tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post7969015574256931909..comments2024-03-18T23:06:57.664+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: An Old building and Linked Histories - Brian MitchellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-66881399896611523222012-04-25T10:43:32.572+08:002012-04-25T10:43:32.572+08:00My grandfather was a friend of Walter L. "Wal...My grandfather was a friend of Walter L. "Wally" Davis, who was very active with the Cambridge Yasume Club during the 1970s. During the war they were both musicians in the Chungkai POW camp orchestra (Thailand), Davis as a drummer and my grandfather as an accordionist. Excellent photos of the old club building. Thanks for posting these!Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-13658235484944382902011-10-28T13:10:01.551+08:002011-10-28T13:10:01.551+08:00Yup found it some time ago. Thanks to Brian and fr...Yup found it some time ago. Thanks to Brian and friends. Will blog about it soon.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-51642810136084817152011-10-28T08:18:34.220+08:002011-10-28T08:18:34.220+08:00LKY stayed in a bungalow facing the sea at a part ...LKY stayed in a bungalow facing the sea at a part of Changi coast in the '60s because he was under danger of assassination attempts by Indonesians during the Confrontasi.<br /><br />The bungalow is now under Aloha chalet resort, the building name is Changi Cottage, beautiful modern English looking house.Singapore HistoryWonderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-65219311090026660542011-09-26T16:47:43.340+08:002011-09-26T16:47:43.340+08:00Anonymous _ there will be someone here with more p...Anonymous _ there will be someone here with more precise information but my memory from past reading is that Lee Kuan Yew was then living on the route from the City to Changi, somewhere like Siglap but not Changi itself. He did have a house in Changi on the coast in the 1960s and I have mentioned on this blog seeing him practising his gold on the gold-course which adjoined our school playing field area. I think one of the blog readers was going to check out that house whichI think is a government bungalow.Brian and Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208616667962513171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-90209385235742188752011-09-25T22:24:14.142+08:002011-09-25T22:24:14.142+08:00Did Lee Kuan Yew have a house or stayed in Changi ...Did Lee Kuan Yew have a house or stayed in Changi during WWII?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-6802310185947301072011-09-20T23:27:19.559+08:002011-09-20T23:27:19.559+08:00I heard this saying in my school days: "In pe...I heard this saying in my school days: "In peace prepare for war". Snr Lee knows this very well that is why the first thing when Singapore got independence, he built up an army (NS based) with the help of a foreign country. He doesn't want Singaporeans has the chance to build a Yasume Club.Zennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-18441964473803270692011-09-20T20:46:51.481+08:002011-09-20T20:46:51.481+08:00Yasume is deliciously ironic in a way that only th...Yasume is deliciously ironic in a way that only the British could pull off !Ngiam Shih Tunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800779441060614157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-68746430620155380652011-09-20T17:14:25.834+08:002011-09-20T17:14:25.834+08:00Icemoon asked about whether the name is ironic. It...Icemoon asked about whether the name is ironic. It is the question I wondered about although I read that 'yasume' was the word the prisoners most wanted to hear as they worked on the railway and other constructions - as it signalled a much needed and rare rest period. I guess despite its terrible associations for them they still felt it most appropriate but its use is a little surprising given the understandable bitterness that many of the survivors felt.Brian and Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208616667962513171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-20318589443777876972011-09-20T17:04:31.456+08:002011-09-20T17:04:31.456+08:00I have read many stories of these men in the FEPOW...I have read many stories of these men in the FEPOW website. Truly remarkable for those who made it through those very tough years as a POW. Sadly, as time moves on, many have passed on and the associations are slowly dwindling. But at least the stories remain.Joseph Wongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-30440152043043139062011-09-20T00:44:36.625+08:002011-09-20T00:44:36.625+08:00Interesting Brian .. is the Japanese name supposed...Interesting Brian .. is the Japanese name supposed to be some kind of irony?Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.com