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Childhood Memories: Part 9 – School And Huge Football Field

la salle school field childhood

(A field that is bigger than the school building area and holds a 400-meter track, 2 football fields, basketball court and still had more space to spare. Image source: Google Earth)

When I was in my secondary school (the good old La Salle Brickfields), I was in the Boy Scout (aka Pengakap) – in fact, I ended up as the Boy Scout troop leader at the end of schooling days. And one of the highlights of being in the Boys Scout is going camping at the edge of the school field.

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Childhood Memories: Part 8 – Indiana Jones, One of the Best Movies of 1980s

indiana jones harrison ford movie childhood

(One of the most iconic shots of the movie that came out in 1981 starring Harrison Ford as the adventurous, not the ordinary archaeologist. Image source: Empire)

It must have been in the early ’80s when this happened.

I was back from school early and after finishing off my homework, I went for my usual evening naps, waiting for my dad to come back home. When I woke up, I noticed my younger brother was not in the house. I asked my mom and she told me that both my dad and my brother had left to somewhere in the car.

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Childhood Memories: Part 7 – Old Friendly Neighbourhood Sundry Shop

old chinese sundry shop childhood

(What is missing from the above photo of a traditional sundry shop is the old Chinese uncle wearing a white singlet with khaki short pants. Image source: Wikimedia)

Sundry shops those days, in the early 80s, were nothing like these days’ grand oversized hypermarkets. Small sundry shops were the lifeline to many small residential areas.

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