Remembering Singapore the way it was

last SG · 2009-09-29T12:02:51+00:00

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

viciouskitty74 SG

And the pressure lamp gauze can only used twice the most.

And those big fat white candles.....

It always was fun whenever there is a blackouts, we kids can always take out our mid autumn festivals lanterns to play with. Or just walking around the neighbouhood was fun enough for us.

Kids nowadays.....blackout in the flats....and they get depressed.

Mummy never allowed us kids to try to start the pressure lamp. Cos kids arent supposed to play with fire. The irony.....

viciouskitty74 SG

>>>a eighties kid. mummy believes that we children must just study hard, no need to be too educated cos we girls will marry well and be tai tais with maids.

So technically, I still have really nice white smooth hands with lovely looking nails. Unfortunately, I have been ruining my hands by getting myself cut, burned and rubbed against the tarmacs. Not forgetting the sun exposure and those pregnancy liver black spots.

Chew Bakar SG

And those big fat white candles.....

It always was fun whenever there is a blackouts, we kids can always take out our mid autumn festivals lanterns to play with. Or just walking around the neighbouhood was fun enough for us.

Kids nowadays.....blackout in the flats....and they get depressed.

Mummy never allowed us kids to try to start the pressure lamp. Cos kids arent supposed to play with fire. The irony.....

Kids nowadays are addicted to electronics. Life is without fun if there is a blackout.

Electricity is only available to most rural part of the islands in the late 60s. Most rural households then still use these pressure lamps at night then.

viciouskitty74 SG

I have a aunt that used to own pig farms, then they turned to rearing guppies.

And now, they run hardware stores in Yishun.

viciouskitty74 SG

Kids nowadays are addicted to electronics. Life is without fun if there is a blackout.

Be fair lah. We are also old kids nowadays. A black out at our place this time and age, and you and me also wont have fun.

Chew Bakar SG

There are lots of guppies farmers in the 70s. Back in the early 50s-60s there were mostly swordtails fish farms.

Chew Bakar SG

Be fair lah. We are also old kids nowadays. A black out at our place this time and age, and you and me also wont have fun.

My main worry for a long black out is that my ice cream will melt.

Marco_Simone SG

I remember 80s got quite a few blackouts in my estate...

Short Ninja SG

The te gus are different in early years. They only took charges of rubbish bins and the cleaniness of business five foot way.

After WWII only Kreta Ayer and Pearl Hill/ Peoples Park were the allowed for itnenary hawkers. If they are caught peddling outside the allocate areas by police (not te gu) they were subject to a $5 fine with a night in the jail.

More like "mata lai leow!" then.

Hahaha that is interesting. Later years the 'tae gu' also helped catch people who infringed trademark & Patents including the Ghurkhas who sold belts, leather wallets at the expos.

Chew Bakar SG

Hahaha that is interesting. Later years the 'tae gu' also helped catch people who infringed trademark & Patents including the Ghurkhas who sold belts, leather wallets at the expos.

Mmx.

viciouskitty74 SG

My main worry for a long black out is that my ice cream will melt.

if they are redbean or home made durian ice creams.

Hollar for me. i will go over your house and help create the black out.

Chew Bakar SG

if they are redbean or home made durian ice creams.

Hollar for me. i will go over your house and help create the black out.

Favourite is still the good ole vanilla.

I top it with passionfruit syrup or sliced peaches.

Short Ninja SG

There are lots of guppies farmers in the 70s. Back in the early 50s-60s there were mostly swordtails fish farms.

At an affordable price and dont have to worry if the fish was starving or about to die.....just buy some more can oreddy.A lot of kids also kena conned into buying sea-monkeys after reading the ads posted on the comics

viciouskitty74 SG

BTW, the malaysia Nusa Indah's Jusco A&W outlet, their rootbeer float uses ice cream that is totally not up to standard.

Chew Bakar SG

The most shocking thing about fish is Nemo. I went to the fish farms and all the kids were buying nemo to put with their goldfish or guppies. How many clownfishes were sold by these clowns?

Short Ninja SG

Here is the 1971 recipe for the float at the Royal Hotel coffee house (all seats were fitted in a fake trishaw)

A tall glass of F&N ice-cream soda and two scoops of meadow gold vanilla ice-cream.

viciouskitty74 SG

Here is the 1971 recipe for the float at the Royal Hotel coffee house (all seats were fitted in a fake trishaw)

A tall glass of F&N ice-cream soda and two scoops of meadow gold vanilla ice-cream.

Hmm......time to recreate at least those drinks. Maybe with another brand of Vanilla Ice Cream.

Short Ninja SG

And those big fat white candles.....

It always was fun whenever there is a blackouts, we kids can always take out our mid autumn festivals lanterns to play with. Or just walking around the neighbouhood was fun enough for us.

Kids nowadays.....blackout in the flats....and they get depressed.

Mummy never allowed us kids to try to start the pressure lamp. Cos kids arent supposed to play with fire. The irony.....

Kids were not afraid of the dark and there were lesser evil out there until people like Adrian Lim changed that.

viciouskitty74 SG

Kids were not afraid of the dark and there were lesser evil out there until people like Adrian Lim changed that.

And I never could have believed that all those cartoons showing men doing with animals is possible in Singapore....until I actually saw such a man doing it with a cat.

Oh yah......the world went wrong somehow.

Short Ninja SG

Hmm......time to recreate at least those drinks. Maybe with another brand of Vanilla Ice Cream.

Can you remember 'Walls' ice-cream eskimo-pie and the drum stick or was it meadow gold?Hahaha

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