{"id":16019,"date":"2025-12-02T03:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16019"},"modified":"2025-12-02T03:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:19:51","slug":"spore-based-filipino-man-gets-tattoo-of-ya-kun-kaya-toast-logo-before-moving-back-to-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16019","title":{"rendered":"S&#8217;pore-Based Filipino Man Gets Tattoo Of Ya Kun Kaya Toast Logo Before Moving Back To Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>No part of this story can be reproduced without permission from 8days.sg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some may say Singapore&#8217;s icons are Gardens by the Bay or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/entertainment\/local\/tourist-disappointed-merlion-statue-842711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merlion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For John Paul Penuliar, 30, it&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/eatanddrink\/newsandreviews\/kaya-butter-toast-price-increase-824981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ya Kun Kaya Toast<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Filipino man who&#8217;s been working in Singapore for three years loves the local coffee chain so much, he decided to get a tattoo of the Ya Kun logo on his arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The chemical engineer at Procter &amp; Gamble is heading back to the Philippines this month, but not before showing his fresh ink to his colleagues, and shared their reactions in a now-viral Instagram video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, most of them were in disbelief or in shock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One colleague even tried to rub it off, insisting it was temporary. No such luck, peeps. It is the real deal.<\/p>\n<p>8days.sg reached out to John, who told\u00a0us he initially toyed with the idea of having chicken rice or even the Merlion tattooed, but he finally settled on the Ya Kun logo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really go to Ya Kun about thrice a week. It can be for breakfast, a coffee break, or even lunch. And that includes weekend,\u201d he mused.<\/p>\n<p>However, John tells 8days.sg he hasn\u2019t flashed his tattoo for a free <em>kopi<\/em>\u2026 yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the auntie at Ya Kun Metropolis gave me a treat when we told her it was my last day in office,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what his family would back in Philippines think about it, John admits they would \u201cprobably think I\u2019m crazy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now that I think about it, my folks will just see it as some nice Chinese characters,\u201d John added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  { if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n   n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n   if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n   n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n   t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n   s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n   'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '686778738188379');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/entertainment\/local\/filipino-man-gets-ya-kun-logo-tattoo-850911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No part of this story can be reproduced without permission from 8days.sg. Some may say Singapore&#8217;s icons are Gardens by the Bay or the Merlion&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}