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📷7 hours sitting and 3 hours chasing balls | 坐了7个小时，追球3个小时😎 Friend invited me to join play mahjong before pickleball. I went out before noon and grab a $1 coffee from Mc Donald's and headed to the club. The original play was to play to about 6pm and go play pickleball but it was raining cats and dogs. So we continued playing mahjong. The rain finally stopped. Some people did the work to dry the courts and I managed to play about 6 games after 8pm. If you need an invite to…
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📷Going to SG60 concert | 去看新加坡建国60周年演唱会😎 I got tickets from the communit club to go to a SG60 concert at Bishan last Saturday. I headed there earlier to check out the place and meet my wife later. I went by train to Bishan. Then got out of the MRT station and walked towards the concert ground. There was even a stall selling furniture. At the junction, I saw the tentage for the entrance to the concert area but it was bad news because the concert ground had no shelter. It was…
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📷Missing the HiveFest tickets at Malaysia Travel Fair | 马来西亚旅游展错过了HiveFest的票😎 Went to Singapore Expo tonight. I looked for the hall. Finally found the hall and went in. Youtrip was there. I want to go and try my luck later. Saw a bus brought in by a tour company. Nothing happening on stage but I saw more buses. The God of Fortune beckoned and my wife went to get tickets for bus ride to Genting Highlands for our next trip there. Good deal with the 50% off. I was looking at…
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📷Polling Day GE2025 | 2025年全国大选投票日😎 Singapore go the polls on 20250503. It is a holiday and raining heavily outside. Good morning to The Boys as I reached HDB Hub. Entered the buidling wondering if I was gong to the only polling station that has aircon in Singapore. No, the polling station is not in Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. To the right, there was a escalator going down to the polling station. No photos allowed after that. I went through the process and put in my voting…
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📷Huat is happening at Marketplace@Expo | 发发在Marketplace@Expo😎 After visiting the Malaysia Travel Fair at Singapore Expo, I was looking for a place for dinner and found this food hall which wasn't there when I last went to Singapore Expo. Decided to get some food from the Huat Huat stall. $22.50 for the food. My wife went to get drinks which cost $2.80 each. When the pager buzzed, I went to collect the food. The satay was nice but had to ask for more sauce. The popiah was…
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📷Car Show at Singapore Expo | 新加坡博览中心的车展😎 Went to Singapore Expo to see the Car Show. Decided to walk from outside. It was less crowded. Then went back into the exhibition hall. So many people were going to the car show. It's like a family outing for some people. Cars are more unaffordable these days but that didn't stop people from coming on family outings. Anyway, it's a good chance to see all the different cars in one place and molest them even when you are not buying.…
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📷Two lunches and a snack | 两顿午餐和一份小吃😎 Out for late lunch on Sunday. On the way to the coffeeshop I hadn't been to for a while. I saw this big chess set. Wonder if any chess piece will disappear. Walked into this coffee shop looking for food. The lady bought a chicken rice set for $6.80. I went to the rice stall and chose a few items to go with rice. That cost me $4. Saw a stall with a Michelin logo. Bought two popiah for for $4.40. I was happy with the popiah. Here is a…
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📷May Day food trail | 五一美食之旅😎 Going out looking for lunch on May Day. Parked further from the place I wanted to go. Passed by a pavilion which was cordoned off to be used as a polling station. Passed by another badminton court where I hope to play pickleball too. Went the food centre and decided to buy a porridge from this stall at a corner. From where I sat, I could see people playing pickleball at the multiple-purpose court. Collected the last bowl of grouper fish porridge…
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📷May Day pickleball fun challenge | 劳动节匹克球挑战赛😎 Went to NUSS on 20250502 for May Day pickleball fun challenge. The games start at 9am but we were supposed to report at 8.30am to draw a number which determines who we pair with and play with. Ended up my first game was scheduled at 10.15am. Bought a big bao and a coffee for $2.60. Went back to the courts. People were warming up. There was a short briefing before the games started. Found few other people whose first game were…
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📷Back to The Ship: Fried Fish Bee Hoon Soup and Sweet Endings | 再回船餐厅：炸鱼米粉汤和甜蜜的结尾😎 Back to The Ship for dinner recently. Sat down. Ordered the fried fish bee hoon soup again. They brought the cutlery. Later, the two bowls of bee hoon came. The set meal included coffee/tea and dessert. I got a little mango pudding for my dessert. The lady opted for a scoop of chocolate ice cream. Total cost of the dinner is about $38. Here is a video I recorded.…
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📷Wanton Noodle for late Sunday Lunch | 周日晚午餐云吞面😎 Out to Lorong 1 Toa Payoh for late Sunday lunch. Went to the stall and waited a while before the queue of one person before me was done. Bought the wanton noodle for $3.80. I like the leaner char siew I saw. Okay, happy enough with the lunch. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7503411016244514056 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link: https://noise.app/invite/omwtnaj0…
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📷Running around town after pickleball | 打完匹克球后在城里溜溜😎 Went to NUSS on Tuesday to play pickleball. In the next table, I saw what people had used to reserved their table. Went DBS to try to get them to help me change the payout account for one of the policy I bought through them. Waited for a while for someone to come and see me. Until I saw airplane flew passed. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7503810173748792584 While waiting, I received a…
