Remembering Singapore the way it was

Short Ninja SG

best new headline was 'Bhutto is hanged' straits times

'Bhutto kena gantung' Berita Harian

'Lan Chiaow tiok gantong' Nanyang Siang pao

Chew Bakar SG

back then hawkers and drink sellers were really inhygenic people but nobody got sick

Back then the people eating weren't hygenic either.

Remembered the days when they put a tin can to boiled the cockles. Everyone had to pry open with a small fork and dipped in lime and balachan sauce?

Short Ninja SG

Back then the people eating weren't hygenic either.

Remembered the days when they put a tin can to boiled the cockles. Everyone had to pry open with a small fork and dipped in lime and balachan sauce?

hahaha favorite family get together if there are no durians

Chew Bakar SG

hahaha favorite family get together if there are no durians

Durians weren't that abundant as now. I used to drive to Malacca for durians and satay.

Short Ninja SG

Durians weren't that abundant as now. I used to drive to Malacca for durians and satay.

yes my dad like to drive to Malaysia for that,he had a datuk friend who had a plantation

Chew Bakar SG

yes my dad like to drive to Malaysia for that,he had a datuk friend who had a plantation

Have lots of schoolmates and friends up in Malaysia but I seldom like to visit esp if I was just for a short rush trip.

Short Ninja SG

Have lots of schoolmates and friends up in Malaysia but I seldom like to visit esp if I was just for a short rush trip.

Which state? I have some aunts in Penang and some long lost relatives in Perak ,break away from the main family who are still running a hugh coconut plantation business started by my great gandfather in south thailand

Chew Bakar SG

Part of my family are still in Selangor and Trengganu, while friends almost every state except Perlis.

Short Ninja SG

Part of my family are still in Selangor and Trengganu, while friends almost every state except Perlis.

Big circle of people.Ok talk to you again tomorrow need to catch on some sleep.Bye

Chew Bakar SG

Big circle of people.Ok talk to you again tomorrow need to catch on some sleep.Bye

Gd Nite.

toyota-corolla SG

Time moves pretty fast. Speaking of those days, I'm probably the last 20th century kid who still remember everything, before 21st century.

toyota-corolla SG

Time really flies. This thread really do reminds me of my childhood days. I'm probably one of the few last 20th century batch kid who still have much memories of the 1990s. Things was so much awesome back then.

Short Ninja SG

The Toyota Corrolla was a reliable and popular car for the middle class.Shapes of cars also changes from time to time.There was one funny looking car the Fiat 850 today anything that can take you somewhere on time is ok.

Marco_Simone SG

These pics I took arent terribly old but still...alas the price of "progress" and development if you know what I mean...

toyota-corolla SG

Awesome photos. But such places have long since been gone.

Marco_Simone SG

I dont know but the general feeling you get about everything now is a lot different compared to even a mere 5 years ago...

Chew Bakar SG

These pics I took arent terribly old but still...alas the price of "progress" and development if you know what I mean...

Now, Singapore is no longer that green that I remember.

Short Ninja SG

Now, Singapore is no longer that green that I remember.

This is what happened when they try to make Singapore a Clean and Green City

Short Ninja SG

These pics I took arent terribly old but still...alas the price of "progress" and development if you know what I mean...

Nice pictures Marco

Short Ninja SG

Anybody have any idea how the expression 'Alamak' came to be and its actual origins? I have a feeling it could have come from Japan because old people here have the habit of saying 'Aramah' and the meaning is the same.Also the word'bokok' as in you want to whack somebody's face till his face is bokok.The Japanese word for that is bokoboko and I am sure it is used too often during WW2. What do you think Mr Chew?

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