tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post113076876317281432..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Memories of Pulau TekongUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-47485865109336186092014-03-03T11:51:10.917+08:002014-03-03T11:51:10.917+08:00Tekong! Very much memories for me, espacially when...Tekong! Very much memories for me, espacially when my friends and I helped the farmer's daughter in her chores after our duties in the evenings during our unit's outdoor camp on the island in the 60's. <br />I still have some photos of us army boys with the farmer's family. I also remember the time when we went back to the island in the 70's after our ROD to row a sampan round the island. I was so scared because I can't swim. I later learnt swimming and do scuba diving after that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-55454329129369828102011-10-17T11:49:50.421+08:002011-10-17T11:49:50.421+08:00Wonder photos and memoirs. Thank you for sharing.....Wonder photos and memoirs. Thank you for sharing...Linh Vien Thaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907480875267385818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-14529364204017874262010-05-08T14:27:48.575+08:002010-05-08T14:27:48.575+08:00Memories are forever.
A wonderful site.
I share a...Memories are forever. <br />A wonderful site.<br />I share all your sentiments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-732924083294691532010-04-07T20:52:59.181+08:002010-04-07T20:52:59.181+08:00haha true =p 41 years is a very long time.
Tekon...haha true =p 41 years is a very long time. <br /><br />Tekong took about only 3-4 years to merge with Sejahat, Sejahat Kechil Semechek and Tekong Kechil and BMTC has changed so much within that small period of time.<br /><br />May I post your photos on my blog and yesterday.sg?<br /><br />I look forward to more photos about Tekong =)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546951033447356312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-54239541711889993982010-04-06T21:58:54.101+08:002010-04-06T21:58:54.101+08:00Can I remember where the photos were taken? No pos...Can I remember where the photos were taken? No possible lah .... 41 years is a long time you know. But I do have a couple more photos than those I put up here.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-90919977833555661782010-04-06T20:21:58.139+08:002010-04-06T20:21:58.139+08:00These photos are so precious.
It is Tekong many o...These photos are so precious.<br /><br />It is Tekong many of us don't get to see today. <br /><br />I was told the various statues and icons of the various deities of the temples on Tekong were consolidated and placed in a shrine on the island after the residents were being resettled and the temples being torned down.<br /><br />Do you still remember where the photos were taken?XinLi29288https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412152894030913555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-23223693244487071092008-05-09T17:15:00.000+08:002008-05-09T17:15:00.000+08:00Mike. I wonder if you had the same depressing feel...Mike. I wonder if you had the same depressing feeling on seeing the lights of Safti as Green Bus 175 rounds the bend of Upper Jurong Road.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-50359746386358858542008-05-09T15:01:00.000+08:002008-05-09T15:01:00.000+08:00Pualu Tekong as I can remember.It was many years a...Pualu Tekong as I can remember.<BR/>It was many years ago when there was a few seafood restuarants just after the jetty. My friend's mother had a small piece of land there with durian trees and vetetable garden. She also had some poultry that run around the house. My friend is a Hakka and so were majority of the population there then. The most memorial scene was a pair of empty coffins with wooden stands at an empty shed. I was told the old couple had prepared for their end time.<BR/>At the jetty, after the row of seafood shops were a few bone-shaker 'pah on chia' (pirate taxis) ready to drive you inland to visit a popular temple to pray and to beg for 4-D numbers. Our group of 4-5 friends often went there for seafood and a bottle Martell. We stop visiting Tekong when the seafood shops were resited to the mainland.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-73734390941002421822008-05-08T17:20:00.000+08:002008-05-08T17:20:00.000+08:00Staff See? That name rings a bell. Some MP Sgt w...Staff See? That name rings a bell. Some MP Sgt who sits at the SAFTI Guardroom right? Every morning stands at the main gate ready to pounce on anybody, including people who sat in the GP car. When officer through the small gate next to the main gate, his hand salute looks as if he was "carrying bXXs". Did he wear some kind of whiote lanyard? He spot some botak hair style?<BR/><BR/>I hear late in 1974, since he tekan some many people, they waylaid him near the wayang stage and gave him a good bashing.<BR/>Like to hear from you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-48725071336203612232008-05-08T12:45:00.000+08:002008-05-08T12:45:00.000+08:00SAFTI - SSL (1971), SISW (1973)It invokes a love-h...SAFTI - SSL (1971), SISW (1973)<BR/><BR/>It invokes a love-hate feeling for me. I loved it for the many memories there, whether good or bad. Good ones were the comeradie with the rest of the platoon mates and the bad ones were the daily morning runs around the Institute, and not forgetting a dash up Peng Kang Hill. Also the RPs (anyone remember Staff See?) who never fails to give the guys hell whenever we go in/out of SAFTI through the main gate during daylight. I still remembered the combat obstacles run from Tuas seafood end back to the Institute in SBO, one round of obstacles and to the 100M range for shooting. We were panting away, with sweat-blinded eyes, M16 barrels going up and down with every heart beat and trying our best to aim at those targets..SAFTI..thanks for the memories..