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

By: mike

mike — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:35:43 +0000

the western bar was one of my favorite “game & watch” games when i was a kid. i miss the simplicity of those consoles which only had 3-4 buttons, unlike the ones today that are so complicated.. now i feel so old. lol!

btw, veron what’s your ethnicity?

By: benjamin

benjamin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:08:27 +0000

the game are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! fun

By: Veron

Veron — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:43:46 +0000

I’m pretty sure they used to play five stones and chapteh, at the very least.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:32:20 +0000

I doubt those who are above 60 years old used to play all these games.

By: Veron

Veron — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:49:08 +0000

I miss it too! I used to have one but now I can’t find it anymore! Argh!!

By: Danini

Danini — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:16:20 +0000

I am looking for the Western Bar Game!!
Are you selling it?

Really missed that game sooooo much…

By: Siti Adawiah

Siti Adawiah — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:04:44 +0000

Yup.These games bring memories for people above 60 yrs old.

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!

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

By: hiutopor

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

Hello

Very interesting information! Thanks!

Bye

By: Amelia

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

hi i enjoyed the read

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!!

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

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

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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!

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.

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…

By: Veron

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

lol that sounds very likely! I wonder why the heck is it called 打 “狗” 棒?

By: noah

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

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 ?

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!

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!