Do you remember?
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I posted the following list somewhere else and 3/4 of the people there didn't know 1/2 the stuff I was talking about. Let's test the crowd here, eh?
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box.
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
AND
the nintendo gameboy-parachute and octopus
animal cards
ang mo kio interchange
lido cinema
the 2 aquarium outside cathy cinema
.....really brings back memories....
only recently i was just thinking about this roll of shop house that is somewhere along orchard road between those big complexes...got one shop that sells beachwear....think its along where paragon is now...anyone can remember hte shop?
Kit
Senior Member
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box. HELL YA!!!
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box. HELL YA!!!
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
sbs99
Senior Member
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
A&W at clementi!!!
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster. (at Holland Village!)
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box. HELL YA!!!
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find? -> sbs99: mustafa center, hong lim park old school toy shops)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.(sbs99-kakakaka)
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
Damn...im old liao. :sweatsm:
Here's some of my own recollections. (sorry bout some broken image links...havent got time to fix them up. Haaa)
Those Were The Days
.
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
A&W at clementi!!!
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster. (at Holland Village!)
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box. HELL YA!!!
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find? -> sbs99: mustafa center, hong lim park old school toy shops)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.(sbs99-kakakaka)
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
Damn...im old liao. :sweatsm:
Here's some of my own recollections. (sorry bout some broken image links...havent got time to fix them up. Haaa)
Those Were The Days
.
Redsun
Senior Member
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box. HELL YA!!!
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box. HELL YA!!!
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
How about the following TV programmes?
- 亲情 - HK series staring 周润发, still broadcast in Cantonese, 1980's. Other HK favourites from that era include 十大刺客, 书剑恩仇录, etc
- 缤纷83 - Local variety show - 1980's
- 保镖 - Taiwanese long winded slow moving swoard fighting series that was yanked half way through its broadcast so no body knew (or cared) about the ending? late 1970's
- Ultraman and Giant Robot dubbed in Malay, shown on Channel 3 (or 10?) early 70's
- 声宝之夜 - variety game show sponsored by Sharp, hosted by 张韦, early 70's
- 欢乐园地 - children's education program, 1970's
- 家住大芭窑 - children's TV seires, late 70's
- 青春123, 小飞鱼, 新兵小传, local TV series, 1980's
- Combat
- Marine Boy, cartoon
TV commercials:
- Maggie chillie sause, characters say "wa su ka jua!" (我喜欢辣!)
- Dumex milk powder, "Grow like a champion grow..."
- Cambell's soup, in hokkien..."buay hiao kin, wa wu kim bo!"
- Coca cola, around Christmas time, showing people holding candles singing "I'd like to teach the world to sing"...
- Kodak film with the song "Remember yesterday..."
- A lot of SIA ads...my favourite was the one showing a guy rushing to an orchestra concert, and he arrives just in time to stike the last note on a triangle.
Others...
The song Singapura...the lyrics as I first learned it was:
Singapura, oh Singapura
Thee I honour, thee I adore...
Instead of "Sunny island set in the sea"
Anyone remember the song "Planting rice is never fun"?
- 亲情 - HK series staring 周润发, still broadcast in Cantonese, 1980's. Other HK favourites from that era include 十大刺客, 书剑恩仇录, etc
- 缤纷83 - Local variety show - 1980's
- 保镖 - Taiwanese long winded slow moving swoard fighting series that was yanked half way through its broadcast so no body knew (or cared) about the ending? late 1970's
- Ultraman and Giant Robot dubbed in Malay, shown on Channel 3 (or 10?) early 70's
- 声宝之夜 - variety game show sponsored by Sharp, hosted by 张韦, early 70's
- 欢乐园地 - children's education program, 1970's
- 家住大芭窑 - children's TV seires, late 70's
- 青春123, 小飞鱼, 新兵小传, local TV series, 1980's
- Combat
- Marine Boy, cartoon
TV commercials:
- Maggie chillie sause, characters say "wa su ka jua!" (我喜欢辣!)
