tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post8051242504418343513..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: My first packaged tourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-39647576853391795352014-01-29T12:22:25.995+08:002014-01-29T12:22:25.995+08:00there was a chinese restaurant called dragon gate,...there was a chinese restaurant called dragon gate, i think, located at the top floor of WTO/harbourfront... is it the same restaurant?JLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-22460460594550128702011-10-30T08:21:50.700+08:002011-10-30T08:21:50.700+08:00I lived in Outram Park for almost my entire childh...I lived in Outram Park for almost my entire childhood years, and it was so sad to see it demolished. As someone quoted 'there is little room for sentimentality in land-scarece Singapore.'<br />From 1972 to 1985 i grew up with the place, saw its growth and gradual decline, until the government had a permanent en-bloc for the place, and we shifyed further down to Jalan Bt Merah.<br />I am trying to gather my personal memories of the place to write a book. If anyone would like to contribute text memories or visual memories (photos), i will appreciate it very much. Thanks!Mr Leonard Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630539004881026204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-11177434398395605102011-07-05T09:29:07.503+08:002011-07-05T09:29:07.503+08:00Thanks to Peter and Chun See for sharing the photo...Thanks to Peter and Chun See for sharing the photo of Chancellor which brings back fond memories of the place. Such photos are hard to find online. I vaguely remember there's a phamacy next to it call Dragon Gate. I hope someone could share photos of the Dragon Phoenix restaurant in Outram Park, or any restaurants from the 70s where a stage with live band is common.Mont d'Ornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-61725140469024056212011-07-04T23:01:15.733+08:002011-07-04T23:01:15.733+08:00I lived in the Outram Park estate for 3 years, fro...I lived in the Outram Park estate for 3 years, from 1981 to 1984. There was a block of flats that was reserved for foreign nationals (mainly Malaysians) who worked in the public service. The block was directly opposite the Pearl Bank Apartments. I worked in the Ministry of National Development at Maxwell Road, and walked to the office everyday (this was before the MRT). <br /><br />As one of the first generation HDB developments, the flats in Outram Park were plain and functional. There was nothing especially beautiful about the place. I was in a small 2 bedroom flat on the 7th floor, with a squat toilet that took a while to get used to. The shops downstairs were not doing well, probably because the place was too close to People's Park and Chinatown. <br /><br />I returned to Singapore for a visit earlier this year. The entire HDB estate had been flattened, and there was only empty ground where several blocks of flats once stood. It was sad in way, but I guess there is little room for sentimentality in land scarce Singapore.perverttnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-19765946356107639562010-11-04T12:09:34.483+08:002010-11-04T12:09:34.483+08:00I think you love traveling in different place. Her...I think you love traveling in different place. Here you described about your first tour in Outram Park. I know that first packaged tour is always remarkable and I think you have very good experience with your first tour. I appreciate that you have very deep knowledge in particular destination for traveling.Security Printhttp://www.olympicprint.co.uk/pages/Cheque_Printing.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-8761392215008190892010-10-27T17:03:32.419+08:002010-10-27T17:03:32.419+08:00Packaged tours gives us the best enjoyments but so...Packaged tours gives us the best enjoyments but sometimes we feel like we are in limitation in packaged tours. But after reading your post I came to know that you have enjoyed a lot during your tour.halogen replacement ledhttp://www.soholights.co.uk/halogen_replacement_ledsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-51719546311403320772010-10-27T16:44:11.579+08:002010-10-27T16:44:11.579+08:00Was the Chinese restaurant at Outram Park named Ya...Was the Chinese restaurant at Outram Park named Yan Palace? 