Legacy · 2008 to today

Nick Tung: building brands in Singapore since 2008.

Name: From flea markets to AI, in 53 seconds. Nick Tung, 2008 to today
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Six brands before AI: events, flea markets, pop-up retail, arcade rentals.

Freemansland registered with ACRA on 20 February 2008

Below is every dated artefact I still hold, in order, each with its date, its source and what it proves.

2008

Building brands in Singapore since

ACRA: Freemansland, sole proprietorship, 20 Feb 2008

brands before AI, every one on this wall

Freemansland, Flea Titan, Hooked On Flea, Pop Lab Asia, ShoutSG, Kaisheng Concepts

3,400

Facebook responses for one 2009 market

Facebook event page, Flea Titans II, shown as 3.4K

270

vendors at one 2009 market

Facebook event listing, Flea Titans II, June 2009

The film · 2008 to today

From flea markets to AI, in 53 seconds.

My own photos and my own voice, the dated artefacts from this wall, and three labelled recreations. The recreated scenes (House at Dempsey Road in 2009, the Kuala Lumpur rooftop pool in 2010, the Marina Bay skyline) are made with Seedance 2.5, an AI video model, and each one says so on screen.

Film, October 2026Voice recorded April and May 2026English captions available

Start here · the strongest proof

The original Flea Titan, 2009.

A crowd between clothing racks under the tent at Flea Titan III, House at Dempsey Road, September 2009 — Flea Titan III, House at Dempsey Road, September 2009
10,000 visitors over the weekend, as the organiser published it at the time.
Organiser-reported, official site 2009. Photo: Nick’s official event album, posted 4 Oct 2009, watermarked House, Freemansland, Don’t Panic

Facebook event details for Revenge Of The Titans, Flea Titans II: 3.4K people responded, event by Nicholas Kaisheng Tung, 7 Mount Sophia Road, number of vendors 270 — 3,400 responses. Event by Nicholas Kaisheng Tung
Flea Titans II, June 2009: the one event page where I am the named host.
Facebook event page, 27 to 28 Jun 2009, shown as 3.4K

Who came after

Flea Titan’s first market: April 2009. Invade’s flea brand, For Flea Sake, started in 2010. Its founder later told Vulcan Post: ‘We collaborated with Flea Titan and leveraged on them.’

Kent Teo, founder of Invade, in Vulcan Post, 27 February 2018.

Dated from both sides’ own records. Nothing added

See the ownership evidence Jump to 2009 on the wall

The evidence wall · chronological

Facebook event pages dated by Facebook. Videos with their publish dates. Flyers as visitors reposted them. Wayback Machine captures with the capture date printed on the frame. Registry records. My own photos. Where a figure was reported by the organiser, the card says organiser-reported, because the organiser was me.

2007

1 artefact

Two pairs of white Nike high-tops on a speckled terrazzo floor, a Nike Blazer with black laces and a Nike trainer with a velcro strap, photographed for Nick's resale blog in December 2007

1 to 2 Dec 2007Blog post

A resale blog: sneakers, Levi's and iPods

Nick's own resale blog, signed KAISHENG and posted as STREET FASHION*: three posts on the evening of 1 December 2007 by the blog's clock, 2 December in Singapore. Sneakers and shirts, then Levi's (“LEVIS' SERIES JEANS MUST GO!”), then iPods on pre-order. Every item has a code, a retail price and a selling price; this is the photo for K01, a Nike Blazer at $99 against $139 retail. Filed under Freemansland, the nearest tag: the blog does not name it, but LinkedIn records Freemansland starting in January 2007, the same year. Source: tungkaisheng.blogspot.com, Dec 2007, named here, not linked.

Freemansland

2008

8 artefacts

Freemansland, before the fleas. Registered February 2008, it ran band and club events for a year before the first flea market.

Facebook past-events entry: Friday 4 January 2008, Get Back to School Party for peeeeppsss, Clubskin at Red Dot Museum

4 Jan 2008Nick's Facebook events list

Get Back to School Party, Clubskin @ Red Dot Museum

An entry from Nick's own Facebook events list: Friday 4 January 2008, at CLUBSKIN@REDDOTMUSEUM. Nick confirms it was a Freemansland event (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026).

Freemansland

5 Jul 2008Nick's Facebook events list

5th Month Anniversary of Freemansland

An entry on the past-events list of Nick's own Facebook account, Saturday 5 July 2008. The event is named for Freemansland, registered that February.

