tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post3231563656040337098..comments2024-02-29T17:55:15.101+08:00Comments on bullockcartwater 牛车水: Wet Marketchinatownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14152648023657411124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-15800728705305485472010-01-13T17:41:52.906+08:002010-01-13T17:41:52.906+08:00Oh Yes, I remember the Calcium Carbide lamps, with...Oh Yes, I remember the Calcium Carbide lamps, with its unique smell.<br /><br />Do you remember the story telling in the lane at night?chinatownboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152648023657411124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-26197017629139087262010-01-13T17:05:39.578+08:002010-01-13T17:05:39.578+08:00I remember the market. The airwell at the kitchen ...I remember the market. The airwell at the kitchen area of my grandma's place ( Narcis St) was 'rented' out for the preparation of dishes for a porridge stall that sells at night at the market. <br /><br />Selling peanut soup at night near the public standpipe at Narcis St was a pushcart hawker using calcium carbide or "chow tor" (smelly soil) lamp.<br /> <br />Calcium carbide lamps is just a small Milo tin filled with calcium carbide and water to cause a chemical reaction and the gas escape thru a long metal neck soldered to the centre of the tin cover and at the tip of the metal neck where the gas escape, the hawker ignite it to produce a fire.algaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926882357577330062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-61106265854876417642010-01-06T18:24:36.542+08:002010-01-06T18:24:36.542+08:00It must have been a memorable time for you too! (^...It must have been a memorable time for you too! (^^)chinatownboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152648023657411124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-54187870209415271342009-12-24T06:37:25.160+08:002009-12-24T06:37:25.160+08:00A really wonderful recollection-- I recently visit...A really wonderful recollection-- I recently visited a wet market at the first floor of my cousin's place in Singapore this summer.. you bring it all back!jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673306316622540881noreply@blogger.com