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Hotel Indigo Katong Singapore

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Recently Ban and I went on a 4D 3N vacation in Singapore, just to relax and visit friends. This time, unlike previously, I restricted to only one social outing per day. Age catching up with me :D Ban naturally can't socialise much and so previous times he was just going along with my plans. I'm a member of IHG and I've been pleased with the stay at their various hotels so far and so usually I scout whether there's suitable hotel at our destination when we need one. My main criteria for Singapore trip is that it has to be within short walking distance of an MRT station so that I can arrange to meet friends anywhere near an MRT station. After checking locations and reviews, I settled on Hotel Indigo Katong Singapore. This time, I paid extra to include breakfast and the for free cancellation up to a few days (think it was two?) before the arrival date. These are the photos of the room: Clearly, they are going for the Peranakan theme. It really made this a unique experience...
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Best sleep

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Exercise. Shower. Chill by playing games or read on laptop for like 30-60 minutes while waiting for hair to full dry. Then nap for 30 minutes. This gives me the best sleep. Yes, even better than the night sleep usually. Unfortunately, it's only for 30 minutes. The effect is no different if I nap for longer, up to, say, 45 minutes. Closer to 1 hour, I'll feel a little worse, usually, unless I'm much more tired than usual or ill.
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Aura-farming in Baldur's Gate is hard when you're a halfling

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That's the title of the webnovel that Ban has recently completed. It's available on Webnovel. Here's the abstract: "  The player may want to kick butt and look cool in his new life in the Forgotten Relams, but how cna he when he's a wee widdle halfling? It's time to cheese the hell out of this system! This is a dramatization of an actual playthrough of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, meant to be used as a strategy guide for new players. Come and learn to cheese, uh, play the game yourself, then be your own hero! " Overall, I enjoyed reading it. There were some parts I glazed over the list of loot as I don't intend to play the game. I am pleasantly surprised by the range of emotions that I experienced from different scenes. Some were light hearted and downright funny while others were serious and heart-tugging.
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T-shirt blunder

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Ban wanted to give away a t-shirt but didn't know to whom. I suggested asking the 3 friends we would be meeting for lunch soon. So he asked them...all 3 at the same time 😁 Ban: Alamak, all 3 of them said yes.  Me: laughed I thought you would ask them one at a time. Ban: I took up your suggestion but did it the wrong way. I'll just tell them I messed up. Friend: Should we duel for it? Me: What type? Will you be bringing Zengetsu? Blue-eyes white dragon? Pikachu? Friend: Beyblade Me: 😂 I took a video and photo of the three of them 'fighting' over the t-shirt. As expected, they were chill about this situation and just quickly decided among themselves who would get it. 
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K-Star Hotel

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Just before Chinese New Year, as usual Ban's ex-high school mates organised a get-together in Melaka and this time it was for a game of pickle ball at 8 am. Usually, Ban couldn't join in because of the need to attend the New Year's eve reunion dinner with his family in PJ. However, due to fortunate timing (CNY being two days after a weekend), he could make it this time. I didn't want him to drive alone by himself and so I volunteered to accompany him. He had already googled and booked a room at K-Star Hotel, as it is the nearest hotel to the pickle ball venue. It turned out to be a budget hotel, with limited counter front desk service. Entrance to its small lobby was via a PIN keyed into a pad and another set of PIN for the room itself. It had two floors of rooms. No lifts, only stairs. To me, the most important features of any hotel is a clean room, with clean bathroom, comfortable bed and an environment that allows comfortable sleep. This hotel checked all of these. I...
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To graveyard

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Saw this on the back of a truck:  Translated as "Where are you going, getting so close? To the grave?" 
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