Love to play with my neighbors’ kids, sliding down the hilly slope in front of our home.
We used to explore the various colonial empty bungalows around our area, climbing into the rooms via opened windows.
1960 Front View of Woon Family Home (Unit No. 60)
A two-storey block of seven homes.
Allocated as rental to employees working in Civil Radio Transmitting Station (Singapore Telecom).
1960 View of the side road from Jurong Cresent Road into Staff Quarters
When my father is at work, I borrowed his adult bicycle and ride it down the hilly road at high speed, without brakes and end up crashing into the bushes.
1965 – Staff Family’s Christmas party
During Christmas, my father would bought tickets to the staff Christmas Party where we played games and received a present from Santa Claus (a staff employee, stuffed with pillows to look fat), carrying a red sack of presents, riding into the party on top of a land rover.
One of the best Christmas present I got was a nice large plastic chess set in a box.
(in those days, having a toy is rare)