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Was at KPO just now... fullhouse with F430s, Masers, Lambos at the carpark outside. Indeed a nice place to hang out 
Official BMW CLUB Drive to Singapore with Visit to F1 Paddock
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astroboy;450085 said:I went to 4 money changers, 3 in Jusco 1-U, 1 in Tesco Mutiara, ALL RUN OUT OF SGD$!!!!!!! *&^%$#@!!! :62:
Must be one of you that's from this area went and sapu all the SGD lio.. better own up! Who are u?!!
Looks like its going to be an economy trip for me..
If you need SG$ give me a call I'll get you to change here in JB & pass to u later.
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Hope everyone had a good time. Apologize couldn't meet up as I was actually in SG at that point of time. Came back on Friday night.
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It was a great and fun drive. Thanks to everyone, organizers and participants alike for making it a fun weekend. Special thanks to our President AlBundy who waited for me at Tuas checkpoint when I was delayed, otherwise I don't know which hotel I would have ended up at.. haha!
And for future reference, the toll at Tuas is SGD4.60 x2 (entry & exit), so you will need SGD9.20 on your Autopass for that, on top of any ERP or parking charges.
Will sift through my photos later.. and upload.
And for future reference, the toll at Tuas is SGD4.60 x2 (entry & exit), so you will need SGD9.20 on your Autopass for that, on top of any ERP or parking charges.
Will sift through my photos later.. and upload.
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I so tired! but great memories brought back from the trip! Great job to all!
To bad not all cars made it to S'pore as planned and not all cars made it out of S'pore as planned.. I guess these little hiccups are what make a road trip like this "interesting". Hope everyone made it back safely end of the day.. :top:
To bad not all cars made it to S'pore as planned and not all cars made it out of S'pore as planned..
I guess these little hiccups are what make a road trip like this "interesting". Hope everyone made it back safely end of the day.. :top:
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A very sincere THANKS to everyone who made this trip possible. Me and my wife had a great educational and fun time in Singapore and not forgetting everyone whom we got to know a little better. THANK YOU!
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Spaceman;450591 said:
Hey Spaceman, thanks for the delicious fish balls and otak-otak. Those hand made fish balls are definitely outer space stuff!!
For those travelling past Yong Peng, do stop by for the Yong Peng's famous Fish Ball Noodle own by our Spaceman, ask David Yong, BlackE90 and BeemerS3!
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ALBundy;450662 said:Hey Spaceman, thanks for the delicious fish balls and otak-otak. Those hand made fish balls are definitely outer space stuff!!
For those travelling past Yong Peng, do stop by for the Yong Peng's famous Fish Ball Noodle own by our Spaceman, ask David Yong, BlackE90 and BeemerS3!
Cheers
Mr President,
Ai yah, "tell-lah early-early" about Yong Peng's famous fish ball!
Thanks for the entire organisation of the Drive :top:
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for organizing such a wonderful trips. Although it was short, it is definitely memorable... Mr. President definitely did a fantastic job... Yes and of cos... Spaceman fish ball is good... it the best they got in YongPeng...
Thanks for organizing such a wonderful trips. Although it was short, it is definitely memorable... Mr. President definitely did a fantastic job... Yes and of cos... Spaceman fish ball is good... it the best they got in YongPeng...
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Photo editing is very tiring la. All my photos are taken in 10MP shots, now need to resize them to 640x480, very mafan..
About 500 shots were taken, less than 10% can pakai.. Luckily its not an analog camera, after sent for processing only to realise more than 400 shots tak boleh pakai..! Real pokai then..
The Hotel doesn't have many stars, but sure complete with everything except a spa, or did I missed it? The louge bar on the lobby floor is cool with live band. 7-Eleven opposite the street that sells 6-pax at SGD19.00.. Walking distance to Bugis MRT station, more importantly, it has car park and the car park even has a car elevator!
And guys, please don't buy the cheapo RM9.90 jumper cable, totally waste of time.. :wink:
The anti smoking law in S'pore is really awesome which we have difficulty finding places to smoke, we even realise there's anti water drinking law too, XXX's missy was almost kena fined for drinking water in S'pore.. :stupid:
My children already asking, "Daddy! when is the next trip?"
