Humble Journeys Blog

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👉 Here’s an index of our adventures where you can browse by Singapore districts.

🎥 Follow our journey on YouTube for the full experience.

A journal of exploring Singapore with Alex—my awesomely autistic little adventurer who loves all things that move, from planes to trains to shuttle buses. 🚌

Our weekends are built around simple rides and small discoveries across Singapore neighborhoods, parks and everyday places, with time to play, wander, and just be together. 💞

I also plan to write books inspired by my son’s love of adventure; however, this space is currently dedicated to the real memories we’re making together.

Our Tampines Hub

🎥Watch a video about this trip on YouTube: 👩🏻‍💻 Search the adventures by Singapore District: Humble Journey Index After strolling around in Tampines Central Park, Alex and I headed over to Our Tampines Hub (OTH), which was located just across the road. From my quick internet research, it says OTH is an integrated community building with a variety of services available for residents, and currently the largest of its kind. From our visit there, the description seems accurat

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Tampines Central Park

🎥Watch a video about this trip on YouTube: 👩🏻‍💻 Search the adventures by Singapore District: Humble Journeys Index One weekend, Alex and I visited Tampines Central Park—a big, spacious park located right next to Our Tampines Hub—the biggest community hub I’ve ever seen in Singapore, which was our next destination after the park. The walk to the park itself was nice, as we got to see interesting neighborhood HDB gardens along the way. These homeowners decorated their front

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IKEA Shuttle & IKEA Tampines

🎥Watch a video about this trip on YouTube: 👩🏻‍💻 Search the adventures by Singapore District: Humble Journeys Index Alex and I continued our journey to the IKEA shuttle pickup point from Tampines Changkat Butterfly Garden. Along the way, we also explored Tampines Green Playground and Tampines Bike Maze. Eventually, we arrived at Tampines Mall, which was right next to Tampines MRT Station, and the shuttle pickup point was nearby. With all that walking, we were hungry and st

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Tampines Green Playground and Tampines Bike Maze

🎥Watch a short video about this trip on YouTube: 👩🏻‍💻 Search the adventures by Singapore District: Humble Journeys Index Alex and I continued our journey from Tampines Changkat Butterfly Garden to the pickup point for the IKEA Tampines shuttle, which was located right next to Tampines One shopping mall. It was a long walk, but we enjoyed it. The walking path ran along the overhead train tracks. The stretch was nestled between HDB blocks and had tracks for both pedestrians

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