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Scare-on Lim 林家丰

@ehronlime.bsky.social
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He/him. Makes tabletop games ehronlime.itch.io. Shouts about tabletop playtesting (Playtest Zero!) every other week. World's 2nd foremost expert in being Aaron Lim.

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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
In the past 10 years I’ve turned into some sort of
Wrapper for a corn snack named “Uncle Being”
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Tried the gepuk chee cheong fun at Honey in the Rock. It’s pretty tasty but I wouldn’t have called it gepuk anything. Fried chicken was still killer though, and mangosteen sorbet was a nice refreshing way to end the meal.
Plate with waxed paper for gepuk chee cheong fun.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
fuck right off sawano go to your room
Track titled "CAR"D"US" from The Sorcery of Nymph Circe soundtrack
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Open wide, Playtest Zero is back next week! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 22 October from 6 pm (PT) / 9 pm (ET) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
Sign at a dentist's chair saying "Please open your mouth wide like this" with a photoshopped image of a cat opening its mouth really wide.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It's time to test some foreign objects, Playtest Zero is back next week! For our SEA-friendly session, join us next Tuesday, 20 October at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
Poster saying "Please throw toilet paper in the wastebasket" and "Swallowing foreign objects makes the toilet crazy"
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m back in the Playtest mines today at PAX Aus with more Get In The Dungeon, Losers!
It’s me at my playtesting table for Get In The Dungeon Losers!Playtesting Get In The Dungeon, Losers! at PAX Aus Collaboratory Friday 9 Oct and Saturday 10 Oct at 10 am and 2 pm.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What’s up losers, I’m set up at Table 9 of PAX Collaboratory (right at the butt end of the tabletop hall) to playtest Get In The Dungeon, Losers!
It’s me at my table to playtest Get In The Dungeon, Losers!Playtesting Get In The Dungeon, Losers! at PAX Collaboratory Friday Oct 9 and Saturday Oct 10, 10 am and 2 pm both days
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Had a market potato cake at lunch and a HSP for supper should have had an Aussie pizza and a dim sim and I would have been Aussiemaxxing today
Container for a Halal Snack Pack
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love to have a Laid Penis tower that does splash damage (game is Towers of Babble, a word game that's also a tower defense game? It's a bit like Scribblenauts but words and letters... Scrabblenauts)
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Starting off Melbourne International Gams Week right by having a Reuben sandwich and inmediately taking a 3 hour nap
Tray for a Reuben sandwich.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Forgot to actually shout that I’ll be playtesting Get In The Dungeon, Losers! at PAX Aus Collaboratory this weekend - 10 am and 2 pm on Friday 9 Oct and Saturday 10 Oct.
Poster for Collaboratory playtest sessions of Get In The Dungeon, Losers! On Friday 9Oct and Saturday 10 Oct at 10 am and 2 pm both days at PAX Aus.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I've only prepped ol Doraemon for the playtest, and couldn't even find space to fit in all the other Artifact ideas I had, but this should be enough to get playing. Also trying out something for the Dungeon sheet.Info sheet for the Archmage Aemondor the Azure, from Get In The Dungeon, Losers!
Info sheet for the Archmage Aemondor the Azure, from Get In The Dungeon, Losers!A blank Dungeon sheet, from Get In The Dungeon, Losers!
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And here are the Devourer (Laios DunMeshi), The Greenstalker (weedlordvegeta69), Arcanist (maxing out crafting skills), and Thoughtshaper (i'm ALSO an empath, you know)
Character sheet for The Devourer GrifterCharacter sheet for The Greenstalker CursebreakerCharacter sheet for The Arcanist Street ToughCharacter sheet for The Thoughtshaper Merchant
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also made some pregens for the playtest. Here are the Ironbound (chain bastard), Faded (Mall ninja Frodo), Whisper (i'm an empath, you know), and Channeler (just a series of tubes tbh).
Character sheet for The Ironbound BurglarCharacter sheet for The Faded HunterCharacter sheet for The Whisper BodyguardCharacter sheet for The Channeler Former Apprentice
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Made a nice update to the summary sheet and play materials for Get In The Dungeon, Losers! in preparation for playtesting at PAX Aus this weekend. This is my adventuregame of lousy dungeon delvers working for horrible Archmage bosses a la Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser or your creatures in MtG.
How to Play summary for Get In The Dungeon, Losers!Rules for Tracks & Encounters, and Creating Your Loser for Get In The Dungeon, Losers!Rules for Capacities and Death, and Usefulness for Get In The Dungeon, Losers!Rules for Advancement in Get In The Dungeon, Losers!
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s this guy
Reconstructed representation for anomalocaris.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Volume 2
Cover for Band or Horses, Volume 2Band or Horses? Same as Volume 1

You get a list of names and guess whether they are rock bands or racehorses.

Since this is the Australian Language Edition, they're limited to either horses that have raced in the Melbourne Cup -OR- bands/acts (not all of them ar actually "rock" bands, sorry that's music) that have been on the Triple-J Hot 100

3 rounds, no peeking at the answers, let's go!

