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[bowwow]

siglap. next to killiney kopitiam.

aahh... old kampong.... i miss the char kway teow from there... anyone know where the uncle move to??

 

[chiif]

aahh... old kampong.... i miss the char kway teow from there... anyone know where the uncle move to??

The old uncle used to sell prawn mee at the OLD OLD Soy Eu Tua. His store used to be at the front. Then they renovated, some how, his helper, kana retrenched. When the NEW Soy Eu Tua (version 1) came out, the old uncle switch his business to selling Char Kway Teow. Everytime I visited him, I ping him when he is going back to frying his Hokien Mee (honestly, his Hokien Mee is :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: , better than his Char Kway Teow. He said: "Hokien Mee needs alot of time to prepare, now only left him, so he has to fry Char Kway Teow instead, which requires less preparation time."

Now, NEW Soy Eu Tua (version 2), I haven't visited them since... so not sure whether the old uncle is still there. But I think he stays somewhere in Lucky Heights. I used to see him cycle on his old China Raleigh back home when I was still a 10 year old school boy....

From what I know... before Siglap bacame so "upmarket", Soy Eu Tua used to be a place for gangster hang out...

I missed the old Siglap market that is the Siglap Centre & Cold Storage now... used to buy guppies at the corner aquarium.... and the old Cinema which I used to pop by after school for a $1.20 movie... that was some 25 years ago.... and the shop/house down the road beside the barber & framemaker shop which also sell fishes.... Can anyone recall the cinema name? :bsmilie:

 

[madmacs]

The old uncle used to sell prawn mee at the OLD OLD Soy Eu Tua. His store used to be at the front. Then they renovated, some how, his helper, kana retrenched. When the NEW Soy Eu Tua (version 1) came out, the old uncle switch his business to selling Char Kway Teow. Everytime I visited him, I ping him when he is going back to frying his Hokien Mee (honestly, his Hokien Mee is :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: , better than his Char Kway Teow. He said: "Hokien Mee needs alot of time to prepare, now only left him, so he has to fry Char Kway Teow instead, which requires less preparation time."

Now, NEW Soy Eu Tua (version 2), I haven't visited them since... so not sure whether the old uncle is still there. But I think he stays somewhere in Lucky Heights. I used to see him cycle on his old China Raleigh back home when I was still a 10 year old school boy....

From what I know... before Siglap bacame so "upmarket", Soy Eu Tua used to be a place for gangster hang out...

I missed the old Siglap market that is the Siglap Centre & Cold Storage now... used to buy guppies at the corner aquarium.... and the old Cinema which I used to pop by after school for a $1.20 movie... that was some 25 years ago.... and the shop/house down the road beside the barber & framemaker shop which also sell fishes.... Can anyone recall the cinema name? :bsmilie:

got cinema ah? i only know of roxy (i think) at katong. ;p

 

[chiif]

Another shot taken at Blair Road. One of my favourite hangout for photoshoot....

Very nice shophouses there...

 

[chiif]

got cinema ah? i only know of roxy (i think) at katong. ;p

The cinema near Roxy square now I think is call Odean Katong. Then they pull down and built a new Odean Katong opposite which is now Corner Stone. I still remember watching "Dong Fang Bu Dai" during my army days some 16 years ago...

Roxy cinema is near Selegie Road which turned into ice skating ring in the 90's.

Can someone verify? My memory is fading....

 

[madmacs]

The cinema near Roxy square now I think is call Odean Katong. Then they pull down and built a new Odean Katong opposite which is now Corner Stone. I still remember watching "Dong Fang Bu Dai" during my army days some 16 years ago...

Roxy cinema is near Selegie Road which turned into ice skating ring in the 90's.

Can someone verify? My memory is fading....

selegie one is rex.

katong had 2 cinemas - odeon katong and roxy. roxy was pulled down to build roxy square. i think now roxy square gave way to katong mall :think:

you remember an emporium in katong called tay ban guan? used to hang out there after technical lessons. that would have been about 20 years ago. :bsmilie:

 

[Terence]

Since we're going down memory lane. Anyone remember the old open air cinema in Joo chiat? near the old joo chiat market. I have wonderful memories of that place as a kid.

 

[chiif]

selegie one is rex.

katong had 2 cinemas - odeon katong and roxy. roxy was pulled down to build roxy square. i think now roxy square gave way to katong mall :think:

you remember an emporium in katong called tay ban guan? used to hang out there after technical lessons. that would have been about 20 years ago. :bsmilie:

Yeh... out of no where in the middle an emporium... I still remember there used to be a dentist at the corner... I went to pull out my front tooth and it didn't grow back after that... have to put on a denture. :bsmilie:

Which secondary school u from?

 

[bja]

some shots from mt fuji during my 2005 japan trip
also shot with my bessa-r..