- Dumex milk powder, "Grow like a champion grow..."
- Cambell's soup, in hokkien..."buay hiao kin, wa wu kim bo!"
- Coca cola, around Christmas time, showing people holding candles singing "I'd like to teach the world to sing"...
- Kodak film with the song "Remember yesterday..."
- A lot of SIA ads...my favourite was the one showing a guy rushing to an orchestra concert, and he arrives just in time to stike the last note on a triangle.
Others...
The song Singapura...the lyrics as I first learned it was:
Singapura, oh Singapura
Thee I honour, thee I adore...
Instead of "Sunny island set in the sea"
Anyone remember the song "Planting rice is never fun"?
sbs99
Senior Member
raptor84
Senior Member
I posted the following list somewhere else and 3/4 of the people there didn't know 1/2 the stuff I was talking about. Let's test the crowd here, eh? 
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza. I only remmeber the one at katong/ parkway parade
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza short lived hehe
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates. - and had the auto hand washing machines
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco! still got now...
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box.
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool! OLD sia
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch". - remmeber seeing pri school
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones. I spoiled my parents casatte player by dismantling it =p
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans. i never got one ;p
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman. Like the iPods now...
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!). my old postal code was 1852 hehe
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone? - wah seh.. i think secondary school..
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market! vaguely...
Feather dusters made of real feathers. My mom's disicpline tool of choice ;p
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
Whoa so I'm not that old...
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza. I only remmeber the one at katong/ parkway parade
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza short lived hehe
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates. - and had the auto hand washing machines
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco! still got now...
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box.
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool! OLD sia
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch". - remmeber seeing pri school
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones. I spoiled my parents casatte player by dismantling it =p
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans. i never got one ;p
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman. Like the iPods now...
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!). my old postal code was 1852 hehe
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone? - wah seh.. i think secondary school..
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market! vaguely...
Feather dusters made of real feathers. My mom's disicpline tool of choice ;p
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
Whoa so I'm not that old...
Guess we should start off with images of the past instead in words. Cos i do see some hawker vendors used 7-up glass bottle to keep their sesame oil.
To add on:I posted the following list somewhere else and 3/4 of the people there didn't know 1/2 the stuff I was talking about. Let's test the crowd here, eh?
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)
Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"
Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)
"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happening
A&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates. with knife and forks.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box.
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans. some with FM and mic.Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone? March 2006. Hehe...
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad! Sundrum, Douglas Moore, Lim Tong Hai, Steven Tan, David Lee).Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
:sweat:
SBC drama "tie3 hu2 die2" (Iron butterfly)
SBC drama "bian1 yuan2 shao4 nian2"
SBC drama "qing1 chun1 123"
Giordano started off with a frog logo
Wah... too many to list out liao. Hehe...
Those RED ones I can remember/know....
I posted the following list somewhere else and 3/4 of the people there didn't know 1/2 the stuff I was talking about. Let's test the crowd here, eh?
Oriental Emporium
Metro Golden Mile, Supreme House (now called Park Mall)Fitzpatrick Supermarkets
Tokyu, followed by Sogo @ Raffles City.
Yaohan Katong (next to Seaview Hotel), Jurong, Thomson Plaza.
Yokoso Supermarket, S'pore's first 24H supermarket, Tanjong Katong Complex.
Sasaki Good Guys, Japanese departmental store next to Courts Bt. Timah
The ice-skating rink at Katong Shopping Centre
Daimaru at Liang Court, with that really high water-jet fountain.
Hawker centres right by the S'pore river, Fullerton area.
Clifford Pier/Change Alley was totally happening.
Big Splash!
K-Mart @ Lucky Plaza
Galleries LaFayette @ Goldhill Square
Printemps @ Hotel Meredien
"Centrepoint kids"Fire Disco
Kampungs (Malay Village does not count)
Paya Lebar International Airport (pre Changi)"In"/"In-kids" @ Dhoby Ghaut/Orchard MRT (late 80s)
When Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Bt. Timah Plaza & Thomson Plaza were really hip and happeningA&W Restaurant along Dunearn Road, opposite Novotel Orchid Inn (now Copthorne)
KFC served meals on ceramic plates.
