Home Team @ Khatib

I've never come here before. 

Not once, ever.

Heck, until I rang their hotline, I didn't even know this building existed this part of town.

But we have an effective department commandeered for queries like mine, and I'm glad to have been told that there were three of such clubhouses around the island- one in Bukit Batok, one in Balestier, and one in Khatib near Yishun.

To collect the little booklet I could go to any of the three. 

So I decided on Khatib. 

It seemed the most convenient. 

The Home Team Clubhouse @ Khatib is near the MRT line, near the MRT station, and a two-minute walk from the nearest bus stop. 

But because I hadn't taken the bus up to this part of Yishun in years, the Type A that is me decided to rely on Google Maps- just to be sure. 

We got the little booklet quite easily (the staff (who came out from behind some random door, by the way) and he seemed to know just what I had come here for. 

If that was the easy part, then the hard part- I have to say- was finding out just exactly where said staff were. 

See, the Home Team Club doesn't have a reception counter. 

Maybe once upon a time they might have had, but most of their facilities now work on a pre-registration online style so there's no need for anyone to greet you or take down your name or anything of that sort anymore. 

There was no counter.

The lift directory didn't show anything.

So we asked the staff at this store for help. 

Which they did- directing us to some check-in thing at the corner where, we, after fumbling a bit with the tabs, found the "Help" button and clicked on it. 

The staff came out not long after that.

There're really quite a number of facilities here in the club. 

On the ground floor there's a children's climbing playground that looks really fun. 

On the opposite side of the little road, outside the main building, there's some sort of pond where you can do a bit of sea sports, and then, at the back there's a full sized swimming pool complete with water play and splash pools for the younger ones. 

There's a Burger King, a cafe and a Saizeriya somewhere in the building. 

Then on the upper floors there're a couple of enrichment centers for children, like reading enrichment, something like that. 

We didnt' hang around on those floors much- there were groups of parents milling around and I didn't want to impose on the children and the crowds. 

So up to the (quieter) fifth floor we went, where from one side I got an excellent view of the greenery with the housing board flats opposite, and on the other side I got to peek into the members-only club, and a colorful-looking izakaya. 

Its' not a super fanciful place, this club house, but it's airy, there's a lot of space, there's a lot of rooms, and it's very open to the public- just about anyone can walk in. 

Perhaps the real charm of this place however is the fact that it's welcoming, non-imposing, spacious and so heartlander that just about anyone will feel comfortable to come.