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Question : What was life in Singapore like when our parents were growing up in the 1970s to 1980s in Singapore?

Answer by parents : Life was tough during our time because :
-There was very little food to eat.
-There was very little technology at the time.
-It was easy to fall sick because of the Poor Environment.
-The Economy Was Bad.
-Transport was mainly by riding a bicycle or walking.

In the 1970s to 1980s,
-Singapore's Economy wasn't good.
-Environment Was Poor.
-Technology was not advanced.
-Singapore was not very developed

Questions :
-Why was Singapore's Economy bad at that time?
Answer to HI question : Life in Singapore during 1970s to 1980s was tiring and the economy was terrible.The Environment wasn't good either.

I : I can infer that life in the past was tiring and bad.

C : This is evident in 'Singapore's Economy wasn't good. ' and 'Singapore was not very developed'.

E : This shows that people in Singapore in the past were tired often and life was tough for time during the 1970s to 1980s.

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Question : What was a favourite thing to do or play in the 1970s - 1980s in Singapore?

Below is a photograph of my Parent's favourite board game at that time.

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Scrabble was a Fun and Popular Board game during the Late 1900s and And Early 2000s.
It was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts,An American Architect, he invented the game in 1938.

Why was Scrabble so famous at that time?

Answers :
-There were very few board games at that time.
-The game was very interesting.
-The board game had a score unlike other games.
-It was a cool game idea and invention.
Answer to HI question : Life in the past was interesting as there were many games to play in the past.

I : I can infer that Life in early Singapore was not very boring as there were some games to play like Scrabble.

C : This is evident in 'Scrabble was a Fun and Popular Board game during the Late 1900s and And Early 2000s.' and 'The game was very interesting'.

E : This shows that Although Life was tough for people in the past, Life was not boring as people could play games.

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Heres a picture of my father's report card in Sydney when he migrated there

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The SSABSA is awarded to students who completed thier senior secondary schooling

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Why did my father migrated there to study?
Answers:
-In the past, my father's country offer of education might not have been good
-The price of my father's countrie's education might be too much for him to afford

I can tell that my countrys offer of education in the past was not that good so many people migrated to other countries to study

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Below is a photo of my fathers old phone

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The first mobile phone was created by John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper in 1973

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Why did my father wanted a mobile phone?
Answers:
-His friends at the school might have mobile phones and my dad might want to look cool in front of them so he asked for a phone.
-He might want to keep contact with his friends so he can ask questions like whats the homework for today?

I can tell that in the past a lot of children wanted mobile phones just like the present

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Interviewing:my father
Question:What was life like when u were growing up?
Answers:Back then education was only for the rich so i could not get education instead i helped my mother make soya milk for customers. It was very tough as we didnt have enough money we didnt eat a lot and always missed a meal or two a day.

I can tell that back then there were many poor families and most of them didnt get a good education

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Below is one of my Mother's favourite candy during the 1970s.

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There were many famous candies during the 1970s to 1980s. The photograph above is the White Rabbit Candy which was quite popular at that time.

There were many great candies in the past and these candies are not easily found in Singapore anymore. However as the time goes by.. More and more candies were created.

When my parents were growing up... They liked to eat candy when they want a snack or a treat. People in the past loved sweets and candies a lot.

Answer to HI question : People in the past could enjoy quality candies so my parents would be considered fortunate.

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Below is one of my Father's favourite handheld game during the 1970s to 1980s.

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Gameboys and other Handheld Games were very popular during the 1970s to 1980s. The photograph above is a Nintendo Gameboy which was popular at that time.

People in the past had nothing much to do at that time so when they were bored, they would tend to play games such as The gameboy shown above.

Answer to HI question : My parents enjoyed their time in Singapore during the 1970s to 1980s.

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Below is a picture  of my parent's favourite traditional games at that time.

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There were many traditional games during the 1970s to 1980s. But one of the most popular and remembered game is the Kuti Kuti.

When people were bored,some of them would play the Kuti Kuti to past the time. Life of my parents during my time was quite entertaining as they could play many traditional games as one of them is the Kuti Kuti.

Answer to HI question : Life in the past was not very boring as they were games to enterrain people.

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Below is a comic that my father used to read all the time.

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In the past, comics like this used to be sold from 10 cents to 50 cents in Singapore.

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Below Is a Bicycle my father used to ride during the 1970s to 1980s.

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Why were comics so cheap at that time?
Answers:
-Comics at that time might not have been so popular, so they wanted to lower the price of it so more people will buy it.
-They might have pitied poor families that didn't have much to do and wanted to give them something to do in their pastime

I can tell that in the past children in my country had many activities to do

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There were different types of bicycles at that time. This was the most common bike during the 1970s to 1980s.

The most common transport in the past was either by walking or riding a bicycle. Most people would ride on a bicycle if the distance of the journey is very far.

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Interviewing: My mum

Question: How was life like in the past?
Answer: Life was quite tough as we were poor and have no money.

This shows that singapore was a developing country as the number of poor people decreased from the past to now.

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This picture shows what my mother would do whenever she is bored.

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This shows that Singapore in the past has not really much thing to do as they do not have technology like handphones, ipads and computers compared to now.

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Interviewing: My mum

Question: How was it like to be in school the past?

Answer: School in the past do not have visualisers and during recess, we would just sit at our tables, eating, or playing at playground or basketball. This picture below is with me and my friends during school.

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This shows that life for them in the past was quite boring as they had no mobile devices to look at during recess compared to now.

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This picture shows my parents favourite game in the past, she kept this game since she bought it. She said that it was a very famous game at that time and many families playes it.

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This shows that many people in the past has not much things to do but only play these.

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Interviewing: My mum

Question: How do you travel in the past?

Answer: As out family were poor in the past, we usually had to walk, but if we took the bus, bus fares without air-condition was $0.25. But after some time, bus had air-condition so it became to $0.35. There is also no Mass-Rapid-Transport in the pass.

This shows that Singapore's past do not have many transportation to travel with.

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Interviewing:my mother
Question:What was life like when u were growing up?
Answers:Back then education was only for the rich so i could not get education instead i helped my mother make soya milk for customers. It was very tough as we didnt have enough money we didnt eat a lot and always missed a meal or two a day.

This tells me that not many people have enough money to get education and had to help their family with earning money

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Here is a photo of my moms faviurite board game to play in the past.

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Questions:
Why did my mother had so much time to play board games like this?
Answers:
In the past, there were not many technology for children to play and there were less entertainment so they had to find other ways to past the time.
-In the past it was very convenient for everyone to go to their friends house to play games with each other

This tells me that children in the past past tume by playing games with their friends instead of playing computer games and more.

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Interviewing:my mother
Question:
What did you do to past the time?
Answers:
In the past, computers and handphones were not yet invented so me and my friends had to find other ways to past the time we did stuff like catching tadpoles by the pond playing board games and eating ice cream by the sidewalk .It was very fun and something i will never forget

This shows me that in the oast there were many activities to do even though technology was not invented.