What Traveler mentioned above about the Tuas Toll and ERP charges remain a mystery. I topped up mine with SGD10 to SGD16.50 on the way out, but can pass with no problem. Traveler and Jerman got stuck despite having a higher Autopass balance than mine, and we pass through the same route in and out..
Traveler was charged SGD10 for ERP (SGD5 for each day of Sat and Mon).. plus SGD9.20 for Tuas Toll In/Out, so totaling SGD19.20, so both our friend got fined for SGD10 for having insufficient balance. XXX on the other hand is very loaded with his Autopass, he wasn't fined but same SGD19.20 was deducted from his Autopass. Now that makes me puzzle, why I can leave with SGD16.50 in the Autopass? Did they short deduct me and I risking a heavier fine the next time I visit them?
About 500 shots were taken, less than 10% can pakai..
Luckily its not an analog camera, after sent for processing only to realise more than 400 shots tak boleh pakai..! Real pokai then.. The Hotel doesn't have many stars, but sure complete with everything except a spa, or did I missed it? The louge bar on the lobby floor is cool with live band. 7-Eleven opposite the street that sells 6-pax at SGD19.00..
Walking distance to Bugis MRT station, more importantly, it has car park and the car park even has a car elevator! And guys, please don't buy the cheapo RM9.90 jumper cable, totally waste of time.. :wink:
The anti smoking law in S'pore is really awesome which we have difficulty finding places to smoke, we even realise there's anti water drinking law too, XXX's missy was almost kena fined for drinking water in S'pore..
:stupid:My children already asking, "Daddy! when is the next trip?"
What Traveler mentioned above about the Tuas Toll and ERP charges remain a mystery. I topped up mine with SGD10 to SGD16.50 on the way out, but can pass with no problem. Traveler and Jerman got stuck despite having a higher Autopass balance than mine, and we pass through the same route in and out..
Traveler was charged SGD10 for ERP (SGD5 for each day of Sat and Mon).. plus SGD9.20 for Tuas Toll In/Out, so totaling SGD19.20, so both our friend got fined for SGD10 for having insufficient balance. XXX on the other hand is very loaded with his Autopass, he wasn't fined but same SGD19.20 was deducted from his Autopass. Now that makes me puzzle, why I can leave with SGD16.50 in the Autopass? Did they short deduct me and I risking a heavier fine the next time I visit them?
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astroboy;450700 said:What Traveler mentioned above about the Tuas Toll and ERP charges remain a mystery. I topped up mine with SGD10 to SGD16.50 on the way out, but can pass with no problem. Traveler and Jerman got stuck despite having a higher Autopass balance than mine, and we pass through the same route in and out..
Traveler was charged SGD10 for ERP (SGD5 for each day of Sat and Mon).. plus SGD9.20 for Tuas Toll In/Out, so totaling SGD19.20, so both our friend got fined for SGD10 for having insufficient balance. XXX on the other hand is very loaded with his Autopass, he wasn't fined but same SGD19.20 was deducted from his Autopass. Now that makes me puzzle, why I can leave with SGD16.50 in the Autopass? Did they short deduct me and I risking a heavier fine the next time I visit them?
the SGD9.20 is tuas toll.
its SGD5 per day you actually pass the ERP gantry. so, if you did not pass any gantry, then you will not get charged at all. so, it depends on where you have been... last summer... ehehhe... i mean, the last 3 days... XXX and Jerman, plus some other notti boys went geylanging... to look for kok kok... :listen: orchard road also has erp charges most of the day... so, if kena that one then its SGD5 for that day.
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First of all, thanks to all of you that took part in this drive. You guys made it happened!
And of course I would also like to thank BMW Msia for sponsoring plenty of gifts that is easily worth more than RM5k in total, Singapore Tourism Board for the hospitality and Motorsport Channel.
The drive to and back from Singapore was smooth, and the highly anticipated traffic crawl on NSE didn't happened. The first group was flagged off at 830am sharp with the second group 15 minutes behind. If I recalled correctly, we were all at Pagoh R&R by 10am and spent a good 40 minutes there eating nasi lemak and started sharing stories already!
