18 July 2026
The Fruit Stall Lesson on Row Three
Choosing mangoes the way my neighbour taught me — by weight, not colour.
A personal blog · Singapore · Choa Chu Kang
I write small true things from Street 51 and the corners of this neighbourhood: morning kopi, corridor plants, bus-stop kindness, market runs. Nothing polished for an audience. Just pages kept open while the light is good.
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On 26 May 2026, around 8.55pm, I was finishing dinner near Block 248 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 2 when sirens changed the air. I still do not know what happened — only what I heard from a shared table, and how the block looked afterward.
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Five recent pieces — morning walks, market runs, small rituals. Each one a handed story from an ordinary week.
18 July 2026
Choosing mangoes the way my neighbour taught me — by weight, not colour.
12 July 2026
A shared pot of basil that belongs to no single flat.
5 July 2026
A small kindness at the Street 51 bus stop I almost missed.
28 June 2026
Bikes, birds, and open sky on a morning walk I take when the week feels too narrow.
14 June 2026
Steam, chatter, and kopi at the coffeeshop before the day fully arrives.