tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246120287901449980.post9115534278533891974..comments2024-01-19T00:50:35.374-08:00Comments on NOSTALGIA: Geylang SeraiPChewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01246226278619934355noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246120287901449980.post-72795008216513862132012-05-23T02:29:00.220-07:002012-05-23T02:29:00.220-07:00I know your uncle Kee Kah Hock. He was the Chairma...I know your uncle Kee Kah Hock. He was the Chairman of Joo Chiat Community Centre. I am not sure if your uncle's furniture shop is still at Joo Chiat Place.PChewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246226278619934355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246120287901449980.post-78867432394251079652012-05-22T09:49:43.955-07:002012-05-22T09:49:43.955-07:00Thank you Philip for this nostalgia blog on "...Thank you Philip for this nostalgia blog on "Geylang Serai", a place you grew up in Joo Chiat in this vicinity which you have the childhood experience and lots of fond nostalgic memories of Geylang Serai.<br /><br />I am not familiar with Geylang Serai but I had an uncle who lived in Joo Chiat Place and owns a furniture shop, Kee Kah Hock. My cousin was born at Joo Chiat Place and now runs the shop.<br /><br />Geylang Serai was a rustic kampong in the 1960s and my Malay friends and classmates grew up there. <br /><br />My favorite Malay food of nasi lemak, kueh kueh, lontong are still available in Geylang and had my fill of "makan" there whenever I visit the place.Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246120287901449980.post-58527048610462775282010-12-04T08:19:55.238-08:002010-12-04T08:19:55.238-08:00I was born in Singapore and now residing in Kuala ...I was born in Singapore and now residing in Kuala Lumpur. I grew up in Jalan Sawi nearby Geylang Serai. My auntie lives at the flats off Joo Chiat Road. I often visits my auntie when I was a kid. Those photos you uploaded reminds me about the days when I have had a good time as a very young boy. Thank you.Ismail aka Pak Mailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498319231480462031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246120287901449980.post-5211250518049415042008-11-11T18:51:00.000-08:002008-11-11T18:51:00.000-08:00don't have much memory of geylang in the early day...don't have much memory of geylang in the early days. remember visiting one of my malay friends who lived in a kampong in jalan ubi in the early 70s. the roads were rather narrow then. <BR/><BR/>these days, go to geylang serai temporary food centre for its nasi briyani.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246120287901449980.post-1117651753639706792008-11-11T04:05:00.000-08:002008-11-11T04:05:00.000-08:00City Plaza replaced Singapore Hotel where every af...City Plaza replaced Singapore Hotel where every afternoon there was a popular tea dance. Geylang Police Statiom was located between Sungei Geylang and Geylang Road.PChewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246226278619934355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246120287901449980.post-85668234826146513982008-11-10T14:25:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:25:00.000-08:00The only landmarks I remember about Geylang Serai ...The only landmarks I remember about Geylang Serai was this "UMNO Building", the police station (now I think it's City Plaza). Now known as PKMS Building. That was Changi Road in the old days (There was no Sims Avenue from Paya Lebar Fire Station to Siglap Hill although Sims Avenue existed from Kallang MRT Station to Paya Lebar Road). It was a 2-way street up to Siglap Hill (near a church). Soemwhere up on that hill is an unusual "loop" which STC the bus company used as a way to u-turn back towards town.professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809618698123403356noreply@blogger.com