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📷From Terminal 2 to Table for Two: An Indonesian Dining Experience | 从二号航站楼到两人餐桌：印尼用餐体验😎 Was out to Changi Airport recently looking for dinner before Christmas. Terminal 2 was not crowded when we were there before dinner time. Went to the 3rd floor where they have a few restaurants. Skipping Papa Rich because have a trip planned to Genting in January. Peach Garden is Chinese restaurant I tried elsewhere before. Passed a Taiwanese restaurant. Then passed an Indonesian…
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📷Shopping during grand opening day of the new supermarket. | 在新超市开张日购物😎 Was working from home today and heard some sound of lion dance. It was from the grand opening of the new supermarket nearby. After lunch, I decided to to and busybody. Checked out some good offers they had. They had some plants displayed outside for sale. Depending on what you buy and how much your spend, you can redeem some gift items. It was quite crowded inside. Wow, what a big tube of chips. I…
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📷Lunch at Traditional Penang Food | 在槟城家乡味吃午餐😎 Out to the town central for lunch on Saturday, one of the stall was letting you bring home God of Fortune for $10. Went for an early lunch at this Penang food place I haven't been to for a while. Looking at the menu quickly. Then went to order and paid for $22.40 for the food. We had two cups of chrysanthemum tea which I found too sweet for me. I tried the crispy hor fun for the first time. It was nice but not something I'd eat…
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📷New Year shopping & New Year Pickleball | 新年购物和新年匹克球😎 Happy New Year to all. Was at the inlaws place and decided to go out for a while to check out the Toyogo Warehouse sale nearby. They have the God of Fortune to help them. Standing tall just by the side. There was clear direction to tell people where to enter. Cheap stools for your guests visiting in the coming Chinese New Year. If you want something with back, it will cost more. Lots of storage boxes to stuff your…
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📷Hokkien Mee for Late Sunday lunch | 周日午餐吃福建面😎 Went for late lunch on Sunday to Lorong 8 Toa Payoh. Late enough that some parts were quite empty. Went to buy hokkien mee again. Was given a pager and went to wait at a nearby table. The pager buzzed and I wend to picked up two plates noodles which cost $5 each. They gave two types of chili this time and I mixed everything in forgetting the red chili was a bit too salty for me last time. My wife bought some satay to her…
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📷Sunday Buffet Breakfast at Coffee Terrace, Genting Highlands | 周日 Coffee Terrace， 云顶高原 自助早餐😎 Was out on a trip to Genting Highlands again. After a couple of days, I woke up on Sunday with plan to go for buffet breakfast. Out of the room to the lobby. Went up 4 different escalators. Continued on. Passed a cafe. Then up another escalator. Finally arrived at Coffee Terrace. The buffet breakfast cost 30 Malaysian Ringgit for in-house guest. Food station stretches a long way.…
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📷Going to Genting Highlands 20250110 | 去云顶高原 20250110😎 Was up on a early morning one day last week to go for a trip to Genting Highlands again. Took the MRT train to Dhoby Ghaut from Toa Payoh. From Dhoby Ghaut, change a train to Chinatown. Exit from the MRT station to People's Park Centre. The bus was already there. We loaded our luggage and went up. The USB in front of my seat was broken although the one at my wife's side was OK. There was wifi connection but it works only…
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📷God of Fortune telling year of the snake | 财神爷话蛇年运程😎 The God of Fortune is back in town. The people crowded aroundt to see what he is telling us about our fortune in the year of the snake. Let me get my take on it too. Goodnight to the God of Fortune as I left. Some decoration at the town central. The next day I was out getting breakfast. Good morning to the God of Fortune. If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link: https://noise.app/invite/ztgnvuwp #originalcontent…
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📷Padang Avengers get our own T-shirts | 大草场复仇者有自己的 T 恤😎 We have a closer group of friends in the pickleball section. Many times we played and wanted a rematch. I started calling us Avengers as a result. Since our courts are next to the Padang, I’d call Padang Avengers. One day I came up the idea of printing T-shirts for us.I used some AI tools but the design wasn’t satisfactory. I like the flying pickleball and decided to piece my own design with that using emoji of Crescent…
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📷Chinese guy nasi biryani | 华人卖的黄姜饭😎 Out to People's Park Food Centre for lunch recently with my colleagues. Probably last few times. Taking a bus out and wondering if any old colleagues are in the Police Cantonment Complex. The night market was still operating and one of the bigger stalls was selling Chinese New Year decorations. The food centre was quite crowded. Some seemingly empty tables were reserved using tissue packs or water bottles. Managed to grab a table and I…
