tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post5304359397348178835..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Balek kampong to Bedok Corner Part 2: Changed Landscape from Sea to Land (Written by Peter Chan)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-26518905343520504112015-07-08T16:35:21.388+08:002015-07-08T16:35:21.388+08:00Hi Daniel Koh (GrandUncle)!
Hi Daniel Koh (GrandUncle)!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Christopher Tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-22829026973440464522011-11-20T19:45:20.547+08:002011-11-20T19:45:20.547+08:00I was born in the 1950s at Lor Selulu (hope it is ...I was born in the 1950s at Lor Selulu (hope it is correct) or 'ang moh village' (can't remember exact dialectal name. Was from Bedok Girls' Primary School. I think Bedok Secondary School or some sports school is now sited at the location of the former school.<br />It is really nostalgic to come across this website ... missing those kampung days and the childhood kampung boys and girls ... just wonder how and where they are ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-20169991307018004972011-04-14T22:07:26.117+08:002011-04-14T22:07:26.117+08:00Hi Mavrick, thanks for the information on the barr...Hi Mavrick, thanks for the information on the barren hilltop. I’m glad I did not know there was a Chinese cemetery there or the story of the massacre of the 1st Malay regiment during the Japanese occupation. I am sure my dad kept these spooky details from us. I have tried to get old photos of Sennet Road to refresh my memory but have no luck so far. I really enjoyed the two postings on Bedok by Peter Chan (as well as their related comments). So much historical information on my childhood home which I left in 1958!Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-31562048356009798552011-04-13T23:20:56.108+08:002011-04-13T23:20:56.108+08:00I cannot believe that and grateful to have found a...I cannot believe that and grateful to have found a photo of the Bedok Rest House as it was before reclamation. You see I once stayed at the Rest house for a couple of months as a kid with my parents and siblings in the 50's between moving house. I remember the stunning and unforgettable scenes of the tide rising to the very door steps of Rest house . The endless coast line hugging the old Bedok road made going to school in a bus feel like an pleasurable excursion in a resort . Are you aware Mr. Lum ,if there are any other pictures of Old Bedok to be found? Best regards Mohd. Iqbaliqbalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128093455065214319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-89737628677617192212010-06-07T20:44:01.756+08:002010-06-07T20:44:01.756+08:00@ Murad - Will convey your regards to David Koh. ...@ Murad - Will convey your regards to David Koh. Yes, his dad is still around but his mum passed away many years ago.Daniel Kohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031509606488018852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-88915959971445917712010-06-07T20:00:46.533+08:002010-06-07T20:00:46.533+08:00Daniel, Thanks. Do send my regards to him. Is hi...Daniel, Thanks. Do send my regards to him. Is his dad around? Reminds me of the lovely beatle car he drove and of course his wonderful mom.Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14318718171262436306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-10567774139010174992010-06-07T19:57:03.040+08:002010-06-07T19:57:03.040+08:00Icemoon, Yes, Daniel Kassim is my friend who was a...Icemoon, Yes, Daniel Kassim is my friend who was asking me about the graves. We had a walk there.Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14318718171262436306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-11314834939145239052010-06-07T12:00:52.419+08:002010-06-07T12:00:52.419+08:00Maverick, have you read this related post by Peter...Maverick, have you read this <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2009/12/world-war-two-at-upper-east-coast-road.html" rel="nofollow">related post</a> by Peter? Daniel Kassim commented the graves were behind Bedok Boys School as well.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-24007511280910553682010-06-07T08:03:23.551+08:002010-06-07T08:03:23.551+08:00Hi Murad, Yes, David is one of my cousins and the...Hi Murad, Yes, David is one of my cousins and they used to live at the place which you described. He and his family are living in Australia for many years now.Daniel Kohnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-7085826858267859412010-06-06T23:54:47.141+08:002010-06-06T23:54:47.141+08:00Hi Daniel,
