22 July 2026
Three Seconds the Driver Counted Out
Last night's service — doors open, nobody rushing, three extra seconds held.
A PERSONAL BLOG · SINGAPORE · BUKIT BATOK
THIS WEEK'S SMALL LIST
A week's worth of small things, counted out from Bukit Batok — kopitiam orders, park steps, market queues, corridor pots, and one bus driver who waited three seconds longer than required.
I write from Blk 347 Bukit Batok Street 34 about ordinary tallies: how many cups before the toast arrives, how many steps on a weekday morning, how a queue reorders itself when nobody argues. Nothing polished. Just one person noting what the day leaves in plain sight before the kettle switches off.
ChuaCrime is not a news site or a brand. It is where I put observations that would otherwise slip — teh halia at a Gombak kopitiam, plants watered along a shared corridor, a receipt I never threw away. Six entries so far, including one main article I still do not fully understand. If you live near Bukit Batok or the west, you may recognise the streets. If you do not, I hope the counting translates anyway.
THE MAIN ARTICLE · BLOCK 248
One Receipt Still in My Pocket
Waiting at the carpark behind Block 248 — a sound, a queue shifting, a receipt I should have discarded. A May evening I remember without fully understanding. No details. Only noise reaching across the tile and the weight of an incomplete list.
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About Nurul
I count small things — cups, steps, pots along a corridor — and write them down before the week moves on. Bukit Batok is where the list starts.
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Five posts and one main article — Gombak teh halia, nature park steps, West market queue, corridor plants, a patient bus driver. Written in first person, rooted in the west. Start anywhere.
8 June 2026
Six Pots the Corridor Keeps Between Us
Neighbours water in rotation; the line of green marks the shared hours.
19 April 2026
Five People and a Queue That Sorted Itself
The line moved without announcement — everyone suddenly in the right order.
3 March 2026
Fourteen Steps I Count Every Tuesday
Weekday morning on the granite steps — same count, same breath.
14 January 2026
Two Cups Before the Toast Lands
Teh halia first, kaya toast second — the order the table never planned.