tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post3414791318241111871..comments2024-03-03T20:31:09.646+08:00Comments on Second Shot: Pek San Teng Entrance from Upper Thomson RoadIcemoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-88354742547383018902011-12-10T00:48:33.957+08:002011-12-10T00:48:33.957+08:00Thanks KingS for the encouragement, hope to see yo...Thanks KingS for the encouragement, hope to see you around!<br /><br />I think I should research more on Pek San Teng, based on Chun See and Peter's comments.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-54291234501493972692011-11-29T13:59:25.756+08:002011-11-29T13:59:25.756+08:00Nice to get to know about past histories. Good Wor...Nice to get to know about past histories. Good Work!Kings Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428021846428512346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-37720146253063496472011-11-07T11:32:43.972+08:002011-11-07T11:32:43.972+08:00All the graves were on the hill slope and the one-...All the graves were on the hill slope and the one-lane metalled road (with potholes) inside the cemetery grounds was lower than the graves. Tempers always fly when someone park on the grass verge and block vehicles passing thru or some drivers forgot one-way direciton and two vehicles meet head-on.<br /><br />Though we were Catholics, that did not stop me from helping to cut the grass. My garnd-mother who was a Taosit never insisted that being of different faith we would have to eat the offerings or to offer wax red/incense joss sticks. To her filialpiety by doing some work like grass-cutting was good enough. As usual I was always curious why some graves hadd deep trenches but no tombstones nor coffin inside.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-66652877679299186852011-11-06T22:53:11.854+08:002011-11-06T22:53:11.854+08:00Sorry, I forgot to mention. The exit to Braddell R...Sorry, I forgot to mention. The exit to Braddell Rd at the side of South Country Theatre is not a proper road but a dirt track. They allowed this track to be used during Qing Ming so that we can bypass the traffic jams at Upp Thomson.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-55115883276424799892011-11-06T22:48:31.664+08:002011-11-06T22:48:31.664+08:00Icemoon, Peter. As you know, I have blogged about ...Icemoon, Peter. As you know, I have blogged about the times that I used to go for annual Qing Ming exercise at Pek San Teng (<a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2006/04/of-beetles-and-chinese-cemeteries.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>). Unfortunately, I don’t recall the exact route that we took to enter this area; or what the terrain was like. <br /><br />As for the exit to Braddell Road, that is easy; becos it is down a short road that ran parallel to the zinc sheet walls of our beloved <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2005/09/to-movies.html" rel="nofollow">South Country Theatre</a> (SCT).<br /><br />What I do remember is that as you entered Kg San Teng (KST) from Upp Thomson, you will come to a Y-junction where the huge temple was. To access the cemeteries, you enter through the road on the left (you can find many photos of this view in Picas). You exit from the cemeteries using the road on the right. This road passed by the entrance of SCT. As you come out using this road, you can also turn left into Braddell Rd using the SCT exit I mentioned above.<br /><br />Besides these two entrances/exits, there was another way to enter KST cemeteries which was via a dirt track in Braddell Road near to Kallang River. I have posted a map <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-than-1-type-of-kampongs-in.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Today, it should be Bishan St 11. There was one year when we did not drive but cycled instead. We used this entrance. I think my father wanted to avoid the traffic jams.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-50653770532106604772011-11-06T06:47:02.597+08:002011-11-06T06:47:02.597+08:00I dont really know about today's terrain since...I dont really know about today's terrain since I hardly go there these days but I do remember in the 1960s when we went there for Cheng Ming, the road dips down and up slightly again. Could the place be land-filled in the 1980s?peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-1570864694071688542011-11-05T19:42:57.027+08:002011-11-05T19:42:57.027+08:00This is the part I'm confused. Today Marymount...This is the part I'm confused. Today Marymount Road is a dip between RJC and St. Theresa's. I wonder how could 'Kampong San Teng' have dipped then suddenly went up again.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-21305758806251799102011-11-05T19:05:00.487+08:002011-11-05T19:05:00.487+08:00Once you drive into Kg San Teng Road from Thomson ...Once you drive into Kg San Teng Road from Thomson Road (just after the Little Sisters of the Poor), you will drive downhill until you come to a junction. After that it's hazy in my memopry (maybe there was a kampung there also before the temple). I do know there was a Chinese temple and a small pond (for those intended to burn paper boats to send to the deceased). Inside the temple there were many tablets of the deceased.<br /><br />During Cheng Ming, the grass cutters will wait outside the temple. After prayers there, they will ride on your car bumpers with a sickle in one hand. I think it's a sort of intimidation that "you better hire me to cut grass".peternoreply@blogger.com