Here's Looking At You Kids.

Here's how Jasmin, Justin, Jacklyn, Jason, Rachel, Eugene and Tania looked like in 1998 during the CNY.

CNY1998

CNY1998 photos at All Saints. This is the very first photos taken here. Guess who is who.
3rd Uncle's family is absent - think you all know why today.

CNY2007

CNY2007, this year - kids transformation continues, adults' degeneration concealed behind kids or behind careful dressing.

CNY2006

CNY2006, kids transformation near completion.

Adults degeneration stabilized.

CNY2005

CNY2005, kids evolved and adults goes out of shape, look at 3rd Uncle...fat ?

CNY2004

Aha, this is year 2004, if anyone of you can find the 2003 version, please call me. The kids are beggining to show signs of evolution and the adults...signs of degeneration.

CNY2002

Yes, this is taken in 2002...the kids are still kiddy and the adults are still youngist. ...Nai Nai's hair is white already.

CNY2001

Hi everyone, this photo is guessed to be taken in 2000 or 2001 - Can anyone of you confirm the year ? Taken at All Saints in Poh Huat Road during CNY, the picture showed the kids to be really kiddy and the adult to be really youngist, Nai Nai hair is black then.

Outward Bound School

18-20 Jan 07, Team 'Happy Feet' successfully accomplished the Ultimate Challenge in Outward Bound School...and with flying colours. The vessel build out of drums and pipes were the outcome of team comaraderie and combined preserverance. We did kayaking, inverted tower, rock climbing, raft escape, hula hoop, blind man square.....

1988 - Work and Play

I think the picture on the right is taken in Hougang Stadium in 1988-1989. We were all part of the Singapore Aircraft Industries athletics team representing the Corporate Engineering Group in the Inter-Subsidiary Althletics Meet. That is me in the middle row, 2nd from left(the one in deep blue) and my late wife, Daisy; fourth from left, somewhere between the 1st and 2nd row.
I thought the group was alot more vibrant then, then it is today. If you are still working in the company today or before, you probably would be able to recognise some of the faces.

Hock Lee Bus

In the early 70s when I first take a bus to my secondary school in Anson Road, there were still Hock Lee Buses. It cost me 10 cents for a one way fare and the bus conductor would punch a hole on the ticket before giving the ticket. I love collecting the bus tickets for those with special numbers like 0000, 1111, 2222, 8888..... Actually, I prefer the Tay Ko Yat Buses because their tickets are colourful and of thicker material unlike those of the Hock Lee bus with are thin and limited in colours. On the left, the pictures show Hock Lee buses on New Bridge Road.

C.K. Tang - Anyone?

Today, the building on the right is replaced by the Marriot Hotel along Orchard Road. In the 60 - 70s, this is how it look like. I remember someone gave me a book mark with this picture on it during the 60s. C.K. Tang Ltd. - that's it!

National Theatre

Hee Hee, the picture on the left would probably whip up some nostalgic feeling of those who have had their pictures taken in front of it. At least, way back in 1978/1979 when I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic - this is where my graduation is held.
This structure is a well photograph building known as the National Theatre. It is easily recognized by the 5 spire liked diamond shape facade and the big fountain in front of the building. If I remember correctly, the building to the right of it is the Van Kleef Acquarium and then the River Valley Swimming Pool. Opposite the River Valley Swimming Pool is the Clarke Quay of today. Those days, the place where Clarke Quay is today were just warehouses....and yes when we went to the swimming pool for a swim, we would like to eat the curry puffs after the swim; somehow the curry puffs taste good in the mouth after drinking the chlorinated water....is it right, my dear brothers?

