Stay in Kampong Before?

I glow up in Kampong Glam. Left that place when I am 21 years old.

shctaw said:

I glow up in Kampong Glam. Left that place when I am 21 years old.

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that's interesting!

do you have old pictures or interesting stories to share about Kampong Glam?

I glow up near Sultan Gate, my grandfather rent the shophouse from the Sultan back in 1940s at $25 per month. I think in 1990s my dad pay around $200 per month. Kampong Glam is a gambling den, gansters cell every where from Arab street, Johor Road, Jalan Sultan, Bugis and also a malay group from Kampong Glam.

From my dad story I figure fighting is a common sight before I was born in 1971. In the 1980s the place was transform to a horse betting ring with some small gambling dens started operating.

Business back then is easy, as long you are towkay you sure to make some money through some connection.

My dad whom love gambling retire empty handed. We left Kampong Glam in 1990s.

i hv not stayed in a kampong b4. if anyone of u hv pics of kampong life, please share. thx.

cheers

sharkie

Thanks shctaw. Are gangsters common in Kampongs then? I've heard from a colleague that Chinese gangsters living around her Malay Kampong (in Geylang then) protected them at riots. So, they were not afraid of gangsters and lived harmoniously.

Have been hearing much about Kampong spirit and lamenting the lack of it in modern Singapore. What is it about, really. Anyone knows?

Is it about helping each other with no conditions? Interacting with neighbours openly i.e. doors are always open. anyone can just step into the house and interact with the owner?

my house in ipoh is next to a real malay kampung with wooden huts and chickens running around. :nuts:

Its feels a bit kampungyish when im back though...although my house is concrete.:lol:

yea..my mum knows almost all the neighbours in our row and some behind. Some neighbours have our house keys and alarm code password just in case when we go outstation.

Errm.....if at nite got strange sounds will call neigbours to alert them.

Share food also lor. more variety during dinner. My mum cooks 2 dishes and give half to them and vice versa. Free cakes and fruits sometimes.

any threat from outsiders i will come out with parang

wkaka kurakura ipoh yan hor? sounds beri funny leh ur story

my kampong in indo more or less similar with kurakura except that we never share our house keys ..

glitz_boy said:

wkaka kurakura ipoh yan hor? sounds beri funny leh ur story

my kampong in indo more or less similar with kurakura except that we never share our house keys ..

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yeap. it would be strange if singaporeans go ipoh to work hor.but 'neber' go back for some time di. There r only 3 to 4 decent companies to work for if u have a degree in ipoh.

anyway. there is nothing in my house worth stealing. my parent dont buy fancy stuff. the most ex stuff in my house is...errr....maybe the 15 yr old TV. or one old obsolete PC.

kurakura said:

anyway. there is nothing in my house worth stealing. my parent dont buy fancy stuff. the most ex stuff in my house is...errr....maybe the 15 yr old TV. or one old obsolete PC.

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:yes:

The more we have, the more we afraid of losing it all.

kurakura said:

my house in ipoh is next to a real malay kampung with wooden huts and chickens running around. :nuts:

Its feels a bit kampungyish when im back though...although my house is concrete.:lol:

yea..my mum knows almost all the neighbours in our row and some behind. Some neighbours have our house keys and alarm code password just in case when we go outstation.

Errm.....if at nite got strange sounds will call neigbours to alert them.

Share food also lor. more variety during dinner. My mum cooks 2 dishes and give half to them and vice versa. Free cakes and fruits sometimes.

any threat from outsiders i will come out with parang

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My God-mother stay in Kampung at Sugei Api APi (Pasir Ris)

I still remember we can pluck Rambutan straight from tree.

We pick egg from the farm for breakfast. We go fishing & shiting at Sungei Api Api.:lol:

hyacinthus said:

How many forumers here stayed in Kampong before?

I've only stayed in a shophouse along Cecil St when I was a baby. Still, I have no memory how it was like. Never knew the feeling of staying in the Kampong. What's so great about Kampong Spirit? If you have stayed in one before, what do you like about it?

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When I was a little boy, I stayed in Kampong Arang, is this considered Kampong? It stayed in a HDB 1 room flat. Today Kampong Arang is an expensive condo area. Where is it? Look for Riveredge.

By the way, is there a RiverEdge tread at SSC?

Was there a Kampong at Kampong Arang?

RiverEdge's thread is here

When I was a little boy (1969), there was 14 HDB blocks in that area, did not see any Kampong.

Thanks for the RiverEdge thread.