Curiosity, Confidence & Co-operation (NHSB WAY)

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Chinatown Singapore 1955



A follow - up to our SS lesson on Chinatown.....any comments?

17 comments:

  1. I like the video very much and the place was so busy! There were many Ah mahs and i learn the word trade tricycles which carries all kinds of items.

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  2. I saw the elctrc trams,trishaw and rishaws and some ah mas buying meat and vegetables.

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  3. How i wish i could travel back through time and see the old chinatown with my own eyes

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  4. The place is sooo crowded I bet they must be very very tired!!! The homemade noodles looked delicious!!!

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  5. I really think that all of them are very hardworking and I pity the chicken's wings being tied up and going to be fried A-L-I-V-E!

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  6. Now I know that how the people in Chinatown live in the past and they buy their chicken alive!

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  7. I like the part when the police is coming, because everyone "disappear" for a while.

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  8. In the older days, they used different things to cook noodles, i think their cooking ways are very special and the noodles must be tasty too!

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  9. The video was awesome!I want to have a homemake noodle too.YUM!!!

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  10. I love the video very much.The market place was extremely busy and crowded.Ah mahs, parents, children and many more people were there buying groceries.There were many assisstants from stores carrying goods of different kinds to top up the goods which are already there.The police in the olden days were known as Matas.The Matas horn people who get in their way with their horns which was extremely unfriendly.The children there laughed and giggled when they were at the wet market in their old and ragged clothes and that made me remember how fortunate I am.

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  11. Chinatown street are just like a market and they sell vegetables and even alive chicken and fish.

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  12. Now i understand why Chinatown is such a popular place for Ah Mas.To keep the chicken fresh they have to sell it alive.When the police came everybody 'disappear'.When the police go back everybody come back again.

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  13. There was sooo much to see. I saw Cantonese Amahs in black and white clothes checking for the embryos. The new word that I learnt in this video is trade tricycles.

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  14. The video was very intesting and the homemake
    noodles too!!Yummy!!!

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  15. Chinatown is so crowded. The Ah mahs, parents and their children.When the police who were known as matas come to the market, everyone "disappear" than when the matas go, they come back to sell.

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  16. Chinatown is very crowded and the place even not one day is deserted. The Ah Mahs,who take care the Europeon children,parents and many more people went there to buy thier groceries. Some of them even bring their children out to buy the things they need together.After the homemade noodles was done, it looks very delicious and figer-licking! I pity the chickens which are A-L-I-V-E when people tie them up and bring it home to fried it and eat it! In olden days, the police in Chinatown is named Mata. When the policemen came, all the people clear their things and disappear. When people got in their way they horn their horn in the car at them. The horn sound is like a very unfriendly noise. After the policemen have gone some of the children laugh and the place is crowded again. Oh! How I wish I could travel through time and see the olden days in Chinatown! And I wish that I could go to Chinatown again!

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  17. Chinatown is a very busy place. The ah mahs bring the childen to buy groceries. Based on the video, those people who sell chicken, catch them and tied them up ALIVE. In olden days police are named as matas.

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