📷Solo to Johor Bahru and lunch break | 独自前往新山，先吃个午餐😎 Went on a solo trip to Johor Bahru last week. Left home at 9am but the queue for the bus to Johor Bahru was longer than last time when I reached the Kranji MRT station. After getting up and down the buses and clearing the Singapore and Malaysian customs, I reached JB Sentral and went to the bus terminal and queued for bus T21. Boarded the bus using my YouTrip car to pay the $2.60 Malaysian ringgit. Good that I still get a…
📷Dinner at Sky 22 | Sky 22 餐厅晚餐😎 Went to this restaurant at a hotel around Novena for dinner. There was nice view outside when we got out of the elevator. I could see the building I lived in It wasn't crowded inside. The menu didn't have a lot of options. It was nice they served water. Loved the buns they served with butter. We started with some chicken satay. I had a miso glazed halibut. The lady had a tiger prawn laksa. We had a strange looking dessert. The main course of…
📷A Full Day of Food and Pickleball | 一整天的吃吃与打匹克球😎 Went to this restaurant near home for lunch on Tuesday. Checking out their $4.50 special. They told me it was chicken rice for today. So I just ordered that and paid $4.50. The vegetarian chicken rice was okay and I was happy to eat this in their air con restaurant. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7555735304263519496 Whent I reached there, another group was playing. This was the first time…
📷Dinner at Rempapa | 在 Rempapa 吃晚餐😎 Went to Paya Lebar for dinner recently. I drove and parked at Singapore Post Centre. There was some event at the open space there. Walked out and passed by Paya Lebar Quarters. Crossed the road to Park Place Residences at PLQ and went to this restaurant called Rempapa. Lots of seats outside, but we went in. There was a nice bar counter. It wasn't crowded inside. Ordered after looking at the menu. There was a section that could be closed up…
📷Going home from Johor Bahru | 从新山回家😎 Left the Malaysia Sports & Leisure Expo a bit disappointed although bought a pair of shorts. Saw this sportswear store at the Mid Valley South Key mall which I didn't see before. Went to the open space where they were selling mooncakes but decided not to buy from there. Instead, headed to the Lavender store and bought two boxes for 180 Malaysian ringgit. Went to the LG level and found the exit to the bus stop. It was the same bus stop I…
📷Giant Rabbits & Free Rides: Mid-Autumn Festival Vibe! | 巨兔、免费游乐餐车：中秋节氛围😎 Wasting some time before meeting my wife for dinner at the town central. Just walked around a bit. Went to the sky garden. Saw someone singing and rehearshing for mid-autumn festival event outside the library. I decided to go nearer to busybody. Passed by a food truck which was parked right in front of McDonald's. The chairs were set up but looked like the rehearsal or practice was oever. Some games…
📷Mid-Autumn event at Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery | 莲山双林寺的中秋节活动😎 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all. After the late lunch on Sunday, drove to Kim Keat Avenue. Walked towards the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery passing by a badminton court. Went in from the side and went up the temple building in the 3rd section. There were tea served. The pagoda outside still had decorations for SG60. My wife and I went in to attend a taichi workshop. After that, we went outside to see the…
📷Syed Cafe Exclusive | Syed Cafe Exclusive 😎 Getting a late lunch at this restaurant at SAFRA Toa Payoh on Sunday. It wasn't very crowded inside. They had a special menu for this specific outliet but we ordered from their normal menu. My wife and I both had ginger tea. I had a Hyderbadi chicken biryani. This was very filling. My wife had a bee hoon mee goreng. She was satisfied enough. The meal was about $23. Here is a video I recorded.…
📷People’s Park Roasted Delights | 珍珠坊香港烧腊😎 Went People's Park for lunch recently. There was a night market outside. Deciding between two roast meat stalls. Finally, went to the one I am more familiar with. Bought char siew rice for $3.80. Totally happy with the lean and meat they gave. Left after lunch and saw the mid-autumn decoration. Crossed the road to People's Park Centre and took a photo fo the main decoration. Went to the food centre inside People's Park Centre to buy…
📷Lunch at Hong Fan Tian after pickleball | 打完匹克球后，在红翻天吃午饭😎 Went out to play pickleball one morning. The bus stop across the road was undergoing some construction recently. I saw they dug up the part where the buses stop and laid the rebars. After a few hours of pickleball games, I came back to the town central for late lunch. I know this mala place have lunch time rice bowl menu. I went in and ordered the one with fish fragrant shredded pork for $7.80. It was a bit spicy but…
📷Sunday errand and lunch at Shui Lian Nasi Lemak | 周日办事后去水莲经济米粉吃午餐😎 Registered for the Malaysia VEP (Vehicle Entry Permit) and booked an appointment to collect last Sunday at Woodlands. Got lost trying to find the entrance and drove around a few times. Quite chaotic there. Had to parked the car and go up to their office on 3rd floor to register. First I had to queue outside for a while before I was given a queue number. Then still had to wait longer before being allowed…
📷Pickleball under the full moon | 月圆之夜的匹克球😎 Playing pickleball at a friend's place recently. There was a full moon that night. I was also practicing with my partner for a pickleball tournament we are participating in December. Wish me luck. Watch the video for a bit of zoom in to the moon. Here is a video I recorded. https://www.tiktok.com/@ace108.sg/video/7558504706604109064 If you need an invite to noise.app, try this link: https://noise.app/invite/odeb5ngj…
📷Sing Hi Noodle | 辛海面😎 Trying this relatively new stall at Toa Payoh Central. No seats here so you can only take out. Different types of noodles available. Bought two prawn noodles and a lor mee for almost $17. Took a while but they gave a free bottle of water. Brought back to the inlaws' place and unpacked. Nice that they packed the soup and gravy separately. I poured the gravy for the lomi for me. The lady poured the soup for the prawn noodle. Stirred in the gravy and ate…
📷Pickleball Fair at NUSS | 新加坡国立大学协会匹克球嘉年华😎 Went to NUSS for a pickleball fair recently. Four courts set up differently for different pickleball theme games. Over 80 participants had to play four games for two rounds. Thanks to the organiser for this group photo. Some people like me found half of the stations more challenging than the other half. In between we had servings of food, drinks, desserts and mooncakes. My pickleball paddle became my food tray. At the end of the…
📷Sweating Sunday Assembly | 汗流浃背的周日集会😎 Been busy these days. Father in law is hospital for a few weeks. Doctor is worry nobody at home to take care of him. After much convincing over the years, he accepted we get a helper. So we did some check with different agencies and look at profiles and interviewed one helper and agreed to take her. Settled our part of the admin work but still have to wait for the government agencies to do their part of the admin work before the agency…
📷If everyday could be like Saturday | 如果每天都能像周六就好了😎 Went to NUSS (National University of Singapore Society) early in the morning. We were hosting PAUM (Persatuan Alumni Universiti Malaya) for games. I was going to play pickleball with the Malaysia team at 9am and were told we had breakfast at 7.30am. There was some miscommunication and breakfast was available only after 8am. Bit too late to digest but there were only fried bee hoon and some sandwiches and I took a bit of…
📷Sunday Local Eats and International Scam | 周日本地美食和国际骗局😎 Went out to buy lunch to go to the inlaws place on Sunday early. The carrot cake stall in this coffeeshop was not ready yet. The night market was setup recenty. I went to take a look. Found an oyster cake stall there. I bought 3 for $10 and told him I'd come back and pick up. Continued the search for lunch and ended up in Ma-Ma-Bee in another coffeeshop getting nasi lemak. Bought 3 packs for $12.80. Two packs was the…
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