Origins of road names & places in S'pore

• TehJarVu

  22 Jan 10, 01:54

  Lorong Tua Kong
  which ah kong is that?

• ColorColor

  22 Jan 10, 09:14

  Some places names are silly. they are just named after 'flowering trees starting with letter L'. -_- i came across this during my sch days doing research.
• Chew Bakar

  22 Jan 10, 14:41

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  Lorong Tua Kong
  which ah kong is that?

  Jalan Tua Kong refers to big cannon, formerly Siglap Battery there.

  Sorry to disappoint you, no Mr Tua Kong here.

  

• Short Ninja

  22 Jan 10, 14:42

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Jalan Tua Kong refers to big cannon, formerly Siglap Battery there.

  Sorry to disappoint you, no Mr Tua Kong here.

   

  
  

• Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew

  22 Jan 10, 14:43

  Why you know so much about Singapore rds, Mr Chew?

• Chew Bakar

  22 Jan 10, 14:44

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  

  I missed the chicken rice at the corner coffeeshop demolished years ago.

• Chew Bakar

  22 Jan 10, 14:45

  Originally posted by Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew:

  Why you know so much about Singapore rds, Mr Chew?

  Interest.

• Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew

  22 Jan 10, 14:46

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Interest.

  Not bad.

• Chew Bakar

  22 Jan 10, 14:47

  Originally posted by Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew:

  Not bad.

  Interesting nick & avatar.

  

• Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew

  22 Jan 10, 14:49

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Interesting nick & avatar.

  

  Normal lah. Just expressing majority people's feelings in Singapore.

• Chew Bakar

  22 Jan 10, 14:53

  Originally posted by Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew:

  Normal lah. Just expressing majority people's feelings in Singapore.

  

• Short Ninja

  22 Jan 10, 14:53

  So tell us exactly what are the origins of your nickname,political affiliation and sexual preference?

• Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew

  22 Jan 10, 14:54

  No political affiliation.

• Chew Bakar

  27 Jan 10, 08:13

  The Loyang and Lokyang Rds.

• Short Ninja

  27 Jan 10, 09:23

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  The Loyang and Lokyang Rds.

  
  Ok what about them?

• Chew Bakar

  27 Jan 10, 09:39

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  Ok what about them?

  The east and the west.

  

• Short Ninja

  27 Jan 10, 10:20

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  The east and the west.

  

  
  Places like that make you 'Look young' (lokyang)

• Chew Bakar

  27 Jan 10, 10:29

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  Places like that make you 'Look young' (lokyang)

  but you got Old Airport Road to remind you of reality.

  

• gd4u

  27 Jan 10, 11:14

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Jalan Tua Kong refers to big cannon, formerly Siglap Battery there.

  Sorry to disappoint you, no Mr Tua Kong here.

  

  Jalan Tua Pao would certainly sound better

• Chew Bakar

  27 Jan 10, 11:22

  Originally posted by gd4u:

  Jalan Tua Pao would certainly sound better

  

• Kenta yoshiyuki

  27 Jan 10, 21:07

  Bedok... during the kampong times, there was  no clock to tell the time.. so when it was time to pray.. someone would knock on a hollow wooden thing called bedoh to tell people either to pray or someone have something important to tell everyone.. 

• Short Ninja

  27 Jan 10, 23:18

  Originally posted by Kenta yoshiyuki:

  Bedok... during the kampong times, there was  no clock to tell the time.. so when it was time to pray.. someone would knock on a hollow wooden thing called bedoh to tell people either to pray or someone have something important to tell everyone.. 

  
  and other kampongs got no bedoh but got the clock to tell time?

• Chew Bakar

  28 Jan 10, 00:40

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  and other kampongs got no bedoh but got the clock to tell time?

  

• GHoST_18

  28 Jan 10, 00:45