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 […]

Read more "Joy of machines: CARS & KOPI Spring 2023."

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. […]

Read more "Class of 2022: CARS & KOPI Winter 2022."

It was bound to happen, after being blessed with lovely weather for the numerous meet-ups for the last few sessions, the skies finally opened up and emptied themselves over Dempsey Hill on the morning of our third meet of the year, Not that it was entirely unexpected though, considering it had been raining every other […]

Read more "Oktober-rain. Cars & Kopi Autumn 2022."

Well, this was an unexpected one. With a long weekend over the country, my initial plans to sleep in seemed well and indeed thwarted after a couple of friends egged me on to call for a meet on our little public holiday. Figuring that putting the word out at such late notice might result in […]

Read more "Summertime madness. Cars & Kopi Summer 2022."

Is it really happening? Are we really towards the tail end of the pandemic? While we really hope that is the case, what has definitely happened for us in Singapore is the relaxation of rules pertaining to casual meets and with limits of group sizes no longer a concern, it seemed like a good time […]

Read more "A long time coming. Cars & Kopi Spring 2022."

With so many pictures taken during the meet, there’s always bound to be those that didn’t quite make it into the writeup, so here they are in no particular order.

Read more "The cutting room floor. Cars & Kopi Spring 2020."

Hello 2020! It didn’t seem that long ago when we last had our Cars & Kopi meet and with this gathering coinciding with the local Chinese New Year long weekend, I honestly didn’t expect much of a crowd figuring most people will be busy with their family visitations. Boy was I wrong. It turned out […]

Read more "A new decade. Cars & Kopi Spring 2020."

After a short hiatus of about half a year, it seemed like a pretty good time to have another one of our auto-otaku gatherings. It’s been a rather interesting year for the local automotive enthusiasts with several events held throughout the year, a reason why I was initially hesitant to have another Cars & Kopi […]

Read more "A Superb ///Morning. Cars & Kopi Autumn 2019"