Short Visit to TCE Tackles

I had some time to visit TCE Tackle the other day and I found some pretty good cheap jigs that are worth a try. To find out how to get to TCE Tackles, visit my other post here. Address and guide to TCE Tackles can be found there.

With tackle shops like Hock Ann sports, Five Dots closing down, it is graet that we have TCE Tackles and the recently rebranded Surecatch's Catchbay at 30 Ubi Road.

I've always been a fan of affordable and effective goods. When I saw some of the Bakau range of jigs, I had no doubt that these will likely have a high chance to be effective especially at some of our light jigging areas like Pekan and Rompin. Here's some pictures of the jigs that I found interesting.

This jig was a little similar to the Ima gune. Flat profile!

Does this remind you of the sevenseas hooker anathan?

reminds me of technic GT jack

Another interesting profile design

Baku range of jigs

Other than that, TCE Tackles sell a range of other brands like Ajiking, Tomman, Banax, Xpuyu etc. Seasoned anglers will remember the Lemax and St Croix brand as well. It's one of the tackle shops that are located in the west so if any west side anglers need a quick shop for essential items like sinkers, this is the place to go to!

Manila Finale: Slum Visit and Mabini Shrine

The last leg of my free and easy Manila trip was probably the best one as I enjoyed the simple home cooked food and light hearted company. I had the experience of living life the humble filipino way and found out that no matter how bad times were, there was always hot delicious food going round everyone's tables (or rather houses)! But put your typical Singaporean here and I swear they would run far far away. A slum is a slum afterall and the living conditions were not what normal Singaporeans would be used to. Toilets were considered holes in the ground, shelters were built right beside smelly drains and roofs were just zinc plates joined together.


the slum living room where all families from different houses would come together and share a common TV!

Into slums we go

 

We had a short visit to Mabini shrine after Taal Volcano and the ladies picked some wild cranberries... I had fun writing my name and website on the Mabini shrine guest list!

Free entry!

raw cranberries are sour but refreshing

This particular slum had a slipper "Factory" which was a low tech slipper production line. I had some good educational insights on how the business was run and this was extremely interesting for me.

They worked hard here which was a good thing!

Levis showing me around the production line

The next morning was a different story as we visited the markets along the slum area for some supplies. We got ourselves some eggs, chicken wing wings (yes the wing wing's!), fish and some noodles. We were going to have a home cooked meal that day and everyone was invited! I also got a chance to try a favourite pinoy snack - Hot Pandesals! They were around $0.10 SGD and looked awfully plain but tasted like pinoy heaven! I couldn't believe that after filling myself with at least 10 buns, it was a mere $1 SGD. It costs much more in Singapore to be satisfyingly full!

a sweet potato snack!



Get your hot pandesals!

the pandesal up close!

talk about bird flu man...

dried mango, beef ribs stew and fried fish! not forgetting my favourite chilli padi!

fried chicken wings wings and necks! extremely tasty!

awesome decent bee hoon!

When we got to the slums, I was a little shocked that drinking water had to be bought in the form of jerry cans! Apparently, these were considered luxury and my nanay's family had invested in the water and a fridge. The business? Chilled water sold by 1.5 litre bottles and ice cubes in plastic bags! Dozens of houses and neighbours all relied on this little fridge for this privelege often taken for granted back in Singapore. This put humble thoughts in my big head and Singaporeans have to see the world before we complain about trivial things.

little girl knows her job. of course i helped her too later on.

wire drums as seats?