 

[madmacs]

Yeh... out of no where in the middle an emporium... I still remember there used to be a dentist at the corner... I went to pull out my front tooth and it didn't grow back after that... have to put on a denture. :bsmilie:

Which secondary school u from?

st patricks. used to go to tanjong katong technical school for tech lessons. on the way back to school, we would drop into a&w for coney dog then go window shop at tbg :bsmilie:

 

[madmacs]

Since we're going down memory lane. Anyone remember the old open air cinema in Joo chiat? near the old joo chiat market. I have wonderful memories of that place as a kid.

hmm...sound familiar but never been there ;p

 

[madmacs]

look like army maneuvers :bsmilie:

 

[chiif]

This is nice... I can feel the weight of the backpack and the pull on my shin....

 

[chiif]

Since we're going down memory lane. Anyone remember the old open air cinema in Joo chiat? near the old joo chiat market. I have wonderful memories of that place as a kid.

Can't remember the name too... I think that was about 30 years ago... open air cinema disappeared before I had a chance to visit them. :bsmilie:

I think it would be fun to list out all the old cinemas and then we go shoot the buildings that have taken over them today. :bsmilie:

 

[madmacs]

Can't remember the name too... I think that was about 30 years ago... open air cinema disappeared before I had a chance to visit them. :bsmilie:

I think it would be fun to list out all the old cinemas and then we go shoot the buildings that have taken over them today. :bsmilie:

ya! memory lane rf outing! :bsmilie:

 

[bowwow]

The old uncle used to sell prawn mee at the OLD OLD Soy Eu Tua. His store used to be at the front. Then they renovated, some how, his helper, kana retrenched. When the NEW Soy Eu Tua (version 1) came out, the old uncle switch his business to selling Char Kway Teow. Everytime I visited him, I ping him when he is going back to frying his Hokien Mee (honestly, his Hokien Mee is :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: , better than his Char Kway Teow. He said: "Hokien Mee needs alot of time to prepare, now only left him, so he has to fry Char Kway Teow instead, which requires less preparation time."

Now, NEW Soy Eu Tua (version 2), I haven't visited them since... so not sure whether the old uncle is still there. But I think he stays somewhere in Lucky Heights. I used to see him cycle on his old China Raleigh back home when I was still a 10 year old school boy....

From what I know... before Siglap bacame so "upmarket", Soy Eu Tua used to be a place for gangster hang out...

I missed the old Siglap market that is the Siglap Centre & Cold Storage now... used to buy guppies at the corner aquarium.... and the old Cinema which I used to pop by after school for a $1.20 movie... that was some 25 years ago.... and the shop/house down the road beside the barber & framemaker shop which also sell fishes.... Can anyone recall the cinema name? :bsmilie:

the old uncle no more there already... went there one day 'coz had a longing for his char kway teow but ALAS, he is gone...

the cinema name is Ocean if i remember correctly. old wooden seats and i remember got got one chee koh pek old man always try to get funny with school boys. yeah... used to go there afterschool to chill out with classmates. remember the old hawker stalls opposite the cinema at night in the carpark? miss the soup kambing there.

what i miss from the old siglap market was the black carrot cake fried by the aunty and soya bean from the corner. i remember the aquarium!
the barber and framemaker still there. in fact i'm still using the framemaker's services even though i've moved out from the area 5years ago.

 

[bowwow]

The cinema near Roxy square now I think is call Odean Katong. Then they pull down and built a new Odean Katong opposite which is now Corner Stone. I still remember watching "Dong Fang Bu Dai" during my army days some 16 years ago...

Roxy cinema is near Selegie Road which turned into ice skating ring in the 90's.

Can someone verify? My memory is fading....

roxy is the old cinema where roxy square now stand if i remember correctly.

 

[bowwow]

st patricks. used to go to tanjong katong technical school for tech lessons. on the way back to school, we would drop into a&w for coney dog then go window shop at tbg :bsmilie:

st pat's!! potest qui vult!! was subra during your time?

 

[bowwow]

selegie one is rex.

katong had 2 cinemas - odeon katong and roxy. roxy was pulled down to build roxy square. i think now roxy square gave way to katong mall :think:

you remember an emporium in katong called tay ban guan? used to hang out there after technical lessons. that would have been about 20 years ago. :bsmilie:

tay ban guan... still remember the chicken and meat pies from there... ah.. the smell....

 

[chiif]

the cinema name is Ocean if i remember correctly. old wooden seats and i remember got got one chee koh pek old man always try to get funny with school boys. yeah... used to go there afterschool to chill out with classmates. remember the old hawker stalls opposite the cinema at night in the carpark? miss the soup kambing there.

what i miss from the old siglap market was the black carrot cake fried by the aunty and soya bean from the corner. i remember the aquarium!
the barber and framemaker still there. in fact i'm still using the framemaker's services even though i've moved out from the area 5years ago.

YOU SAVE MY DAY!

Yes! Ocean... the wooden seats...