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Unbranded, No-frills Bread
These fresh loaves of bread baked at various bakeries in Singapore are supplied daily without brands on wrappers, labels, no-frills.The hundreds and thousands of Singaporean customers who bought breads...
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Deepavali Celebration in Singapore - Then and Now
Serangoon Road at night in 1957 "Little India" is an ethnic neighbourhood found in Singapore that has Tamil cultural elements and aspects of other cultures. Little India lies to east of the Singapore...
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Ways Done in the Past - Chinese Funeral Bands
Chinese funeral band in Singapore c 1970This incidental, unusual traditional "heritage" blog topic is shared on Chinese funeral bands of ways in old Singapore in the past. These are not fond nostalgic...
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Zi Char Corner at Kim Pong Road in Singapore
This archived photo of the pre-war building at the junction of Kim Pong Road and Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore in 1960s. Photo credit: National Archives of Singapore.Whenever I pass by Kim Pong Road in...
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Ways Done in the Past - Tailors
A tailor in Little India, Singapore c 1986According to the Bible, since the days of Adam and Eve, "so when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree...
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Olden Day Coffee Shops in Singapore
Kheng Cheong Coffee Shop at North Bridge Road in 1989The same location at North Bridge Road in 2013The two photos of Keng Cheong Coffee Shop at North Bridge Road taken in 1989 before they were...
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Old and New Ways to Advertise
1968: SIA KebayaDesigned by French designer Pierre Balmain, the iconic sarong kebaya was unveiled in 1968 as the stewardess' uniform for Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). A special batik design with...
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Welcome to "Bloglet to Express" to Resize and Save Time.
Welcome to the debut of this "twitter-type bloglet" to be introduced to my friends and readers, who are too busy to read through my lengthy blogs in the past.I have received their kind comments and...
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Christmas on Orchard Road, Singapore
Since when I celebrated Christmas in Singapore in the early days in the kampong in the 1960s?During my childhood memories, many Singaporeans at that time thought that Christmas is for Christians at...
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Silent Night, Holy Night ... Baah, Ba, Baa, Bah
What were those sheeps doing at the steps of the City Hall in Singapore on 24 December, 1951 (Christmas Eve)?These archived photos curated on this "bloglet" about Christmas celebration in Singapore...
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Traditional Christmas Turkey in Singapore
Aren't you hungry? (A Burger King commercial in 1999).Looking at this colorful picture of a roasted traditional Christmas turkey makes me salivate ...Here again, Chief Cook Foo Yong Seng inspecting...
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When Time Stood Still in Orchard Road 50 Years Ago
This old photo of Orchard Road in Singapore for over 60 years ago curated from the National Archives of Singapore, with courtesy and acknowledgement, is unrecognizable today.Is this the real or "reel"...
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Christmas Shopping in Singapore 50 Years Ago
Elizabeth Taylor was shopping in Singapore in November, 1957 during the opening of the Great World Amusement Park. She bought a stuffed tiger which she later asked Mrs Run Run Shaw (right) to give to...
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Have a Heart, Share a Gift
Lets start this blog with a Christmas song.There are many, many Christmas songs, "oldies but goodies" for us to listen to every year. My favorite, this evergreen song I love is "White Christmas"...
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How Can There Be A Today Without A Yesterday?
Time as a blog topic is interesting for everyone. Yesterday, today, tomorrow is a time in motion moving forward as day to night, night to day. Just as our lives for the past, present and future....
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Days of DOS Games
The above screen shots of the DOS games is an introduction on this blog topic to share the memories of the early days of DOS games.I was fascinated with the first IBM PC compatibles to play games on...
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The Happiest Place on Earth
Gross National Happiness (GNH) has only been officially used in Bhutan, where a Gross National Happiness Commission is charged reviewing policy decisions and allocation of resources.So is Bhutan a...
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Every Ending Is A New Beginning
With the end of each blog to express every year, I realized that my blog topic and theme cannot avoid myself speaking about time, about the beginning and the end ... but the world has not ended. Thank...
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National Theatre 50th Anniversary
This photo was taken in front of the inverted crescent-shaped fountain in the 1970s. In the background, the former National Theatre at the foot of Fort Canning, Singapore.The location under...
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Childcare for Parents at Workplace
My father was working at the Kheng Seng Chan Import and Export Company at Telok Ayer Street, Singapore for almost 30 years as a book-keeper before he passed away in 1977 at age 70. The Chinese family...
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