Popular bookstore's Thomson Plaza outlet to close after 31 years this Sunday

[halsey02]

That place is depressing

Yup! depressing if you are looking for things to shop, to me, it holds too many memories...dull..yes!

 

[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

Missed those days when Yaohan Fiesta sells tonkatsu made from pork, yes piggy flesh! Now see more torikatsu than tonkatsu in jap joint. Why can't they just stick to their mee rebus and mee goreng?

What was most memorable about the yoahan was the curry chicken crepes they sold...not too sure if anyone remembers

 

[laksaboy]

That place is depressing

No it's vintage. Same for City Plaza, Beauty World Centre, Katong Shopping Centre etc.

On the contrary, some of the newer suburb malls are just downright depressing. So depressing, you can't help but laugh.

 

[garlic]

Boby shoes lor... that one sibei long there liao... still open, last week went there jalan jalan..

No it's vintage. Same for City Plaza, Beauty World Centre, Katong Shopping Centre etc.

On the contrary, some of the newer suburb malls are just downright depressing. So depressing, you can't help but laugh.

Went to the shopping mall at Junction 9 Yishun.. that place is 50% maid agencies...

 

[laksaboy]

Boby shoes lor... that one sibei long there liao... still open, last week went there jalan jalan..


Went to the shopping mall at Junction 9 Yishun.. that place is 50% maid agencies...

Bukit Timah Shopping Centre has plenty of maid agencies. All the Pinoy maids sit inside the shops, you can stare at them through the glass windows.

 

[myfoot123]

It's no longer a bookstore. This chain of bookstores sells snacks and computer accessories. And a hell lots of children assessment papers! A real bookstore is Kinokuniya which sells real books. Lol

Singpost selling those too. Who is worse. Next SMRT will be opening supermarket and Telco business. Talk about ethic, Civil Servants are all running like commercial entity and I don't find every item on the shelves of NTUC supermart cheap. If this is not day-time robbery what is. Besides, nobody believe in real sales anymore. Item has been marked up just days before the discount, just like Gov Clinic marking up consultation fee before the subsidies.

 

[blackmondy]

That place is depressing

You want depressing ? Try Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre. It's so depressing you can't even see it from the main road.

 

[laksaboy]

You want depressing ? Try Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre. It's so depressing you can't even see it from the main road.

The interior looks very vintage... reminds me of Centrepoint or Funan back in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

 

[AhMeng]

The interior looks very vintage... reminds me of Centrepoint or Funan back in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

Isn't this the happening place where Monfort and Saint Garbage boys have gang fights over over Saint Joseph Convent sluts and whatever in the 80s? Lol And I remember there is a Chinese helicopter school nearby there too with weirdo white commie style uniform. Haha

 

[AhMeng]

The interior looks very vintage... reminds me of Centrepoint or Funan back in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

This architecture look almost similar to Beauty World.

 

[blackmondy]

This architecture look almost similar to Beauty World.

Beauty World has more life than this place.

 

[halsey02]

You want depressing ? Try Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre. It's so depressing you can't even see it from the main road.

I thought that place has been sold Em Bloc? still have not died yet. It was once a place you go, to 'grease your pole'. There used to be an amusement centre on the 3rd floor, a 4D outlet at the basement that was popular, some shops selling food, that were fairly good, a Malay Barber, computer shops that sells pirated softwares & games. A POSB Bank was once there, a shop selling school uniforms ..nothing much in the past..only attraction, as I had mentioned...was one of the places, you go " grease your pole"...

 

[Capano2121]

Lots of authentic Jap restaurants selling tonkatsu, and sometimes its their main specialty. It's those cheap non-authentic eateries which have to pander to customers who only eat halal food.

I'm in exile in KL lah!

 

[Capano2121]

Got my first hamster from the pet shop too.

 

[AhMeng]

Those days in the early 80s, there was a pirated software shop in the basement where you can easily copy whatever software and games you want in floppy disk or 3 1/2 inch floppy diskette..Lol

 

[Narong Wongwan]

I thought that place has been sold Em Bloc? still have not died yet. It was once a place you go, to 'grease your pole'. There used to be an amusement centre on the 3rd floor, a 4D outlet at the basement that was popular, some shops selling food, that were fairly good, a Malay Barber, computer shops that sells pirated softwares & games. A POSB Bank was once there, a shop selling school uniforms ..nothing much in the past..only attraction, as I had mentioned...was one of the places, you go " grease your pole"...

Yes they used to have a health center there .... quite popular.
Then later the whole place became a gay hangout.
Also got ktvs and a Thai disco even that came and went

 

[halsey02]

Yes they used to have a health center there .... quite popular.
Then later the whole place became a gay hangout.
Also got ktvs and a Thai disco even that came and went

The gay hangouts was an amusing thing.....I used the men's toilet back then & noticed holes in the dividing walls between the cubicles & wonder..what they were. Till there a court case article came out in the Shit Times, way back then, two men were charged in court for you know what, using the men's toilet. Much later, when I used the toilets...after the court sentencing news...I noticed the centre management patched up the holes....reminded me of a Beatles song lyrics..."four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire"..ha ha ha

There were a few "health centres" & many others...I am surprised that, the centre is still alive...