Social Learning

### **Pickleball Sunset Mixer! 🏓🎉** An evening of dinks, drinks (after maybe), and your shot at pickleball glory. *** **📍 Location:** 317 Outram Rd, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium, Singapore 169075 🕖 **Time:** **5PM - 7PM** 💵 **Cost:** $22 per person ($5 paddle rental if you don’t have your own trusty weapon). **Early bird rate ($16 excl paddle if you confirm five days with payment before the event)** To lock in your spot and avoid the dreaded FOMO, hit up the payment link below: 📲 **Early Price: [https://hitpay.link/ktvgob](https://hitpay.link/ktvgob)** 📲 **Normal Price: [https://hitpay.link/6yznqy](https://hitpay.link/6yznqy)** ✅ **Spots are only confirmed when payment is in.** If you usually pay cash, no worries, just continue with that. ⚠️ **Cancellation Policy:** Please give at least 24 hours’ notice for cancellations to receive a refund. No refunds for no‑shows or cancellations within 24 hours, unless the whole event is rained out. ### What’s the Plan? We’re going Round Robin style, which is just a nice way of saying you’ll keep playing and meeting new people until your arms fall off. #### 🎮 What’s the Game Plan? Here’s how the courts are split: 🎾 **1 Beginner Court** (*For newcomers or those preferring a relaxed pace*) * Learning court lines, scoring, and basic rules. * Can sustain short rallies and demonstrate basic strokes but still working on consistency. 🏅 **1 Intermediate Court** * Solid consistency, mid-pace rallies * Shot placement is improving, but still work-in-progress * Great for those ready to level up 🏆 **Official Tournament Balls:** All games will be played using **Franklin X-40 tournament balls** for consistency and a high-quality playing experience. **Paddle Queue System:** To keep things fair, players will place their paddles in line in box to indicate their turn in the respective court. **Rules of the Game**: * **Switch It Up**: After every match, you’ll get a new partner and new opponents. * **Scoring**: First to 15 points, rally style (no need to keep track of who’s serving—so much simpler lah). * **Timing**: Each match is capped at 15 minutes, so don’t peng san trying to win. * **Be Nice**: Keep it friendly—this isn’t the SEA Games, okay? *** ### **Why You’ll Love It:** * Play with a variety of kakis and test your skills. * End the day with new friends and maybe a snack after. *** **What to Bring:** * Your paddle (or rent one—we’re not judging). * Water bottle—don’t faint halfway * Your best “aiyah nvm” attitude when the ball goes sideways. 🔔 **Friendly Reminder:** Pickleball is a social and physical activity, please be mindful of your own safety and physical limits. Participation is at your own risk. Stay hydrated, warm up properly, and don’t paiseh to rest if you need to. 💪 🎟️ RSVP Now – Spaces Are Limited!

Join us for our Social Squash Sessions Happening every Saturday evening 6pm to 10pm. Suitable for Beginners to Squash Regulars. Each session is $15 for pay per play. You can also enquire about being a member when you arrive We Use meetup.com to advertise the sessions and our members us a private whatsapp group to register. So should you be the only one signing up, you may still see packed courts We have 4 glass courts for booking. We are limited to 20 pax over the 4 hour session. Do whatsapp the organizer at 9006 0909@trevor to get a faster reply and confirmatio of your bookings.

**LEARN MANDARIN WITH US** **和我们一起学华语/普通话** Come and join us every Saturday afternoon and learn some useful Mandarin from proficient speakers in a friendly and casual atmosphere. Besides learning the language, you will also get to make new friends from all around the world. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate and advanced learner, we welcome you. The meetup starts at 4 pm. We will try our best to arrange seating at this time so that each group has expert Mandarin speakers. If you come later than 4.10 pm we cannot guarantee ideal seating. Seating priorities will be given to those who signed up. **欢迎会说华语/普通话的朋友** 我们非常欢迎会说华语/普通话的朋友来参加我们这个华语/普通话练习小组，帮助来自世界各地的朋友学习华语/普通话。 *** GETTING THERE Take Downtown (blue) Line or Circle (yellow) Line to Promenade MRT. Take Exit C at Promenade MRT, and go up to level 3. LOCATING US INSIDE THE FOOD COURT Look for a round tables section near the wall of the food court away from the stalls. You can drop the Event Host a message if you are lost. NO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES We welcome anyone who is keen to learn a language or help others learn the language. However, this is NOT the platform for individuals who have other intentions, such as recruiting members for their business or organization or selling products or services. We will not hesitate to ask such individuals to stop attending our meetups.

