Another private housing estate with a narrow road and round of grouses about parking.
Again, rubbish bins, wooden crates, flower pots, cones, chains and chairs are used to reserve or protect parking space.
This time, it's MacPherson Road residents.
They face the same problem as residents at Florence Close, off Upper Serangoon Road. Residents there also placed objects to prevent the nightly influx of motorists from blocking their driveways. The estate is near a popular eating spot on the main road.
The MacPherson terrace houses are located on a small side road along Macpherson Road, opposite the industrial area at Kallang Pudding Road.
But would you describe their behaviour as "kiasu?"
Yes, said Mr Wong Sing Yuen, 57, a part-time taxi driver who called The New Paper hotline to complain.
"It's selfish for the residents to put out rubbish bins and flower pots to reserve the parking space," he said.
"It is a public road. How can the residents reserve the space for themselves? Why can't they park inside their own compound?"
Of course, it is illegal for him to park there during the daytime.
There is a single yellow line drawn along one side of the road, which means no parking from 7am to 7pm, except on Sundays and public holidays.
Those parking along a single continuous yellow line outside the allowed hours can be fined. The fine is $70 for light vehicles and $100 for heavy vehicles.
But that has not stopped people from parking there illegally.
Even some residents do it.
One resident, a 44-year-old deliveryman who gave his name only as Mr Tan, said he used to park his car inside his own compound.
"But there are people who come to the coffee shop or bank nearby who park outside our gate," he said in Mandarin.
"The road is very narrow, and it is dangerous when I have to reverse out. Sometimes if there is a lorry parked outside, it is impossible to move my car out."
So, he decided to leave his car outside.
He also puts out flower pots and cones to deter others from parking there and to reserve a spot for his car.
He claimed that people working across the road regularly leave their cars on this road to save on parking fees.
"They are the ones who are selfish, and force us to do this," he said.
"If the road can be widened and season parking lots drawn, I wouldn't mind paying for one. It would be safer and at least I will have a place to park when I come home."
Another resident, a 52-year-old jeweller who wanted to be known only as Mr Lau, said he had spent $7,000 six years ago to demolish a wall and move his gate so that he could park his car in his own porch.
Mr Lau added when he moved in 10 years ago, he also had to put out cones to deter others from parking outside his house and to reserve a space for himself.
"It is ugly and makes our neighbourhood look unsightly, but we really have little choice," he said.
Mr Lau said he had initially been elated when the single yellow line were drawn about two years ago.
"I thought the parking problem would be solved, but it wasn't.
"That's why my neighbours have to continue to put out objects to block motorists who want to park here."
Another resident, who declined to be named, said that while her daughter parks her car inside their compound, they too put out objects to prevent cars from parking outside "as a safety measure".
