by Eleanor Yap | Feb 14, 2017 | Reflections
A woman shares her experiences living in a Government rental with her mother and three uncles, and a growing extended family. BY: Patsy Lim When I was four years old, I was living with my mother and three uncles in the Tiong Bahru area in a three-room Government...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 15, 2015 | Reflections
A 76-year-old shares what it was like when he was younger and the games he used to play. BY: Tom Low I was born in a bungalow at Upper East Coast Road in 1939, just before World War II. I only started remembering when I was three or four. I used to play by the...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 15, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Co-creator of Mr Kiasu, James Suresh gives a glimpse of his childhood living in Queenstown so people can reminisce and see how far we have come. Bestselling author and co-creator of comic icons such as Mr Kiasu and Kopi Tiam, James Suresh has written his latest...
by Eleanor Yap | May 18, 2015 | Reflections
21 memories of things from the past. BY: Eleanor Yap During the recent 50plus Expo, Ageless Online asked people to share their childhood memories and one thing they missed. Here are some of the responses: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18)...
by Eleanor Yap | May 27, 2013 | Reflections
A senior shares two distinct memories of her past – throwing pebbles at guards and her patchwork panty. BY: Maureen Tay There was a little girl with an impish grin and freckled cheeks. She was a fostered child to a maternal spinster aunt, who brought her...