Freemansland

Facebook event page for BIG BANG at Zouk, Saturday 13 September 2008, 736 people responded, EPI-STAGE Music Academy presents the Band Privilege Card launch

13 Sep 2008Facebook event page

BIG BANG at Zouk, the Band Privilege Card launch

736 people responded. The event description names the Band Privilege Card launch, which Nick's own album titles as Freemansland's.

Freemansland

2008, album posted 22 Mar 2009Nick's photo

Freemansland's Band Privilege Card Launch

The title card from Nick's own 2008 to 2009 album, naming the launch as Freemansland's.

Freemansland

2008, album posted 22 Mar 2009Nick's photo

On stage at Big Bang

A Freemansland-watermarked concert photo from the launch. The brand was running live events a year before Flea Titan.

Freemansland

In the photo: a performer in a red cap and red shorts pointing from the stage, an Audio Sponsor banner and a drum kit behind him.

13 Sep 2008Flickr upload

On stage at Big Bang, by Benjamin.C

An independent photographer's set, titled Big Bang Band Privilege Card Launch, taken 13 September 2008 at Zouk and uploaded to Flickr the next day. The photo is Benjamin.C's, all rights reserved, so it is linked here, not copied.

See the photo on Flickr

Freemansland

In the photo: three young guests wearing event passes on lanyards, on the night of Big Bang.

13 Sep 2008Flickr upload

Guests with passes at Zouk, by Benjamin.C

See the photo on Flickr

Freemansland

“Freemansland (a supporter of local music scene) is organising another music event”

1 Dec 2008Blog post

The Crossroads at Zouk

A Singapore music blog, 1 December 2008, the day of the event: The Crossroads at Zouk, tickets at S$20 with a house pour, Band Privilege Cards and goodie bags for the early arrivals. Linked here, not copied.

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Freemansland

2009

19 artefacts

S$30 a day or S$50 for both days, a DJ, a shuttle every 15 minutes. Host: Don't Panic Singapore x Freemansland. Posted to the sgflea LiveJournal community under the name kaisheng.

14 Mar 2009Community forum post

Flea Titan I vendor call

The first edition was being sold to vendors four weeks out, under Nick's name.

Flea Titan

Facebook past-events entry: Saturday 21 March 2009, Exclusivity at Firestation hillsidegastrobar, 283 responded

21 Mar 2009Nick's Facebook events list

Exclusivity @ Firestation hillsidegastrobar

283 people responded. An entry from Nick's own Facebook events list, Saturday 21 March 2009, three weeks before Flea Titan I. Nick confirms it was a Freemansland event (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026).

Freemansland

Apr 2009Nick's photo

Flea Titan I official flyer, front

The brand's own artwork, from Nick's album. Flyer illustration and design: Sheryo, illustromaniac.com. Her portfolio post of 4 August 2009 credits the work “Flea Titan for Don't Panic Media”, and Revenge of the Titans the same way.

See the illustrator's post

Flea Titan

11 to 12 Apr 2009Facebook event page

The Flea Titan @ Mount Sophia

2.8K people responded. Date and venue as recorded by Facebook on Nick's own event page. A blog post of 10 April 2009, the day before, reposts the Facebook invitation: “the team at Don’t Panic Singapore and Freemansland are proud to present”, with “over 150 stalls” from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the organisers' figure. Linked here, not copied.

Read the repost

Flea Titan

Apr 2009Nick's photo

At Trinity, 7 Mount Sophia

Nick on site at the first edition. The only Freemansland-watermarked photo recovered.

Flea Titan

230 vendors planned, Ben Sherman goodie bags for the first 100, a Vespa exhibition, two shuttle buses. “Past turnout was averagely 3500 for 2 days.” Posted under the name kaisheng.

23 May 2009Community forum post

Flea Titan II vendor call

The organiser's own figures, in writing, before the event. Organiser-reported.

Flea Titan

16 Jun 2009Flickr upload

Flea Titan II flyer, Revenge of the Titans

Printed on the artwork: brought to you by Don't Panic and Freemansland, 270 stalls, Ben Sherman and Vespa. On Flickr since 16 June 2009, eleven days before the event, and reposted on love-epidemic.blogspot.com.

