Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 155th Edition
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Newspaper can be read at other times. Your power nap isn't so flexible.
good point... I shall recall this point next wednesday...
tat said, I think I'll spend after work today sleeping at home...
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I find this fascinating. And sad.
Snapshots of Singapore in the early 90s by an American tourist
I say 'early 90s' because of a few reasons: in the website, MRT was already up (and nearly empty), the Underwater World was open, and Arab Street had yet to be developed.
Fascinating because I am old enough to remember the sights in that website. Sad because I really miss the Singapore of old.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I find this fascinating. And sad.
Snapshots of Singapore in the early 90s by an American tourist
I say 'early 90s' because of a few reasons: in the website, MRT was already up (and nearly empty), the Underwater World was open, and Arab Street had yet to be developed.
Fascinating because I am old enough to remember the sights in that website. Sad because I really miss the Singapore of old.
Ehhhhh fudgey...U sounded like u're becoming 50s or 60s...
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Ehhhhh fudgey...U sounded like u're becoming 50s or 60s...
30 this year.
I entered Primary 1 in 1990, and took my O Levels in 1999. So I spent my entire primary and secondary school years in the 1990s.
That makes me old enough to remember the Singapore which was (for the most part) modern, efficient, and devoid of massive crowds everywhere.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I find this fascinating. And sad.
Snapshots of Singapore in the early 90s by an American tourist
I say 'early 90s' because of a few reasons: in the website, MRT was already up (and nearly empty), the Underwater World was open, and Arab Street had yet to be developed.
Fascinating because I am old enough to remember the sights in that website. Sad because I really miss the Singapore of old.
those pictures brought a tear to my eye
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For some reason, this made me sad:
Sigh.
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Wait til you see the scenes of Singapore in the film Saint Jack. We've come a long way since then and the 90s were probably our golden age. Remember when the space above Orchard station was perfect for picnics and carnivals, and when there was enough space to open hawker centres in carparks in the evenings?
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Yeah.....the trains used to be like that during off-peak.
In the MIW's drive for "perfection" we lose the "imperfections" that made us.
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Arab Street in the early 90s:
Now it's all just fabrics, fabrics, fabrics...... and more fabrics.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Arab Street in the early 90s:
Now it's all just fabrics, fabrics, fabrics...... and more fabrics.
and restaurants and pubs which are overpriced
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Originally posted by the Bear:
and restaurants and pubs which are overpriced
Ah yes, all those overpriced Middle Eastern restaurants.
Zam Zam and New Victory are the only charming ones left.
Even then, service standards have dropped the last time I was there. They seem to be more keen on serving takeaways and would neglect their eat-in customers.
It took almost an hour for my food to be served.... and the restaurant wasn't even packed.
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Speaking of that period, how quickly time passes. Before you know it, Michael Jordan is already 50 years old.
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Must ... ... Deny... ... Knowing... What... is ... ...Yaohan...
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Ah yes.... that department store chain that went kaput, right?
I remember Parkway Parade used to have a Yaohan branch.
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I know of this oldman blog who he blogs abt old photographs and ol memories of singapore... It's extremely interesting but I saved the link on my home computer (which my mobo died on me)...
I'm trying to recall the URL... I happened to stumbled upon it when I was looking for photohgraphs of the old orchard road hawker centre...
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Ah ha~~
here it is...
http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.sg
I highly recommend this blog for old stuff...
and I love this post of his very very very much...
http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.sg/2012/07/day-when-we-have-silver-hair-little.html
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Ah yes.... that department store chain that went kaput, right?
I remember Parkway Parade used to have a Yaohan branch.
We used to call Thomson Plaza 'Yaohan' because of the outlet there.
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Reposted from my friend's FB wall....
Three parking idiots cramming their cars into two lots.
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space is a precious commodity mah
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I hope they have some kind of agreement going on!
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
We used to call Thomson Plaza 'Yaohan' because of the outlet there.
Thomson Plaza used to be something of a second home to me when I was growing up, as it was only a 15-minute walk from my house. After school and on weekends, my neighbourhood friends and I would often ride our bikes there, chain them to the fence along Soo Chow Garden Road just outside the south entrance of the building, and go to the video arcade on the second floor next to Yaohan. I remember playing the original "Space Invaders" video game when it first came out around 1980; it was 20 cents a game, if memory serves. After that, we would often adjourn to the Swensen's restaurant for ice cream before cycling home.
I miss those days.
I'm afraid to admit that I'm old enough to remember what occupied that plot of land prior to the construction of Thomson Plaza. Anyone care to take a guess?
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Reposted from my friend's FB wall....
Three parking idiots cramming their cars into two lots.
NO WAY you can get into those cars without dinging the neighbouring cars' doors. What a bunch of morons!
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Reposted from my friend's FB wall....
Three parking idiots cramming their cars into two lots.
none of these cars are hybrid or CNG cars either
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
Thomson Plaza used to be something of a second home to me when I was growing up, as it was only a 15-minute walk from my house. After school and on weekends, my neighbourhood friends and I would often ride our bikes there, chain them to the fence along Soo Chow Garden Road just outside the south entrance of the building, and go to the video arcade on the second floor next to Yaohan. I remember playing the original "Space Invaders" video game when it first came out around 1980; it was 20 cents a game, if memory serves. After that, we would often adjourn to the Swensen's restaurant for ice cream before cycling home.
I miss those days.
I'm afraid to admit that I'm old enough to remember what occupied that plot of land prior to the construction of Thomson Plaza. Anyone care to take a guess?
I don't even know, much less remember.
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Reminds me of this wonderful blog:
Too bad they haven't been updating for the past two years.