Welcome to Chinatown!
The story begins with the Chinese travelling to Nanyang *aka Singapore* to get earn a living..
This is when the opium comes in.. and pple started taking opium.. so societies were formed.. which the government decided have to be registered.. WHICh in turned caused the SECRET societies to be formed *they cant be registered.. so becomes secret*
As u can see.. there was a fight..haha a dagger stuck in the table somemore.. arghh..
According to them.. the Chinese men came here right? and they left their wives back in China.. so.. where do they find COMFORT? Prostitutes lo.. MEN! anyway.. ya.. so there came the prostitutes.. aka Ah Gu.. this is their room..
I dun really remember what is this abt.. its jus an old kind of coffeeshop i think..haha looks really like HK cafe..hee
Hua looks like she's really in some hk cafe..
During the Jap occupation.. pple started selling on the street.. and it became a trend after that..
Look carefully.. they are selling reptiles.. yuckz.. haha Chinese really eats anything in the world man.. imagine selling these on the street now..
These are what the Chinese liked to eat..
Old book stall..
Funeral.. so scary..
Here comes the best part of the place.. this model of the house the chinese used to stay.. its supposed to be a five story house.. looks big from outside.. but unlike today.. they are sooooo many pple living under one root.. and this is taken from the second story.. from the corridor..
This is the room of a family who sells street food.. and its a room for a FAMILY.. not one person..
This is the room of samsui women.. u can see the uniform hanging there.. and i think its a room for 3 samsui women..
This is the other side of the room..
This is the worse.. the room of shoemaker.. its so crowded la.. so many shoes.. dun even have place to walk..
I cant remember who;s room is this.. but i remember its a family of 5.. and this room is for the father and two sons..
This is the room of the Ma Jie.. meaning the women who work for a rich family.. like a maid plus nanny..
This is the five-foot corridor.. See how narrow it is.. only enough space for one person to walk pass.. and there are so many pple living there..
Room for three coolies.. and look closer.. they smoke opium.. so typical for coolies.. haiz..
The cooking area.. so dirty..
Right beside the cooking area.. is the toilet.. its soooo dirty..bucket system.. wait till u see the inside..
Imagine if its real shit.. yuck..haha
Beside the toilet is the bathroom.. and they get water from that "tub".. the wall there..
This is first storey.. there's another toilet and bathroom.. this is also a place to wash their clothes and get water.. i think..
Hua washing clothes.. so gentle one..haha
This the cooking area..
So narrow! Pple in the past muz be really slim.. what happens to the bigger pple???
Where they have their meals.. sits 5 pple..
The sewing room.. plus.. baby care taking room?? haha outside this room is the tailor shop..
Tailor shop.. That's it.. finally finished with all these uploading.. so many photos.. anyway.. all in all.. this museum is ok.. not very big.. next stop.. asian civilisation museum.. Hua!! I wanna go!! hee..






