A Bit About the History of Tekka Market
Hope you read about one of our oldest markets at White as Milk. I have to confess that as a child I didn’t like coming here as the fresh meat and fish used to stink so bad. I used to hold my nose and...
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About my Piano Lessons & Desire to Skate
I talk about what it was like to be forced to go for piano lessons, and why I regret not learning how to skate when I was little. My latest post on White as Milk. I’m still in love every time I see a...
View ArticleWere Things Really Better in the Old Days?
Wrote more about my childhood. Hope you will like the post I wrote some time ago and will share your thoughts too. In all honesty, still feeling really down and finding it tough to write about...
View ArticleMy Early Teens: Studying in Singapore
Shared a little bit more about my childhood, teenhood and my sweet aunts. Previously I wrote about what it was like as a six year old, primary one child in the 70′s.
View ArticleInspiring Life Snippets
Following up from my last post, I was so enthralled to get the responses from blog writers that I nominated for the Liebster award. Thank you so much for putting effort into your responses and sharing...
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My Third Visit to the Children Little Museum at Kampong Glam
It’s still interesting when you come with someone who hasn’t been here yet. Nice to witness their reaction and the childhood memories it brings back for them. It was worth paying for the S$2 ticket...
View ArticleChildhood Activities in the 70′s
These days the activities of children seem to be so commercialized. Wrote about my 70′s childhood and it made me think about simpler days when we made up our games and those lovely sand pits at the...
View ArticleWhat Were You Sure of as a 6 Year Old?
It’s sad that life beats us down and we don’t have the confidence we were born with. Was feeling introspective the other day and wrote this. Please indulge me. Always eager to hear your thoughts.
View ArticleHow Far Back Can You Remember?
Would love to hear about your earliest childhood memories and what age you were at the time. It seems most people can only recall as far back as age 6. Makes me wonder if there are suppressed memories....
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Birthday Cake Memories
Wrote about my birthday cake memories. Remember when you were a child and the big reveal – when the cake box was opened for the first time and everyone marvelled? There was something magical about...
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Tang at Mustafa
Had to snap a shot of shelves of Tang, a powdered vitamin C drink I used to have as a kid in the 80′s. I haven’t seen this in a while and it’s cool how this department store in Little India has...
View ArticleToddler Safety
Toddlers can get into all kinds of scraps so I had to write a post about toddler safety. I feel like they need to be supervised at all times. I would be fearful about unsupervised toddlers as they are...
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My Revelation on Instagram
I bit the bullet & revealed myself, sort of, on Instagram. My real name is Shanti & I love the fact that in Sanskrit it means peace. I dislike confrontation or conflict, am always seeking...
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Nostalgia: Old Fashioned Cream Cakes
I’d pick these anytime over the fancy ones at cafes These butter cream cakes with jam on top, transport me back to afternoons with my grandmother, aunties, uncles and cousins. I was one of the younger...
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Singapore Museums: The National Museum is Amazing & A Must Visit
It’s free for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents so we really should take advantage of this. The building itself is spectacular and we are always awestruck looking up at the dome with the stain...
View ArticleAnxiety: Why Am I Wired This Way?
My brain has been wired by trauma to always think of the worse possible outcome, so that I can be prepared. I’m constantly in fight or flight mode. It’s a terrible state to be in and I wish I wasn’t...
View ArticleWhy I Always Reach For Food
Wish I didn’t succumb to this, but I do, I always do. The lure of tasty food. I eat especially when I’m upset or often when I’m bored. Always for a celebration. Food makes me so happy and it’s what I...
View ArticleWhat are the three best decisions you’ve ever made?
I keep dwelling on decisions I regret so I am keen to do this more positive exercise instead. In real time. That is, whatever I type right now will be published unedited. 1. Immediately I think of...
View ArticleWhat it was like growing up in the 70’s and 80’s – corded, rotary and pay phones
To have privacy for my phone calls as a teenager, I had to pull the cord of the only home phone and I couldn’t even shut the door of my room as the cord was thick. You were restricted by the length of...
View ArticleAsking My 79 Year Old Uncle about his Childhood
My uncle used to swim in the Kallang River and rushed back home by 5.30pm when his father (the grandfather I never met, as he died a decade before I was born) would be home. My uncle (second eldest...
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