Pipi's Birthday

Pipi is a Singaporean boy who just turn 8 years old today. He is my youngest cousin. Yesterday, we celebrated his birthday at Sakae Sushi restaurant in Causeway Point shopping mall. It is called Causeway point because this area is the far north of Singapore and just 10minutes car ride to the Causeway bridge that links to Peninsula Malaysia.

The original venue was supposed to be Ichiban sushi at the basement but Pipi's brother Yang Yang suggested to go Sakae Sushi on level 7. I didn't know there's a Sakae Sushi at Causeway point. These young fellas knew the mall better than I do.

This is Pipi , a.k.a Yongjun

The sushi belt with lots of food. Picture taken by Yang yang.


The frog-look-alike mouse for ordering of food.

Curry Udon - Pipi and Jingyi order

Teriyaki Chicken Ramen on a super big bowl

but only one third full of the bowl. Marketing trick.

Deep fried sotong snacks.


Ramen makan competition between Woodlands Ring Sec and Bukit Panjang High Sec

The Fuchun Primary schoolboy enjoying his favourite sushi

Yong Jun Birthday Cake

The Birthday boy lighting up the 8 candles on his own.

The colourful birthday cake lighted up

Get ready for Birthday song!

Happy Birthday to Pipi

Pipi & his "Da Gu"

Pipi with "Ah Ma" & "Xiao Gu"

Pipi & his family

Happy Pipi ^_^

From Ramen eating competition to wrestling contest.

Indoor basketball competition within the Causepoint shopping mall with spectators enjoying the action from various floors.

F4 : Food, Football, Fans & Feline

Went for a local S-league football game with my soccer kakis on Sunday evening. Prior to kickoff, food hunting at nearby Lavender Food Centre.

Kok Kee Wan Tan Mee - The most popular stall here with its long queue of supporters. I was too hungry to queue for it after an evening jog.

The beef noodle stall attracts long queue too.

I ended up with a peanut & cheese pancake with egg. No queue needed, great taste, a satisfied stomach and a happy customer.

Outside the stadium, this "Lai Huat" Balachan fish restaurant seems to attract more people than the football match. It was packed.

S League, Asia Top 10 League ? I'm not too sure about that.

The action on the field between the Young Lions and Geylang United. The Young Lions is made up of players from the Singapore U23 team whereas Geylang used to be big guns of local football a decade ago. Times has changed. They're now just a mid-table team, playing against the Young Lions who are 2nd in the S-league table, counting from the bottom that is. ^_^
The empty stands tells the story.

The S-league crowd filling up the lower section of the grandstand. There's a rule that the upper section of the grandstand will not be open to fans until the lower grandstands are completely filled. This is the 1st time I'm sitting in the lower stands. Small crowd for today game.

This malay uncle with the headwear is a very passionate local football fan. He used to be the cheerleader of the now defunct Sembawang Rangers at Yishun Stadium. Everytime I watch Sembawang Rangers play, he would be there to lead the crowd with the rhythmic clappings ending with the "RANGERS" shout. I dare say Rangers won some games due to his cheer antics. Credit to him to be ever passionate & loyal about local football.

Football and food do goes together for this young teenager fan.

Quite a number of foreign fans among the small crowd at today's game.

The back view of Patrick Ang, a former General Manager of Geylang Int'l football club & high ranking management person of the Singapore football team during the 90s Malaysia Cup days. Wonder why he didn't sit at the VIP box. Maybe he wanted to take a closer look at his former team. Another diehard local football supporter and a rich one.

The stretcher team was very busy during today's game. Many young lions suffered from leg cramps. Weird, don't they do proper warm-up & stretching to prevent this?

Too much icy soda drinks I think.

The Final Score

Young Lions 2 Geylang Utd 0

Cat survelliance at my workplace today. A cat took position in silence, watching over at a potential intruder, who is actually answering the call of nature. The peeping went on for quite a while.

These two little fellas are the reason behind the survelliance operation.

A Saturday afternoon at Yishun

Now is the 7th Lunar month which is the Hungry Ghost festival month. Many chinese households, shops and businesses will perform rituals such as burning joss paper and provide food offerings to the ghosts/spirits in the other realm.

Our Indian friends also participated in burning joss paper though I'm pretty sure that they're doing it for their chinese towkay (boss).

Whether good economy or recession, the Singapore Pool is the undisputed place of HOPE for many Singaporeans and our foreign friends too.

Fitness Park with gym alike equipment located within the local housing estates.

Met her today and her owner say she is 12 years old. In terms of dog age (x7), she is 84 years old. Wow...grandmother already.

The community cats here live in harmony though they don't really mingle within themselves.

This one is the most friendly one among the lot in this area.

Camera shy or in meditation?

ROARRRRRR....................

actually its a yawn.

He has a very pleasant personality. Very friendly.

If you're a potato lover, don't miss this shop called Potato Farmland in Yishun which sells all sorts of potato snacks.

They're located at Blk 239, Yishun Ring Road, #01-1152.

Check out their very cool website at the following link:

http://www.potatofarmland.com/home.php