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Since all the 70s, 80s and 90s members are forming cliques with their own age group ... perhaps the 50s and 60s should Come Together as well and not keep to the shadows ... although it does feel a little 'lame'

But we do exist, here... and ... who knows... maybe the 'old man' club could attract some interesting posts worth reading ... haha... ok nacassistic...

I'll start...

Black and White TV? Your home's first colour television?

Round dial phone (not push button yet...)

Toyota Celica cost only SGD$7,500.00 brand new...

Donny & Marie Show?

Carol Burnette Show?

Yaohan Katong ... Talking Menniquin Greeter "Welcome. Welcome to Yaohan Katong...."

Pre pager days...

I was a 70s kid...

Rediffusion... Lei Dai Sor...

Roger Kool...

any rang a bell?

Six Million Dollar Man?

The Original Saturday Night Fever? Disco? Rainbow Lounge on Cascaden Road?

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OMG! (not sounding offensive), I have always wondered how many out there who are in the 1950s to actually adopted to technology in this fast paced world (*Think pads). Mum still doesn't want to know how to SMS (partially don't know how to pinyin), and Dad doesn't want to learn how to use the DVD player. Is it a fear of technology or simply there's no need to adopt in the first place?

I'm born in the 80s and I can live without my mobile phone. I can't say the same for many out there. Neither can I understand why people rush out to buy the latest non-working gadget (no flash, drains battery, enormous data roaming bills etc).

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OMG! (not sounding offensive), I have always wondered how many out there who are in the 1950s to actually adopted to technology in this fast paced world

My dear, it is people who were born before us who gave us our technology.

You quoted mobile phones. Who invented them? When was the inventor born? Is the inventor more tech savvy, or the man in the street who benefits from it?

You need to perceive beyond the superficial.

We see things not as they are, but as WE are - The Talmud

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear - The Buddha

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I'm not discounting the inventors, but curious about the adoption rate of technology in that generation. Perhaps this should be a poll.

They adopted a different technology when they were your age. They too thought that satellites and man walking on the moon was the leading edge of science. Just like your children will think you are are also somewhat "less than tech savvy" when you are in your 50s.

We see things not as they are, but as WE are - The Talmud

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear - The Buddha

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When I left school and I was successful in gaining employment for the very 1st time, I was notified by telegram.

I started work in early in 1978, and by 1979, the Company I was working for, started operating with computer technology, from manual procedures.(I was still a teenager then).

Back then my gross weekly pay was $100.00 and I couldn't afford a home phone line so I had to use the public phone box to call in sick. ^_^

Since then the market has progressed to economical personal computers, in which even the common man can afford.

Today, I live on the other side of the world from my mother. So we now keep in touch regularly on skype (she's in her late 70's).

Times change and people change. :)

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Those were the days............

1. Singapore's Independence

2. Curfew

3. Bukit Ho Swee Fire

4. Opening of National Stadium

5. Shaw Movies at Capitol Theatre

6. One Arm Swordsman starring Wang Yu 独臂刀 (王羽)

7. First Escalator in Singapore at Orchard Theatre (with the opening of the movie "Sound of Music")

8. Movie tickets at $1, $2 and $3 , some are as low as 50 cents(if sold out, can buy from touts at $1.20 for a $1 ticket)

9. Double-movies (pay one price for 2 movies), usually on Sunday mornings

10. Peep holes at Capitol Theatre toilet

11. Crusing at Odeon Theatre

12. Crusing at Hong Lim Park and its near by area , Satay Club etc

13. The men from U.N.C.L.E.

14. Get Smart

15. Hawaii Five O

16. Cantonese Black and White sword-fighting movies 仙鹤神针,六指琴魔,如来神掌etc

17. Wang Sa and Ya Fong 王沙与野峰

18. Rita Chao 凌云

19. Naomi and the boys

20. Bus fare from as low as 5 cents (Changi Bus)

21. Taxi fare at 60 cents per person (sharing basis) where taxi driver can stop for anyone along the road till he fills up all four empty seats

22. Bargain with taxi drivers

21. Wonton Mee at 30 cents per plate 云吞面

22. Baos at 7 for $1 肉包子

23. Green Spot Orange Drink

24. Great World, New World, Happy (Gay) World 大世界,新世界,快乐(繁华)世界

25. Pasar Malam

26. Fire Crackers and Lighting of fire crackers at the bottom of Mandarin Hotel all the way up

27. Bruce Lee 李小龙

28. Sean Connery James Bond 007 series

29. Yao Su Rong 姚苏蓉

30. 今天不回家

31. Mamota disco at Upp East Coast

32. legend disco at Leisure Drome

33. Pebbles Bar at Forum

34. The Beatles

35. Cliff Richard

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I was born in 1961..that makes me 51 in 2012.

