Avid readers may recall my good buddy KF the muscleman whom we … erm … did one time publicly admire each other’s bodies (pretty much like what girls do to each other I guess?) and did our little not-what-you-think kind of home videos. Cynthia granted me a last minute night visa so … Boys Night Out it was!
For reasons that will become apparent to you as you read on, the muscleman has agreed to meet me at Toa Payoh. My impression of that little old town of Singapore has always been … old and I was pleasantly surprised when I got off the train. This little old town looks so modern! KF proudly told me that his hometown, Toa Payoh, has everything one can think of, except a bowling alley. As I was ‘touring’ the bus terminal, KF proudly informed me that Toa Payoh has the Singapore’s first air-conditioned bus terminal and some of the design flaws it has as compare to the one at AMK such as the placement of shops and so on. I was nodding my head as though I have an idea of what a bus terminal is like (seriously I have yet to try one of those air-conditioned bus terminal). I felt like I was the PM touring the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. That was crazy, so much to absorb.
Another crazy thing was that I felt like I was walking around with a super hero. Gosh, those bulging muscles! I swear those aunties and young girls were all so checking my super hero friend out. Tsk tsk tsk … now I am so inspired to do some serious work out … ha ha ha …
The roasted meat was great, the dessert was great too! KF took me to a park where he often takes his kid to feed the fish … OK, that sounds wrong. I mean they both love to feed the fish with breadcrumbs. What a loving father he is! And there we were, two of us, seeing the sunset at the charming little town of Toa Payoh … hmmm … anyway, I quickly took out my phone and snapped a picture (see above) and headed to …
The main reason of my visit was to check out the flat panel TVs. KF has been in this mission of trying to help me to decide on a TV for years. As I was looking up and down and up and down on two of the major brands, I still could not make up my mind. And I gave up …
8.25pm and we both rushed into the Crystal Jade bread shop. KF wanted to get a particular bread that his son loves (again … what a loving father!). The night discount of 20%+ starts at 8.30pm every evening. I said to KF that we were still early. He replied, “We should start queuing up now. The whole community will be here soon!”
True enough, there were quite a number of people queuing up at the counter but not paying. It was actually quite a scene. The cashier looked elsewhere pretending that the customers were not around. The queuing customers looked elsewhere pretending that there was a virtual queue in front of them. When the clock struck 8.30pm, the cashier started to count the bread and the queuing customers snapped to life. Suddenly, the shop was so full of people grabbing all that they could see on the shelves.
I may not have decided on which TV to buy. But certainly tonight was an interesting night out.
7 replies on “Boys Night Out … At Toa Payoh”
Heh I did that once too!
It’s 50% after a certain time (9pm I think) and it’s great when you want to buy a birthday cake for the next day. Can save you alot of money!!!
I also looking for a TV. I depend on your review ah, I’m lazy to check them out. I’m not interested in electronics.
Toa Payoh was my hometown too. There are some really good food haunts. I go there on Sunday mornings for my fix sometimes.
G – Actually, for birthday cakes or any large cakes, they have a deeper discount (like 40%) after 8.30pm I think.
I wonder if Breaktalk has the same policy … hmmm.
ECL – Ayoh … wait for my TV review could take ages. The best way forward as I said to all my friends is to fix the budget and find one that pleases your own eyes most with the sources that you usually view upon (e.g. normal TV signal, or DVD, or High Definition). In today’s market, the quality is pretty much tied to the price.
haha… seems that your sis who has been in Singapore for 9.5 months (oh… time really flies!) is ‘better’ than you in this aspect. 😛
I went to Toa Payoh for one time and ate the HK style dessert there! hehe… There is also a famous ‘bao’ and fried stuff shop. I had one special fried stuff with steamed egg inside! VERY yummy!! :D~~~~~
oh… the air-con bus terminal in AMK is part of my life already… 🙂
For the TV, I think you would like to check with Benny. We have nearly gone and compared the prices and quality of the LCD TVs among the shops in the every corner of Singapore (hahah…) already! Samsung is still our top choice in mind. We are looking at HD ready… either R or S series! Last week when we went to BEST, there was a special offer for 40”… save S$1000! … but we are targeting at 37”. 🙂
……… Can’t believe that it is me who can talk about all the technical stuff of a TV! HAHAHA… 😀
Lora – Oh, I think my friend did bring me to eat the HK style dessert there. I had “goat stick gold dew” (direct translation) and … perhaps I shall try something else next time 🙂
Ya, been talking with Benny on the TV. Your boyfriend no good. Tempt me to buy the most expensive available. Tell him that my dream Plasma TV is the 50″ Pioneer full HD Kuro selling at a discount price of …
… S$15,000.
He wants to chip in?
hahaha… 😀