**Football, fun, and new friends await! Join us for a friendly 5v5 match at Cage Kallang. let’s make it a game to remember with awesome people and good vibes!** 🔥 New in town or just visiting? Come unwind with a friendly 5v5 game—easygoing vibes, cool evening breeze, and a great way to meet people and enjoy the beautiful game. There will be an official host will facilitate the game to ensure safety and rotate teams if applicable. Please note: \- Be on time to ensure game starts promptly\. \- Teams will be formed and play will begin\. Normal rules apply\. \- Where there is a third team\, a series of rotating games lasting 10 minutes will be played. As always, keep games safe and friendly: watch the tackles, avoid sliding, and exhibit great sportsmanship! **\*\*Please note that RSVP on this event doesn't mean you've successfully booked the game. Contact us via WhatsApp +65 88144810 for more details.\*\***

Step up, try Pickleball. Pickleball is a growing sport in the world, named the fastest growing sport in the US for the past 2 years. Up to 6 pax per class. ### **Booking Information** * Please contact **98225900** to find out how to book this class. * The instructor will reach out to you once you've booked the class ### **Cancellation Policy** Credits will be considered used if class is cancelled within 24 hours before the start of the lesson

**Looking for some friendly, fun 11 v 11 football action? All are welcome.** A Referee and official Host/s will be there to facilitate and ensure safety. Please note: \- Be on time to ensure game starts promptly\. \- Bring a DARK \(black or navy\) and WHITE jersey to facilitate team splitting\. \- Following a short safety briefing from the official host\, 2 teams \(maximum 3 subs\) will be formed and play will begin\. Normal rules apply\. \- Occasionally\, just one team will be formed\, and will play against an external social team with a compatible skill level\. As always, keep games safe and friendly: watch the tackles, avoid sliding, and exhibit great sportsmanship! **\*\*Please note that RSVP on this event doesn't mean you've successfully booked the game. Contact us via WhatsApp +65 88144810 for more details.\*\***

What if a tennis class became the easiest way to meet new people? **The Best Group** combines structured, level-based tennis group classes with an optional social matching experience. Here's how it works: 🎾 Join a tennis group class with players of a similar level 🤝 Having joined a class, you can choose to be matched with **three other people you've never met before** for dinner. The difference? **Everyone at the table will already have completed a tennis group class with The Best Group.** Instead of meeting complete strangers with nothing in common, everyone shares the same experience, making conversations feel far more natural from the very beginning. Think of it as a Timeleft-style social experience—but with a built-in shared connection before you ever sit down for dinner. **Join the waitlist for early access:** [https://thebestgroup.base44.app/](https://thebestgroup.base44.app/)

***Payment with NAME & EVENT DATE in reference Confirms spot*** D&R is turning 1! 🎂🎉🥳 To thank YOU who made this happen, we are having launching our ANNIVERSARY SALE! All games in April 2026 will be at a special member price at $16 per game (U.P. $20). Just for this month, you can sign up for a FREE membership and enjoy this rate. This rate will only be available for members after this promo period! It’s our signature Sunday Social again and if you’ve been to one already, you know I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s the most popping pickleball social. Music, good games, good people - vibe is the best word for it. Here’s the low-down: ⸻ 📅 Every Sunday! 🕔 Time: 5.30pm-7.30pm 📍 Venue: Racket Jungle 26A Dempsey 💰 Fee: $16 (member)/$20 (non-member) 💬 RSVP to join – PAYMENT CONFIRMS SPOT! ⸻ 👟 What to Expect: • 🏟️ 3 courts, rotating casual play - 1 Beginner Court, 1 Novice/Mixed Court, 2 Intermediate Courts • 🎯 Rally Scoring to 15, win by 2, sudden death at 17-17 • 🏓 Paddle Queue System - so everyone gets game time! • 🎧 Weekly Curated Playlist • 🟡 Tournament-grade Franklin X40 balls • 🏓 Paddle rental available at $5 • 📸 Golden Hour photo ops - smile! :) ⸻ 🗓️ Programme: 5.15pm-5.30pm: Briefing for First Timers on Rules & Rally Scoring System 5.30pm-6.00pm: 1 Beginner Court, 1 Novice Court, 2 Intermediate Courts (separate queues) 6.00pm-6.30pm: 1 Beginner/Novice Court, 3 Intermediate Courts (separate queues) 6.30pm-7.30pm: 4 Open Courts (stack of 4s - place in same stack as your friend to play together) ⸻ 💡 Cancellation & Refund Policy: • Free cancellation up to 36h before event starts, but slots are confirmed only upon payment • Tickets are transferable but non-refundable unless filled by a waitlisted player • In case of inclement weather, a full refund will be provided ⸻ 📸 Photos & Videos: We’ll be capturing moments throughout the night for Drop & Reset’s social channels. By attending, you agree to possibly being featured — but if you’d prefer not to be, let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate. ⸻ Let’s bringing social back to pickleball socials. Together. Let’s Drop & Reset. 🔄🏓 Disclaimer: Don’t let those who say “retiree sport” joke fool you - pickleball is still a physical activity that involves a lot of fast movements and can get pretty intense. Please be in appropriate attire & shoes and play at your own pace. By joining this event, you acknowledge that you are physically able to take part and accept all responsibility for any injuries or discomfort that may occur.