I was the first child from our neighbourhood in Middle Road/Bencoolen Street to go to PAP kindergarten in 1968.

I was the first child in the neighbourhood to go to RI...(ok, most went to SJI and Catholic High)

I still have fond memories of Capitol, Odeon and Kong Wah (Jubilee) at North Bridge Road.

Who can forget the Indian Rojak across the SJI field, near National Library?

Who can forget the hustle and bustle of the old Bugis Street and the Ah-guas, oops Ah Jie?

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English Songs :

1. Rhythm of the rain

2. As tears go by

3. Silver thread and golden needle

4. Happy happy birthday baby

5. Beautiful Sunday

6. Bridge over troubled waters

7. Sound of Silence

8. Times of your life (Kodak Commercial)

9. Down town

10. Love potion number 9

11. Do Re Mi

12. Love Story (Where do I begin....)

13. San Francisco (If you're going to San Francisco...)

14. Yesterday ( all my trouble seemed so far away....)

15. Hey Jude

16. You only live twice

17. Goldfinger

18. Diamonds are forever

19. We may never love like this again (Towering Inferno)

20. The morning after (The Poseidon Adventure)

14.

9.

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1。 今天不回家

2。 负心的人

3。 泪的小花

4。 象雾又象花

5。 桃花江

6。 空

7。 今夜雨朦朦

8。 陪我去买菜

9。 谢谢你总经理

10。风从那里来

11。 哪奴娃情歌

12。 心有千千结

13。 彩云飞

14。 海鸥

15。 海鸥飞处

16。 晴时多云偶阵雨

17。 抉择

18。 我是一片云

19。 秋风

20。 只有分离

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Some of TV shows I can remember. :) F. Troop Gilligan's Island Hogan's Heroes I dream of Jeannie Happy Days Little house on the Prairie They made the best TV shows back then. :clap:

to add to your list:

My Favourite Martian

Courtship of Eddie's Father

Brady Bunch

Combat

Bonanza

HR PuffnStuff

Banana Splits

and of course Mission Impossible!

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How about

BOAC crash at Kallang Airport

Building of Merdeka Bridge/Nicoll Highway

Building of Asia Insurance Building

BOAC crash?? i didn't know there was one?? The crash i worked on was in PLA.....Biman bangladesh airline...we removed parts that can be sold.

Was told they actually ran out of fuel to the engine it flamed out n with no power the plane could not sustain flight. Just lifted off then habis,

Apparently the fuel supply valves at the engineers panel were in the off position...they had only had fuel in the lines till they run dry. :wacko:

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This could be first air disaster at Kallang Airport.

It happened on mid May 1954.

Aircraft is BOAC - British Overseas Airway Corporation now British Airways.

Over 30 lives were lost.

Crash location was where the stadium is located.

Remembered travelling along mountbatten road and encountering pole barriers across the

road whenever a plane is landing.

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anyone remember Wonderland? located near the stadium.

also...

  • Roxy Cinema
  • Palace Cinema
  • Teh Ban Guan
  • Oriental Emporium
  • Odean Katong (later music world)...
  • Tai Seng village
  • Playfair Primary School
  • Paya Lebar sai long (where they collect all the night soil bins) where the current certis cisco hq is located?
  • Pigeon oil hq building
  • PIE (before was built) was called ang tor lor (red mud road)
  • Stilt kampong houses at Paya Lebar Kampong (where the current open plot of land beside Paya Lebar MRT is currently), houses that frequently flood during year end before it is converted into a canal that runs beside the Paya Lebar MRT today
  • Serai (large Lemon grasses planted at where Geylang Serai is located now)
  • Long stretches of pristine white beaches at Marine Parade (before ECP was built)
  • Long stretches of pristine white beaches fronting Jalan Angin Laut all the way to Selarang Road before the Changi Airport was built
  • Satay Club
  • Sea front beside the current Nichol Highway
  • Stamford Canal

:-)

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since it's new year period, let me reminisc a little about chinese new years in the 60s/ 70s. the following are some points that i miss...

