Jan
25
2006
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“It was the last Sunday before the Chinese New Year. As with Chinese traditions, the guys should go for their haircut before the New Year. So, as if it was a calling from within I joined the crowd. Gone are the days when if you have long hair you might be served last.
Check out chinatownboy’s interesting account of his visit to a “modern barber shop of the old, but not of the new generation type”.
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?
“iremember goes to Toa Payoh” is the first of a series of outreach initiatives to the heartlands island-wide. At this carnival we will be premiering two local short films by Singapore film-makers Tan Pin Pin and Wee Li Lin. They were commissioned as part of the Singapore Memory Singapore’s efforts to showcase memories via [...]
Discover, share and contribute on all things Singapore! The Singapore story is not simply a tale of one city’s rise from third-world to the first. It is also enriched by every Singaporean’s individual memories and our collective experiences. Whether it is memories of your carefree school days or the taste of your favourite childhood foods, [...]
Yesterday Singapore observed Total Defence Day, a day chosen because it was the day Singapore fell to the Japanese invasion in 1942. This year is particularly significant as it is the 70th anniversary. Here are three timely posts from several heritage bloggers about Singapore and World War II: Jerome writes about the events at Bukit [...]
I’m sure I had been told the story before … probably years ago but it was since forgotten. The subject came up purely by chance a few weeks back during one of my long-overdue visits to my mother’s place. “I’m going next week to the Kranji War Memorial,” I announced. Well up to that point [...]
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