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Singapore HeritageFest 2007 (Part 2): Childhood Memories

As promised, here’s Part 2 of my feature on the Singapore HeritageFest 2007 flagship exhibition, which I title “Childhood Memories”. (And here’s Part 1: Household Things!) This exhibition takes place at Suntec City Mall. For me personally, the highlight of the exhibition was seeing all the various items and toys from my childhood. I know [...]

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Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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Miccheng
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Ah yes… my mistake – it is “da shui zhan”.
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Posted July 26, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Miccheng
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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
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Posted July 26, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Alex
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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
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Posted July 26, 2007 at 3:58 pm
lorewang
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i like five stones.
I used to like make my own five stones using green beans =)
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Posted July 26, 2007 at 4:11 pm
lorewang
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do anyone of you remember ‘da gou bang’?
This is usually make from rolling up newspaper =)
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Posted July 26, 2007 at 4:18 pm
mantou28
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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!
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Posted July 26, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Veron
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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!
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Posted July 26, 2007 at 11:26 pm
noah
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打狗棒 (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 ?
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Posted July 27, 2007 at 12:04 am
Veron
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lol that sounds very likely! I wonder why the heck is it called 打 “狗” 棒?
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Posted July 27, 2007 at 12:08 am
Miccheng
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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…
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Posted July 27, 2007 at 12:49 am
lorewang
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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.
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Posted July 27, 2007 at 9:03 am
Veron
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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!
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Posted July 27, 2007 at 9:33 am
walter
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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!!
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Posted July 30, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Amelia
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hi i enjoyed the read
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Posted August 19, 2007 at 8:58 am
hiutopor
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Hello
Very interesting information! Thanks!
Bye
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Posted September 18, 2007 at 5:09 am
dai dai
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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
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Posted October 31, 2007 at 9:09 am
Ivalingel
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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!
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Posted August 1, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Siti Adawiah
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Yup.These games bring memories for people above 60 yrs old.
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Posted March 17, 2009 at 6:04 pm
- Jean
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  I doubt those who are above 60 years old used to play all these games.
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  Posted August 7, 2009 at 10:32 am
  - Veron
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    I’m pretty sure they used to play five stones and chapteh, at the very least.
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    Posted August 7, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Danini
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I am looking for the Western Bar Game!!
Are you selling it?
Really missed that game sooooo much…
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Posted June 5, 2009 at 10:16 am
- Veron
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  I miss it too! I used to have one but now I can’t find it anymore! Argh!!
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  Posted June 11, 2009 at 9:49 pm
benjamin
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the game are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! fun
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Posted September 2, 2009 at 12:08 pm