We then left for Gelang Patah at 1045am, again in 2 groups but a couple of cars from the second group defected to the first group, complaining of over-spirited driving:wink:
Again, we were ahead of schedule which was a good thing, and we spend more than an hour having our lunch at KFC. They definitely was not prepared for us, and it must have been awhile since they had such a big crowd in the restaurant.
At 1345pm, we headed for the TUAS checkpoint, it was smooth and purchasing the Autopass was a breeze, less than 3 minutes I checked. A couple of cars were stucked with the Immigration Officers, one because of pepper spray and the other due to an unopened cigarette box in the glove compartment. Want to guess how much was the fine?
By 330pm, most of us had reach the hotel. This is the first time I had taken a ride in a car lift and my kids enjoyed it immensely, even thought the queue to up there was like 20-25 minutes.
The cocktail reception hosted by STB and the hotel was great with free flow of alcohol and finger food. Some of our Machas formed an Indian Island at the poolside and they had to be escorted out, having too much free beer!:wink: 535i and Justin joined us at the cocktail party. The lucky ones that won the BMW Driver Training vouchers worth RM1700 were Traveller and Mrs Astroboy!!
At 7pm, about 28 of us had our dinner at Tepak Sireh in an area that is known as the Malay Cultural Village. We walked from the hotel via arab street and could see many muslim brethrens breaking fast at all the restaurants/stalls along the street.
In the evening, some went to Clarke Quay and some to Chinatown and driving around Singapore. As mentioned by Astroboy, the anti smoking law is really effective in Singapore. A pack of ciggies is SGD11.90, almost RM30 and you CAN'T just simply smoke anywhere as you wish. Even in the kopitiam near Eng Soon, smokers have to be contend with tables at the corridor without any fans!
To be continued...
And of course I would also like to thank BMW Msia for sponsoring plenty of gifts that is easily worth more than RM5k in total, Singapore Tourism Board for the hospitality and Motorsport Channel.
The drive to and back from Singapore was smooth, and the highly anticipated traffic crawl on NSE didn't happened. The first group was flagged off at 830am sharp with the second group 15 minutes behind. If I recalled correctly, we were all at Pagoh R&R by 10am and spent a good 40 minutes there eating nasi lemak and started sharing stories already!
We then left for Gelang Patah at 1045am, again in 2 groups but a couple of cars from the second group defected to the first group, complaining of over-spirited driving:wink:
Again, we were ahead of schedule which was a good thing, and we spend more than an hour having our lunch at KFC. They definitely was not prepared for us, and it must have been awhile since they had such a big crowd in the restaurant.
At 1345pm, we headed for the TUAS checkpoint, it was smooth and purchasing the Autopass was a breeze, less than 3 minutes I checked. A couple of cars were stucked with the Immigration Officers, one because of pepper spray and the other due to an unopened cigarette box in the glove compartment. Want to guess how much was the fine?
By 330pm, most of us had reach the hotel. This is the first time I had taken a ride in a car lift and my kids enjoyed it immensely, even thought the queue to up there was like 20-25 minutes.
The cocktail reception hosted by STB and the hotel was great with free flow of alcohol and finger food. Some of our Machas formed an Indian Island at the poolside and they had to be escorted out, having too much free beer!:wink: 535i and Justin joined us at the cocktail party. The lucky ones that won the BMW Driver Training vouchers worth RM1700 were Traveller and Mrs Astroboy!!
At 7pm, about 28 of us had our dinner at Tepak Sireh in an area that is known as the Malay Cultural Village. We walked from the hotel via arab street and could see many muslim brethrens breaking fast at all the restaurants/stalls along the street.
In the evening, some went to Clarke Quay and some to Chinatown and driving around Singapore. As mentioned by Astroboy, the anti smoking law is really effective in Singapore. A pack of ciggies is SGD11.90, almost RM30 and you CAN'T just simply smoke anywhere as you wish. Even in the kopitiam near Eng Soon, smokers have to be contend with tables at the corridor without any fans!
To be continued...
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