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100 Things We Love About the 80s
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From Kampongs to Flats
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Old Places in Singapore
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- Ellison Building
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- Former Beach Road Police Station
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- Former Sun Yat Sen Villa
- Geylang Serai Malay Village
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- Haw Par Villa
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- Istana Woodneuk
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- Pearl’s Hill Police Operational Headquarters
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- Portsdown, Seletar & Sembawang Colonial Houses
- Pulau Ubin
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- Seletar Camp & Old Lamp Posts
- Sembawang Hill Estate Taxi Service Stand
- Sembawang Hot Spring
- Sentosa Blakang Mati Artillery Barrack
- Sentosa Fort Serapong
- Siglap Blocks
- Simei Beauties’ Portraits
- Singapore En-Bloc Flats
- Singapore Railway
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- Taman Jurong “H-Shaped” JTC Flats
- Tanglin Barracks
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- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Tiong Bahru Bird Singing Corner
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- Tuas Television World
- Upper Seletar Reservoir
- Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
- Upper Thomson Secondary & Other Abandoned Schools
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Tag Archives: Kopitiam
Have a Cup of Kopi…. with Butter
It was a warm and humid afternoon. There were few customers in this old kopitiam tucked away at the ground floor of one of the old HDB flats at North Bridge Road. The sleepy neighbourhood had seen several changes in … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Nostalgic
Tagged Chin Hin Eating House, Coffee With Butter, Heap Seng Leong, Kopi Gu You, Kopitiam, North Bridge Road, Tanglin Halt
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Last Breakfast at Tong Ah Kopitiam
It was a cooling Sunday morning, but I decided to wake up a little earlier to make a trip down to Tong Ah Eating House. It was the last day of operation for the 74-year-old iconic kopitiam located at the … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgic
Tagged Kaya Toast, Keong Saik Road, Kopitiam, Tanjong Pagar, Tong Ah Eating House
9 Comments
Best of Singlish Words and Phrases
Why do our older generations address nurses as “bee see“? Why do we call someone without roles or assignments “lobo“? Find out more… Arrow Original Meaning: A type of shooting weapon (English) Local Meaning: To order someone to do a … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural
Tagged Bao Toh, Calefare, Cantonese Dialect, Catch No Ball, Di Gu, Eat Snake, Fly Aeroplane, Go-Stun, Hokkien Dialect, Jia Lat, Kaki, Karung Guni, Kelong, Kopitiam, Lobang, Malay Language, Masak-Masak, Merlion, Remisier, Sabo, Shiok, Singlish, Talk Cock, Wayang
46 Comments
Singapore Kopitiam Culture
Kopitiam, literally means coffee shop (coffee in Malay and shop in Hokkien), is commonly found all over Singapore and Malaysia. It serves as a place for common folks to eat and drink, or just gather around to chit chat or … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural
Tagged Hainanese Coffeeshop, Ice Milo, Kopi, Kopi O Kosong, Kopi Siew Dai, Kopitiam, Teh, Teh C, Tong Ah Eating House
15 Comments