THE KALLANG "ROAR"

Wednesday, 20th Oct 2010. A visit to the National Stadium - or whatever remains of it - brought back fond memories of childhood days. Nothing much to see as the place is fenced up for the demolition work. Just being there revived nostalgic moments of the Kallang Roar and the Kallang Wave, except on that day, the articulations and gesticulations had to come from 9 sprightly senior citizens.

We started at the Kallang MRT station. Breakfast was at the Upper Boon Keng market food centre. Unlike many other centres we have had visited, the hawkers here are more willing to take order and serve. Probably because Mr Tng is “well known” here.  A simple breakfast but more important was the coffee, tea or diao yee. So when all were contended, we walked towards the old dame (the National Stadium). We dashed across many major roads and crawled under several flyovers and bridges before finally catching the view of the landmark light masts of the stadium. A few shots for the album and the blog before this grand structure go down in history.

Then it was a walk to the Jalan Berseh food centre, along Jalan Besar Road. No fish this time. Long queue as usual. Besides, they were more interested  in  the beer,  so it was down to the basement for some "Zhi Char". We were split into 2 tables - I think there were 14 of us - classified "Alcohol" and "Non-Alcohol", Incidentally, it was Char's birthday and we got a treat of rojak from him.  Happy Birthday !!!  it’s the thought that counts. After talking incessantly for 2 hours, it was time to say good bye again.

Next stop – Batam?  

 Boon Keng Village

Upper Boon Keng Market + FC

Coffee Stall

Nothing like a cup of kopi to start the DAY

Tng and Seah

Veteran Wong CP

Where is the food ?

The Kallang Roar no more

A closer look

Daniel Chan

Tony and Chan

Seah and wood

Unfazed by the haze?

Berseh Food Centre

Not today. See you soon !

AND NOW, for some actions....

A walk down memory lane

"Feedback"

A VISIT TO MARINA BAY SANDS RESORT

26th May 2010
Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Resort

Beautiful city view from MBS

Enjoying a peek

Oh...look at that 

"Fu Lu Shou" not very ready

But we are ready for the battle

Standing tall, we all

FOOD FOR TALKS at Chinatown (video)

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A VISIT TO KLUANG

29th was the last Wednesday of September 2010. "Kakis", as we affectionately called ourselves, gathered at Kranji MRT station at 0830 for a trip to Kluang, a small town in Johor, Malaysia.

As usual, the penalty for reporting late was to be the B Chairman of the day, or "Breakfast Chairman". The "honour" fell on veteran Wong Chin Poh, who was late just by a few minutes. More about the breakfast later.

From Kranji, we took bus 170 to Malaysia. It was an interesting ride where we saw our MRT card "suspended" and "resumed" several times, saw the new immigration checkpoint in Malaysia  before we finally saw the nostalgic Lakin bus terminal. Nostalgic because it reminded me of bus terminals in my childhood days.

Breakfast time. Thanks to Wong, we filled our tummy before proceeding on - roti prata and coffee or tea to be exact. Chairman (not B Chairman) Lee then collected a sum of money from each kaki and bought the bus tickets for the trip to Kluang. After the eating and let-go, we waited for the bus departure time. Soon we were on our way.

TALK, talk and talk....and a 2 hour bus journey seemed very fast. Tng talked to me about the history of broacasting since the 1960s. Interesting. Somebody then shouted, "LOH CHIA LEOW....ji dao loh chia leow" Not wanting to be left behind, I quickly followed the group.

First visit - a Wine Arcade by the roadside. Then it was a long long walk to the restaurant; apparently a regular place for many as we were split into several groups and every one managed to find his way there.

The table was laid, the chairs were arranged and the bottoms comfortably rested.

The FOOD for TALKS then began.

Good Health to one and all

Look here, one for the blog

Waiting anxiously for the first dish

Come come don't be shy

Chopstick ART

The B Chairman of the day

Yam Seng and then the shopping spree