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📷Going to Temasaek Polytechnic | 去淡马锡理工学院😎 Going to Temasaek Polytechnic to take a course on Wednesday. It was raining. Luckily, I was able to get to the bus stop and boarded the bus. Finally, I reached the stop. I alighted from the bus and went up the pedestrian overhead bridge to cross the road. I saw the building where I was supposed to go to. They want to be Creating Tomorrow. Found the place but was still too early. So I went to look for the food court. Had a coffee.…
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📷Going to Temasaek Polytechnic for the second day | 第二天去淡马锡理工学院😎 Day 2 of the class at Temasek Polytechnic. It wasn't raining when I left from home on Thursday and I got to bus stop early enough. There is this part can I could look through but didn't walk to. Later in the afternoon, I have to walked under there because it was raining when I left after class. I just walked through the artificial turf area. Went into the building. Headed straight to the food court and have…
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📷Long Friday of fun | 乐趣无穷星期五😎 Out to the club early on Friday morning to play some pickleball. Managed to play 6 games before it rained heavily. Went back to the home town and wasted some time at McDonald’s with $2 for a latte and an apple pie. My pickleball shoes were quite worn out at the soles. I left them outside to discard later. Did some blogging stuff online at home before going out later in the afternoon. Was going to Tiong Bahru at my ex colleague’s home to play…
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📷Sunday lunch and a dinner with five scoops | 周日午餐和晚餐有五勺😎 It was raining on Sunday afternoon. So my wife and I opted to go to coffeeshop near her parents' place for a quick lunch. $6 for her claypot noodle. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7505772492078730504 After spending time with the inlaws, we wento Swensen's at SAFRA Toa Payoh for dinner. It wasn't crowded inside. However, it was still quite noisy. It was good they still serve plain…
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📷Sheltered walk to sheltered courts | 通往有遮蔽球场的步道😎 Recently, I took a walk from the place where I played pickleball recently to the MRT station walking through the sheltered way and taking photos along the way. These photos are in reversed order to document the way to walk from the MRT station to the courts. From the Toa Payoh MRT station, go out via Exit D. From block 154, there is sheltered walkway to block 153. Then there is sheltered walkway to block 152. From there,…
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📷Friday pickleball interruption for damn good carrot cake | 周五匹克球被迫中断吃了美味菜头粿😎 Went to the club for pickleball early morning last Friday. When the rain was lighter the court was still wet. So I went back to Toa Payoh where there was not a single drop of rain. I went out to get breakfast passing by the courts where I suggested my friends come to play but nobody was interested. So I headed to the food centre. Went to the carrot cake stall and ordered. Was told to wait 45…
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📷Chef Wok @ Steamed Delights | 忠记靓汤😎 Drove into East Village looking for dinner recently. Wasn't crowded. Sat down and looked at the menu. Then ordered a few items. Dates and Goji berries kampong chicken soup and Chinese yam kampong chicken soup. Black bean bitter gourd hor fun. Claypot pork belly with salted fish rice. Satisfied with the $26 dinner. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7504465428240928018" If you need an invite to noise.app,…
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📷Shredded chicken noodle for early lunch and a walk | 早午餐吃鸡丝面后走一回😎 Went out for early lunch recently. Passing by the nearest badminton court and checking out the shade. Reached the food centre looking for food and saw the long queue for this fishball noodle. Decided to go for one stall with lesser queue. I opted for the $5 portion of shredded chicken noodle with a fish dumpling. Left the food centre walking away and saw this banner. Wonder if the free meal is still…
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📷Sunday Food Adventures & Badminton Court Hunt | 周日寻食记和羽毛球场寻觅 😎 Late Sunday lunch search at Lorong 7 Toa Payoh. There is a fish soup stall that seems to have long queue during peak lunch time. Bought two bowls of double fish sup with different types of noodles. Each bowl cost $6. A bowl of bee hoon for me. A bowl of yee mee for the lady. On the way to inlaws place and saw that coffeeshop is gone. Instead a supermarket has opened there. Here is a video I recorded.…
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📷Eat and eat without exercise | 吃吃吃， 没运动😎 Was looking to play pickleball with some people in the home town at night. Spending time at home in the morning and went out to a vegetarian restaurant to get a nonya fish rice. Went to condominium where the pickleball games will be played. The host wasn’t feeling well and won't be playing but he set up the net for us Unfortunately, it started drizzling and the court was wet. We decided to try to change to a sheltered court but I…
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📷Try balut game. | 试试巴鲁特骰子游戏😎 It was quite nice day on Wednesday. On the way to the bus stop, I saw bicycles parking at wrong places. I reached NUSS early enough. One court was still used for badminton and we were not supposed to start playing pickleball yet. So I be a good boy and just took down the net and set up the pickleball net. Then waited until it was 1pm. After playing pickleball, I went for a shower. Stopped by the karaoke room. It was dark and nobody was there. I…
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📷Playing Pickleball at two places | 在两个地方打匹克球😎 After having the fish soup at Whampoa, I walked towards the community club but decided to get a haircut because I still had time. There were many places there I could get a haircut including two shops that were side by side. I decided to go the one which charged $8 instead of $6. The one I went had one Indian man in there whereas there other one had a few Chinese women inside. I didn't want to end up in one which might try to…