{"id":89033,"date":"2026-09-30T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89033"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:24:00","slug":"actor-thomas-ong-moves-into-a-38-sqm-hdb-flat-and-says-its-the-happiest-thing-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89033","title":{"rendered":"Actor Thomas Ong moves into a 38 sqm HDB flat and says it&#8217;s &#8216;the happiest thing&#8217; this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A large TV is mounted against the wood-panelled wall, while books, ceramics and other knick-knacks add character to the space.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ong, who refers to himself as \u201cLao Wang\u201d on social media, 38 sqm (409 sqft) \u2013 almost half the size of a typical three-room flat \u2013 really is as compact as it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe moment I step through the door, two steps and I\u2019m in the bedroom; another two steps and I\u2019m in the kitchen; another two steps and I\u2019ve reached the toilet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere really isn\u2019t much space at home to move around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ong, however, sees that as a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>He said having less space \u201cforces\u201d him to get out more. When he\u2019s hungry, he heads to a nearby mall for food, though he occasionally cooks simple meals at home. When he wants some exercise, he goes for a workout or a walk.<\/p>\n<p>His home, he said, has become simply \u201ca place to return to, rest, relax and quieten down\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/thomas-ong-2-room-flexi-hdb-flat-downsize-6420111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large TV is mounted against the wood-panelled wall, while books, ceramics and other knick-knacks add character to the space. According to Ong, who refers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--RQxzs_ZT--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/09\/30\/thomas_ong_new_hdb_home.png?itok=hdm9xGWE","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3622,10863,10930,4286,3572,30834,21261,791],"class_list":["post-89033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-actor","tag-flat","tag-happiest","tag-hdb","tag-moves","tag-sqm","tag-thomas","tag-year","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89033","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=89033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}