Remembering Singapore the way it was

• viciouskitty74

  13 Oct 09, 16:47

  laurence82 has very kindly uploaded pics and a article in the ptt thread on : 'ah ma vanity stash'.

  You guys should go and look.  Maybe will remember some of what you've ever seen on any vanity tables back then.

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 16:50

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  
  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.

  
  Even during my time I watched and read the real thing no cartoon for me>hahaha those days people need super connection to get their hands dirty with  those things

• viciouskitty74

  13 Oct 09, 16:52

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  Even during my time I watched and read the real thing no cartoon for me>hahaha those days people need super connection to get their hands dirty with  those things

  
  you mean you *gasp* got your hands dirty?

  Only your hands?????

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 16:57

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  
  you mean you *gasp* got your hands dirty?

  Only your hands?????

  
  Ya lah ok lah if you see lawrence tell him to upload 'Ah ma vanity stash' here.The title sure sounds interesting to start with.

• viciouskitty74

  13 Oct 09, 17:14

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  Ya lah ok lah if you see lawrence tell him to upload 'Ah ma vanity stash' here.The title sure sounds interesting to start with.

  
  Even if I see him......he probably like most of the folks wont see me wan lah.

  I excelled at being the invisible wall flower.

• viciouskitty74

  13 Oct 09, 17:15

  I copy from laurence then.

  

• viciouskitty74

  13 Oct 09, 17:16

  

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 17:18

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  
  Even if I see him......he probably like most of the folks wont see me wan lah.

  I excelled at being the invisible wall flower.

  
  hahahaha,you know I know lah!

• viciouskitty74

  13 Oct 09, 17:24

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  hahahaha,you know I know lah!

  
  I dont know what you know leh.  I not the worm in your stomach!

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 17:24

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  I copy from laurence then.

  

  Is that lawrence own cosmetic set or his Ah Ma? I say his grandma must be a rich lady.My grandma  only used the box of hardened powder on your left hand corner.

• Marco_Simone

  13 Oct 09, 17:26

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

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

  How about Paddle Pop? Just checked Wiki and its still going strong elsewhere but it is extinct here already

• the Bear

  13 Oct 09, 17:28

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  How about Paddle Pop? Just checked Wiki and its still going strong elsewhere but it is extinct here already

  
  i miss Brrrr Blobs

  

   

  (edited for picture goodness)

• Chew Bakar

  13 Oct 09, 17:31

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  How about Paddle Pop? Just checked Wiki and its still going strong elsewhere but it is extinct here already

  Talk about Walls they introduced a ice-cream inside a small ball in the mid 70s.

• viciouskitty74

  13 Oct 09, 17:31

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  i miss Brrrr Blobs

  

   

  (edited for picture goodness)

  Oh god.......thats like.....really long ago.......

  I still prefer the 25 cents magnolia red bean ice cream.

• Chew Bakar

  13 Oct 09, 17:32

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Talk about Walls they introduced a ice-cream inside a small ball in the mid 70s.

  and ice-cream seller in their push carts tempted the kids with those ice cream stamps too.

• Marco_Simone

  13 Oct 09, 17:33

  And nowadays do they still run commercials about toys? They used to do that a lot during the 80s think M.A.S.K, TMNJ, Starcom etc

• Chew Bakar

  13 Oct 09, 17:36

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  I copy from laurence then.

  

  Where is Brylcreem?

   

  

   

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 17:44

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  How about Paddle Pop? Just checked Wiki and its still going strong elsewhere but it is extinct here already

  
  Yes I remember paddle pop

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 17:46

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Where is Brylcreem?

  For those with the jambul Elvis hairstyle if not Vitalis Super control does the job just fine>LOL

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 17:48

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  i miss Brrrr Blobs

  

   

  (edited for picture goodness)

  
  'Blur Blob'made popular by the TV commercial and now has become a permanent Singlish adjective>Hahaha

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 17:55

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Where is Brylcreem?

   

  

   

  Didnt see the pictures at first.Haircream in a tube & Palmolive in a glass bottle>WOW!

• Chew Bakar

  13 Oct 09, 18:01

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  Didnt see the pictures at first.Haircream in a tube & Palmolive in a glass bottle>WOW!

  Went hunting for the pic.

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 19:50

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Went hunting for the pic.

  Sometimes I wonder how you get those rare pictures did you just type your full name and everything just come out so easy>hahaha

• Short Ninja

  13 Oct 09, 21:11

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Went hunting for the pic.

  
  Could you name some of the best coffee houses in Singapore during the 60s-70s?

• viciouskitty74

  14 Oct 09, 10:00

  Does anyone of you remembers Tropicana?