Upper Thomson Road / Thomson Village Club

last SG · 2007-01-13T18:04:26+00:00

i used to hang around in thomson plaza…...

Meia Gisborn SG

Just for grins and giggles:

Picture was taken in November last year, when I was back in Singapore visiting my parents. Those familiar with UTR should be able to identify the location immediately. Very Happy

Kuali Baba SG

Shunfu Wink

Kuali Baba SG

It went to Shunfu Mart. It's still in business. Smile

Unlike whatever takes up the space behind Hong Kong Street Chun Kee...it used to be a yard full of broken vehicles, then a hawker centre which didn't last (and nothing to remember it by except that the noodle stall was reported to be a branch of one in Johore). It's now a pile of rubble.

The name Sin Ming Food Centre doesn't ring a bell, unless you tell me where it's located...

*Edit: They're building a small block on that site*

Kuali Baba SG

I used to eye that pong-pong tree with suspicion after reading about how poisonous they are in my sister's textbook. Laughing

ShrodingersCat SG

Sin Ming Food Centre is a tiny little hawker place behind Thomson CC now...

ShrodingersCat SG

I think you are much younger than me... so may not have witnessed.. err...

well.. why I remember that Pong Pong tree so well is because I used to climb it. Really often. Especially when it is time to go home for dinner (I'm supposed to be home by 5 pm)) my poor grandma will be asking around the neighbourhood whether they've seen me, and I'll be up the tree screaming and crying and saying I don't want to go home.

She would cajole and threaten - which will be followed by me bargaining that if she doesn't tell my dad that I didnt go back on time and that I've been naughty, then I will come down. (sneaky fella I am)

Of course this would be witnessed by the entire community all trying to get me down the tree... which made me pretty.. uhh.. infamous. Sad Horribly naughty girl lah. me.

I only stopped climbing when once I went up, and the fork of the branches where I used to sit on had a DEAD bird in it, my hand sort of squashed that bird... it was yucky Sad

Kuali Baba SG

*Lost*

Is it in Shunfu Market? I can't think of any other hawker centre in that direction.

Kuali Baba SG

I remember the old Church of the Holy Spirit building...I had Catechism classes since I was 7. And the congregation would spill out of the small red building into the carpark at Easter Vigil and midnight Christmas Masses.

I'd ever eaten at Pizza Hut once, when it occupied the unit which was taken over by McDonald's and now Om Sushi. It was pretty dark inside.

The tim sum restaurant, 7-Eleven, Dino's and Sweet Secrets (and the pet shop in Thomson Plaza) seem to have been there forever in largely the same form, while the unit in the corner below road level (now the seafood restaurant) kept changing hands.

Does anyone remember Food Lion? They had an outlet waaaaay back a couple of units from Dino's. I don't know how the Ritz there has survived since the end of the appel strudel craze.

hisoka SG

got category called passerbys? i go pass by there b4 Laughing

Pitot SG

-_-

Pitot SG

the old church of the holy spirit was where i had kindergarten. i still remember my uniform was white with green stripes and there was a cute girl named chelsea. Even though i am a devils fan. Embarassed

i think the sin ming road market is shunfu market. its the same thing. -_- Laughing

hisoka SG

Mr. Green

Kuali Baba SG

I don’t think business there is that bad now that Choc & Spice is there attracting hordes of people. The Hakka snacks sold at the back are tasty – I like their soon kueh. They close after lunch.

Pitot SG

its been a long time since i have been back.

i only go back to my gandma's once in a while. i think i will be back for the prata outing and maybe explore more when i am back for CNY. Laughing

breytonhartge SG

My aunty used to attend the church of the Holy Spirit… and I have been there on occasion. My neighbours used to go there too.

breytonhartge SG

I remember having to walk through the estate to get to thomson rise estate after playing basket ball at the CC.. also used to catch the bus from Thomson plaza and stop just across from Lakeview and walk home... that was after swensens, a good friend and I used to go there once a week and share an earthquake before walking back home.

My aunty used to live in shunfu. would stop by there almost everyday after coming back from JC for yummy food. Family is peranakan. Mr. Green

Kuali Baba SG

I still remember a huge rain tree at the rear carpark, with a playground under it. And when we had classes in the containers, we could sometimes see the squatters outside, going about their business topless (the men). Laughing All that ended with that lawsuit in 1997 (IIRC).

And memories of the Belgian priest in the black Beetle, Fr Louis Fossion. Razz

breytonhartge SG

I vaguely remember the black beetle...

Kuali Baba SG

If you're game for a little cycling to work off the ghee after the outing, why not? Razz

Kuali Baba SG

I wonder why I didn't eaten more often at Swensen's, when it was a tad better. Laughing Doesn't matter now, there's homemade ice-cream at Sin Ming Plaza. I'm Peranakan too. Razz

There was once a Domino's outlet across the corridor from KFC...it failed miserably.

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