Comments on: Singapore HeritageFest 2007 (Part 2): Childhood Memories

By: Ivalingel

Ivalingel — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:13:58 +0000

I remembered there were some games like:

1. Zero point by using rubber bands to make a string and jump across it. I was really amazed when a person was able to jump so high especially when the string of rubber bands was above the head.

2. Marble game. Everyone will contribute 1-3 marbles and we will draw a circle around the marbles. Then we will use our marbles on hand to hit onto the group of marbles. If any marble roll out from the drawn circle, it will become his and he could take it away.

3. Humtum balla. We will use a tennis green ball and hit onto a person. Anyone who pick up the ball can hit onto another person. The ouch factor is high if being hit by the ball!

4. Zombie game. I forgot how this was played but vaguely remember there’s such a game. It was like a touch and run game.

The games that we used to play were interactive in a way that we are able to interact with one another. Those were the days! View all comments by Ivalingel

By: dai dai

dai dai — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:09:54 +0000

the red, blue, green and yellow board game where im from is called (ludy) it is very easy and fun..an i would appreciate how i could get my hands on 1 of those i been searching all over for it View all comments by dai dai

By: hiutopor

hiutopor — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:09:21 +0000

Hello

Very interesting information! Thanks!

Bye View all comments by hiutopor

By: Amelia

Amelia — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:58:47 +0000

hi i enjoyed the read View all comments by Amelia

By: walter

walter — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:10:17 +0000

Another great post on Singapore HeritageFest. Nice work there Veron and really appreciate your help. Hope that you managed to catch some of the other highlights. Well, there are always lots of events and exhibitions at the various museums around Singapore even after Singapore HeritageFest. ;)

BTW, will be seeing you on Wednesday for the New Media sharing session chaired by Melvin Yuan. I don’t know what I am going to talk about yet but its gonna be a speech without any powerpoints for me. Too freaking busy!! View all comments by walter

By: Miccheng : Lazy Serial Entrepreneur - » Childhood Dreaming (Part 6): Losing A Friend’s Game

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:28:23 +0000

[...] Sparklette’s post on our Childhood Memories, reminds me of an incident in my [...] View all comments by Miccheng : Lazy Serial Entrepreneur - » Childhood Dreaming (Part 6): Losing A Friend’s Game

By: Veron

Veron — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:33:40 +0000

Oh, THAT game! Very familiar and not just limited to childhood memories. I think it’s still currently a popular activity at kids’ gatherings and orientations in schools! View all comments by Veron

By: lorewang

lorewang — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:03:11 +0000

noah - Yes. It is called da gou bang.

Veron - many players will sit in a circle to play this game. One of them will hide the rolled up newspaper behind one of the players and whacked he/she if they didnt pick up the newspaper to chase after you, before the whacker sit down. View all comments by lorewang

By: Miccheng

Miccheng — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:49:27 +0000

Yeah… i want my Singapore flag rubber back!

I had quite alot of pencil cases back in my day… the same multi-compartment types… i probably had enuff to switch pencil cases everyday! Ha ha… View all comments by Miccheng

By: Veron

Veron — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:08:22 +0000

lol that sounds very likely! I wonder why the heck is it called ? “?” ?? View all comments by Veron

By: noah

noah — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:04:27 +0000

??? (da gou bang) ? Is it like whacko ? You roll newspaper into rod shaped and try and hit people who will be dodging you. Whoever gets hit will become the one whacking other people ? View all comments by noah

By: Veron

Veron — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:26:23 +0000

Miccheng: lol still feeling sore after all these years?

Alex: I think those old dirty erasers won because they were more rugged. Bottle caps? That’s new to me! (Or old, whichever.)

lorewang: What do people do with the “da gou bang”?

mantou28: I would enter but I’m too lazy! View all comments by Veron

By: mantou28

mantou28 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:30:48 +0000

you guys have so much stuff to share. go to mystory.heritagefest.org.sg to write down some sweet memories and stand to win some cash prizes! View all comments by mantou28

By: lorewang

lorewang — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:18:29 +0000

do anyone of you remember ‘da gou bang’?

This is usually make from rolling up newspaper =) View all comments by lorewang

By: lorewang

lorewang — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:11:09 +0000

i like five stones.
I used to like make my own five stones using green beans =) View all comments by lorewang

By: Alex from billiondollarwebsites.com

Alex from billiondollarwebsites.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:58:02 +0000

To Miccheng:
Yes its the dirt erasers that always seem to win. lol may be coz they’re bigger in size.

To Veron:
Yeah and ther’s also a version where the kids play with bottle caps. Can stil rem those days when me n my cousin would walk from coffee shop to coffee shop collecting bottle caps;)

miss those fun dayz View all comments by Alex from billiondollarwebsites.com

By: Miccheng

Miccheng — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:24:21 +0000

I’ve lost plenty of erasers (and pocket money) to my classmates…

One would think that an eraser with bigger surface area will trump everyone…. but noooo… its the dirty and puny ones that seems to own the day… :D View all comments by Miccheng

By: Miccheng

Miccheng — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:18:22 +0000

Ah yes… my mistake - it is “da shui zhan”. View all comments by Miccheng

By: Veron

Veron — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:15:47 +0000

Yeah! That eraser game was played in the same way as the kuti-kuti too! View all comments by Veron

By: alex from billiondollarwebsites.com

alex from billiondollarwebsites.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:10:29 +0000

the red, blue & yellow board game. I used to play that when i was a kid, before i moved to Australia. But can’t rem how to play it. lol

Yeah and the old school stationaries. i rem that we used to collect erasers n play this eraser game. Whoever wins gets to keep their opponents eraser. So like i have a ton of eraser collections when i was young. lol. View all comments by alex from billiondollarwebsites.com