Seeing that we’re still within the 15 days of the Lunar New Year, let me first start off by saying “Gong Xi Fa Cai!” Yes, indeed it’s the festive period yet again, and since the first few days of this Chinese holiday have led to a long weekend, it was only natural to put together…
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Good Morning 2024: Cars & Kopi New Year’s Day
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? And I’m not just talking about the time since our last meeting, but practically the entire year of 2023! It didn’t seem that long when I was penning my thoughts at the beginning of 2023 as we embarked on a year celebrating 75 years of Stuttgart’s finest. While…
A decade of dreams: CARS & KOPI Autumn/Winter 2023.
Can you believe it? It’s been a little over ten years since we initially gathered, like-minded friends, coming together over cars and kopi. Back then, I doubt we could have imagined that our modest breakfast catch-up sessions would not only persist for over a decade but also organically grow to such an unimaginable scale. And…
FRIENDS, KOPI and an Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5
Not gonna lie, while I really love our not-so-regular Cars & Kopi meets, running around the carpark does get rather physical and I did miss being able to simply kick back and have coffee with like-minded friends. So, a few days after our usual meet, that’s exactly where I found myself. It’s funny how it…
Red, white, everything in between and a Koeniggsegg: CARS & KOPI National Day 2023.
The one that wasn’t planned. No, really! With National Day falling smack dab in the middle of the week, I reckoned it wasn’t that great a day to have a meet. But with the number of DMs and messages I received, quite a number of people thought otherwise. So after a short ponder, I decided,…
Hot days, Cool cars: CARS & KOPI Summer 2023.
I’m quite sure, dear reader, that except for a few brief respites, our local weather has recently been at its most unrelenting. Yes, Singapore’s ‘Summer’ season is here, bringing with it the hottest day on record, with temperatures maxing out at 37 degrees Celsius just over a month ago. There are, of course, upsides to…
The power of dreams: A morning with Auto Icons
With the Summertime edition of Cars & Kopi wrapped up a day ago with little time left for me to sift through and edit the numerous photos taken, I figure it’d be a good time to showcase a lovely morning meet our friends over at Auto Icons held just a couple of weeks ago. The…
No need to labour: Mayday Classics 2023.
Having been involved with putting together local car meets for an unbelievable 10 years, it is still always refreshing to attend events organised by others as it generally means two things. One, I get to enjoy the show with little to worry about, and two, I get to bring Hazel down too! While some have…
Joy of machines: CARS & KOPI Spring 2023.
Another quarter, another meeting. 2023 seems to be flying by pretty quickly, don’t you think? While COVID is still lurking around in the shadows, for most of us, life as we know it seems to be going back to normal—whatever “normal” may be, of course. For myself, this has inevitably meant more days back in…
Class of 2022: CARS & KOPI Winter 2022.
Now that the festivities, feasting and revelry have more or less concluded, I figured it’s time to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a blessed 2023. What a year 2022 was, from the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, the resumption of leisure travel and the return to a sense of normalcy for many of us….
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