  • going to tay ban guan to buy chinese new year clothes - only get to buy new clothes once a year!
  • going to geylang serai to buy spices. the streets were lined with lots of mama shops where they grind all the different types of spices. could smell them miles away!
  • going to geylang serai market to buy sarong for my mum and kueh dodol for the new year.
  • watching adults make love letters using the old love letter maker (the one macam a pair of tongs with 2 round template) and we kids would run around and picking up the burned sides and eating them as the adults go about rolling the love letters
  • watching adults make kueh bauhulu using the old kueh bauhulu templated burner and where we had to place red hot charcoal on the cover of the burner
  • helping my mum with all the preparations as she made chap chye, curry chicken, steam chicken (we eat chicken no more than 3 times a year - chinese new year, celestial god's birthday, hungry ghost festival), kong bak, ngoh hiang...
  • waking up on the first day of cny to streets and streets covered with red papers... these red papers were the left over of the chinese new year fire crackers, sparklers that we played with and that was litted when midnight struck the night before!
  • going around hunting for "leftovers"/ unexploded fire crackers, collecting them and lighting them with a joss stick when i reached home
  • subsequently when we stopped having firecrackers, we would gather in front of the tv in the morning at 9.30 to watch chingay procession at the padang. my favourite was always to lion dance and dragon dances at the end of the chingay.
  • going to the sheng hong kong temple at tai seng village to pray for good luck (the temple had since been shifted to arumugam road and tai seng is now a semi-industrial estate)
  • having to kneel down to my grandparents with 2 oranges and wishing them "happy new year and umur panjang panjang"
  • collecting ang pows (at that time, the ang pows i get range from 2 kwa chee/ sweets, to 20cents to max 50 cents)
  • having to visit all my relatives on the first day of new year (the cab fare starts at 60cents)
  • the whole festive mood lasted through to the 8th day of chinese new year where the whole village celebrate the tian gong birthday. lots of sugar canes, chicken, etc...

:-)

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Pagoda Street, Smith Street, Temple Street in Chinatown once sell LIVE seafood and other things... watched them slaughter 'live fish' "sang yu" for making soup for those who had operation in the hospital. Watched them kill live snakes, skin them... watched (YUCKS) Live Turtles (actually they are called Tarapin?) for turtle soup...

The same 3 streets had (now still can find one) cha kia maker... we used to go make a few pairs every Chinese New Year preparation... throw away the old pair... (quite worn out leow of course)

Was it Smith Street? the two coffee shops where taxi drivers will go at 4.30 am to eat tim sum... one siew mai is the size of a small boy's fist!!! HUGE... and one dai pao... you probably cannot finish on your own... usually workers go there to eat before heading out to work... so it's worker's size... damn big... not like those 'dainty dim sum' you see today...

Kallang River in the 70s was poison water ... dead pigs, chickens, and other animals float down the river regularly - even dead people - children who drowned while playing upstream... and rubbish was thrown there conveniently...

it's a very good thing ... the clean rivers act... else you will be smelling the rivers daily when low tide...

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I remember shopping at People's Emporium near Haig Road. Used to play hide-and-seek among the clothes rack while my mom and aunties did their shopping. Then behind the emporium was a Hawker Centre called Hollywood (or was it the cinema). Satay was 10 cent per stick. The seller had his son and daughter playing around the stall. Later, they would help with the grilling when they were in their teens. Ah...memories.

Used to live in a kamping in Lorong Tai Seng. There was a flood once when I was in kindergarten.

After all, tomorrow is another day. ~ S O'Hara

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OK, now that we have come to terms with our age, how about planing an activity tthat guys of our skill/stamina set can participate in? Say an after work jog alround Marina Bay, table tennis, or fusball, or something similar? if the 197x to 199x can have their own thing, why shouldn't we? Make it a 195x - 196x only activity. Give us the opportunity to meet people we would not usually meet in such social situations and at the same time, gets us out of the house. If anyone is interested, message me privately and we can plan and make arrangements.

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Perhaps to my brothers born in the 60s, go to these museums today.

FREE ADMISSION on 24 Jan 2012 and 28 Jan 2012.

I had a field day yesterday - on the first day of CNY.

I started the day at the 清明上河图 at the Expo Hall 3.

It was an interesting exhibition, previously seen at the China pavilion at 2010 World Expo.

The moving masterpiece was a real treat.

Next I took the MRT to Dhoby Ghaut for the National Museum.

The exhibits from Musee d'Orsay charmed the wits out of me.