Flea Titan

Revenge of the Titans party at Butter Factory flyer: 23 Jun 09, Tuesday 10pm to 3am, RNB, hip-hop, electro, $25 with one drink, brought to you by Don't Panic and Freemansland, sponsored by Ben Sherman, supported by Vespa

Party set for 23 Jun 2009Flickr upload

Revenge of the Titans party @ Butter Factory flyer

The launch party's own flyer: 23 June 2009, 10pm to 3am, S$25 with one drink, brought to you by Don't Panic and Freemansland. Posted on Flickr in 2012 by its illustrator, Sheryo. The party was postponed on the day for H1N1.

Flea Titan

Facebook event details for the Titans Party at The Butter Factory, One Fullerton, 1.4K people responded, with Nick's 23 June 2009 post postponing it because of H1N1

23 Jun 2009Facebook event page

Titans Party, The Butter Factory

1.4K people responded, and Nick's own post postponing the party for H1N1, dated 23 June 2009.

Flea Titan

27 to 28 Jun 2009Facebook event page

Revenge Of The Titans, Flea Titans II

3.4K people responded. 270 vendors. Event by Nicholas Kaisheng Tung, the one page where Nick is the named host. A blog post of 18 June 2009, nine days out, carries the listing: “Organized by: Freemansland X Don't Panic(Singapore)”, “Sponsored by: Ben Sherman”, “Supported by: Vespa”, “Number of vendors:270”. Linked here, not copied.

Read the listing

Flea Titan

17 Jul 2009Nick's Facebook events list

Don't Party!

705 people responded. An entry from Nick's own Facebook events list, Friday 17 July 2009, three weeks after Flea Titan II. Nick confirms it was a Freemansland event (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026).

Freemansland

Video: Wilson Choo, 2009Watch on the story page

29 Jul 2009YouTube

Revenge Of The Titans, the event video

Crowd, stalls and vendor vox-pops at 7 Mount Sophia. The official event video, listed on the 2009 gallery page.

Flea Titan

House at Dempsey, 20 to 21 September. Four shuttle buses from beside Lido. Areas 1 and 2 air-conditioned, 3 to 6 not. Goodie bags for the first 200 booths.

4 Aug 2009Community forum post

Flea Titan III vendor call

The third edition, sold six weeks out, with the site plan already split into zones.

Flea Titan

Sep 2009Blog repost

Flea Titan 3 flyer, Calling for Vendors

Printed on the artwork: Freemansland x Don't Panic Singapore present Flea Titan III at House, 20 and 21 September 2009, billed as over 500 vendors and “also the last”. Reposted on a stallholder's blog in September 2009, before the event. Illustrated by Sheryo.

Flea Titan

4 Oct 2009 uploadNick's photo

Flea Titan III @ House, Dempsey Road

The brand name, the venue and the three partner logos in one frame. From Nick's official event album, posted 4 October 2009, every frame watermarked House, Freemansland, Don't Panic.

Flea Titan

Video: Wilson Choo, 2009Watch on the story page

21 Oct 2009YouTube

Flea Titan III, the event video

House at Dempsey, the 10,000-visitor weekend (organiser-reported). Organised by Freemansland and Don't Panic, per the video description.

Flea Titan

24 Oct 2009 captureWayback Machine capture

Past Events and Crowd Turnout, official site

The Past Events page of the official site, freemansland.com/fleatitan, captured 24 October 2009. Crowd Turnout, per day: Flea Titan I, 2,000 and 1,200; Flea Titan II, 3,000 and 1,500; Flea Titan III, 8,000 and 2,000, the 10,000 weekend at Dempsey. Organiser-reported, as published on the official site. Shot 16 Oct 2026.

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Flea Titan

Youth Park, 26 November 2009. Booths at S$65. Registration through freemansland.com. The post links the Flea Titan III video.

28 Oct 2009Community forum post

FreshARTproject x Hooked On Flea, launch

Hooked On Flea began in November 2009, straight after the third Flea Titan.

Hooked On Flea

Archived 2009 Flea Titan microsite with the update: Do you want Flea Titans back? Click here to vote

24 Dec 2009 captureWayback Machine capture

The 2009 microsite, freemansland.com/fleatitan

The hand-built official site, with the 28 Sep 2009 update asking whether to bring Flea Titans back. Its About Us page, captured the same day as this home page, ends under the heading “Brand Ownership”: “Freemansland & Don't Panic (Singapore)”. Its Sponsors & Partnerships page, captured 25 Jan 2010, lists two: “Wing Tai Asia Private Limited” and “Vespa”. Nav images not served by the archive today.

