Remembering Singapore the way it was
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I'm tradtional, I follow what my parents did and hope my grandkids will follow.
Too many traditions are disappearing; it's inevitable in the ever changing world.
Mr Chew, winter solstice is that "dang chway" in hokkien?I have been asking around when exactly is this but nobody can answer me.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Mr Chew, winter solstice is that "dang chway" in hokkien?I have been asking around when exactly is this but nobody can answer me.
Always on the 22nd Dec, so 3 days before Christmas.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Always on the 22nd Dec, so 3 days before Christmas.
Oh, I see.so i better do it before 22 dec.
thanks
that is originally our chinese new year
this and lup chun the same or different?
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Oh, I see.so i better do it before 22 dec.
thanks
that is originally our chinese new year
this and lup chun the same or different?
What is lup chun??
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
What is lup chun??
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
First day of springOh, you mean lip chun in Hokkien.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Oh, you mean lip chun in Hokkien.
I don't know what it is called in hokkien. Lap chun is in Cantonese.how i wish someone from hokkien who speak good hokkien can teach me hokkien
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
I don't know what it is called in hokkien. Lap chun is in Cantonese.how i wish someone from hokkien who speak good hokkien can teach me hokkien
Bangulzai will be a great help in Hokkien.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Bangulzai will be a great help in Hokkien.
I notice he is missing.Did you watch the food programme on channel 8 last night? The mediacorp staff went to Amoy to search for bak chang.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
I notice he is missing.Did you watch the food programme on channel 8 last night? The mediacorp staff went to Amoy to search for bak chang.
Tell the media corp guy there is a place called 'Katong'>LOL -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Tell the media corp guy there is a place called 'Katong'>LOL
The show is featuring the origin of the food. -
ah gong said last time police wear shorts ----- true or false ? chun booh???
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Originally posted by Ki.dane:
ah gong said last time police wear shorts ----- true or false ? chun booh???
Ah Gong is chun -policemen wore shorts like British style unitl they came out with the blue uniform maybe at the end of 60s or early 70s to follow the American style -
Real China town, not the disney land shops we have now
More tolerance and less religious extremism
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Originally posted by Ki.dane:
ah gong said last time police wear shorts ----- true or false ? chun booh???
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
If I am not mistaken the police force changed uniform twice so as not to be indentical with Malaysia police but they also change twice to look like a Singapore policeman>LOL.Must ask Viciouskitty for pictures of policewoman uniform also and if lucky who knows? Maybe got 'Begeeni'
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
If I am not mistaken the police force changed uniform twice so as not to be indentical with Malaysia police but they also change twice to look like a Singapore policeman>LOL.Must ask Viciouskitty for pictures of policewoman uniform also and if lucky who knows? Maybe got 'Begeeni'
Strange that you asked.I actually had in hand what you wanted, just donated to create the police heritage centre.
BEgeeni kinda policewoman uniform, you can see from 'Youre under arrest!' animes.
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By the way.
Winter Soltice is known as 'Dong Zhi'.
It means the arrival of Winter for the Chinese.
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Does anyone remembers.
When you sit down at Chinese restaurants, the waitress will serve you rolls of hot handkerchief with flower water scents.....before they intro the disposable napkins in individual packaging?
and after your meal, they serve you another roll of hankercheif to wipe up?
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1st round of female police uniform was brown.
2nd round was dark blue with front pockets.
3rd and current rounds is still dark blue, but no longer with breast pockets and the cap was changed to a more softer rounded version similar to the Japanese female police officer's uniform.
They took off the breast pockets, so it looks more streamline and less padded in front.
Which was a loss to us female officers, because the breast pockets was so useful in holding so much stuff!
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Used to rememberthe the hot towels still some times find in Malaysia but not here anymore.
I remember policemen used to have a 4 digits numbers on their uniforms up to the 70s or early 80s.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Used to rememberthe the hot towels still some times find in Malaysia but not here anymore.
I remember policemen used to have a 4 digits numbers on their uniforms up to the 70s or early 80s.
Yah, I remember my father's uniform has those.Does anyone here remembers the 'Fathers colours'? Refering to how a father's medals are worn on their sons uniforms?
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Ah Gong is chun -policemen wore shorts like British style unitl they came out with the blue uniform maybe at the end of 60s or early 70s to follow the American style
thk u-- i want see them in that old uniform again
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
this uniform don't look blue
--- when ah gong told me they wear shorts
-- i tot they wear the same present day uniform
but bottom is shorts instead of pants