Remembering Singapore the way it was
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
One time I did mention about sea horses in Singapore waters and some forumnites were interested in what I was drinking or smoking>LOL.I remember there were two main species of Starfish.One is whitish with 5 pointed side which is perfect for throwing like 'ninja stars' the other one thick bulky reddish /brown.We liked to smuggle them in the car against our parents wishes cuz these creatures would die and stink up the place very fast.You mean the common seastar Archester typicus
and Knobby Seastar Protoeaster nodosus
Still found in Changi or Ubin.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
I was chatting with a nurse while being waiting to be sedated........and we talked about those little pink or green mini guavas we used to have in kampong yards.
And how we can take out hibiscus flowers from our kampong and suck on the juice/nectar of the flowers from the buds.
Now with all the pollutions and fertilizers, how many of us dared to just suck on fresh flowers plucked from the roadside?
And those wild passionfruits so commonin the kampong.
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and sucking from a bunch of ixora nectar.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
And those wild passionfruits so commonin the kampong.
Errr......those I never see. Mini Guavas, Hisbiscus, Frangipani, Coconut Trees and even papayas I 've seen.....And plenty of wild grown taipioca.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Errr......those I never see. Mini Guavas, Hisbiscus, Frangipani, Coconut Trees and even papayas I 've seen.....And plenty of wild grown taipioca.
Those wild passionfruits were pretty common, when ripe its yellow with white flesh and black seed. Very tasty. Used to fight for it.
You mean tapioca tree with all green leaf stalk, with the unedible root.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Those wild passionfruits were pretty common, when ripe its yellow with white flesh and black seed. Very tasty. Used to fight for it.
You mean tapioca tree with all green leaf stalk, with the unedible root.
Not trees lah.
Plants....I didnt know they were edible till I was in Secondary schools and I read and saw somewhere about those tapioca.
Those 1980-1990s days nobody borthers to harvest them and they grew everywhere.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Not trees lah.
Plants....I didnt know they were edible till I was in Secondary schools and I read and saw somewhere about those tapioca.
Those 1980-1990s days nobody borthers to harvest them and they grew everywhere.
Oh, I forget; those edible tapioca weren't growing wild back in the 60s or 70s, always will be someone's. Could have been in the 80s as I was out of the kampong scene then.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
You mean the common seastar Archester typicus
and Knobby Seastar Protoeaster nodosus
Still found in Changi or Ubin.
I dont know the names all I see is Stars!! but your pic tells everything>LOL -
Plenty of these around those kampung days.
Now, I hardly sees them.
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Also during low tide at Changi there were many flood pools (I think this is what Americans call them).My sister nearly drowned in one of them but I heard some cases of kids drowning in them.There also was a kind of fish that was adundant along the shores my father would fish for it......the color of a house lizard and it camouflages well in the sand.See you can find the pic ar not>
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Also during low tide at Changi there were many flood pools (I think this is what Americans call them).My sister nearly drowned in one of them but I heard some cases of kids drowning in them.There also was a kind of fish that was adundant along the shores my father would fish for it......the color of a house lizard and it camouflages well in the sand.See you can find the pic ar not>
Not sure which one but ikan kekek is common and I usually buy for making soup.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Not sure which one but ikan kekek is common and I usually buy for making soup.
Yes ,this is Ikan kekek but the fish is small from about 5cm to about 12 cm long has lots of tiny bones .I remember some people call it Ikan Pasir but I dont know if that is the right name for it
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You mean this one?
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
You mean this one?
Yes,you got it! What do you call this fish? And the bait used were seaworms that looked like earthworms which could be easily found at the sea-shore.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Yes,you got it! What do you call this fish? And the bait used were seaworms that looked like earthworms which could be easily found at the sea-shore.
Dunno, but some called it ikan pasir pasir in Indonesia, here the local called it sand beak.
Declicious deep fried.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Dunno, but some called it ikan pasir pasir in Indonesia, here the local called it sand beak.
Declicious deep fried.
It goes very well with sambal belacan,not the sweet one.The name Ikan pasir pasir and sand beak makes a lot of sense because this fish lives in sandy sea bed.Dont know if you can buy them at the wet market?
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Drinking a mug of earl grey tea now.
And remembering, how Liptop Red tea was already considered a luxury to sip at in Hotel lobbies.
Those days......a cup of expresso is already atas!
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
It goes very well with sambal belacan,not the sweet one.The name Ikan pasir pasir and sand beak makes a lot of sense because this fish lives in sandy sea bed.Dont know if you can buy them at the wet market?
Haven't seen them locally at the market but still common in our neighbouring countries. Think of it I had it last time in Thailand long time back. Must ask my cousin to get me some if he come over from Trengganu.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Drinking a mug of earl grey tea now.
And remembering, how Liptop Red tea was already considered a luxury to sip at in Hotel lobbies.
Those days......a cup of expresso is already atas!
I prefer jasmine tea.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Yes,you got it! What do you call this fish? And the bait used were seaworms that looked like earthworms which could be easily found at the sea-shore.
Hi Short Ninja,
I hope this helps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammodytidae
Cheers.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I prefer jasmine tea.
'Diao heu' aka fishing?I switched to 'Pu Er' for the office because everyone in that office complains about not being able to sleep at night whenever I serve them Chinese Jasmine Tea. We work from 6+pm to 11pm on weeknites.
Earl Grey and Jasmine is solely my drink nowdays for mornings and afternoons.
Tie Guan Ying I now only match with Pandan Leaves boiled Water.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
'Diao heu' aka fishing?I switched to 'Pu Er' for the office because everyone in that office complains about not being able to sleep at night whenever I serve them Chinese Jasmine Tea. We work from 6+pm to 11pm on weeknites.
Earl Grey and Jasmine is solely my drink nowdays for mornings and afternoons.
Tie Guan Ying I now only match with Pandan Leaves boiled Water.
Yup. Other I will just have teh tarik or teh aliah at the hawker.
Not much on coffee.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Yup. Other I will just have teh tarik or teh aliah at the hawker.
Not much on coffee.
I dont drink coffee too and I dont like the taste of nescafe cuz it gives me a mild headache.Do you add water to your Teh ?Because the amount of condense milk added to it is enough to kill a full grown cow. -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
I dont drink coffee too and I dont like the taste of nescafe cuz it gives me a mild headache.Do you add water to your Teh ?Because the amount of condense milk added to it is enough to kill a full grown cow.No sugar. Just C kosong.
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Lets see......I only drink 'Teh Peng' whenever I needed some drink to 'pad' my stomach when I was too busy to eat. (Which is ultra ultra rare.)
I kinda gone off the Teh Halia phase at the moment, maybe because I fart too much.