燕閣 The one now located at Hong Lim Complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-27311301135496963942010-10-25T11:17:54.971+08:002010-10-25T11:17:54.971+08:00I remember the char kway teow stall operated from ...I remember the char kway teow stall operated from a small corner coffee shop. The fried kway teow was done just right - not too dry, the ingredients generous, delicious sauce and the dish could be considered of high standard. The old man had the kwai teow fried ready,still lying in the wok, and when he received an order he would speedily crack in an egg, stirred it with the ingredients (most memorable were the fresh cockles), and with astonishing speed the dish was ready. Before you could warm your seat, the plate of tasty kway teow delivered to you....that was provided you could beat the hungry lunch crowd.Zennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-35225757469724874682010-10-25T00:34:31.944+08:002010-10-25T00:34:31.944+08:00Chun See the place I went to in the highlands did ...Chun See the place I went to in the highlands did look very English.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283468129139631266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-85804689295052554802010-10-24T21:04:49.025+08:002010-10-24T21:04:49.025+08:00Chun See, it is not scary anymore. Highlands like ...Chun See, it is not scary anymore. Highlands like Cameron, Fraser and Maxwell started of as British hill stations.<br /><br />Redstorm, thanks for the clarification. However I'm not sure the entry in wikipedia on Kallang Airport is reliable. They gave the source for the air crash, but not the source for the origin of Dakota Crescent. I got my info from the wiki entry on Dakota MRT, unfortunately the source is not cited as well. So I'm open to both arguments.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-54430416955920585652010-10-24T18:59:03.153+08:002010-10-24T18:59:03.153+08:00Tom, Brian. Could it be that in those days, these ...Tom, Brian. Could it be that in those days, these 2 hill resorts (Good Lord, I almost typed hell resorts .. LOL) catered mostly to the British folks. No wonder the buidings had such an English look. There is a restaurant called Ye O' Smokehouse; very elegant and classy. I have stayed at the Richmond Bungalow at Frasers; they even have a fireplace.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-16303351724779774052010-10-24T18:55:32.195+08:002010-10-24T18:55:32.195+08:00Yeee .... Icemoon. Why do you adopt such a scary l...Yeee .... Icemoon. Why do you adopt such a scary looking avatar?Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-59527036545773324232010-10-24T16:45:15.163+08:002010-10-24T16:45:15.163+08:00Icemoon's comment that the metro station next ...Icemoon's comment that the metro station next to National Stadium got its name due to the many Dakotas at Kallang Airport is not exactly correct.<br /><br />Yes, Dakota MRT station's name is adapted from the nearby road, Dakota Crescent, but the latter was actually named in commemoration of an air crash involving a Dakota aircraft.<br /><br />On 29 Jun 1946, one of the Dakota aircrafts belonging to the Royal Air Force with 20 personnel on board crashed at the Kallang Airport in a storm with no survivors. A housing estate later was built around the vicinity of the crash site and Dakota Crescent was named in commemoration of this disaster.Redstormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-35703881844898244552010-10-24T00:25:22.361+08:002010-10-24T00:25:22.361+08:00Toms comment on flying up in a Dakota reminded me ...Toms comment on flying up in a Dakota reminded me that our family flew back from our trip to Frasers Hill in a Bristol Frieghter to Changi. These were just about the most basic cargo aircraft around, they had a few passenger seats strapped into the cargo hold in which we sat, the noise was so great that communication was only possible through written notes - and one came around warning us we were about to fly straight through a tropical storm - it was extremely noisy and rough. Definitely the worse flight I have ever done.Brian and Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208616667962513171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-40375700808165663742010-10-23T23:02:50.113+08:002010-10-23T23:02:50.113+08:00Icemoon I think you can pronounce Dakota ither way...Icemoon I think you can pronounce Dakota ither way,but I dont know, I my self would pronounce it a Di-ko-ta.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283468129139631266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-84983330725786974432010-10-23T22:40:51.830+08:002010-10-23T22:40:51.830+08:00How do you pronounce Dakota? Is it Da-ko-ta or Di-...How do you pronounce Dakota? Is it Da-ko-ta or Di-ko-ta? SMRT thinks it is the latter. The metro station next to National Stadium got its name due to the many Dakotas at Kallang Airport.<br /><br />Brian and Tom's trip to the highlands remind me of two historical incidents - assassination of High Commissioner Gurney at Fraser Hill Gap Road (one day I must do a second shot) in 1951 and disappearance of Jim Thompson on Cameron Highlands in 1967.