tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post894554207014507951..comments2024-03-04T17:32:08.378+08:00Comments on Princess Elizabeth Estate, Hillview: Sliding downhill after school.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-62007914635768645572012-11-17T22:16:41.324+08:002012-11-17T22:16:41.324+08:00Oh I remember sliding down the slope in between bl...Oh I remember sliding down the slope in between blocks 19 & 20 just next to the steps leading to the car park on top of the slope.<br />I used to live at blk. 19. Moved out in 1968 after completing my PSLE at Princess Elizabeth Sch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602225026701912610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-80596385430217264912012-03-28T21:45:04.782+08:002012-03-28T21:45:04.782+08:00Hi Chun See, you are right. This field is just beh...Hi Chun See, you are right. This field is just behind Chuck's house.James Tannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543278061861378044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-67890636397931732612012-03-27T21:39:34.003+08:002012-03-27T21:39:34.003+08:00I think this must be the spot that my friend Chuck...I think this must be the spot that my friend Chuck, who grew up in PEE, blogged about <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2006/09/toys-were-us-5-carton-boxes-by-chuck.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-74201329575323796002012-03-21T05:29:16.699+08:002012-03-21T05:29:16.699+08:00I couldn't agree much more than you James in y...I couldn't agree much more than you James in your observations.<br /><br />Appears that there was plenty of time to do lots of things - inside and outside the classroom.<br /><br />When my kids were at that age (pre-school but in kindergarten) I often wondered how can the brain absorb any thing and that much. I compared it to our era and now realised that a child's brain is a sponge and very capable to handle "complex things". hat explains why children can get hooked to iphones/tablets/lifestyle and once hooked will be difficult to weave away.<br /><br />When you touched on writing paper, some memories come alive. For example , a) Exercise books were always kept in the classroom cupboard and not allowed to be brought home until at least Primary 2. b) Before the introduction of exercise books, we wrote on blank papers which were handed out at the beginning of each lesson. c) There was a subject called Arts & Craft where boys were taught how to do things which were a part of every woman - sewing buttons/raffia on to stiff nylon nets or producing glue from white powder and water. I realised these were "concepts" taught to boys which would become very useful in our adult life. Sewing lost buttons on shirts and baking/pounding chillies in a mortar. Obviously doing it looked silly but there is a principle behind it.peternoreply@blogger.com