Remembering Singapore the way it was
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Originally posted by deepak.c:
You live in Toa Payoh?
You can say that, during WWII I lived there for awhile.
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I tried to bring some five stones to USA for my nephew and neice.
But errrm.....have to keep them away cos the parents worries that the kids will swallow them sand bags instead.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Nope, it was Gay World.
yeah was confused between gay and great world....scared firework suddenly attack me for using the word gay -
Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
You can say that, during WWII I lived there for awhile.
Goodness!
You survived WW2?
Must tell us all your war stories as a kid.
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Originally posted by deepak.c:
Oh, Pacman. Very popular one time.
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Originally posted by deepak.c:
Goodness!
You survived WW2?
Must tell us all your war stories as a kid.
Read pg 14 1st post.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Oh, Pacman. Very popular one time.
i remember coating our girls shoe shoes with that white coating thingy. Then we use chalk to cover up the blacken marks.we what, wash our school shoes every week, and wear our one set of uniforms for 1 whole week?
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Oh, Pacman. Very popular one time.
before the first motor racing game on slot is like wayang kulit>LOL -
Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
i remember coating our girls shoe shoes with that white coating thingy. Then we use chalk to cover up the blacken marks.we what, wash our school shoes every week, and wear our one set of uniforms for 1 whole week?
Those white canvas shoes with rubber sole. Stink like hell, must wash every other day. Whitewash with shoe chalk solution. If not take the classroom chalk to cover the dirty spots.
Also a blue solution for the white uniform.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
i remember coating our girls shoe shoes with that white coating thingy. Then we use chalk to cover up the blacken marks.we what, wash our school shoes every week, and wear our one set of uniforms for 1 whole week?
think we called them 'Blanco' maybe it has a spanish origin
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Remember the scheme....where you need 4 person in your car to go into the CBD?
There was some particular pick up points that you can pick up strangers to go into the CBD?
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Those white canvas shoes with rubber sole. Stink like hell, must wash every other day. Whitewash with shoe chalk solution. If not take the classroom chalk to cover the dirty spots.
Also a blue solution for the white uniform.
LOL, I dont remember my feet/shoes stinking.....maybe I am just luckier to not remember that. -
Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Remember the scheme....where you need 4 person in your car to go into the CBD?
There was some particular pick up points that you can pick up strangers to go into the CBD?
Famous was the Cairnhill pick up point. Must drove past slowly to show the policewomen that there were 4 passengers. Remembered showing 4 fingers some more.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Remember the scheme....where you need 4 person in your car to go into the CBD?
There was some particular pick up points that you can pick up strangers to go into the CBD?
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
LOL, I dont remember my feet/shoes stinking.....maybe I am just luckier to not remember that.Probably your time the shoes were much better quality. My old days rubber shoes stinks like hell.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Famous was the Cairnhill pick up point. Must drove past slowly to show the policewomen that there were 4 passengers. Remembered showing 4 fingers some more.
hahaha yes the 4 fingers I remember my dad doing that....from there I also learned how to show the middle finger. -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
hahaha yes the 4 fingers I remember my dad doing that....from there I also learned how to show the middle finger.I think you oredi know the middle finger before the 4 fingers.
Don't pretend pretend.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I think you oredi know the middle finger before the 4 fingers.
Don't pretend pretend.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I think you oredi know the middle finger before the 4 fingers.
Don't pretend pretend.
The first western bad word a chinese learn then was 'Fakau' because it was a very new word and couldnt say it right.Still I kena a tight slap from my old man. -
Now listening to mp3 on my laptop in the police station, my cubicle area.
Was just reminded of those casette tapes. Those days is a pain to have to dig out the tapes if they got messed up in the car cassette tape player system.
My papa still have some casette tapes from those eras, for playing in his twincab pick up in thailand.
And I purplely bought a fm transmitter to thailand so as to be able to play mp3 thru that fm transmitter into his pick up's casettle tape cum radio player.
Times have really changed!
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
The first western bad word a chinese learn then was 'Fakau' because it was a very new word and couldnt say it right.Still I kena a tight slap from my old man.Nah, don't say that lor in front of old man; sure kena slap.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Now listening to mp3 on my laptop in the police station, my cubicle area.
Was just reminded of those casette tapes. Those days is a pain to have to dig out the tapes if they got messed up in the car cassette tape player system.
My papa still have some casette tapes from those eras, for playing in his twincab pick up in thailand.
And I purplely bought a fm transmitter to thailand so as to be able to play mp3 thru that fm transmitter into his pick up's casettle tape cum radio player.
Times have really changed!
You got see the cartridge type or the two big rolls of tapes on a player before?LOL -
Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Now listening to mp3 on my laptop in the police station, my cubicle area.
Was just reminded of those casette tapes. Those days is a pain to have to dig out the tapes if they got messed up in the car cassette tape player system.
My papa still have some casette tapes from those eras, for playing in his twincab pick up in thailand.
And I purplely bought a fm transmitter to thailand so as to be able to play mp3 thru that fm transmitter into his pick up's casettle tape cum radio player.
Times have really changed!
Talk about cassette, anyone remember the D track? the big cassette that cannot rewind with side A, B, C, D.
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My first western swear word was: Shit!
And my parents dont understand it. Cos they arent erm english educated.