tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post112728627196177016..comments2023-12-23T22:32:53.531+08:00Comments on Taking Up The Challenge: Vanishing Scenes of Singapore - Part 1Victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-8366076118227191662009-05-28T22:12:24.270+08:002009-05-28T22:12:24.270+08:00Hi Jeremy,
Sorry, I do not have any photos of the...Hi Jeremy,<br /><br />Sorry, I do not have any photos of the side views or back views of National Theatre.<br /><br />Did a rough search for you on <A HREF="http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/" REL="nofollow">NHB's PICAS website</A> and all I found was <A HREF="http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/picas/public/internetSearch/catalogueForm.jsp?id=0000356155&thesaurusFlag=Y&simpleSearch=national%20theatre%20side%20view" REL="nofollow">this picture</A>.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-10418677222346911092009-05-28T01:46:39.392+08:002009-05-28T01:46:39.392+08:00Hi Victor,
Nice to see this. I am trying to const...Hi Victor,<br /><br />Nice to see this. I am trying to construct this building. Do you know if there is any info on the side and rear of this building? <br /><br />Most of the images that I see are on the front side, together with the fountain.<br /><br />Someone told me that the national theater seems to be open air and the building structure is actually open on either side. Is this true.<br /><br />If you have any info on this building, I'll like to contact you. Btw my email is at kopicreations@yahoo.com . <br /><br />Thank you for your time :)<br /><br />JeremyPencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120847004421945746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1133490500447354782005-12-02T10:28:00.000+08:002005-12-02T10:28:00.000+08:00Thanks Suzanne for visiting my blog. Do you have a...Thanks Suzanne for visiting my blog. Do you have a blog too? If so, you can scan in your parents' photo for us to see. Yes, we all know how funny we can look in such dated photos - I have some where I was in bell-bottom pants and wearing black plastic rims glasses - too shy to put them in my blog. But you know what, fashion always seems to come around again.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1133370903244154752005-12-01T01:15:00.000+08:002005-12-01T01:15:00.000+08:00My parents had a picture in front of this theatre,...My parents had a picture in front of this theatre, during their pak tor days. Mum was wearing a big black rimmed specs, and the most retro, shortest dress and platform shoes, with the most precise flipped-out shoulder-length hair and Dad very slim, young and wrinkle-less. <BR/><BR/>Remembered the aquarium too, Mum brought us there a couple of times, the crocodiles (very huge) and the piranhas, very impressed with that. The theatre is no longer there by that time<BR/><BR/>SuzanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1130817508979325672005-11-01T11:58:00.000+08:002005-11-01T11:58:00.000+08:00Full marks to your father-in-law.I have heard of t...Full marks to your father-in-law.<BR/><BR/>I have heard of the other 2 bridges, but only today I know where.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1130816441933854522005-11-01T11:40:00.000+08:002005-11-01T11:40:00.000+08:00Can't remember a thing about those man-eating fish...Can't remember a thing about those man-eating fish, probably because I was not in the water with them, haha.<BR/><BR/>Er... you got me there. I really don't know where is Ang Kio Tau (scratching my head). Maybe I will ask a senior taxi driver next time. (I just cheated and asked my father-in-law who is a retired taxi driver. He said it is near Norfolk Road. So I hazard a guess - is it Farrer Park Swimming Pool?).<BR/><BR/>But can I compensate for my ignorance by telling you that I do know where is Pek Kio ('White Bridge' near Cambridge Road) and Orh Kio Tau ('Black Bridge' near Lower Delta and Havelock Road junctions)?Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1130755373617446042005-10-31T18:42:00.000+08:002005-10-31T18:42:00.000+08:00One more thing. Talking about swimming pools, my b...One more thing. Talking about swimming pools, my brothers and I used to go to the one near "Ang Kio Tau" (Red bridge)<BR/><BR/>Test you - tell me if you know which pool I am talking about.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1130754660500808642005-10-31T18:31:00.000+08:002005-10-31T18:31:00.000+08:00Chris, Victor, you forgot to mention the most imp ...Chris, Victor, you forgot to mention the most imp attraction at Van Kleef, namely the tank of Piranha's at the entrance on the 2nd floor (I think. Most of the kids were fascinated by the stories of these 'man-eating' fish.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1127320160023354172005-09-22T00:29:00.000+08:002005-09-22T00:29:00.000+08:00Never mind that you were too YOUNG to care about t...Never mind that you were too YOUNG to care about the National Theatre being torn down then, Chris. The fact that you remember all 3 old relics in that vicinity automatically qualifies you to be categorised as of the same generation as me, hee.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I will be blogging more on some buildings that a true blue Singaporean like you will definitely know about. But there are some lesser known old buildings that are still standing which I will be blogging about too. These buildings hold special significance and sentiments for me. Like you said, in order not to spoil the fun, that's all I could reveal at the moment.<BR/><BR/>You seem to have a soft spot for old buildings too eh. Yes, I read your post on Club Stret, the street where you lived. Somehow, I feel that just retaining a building's facade but changing everything else behind it doesn't really count as preservation of the building. At most, it is 'superficial conservation', literally speaking.<BR/><BR/>Wah, I am so flattered by your very quick comments leh. What, do you regularly check my blog for new posts like you check Rockson's? Don't have to be so kiasu mah. I seldom post one, maybe only once or twice a month at most. Most of the times when you visit my blog, you will be disappointed because got no new posts. However you will usually be the first (and only one) to comment on my blog, save for that one time when Ria beat you to it, wahaha. If I don't blog on Pulau Ubin or other green issues, I bet she won't return. But wait... do you think that she's interested in conservation of old buildings too? Oh no, maybe she has already bookmarked my blog in her favourites!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13303109.post-1127311052232417812005-09-21T21:57:00.000+08:002005-09-21T21:57:00.000+08:00I have fond memories of National Theatre Victor. ...I have fond memories of National Theatre Victor. Shame it had to be torn down. Anyway, I was too young to care then. If the theatre was demolished because it was structurally unsound, why can't the gahmen build an exact replica, brick by brick? Does a Theatre built to commemorate the attainment of Singapore's self-rule in 1959 holds no sentimental value to anyone at all?<BR/><BR/>My dad used to bring us kids to the Van Kleef Aquarium. I can't recall seeing any crocodile but remember being thrilled by the many colourful fishes at the aquarium.<BR/><BR/>It's really sad that buildings of national significance have to give way to widen the roads, erection of monsterous, eye-sore skyscrapers and commercial buildings. All in the name of advancements of course, so we've been told. But then again, Andrew Matthews, the guy who gives us "Happiness in a Nutshell" and "Being Happy" once wrote that "trouble starts when one gets too attached to things". So, maybe it's a subtle we of telling us not to get too attached with our emotions and that changes are inevitable. As the saying goes, "the only thing that doesn't change is change". Hmmm... getting all philosophical again ...<BR/><BR/>I gather you'll be blogging on other buildings of yesteryears in your part 2 or part 3, etc, so I'd rather not spoil your fun by naming some of those bygone buildings. I'll just wait for your follow-up entries, hopefully not after the last spider has spun its web... hehehehe<BR/><BR/>And yes, the River Vally swimming pool. My sister and I, together with some of her friends used to swim there too. It was a public pool frequent by quite a few expatriates living near by. It was also a pool frequented by gays, if an article I read from the ST years ago is to be believed.<BR/><BR/>If you've read my blog, I've also posted an entry on Club Street, along which stood the house in which I grew up. In fact, the stretch of houses there have all been preserved and have been converted to pubs and advertising firms.Chris Simhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760501651748435844noreply@blogger.com