tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post2987524687668026297..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Charles Jordan remembers SingaporeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-17909476948802921792024-02-01T01:56:41.083+08:002024-02-01T01:56:41.083+08:00Charles,
Did your elder brother Keith go to the S...Charles,<br /><br />Did your elder brother Keith go to the Simon Langton school in Canterbury, and did he also go into the RAF? <br /><br />David Townsend<br /><br />David.Townsend@gmx.deAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-44324905997877631482010-03-11T14:39:59.638+08:002010-03-11T14:39:59.638+08:00Thanks Ayoosh for your compliment. Sorry I don'...Thanks Ayoosh for your compliment. Sorry I don't have any photos of Ayer Gemuruh etc. I have not been there before but I have been to <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2008/06/holiday-bungalow-at-wing-loong-road.html" rel="nofollow">Wing Loong Road</a>.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-75145737994821582692010-03-11T02:42:59.623+08:002010-03-11T02:42:59.623+08:00Your blog very interesting..
My father born in 19...Your blog very interesting..<br /><br />My father born in 1952 too. Used to live in Ayer Gemuruh. Do you have Ayer Gemuruh/ Kampong Darat Nenas/ Kampong Nelayan photos?ayoosh alamoorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005529253199407441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-24048208079949188172008-07-02T11:54:00.000+08:002008-07-02T11:54:00.000+08:00I Chinese characters that would be: 谈天说地.I Chinese characters that would be: 谈天说地.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-25843690626965232912008-07-02T11:15:00.000+08:002008-07-02T11:15:00.000+08:00In the fifties there was this cantonese master sto...In the fifties there was this cantonese master story teller named Lee Dai Soh who ruled the radio waves. One of his serials was a talk literally meant: 'talking of heaven and earth'- meaning anything under the sun. Similarly, GMY under this broad theme, would never run out of steam.Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489706873295639555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-37061581965002230632008-06-30T09:45:00.000+08:002008-06-30T09:45:00.000+08:00For younger readers who may be wondering where on ...For younger readers who may be wondering where on earth is <B>Aden</B>, it's called <B>Yemen</B> today.<BR/><BR/>And this gives me an idea for another post? Want to guess what that is?<BR/><BR/>For regular readers, I want to assure you, I haven't run out of ideas of topics to blog about ..... yet. It's just that they need time to write and am a bit busy this days. Which is good news actually, considering the rapid rise in cost of living here, and I don't have an employer to hand out "inflation bonuses" (:Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-86343174231089745612008-06-30T00:48:00.000+08:002008-06-30T00:48:00.000+08:00My journey to Singapore in February 1960 was by Br...My journey to Singapore in February 1960 was by Britannia - with stops in Istanbul and Bombay with arrival at Payar Lebar very late at night. My journey back however was I believe somewhat more unusual. We flew out of RAF Changi in August 1962 on the very last Comet 2 flight - I recall a documentary crew recording our departure. We left in late afternoon and flew to Gan in the middle of the Indian Ocean and stayed the night there. The next day we flew on to Aden for a brief stop and then to a desert base in Libya - where again we stayed the night. I had a swim in a swimming pool in the middle of the desert! The third day we flew from Libya to RAF Lyneham in the UK, arriving on a cold wet day - so cold that our family, used to the humidity and heat of Singapore and without much warm clothing spent part of our time in a laundry drying rooom to get warm!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-4829973991733372722008-06-28T21:44:00.000+08:002008-06-28T21:44:00.000+08:00I used to hear my father say during his business t...I used to hear my father say during his business trips to Tokyo, he flew from Singapore's Paya Lebar Airport to Bangkok, then Saigon, then Hong Kong, then Taipeh and finally Haneda Airport in Tokyo. A flight with 4 stop-overs in a DC3 on-board Cathay Pacific Airlines and Malayan Airways. That year was 1961. <BR/><BR/>Today we take only 8-9 hours to reach Tokyo with "0 stop-over". We can fly to Newark from Singapore in 18 hours with "0 Stop-over". Can't imagine how long was the flight in 1961.