I am Murad. Not your age group...Hi Daniel,<br /><br /> I am Murad. Not your age group but probably one of your relative David Koh who once stayed at 164B Bedok Road which is now a Church. I was his neighbour at 162A Bedok Road and also a classmate of his in Bedok Primary School. Was there from Pr 1 to 6 with Miss Annie Tan as the principal. Any idea where David is now?<br /><br />Oh yes guys... lovely reading this blog... brings me back lots of memory as I was borned there and lived there till 1981. My house was next to the Buddhist Pelalei Temple and opposite Bedok Boys School. Did my primary studies in that school too. Yup... I am looking up for old friends who still remembers me.<br /><br />Edward...<br /> The hill with the bare top is now Kew Crescent and you find a Condominium now there."http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_19496/travel_site_1/#t/map/lo/103.95103087820365/la/1.3187200470637326/l/13" It was bare because it was a Chinese cemetary at the top. There was also a temple at the bottom of the hill and a road next to it going up the hill. The temple is till there. That hill is historical as it was where the 1st Malay regiment fellows that were captured at Pasir Panjang but was massacred there. I have a friend doing a research on this. He is still in search of their lost graves which was the one behind Bedok Boys School where you find a small plot of land with some graves. Now, I guess it is part of Bedok South Secondary School which took the area where Bedok Boys and Bedok Girls School used to be. The land where Bedok Primary School is still bare till today.Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14318718171262436306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-67369671672831749152010-06-06T15:52:51.572+08:002010-06-06T15:52:51.572+08:00The land reclamation at Bedok corner started in 19...The land reclamation at Bedok corner started in 1960 when I was 12 years old. It was contracted to Obayashi Gumi who used soil from the hills at Chai Chee and conveyorized them across Kew Drive area to the shallow sea in from front of Bedok Rest House. The two pill boxes that stood to the right of Bedok Rest House which we used to play inside as kids were removed in 1962 or so while the reclamation was on-going. The reclamation took place at the corner of Bedok and worked its way towards Katong and the sea front where we used to catch crabs and prawns at low tide was filled 150 meters towards the sea. Life for us at the Bedok kampong where we lived was not the same thereafter. No more going to the beach to dig for clams, no more prawn and crab catching and no more collection of old WW2 bullets from the sea bed. It was true that during the riots of 1964, people at kampong Bedok, Malays and Chinese, ganged up to fight off outside invaders. Racial harmony was never better when we lived in the kampong.RON HOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159123336755708592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-77599645233062078072010-05-27T00:53:06.590+08:002010-05-27T00:53:06.590+08:00Hi Peter,
The sad incident you mentioned, I recal...Hi Peter,<br /><br />The sad incident you mentioned, I recalled was that of a student from Bedok Girls Pr Sch. Too much of exam stress. Mama shopkeeper along Bedok Rd, adjacent to Bedok Bus Depot, mentioned that she bought rope from him.<br /><br />The bus depot you mention was Katong/Bedok Bus CompanySalimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847744457473301001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-474635099326134992010-05-18T13:32:55.818+08:002010-05-18T13:32:55.818+08:00> My friends and i use to sit at the junction o...<i>> My friends and i use to sit at the junction of jln haji salam and we start to guess what will be the next bus service number that will passby.it use to be service nos 10,11,13,14,135 and 155.</i><br /><br />Now that gahman is moving towards hub-and-spoke model for bus services, it is timely to blog about the services still plying our roads since the early (green, tay koh yat etc.?) days. 10 and 14 still serving Bedok Corner. Bus 2 still travel along the old (and new) Changi roads.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-40554061362466053892010-05-17T08:38:18.953+08:002010-05-17T08:38:18.953+08:00Not sure whether anybody can recall this incident....Not sure whether anybody can recall this incident. A female teacher (under stress) from Bedok Boys (Girls???) School hung herself at a tree opposite the school. I think this spot is now Bedok Ria.<br /><br />There was a Changi Bus Company depot somewhere along Bedok Road in the 60s/70s.<br /><br />There was a white colored seawall built somewhere from Kew Drive to somewhere in front of Bedok Camp in the 60s.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-53219976626690916982010-05-16T19:07:18.905+08:002010-05-16T19:07:18.905+08:00Ako M67
Hi everyones, What a great memory over the...Ako M67<br />Hi everyones, What a great memory over there, back to bedok corner. I use to stay at Jln Haji Salam , and bedok corner makan place use to be my morning and dinner makan area. Still remember Ali mamak who sell Roti prata, and Nasi Rawan Mak Malek.<br />im from bedok boys primary sch. The principal during my time was Miss Tan. Mr Chan who we use to call the Garang teacher use to carry along long cane. Mr Goh very nice and use to be vice principals.