Before the age of the internet where you can do grocery shopping online, Isaac shares stories about his parents’ life back then and how groceries were delivered right to your doorstep (or more accurately, to your window sill):
“Somehow conversation drifted to what Singapore was like when they were growing up and for the first time in a long long long long time I found myself fascinated.
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My mom talked about how my Ah Gong used to give her 20 cents a day to eat and she’d skip all the laksa and char kway teow sellers for the ice balls, sweets and candies resulting in her losing a bunch of her teeth to decay when she was relatively young… How you could lower a basket with money in it from the window of your flat and bring it back up with whatever goodies the hawker downstairs was selling. And of course she made some comments that nearly sparked a big fight but we managed to hold our tongues and let her be.”
For more accounts, including anecdotes of the Japanese occupation and the Konfrantasi, read the full post here.
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