August 5, 2010 in Blog by Pei Kang

National Day Documentary: Old Places

Guys, saw some teasers for Royston Tan’s “Old Places” this coming Sunday, Aug 8, 10pm on okto channel. I’m hooked already! Great soundtrack!

Check out these youtube teasers. But none of them showed this old 3-4 storey high dragon fountain…in the middle of HDB estate! Looks formidable!

August 4, 2010 in Blog by Jason

Those were the days ….

Remember how you will always look out for these boards when you were young ..Toys that i used to play … No Playstation … No XBOX …More games …More games … But the price is a great difference from what we used to pay … almost 10 times …

August 2, 2010 in Blog by Francis

Drama in the sky

When I was a child, happiness were simple. When a bunch of kids get together, everything can be turn into a game.
Near to where I used to live, there was a long stone bench next to a sloppy sidewalk. Sometimes we have nothing to do, we could just lay on the bench for hours, watching the sky and start shouting out what we see from the changing clouds. Rabbit, turtle, horse, aeroplane, trees, if we were lucky that day, we could even see superman fighting with monsters.

Those changing clouds are the drama in the sky, stimulating our imagination, just waiting for the curious mind to discover.

July 30, 2010 in Blog by Tah Ching

Do you remember being in one of these?

Hey Papas and Mamas, do you have one of these now for your kids? Or if you remember sitting in (not on) one of these when you could still fit, do share your experiences. Every time I come across one of these it never cease to bring on a smile of fond memories. In retrospect, its either endearing for those who had fun in it or sure torture for those who cried and scream to get out! Fast forward, I have yet to come across baby chairs in the market now that carry such an iconic representation of Asian practicality. Wah “chim” ah…

July 30, 2010 in Blog by Taiwoon

pop quizz …what is this?

Found this little treasure at the aunty antique store… anyone know what is this?

smart things from the past

July 22, 2010 in Blog by Len

Three marbles

3 red marbles

This one for Jason…goli. Check out this blog and scroll to almost the end near the bottom, there is a little story on this tiny little jewel we carried in our pockets as a kid.

http://sarawakiana.blogspot.com/2008_06_08_archive.html

Of course, as you scroll through, don’t miss out the other memories found on the same blog.

July 19, 2010 in Blog by A.Sitoh

‘Sng Bao’

Saw these at Seng Siong Supermarket when I was doing my grocery shopping recently… No, its NOT an “edible private body massager”…. those of my time would remember them as ‘Sng Bao’, or ‘Ice packs’ by literal translation – probably considered as the commercialized version improvised from ‘Ice balls’ of my parent’s era.

It was one of the most affordable (10cents each) and convenient choice for any kid to get a quick kick of sugar rush back in my childhood days. It’s actually flavoured syrup juice that comes in a stick-like plastic package the resembles somewhat like a two section sausage. To consume, one can either twist-off the teets at one end and suck out the juice from there…. or freeze it hard and break it in the middle to get two short ice sticks that one can share with a good buddy. Lots of flavours packed in flashy colours to choose from.

Design something to bring back this spirit of sharing!

"Sng Bao"

July 19, 2010 in Blog by A.Sitoh

Saving Singapore

Probably the only chap with a big mouth that is working hard and doing something about the flooding situation in Singapore…. do you have better ideas?

Picture courtesy of bigbert.wordpress.com