Singapore – Then and Now
10 Aug 2009
TODAY held a very meaningful contest, I thought.
In celebration of Singapore’s 44th birthday, the newspaper had a photo contest that best showcased Singapore then, and now.
As I reminisced my own childhood looking at others’ from the photos submitted by our fellow Singaporeans, I had this thought: “How wonderful to be born in the 70s.”
Indeed, those who were born in the 70s have, in my opinion, the best of both worlds. We journeyed through Singapore’s progress and changes. Many of us had that luxury (now we call it luxury!) to live in a kampong, before we had a taste of how it was like to squeeze the whole family in a small pigeon-hole like flat.
When pagers came, we were old enough to use the technology, and at the ripe age to be hip about it. We were in school.
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