**Come, let me show you the magic why my meetups always have such good turn out…** **From Clarke Quay MRT, we’ll walk the quiet path to one of the oldest temple in Singapore. There, you can test out if you can feel any divine intervention 💫🤩 if not, let’s walk some more - all the way to another famous temple in Raffles Place - where miracles can happen 🥳🧧It is believed the Yue Lao here connects the right dots to the right person, so come prepared with your list of criteria, for life always has its way to show you - never say never! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🤗** **Now, this is a slow walk, chit chat, get sweaty, wait for one another to pray, walk some more, talk some more, pray some more, walk walk walk again, then finally eat something meetup session.** **Come with an open heart, mind, soul, and free spirit plus the following:** * **Umbrella** * **Shades** * **Good walking shoes** * **Tissue paper** * **Fan** * **Water** **No pressure** **No judgement** **No networking** **No sales** **No work** **No insult to religion** **Just a good day where I’m pretty sure you’ve never had before, heh… just come and make things better! 🌤️🌈😁**

Step up, try Pickleball. Pickleball is a growing sport in the world, named the fastest growing sport in the US for the past 2 years. Up to 6 pax per class. ### **Booking Information** * Please contact **98225900** to find out how to book this class. * The instructor will reach out to you once you've booked the class ### **Cancellation Policy** Credits will be considered used if class is cancelled within 24 hours before the start of the lesson

Join us for our social squash sessions every sunday 1pm to 4pm ( 3 hours) 4pm to 7pm ( 3 hours) We have 4 glass courts and each court has an allowance up to 20 players each time rallying and sparring with each other Each session is $15 for pay to play. you may enquire about membership when there. We use meetup.com to advertise and our regulars use a private whatapp group to coordinate and sign up. So do not be discouraged if you see only yourself signing up for the event. There will be people! To sign up and have a speedier reply, do contact the organizer Trevor@9006 0909. Cheers

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

If you enjoy knitting, crocheting, working with yarn, this is the group for you. Meet new friends, bring your projects, learn from others.
We normally meet a few times a month during the week from 6-8pm. We will occasionally meet on weekends during daytime hours.

Most people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on. That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable. In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork. This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it. We’ll cover: * Why “it looks good” is not enough * How to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraints * How to compare LLM outputs more systematically * Basic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulness * How embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate results * Where automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loop By the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

Want to learn pickleball in a fun, low-pressure setting? I’m hosting a free beginner-friendly meetup at Olentangy Parklands to help new players learn the basics and get comfortable on the court. I’m a pretty skilled player and will walk everyone through the essentials, including rules, scoring, serving, basic strategy, and how to start playing real games. No experience needed. We’ll meet on the upper courts. Bring a pickleball paddle if you have one. If not, no problem, I’ll have some extras available for people to use. This event is meant for beginners and anyone curious about trying pickleball for the first time. Come ready to move, learn, and have fun.

**The idea for this group is to build a community where men can gather together and build connections & learn and grow from each other.** How we start each meeting is by each of us checking in with our "roses and thorns" aka what are the good things and the bad things going on in your life recently? Then we will go into a topic discussion. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS** \*\*THERE WILL BE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR NO-SHOWS. IF YOU RSVP TO A MEETING AND FAIL TO SHOW UP WITHOUT NOTICE, YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE GROUP. THIS IS TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE GROUP\*\* 1. Confidentiality - EVERYTHING that is shared NEVER leaves this space so that this space remains safe and sacred. There is a zero tolerance policy for this. If a man is in violation of this, they will be permanently removed from the group. 2. Non-Judgement - we respect and honor every man’s truth so that we may receive the same from others. While we may not agree on everything, we commit to respecting every man’s perspectives and engaging in honorable discussion with one another. 3. Be committed - honor your commitment to this group and to yourself. If you attend a meeting, please commit yourself fully to the meeting. Also be committed to your own journey. When we fail, we own it & clean it up. 4. Speak from the heart - this is NOT a space to “look good”, have the “right” answers, and have it all together. Relax and know you are not alone. Be exactly who you are within the safety of this space. 5. Be supportive - This means always willing to provide encouragement to your fellow men, encourage action and momentum in each other’s lives.. Be willing to challenge each other. Be willing to hold each other accountable. 6. Participation - what you receive from this community will be a reflection of what you put into it. Period. We ask that you share your perspectives, reflect on others, and give/receive support when and where it’s needed.

Whether you're a big baseball fan or not, you might like the social twist we put on a Clippers game! $5.00 Fridays: Select small beers are $5! They also have your favorite hard seltzers and wine. **PREGAME**: Meet at ***Barley's Brewing on 467 N High Street***, just a few blocks east of the ballpark. **HAPPY HOUR** is 4-7pm with pregame specials and $4 pints! *At 7pm, we'll walk from Barleys to Huntington Field.* **TICKETS**: $10.00 at gate, purchase **STANDING ROOM ONLY**. **MEETUP**: We'll be near the Right Field bar stools/picnic tables. **RAIN?** Unless it's a thunderstorm or heavy rain, they play. We have a nearby plan B, indoors at Grandview Yard, if raining. **PARKING**: The garages near Nationwide will be busy with concert goers. *Find space in lots next to the ballpark (along W Nationwide Blvd) and near Crew Stadium. Short walk.* SRO (standing room only). These are the cheapest seats to purchase. WE WILL NOT BE STANDING much at all. The areas we land on have bar stools or picnic tables. There are also plenty of "lean on" along the first and third base line. Play ball!

You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.