tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post113189403076248586..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: My Memories of Chinatown (Part 2) - Chu Chun SingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-19374013448349893242013-09-19T09:30:59.783+08:002013-09-19T09:30:59.783+08:00sorry, here's the link
http://aliciapatterson...sorry, here's the link<br /><br />http://aliciapatterson.org/stories/aged-singapore-veneration-collides-20th-centuryJJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-56308808462813137182013-09-19T09:30:12.583+08:002013-09-19T09:30:12.583+08:00Hello,
I was the one who mentioned remembering th...Hello,<br /><br />I was the one who mentioned remembering the thomson flyoer hawker ("tiank kio kar") and whom my aunt remembered the smelly lor chuan...<br /><br />here is a link with photos on the death houses on sago lane...<br /><br />im actually reading all the posts n comments chronologically, from 2005....im now at 2007, hahahaJJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-58244246035780719092010-04-17T04:56:11.912+08:002010-04-17T04:56:11.912+08:00In Singapore not that I know of but in Taiwan ther...In Singapore not that I know of but in Taiwan there are professional mourners.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-61843510188987231932010-04-16T22:06:11.305+08:002010-04-16T22:06:11.305+08:00I have only one memory of Sago Lane. We were drivi...I have only one memory of Sago Lane. We were driving past during the late 50’s when I heard loud wailings coming from one of the houses there. My mother said that they are professional mourners hired by the family of the deceased in the funeral parlour. It was really scary. I wonder if this practice is still done today?Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1132030309685223492005-11-15T12:51:00.000+08:002005-11-15T12:51:00.000+08:00When I was growing up in Club St in the 70s, whene...When I was growing up in Club St in the 70s, whenever we kids saw tents being built on the empty lots in the neigbhourhood, it could mean two things - either a wayang show would follow very shortly to appease the Gods or especially on the 7th month, to appease the 好兄弟. Or it could mean that someone in the neighourbhood had just died. I was too young to know of funeral palour; and it certainly wasn't something that was practised in the neighourhood where I grew up. But how sad it was to die alone, in destitute and in a "hospice" above the funeral palour!Chris Simhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760501651748435844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1132017678552004832005-11-15T09:21:00.000+08:002005-11-15T09:21:00.000+08:00Hey Chun Sing, looks like you managed to create an...Hey Chun Sing, looks like you managed to create an account - got some help from your son is it? (It was my son who taught me how to insert pictures initially)<BR/><BR/>But why do you sign off as Simon? You are confusing the other old timers here man.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131976300577894902005-11-14T21:51:00.000+08:002005-11-14T21:51:00.000+08:00The sequel came surprisingly fast, almost like the...The sequel came surprisingly fast, almost like the daily instalments of 李大傻 and it certainly did not disappoint at all. I will definitely be staying tuned for the next episode.<BR/><BR/>I particularly like the very well-taken colour photo of the street. I remember that in those days, colour processing was very expensive, maybe more than $1 per photo. (Even the on-line photos of Sago Street/Lane at the National Archives website are mostly in black-and-white.)<BR/><BR/>Yes, this version of the story is similar to what I heard over the radio some time ago. Hence the streetname can also be translated into English as either 'street of the dying' or 'street of the dead' depending on which state the person was in.<BR/><BR/>What Frannxis said about the monks' chanting is quite true. I know because during my mum's funeral more than 2 years ago, we hired one whose Cantonese chanting was so clear and melodious that I thought he would make a very good opera singer. My sister was so touched by some of his words that she could not hold back her tears. Of course depending on who you hire, you may also end up with one whose chanting you couldn't make any sense of, which is all the better for my sis, in my opinion.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131970260871854512005-11-14T20:11:00.000+08:002005-11-14T20:11:00.000+08:00I think the monks do know what they are chanting. ...I think the monks do know what they are chanting. I find the verses or the mantra they recite quite melodious. Those that I heard were in cantonese.<BR/><BR/>Depending on what you believe, death is not the end of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131894242899778652005-11-13T23:04:00.000+08:002005-11-13T23:04:00.000+08:00Wow - Its looks like while I was preoccupied with ...Wow - Its looks like while I was preoccupied with catching fighting fishes and spiders, my friend Chun Sing was grappling with the weighty questions of life.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com