Round 1: ZZ Stop. What's with all these Zs. Names are: Sheraz, Meduza, Razkalla, Zipping, Frenzal Rhomb, Torranzino, Zabeelionaire, and Zardozi.
Bonus Game: Ban on (Bands of) Horses.

You are a group of talking (and singing) horses who have decided to form a band and pursue a career in music. Now you've booked a lucrative gig at a swanky bar at the top floor of a skyscraper in the big city. It pays well, and you get the feeling it might lead to more great gigs later.

Unfortunately, when you arrive at the building in the afternoon to get set up, you notice a big poster that says NO HORSES ALLOWED. Apparently rival gangs of horses started a big fight two nights ago at the building, and the building owners have now hired a whole bunch of Security Goons to prevent any horses from entering the building. You will need to reach the top floor of this building without them finding out that you are a HORSE. Choose a Disguise from the list.

As you enter the building and attempt to ascend to the top, a Goon Manager (GM) will pit the Security Goons against you, placing Hurdles in your way to try and uncover your Disguises.Disguises: HR Manager, Uncle, Mechanic, Accountant, Nurse.
HORSE Skills: H is for Hiding. O is for Obstructing. R is for Rocking Out. S is for Sneaking. E is for Ejecting (Kicking Someone or Something Out Of The Nearest Window)
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
game design
•	H is for Hiding
•	O is for Observing
•	R is for Rocking
•	S is for Sneaking
•	E is for Ejecting
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New in Get In The Dungeon, Losers! - You finish up character creation by figuring out how many times you've already died working for your Archmage
Excerpt from Get in the Dungeon, Losers draft character creation - 
"11. Roll a d6 to determine how many times you’ve already died while working for this Archmage. Roll that many times on the Archmage’s death Anomalies.
12. Every character starts with Usefulness of 3 out of a possible 12. This will be explained further in the section on Usefulness."
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me getting ready to go to PAX Aus next weekend: Prints by @byjolyn (breadlosers)
Prints saying “my poor financial decisions and I are so happy together” and “my red flag is once I want something I will own it in 3-5 business days”.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
they did btw
Photo of my 8-year Anniversary Dao shirt
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Beware of mimics, the real Playtest Zero is back next week! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 8 October from 6 pm (PT) / 9 pm (ET) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
Royal Dansk biscuit tin that has been turned into a craft mimic with a fabric tongue and sewing pins.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Get your sewing tins ready, Playtest Zero is back next week! For our SEA-friendly session, join us next Tuesday, 6 October at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
Image of a Royal Dansk biscuit tin with a d20 roll table where 1 indicates its contents are a Mimic, 20 gets you Cookies, and 2-19 gets you Sewing gear
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jeannie spotted this bag in Daiso. A great mantra.
Bag that says “I want to see your smiling face. Today is a good day to have a great day.”
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you need another way to say “soup”
Heading on a menu for the soup section, saying “Thesaurus Entree”
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doing a pass on Dungeon Losers before the Collaboratory playtest and changed “Braving Risk” to “Overwork” to make it more obvious you’re just trying to do a shitty job.
2-7: Due to your lack of commitment to your work, you fail at your Objective and must suffer the consequences. The DM chooses the lower value die and uses all dice of that value to inflict a cost or consequence based on the established Risk. 

You may instead choose to Overwork. If you do so, the DM takes the higher value die to inflict consequences instead. After that, you can then take any lower dice of the same value to determine how well you achieve part of your Objective despite the consequences.8+:  You do the minimum work needed to succeed at your Objective while avoiding the consequences. You choose the lower value die and use all dice of its value to determine how well you achieve your Objective. 