See the capture

Flea Titan

2010

25 artefacts

2010: sold my Flea Titan stake (February), launched POPMRKT in Kuala Lumpur (March to April), ran my last Flea Titan, Flea Titan V at 5 Mount Sophia (June), ran ShoutSG markets (July to September), revived Hooked On Flea (December). I was 20 when I sold my stake.

“i just sold away all my shares in flea titan”

11 Feb 2010Nick's Facebook post

The exit

Nick's own post, the day he sold his personal stake, twelve months after the idea. He ran one more edition after it, Flea Titan V at 5 Mount Sophia on 26 June 2010, his last. The Flea Titan brand itself was sold to a buyer in June 2010, by Nick's own statement, and Flea Titan V was the last edition under Freemansland. The 2014 editions under the name are not his.

Flea Titan

12 Feb 2010 captureWayback Machine capture

Flea Titan IV announced on fleatitan.com

Singapore Flyer Sky Deck, 2 to 3 January 2010, 3pm to 9pm, free admission, three shuttle buses from City Hall. Billed at the time as the last Flea Titan. A fifth followed: Flea Titan V, 26 June 2010.

Flea Titan

“why is everyone emailing me to ask them to teach them how to organize a flea?”

24 Feb 2010Nick's Facebook post

Two weeks after the exit

His own words at the time. Quoted verbatim, nothing more claimed.

Flea Titan

POPMRKT Shop Pool Party flyer: Metropolitan Square commercial rooftop pool, Kuala Lumpur, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 April 2010, supported by Malaysia GP Sale and Tourism Malaysia, 10,000 plus square feet of retail

9 Mar 2010Nick's Facebook post

POPMRKT Shop Pool Party, Kuala Lumpur

POPMRKT Shop Pool Party, Metropolitan Square rooftop pool, Kuala Lumpur, 10 to 11 April 2010, produced by Pop Lab Asia with Malaysia GP Sale and Tourism Malaysia. Nick's post, 9 March 2010. Pop-up retail taken across the border: a 10,000 sq ft rooftop market in KL, co-founded by Nick. The size is the flyer's own claim.

Pop Lab Asia

9 Mar 2010Nick's Facebook post

The Pop Lab Asia mark

The brand mark and domain, poplabasia.com, as posted by Nick on 9 March 2010.

Pop Lab Asia

“Sign up for hooked on flea #3! 5th June at New Scape Building ( Street and Art Market ), new venue, new location.”

5 Jun 2010X post

Hooked On Flea #3 at the New Scape Building

Hooked On Flea's X account, 24 May 2010, twelve days out. Two days earlier it had named the venue: “Hooked On Flea #3 at New Scape Building.” On 4 June it said booths were still open for the next day. The posts announce the date; Nick confirms Hooked On Flea #3 was his (owner statement, 18 Oct 2026). Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Hooked On Flea

“its the last event hosted by freemansland under flea titan branding!”

16 Jun 2010X post

The brand is sold, and the last Flea Titan under Freemansland

The account that carried Flea Titan's updates on X, at 1.43am Singapore time on 16 June 2010, ten days before Flea Titan V, calling for sign-ups for 26 June. In the account's own words at the time, that date was the last Freemansland would host under the Flea Titan name. Two days earlier, at 1.09pm on 14 June 2010, the same account wrote: “Congrats to the buyer of FT.” Nick confirms the Flea Titan brand was sold to a buyer in June 2010 (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026). Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Flea Titan

“its confirmed. flea titan v only on the 26th june at 5 mount sophia!”

26 Jun 2010X post

Flea Titan V, 5 Mount Sophia

The account that carried Flea Titan's updates on X, now named Hooked On Flea, on 16 June 2010, after a second date in July was cancelled over the venue. Half a minute later it named the sponsors: “Sponsored by Onitsuka Tiger and FreshArtProject”. A 6 June 2010 post on the same account called it Kaisheng's last Flea Titan. In January the account had said Flea Titan had stopped; in February Nick sold his shares. On 2 July it thanked everyone for coming down. Nick confirms Flea Titan V was his, and his last (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026). Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Flea Titan

Video: Fever Avenue, 2010Watch on the story page

30 Jun 2010YouTube

Interview with Flea Titan Co-Founder: Kai Sheng

Nick on camera, named as co-founder in the title, answering how Flea Titan started. Six minutes.

