{"id":7892,"date":"2017-03-27T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T02:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2017-03-27T00:32:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T16:32:25","slug":"i-visited-tanglin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/27\/i-visited-tanglin\/","title":{"rendered":"I visited Tanglin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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15 March 2017 was the first fan meet of Tanglin the series. I was invited to come and yes of course I did want to see the set!<\/p>\n

We got a tour of the facilities in Infinite Studios where the whole set for the Tongs, Lims and Rahmans plus the cafe was at.<\/p>\n

The entrance led us to the kitchen where we met Belle (?) the actual chef for the show and also the writers. We traversed through a small corridor where it led to various rooms for the cast to change or rest and the wardrobe.<\/p>\n

After that we went on set!<\/p>\n

Finally I could see the small details of the show. You can just watch Tanglin on tv or Toggle if you want to see how it looks like usually.<\/p>\n

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The director was sitting outside with the soundman and the other crew, when we arrived it was near lunch time so they were working.<\/p>\n

Everyone had to be quiet when the cameras were rolling.<\/p>\n

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Lunch time and it was the end of the scene so we got to go into the cafe!<\/p>\n

There’s Jae Liew making a little appearance since she didn’t have a scene when we were there but was nice enough to say hi to the fans.<\/p>\n

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I commented that this was pretty much every day’s special on the show.<\/p>\n

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Charlie Goh came by to say hi too, he managed to stick around for a bit for pictures (it was after all lunch time for them and they have such packed schedules!).<\/p>\n

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The side of the cafe you don’t see where the extra chairs are stacked up.<\/p>\n

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The Halal cert says it’s at 367 Tanglin Road. It doesn’t exist of course.<\/p>\n

The road exists but not 367.<\/p>\n

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However, their name card says they are at 50 Jalan Saga Merah!<\/p>\n

The road exists too but the building doesn’t exists. Either way, HMMMM we’ll never know the ‘true’ address of Tanglin Coffeehouse.<\/p>\n

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We got to taste the actual rainbow cake that’s usually served in the cafe. It’s pretty sweet with a buttery cream.<\/p>\n

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And the actual mee siam that’s always in the series!<\/p>\n

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This is the set with some actual mee siam too but it wasn’t really for eating. More for their own acting.<\/p>\n

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We moved on up the stairs where there’s another working set which was the Tong’s living quarters.<\/p>\n

Here’s a balloon light if they needed more light into their main living room.<\/p>\n

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If you paused (on toggle) you might glimpse around the Tong’s house but upclose, I realized the set people really just spammed a lot of boxes of board games for colour.<\/p>\n

I mean, who leaves your games with the pieces outside like that? It’s not practical but it makes the set pretty and ‘busy’ looking.<\/p>\n

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Outside their window is another ‘house’ but I don’t think there’s an actual second floor over there except for those windows and little chair.<\/p>\n

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Then we moved on to the Rahman’s house.<\/p>\n

Will we ever see Nadiah back again from Hong Kong or KL? I don’t know where she is but she was supposedly married and never came back… ever…………..<\/p>\n

They could have actually gotten the other characters to mention that she called them or something but no.<\/p>\n

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Norleena and Sulaiman’s room. There’s a cute teddy bear caught in the midst of running.<\/p>\n

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Ok we got to go around and this one\u00c2\u00a0is Melissa Lim’s room. It was the most colourful of all the sets.<\/p>\n

But let’s face it, it’s just colourful to make it look lived in but not really cause it’s all new looking.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the whole tour and fan meet was super fun. The writers talked and we learned fun facts about the set, how the filming was done by the people.<\/p>\n

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Was I in #autanglin or #tanglinch5? In any case I came by to eat their cake and mee siam.<\/a><\/p>\n

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