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-85051582628373243902008-06-28T20:44:00.000+08:002008-06-28T20:44:00.000+08:00Tom said ... I remember the aircraft called the Br...Tom said ...<BR/> I remember the aircraft called the Brittannia, it took me home from Singapore the year was 1964, it was a very long journey , 32 hours to Scotland , now adays it only 14 hours . Charles I like all your Trophies in the photograph, I some time watch the Cowes boat race on the T.V.it is good to watch.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283468129139631266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-74256171876358235652008-06-27T10:44:00.000+08:002008-06-27T10:44:00.000+08:00From the fifties to sixties, air-travel was an exc...From the fifties to sixties, air-travel was an exclusive affair beyond the reach of common folks. Therefore lengthy sea voyages were the norm in those days, despite causing hardship to travellers. A good local example was the annual pilgrimage by Muslims for haj in Mecca which could take up a couple of months for a round trip. Pilgrims would gather at the terminal hardstand by the hundreds, including well-wishers - young and old at the port, waiting patiently for the vessel arrival to pick them up. Villagers would turn up in full force chatting, well-wishing those elderly pilgrims. In the meantime women were cooking meals in large pots by using firewood. Food were shared for everyone. The carnival-like and camaraderie atmosphere were overwhelming. This large undertaking would not be over until the last pilgrim left.Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489706873295639555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-81126852725265326982008-06-26T16:34:00.000+08:002008-06-26T16:34:00.000+08:00I too heard a similar story from my late uncle. T...I too heard a similar story from my late uncle. The year was 1955. He joined Cable & Wireless (the fore-runner of SINGTEL)and was promptly packed-off to Brighton, England. Brighton at that time had a telecoms training center for its staff. he left by a steam ship from one of the Singapore Harbour berth at Tanjung Pagar Road. The whole family gave my uncle and his young family a send-off.<BR/><BR/>I would have thought he would fly via the new Paya Lebar Airport but instead he went by sea, which took about one month. After arriving in Southampton port, he made his way by train to Brighton.<BR/><BR/>My cousin and I went back to Brighton to look for his house. My gosh, the place never change (for the last 80 years) except for the driveway.<BR/><BR/>My uncle returned to Singapore in 1959 by plane, this time touching down at Paya Lebar Airport. I guessed he took a plane instead of the steam ship because that was the year Singapore gained self-independence. My uncle was quickly promoted to become the head of Singapore Telephone Board International Division for undersea cables.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-42453089182431475132008-06-26T14:40:00.000+08:002008-06-26T14:40:00.000+08:00I wonder what young readers think when they read a...I wonder what young readers think when they read accounts of lengthy sea journeys like those experienced by Charles Jordan and <A HREF="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2006/06/john-harper-remembers-singapore-part-1.html" REL="nofollow">John Harper</A>, lasting up to 1 month. Anyway, I too have never travelled on such a lengthy sea voyage - not even on those 'star cruises' that Victor went on recently. I do recall when very young (probably around 1957 or 58) boarding a ship called the Chu San to send of some relatives who were going to Japan for holiday.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-47437356050132183982008-06-26T10:31:00.000+08:002008-06-26T10:31:00.000+08:00Undoubtedly Charles leads a very colourful life, p...Undoubtedly Charles leads a very colourful life, participating in a spectrum of varied activites: army, family, friends, sports, university education, adventure and foreign travels which I really grasp with awe. Charles surprises me most is his forthrightness in relating his private life. This is a story that adds spice to GMY.Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489706873295639555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-66695415230673056622008-06-26T00:18:00.000+08:002008-06-26T00:18:00.000+08:00Thanks Charles for your very interesting life stor...Thanks Charles for your very interesting life story.<BR/><BR/>Erm... "ex-Changi" has a very different local connotation - our main prison is still located there.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.com