Flea Titan

“LAST hooked on flea #4 at arena on the 17th and 24th july!”

17 and 24 Jul 2010X post

Hooked On Flea #4 at The Arena

Hooked On Flea's X account, 25 June 2010, the day before Flea Titan V. On 28 June it repeated the call: “sign up for the last hooked on flea on the 17th july and 24th july now!!” The posts announce the two dates; Nick confirms Hooked On Flea #4 was his (owner statement, 18 Oct 2026). Billed as the last, the series came back at the end of 2010 with the Special Edition dates later on this wall. Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Hooked On Flea

Market Mayhem flyer by ShoutSG: an illustrated vendor between racks of clothes, 14 August 2010, 2 to 8 pm, The Supperclub at Odeon Towers, organised by Shoutsg, supported by Pinksuitcase Online Magazine

27 Jul 2010Nick's Facebook post

Market Mayhem by ShoutSG

Market Mayhem by ShoutSG, The Supperclub at Odeon Towers, 14 August 2010. Nick's post, 27 July 2010. Five months after selling his Flea Titan stake, and seven weeks after his last Flea Titan, Nick was running fleas under a new name.

ShoutSG

A flea at Homeclub, 31 July 2010, announced in Nick's post the day before.

31 Jul 2010Nick's Facebook post

ShoutSG flea at Homeclub

A ShoutSG market in a club venue, two weeks before Market Mayhem.

ShoutSG

Stalls at S$45 for one day or S$85 for both, 1pm to 7pm.

10 to 11 Sep 2010Nick's Facebook post

ShoutSG flea at Homeclub, two days

A two-day ShoutSG market with a published stall price, from Nick's post of 31 August 2010.

ShoutSG

“Kai Sheng, one of Dont Panic’s intern got bored of organizing gigs shows and party with a front name Freemansland. Ideas were thrown around and it lead to the birth of our inaugural flea project”

24 Oct 2010Blog post

Flock to Shop introduces the people behind it

Flock to Shop's own blog, 24 October 2010, a month before its Haji Lane weekend. The post on the faces behind Flock to Shop credits Kai Sheng, and his front name Freemansland, with the birth of Flea Titan. Linked here, not copied.

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Freemansland

“‘Flea & Fun’ Raiser presented by Flock-to-Shop and Going OM Events.”

27 Oct 2010Blog post

Flock to Shop announces Haji Lane

Flock to Shop's own announcement: Haji Lane, 27 and 28 November 2010, 2pm to 8pm, stalls at S$50 a day or S$90 for both. Nick's own post three days later named the same weekend. Linked here, not copied.

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Freemansland

“there are a number of people using this account. as for now kaisheng.” Then, minutes later: “I AM KAISHENG.”

31 Oct 2010X post

Kaisheng on the Hooked On Flea account

Two replies from Hooked On Flea's X account on the evening of 31 October 2010, at 7.29pm and 7.46pm. The account was shared by a team; that evening, the person posting named himself as Kaisheng. Linked here, not copied.

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Hooked On Flea

“You may want to email tungkaisheng@freemansland.com … and why you deserve this card!”

2 Nov 2010X post

The FML card: applications to Kaisheng

Hooked On Flea's X account, 2 November 2010. The post half a minute earlier calls it the FML membership card, from the team of Freemansland. The same evening the account repeated it: “Email: tungkaisheng@freemansland.com if you think you are up for the FML card!” Applications went to Nick's own Freemansland address. Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Freemansland

“We are closed for registration on the 27th November! 90/90 booths.”

8 Nov 2010X post

Registration closed for 27 November, 90 of 90 booths

Freemansland's own X account, 8 November 2010, nineteen days before the Flock to Shop weekend at Haji Lane. Organiser-reported. Linked here, not copied.

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Freemansland

“Settling paper works for the closing of roads at Haji Lane on the 27th and 28th November.”

12 Nov 2010X post

Paperwork to close the roads at Haji Lane

Hooked On Flea's X account, 12 November 2010. The organiser's side of the weekend: the road closures being arranged two weeks out. Linked here, not copied.

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Freemansland

“WIth @FREEMANSLANDSG @flocktoshop at HAJI speaking to the logistics people!”

