Nostalgia: Singapore in 1983

[laksaboy]

Goh Seng Lai Company has come a long way.

http://www.gohsenglai.com/about-us

Sinkie chiobu and her panties at 7:22.

 

[zhihau]

Those days you still have wayang troupes of various dialect groups going around putting up wayangs during dua jit chee, some were accompanied by hand puppet shows.

You also have the kacang putih man and drinks uncle will setting up stalls, ice creams carts were a treat.

 

[laksaboy]

 

[laksaboy]

Those days you still have wayang troupes of various dialect groups going around putting up wayangs during dua jit chee, some were accompanied by hand puppet shows.

You also have the kacang putih man and drinks uncle will setting up stalls, ice creams carts were a treat.

Koyok man performing and selling at town centres.

Farmers were also selling their farm produce e.g. eggs at the town centres too.

 

[jw5]

Fast Forwarded to 7:22.

Goh Seng Lai Company has come a long way.

http://www.gohsenglai.com/about-us

Sinkie chiobu and her panties at 7:22.

 

[nayr69sg]

Goh Seng Lai Company has come a long way.

http://www.gohsenglai.com/about-us

Sinkie chiobu and her panties at 7:22.

Back then construction work done by local sinkies.

 

[glockman]

Those days you still have wayang troupes of various dialect groups going around putting up wayangs during dua jit chee, some were accompanied by hand puppet shows.

You also have the kacang putih man and drinks uncle will setting up stalls, ice creams carts were a treat.

I remember those days fondly. The electrifying atmosphere and the wonderful food variety. All mobile hawkers. Mee siam, muah chee, gao lak, malt candy, birds nest drink with no birds nest, carrot cake, and so on. Those were the days. Gone forever.

 

[Balls2U]

I remember those days fondly. The electrifying atmosphere and the wonderful food variety. All mobile hawkers. Mee siam, muah chee, gao lak, malt candy, birds nest drink with no birds nest, carrot cake, and so on. Those were the days. Gone forever.

You can still find some of these stuff replicated at Pasar Malams. But they taste like shit.

 

[yinyang]

Sentosa tragedy

The derrick of the Panama-registered oil drilling vessel, Eniwetok, snagged one of the ropeways and sent two Sentosa cable cars
plunging into the sea off Jardine Steps.PHOTO: ST FILE

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...now-about-the-1983-sentosa-cable-car-accident

 

[ginfugly]

those were the hey days of the gel perm hairstyle bengs in black pants white socks and long sharp orange comb sticking out of the back pocket

 

[PAP]

A fucking bunch of loser dinosaurs here in this thread, from TS to those parroting past glories and still looking at what's gone instead of looking forward to face new challenges

Thankfully, we now have more foreigners and new citizens in our midst to help us grow. Otherwise, this island will be as fuckup as Malaysia.

 

[Nice-Gook]

I wouldn't consider early 80s antiquated at all ..sinkie was well on its way to modern or metrpolis ...it was days, I spent a lot of time in night spots with live band ..many sky scrappers in the shenton way ,breaking away from Clifford pier area and change alley

but ,I do recall all those road side hawkers with some of the food that had vanished

to me ,the 50s and 60s would be more nostalgic

 

[yinyang]

Davids Bowie here

 

[knnb40]

those were the hey days of the gel perm hairstyle bengs in black pants white socks and long sharp orange comb sticking out of the back pocket

the comb stick out of the back pocket until 1989 when I finished polytechnic

 

[ginfugly]

A fucking bunch of loser dinosaurs here in this thread, from TS to those parroting past glories and still looking at what's gone instead of looking forward to face new challenges

Thankfully, we now have more foreigners and new citizens in our midst to help us grow. Otherwise, this island will be as fuckup as Malaysia.

dont be too hard on yourself, John

 

[JohnTan]

Sentosa tragedy

The derrick of the Panama-registered oil drilling vessel, Eniwetok, snagged one of the ropeways and sent two Sentosa cable cars
plunging into the sea off Jardine Steps.PHOTO: ST FILE

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...now-about-the-1983-sentosa-cable-car-accident

Was this the incident when Colonel Loong emerged as a national hero?

 

[zhihau]

I remember those days fondly. The electrifying atmosphere and the wonderful food variety.

As kids, my neighbors and I would play at the backstage area, sometimes beneath the platform to escape the sun, mesmerised by the props they hung around.

 

[birdie69]

You can still find some of these stuff replicated at Pasar Malams. But they taste like shit.

Those days the government really took good care of the people, people strongly supported PAP government even the life were tough and standard of living not very high. We did not foreign PMET take over our jobs problem and even our salary was low

 

[Nice-Gook]

Those days the government really took good care of the people, people strongly supported PAP government even the life were tough and standard of living not very high. We did not foreign PMET take over our jobs problem and even our salary was low

that's one perspective ...but it was also the darkest day politically ...when opposition were hunted down ruthlessly ...the economic success was largely due to our region becoming the focus point in trade...not to mention ,the 2 asian giants ,china and india still yet to find its feet in the 80s