In which area of Singapore did you spend your childhood?

[pegasi]

i am sorry. i can't say sorry for your lost or very sad for your lost .
because i not strong enough to say so.when i was about 14 year old,
the old lady that took care of me pass away.i was so lost i become,
drug addiction.i have no choice to sell drug.my life become hell and sucks.
but when i turn 18 year old i make decision to go for help at halfway house,
took 2 year for me to be back on my track.do you still want to be my friend,
bro pegasi ? what is going to be THE END. (TO BE CONTINUE)

Bro, I feel insulted that you ask me this question. Of course I still treat you as friend. If anything, my respect for you have gone up.

Teach you another chinese phrase...

英雄不问出身 -> A hero is a hero, doesn't matter his background.

[Matty]

Born/grew up in Geylang till P1 then my family moved to Changi/Chai Chee area. Moved to Newton in P4 till JC2, then to Upper East Coast during my NSF days & Simei/Tampines my Uni days. Now married moved to the West near Holland V

[dark_divine1218]

Born in jalan eunos...grew up and spent my childhood and teenage years in Potong pasir.
moved out of potong pasir only after i got married but still visits potong pasir as my parents still lives there.

1983 was the year my family relocate there, lotsa changes in potong pasir from the MPs , playgrounds , the canal and during my school days there was a time that they decided to terminate Bus 147 from operating in potong pasir. It was the only bus that stops directly infront of my primary school in victoria street..majority of the residents impacted by the news. Actually there was a small bus interchange in potong pasir back then which only for bus 147 service.

it was a small neighourhood but grew up there was happening!
still in touch with my childhoods friend most of them are married and relocate to other estate
but like me they still visits potong pasir as their parents still lives there.

forget to mention one of the most memorable activities i used to have with my childhood friends was to spent our nite at bidadari cemetery (bidadari cemetery is very near to potong pasir) for a paranormal activity and playing hide and seek. first few trips was the most scariest but after that we used to it and it became our hang out place when we had nothing to do..... now what left is only trees and empty land and you can see the gurkhas and residents nearby utilise the area for running activity.. not only that some photographers were seen using that area for wedding photo shoots

[eastsider]

Grew up in penang. Went to states for 3 yrs when i was 20 and now i am happily settled down in sg for close to 6 yrs liao.

Will not go back to malaysia liao. U guys welcome me boh? I promise i will convert to become a sgporean 1 day, but just not yet lah

Any penang kia or penang sui char bor here?

[kt Lim]

I grow up at shop houses near Sungie Road where ppl call 结霜桥...
The very famous 50cents Laksa to eat with a spoon where a lot of trishaw riders will come to eat...

Hangout are Sim Lim Tower where there is a few video game shops... Always there see ppl play... Then come sim lim sq the newer mall with e 2 famous jade sculpture...one is a boat e other don remember...
There is also the Albert Complex where a lot of watch shops there...level 2 got e cassette store and level 3 e store selling mahjong stuff... also a favorite hang out...

Now still stay around tat area but can see e changes due to e DTL construction...

[wolfeyes1974]

Studied at First Toa Payoh Pri Sch so i was catching spiders at the forest behind the school (fighting spiders my fav past time). I was staying at Toa Payoh Lor 7 and i remember having my meals and following mum marketing at the market opposite my house.

Balestier (near watch arena) - granny house was there so i was there on weekends chasing chickens and ducks with my cousins.

[wolfeyes1974]

I grew up in what people commonly refer to as 白桥 which was near Kk hospital and then moved to Hougang. Just reading this thread brought up lots of memories as I just lost my dad last year. V painful to think of the past sometimes

yeah lost my dad 2 years ago and still miss him at times. they're all in a better place.

[pegasi]

Grew up in penang. Went to states for 3 yrs when i was 20 and now i am happily settled down in sg for close to 6 yrs liao.

Will not go back to malaysia liao. U guys welcome me boh? I promise i will convert to become a sgporean 1 day, but just not yet lah

Any penang kia or penang sui char bor here?

I am a Singaporean born in m'sia but brought up and educated in SG. Father from China and mother from SG so a bit messed up hehe. SG-MY used to be one family.

[pegasi]

I grow up at shop houses near Sungie Road where ppl call 结霜桥...
The very famous 50cents Laksa to eat with a spoon where a lot of trishaw riders will come to eat...

Hangout are Sim Lim Tower where there is a few video game shops... Always there see ppl play... Then come sim lim sq the newer mall with e 2 famous jade sculpture...one is a boat e other don remember...
There is also the Albert Complex where a lot of watch shops there...level 2 got e cassette store and level 3 e store selling mahjong stuff... also a favorite hang out...

Now still stay around tat area but can see e changes due to e DTL construction...

Is the current laksa stall inside the big coffee shop at/near Sungie Road the same old one that you are talking about?

[pegasi]

Studied at First Toa Payoh Pri Sch so i was catching spiders at the forest behind the school (fighting spiders my fav past time). I was staying at Toa Payoh Lor 7 and i remember having my meals and following mum marketing at the market opposite my house.

Balestier (near watch arena) - granny house was there so i was there on weekends chasing chickens and ducks with my cousins.

Now still can chase chicken on Balestier Road

[Alexlow]

(Inspired by Hiroki's thread on who born in KK Hospital)

Some say people who collect stuff such as vintage watches/toys/whatever tend to remember their early days better.

I spent my entire childhood and teenage in Sembawang - the old Sembawang, to be exact. I have lived in few differnt part/kampong of Sembawang, and till date I can still clearly remember and visualize many of the streets and places that no longer exist due to resettlement.

My primary school and the carts outside the school selling snacks/tidbits/small little toys and "di gam", my favourite cinema, coffee shops operated by Hainanese, laksa stall, fried noodle stall, fruit stall, places where i played football, and the small public pool @ the old Amiralty Road where I learned my swimming, are part of my memory.

When I was young the MP of Sembawang was the now President Tony Tan, who was also the minister of education during some period.

I still keep in touch with some of my primary school's friends, but lost contact with all the old neighbours and childhood mates. Could any of them be among the SG-ROC members...?

I spent much of my childhood at sembawang though I don't live there, but most of my friends do. Study at the old NBSS, I remember the old Sultan cinema ticket cost 50¢ only. I also hang around the kampong near the F&N factory back then.

[pegasi]

I spent much of my childhood at sembawang though I don't live there, but most of my friends do. Study at the old NBSS, I remember the old Sultan cinema ticket cost 50¢ only. I also hang around the kampong near the F&N factory back then.

Yes! The 50¢ Sultan cinema - that was my favorite cinema. The cinema where I watched the early days' James Bond shows starring Sean Connery and then Roger Moore. Back then there was this unspoken rule of the cinema that every paid adult could bring in a small kid for free. As a child I used to bring in some newspaper to lay on the floor in front of the first row and sat on it to watch the shows.



There was another cinema at the top of a slope across the main Sembawang Road called 京都.

And NBSS, the school next to Canberra Pri and West Hill Pri, was the place I played and learned football during the evenings. The football field there was the only big proper field in the Sembawang area back then and football lovers from all over Sembawang would walk or cycle there to play.

[the_e_ones]

Strathmore Avenue... anyone?

[pegasi]

Hiroki-san, so the photo is... Don't tell me it's in Ang Mo Kio?

[pegasi]

Sorry bro pegasi that is my wife house
Location NIPPON

Haha I guessed as much. I was hoping it's your house in SG then next time we can have our gtg there.