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📷Friday morning pickleball and breakfast | 周五早上打匹克球和吃早餐😎 Off to the club for Friday morning pickleball session. I think this was the 3rd time I joined the Friday morning session which starts at 7am. I got off MRT train and exited at the City Hall station. It was still dark outside the club. Even when I reached the courts. I'm glad I managed to play 5 straight games before I stopped and left to go home and work. While in the train, I bought breakfast using McDonald's app.…
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📷Hang up a pair of new couplets. Bringing back the mandarin oranges. | 挂上一对新对联。柑，你拿。😎 On Friday evening, my wife came home after work. Hang up a pair of new couplets that I bought recently. Then go out for dinner and go shopping in the supermarket. The plan is to buy mandarin oranges. There are many people in this corner of the supermarket. My wife went to choose while I watched from the side. I bought a box of 16 to 18 tangerines to take to my wife's parents' home. My wife…
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📷Chinese New Year Flower Market at Genting Highlands | 云顶高原的新春花市😎 Was at a trip the Genting Highlands last early this month. They have a Chinese New Year Flower Market I decided to go check it out. They have different types of hampers. Many different stalls selling different festive products. They have some flowers and plants. More stalls inside. There was also a frozen food section but I wonder who would buy if they are not staying in Malaysia. If you are staying in…
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📷Late lunch on last Sunday before Chinese New Year | 农历新年前最后一个周日的晚午餐😎 Went to Lorong 7 Toa Payoh to get a late lunch on Sunday. The God of Fortune was there. Headed to the food centre where most of the stalls should already be closed. The place was really not crowded. The roast meat stall that usually had long queue had nobody queueing. Still enough meat left. Got a $3.50 char siew rice for myself. and $4.50 char siew and roast pork rice for the lady. Happy with the simple…
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📷Lunar New Year Celebration Market | 农历新年庆祝市场😎 Was at Takashimaya Shopping Centre after dinner recently. Decided to go to have a look at their Chinese New Year market. They have many stalls. It was quite crowded. My wife decided to buy some cookies from Mdm Ling before we left. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7464380842379431186 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link: https://noise.app/invite/htltlcnl Here is another video I…
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📷New money and new haircut | 新钞票和新发型😎 One night sometime last week, I went to community club to check the ATM for withdrawing new notes for Chinese New Year. It was available from 10am. I went back the next day and there was queue although it wasn't very long. However, I still had to wait quite a long time because one person was allowed to do 3 withdrawals. They ran out of $10 notes but I got the $50 notes. Then went to get a haircut. That cost me $12. Headed to the nearby…
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📷Breakfast before Singapore Tennis Open volunteer work | 新加坡网球公开赛志工作前的早餐😎 Was going to do some volunteer work last Saturday but went to the club first to stow my pickleball gear because I was going to play in the evening and there was no place to really store my big bag at Kallang Tennis Hub. Took the MRT train to the Stadium Station. There was a Tennis style Chinese New Year decoration. I headed to Leisure Park Mall to try get some breakfast. The mall was quiet. Most stores…
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📷Chinese New Year Day 1 | 大年初一😎 Good morning to the God of Fortune. It was day 1 of Chinese New Year yesterday. Went visiting the inlaws and had a simple instant noodle with abalone. Then went visiting some relatives. Then drove out to Jewel Changi mall next to Changi Airport. Lots of people were there. Perhaps, like me looking for dinner. Good that there were many eateries opened. I went up to the bottom of the Rain Vortex. One bakery has interesting design for their cake.…
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📷Chinese New Year Day 2 | 大年初二😎 It's day 2 of Chinese New Year. Wishing a a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Went out to the town central for lunch. Surprised to see Ya Kun at HDB Hub was opened. The Soup Spoon nearby was opened too. Headed to the food court at the basement which was opened on day of Chinese New Year last year. It wasn't crowded and not many stalls were open. My wife and I decided to get lontong. Each cost $4. Taste was OK. Only wish the food was warmer. My…
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📷Chinese New Year Day 3 | 大年初三😎 It's day 3 of Chinese New Year and I was working from home. I went out to buy lunch. Went to Lorong 4 Toa Payoh. Vegetarian food stalls at two different coffee shops were closed. So ended up getting fried chicken rice from this Malay food stall. Each pack cost $6.80 and I added a begedil at $1 per pack. There were people also waiting for their order although there was just a few people in front of me. They were busy frying two big loads of…