In the day where everyone has a mobile phone (and some, more), yg remembers the days when telephones were shared within the kampong.

in those kampong days, the provision shop owners were one of the very few who had a phone installed in his residence. as a regular customer or a good neighbour, you might ‘borrow’ his number so that you could be contacted if there was an emergency or if there was some urgent matter that needed your attention.

when a call came, which happened once in a blue moon, the provision shop owner would gave a shout down the rows of houses and we would hurry to the provision shop to take it. at the end of it, we would thank the shopkeeper profusely and feel obliged to continue patronising the shop.

Read about the telephone in the kampong days in ygblog.

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