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Old Thomson road forest trail explorations

Let's take a nature trail walk at the old Thomson road nature park. It is a small cosy nature site situated at one of Singapore's old kampungs which blends a nature walk with a hint of history. Being a secondary forest, it is a nice place for connection with nature. Let's explore! Site of the original Singapore Grand Prix Moreover, on...
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Exploring Don Don Donki Suntec

Don Don Donki Suntec is a new installation and one of the brand’s Japanese fast retail stores in Singapore. Interestingly to date, we had been tracking the viral growth of the establishment in Singapore. We visited many Donki stores we had chance upon over the years. This was since the Japanese fast retailer announced plans for their rapid expansion...
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Exploring Queensway shopping centre in Queensway

Let’s take an explore today of Queensway shopping centre. The mall in southern Singapore is one of the oldest and most popular malls in Singapore. It is also a hotspot for sports enthusiasts given it’s specialisation in sports equipment. Notably, the mall has a rich history, a unique architecture which can’t be found anywhere in Singapore today, especially in this...
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City Sprout Hub Farms

City sprout hub is a small private community garden located in Jalan Bukit Merah. It sits where the old Henderson Secondary school by the road of the same name. The urban farm comprises of a number of local growers and a community and dining area to boot. Let’s take a walk through City Sprouts urban farm with an exploration...
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Ridout Mcdonalds

Ridout recently came on the news that its anchor resident, McDonalds Queensway is shutting down after over 2 decades in operation there. That caught the attention of many, especially the having the FOMO of the place closing for good. So what is Ridout? Lets take alook with a visit to the iconic Ridout Mcdonalds itself. What is Ridout? a history So...
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Reflections at Bukit Chandu museum

Lets visit the newly renovated Reflections at Bukit Chandu. The establishment is both an educational museum, a historical site and a place of remembrance. It covers the history of Bukit Chandu and commemorates the battle of Pasir Panjang and the men of the Malay Regiment who fought in it. Moreover, the World War 2 interpretative centre is a museum-bungalow is...
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Sustainable Singapore Gallery Marina Barrage

Sustainable Singapore Gallery is a small educational museum on energy resources and conservation located at the Marina barrage building Singapore. Notably, it is situated where the Singapore national gardens, the Gardens by the bay resides. Lets visit the attraction today with a visitation and walk through. The Marina barrage Additionally, the Marina barrage at its core is a reservoir water level...
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Don Don Donki JCube

Today in our Donki explorations, we are going to check out Don Don Donki JCube branch with a casual walkthrough and exploration, checking out the different sections we come to love about the Japanese retailer. If I had lost count, this is probably their 8 or 9th branch which opened since the blue penguin from Japan invaded our little...
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Discovery Center through lens of time

Discovery Center through lens of time is a new permanent national education exhibition and display. Tucked within the grounds of Singapore armed forces Discovery Center in the SAFTI complex. This is a public-accessible portion of the Military institute. It is also home to the Singapore Army museum, a separate building and exhibit itself. The displays follow through in a linear...
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Botanical gardens gallop extension

The gallop extension at Botanical gardens is a funky new extension to the UNESO heritage site. It's a spot of greenery and play, let's explore what's on. Gallop green is primarily a green space with some walking trails, therapeutic gardens and two gallery museums. It is named of the road it sits by, which branches by from Tyersall road. Though it...
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Don Don Donki Pasir Ris Downtown east

Let’s pay a visit to Don Don Donki Pasir Ris with a casual walkthrough and exploration, checking out the different sections we come to love about the Japanese retailer. Donki had underwent a massive expansion since their first branch at Orchard in 2017. This new branch located in the ground floor of downtown east beside McDonalds and in front of...
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Yue Hua Chinese products

Yue Hua Chinese products mall is an Oriental home, food & lifestyle mall specialising in uniquely east-asian offering. It is a mall I had always visited over the years but hadn’t had a opportunity to cover it as part of my interest in "quirky malls". Let’s take a look at the mall and its offerings with a walk-through. Notably, Yue...
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Exploring Scarlett Chinese Supermarket at People Park complex

Scarlett is a Chinese Supermarket chain with an operation in Singapore. It is always interesting to see new overseas establishments popping up in Singapore to check out on your regular shopping visits. This time let’s check out such a supermarket (Scarlett Chinese Supermarket) in the heart of the Singapore Chinatown district. You can guess that the outlet caters for the...
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A walk through West Coast plaza

West coast plaza is a heartland mall located in the west coast area along 154 West Coast Road. You might know the mall by its old name Ginza Plaza. Lets check it today with a casual walk through and exploration. A rustic and quiet community mall The mall spans over three floors and is also home to residential condo behind the...
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Exploring the Lego Store Suntec City

Lego is a toy brand synonymous with kids and kid-adults for that matter. It is a household brand most, if not all people would be familiar with at some point of their lives. Lego Store Suntec is a new store opened right here in Suntec city recently and I was there to catch their opening day. Lets see what...
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Exploring Don Don Donki Harbourfront

In our places exploration for today, let’s check out the Don Don Donki at Harbourfront. The Don Don Donki chain in Singapore had gone on a rapid expansion at multiple locations. They had recently opened up a new branch here in the south. Let's check out Don Don Donki at harbourfront central mall. Donki in a cruise center Notably, the establishment...
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Don Don Donki JEM store

Today let's check out Don Don Donki at Jurong East JEM. Notably, this is one of the eight branches which opened up in Singapore on the brand. This is one of their branches in the West. Like with our exploration posts, let’s take a look with a walkthrough. In a nutshell, the establishment, like the 100am mall variant spans over...
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Exploring NTUC Fairprice Warehouse club

Let’s check out NTUC Fairprice Warehouse club Joo Koon with an exploration. Opened in December 2014, physically, the outlet sits in a large sprawling complex which is also home to a large non-public accessible warehouse. Despite being a Fairprice-run outlet, the complex has 3 full floors of store tenants comprising of F&B outlets, conveyor belt sushi express, a Hans...
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Changi Jewel Pokémon Center store Singapore

Lets explore the Singapore Changi Airport Jewel Pokémon Center with a walk-through. The store here at Singapore Changi Airport opened on 17th April 2019. It was met with much fan fair during the initial months of opening. Interestingly back then it catered to patrons who can’t get enough of Pokémon or Pokémon Go, where it was a year into...
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A walk through Funan IT mall

Funan IT mall had recently reopened after a 3 years refurbishment. The tech mall which first opened on 1985 is located along North bridge road. It closed in 2016 and reopened recently on 2019. The entire old building was completely torn and rebuilt from the ground up and new. Let’s check out the sights and sounds of the new...
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