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-31255049103966008382010-10-23T22:27:54.316+08:002010-10-23T22:27:54.316+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283468129139631266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-9962926224872235102010-10-23T22:27:20.321+08:002010-10-23T22:27:20.321+08:00Icemoon, The time I went to the Cameron Highlands...Icemoon, The time I went to the Cameron Highlands I was put on air plane at R.A.F Changi if I remember right the plane was called a Dakota ,And I think it Landed some where near Ipoh and I got on to a army bus that was to take me all the way to a small village in the Highlands I just cant remember the name of the place and the bus took that long winding road you had mentoined If I remember it had a lot of long sharp bends on it and thick Jungle on each side of the road.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283468129139631266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-71245773732870762722010-10-23T14:11:59.862+08:002010-10-23T14:11:59.862+08:00Yes, Chun See, you are right. The distance betwee...Yes, Chun See, you are right. The distance between the Tapah Road and Simpang Pulai Road is 42.3km, to be exact, according to my GPS map.Redstormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-37924298802663037872010-10-23T11:40:37.791+08:002010-10-23T11:40:37.791+08:00Icemoon's comment reminds me. Actually my sist...Icemoon's comment reminds me. Actually my sister did throw up a few times during the trip down from Cameron Highlands. Today there is a new road to CH from Simpang Pulai which is much better; broader, straighter and with dual lanes in many stretches for easy over-taking. Otherwise if you are stuck behind a lorry or bus on a mountain road, it can be terrible. Especially uphill. Some of these old Msian lorries spew lots and lots of black smoke.<br /><br />But for Sporeans driving up north, it means having to travel some extra distance becos Simpang Pulai is just before Ipoh, whereas the old road is from Tapah, which is, I don't know ... maybe 70~80 km to the south.<br /><br />But according to this <a href="http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/06/06/simpang-pulai-vs-tapah-to-cameron-highlands/" rel="nofollow">website</a>; its only another 40 km or so.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-15770855238518863122010-10-23T11:15:44.750+08:002010-10-23T11:15:44.750+08:00I can never imagine how they send pple up Cameron ...I can never imagine how they send pple up Cameron Highlands for convalescencing. Today I think there are two routes up the highlands. One them, a road spiralling all the way, can really make you puke. A nightmarish introduction to the hill station.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-54841627045695850122010-10-22T21:57:24.052+08:002010-10-22T21:57:24.052+08:00That first time we went to Fraser's Hill we we...That first time we went to Fraser's Hill we were really struck by the 'Englishness' of the buildings. We were also amazed at the beauty of the flowers there, especially the huge roses and chrysanthemums.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-84775554828936000322010-10-22T21:53:24.341+08:002010-10-22T21:53:24.341+08:00Considering the technology of those days, the diff...Considering the technology of those days, the difficult terrain, remoteness of these highlands, esp. Fraser's Hill and their accessiblity, it is amazing that they could survey and build the structures in these 2 places. Must take our hats off to these people responsible.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-84125245416701205882010-10-22T21:20:03.336+08:002010-10-22T21:20:03.336+08:00I Remember the Cameron Highlands very well, I was ...I Remember the Cameron Highlands very well, I was sent up there after I came out of Alexandra Hospital Singapore for weeks convalescent, Just a wee bit of history, Chun See did you know how the Cameron highlands got its name ,it was named after a Surveyor called William Cameron who map out the area. I think he would have been a Scotsman with a name like Cameron.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283468129139631266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-28053235308992626812010-10-22T09:59:41.674+08:002010-10-22T09:59:41.674+08:00Since some of you have made mention of the Outram ...Since some of you have made mention of the Outram Road jail, younger readers may be curious. Hence, I will share with you a photo of this place sent to me by Russ Wickson. The photo was taken by George Shaw. Next time.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com