in 1969 we’re so backward and poor that getting sweetness and fake sugary goodness out of chow tar kueh with thick black sauce costing only 26.9c (with egg) was a luxury. today can pay $69 for a fanciful snow mooncake with champagne truffle flavor to sextisfy sweet tooth.
In 1969, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, we were not backwards, ok, few could afford a color TV. We were not that poor, just simply, we have simple living, school students could travel on Tay Koh Yat, Green Bus, STC etc for 5 cts any distance. Now you need a mathematical genius to calculate the bus fares rebates with all the built in cheat you money for $6.9 to $69 ha ha ha