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1133316061424303602005-11-30T10:01:00.000+08:002005-11-30T10:01:00.000+08:00Since many young people now visit this blog, I thi...Since many young people now visit this blog, I think I will add little detail about life in Safti (the old one, now called Pasir Laba Camp. And I want to repeat here, I really dislike the govt always changing names of places and established institutions)<BR/><BR/>One of the most agonising experiences of my recruit/section leaders days in Safti (1971) was that of booking out on Sat afternoon. By the time we finished the area cleaning - and those irritating corporals like to extend our misery by deliberately being fussy - it was already way past noon. And when we got out to the bus stop at Upp Jurong Road, we are met with another frustrating sight; a big crowd of eager NS boys dying to get out of the area. The Bus 175s that come along are always full becos of the 6 SIR soldiers getting up at the Tuas terminal. As we watch the precious minutes of our freedom slip away, some of us resorted to desperate measures. We crossed the road and took the bus in the opposite direction. When the bus reached the Tuas end, we stayed put in the buses to the annoyance of our brethren from 6 SIR.<BR/><BR/>Too bad that famous pianist will not get to enjoy precious memories such as this.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131865288678437642005-11-13T15:01:00.000+08:002005-11-13T15:01:00.000+08:00Yes. Victor is right about 张小英? She dresses very s...Yes. Victor is right about 张小英? She dresses very simple, just like the girl-next-door type. Doesn't dress like your typical show-biz singer at all.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131165597584790772005-11-05T12:39:00.000+08:002005-11-05T12:39:00.000+08:00Wah - u damn brave man; court-martial offence leh....Wah - u damn brave man; court-martial offence leh. BTW, have u heard this one. <BR/><BR/>Once, during grenade-throwing trg, the corporal told the recruit, When you throw the grenade, I want you to shout, "GRENADE!" loud loud.<BR/><BR/>And so the recruit nervously pulled out the firing pin, hurled the grenade, and yelled, "Grenade loud loud!".Sleepless in Singaporehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927516918590494932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131155613948921202005-11-05T09:53:00.000+08:002005-11-05T09:53:00.000+08:00I think most do recall their NS days with fondness...I think most do recall their NS days with fondness.<BR/><BR/>In reminiscences; the drills, the morning 5bx, the route march, etc didn't seem too bad afterall.<BR/><BR/>Actually, without NS we would not have all these experiences.<BR/><BR/>I have been keeping a safety pin from a live grenade after my only grenade throw at SAFTI but I lost it a few years ago. <BR/><BR/>I like the smoke grenades with the colourful smokes they produce.frhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402261314300053806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131027518980427962005-11-03T22:18:00.000+08:002005-11-03T22:18:00.000+08:00Wah, Victor, You must have witnessed many of us be...Wah, Victor, <BR/><BR/>You must have witnessed many of us being herded onto 3-tonners at CMPB those days, to be sent to far-off places like Safti and Tuas. How we used to envy guys like you.<BR/><BR/>But it is true that in combat vocation, we get to 'collect' more memories. Not only we get to meet a lot of interesting characters, we also get to see many parts of Spore that no longer exist today. For example, our topo training often brought us to rural areas in Bt Batok, Jurong (present Nantah campus), Hong Kah, Marsiling, Kranji and even Tampines - I think many army boys of our generation will remember Ex Night Bird.<BR/><BR/>And then there is ROC. I remember 1 night, my friend and I literally slept on a grave. (When you are exhausted, you can sleep anywhere). I even joked with my friend that there were actually 3 of us guarding that 'sector' - 2 on top and 1 below.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I wanted to blog about the army days later, but just could not resist talking about it now.<BR/><BR/>By the way, the old CMPB buildings at Dempsey Road are still around I think. Went there for curry fish head a couple of times. It belongs to the Civil Service Club or something. Another subject for your blog maybe?Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1131016165677457932005-11-03T19:09:00.000+08:002005-11-03T19:09:00.000+08:00I think that I know who the singer of the song 心上人...I think that I know who the singer of the song 心上人was. Could she be 张小英?<BR/><BR/>It's just too bad that I do not have interesting NS days' stories to share. Not that I did not serve my NS. I did, except that I was rated PES ('Physical Employment Standard') '5BE'. 'BE' stood for Base Employed. I was assigned a clerical job in CMPB (Central Manpower Base). It involved mundane 8.30 - 5 office duties, nothing extraordinary.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1130984636344446252005-11-03T10:23:00.000+08:002005-11-03T10:23:00.000+08:00I often wonder why folks tend to recall their NS d...I often wonder why folks tend to recall their NS days with fondness even though at the time when we were going through the torure, we usually curse and whine incessantly? The human mind is very strange don't you think?<BR/><BR/>When men get together, they like to exchange army stories. I will blog on this intersting subject on another occasion.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1130810276600168432005-11-01T09:57:00.000+08:002005-11-01T09:57:00.000+08:00Reading your article makes me feel quite nostalgic...Reading your article makes me feel quite nostalgic. It evokes pleasant memories of my NS days.<BR/><BR/>Your mention of the Green Bus reminds me of the buses those days - Yellow Bus, STC, Hock Lee Bus, Changi Bus....<BR/><BR/>I remember taking the Katong and Bedok Bus from its terminus at Lorong 8, Geylang to my schools in Katong - for 6 years.frhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402261314300053806noreply@blogger.com