It was a very well-organised exhibition.

Last but not least, I walked to the Sub-station/Pernakan Museum.

It was the very first time that i stepped into this museum.

I was fascinated by the rich culture and the intricate designs of the sarong kebaya.

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Each CNY makes me feel how times fly. Some of my older cousins are either showing sign of dementia, talking about medical check up and results, aching on the backs/necks etc. Once I was a kid, envied my older cousin as she stayed in this big bungalow. Now all these have no meaning to her because she lost her apetite and just hope to get back to normal.

When she and her husband were rich and famous (a popular place for family to go and play), they had visitors so many during CNY that they need to set up a big tent at the garden. Now it is just quiet.

As we age, I just pray that we still have friends from all walks of life and all ages. We shouldn't just stick to one group of friends or being selective. To many youg gay friends, yes, born in this new century to be able to freely express yourself is great. Saw many friend seeking ad asking " you must be handsome or fit or ..." Will the physique going to last? Will your physique going to maintain relationship until...?

And I also hope that for those of us who may be successful and rich at older age, we don't have to use $ to buy love.

Just some thoughts after this CNY visitation to my relatives.

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Each CNY makes me feel how times fly. Some of my older cousins are either showing sign of dementia, talking about medical check up and results, aching on the backs/necks etc. Once I was a kid, envied my older cousin as she stayed in this big bungalow. Now all these have no meaning to her because she lost her apetite and just hope to get back to normal. When she and her husband were rich and famous (a popular place for family to go and play), they had visitors so many during CNY that they need to set up a big tent at the garden. Now it is just quiet. As we age, I just pray that we still have friends from all walks of life and all ages. We shouldn't just stick to one group of friends or being selective. To many youg gay friends, yes, born in this new century to be able to freely express yourself is great. Saw many friend seeking ad asking " you must be handsome or fit or ..." Will the physique going to last? Will your physique going to maintain relationship until...? And I also hope that for those of us who may be successful and rich at older age, we don't have to use $ to buy love. Just some thoughts after this CNY visitation to my relatives.

Insightful & heartfelt post. Thanks for sharing...

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TV shows in the 60s:

Surf Side Six

Dr Kildare

Dr Ben Casey

The Cliff Richard Show

Ike and Tina Show

77 Sunset Street

Father Knows Best

The Talking Horse

Bewitched

I Dream of Jeanie

Pesta Ria

Dondang Sayang

Weekly Chinese Variety Show

Woman's Weekly

Shopping places:

Raffles Place Carpark with rooftop gardens

Raffles Place shopping - Gian Singh, John Little's, Change Alley, Robinson's

High Street shopping - Metrotex, Khemco's

Arab Street shopping - Majeed

Orchard Rd shopping - Bagatelle Shoppe, Mode-O-Day's boutique, The Speedo Shop, C K Tang, Metrotex @ Liat Towers,

Eating outlets:

The Imperial Room (Armenian Street)

Peking Gardens (Orchard Rd next to Lido Theater)

Golden Crown Chinese Restaurant (Queenstown)

The Milk Bar (Cold Storage Supermarket, Level 1)

The Salad Bar (Cold Storange Supermarket, Level 2)

Mont'Dor (old Ngee Ann Apartments now Ngee Ann City)

Caprice (old Ngee Ann Apartments)

Orchid Lantern @ The Tropicana (Scotts Rd)

Rasa Sayang Bar @ The Tropicana

The Forum Bar @ Hotel Singapore (now the Forum Galleria)

Venus Bar @ Orchard Hotel

Carol Inn (Robinson Rd)

The Ship (Robinson Rd)

Troika (Liat Tower)

Swan Tea House (Amber Mansions now Dhoby Ghaut stn)

Places that have been demolished or rebuilt:

The Arcade (Raffles Place) with very cruisy toilets

Clifford Pier

Clarke Quay communal bathrooms (now converted to the band stand)

C K Tang (now Marriott Hotel)

Cold Storage Supermarket (now Centrepoint)

Amber Mansions (Dhoby Ghaut mrt station)

Robinson's @ Raffles Place (OUB Centre)

Orchard Cinema & Jackie's Bowl (Orchard Cineplex)

Orchard Rd carpark and night food stalls (Orchard Central)

Koek Rd makan stalls (Cuppage Centre/Orchard Point)

the list just goes on and on and on.... hmmm such memories... and all of these old places had very very cruisy toilets with lots of horny men always ready to get sucked.

