tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post3158388075445302332..comments2024-03-18T23:06:57.664+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Call me "Sa Leng Chia" (or Bechak) – Peter ChanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-33111335176647391902010-08-26T10:09:22.009+08:002010-08-26T10:09:22.009+08:00i remember when i was abt 4 yrs always ride trish...i remember when i was abt 4 yrs always ride trishaw with mom from mountbatten pasar to my home at jalan satu cost abt 50 cents only :)irwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-85754194061504616612010-08-04T00:28:59.370+08:002010-08-04T00:28:59.370+08:00I had my share of trishaw rides in my younger day...I had my share of trishaw rides in my younger days with my mum and grandmother but I can't remember much details. My wife went to school in them : )Dogcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674910993510467971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-72501615320309739842010-08-01T13:35:21.211+08:002010-08-01T13:35:21.211+08:00The condition of the trishaw-riders today has chan...The condition of the trishaw-riders today has changed since the early days of jinrickshaw in Singapore as a form of public transportation drawn by human pulley for the thousands of Chinese immigrants to Singapore between the 1880s to the 1930s.<br /><br />However, San Francisco with its unique terrain was dominated by railways. Horse-drawn railcars appeared in San Francisco around 1862. <br /><br />Living horses and human had killed many lives. The invention by machines replaced by horses and trishaw by man have prevented their lives.<br /><br />Today, both trishaw in Singapore and cable car lines in San Franciso have retained them as tourist attractions and no longer inhuman in the past.Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-28408645757678421272010-08-01T00:39:47.606+08:002010-08-01T00:39:47.606+08:00I had my first experience of taking a trishaw way ...I had my first experience of taking a trishaw way back in the 1950s when I was just a young kid. I remember my mum took me to the SGH for a minor surgical operation to my left foot, in a trishaw from our former home at Bernam Street (off Tg Pagar Rd). I was told that in those years certain roads were not covered by public bus routes. In those years too, I used to accompany my dad from my same old home to Pagoda St in Chinatown. He was a street hawker. Only when there were lot of goods to carry, dad would hail for a trishaw. I remember he paid the fare, something like 25 to 30 cents then ! From: Francis LaiFLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429286415685838183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-34309392515928335582010-07-31T11:13:58.290+08:002010-07-31T11:13:58.290+08:00After the war(1945), my parents came back to Singa...After the war(1945), my parents came back to Singapore from Johor/Segamat. When I was a few years old my mother took me on a ride in a rickshaw (predecessor to the trishaw). My mother quarelled with the puller after the ride probably over the unfair fee charged. Now if we go the junction of tg pagar and maxwell road (opposite the fairfield church,the formerly kum wah theatre) showing a sign that it was a former rickshaw centre during japanese occupation. I had a few rides with my grandma when the new trishaw was introduced.Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489706873295639555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-9185620082242579762010-07-30T22:18:46.697+08:002010-07-30T22:18:46.697+08:00when i was in primary 1, i went to school, togethe...when i was in primary 1, i went to school, together with two other children, in a trishaw. my house was at kampong chia heng and my primary school was owen school. the distance was around 2km. i think my mom paid $5 (my dad's one day's wage) a month.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-29324462055980959902010-07-30T00:54:19.196+08:002010-07-30T00:54:19.196+08:00What's the rate today? Really more expensive t...What's the rate today? Really more expensive than taxi?<br /><br />A joy ride would be one using South Bridge Road (Chinatown mah) and finally ending at Mount Faber, hahaIcemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-59581474534469535502010-07-29T23:40:29.041+08:002010-07-29T23:40:29.041+08:00In the 1960s, a short trip of 5 mins or so cost ab...In the 1960s, a short trip of 5 mins or so cost about 30-50 cents. I remember taking a trishaw with my mum from my house near Queen Street to my school in Short Street, only a 5 mins' ride away.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-35020906880515564962010-07-29T21:57:45.977+08:002010-07-29T21:57:45.977+08:00In Spore I don't remember ever having sat in a...In Spore I don't remember ever having sat in a trishaw - maybe once as a kid. But overseas yes. I always recall a time when I was in Sec school. I was in Melaka with my dad and we boarded a trishaw. We came to a bridge where the slope was quite steep. The poor chap had a tough time bringing us over. <br /><br />In Penang they called it <i>lang chia</i> (human vehicle). A few years ago, whilst on assignment in a small town in Indonesia called Cilacap, I traveled in one. They called it "pay check". I never knew until today that this name is also used here in Spore.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com