25 Nov 2010X post

At Haji Lane with the logistics people

Hooked On Flea's X account, 25 November 2010, two days before the weekend, on site with Freemansland and Flock to Shop. Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Freemansland

“Haji lane - 27th and 28th November!”

27 to 28 Nov 2010Nick's Facebook post

Flea & Fun Raiser, Haji Lane

Nick's post of 30 October 2010. A community listing for that weekend names the Flea & Fun Raiser, supported by Freemansland. Neither names the organiser; Flock to Shop's own posts on this wall do.

Freemansland

“Event turn out: 5000 pax for both days”

27 to 28 Nov 2010Blog post

Flock to Shop at Haji Lane and Arab Street, the recap

Organiser-reported, in Flock to Shop's recap of 2 December 2010, which is tagged freemansland and hooked on flea. The recap's slideshow includes a Chinese-language newspaper clipping on the weekend, headlined 哈芝巷变跳蚤市场, which names Going OM and Flock-to-shop among the organisers. Linked here, not copied.

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Freemansland

“Freemansland is in the midst of working hard to revamp”

27 Nov to 18 Dec 2010Blog post

Hooked On Flea Special Edition, the series call

A vendor's blog, 9 November 2010, reposting the series call: The Arena at Clarke Quay on 27 November, then Alcova on 4, 11 and 18 December 2010, registration through freemansland.com. A second repost on 18 November gives booking@freemansland.com for the 11 December date. The call lists the dates; it does not show that each one ran. Linked here, not copied.

Read the repost

Hooked On Flea

“27th NOVEMBER, HOOKED ON FLEA- SPECIAL EDITION @ THE ARENA! $48/BOOTH, $88/SOFA BOOTH”

27 Nov 2010X post

The Arena date, from Nick's own handle

A retweet of @tungkaisheng, Nick's personal handle, posted on X on 27 October 2010, a month before the date. It is the one trace of that handle in the archive search; the original post is not in it. It names the Arena date that opens the Special Edition series, with its booth prices. Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Hooked On Flea

Revival of Hooked On Flea, Special Edition #1. Saturday 11 December 2010, Alcova. 946 attending.

9 Dec 2010Nick's Facebook post

Revival of Hooked On Flea, Special Edition #1, Alcova

Nick's post of 9 December 2010, tagging the Facebook event. A pop-up section followed at Alcova on 18 December. The series came back after Hooked On Flea #3 and #4 in mid-2010. Flock to Shop's post of 2 December 2010 bills that 18 December pop-up as the last in the Special Edition series, “Organized by: Freemansland + Flock To Shop”.

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Hooked On Flea

2011

14 artefacts

“Organized by: Flock To Shop and Freemansland”

8 Jan 2011Blog post

Flock To Shop x Hooked On Flea at Home Club

Flock to Shop's post of 24 December 2010: Home Club, The Riverwalk, Saturday 8 January 2011, 2pm to 8pm, stalls at S$50 a day. Linked here, not copied.

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Hooked On Flea

Printed on the poster: “22ND & 29TH JAN 2011”, “TITANIUM, Colours by the bay”, and at the foot, “ORGANIZED BY: Freemansland”, with the Freemansland logo.

22 and 29 Jan 2011Flickr upload

Hooked On Flea at Club Titanium, Esplanade

The event poster, uploaded to Flickr by sommernatch on 15 December 2010, before the first date. Registration ran through a freemansland.com address. Nick's own Facebook post names the same two Saturdays. The image is the uploader's, all rights reserved, so it is linked here, not copied.

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Hooked On Flea

25 Jan 2011Nick's Facebook post

freemansland.com/forum, the vendor community

freemansland.com/forum, January 2011: a vendor community with sign-ups, rankings and selling posts. Nick's post, 25 January 2011. Freemansland was a platform for vendors, not only an event.

Freemansland

TAB, 442 Orchard Road, Orchard Hotel. Saturdays 12, 19 and 26 March 2011, 12pm to 6pm.

12, 19 and 26 Mar 2011Nick's Facebook post

Hooked On Flea at TAB, Orchard

Nick's Facebook post gives two Saturdays, 12 and 19 March. A vendor's blog, 6 Feb 2011, reposting the official call, lists all three dates. The promotion plan as published in the vendor call: “Circulation of 5000 A5 size flyers in town”, “25,000 Facebook Invites”, “Re-tweeting on twitter to 10,000 people”. The call sets out the plan and the dates; it does not show the reach, or that each date ran. Source named here, not linked.