HANDS DIY store at Bt. Timah Rd (next to Tan Chong Motors)
Hardees @ Parkway Parade, International Building. They had the Mushroom Swiss Burger before BK introduced theirs.
Wendy's was also at Parkway Parade.
Church's Texas Fried Chicken.
Big Rooster.
Shakey's Pizza
Cherry Coke!
Royal Crown (RC) Cola!
Sinalco!
Collecting bottle caps!
Marbles - "Gor-li". The opaque white ones (the "Goondu") were especially prized.
MPH Stamford Road (before renovation)
The Orchard Bowl at the Old Orchard Cinema.
$3.50 stall movie tickets, $4.50 circle seats.
Two huge-ass painted movie banners in front of cinema: "Now Showing" and "Next Change"
Green Spot
Magnolia milk in a pyramid-shaped box.
Bus-conductors/OMO
The MRT only travelled in one line from Clementi to Yio Chu Kang.
SBC only had channel 5 and 8. Then 12.
"Army Series" on channel 8.
Huang Wenyong (Ah Shui) and Xiang Yun in "The Awakening"
English subtitles for Chinese programmes were translated in 3rd person/reported speech.
Sen Lam and Duncan Watt read the news.
Kenneth Liang hosted Friday Background (or was it Feedback?).
TV started at 3pm daily, but occasionally at 9am, there'd be CDIS programmes on TV till about 11am. Cooool!
There was a news bulletin prog for kids called "Newswatch".
When CHIJMES was still a school.
Radio One 90.5 played oldies till 2am on Fri nites, pop hits till 2am on Sat nites. All other stations stopped at 12mn.
Batam radio Zoo 101.6 was our first taste of 24hour radio.
Ocean Pacific and IXI;Z were cool brands.
Pop hits on cassette tapes, $6.50 - $8.50. $2.50 for pirated ones.
Kickass Sony cassette walkmans.
Ultra-hip if you owned a Discman.
When the postal code still had 4 digits (or even 2!).
Dial phones.
When we'd actually TALK on the phones with friends.
When was the last time you used a phone card/card phone?
Pagers were like, damn cool, man.
Pen-pals!
Pong-pong trees by the roadside.
Toy soldiers! (now where to find?)
Matchbox die-cast cars.
"Top-Trump" cards.
Roller skates and "Chopper" bicycles.
Floods along Bt.Timah/Dunearn Roads.
School being cancelled because of floods.
Bata Badminton Master BM2000! Gotta have 'em!
Roti-man delivering bread on his motorbike at night. Sometimes got freshly-bottled goat's milk.
Live chickens at the market!
Feather dusters made of real feathers.
"Teamy" the bee.
The first remote-controlled TV/VCR. (cabled, not infra-red)
Smugglin' porn to school on VHS cassette.
See-saws at the playgound.
*sand* at the playground!
Singapore in the Malaysia Cup/Semi-Pro League (Alistair Edwards! Abbas Saad!).
Kallang Roar, week-in, week out.
When kids bought the national jersey and had names like 'Hasnim Haron' and 'D.Tokijan' printed on the back.
Van Kleef Aquarium with the shark-tank! And electric eels and piranha at the entrance. Uber cool.
:sweat:
ahbian
Senior Member
Then I think you people will like this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiIe7JM8fGM&mode=related&search=SBC TCS Singapore drama serial theme
I kept clicking on the other clips on the right side, couldn't stop at one.:bsmilie:
the bikes so obiang inside and yet they were 'cool' at that time.. :think:
same.. but I younger than you leh.. hahahah
For up to 30 cents u can get a big big bowl :bsmilie:
The canteen lady can asked me, " Ah tee, you sure u can finish anot?"
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