I am reminded of the "ownself check ownself" quip by Mr Pritam SIngh of WP. So I guess this is "ownself fuck ownself". No need for space.
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Couple hanky-pankying while watching movie at Lido cinema
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Long ago I wandered into Yangtze cinema, thinking it was just an ordinary cinema. I was a small boy.
An uncle stopped me from entering the screening hall, and with a grin asked me (in Chinese) if I wanted to watch R film.
I also noticed that almost all of the people queueing up to buy tickets were older men.
KNN did you need to say out the movie title when buying the ticket ? KNN my uncle think it was not necessary after he leelised they just need to point at the postersLong ago I wandered into Yangtze cinema, thinking it was just an ordinary cinema. I was a small boy.
An uncle stopped me from entering the screening hall, and with a grin asked me (in Chinese) if I wanted to watch R film.
I also noticed that almost all of the people queueing up to buy tickets were older men.
KNN
长江
Remember SingaporeA Last Look at Pearls Centre and its Yangtze Theatre
5 years ago
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Pearls Centre, located along Eu Tong Sen Street, was a 22-storey residential-commercial building completed in 1977, although its 99-year lease began as early as 1969. It was a joint venture by Outram Realty, Keck Seng Pte Ltd and the Sim Lim Investment Group, under the private development of the Urban Renewal Programme, to construct a modern multi-functional complex at the bustling Pearl’s Hill district which, in the seventies, had several well-established malls such as the People’s Park Complex, People’s Park Centre and Ocean Garment (OG) Shopping Centre.
In the late seventies, Pearls Centre was heavily advertised in the newspapers for its luxury apartments, shopping units, theatre, night club, restaurants and a 7-storey carpark spacious enough for 380 cars. During its peak in the eighties and nineties, Pearls Centre was almost fully occupied with 199 shops in its 4-storey of shopping centre, mostly made up of small strata-titled retail businesses such as food and beverage stalls, coffee houses, travel agencies, beauty centres, tailor shops, traditional Chinese medicine stores and hairdressing salons.
In addition, there were 44 residential units in Pearls Centre’s 12-storey apartment tower made up of single-, double- and three-bedroom units. The apartments would cost between $65,000 and $190,000 in the seventies.
Pearls Centre also boasted one of the earliest versions of food courts in Singapore. On the fourth floor of the building, it housed Fast Food Centre, an air-conditioned hawker centre that was popular among office workers and cinema-goers when it was opened in February 1978. As many as 30 stalls, selling Chinese, Malay and Western food, operated in the hawker centre that could seat 450 people. The concept of enjoying hawker food in an air-conditioned environment led to the rise of food courts in Singapore since the eighties. Picnic Food Court, was dubbed as Singapore’s first food court, was opened at the now-defunct Scotts Shopping Centre.
One of the key tenants of Pearls Centre was the Yangtze Theatre (长江戏院), famous as the last cinema in Singapore to screen R-rated and soft porn movies. Originally named as the Pearls Theatre, it was changed to Yangtze, named after the longest river in China and Asia, upon its opening on 27 January 1977. In its early days, the 1,159-capacity cinema occupied six storeys inside Pearl’s Centre, with a gross floor area of 8,010 square metres.
Yangtze Theatre, in the seventies and eighties, used to screen Hong Kong kungfu movies mainly catered for the Chinese residents living near Chinatown. With its whitish and clean outlook, the cinema and apartment tower actually resembled the suburban cinemas and HDB flats built in the new towns such as Ang Mo Kio, Bedok and Clementi. The cinema, along with the nearby Majestic and Oriental theatres, proved to be popular entertainment venues within the Chinatown vicinity.
The ownership of Yangtze Theatre had changed hands several times over the years. In 1983, its owner Pearls Theatre Ltd, which also owned the Straits Theatre at Woodlands, faced a winding-up order by the High Court. Yangtze was subsequently forced to shut down and sold. Four years later, its new owner, a Malaysian investor, put the cinemas of Yangtze and Straits up for sale for $5 million and $1.8 million respectively. There were proposals to convert the premises into a church, offices or even a high-tech entertainment centre named “Fantasy World” catered for tourists, but none of the plans were successful.
