Remembering Singapore the way it was
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Does anyone of you remembers Tropicana?
As a hobby I used to collect match boxes of Coffee Houses,Hotels and Restaurants that my family went but I have forgotten the names.Now that you mentioned Tropicana...I think it was at the Holiday Inn Scotts Road.
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A few names have come up in my mind in the last few minutes like 'Skillet' which was located at Penang Lane and 'Tivoli' I went there a lot as a kid but forgot where it was.......need Mr Chew's help.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
A few names have come up in my mind in the last few minutes like 'Skillet' which was located at Penang Lane and 'Tivoli' I went there a lot as a kid but forgot where it was.......need Mr Chew's help.
I remember Silver Spoon and Copper Kettle but coffee house really is not my cup of tea.
Tropicana was next to Holiday Inn; Neptune Theatre another popular entertainment.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I remember Silver Spoon and Copper Kettle but coffee house really is not my cup of tea.
Tropicana was next to Holiday Inn; Neptune Theatre another popular entertainment.
Yes, those were the popular names of the 60s &70s .Coffee houses were for courting couple and middle class families>LOL.So where did you hang out with your friends? Datok Rajah ar ......Hahaha
Really thanks for your continuing contribution and pics...brought back some real fond memories of my parents and my childhood days.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Yes, those were the popular names of the 60s &70s .Coffee houses were for courting couple and middle class families>LOL.So where did you hang out with your friends? Datok Rajah ar ......Hahaha
Really thanks for your continuing contribution and pics...brought back some real fond memories of my parents and my childhood days.
In the 60s-70s, I travelled north to Malaya to do business, mostly to KL and Kuantan and also to Palembang, Jambi, Cirebon and Semarang. When back home I usually tried to bring the kids out to Haw Par Villas, swimming and jogging in the reserviors area. Makan usually with the hawkers around Chinatown and some times across the Causeway.
Only occasionally I got to bring some biz clients to Neptune Theatre or Mayflower Restaurant in DBS Building. Not a pechant fan of restuarant food too.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
In the 60s-70s, I travelled north to Malaya to do business, mostly to KL and Kuantan and also to Palembang, Jambi, Cirebon and Semarang. When back home I usually tried to bring the kids out to Haw Par Villas, swimming and jogging in the reserviors area. Makan usually with the hawkers around Chinatown and some times across the Causeway.
Only occasionally I got to bring some biz clients to Neptune Theatre or Mayflower Restaurant in DBS Building. Not a pechant fan of restuarant food too.
Let us side track a little.I love Cirebon.What were you doing there and do you still go there? It is nice and peaceful place like Butterworth,Penang.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
In the 60s-70s, I travelled north to Malaya to do business, mostly to KL and Kuantan and also to Palembang, Jambi, Cirebon and Semarang. When back home I usually tried to bring the kids out to Haw Par Villas, swimming and jogging in the reserviors area. Makan usually with the hawkers around Chinatown and some times across the Causeway.
Only occasionally I got to bring some biz clients to Neptune Theatre or Mayflower Restaurant in DBS Building. Not a pechant fan of restuarant food too.
Logging business?Buying rotan to cane your kids or make furniture? Hahaha just guessing -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Let us side track a little.I love Cirebon.What were you doing there and do you still go there? It is nice and peaceful place like Butterworth,Penang.
It always nice to go to Indonesia. I was trading believe it or not peanuts from there.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Logging business?Buying rotan to cane your kids or make furniture? Hahaha just guessingNot logging business but rotan you guess it right.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Not logging business but rotan you guess it right.
Cirebon famous for Rotan.And I want to Rotan the Botak guy who disturbed me in another thread just now>LOL -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Cirebon famous for Rotan.And I want to Rotan the Botak guy who disturbed me in another thread just now>LOLA rotan with my old girl is no jokes for the kids.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
It always nice to go to Indonesia. I was trading believe it or not peanuts from there.
Peanuts (found in peanut butter) or real peanuts(big money) Mrs Goh brand -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Peanuts (found in peanut butter) or real peanuts(big money) Mrs Goh brandPeanuts as in peanuts.
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Now a lot of people are into bird nest business in Indonesia
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Now a lot of people are into bird nest business in Indonesia
Most bird nests now are not the nice quality like those back in the old days. Many are those that make houses for them to roost and not wild taken.
Best wild nest come from around Bilitung and Bangka. Not into that biz but always get a sackful for mum and dad.
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When was the last time you visited Cirebon?
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
When was the last time you visited Cirebon?
Back in 95. Passed by last year going to Pekalongan to see a friend.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Back in 95. Passed by last year going to Pekalongan to see a friend.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Did you stay at the Karisma Hotel? Very centralised and convenientNope, always in my relatives place.
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Chat later. gtg.
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i think u ppl are 2 3 times my age...
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
big splash at ECP...
asian village at sentosa...
Asian village was like a ghost town. Bo lang one
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
i think u ppl are 2 3 times my age...
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I prefer old Cathay Building before renovation. After reno, it looks so "aloof"
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Dunno, I don't go there anymore, the whole spacious feel is lost in that area.