Jan
10
2008
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Laokokok of Times of My Life begins the new year with memories of two Katong landmarks – no, not the red building, but Katong Shopping Centre and Odeon Katong.
Says Laokokok of Katong Shopping Centre:
This 35 years old shopping centre used to be full of textiles and shoes shops in the early days. The popular Oriental Emporium was located at one corner occupying 2 floors. It was fun shopping there especially before the Chinese New Year.
Read about the icons of Katong here.
Gather your friends and family and bring them on an exciting and fun journey through historic communities of Little India and Chinatown. For the month of June, we present a new tour of Kampong Gelam, once the historic seat of Malay royalty that’s not just for the history buffs. If you prefer to wander down [...]
Another feature on The Intan, this time by the Urban Sketchers who made a visit earlier this month. Check out the Sketchwalkers’ artwork here. Tweet(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();
You could call it a rare gem. The Intan - literally, the diamond – is a heritage space in Joo Chiat showcasing all things Peranakan. Admission is usually by appointment with a minimum number of people, and Jerome recently paid this award-winning museum a visit. The house that The Intan is set in, is typical of houses [...]
7 Jun 2011
Dear great-great-great-grandchildren,
Today, I have this urge to write to all of you about my excursions to the Bukit Timah Railway Station and various parts along the KTM railway tracks on 4 Jun 2011. I do not know if you would ever experience these places like I did?
We hear ever so often about the loss of the community spirit when people moved from kampongs into HDB flats, which greatly diminished the space for social interactions. Compared to your parents and grandparents who lived in kampongs, how much about your neighbours do you know? But people also adapt, and with the new surroundings [...]
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