<br />That corner road was use to be the favourite corner spot for those who ride motorbike during that time.Till now during my free time i use to drive in from jln haji salam and out at jln langgar bedok. also till now i use to pray at jln bilal mos.During mid 70s i use to ride bicycle from my house go into jln bedok laut to jln padang terbakar and out to somampah road opposite jln 3 ratus near changkat changi sec sch.At bedok laut there was a wet market and the only market at that area. <br />My friends and i use to sit at the junction of jln haji salam and we start to guess what will be the next bus service number that will passby.it use to be service nos 10,11,13,14,135 and 155. Use to jog early in the morning from Kew Dr to East Coast Park and must pass by a samll cemetary ( muslim ) and a Temple next to it. <br /><br />Well what a loving memories during that timeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16438925500108903999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-49488325722089598852010-02-19T11:20:05.850+08:002010-02-19T11:20:05.850+08:00Hi Katak (Frog?), Nice to hear from a fellow old ...Hi Katak (Frog?), Nice to hear from a fellow old Bedokian and reminise about old happenings in our kampong. Yes, I do remember the old Bedok corner too. Many pedestrians trying to cross from that section of the road were knocked down by cars. There was also the old Bedok Police Station near that corner. I still go back to Bedok corner for my makan sessions whenever I am in Singapore. The famous stall selling "Chng-Tng" and "Ju-hu Eng-Chye" is still there although it is now run by his 2 sons. I see that you were also from Bedok Boys' School. I was there from 1960 to 1965. Check out the school's facebook for some nostalgic trip down memory lane. I posted some photos there.Daniel Kohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031509606488018852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-76687825487959582312010-02-18T19:25:07.425+08:002010-02-18T19:25:07.425+08:00hi to everyone here. i too used to live in bedok. ...hi to everyone here. i too used to live in bedok. my place ws near the current bedok corner makan place. there ws a petrol station there too and i remembered the big flood in late 60s. i also used to cycle from my place to somapah road bypassing padang terbakar. we used to call somapah road the 10mile and end of koh sek lim road the 9mile. in the late 60s, early 70s there were regular beach regatta before the reclaimation.. i remembered the pill box in front of bedok rest house and the sea ws just within walking distance.. in front of the pill box, there ws a small pond, quite deep in which i lost a one of my sandal as it got stuck in the mud. i also remembered going looking for kerang during low tide and seaweed too. a big mansion still stands to this day, but it must have been converted into boarding house [i hear]. there were many accidents along bedok corner, a dangerous place to take corners in particular for 2 wheels motorists. along kew drive, behind a chinese temple [after bedok camp towards east coast rd], there used to be a cemetery.. i went to bedok boys' school and later chai chee chee secondary.. those days, playing 'goli', catching spiders, swimming in the canals beside the bedok river, 'kuti kuti', rubberbands, throwing stones n there were many more were the norm for most kids.. just cant forget those days.. i still go back to bedok corner once or twice a year.. just incredible to find shared details here.. cheers everyone.kataknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-22732928210760122682010-02-07T01:52:40.991+08:002010-02-07T01:52:40.991+08:00Hi Chun See, I'm very impressed on how you hav...Hi Chun See, I'm very impressed on how you have documented the past and changes to Singapore over the years. I'm 16 and really interested in exploring the past of Singapore but very few are left (except one Kampong in Lorong Buangkok). People think I'm crazy as I kept talking about how good to live in the rustic past as lives were very much simpler. How I wish I can experience a taste of the past like you and the other users! I'm currently staying along the newly reclaimed land at Marine Parade and thanks for documenting the history of Bedok and the old East Coast. It provided me a great insight. <br /><br />PS: I was residing at Upper Thonson a year ago near an old place which I know and was called Kampong San Teng.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-58722903914460766962010-01-26T00:28:16.684+08:002010-01-26T00:28:16.684+08:00Hi Icemoon, I will ask my mother about this. Pleas...Hi Icemoon, I will ask my mother about this. Please bear with me, it may take some time to get an answer from her. As I said before, my mother has Alzheimer, so remembering the past can be quite an effort … which means it may be a while before I get an answer. Strange you should mention hills in Bedok. I can recall coming back from the barber … we drove along a road and I could see a bare hill top i.e. a hill with no trees or vegetation. More or less an orange, earth coloured sandy top. My dad used to say that it’s “tueng swar”, which in Hokkien means China. Do you remember a bare hilltop in or around Bedok? Dad used to drive a black Austin Cambridge in 1957. I remember his car parked in our garage … the garage where we have chooks running around. We keep them for their eggs. You do have very good memories of Bedok.Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-87837973177985230042010-01-25T23:51:52.583+08:002010-01-25T23:51:52.583+08:00Edward, the fact you lived in Bedok before it was ...Edward, the fact you lived in Bedok before it was levelled is interesting. I checked old maps. There were two water streams, one at Bedok South Road today and the other at Bedok North. Your house was on top of the hill?<br /><br />- IcemoonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-9414653958730930142010-01-23T17:30:22.321+08:002010-01-23T17:30:22.321+08:00Icemoon, I’ve just got a reply from my mother. We ...Icemoon, I’ve just got a reply from my mother. We used to live in Sennet Road. Apparently the houses in the street were replaced by new terrace houses about 2 years after we left, which was in 1958. The canal at the back of our house was always flooded when it rained heavily.Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-36226965889580284462009-12-14T17:25:28.044+08:002009-12-14T17:25:28.044+08:00Daniel. You will be happy ot know that this blog h...Daniel. You will be happy ot know that this blog has re-connected more than 1 set of old friends. One example is my primary school classmate <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-recollections-of-braddell-rise.html" rel="nofollow">Aii Chan</a>. Even friends in UK who have not met for years managed to reconnect right here in Good Morning Yesterday.<br /><br />Like you I also hope my friend from Braddell Rise School by the name of <b>Daniel</b> reads this blog. He used to live in Bartley Road.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-89918900260740219932009-12-14T16:27:03.292+08:002009-12-14T16:27:03.292+08:00Oh ya, I overlooked that. It was Peter Chan who w...Oh ya, I overlooked that. It was Peter Chan who wrote about Koh Sek Lim kampong and its surrounding areas. Nevertheless, you still deserved the credit for putting up this blog in the first place. Now, Peter...where was your old place?<br /><br />I am looking for a certain guy whose nickname (when he was a young boy) was "Ah-Yam." (No, I can assure you he was no chicken!) I do not know his real name but I think his surname is Soh. We grew up together in the same kampong and spent our growing up years like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He should be around 50 years old by now and I heard that he is/was an engineer by profession. So, Ah-Yam...if by a slim chance you're reading this, please contact me. We have heaps to talk about.Daniel Kohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031509606488018852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-44524877910463291442009-12-14T15:27:51.338+08:002009-12-14T15:27:51.338+08:00Yes Daniel. It gives me great pleasure to see that...Yes Daniel. It gives me great pleasure to see that readers seem to enjoy chatting and exchanging stories here at Good Morning Yesterday. If you have any stories you would like to share, pls feel free to email them to me at: cslam@hoshin.com.sg.<br /><br />By the way, my kampong was not in Bedok but near <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2005/10/our-kampong.html" rel="nofollow">Lorong Chuan</a>. This particular article is written by my friend Peter Chan.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-52483787072531984652009-12-13T07:06:28.359+08:002009-12-13T07:06:28.359+08:00Before starting my latest comments, I think we sho...Before starting my latest comments, I think we should all thank Mr Lam Chun See for starting this blog. I am sure he must be pleased to see the interest it has generated. I'm just wondering which part of Bedok kampong his old house used to be. <br /><br />Icemoon, you're right to say that my old place was between Koh Sek Lim Rd and Sungei Bedok. To be exact, it was the second house after the Bedok River, if you are walking in from Bedok camp or Bedok Rest House. It was directly facing the sea and there was a big butter-fruit tree in the garden. I was told years ago that the good old tree's still standing there. There was a rather big bridge spanning the Bedok River and it once collapsed after a big flood during the Hari Raya season. It was then rebuilt. I used to spend my time catching mud-crabs and fishing for catfish in that river. The bridge at Sungei Ketapang was not as wide and the water there was not as clean as the one at Bedok River. <br /><br />Icemoon, you're also correct to say that there was a school near the lake. Actually, that big 2-storey building was one of Koh Sek Lim's mansion before being converted to a school. It was a Chinese stream school and reported to be haunted.<br /><br />Padang Terbakar used to be a Malay kampong with many houses on stilts. There was a factory making "kapo" (white-washing paint)from the white seashells harvested from the sea opposite. I also remember there was a Canossian Convent school nearby run by European nuns. I think the second generation Canossian Convent school (primary & secondary) is now located at Bedok North. Later on down the years, there was also a towgay-producing farm not far away and directly facing the sea. <br /><br />I'll "balik kampong" for holidays in January 2010 and I must make a nostalic trip down memory lane to my old homeground. A place that I know so well and which still hold so many happy memories for me.Daniel Kohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031509606488018852noreply@blogger.com