Club Senior Boys and Girls

[babysz]

My favourite place was a small book shop selling lots of of horror stories. Spent all my pocket money on those books. Now I forbid ds to even go near Mr Midnight. :oops:

[buds]

Its candle wick, insider.

A strip or thread feeding flame with fuel.

[babysz]

insider:

babysz:

My favourite place was a small book shop selling lots of of horror stories. Spent all my pocket money on those books. Now I forbid ds to even go near Mr Midnight. :oops:

One of my favourite occasions was the 7th month stage Hokkien Wayang Show, standing and watching those performers contentedly (and I could understand the story line coz my mum is a good storyteller).

During that one month, I would visit the big tentage every night. There were giant candles. I would take those empty cans to collect the big fat dry wax. Then melt all the wax together to form cans of candle after adding the 'line' (don't know how to call the white 'string' of the candle).

Mum might give me 10 or 20 cents for me to buy 'bird nest drink', 'mai ya candy', 'tu tu kuay', steamed corn, etc.

This is one of the best parts of my childhood...

That is lovely, can imagine myself being there. Thanks for sharing these details.

[vfong1]

I remembered playing the chinese (with botak man box cover) monopoly called "bai wan fu wung" with my neighrbour childhood friends, not sure if anyone remembers the game.


I like the cigarette and little red indian chewing gums. hehehe…

[ChiefKiasu]

vfong1:

...I like the cigarette and little red indian chewing gums. hehehe.....

YEESS! I love those too! The little red indian bubble gum comes with watercolor tatoos that we all had great fun with. The cigarette bubble gum sticks were banned from schools (yeah... before the Great Nation-wide ban of all chewable rubber in the 80s), for fear of promoting smoking amongst us kids.

Such bubble gum is the number 1 thing I look for whenever I venture over to the other side of our border. Just to relive my childhood a little :roll:

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

[quote]The cigarette bubble gum sticks were banned from schools [/quote]
I don't have a memory of it until you mentioned it. I like it too.

I'm not sure how many were skinny back then. I remember always been selected to walk down to the office to be given lumpy milk for undernourished students. I was so skinny back then even my form teacher will give me cakes and sweets to be shared among my friends. Little that they know I am extremely picky eater.

[vfong1]

i always like to visit the mama shop for the dikum dikum, tearing a piece of small paper and win prize.


i also play the red car where u can paddle to and fro. i like to run around the corridor with my friends bare footed play catching.

if anyone have the retro things you can post here to refresh our memories.

[san76]

Hi,


Anyone remember "Paperdolls" with changable clothings? Last time there were no Popular bookshop, only traditional bookshop just below the flats or in the estate town central. All these paperdolls can only be found there. Changed them with different clothes that sold together.

Fun hor?

[csc]

Oh yesss! No barbie dolls, but lots of paper dolls I had then and I love changing their clothes... :lol:


Playing catching ? Wow, I did that too.. ours was the police and thief version and we literally ran up and down the stairs of our HDB block chasing one another...What fun!

[ChiefKiasu]

san76:

Hi,


Anyone remember \"Paperdolls\" with changable clothings? Last time there were no Popular bookshop, only traditional bookshop just below the flats or in the estate town central. All these paperdolls can only be found there. Changed them with different clothes that sold together.

Fun hor?

Shhhh... I used to like playing with those dolls myself :oops: I just love the modular concept of being able to add accessories to something. It's not very different from changing iPhone covers or buying mobile accessories these days.