I had to go in office early before 7.30am to prepare for company townhall meeting which our department was running. Different people had different role. Mine was to secure one side of the entrance to the upper floor and make people go to fill up the first floor. So, I make a poster just to make things easier. A guy in charge of the auditorium was helpful enough when he same me provided queue poles to…
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📷Rush shopping for steam and more before dinner | 晚餐前匆忙购物，买蒸汽熨斗和其他东西😎 There was sort of an emergency shopping. The garment steamer was broken; it was leaking and then trip the circuit breaker. The wife wasn't happpy she couldn't finished her chores. So, we drove to Courts Megastore in Tampines because I knew they just reopened. Inside the store, there was a bakery stall. The place was quite big and we were only looking at first floor. Went further in. There as a demo area…
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📷Burger after steamy replacement | 蒸汽替换后吃汉堡😎 The garment steamer that broke down over last weekend was slightly less than a year old but I had to buy a new one to keep the lady happy. So, this was setup after we went to Courts Megastore Tampines recently. This was the old garment steamer but wasn't happy it died within the warranty period. So after the weekend, I took an afternoon off from work, dismantled it and pack it in a back and brought it to Philips service center. I…
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📷Pickleball Section Year End Party | 匹克球 部门年终派对😎 It's that time of the year. We were having the AGM for our club Pickleball section and a year end party after that. I was there early enough. The setup was ready for the AGM. People started coming in. The mirror in front of the registration area was popular with the ladies. Not long after more people came and the AGM started and was over an hour later. Then the MC came up to kick off the party. We were hungry by then and the…
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📷Two noodles for late Sunday Lunch | 两份面的晚午餐😎 It was raining as I headed to Lorong 1 Toa Payoh for a late lunch. Went to this coffeeshop. Usually at the roast meat stall, we get the rice. Wanted something different so we opted for two different noodle. My wife had a roast chicken noodle. I had a prawn dumpling noodle. Satisfied enough with their noodle. So, will still get noodle in future and not just their rice. Here is a video I recorded.…
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📷Pickleball at Cambridge Park | 在剑桥公园打匹克球😎 Went to a new place to play pickleball last Wednesday. A place called Cambridgd Park. I took a bus from Toa Payoh and got off the bus to walk there but Google Maps really took me to a longer walk than necessary. Anyway, I got there still early. The small park has different facilities including a children playground with a kind of obstacle course. There are also different exercise machines for adults. At the side, next to a church,…
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📷New pickleball paddle grip from a friend | 朋友送的新款匹克球拍握把😎 Into the office early one day. Don't ask me what's with all the Lapupu here. Someone in the office must have too many of the common ones and decided to "contribute" his/her ones there. Still had time before I need to start work. I decided to start on a 15 minute project. One friend sitting with us at the same table in the pickleball section party recently won 12 racket grips during the lucky draw and he gave each of…
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📷Late Sunday lunch from Tuck Kee Son | 德记仔的周日晚午餐😎 Out for late lunch on Sunday as usual but went to a coffeeshop I haven't been for a while. Not sure if they had changed management but coffee and tea were on special offer. Decided to try this zi char stall. My wife wanted the Yu Kong Hor which cost $6.30. I got the fried rice with live veg and chicken cube which cost me $5.80 My wife's food came later and she was satisfied with her dried hor fun. My rice came later. Quite a…
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📷Going to PickleliZe | 去 PickleliZe😎 There was an open invitation to try out new pickleball courts so I went looking for it at Pasir Ris recently. Stopped at Kaki Bukit after a half hour bus ride. There was a food court just in the industrial building next to the bus stop. The NS men were training to ride motorcycles. Hop onto another bus for another half hour ride. Got off the bus and try to find my way. Going to be a 15 minutes walk but I had to start with an up slope…
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📷Christmas Day Pickleball Session | 圣诞节匹克球局😎 Merry Christmas to all. Oh, even the old school Chinese calendar has Santa Claus on it. Ho ho ho. I went home after a short visit to pick up my pickleball gear and saw Santa outside a neighbour's place. Went to the club and picked the tray we used for queueing before going to the loo. Then to the pickleball courts. Played 11 games in total into the night. Here is a video I recorded. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS667reVs/ If you need an…
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📷1 for 1 bubble tea after dinner | 晚餐后买一送一珍珠奶茶😎 Had dinner at MOS Burger at the town central. I was told there is a new bubble tea shop in town. They are having grand opening special with a buy one get one free offer. So I went there to join the queue. There was only two self service ordering kiosk but the queue moved slowly because people were taking time to maximise the 1 for 1 value. I took home two cups in a nice coolder bag. Sweet. Here is a video I recorded.…
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📷Song Fa bak kut teh | 松发肉骨茶😎 Was at Chinatown Point recently looking around for dinner. Ended up going down to Song Fa for bak kut teh. There was not many people queueing and the sign said 0 minute wait time. However, it was quite full inside. It took a while before my wife and I were led inside. Sat next to a small table at the furthest end. My wife ordered the food and drinks and the drink came shortly. My soup with the pork lean meat came with the braised bean curd skin…
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📷Shopping in cool at Chinatown | 在牛车水凉爽血拼😎 Was at Chinatown recently. Ended going to Chinatown Point for dinner before a bit of shopping. See previous post for that story. It was before Christmas then and I saw a kind of Christmas tree without a tree outside the mall when I left. Upper Cross Street started to setup decorations for Chinese New Year already. So did Yue Hua. My wife and I went to OG department stall and was happy to the see their Christmas decoration and felt…
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📷Friday morning sports | 周五早上运动😎 Was going to the club for pickleball on Friday morning for the second time. At the junction, I saw a group of cyclist. Took some pictures. Quite a number of them but don't know if there are more than 10. Cyclists must ride in groups no larger than five bicycles in length, which is roughly the length of a bus. This means cycling groups on roads are capped at five riders in single file, or ten if cycling two abreast. So if there were more than…
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📷Fish soup for rainy Sunday lunch | 下雨天周日午餐的鱼汤😎 It was raining on Sunday afternoon. Decided to go get fish soup for late lunch. Place was nice and quiet for the late lunch Bought the pomfret soup with bee hoon for me and yee mee for the lady. $14 for the two bowls of noodle. Glad to have a fish soup for lunch on a rainy day. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7454074205399764231 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link:…