You may instead choose to Overwork. If you do so, you take the higher value die to achieve your Objective. After that, the DM can then take any lower dice of the same value to inflict a cost or consequence based on established Risk.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m constantly thinking about this sign.
Sign for Uyghur Laguna’s where the owner’s son left very funny comments in English.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Malaysia Mentioned image of Yui from K-On wearing a Petronas cap, holding a Mamee Monster and a Roti Bakar flavoured Hausboom
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Storygames PJ+KL meetup today! We have 5 tables going, consisting of 23 participants and facilitators running Follow, Fedora Noir, Revolt!, A Perfect Rock, and The Mind of Margaret.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yeah I’m here to pick up my load of laundry, aka
Packet of Unbleached Muffin Wraps.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey leashed hounds still need their hands to look fabulous at the controls.
Signboard for No. 621 Nails Bar
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Last meal in Melbourne for this trip - bun rieu cua and the special banh cuon set at Ngon Banh Cuon. I would love to find more good Vietnamese food places in PJ/KL cos I love this shit. Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon though.
Bowl for bun rieu cua and plate for banh cuon.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stealing Jeannie’s photo since I was too busy looking at comics. I’ve missed having the best comic book store nearby! All Star Comics will always be my favourite :)
A lovely comic book shop with red and black shelves filled with comics.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reuben bagel and hotcakes at Spring Gully cafe. Really nice place and the hotcakes were excellent! The Reuben bagel was nice, but I still would prefer it on rye - it was a bit messy as a bagel.
Plates for a Reuben bagel and hotcakes.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Smashed several platters of injera and assorted Ethiopian dishes at The Abyssinian and had a great catch up with old friends. What I miss most about Melbourne.
Platters for Ethiopian food.Platters for Ethiopian food.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can read it in the lines, Playtest Zero is back next week! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 24 September from 6 pm (PT) / 9 pm (ET) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
Shopping basket with two items - a book on palmistry, and a fake severed hand.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Calling all champions of game design, Playtest Zero is back next week! For our SEA-friendly session, join us next Tuesday, 22 September at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
Sign for seaside activities (jetski, parasailing etc) with the title "Beat Yourself Like A Champion"
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Quick check in on the selection of indie RPGs at Mind Games - noticed some from @seaexcursion.itch.io @adambell.games @curiouscat.bsky.social @moreblueberries.bsky.social @paulczege.bsky.social @comemartin.bsky.social @majcher.bsky.social @goblinmixtape.bsky.social @deepdark.games and more
Selection of indie RPGs zines, including Tail End Charlie, Home, Twenty Four Game Poems, Death of the Author, Mothership, My Brain is a Stick of Butter, and I’m sorry did you say street magic.Selection of indie RPG zines including Two Summers, The Balsam Lake Unmurders, and Rom Com Drama Bomb.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is it baby! Banh canh cua at Co Thu Quan still hits the spot (after shredding a quarter of a crab in there, it better), and we also had nice barramundi salad and scallop wrapped in egg omelette.
Bowl for Banh canh cua and plates for scallop omelette and barramundi salad and rice platter.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I thought we over-ordered but we made a great effort to clean up at NotDainty/Sichuan House. Still pretty great, and the mouth-watering chicken seems better now, though the fried eggplant this time was a bit disappointing.
Plates for Sichuan food.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First meal in Melbourne at 279 before crashing for a bit. Musubi were nice and flavourful and not too tightly packed together, but the highlight for me was the imo mochi (potato mochi) which had a really nice bouncy texture and great sauce.
Plates for musubi and imo mochi.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Quick stop in Changi and having the now customary bak chor mee before continuing one. The one dish I’ll give to Singapore.
Bowls for bak chor mee.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tried the shellfish shoyu and tan tan men at Enishi Ramen. Was pretty good! Nice noodle texture and delicate seafood broth and punchy tan tan men.
Bowls for shoyu ramen and tan tan men.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thomas don't miss, and not only because there's a paragraph that's just all our blorbos getting a little line ;) I love the honesty at the end here - there's a standout moment, but there's no clear win, no singular hero, no happily ever after - but the work continues, the program still runs.
Excerpt from the quoted article "You have to talk about Sacren, who inherited a family gun but died without it. Rictus ran the scorpion fights and took the fall for the missing ropes and candles that Toes and Mr. Sweet stole to try out some new, elaborate sexual maneuver. Klara was a cop, but she was also just a kid. Teak thought he was cursed, but he was just unlucky like everyone else born in these times. Shayna believed, walked away, and then believed again. Samryn was babygirl, and Ulna was very much not, and they were played by the same person, back to back. Aster thought she was the chosen of the Moon Goddess and died. Kettle loved tea and did not."
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Don't punch the wrong guy
Photo of David GuettaPhoto of Lee Mack
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
MTR onion rava dosa and vadai hell yeah baby
Plates for dosa and vadai
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We've prepared card decks, stickers and washi tape for people to use during the workshop, and we also have a bunch of other great solo journaling games by Asian designers to check out at the store.
Photo of several solo journaling games - What Should We Have Tomorrow?, The Strange Artefacts of Wisteria Hall, Whisk & Wonder, Beloved, The Magus, Camp Elementa, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the Universe, and Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's Solo September, and Play Play Asia is running a Solo Journaling Game Workshop this weekend, using What Should We Have Tomorrow? Unfortunately I won't be there this weekend, but you should give it a try and come check out the store too :) Sign ups here: forms.gle/xa8J9T4WHjzA...
Poster for Solo Journaling Game Workshop at Play Play Asia in GMBB KL this Saturay 12 September 2026, 2-5 pm, RM50 per person.Photo of the book for What Should We Have Tomorrow? along with some card decks, sticker sheets, and washi tape.
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Playtest Zero is back next week, if you even care! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 10 September from 6 pm (PT) / 9 pm (ET) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
A urinal, with a laminated sign of animated Lex Luthor next to it saying "Yes! I care"
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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Playtest Zero is back next week, and lasts not that long actually! For our SEA-friendly session, join us next Tuesday, 8 September at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
Signboards for Kok Leck Auto Electrical Services, and Amaron - Lasts Long, Really Long.
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