Hooked On Flea

“Organised by a local youth company, Freemansland”

29 Mar 2011Blog post

The 3211 Times on Hooked On Flea at Club Titanium

A blogger's post on The 3211 Times, 29 March 2011. The writer covers the 29 January 2011 edition, names Tung Kai Sheng as the person helming Freemansland, and puts the crowd at almost two thousand shoppers over two days, against the usual five hundred. Linked here, not copied.

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Hooked On Flea

“Hooked on flea @Homeclub 2 April & 28 May!”

2 Apr and 28 May 2011X post

Hooked On Flea at Homeclub, April and May 2011

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Hooked On Flea's X account, and in the same words a minute earlier by Freemansland's. The posts announce the two dates; they do not show that each one ran. Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Hooked On Flea

“Drop by to Tab@Orchard Hotel for Hooked on Flea!”

30 Apr 2011Blog post

Hooked On Flea at TAB, Orchard Hotel, again

A stallholder's blog, 29 April 2011: Saturday 30 April 2011, 12pm to 6pm, at TAB, Orchard Hotel. The post names Hooked On Flea, not its organiser. Linked here, not copied.

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Hooked On Flea

Se7en, #07-03 Iluma, Bugis. Saturdays 4 and 25 June 2011, 1pm to 7pm. Vendors book by email to booking@freemansland.com.

4 and 25 Jun 2011Blog post

Hooked On Flea at Se7en, Iluma

The event call, reposted on a vendor's blog on 31 May 2011, with bookings going to a freemansland.com address. Linked here, not copied.

Read the repost

Hooked On Flea

freemansland.com posts dated 2 July, 14 July and 27 August 2011 for editions 14, 15 and 16, recorded in the Wayback Machine's URL index.

Jul to Aug 2011Wayback Machine URL record

Hooked On Flea 14, 15 and 16

The series reached at least sixteen editions by August 2011.

Hooked On Flea

“WE HAVE MOVED TO http://www.freemansland.com”

29 Jul 2011Blog post

Hooked On Flea's own blog: We have moved

The one post left on hookedonflea.wordpress.com, the blog the Titanium poster printed for more details. In July 2011 the series' own channel pointed its readers to freemansland.com.

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Hooked On Flea

“HOMECLUB. 13 AUGUST. 1-7PM. hookedonflea is taking over!!”

13 Aug 2011X post

Hooked On Flea at Home Club, August 2011

Freemansland's own X account, 27 July 2011, naming StyleSnaps as the special guest. On the day, Tongue in Chic, whose Style Snap app was the guest, posted: “Drop by Home Club along Clarke Quay for the @HOOKEDONFLEASG bazaar from 1pm onwards”. Nick confirms the date was his (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026). Linked here, not copied.

See the post on X

Hooked On Flea

“Kudos to Hooked on Flea and HomeClub for making my Saturday afternoon a very eventful one!”

28 Aug 2011Blog post

Fever Avenue on Tongue in Chic x Hooked on Flea

Fever Avenue's article of 28 August 2011, on the 13 August date at Home Club. The writer “headed down to HOOKED ON FLEA’s event at HomeClub earlier this month” for Tongue in Chic's booth and its Style Snap app. Two days later Hooked On Flea's X account shared it: “Tongue in Chic x Hooked on Flea event featured in Fever Avenue.” Nick confirms the article covers his event (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026). The magazine's site is offline, so the link is the Wayback Machine capture of 21 Sep 2011. Linked here, not copied.

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Hooked On Flea

“TAB flea at Orchard Hotel TODAY 12-5 pm.”

1 Oct 2011X post

TAB flea at Orchard Hotel, October 2011

Hooked On Flea's X account on the morning of 1 October 2011. That evening Freemansland's account wrote: “Hope you guys had fun at @HOOKEDONFLEASG today!” Nick confirms Hooked On Flea at TAB that day was his (owner statement, 17 Oct 2026). Linked here, not copied.

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Hooked On Flea

UEN T11LL2295D. Limited liability partnership, registered with ACRA on 22 December 2011. Principal activity: event organisers (SSIC 82303). Secondary: exhibition organisers (82301). Status Live, checked 16 Oct 2026.

