Originally posted by popikachu:Think of Singapore, Think of Lee KY.
And the Novena area was named after the Church of St Alphonsus, a.k.a. "Novena Church".Originally posted by Icemoon:Actually Newton MRT was built under the present Scotts Road. How can it be a cemetery?
If I'm not wrong, the cemetery is somewhere between Newton and Novena.
Singapore or in any other name, has been around long before LKY, and will always be bigger than him.Originally posted by popikachu:Think of Singapore, Think of Lee KY.
We've gotta give him credits for that though...Originally posted by LazerLordz:Singapore or in any other name, has been around long before LKY, and will always be bigger than him.
He is just one of the architects of post-WW2 Singapore.
We can give him credit, the same as we give Goh Keng Swee and the other unsung chaps who built us up.Originally posted by Trump_Card:We've gotta give him credits for that though...
100% CORRIGHT!Originally posted by LazerLordz:We can give him credit, the same as we give Goh Keng Swee and the other unsung chaps who built us up.
Let's try not to perpetuate this misguided idea that LKY was the main figure. Don't forget, he never wanted independance for Singapore or never believed we could stand alone, whereas people like David Marshall wanted independance, and always believed it could work.
Singapore stands today because of our parents and our grandparents, not just one man.
Before forming the PAP,Originally posted by popikachu:Think of Singapore, Think of Lee KY.
golden coin to counter bad luck from digging tunnels. road tax disc also.Originally posted by viciouskitty74:Ok....heh heh heh....then instead of me mentioning it.
Let's open up to see what other unknown history we got.
How the the S$1/- coin came about?
During the start of the Toa Payoh MRT Line right.
Who knows what myths the $1/- was created for.
all stations between yio chu kang and toa payoh.Originally posted by icyboiz:which mrt station was the first to be build?
I'm not sure about Novena though I've heard of all that, but Orchard and Dhoby Ghaut were Chinese and Jewish cemeteries before that. The strange thing was, there was a debate about where its location was as photos seemed contradicting and though it was dated since early 1900s it did not seem to appear on photos taken in 1960s but exhumation did take place in the 1980s for the MRT line. But the most probable location should be the current Atrium@Orchard, which was previously an open-air carpark and one of the exits of the MRT station (which is now sealed, demolished and made to link to North-East Line.Originally posted by Icemoon:Actually Newton MRT was built under the present Scotts Road. How can it be a cemetery?
If I'm not wrong, the cemetery is somewhere between Newton and Novena.
Actually I discussed this with redstone before, maybe you were there also:Originally posted by ^tamago^:I'm not sure about Novena though I've heard of all that, but Orchard and Dhoby Ghaut were Chinese and Jewish cemeteries before that. The strange thing was, there was a debate about where its location was as photos seemed contradicting and though it was dated since early 1900s it did not seem to appear on photos taken in 1960s but exhumation did take place in the 1980s for the MRT line. But the most probable location should be the current Atrium@Orchard, which was previously an open-air carpark and one of the exits of the MRT station (which is now sealed, demolished and made to link to North-East Line.
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I thought Singapore was firstly discovered by Sir Thomas Raffles in 1819 and that he gave it a name? Singapure or Singapore? But the way I see it, I agree with you that its a Sanskrit word. What name was given by Sir Raffles to Singapore? And then why is there a name, Temasek, being given to Singapore? Is it the same meaning?Originally posted by strado:Assuming the story of Sang Nila Utama is true, it means Singapore was under the rule of the indians.
Indians first travelled around Asia and they went to Melacca, at that time, they brought new cultures to the people and taught them the buddhist faith as those people living there are still believing in pagans gods and stuffs.
Singapure is actually a sanskirt word. Singa in the buddhist sanskirt language means lion.
San Nila Utama comes from Indonesia, thus he was either a hindu or a buddhist. The malay language is a mixture of many languages including chinese (hokkien), hindi and sanskirt.
Guru is actually a hindi word, but you know why malay bomohs are usually referred to as Tok Guru something something? Its bcos of their link to the indian cultures last time.
In fact, some researcher even made the theory that only 4 malay words in the malay language are purely malay, Besi = Iron, padi - rice, nasi - rice, api - fire.
This is all i can remember. Google it and maybe you can know more.
yea i heard bout tt! i also heard about him appeasing the sea gods and build something...cant remember the whole story liao..sryOriginally posted by Y_Shun:err..when singapore want to dig the grounds for mrt, LKY asked feng shui master for advices, but feng shui master say, dig no good, will harm Singapore's dunno what wealth line or smth...?
then the only way to 'salvage' the situation is to have a 'ba gua jing'...hence the coin $1 came.
Yea remember the story of the indian gladiator who see who can throw the stone furthest? its a folk lore but shows the presence of indians long before Raffles... then again its Raffles that founded MORDERN Singapore.Originally posted by strado:Assuming the story of Sang Nila Utama is true, it means Singapore was under the rule of the indians.
Indians first travelled around Asia and they went to Melacca, at that time, they brought new cultures to the people and taught them the buddhist faith as those people living there are still believing in pagans gods and stuffs.
Singapure is actually a sanskirt word. Singa in the buddhist sanskirt language means lion.
San Nila Utama comes from Indonesia, thus he was either a hindu or a buddhist. The malay language is a mixture of many languages including chinese (hokkien), hindi and sanskirt.
Guru is actually a hindi word, but you know why malay bomohs are usually referred to as Tok Guru something something? Its bcos of their link to the indian cultures last time.
In fact, some researcher even made the theory that only 4 malay words in the malay language are purely malay, Besi = Iron, padi - rice, nasi - rice, api - fire.
This is all i can remember. Google it and maybe you can know more.
Bishan was a big cemetery last time but not sure whether the MRT was built on former cemetery ground.Originally posted by BusSpeeder:Bishan MRT was built under a cemetary right? Did Bishan gets its name from that cemetary?
api is fire ah?Originally posted by strado:In fact, some researcher even made the theory that only 4 malay words in the malay language are purely malay, Besi = Iron, padi - rice, nasi - rice, api - fire.
Originally posted by Short Ninja:ok, octagon then.
[quote]Originally posted by ^tamago^:
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golden coin to counter bad luck from digging tunnels. road tax disc also. [/quote
the first $1 coin is not golden and it has a Chinese Lion on it[/b]
yes, jewish cemetery. darn, u're good at digging~Originally posted by Icemoon:Actually I discussed this with redstone before, maybe you were there also:
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=160787&page=2
I don't think it is at the current Atrium. It should be on the opposite side of the road.
Hey .. you are talking about the Jewish cemetery right?
I digged my mailbox .. cos I PMed redstone last time.Originally posted by ^tamago^:yes, jewish cemetery. darn, u're good at digging~