things you miss from the past?

[yinyang]

the centre point kids......

Another camp... macdonald's kids, liat towers:p

 

[JWNY]

Another camp... macdonald's kids, liat towers:p

eh...i thought you from Europa like me?

don't be shy...our Big Splash days

JWNY

 

[yinyang]

eh...i thought you from Europa like me? don't be shy...our Big Splash days

Nah, we queenstown pai kia:p

 

[JWNY]

Nah, we queenstown pai kia:p

yes...there was actually a BOWLING centre there...

anyone from East? Jackie's Bowl?

it's all coming back to me now....

JWNY

 

[High till Dry]

yes...there was actually a BOWLING centre there...

anyone from East? Jackie's Bowl?

it's all coming back to me now....

JWNY

how about the old satay club, tpy hawker centre under the highway?

 

[SIFU]

i cantonese ah beng..

used to frequent canto pub 'Nine Seven' during my army days..

william scorpion, angie were the performers then...

 

[SIFU]

How about Sng-bao? Only $0.20 a piece.

my time only 10cents..

rats.. proved that i am much older than you..

 

[HTOLAS]

i cantonese ah beng..

used to frequent canto pub 'Nine Seven' during my army days..

william scorpion, angie were the performers then...

If you are Cantonese, it should be 'Ah Ming'.

Does anyone recall Wang Sa & Ye Feng's Ah Ngau movie? Does anyone know if it's available on DVD? It wasn't exactly the pinnacle of cinema art but I think it's an important part of our cinematic history.

 

[SneeringTree]

1. Chewinggum
2. $2.50 Malboro small pack hope it will cost $25 soon
3. $2.50 Movie ticket
4. Pager (can call back as and when u like, dun wan reply jus say cannot find telephone or no small change)
5. Fried Hokkien Mee packed in Bamboo Leaf it's opeh leave
6. Indian man going around selling the flat pink color biscuit like roti prata (wats it called?)this is still sold in provision shops
7. Hanging around shopping malls as a group whole day during school time jus talking cock, sharing and surviving a packet of fried rice, 1 large coke and small pack of cigarettes..damn economical way to pass time thenso young start smoking already?
8. Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin shows
9. He-man, Thundercats, Green Hornet show
10. Breakdancing shows in the shopping malls
11. Smoking in the shopping malls and cinemas!smoke again? you have nothing to remember but cancer sticks?

I am glad that the days of cheap cigarettes are over.

 

[singveld]

good old KFC, proper KFC, the old high quality KFC, not the shit you get these days (cannot get anymore, even in USA)

A&W root beer float on huge mugs that are frozen in freezer (you still can find now in USA)

old sammy alfresco coffee shop

 

[Microsoft]

hahaha i still remembers seeing lots of them...Lido cinema sibo?:p

Actually... u can find em anywhere... Jurong drive in or Kallang KFC...

When they still sell 4-d, toto in such kiosh...

Long time no see...

 

[red amoeba]

I am born in the 70's, and here's the things I missed:

a. milk packets used to be triangular
b. there is a snack known as KAKA
c. I miss a certain brand of kaya that is actually orange in color and comes in a blue round can

d. a plate of fried beehoon during my primary school days actually only cost 10 cents in the school canteen, ice cream cost 10 cents, fried chicken 50 cents.

e. we used to buy 知识报, 知识画报，to so call supplement our books
f. I still remember Mr Yakki and Mr Wollie from my primary school textbooks.
g. everyday after recess, we will squat by the longkang to brush our teeth
h. we have class duties to go wash toilets
i. feeder buses cost only 5-cents
j. i remembered that SBS buses then don't have doors, and the driver compartment is seperated from the rest of the passengers
k. there used to be a roundabout at junction of today's Queenstown shopping centre and IKEA
l. our TV used to be like a cabinet, complete with slidng doors
m. provision shops used a pulley system of two cans to hold their money and change
n. Redioffusion is the in-thing
o. stop-at-two campagn then is very prevalent
p. bus interchanges are just buses stopped along the road - like today's Marina Centre interchange
q. to be able to go McDonald then is considered a luxury
r. taking a ferry to Sentosa is an exciting thing
s. I miss the Mayflower resturant at Changi Airport Terminal One.
t. I miss the prawn noodle at the roadside hawker stalls outside Tong Ji Hospital
u. I miss the tongkangs berthed along Singapore River - miss the smell of dried sea products that are being sold along those shops
v. snake killing at Chinatown roadside market stalls

 

[hungary fighter]

Another camp... macdonald's kids, liat towers:p

yup....mayb we from the same age group.....

 

[eeoror88]

yup....mayb we from the same age group.....

Your balls hated you from young ??

 

[hungary fighter]

u have no balls???......

 

[eeoror88]

You love to play your balls when you are free even though your balls hate you from your primary school days ??

 

[hungary fighter]

u have no balls & u want 2 pick a fight here.....

 

[eeoror88]

You love to play your balls when you are free even though your balls hate you from your primary school days ?? Now become golf balls ??

 

[hungary fighter]

u have no balls & don't dare to fight.......

 

[Wobble]

my time only 10cents..

rats.. proved that i am much older than you..

paiseh..old Hua Yi boys...bad memories...10c per piece yes..lol