22 Dec 2011ACRA record

KAISHENG CONCEPTS LLP registered

The company exists on the register. Nick was one of its two founding partners, 2011 to 2016, by his own statement.

Kaisheng Concepts

2012

4 artefacts · 1 slot reserved

KAISHENGCONCEPTS will be placing its game machines at the Food Festival at Little India from 30 June to 31 July 2012.

26 Jun 2012Nick's Facebook post

Food Festival at Little India 2012

A month-long placement, dated by Nick's own post before it began.

Kaisheng Concepts

Three people under an event tent with arcade cabinets behind them, Food Festival at Little India, 2012

2 Jul 2012Nick's photo

The team under the tent, Little India

On site during the placement, machines behind. Dated 2 July 2012 on Facebook.

Kaisheng Concepts

2 Jul 2012Nick's photo

The namecard

The brand mark and tagline: game machines | lighting | events | creative. From the KAISHENGCONCEPTS album, posted 2 July 2012.

Kaisheng Concepts

2012Nick's photo

The coin counter sign

“Renting our machines for your events?” The company's own on-site pitch. Exact date to be confirmed from the Facebook export.

Kaisheng Concepts

Slot reserved

2012Nick's photos

Kaisheng Concepts on site, 2012

Slot reserved. Files are being triaged from Nick's Facebook export and will land here.

Kaisheng Concepts

The short version · 2008 to 2016

Before AI, in six answers.

What did Nick Tung build before AI?

Six brands, starting in 2008: Freemansland (2008 to 2011), Flea Titan (2009 to 2010), Hooked On Flea (2009 to 2011), Pop Lab Asia and ShoutSG (2010), and Kaisheng Concepts (2011 to 2016). Events, flea markets, pop-up retail and arcade rentals, in Singapore and, for one market, Kuala Lumpur.

The chapters and the wall on this page. Freemansland: ACRA, 20 Feb 2008

What is Freemansland?

Nick Tung's sole proprietorship, registered with ACRA on 20 February 2008. It ran band and club events for a year before the flea markets, then became the vehicle behind them and a platform for vendors, with its own forum.

ACRA: Freemansland, sole proprietorship, 20 Feb 2008

What was Flea Titan, and when did Nick Tung leave it?

A Singapore flea market brand, organised by Freemansland and Don't Panic, that ran five editions from April 2009 to June 2010. Nick sold his personal stake on 11 February 2010, twelve months after the idea, and ran one more edition, Flea Titan V at 5 Mount Sophia on 26 June 2010, his last. The brand itself was sold to a buyer in June 2010. The 2014 editions under the name are not his.

Nick's Facebook post, 11 Feb 2010. Brand sale: Nick's own statement, 17 Oct 2026

What was Hooked On Flea?

The flea series that followed Flea Titan, organised by Freemansland. It launched at Youth Park on 26 November 2009, ran #3 at the New Scape Building and #4 at The Arena in mid-2010, was revived at Alcova in December 2010, and ran at club venues including Club Titanium and TAB, Orchard into 2011.

Nick's Facebook posts, 2009 to 2011. Club Titanium poster on Flickr, Dec 2010

What were Pop Lab Asia and ShoutSG?

Two 2010 ventures. Pop Lab Asia, co-founded by Nick, produced POPMRKT, a pop-up market at the Metropolitan Square rooftop pool in Kuala Lumpur on 10 and 11 April 2010. Under ShoutSG, Nick ran flea markets at Homeclub in July and September 2010, and Market Mayhem at The Supperclub, Odeon Towers, on 14 August 2010.

Nick's Facebook posts, 9 Mar, 27 Jul, 30 Jul and 31 Aug 2010

What was Kaisheng Concepts?

Kaisheng Concepts LLP, registered with ACRA on 22 December 2011, rented arcade and game machines to corporate events and festivals in Singapore. Nick Tung was one of its two founding partners, from 2011 to 2016.

ACRA record, UEN T11LL2295D. Role and dates: Nick's own statement

Who Nick Tung is today

Why this page exists

The AI work is the latest chapter, not the first.

Getting a business found in AI search is a distribution problem. So was filling 7 Mount Sophia with 150 stalls in 2009, and so was keeping a row of Daytona cabinets booked across a festival calendar. Same job, new tools.

Read the Flea Titan story Read the Kaisheng Concepts story See what I build now