New TV
12:02 PM on Tuesday 27 October 2026

The Samsung TV has called it quits after 5 years and 5 months. Got a LG G6 as a replacement together with a soundbar. Hope this one last.

Another clock tower
08:51 AM on Sunday 02 August 2026

Found another clock tower at Cheng San Market and Cooked Food Centre when we were here for breakfast.

Springleaf Nature Park
09:49 AM on Saturday 01 August 2026

Today we went to Springleaf Nature Park which is a first for us. There were lots of insects for photos.

Flow rate issue
06:50 AM on Friday 31 July 2026

I noticed that the flow rate on the Lelit Bianca V3 seems to be a bit slow. So I timed a ~20 second flow and determine the amount of water via a scale. The first attempt was 1.743 ml/s and the second was 1.695 ml/s, so it averages to 1.719 ml/s. That is very slow compared to what it should be which ...

Ji Xian Seafood & HK Dim Sum Express
02:09 PM on Saturday 25 July 2026

We were at Kallang Wave Mall as Pauline and Esther had tickets for the NDP preview. For lunch we had a good meal at Ji Xian Seafood & HK Dim Sum Express. They had these very cute meat dumplings which looked like pears.

Otaru
09:37 AM on Thursday 18 June 2026

After breakfast, we drove to Otaru. Really nice place to walk and look at all the small shops selling hand made things. The musical boxes here are amazing. I got one that had One Summer’s Day and it was seriously the best I ever heard. I did not even imagine that musical boxes can sound so good. The ...

Breakfast
07:46 AM on Thursday 18 June 2026

We woke up early to go to Nijo Market where we had this for breakfast :-)

Pomme no Ki
07:51 PM on Wednesday 17 June 2026

We had a very late dinner at Pomme no Ki. Pretty good, they are famous for omurice (omelette rice).

Tea break
03:25 PM on Wednesday 17 June 2026

Tea break time.

Lunch
12:45 PM on Wednesday 17 June 2026

Lunch was at a nearby restaurant serving BBQ. Very nice.

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