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A peek into a Taiping Prison cell 🌿 This is the fourth and fifth part of my Taiping Series – and for the first time, I’m publishing two...

Sunshine beaming into a prison cell 🌿 This is the fourth and fifth part of my Taiping Series – and for the first time, I’m publishing...

Kakak's Kai Si Mee This is the final post of a 3-part series on the food memories of a schoolboy fromTaiping - of simple dishes in simple...

A broken ankle in cast In Form 1, our classes were held in the afternoon. That meant most of us boys would gather on the SGI Primary...

Watsons Bungalow at Maxwells Hill It was November 1969 when a group of about 35 of us - Georgians together with friends from the Convent...

Ice Kacang This is the second of a 3-part series on the food memories of a schoolboy fromTaiping - of simple dishes in simple stalls, but...

Curry Mee Kuah with fish balls This is the first of a 3-part series on the food memories of a schoolboy fromTaiping - of simple dishes in...

Merlion Singapore In late 1970, my Singapore pen pal invited me to her party. I decided to hitchhike from Taiping to Singapore and...

Kites soaring in the sky Kite-fighting was one of the best parts of our childhood. We didn’t buy kites - we made them ourselves, and half...

Beng Guan and Cheng Yan with their Kayak ​​​​This happened after the MCE exams in 1970 - It began with a blueprint for a single-seater...