Suck my tits and I'll lick your balls.

Lick my arse and I'll suck your cock.

All in sex is fair.

 

The only bad thing about sex is that it doesn't last long enough.

 

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TV shows in the 60s:

The Talking Horse

the list just goes on and on and on.... hmmm such memories... and all of these old places had very very cruisy toilets with lots of horny men always ready to get sucked.

Dude, it was not called "The Talking Horse", it was called "Mr Ed, The Talking Horse"! One of my fave shows, too!

"I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may seem, as intellectual and moral cowards."

-- William E. Borah

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1. another few popular restaurents:

Emerald Room, off killney road

Shanghai Room

Peking reataurent

2. popular nightspots:

Ocean Park Nightclub featuring Peggy Tan

Tanjong Inn featuring Nam Leng

West Point Nightclub

Singapore Hotel Nightclub featuring SK Poon

Cathay Building Nightclub featuring Ruby Wah

Celestial Room at Amber Mansion - very popular for tea dance

3. cruisy toilets

outside capitol theatre

2nd floor odeon cinema

jalan kubor

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OK, now that we have come to terms with our age, how about planing an activity tthat guys of our skill/stamina set can participate in? Say an after work jog alround Marina Bay, table tennis, or fusball, or something similar? if the 197x to 199x can have their own thing, why shouldn't we? Make it a 195x - 196x only activity. Give us the opportunity to meet people we would not usually meet in such social situations and at the same time, gets us out of the house. If anyone is interested, message me privately and we can plan and make arrangements.

Wonderful :-) better set some ground rules tho... this is NOT a meet for hookup session... (well I'm not looking ot hookup at least...)

Just a get together of matured and hopetully fun loving gentlemen in a common activity such as tea appreciation, or wine appreciation, or combo cycling/photography at Punggol PCN - the place is lovely btw... ) or overnight fishing at the said Punggol PCN... tentage no problem, small portable BBQ pit also no problem haha... erm what happens in the 3-4men tent after sun sets... erm so long as no screaming and lights-out... I guess it's ok when on consent :-P oops I did say no hookup...

just some suggestion... low budget stuff la...those with lots of spare cash can also do Marina Bay Sands Hotel stay and group swim at the top of the world pool... :) or share... is this still allowed? to have like 6-7 guests per twin share room? to go swim?

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Wonderful :-) better set some ground rules tho... this is NOT a meet for hookup session... (well I'm not looking ot hookup at least...)

Just a get together of matured and hopetully fun loving gentlemen in a common activity such as tea appreciation, or wine appreciation, or combo cycling/photography at Punggol PCN - the place is lovely btw... ) or overnight fishing at the said Punggol PCN... tentage no problem, small portable BBQ pit also no problem haha... erm what happens in the 3-4men tent after sun sets... erm so long as no screaming and lights-out... I guess it's ok when on consent :-P oops I did say no hookup...

just some suggestion... low budget stuff la...those with lots of spare cash can also do Marina Bay Sands Hotel stay and group swim at the top of the world pool... :) or share... is this still allowed? to have like 6-7 guests per twin share room? to go swim?

rite...time to know more frds and networking.....

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Perhaps we can have a morning walk at PCN and then a swim at Sengkang Swimming Pool..

PM me ..looking at next Saturday, 11 Feb 2012.

Sunday 11 February 2012 is fine for me... morning? sorry I'll be cycling... also not swimming... haha but I'll cycle really slowly or even get down to push/walk for the PCN part of the journey... meet where? yeah I'll pm... this is so others can get interested and make time to join in... this is just a gathering of 'like minded' people in public, NO hanky panky in public although my cycling tights might make some have a nosebleed (especially those who like to see MEAT) HAHAHA...

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Perhaps to my brothers born in the 60s, go to these museums today.

FREE ADMISSION on 24 Jan 2012 and 28 Jan 2012.

I had a field day yesterday - on the first day of CNY.

I started the day at the 清明上河图 at the Expo Hall 3.

It was an interesting exhibition, previously seen at the China pavilion at 2010 World Expo.

The moving masterpiece was a real treat.

Next I took the MRT to Dhoby Ghaut for the National Museum.

The exhibits from Musee d'Orsay charmed the wits out of me.

It was a very well-organised exhibition.

Last but not least, I walked to the Sub-station/Pernakan Museum.

It was the very first time that i stepped into this museum.

I was fascinated by the rich culture and the intricate designs of the sarong kebaya.

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