With the failure in the conversion of its premises for other commercial usages, Yangtze Theatre was renovated and reopened in September 1991 as Yangtze 1 and Yangtze 2. Local artistes and Hong Kong stars such as Michelle Yim were invited for the grand opening. However, the cinema faced declining revenues due to the slowdown in the local movie industry in the nineties. In 1995, it was converted again, this time as an erotic films’ provider.
This business strategy lasted for more than a decade, before its management attempted to change the cinema’s image by including conventional movies and blockbusters in the late 2000s. But by then, the reputation of the cinema was already well perceived in the eyes of the public.
Thus, after a $350,000 renovation in 2011, Yangtze Theatre was reverted to the screening of erotic movies until its closure in 2015. The unsavoury reputation of Yangtze Theatre also affected the image of Pearls Centre, which, throughout the 2000s, was started to be tenanted by numerous shady massage parlours dealing in sex-related services. Regular reports of police raids of vice activities also caused Pearls Centre to appear in the wrong headlines.
In August 2012, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) announced the acquisition of Pearls Centre for the construction of the new Thomson Line (TSL), where its site will be replaced with underground tunnels and a new high-density, mixed-use building that will be integrated with the current Outram MRT station. By August 2015, Pearls Centre was almost emptied with the departure of most of its tenants who have accepted the government’s compensation packages.
A last look at the now-vacant Pearls Centre while it awaits its impending demolition:
Published: 20 September 2015
Updated: 23 October 2016
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This cheebye looks very dry.
Long ago I wandered into Yangtze cinema, thinking it was just an ordinary cinema. I was a small boy.
An uncle stopped me from entering the screening hall, and with a grin asked me (in Chinese) if I wanted to watch R film.
I also noticed that almost all of the people queueing up to buy tickets were older men.
So when Amy Yip and Veronica Yip were baring their titties on the big screen, you were still sucking your pacifier?
Years ago, one of my gfs wanked me off in a cinema too. I jizzed all over the small blanket she brought to cover us. I didn't care, it wasn't my blanket. But I made sure I wiped myself real clean. Ahhhh, the good old days.KNN lust time my uncle's horny gf pcc for him in hougang cinema (my uncle soon pa)KNN
Wow the small blanket she brought there is for covering the wanking or for the air con
KNN
She brought it to keep herself warm, and we discovered it was great for undercover wanking too.Wow the small blanket she brought there is for covering the wanking or for the air con
She brought it to keep herself warm, and we discovered it was great for undercover wanking too.
KNN
Its alwsys great to have spontaneous sex!
Especially in public places.
She brought it to keep herself warm, and we discovered it was great for undercover wanking too.
u shld shoot on the head of the guy sitting in front, then tap your cock on his head afew times to clear off the remaining cum drops
Better yet, get the gf of the guy sitting in front to suck it clean.
Better yet, get the gf of the guy sitting in front to suck it clean.
plot twist thats his sister and he volunteer to suck for u instead coz hes......*drumroll*......a towgay
You are more creative than me. I concedeplot twist thats his sister and he volunteer to suck for u instead coz hes......*drumroll*......a towgay
Just digressing,
in the 70s and 80s South Korea forbade it’s women to travel overseas , and it’s customary to entertain foreign businessman lavishly
one of is a private room , where all are seated in kind of rectangle well , comfortably with your legs touching the ground ...underneath a couple of women at hidden while you eat ...and guess what ? They tease your clocks and you should not spill your Sake
in the 70s and 80s South Korea forbade it’s women to travel overseas , and it’s customary to entertain foreign businessman lavishly
one of is a private room , where all are seated in kind of rectangle well , comfortably with your legs touching the ground ...underneath a couple of women at hidden while you eat ...and guess what ? They tease your clocks and you should not spill your Sake
How u know? she confessed to you?
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