My Primary School in 1966

Bukit Ho Swee East School (Class of Pr.3A (p.m.), 1968 - this is the school that I have been to. Spent 6 years there until I finish my PSLE and move on to Gan Eng Seng School (Secondary school). The uniform is white and brown. My eldest brother, Seng Cheng studied in the chinese school down by the slope; called Bukit Ho Swee West School, the uniform is White and Sky Blue. I remember participating in the milk scheme in the late 60s because of my small and undernourished built; the school's fight tooth decay campaign and the Post Office Saving Bank money savings campaign. I can still remember the fight tooth decay song....it goes something like this,
Fight tooth decay the toothbrush way,
After your meal to stop decay,
Use your toothbrush right and ........I forgot leow...hee hee.
Walking home to our Blk 5, #611-C flat after school especially during Chinese New Year period was fun then, there were fire crackers thrown down from the flats every where and we have to be careful. Aiyoh, no problem la those days! It's like that one la!
Geok Hua, Yoke Kheng and Guek Hong were all from the same school. Sin Kiat went to Jervois Primary School - today the school is some kind of half-way house.
Today, BHSES school is gone and is replaced by some kind of Ministry of Education Examination Centre or something like that.
My primary one class is 1D and my form teacher then is Ms Quek who subsequently became Mrs Lim. She was very young and pretty then; hee hee, today she must be at least 60 years old - wonder where she is now.
I was kinda of smart and proceed to 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and then 6A. My 6A teacher then was Mr Yuen. He sent me to take part in the Oratorical Contest in De La Salle Primary School with a girl named Wong Yuet Peng - Yuet Peng must be 47 or 48 today hor , hee hee. The script for the contest was written by him. I also perform on stage during the school's celebration for National Day - one in a play as the chief of a gangster and the other one in Wu-Su demonstration - kool huh! I still remember my script for the gangster chief - I started the sketch by shouting - " How much money have we stolen?"

A new school , Gan Eng Seng Primary School is formed from the merger of Alexandra Hill Pr, Bukit Ho Swee Pr, Henderson Pr and Keng Seng Pr in Jan 2002. The merged school has been functioning at the new school built at Lengkok Bahru (former Alexandra Hill PS site).

Sultan Shoal - 27 Nov 2006

Hee hee, remember this picture on the left ? Most of you do except those who have not been there before. This year in Nov 24 - 27, 2006 and since 1998, every year after that without fail, Seng Cheng and my family (Sing Chee and Jason) had been there ......Sultan Shoal ! Sultan Shoal is located on the western anchorage of Singapore Straits. It is off Tuas and our reclaimed Jurong Island. On the shoal, a lighthouse has stood there since 1895. Sultan Shoal is a good getaway and a great fishing spot too. Here is where our next generation grew up - Jasmin, Justin, Jacklyn, Jason, Eugene, Tania, Shi Min, Kwok Sin, Yi Wen will all remember Sultan Shoal. This is the place where everyone who had been there and who holds a rod or a fishing line was sure to catch an edible fish....Ga-fish, pomfret, grouper, selar, kuning, Queen fish, Green-eye sotong, baby baracooda, Kim Bak Lor......
On the island, which took about 5 min to walk leisurely round, there is also a lagoon which will fill up during high tide, 2 units of chalets each having a telephone, 3 air-conditioned rooms enough for 12 adults, 2 BBQ pits for each chalet unit, deck chairs and wrought iron chairs/table on the outside, Majong table, Dining Table, Sofa seats, DVD player, Karaoke System on the inside and TV tuner and Yagi antenna system that are capable of receiving the Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia broadcast stations; fully furnished kitchen cooking facilities and utensils and two large bathing rooms/toilet.
I remember in 1998 when we first went to stay on Sultan Shoal, the jetties that streches out to the sea were made of wood. The kids then would sit on the jetty during high tide - the waves would come pounding strongly over the jetty and heave it up and down. It was fun but dangerous as we feared that the jetty might gave way then; about 3 years back in 2004 I think, the jetties were replaced with concrete ones which were very strong and a lot more safer....but there goes the fun part which the kids still remember. Some of the kids also like to go crabbing in the lagoon during low tide. Today in Nov 27, 2006, we discover that there were many many oysters on the rocks and the walls of the lagoon - hee hee, guess what is on the menu in our next trip? Every time we go there, we will always have BBQ. We will bring in food to cook/BBQ and occassionally the breakfast and lunch were brought in by others who come in the morning boat the next day for a day or two visit. Guess what we do on the island ?....Fishing, watch TV/movies, sleep, eat, swim in the lagoon, pluck coconut, pluck mangos...fishing, watch TV/movies.....repeat.

Here are some information that I found out about the island. : Currently still active and has a focal plane of 20 m (66 ft) - meaning the diameter of the tower I guessed; the light in the lighthouse rotates to give two white flashes every 15 s. The tower is 18 m (59 ft) tall. The masonry tower is centered on the roof of a 2-story keeper's house. The lighthouse is painted white; the keeper's house roof is red. The striking lighthouse exhibits a remarkable mixture of Oriental and Victorian design and is located on the island of Selat Jurong, about 8 km (5 mi) south of the western tip of Singapore Island. Accessible only by the PSA launches from the West Coast Pier. BTW, the Car Park 2 outside nearby the pier and along the West Coast Highway is free parking anytime, hee hee.... so you know what to do.....drive and park there la!

SingChee