17 Pictures That Show How Much S’pore Has Changed

Last Updated on 2019-03-18 , 9:00 pm

Life in the past was pretty simple: one videotape could keep us occupied for days, and one trip to a shopping centre meant an entire day of window shopping.

The world has changed so much, and things have become complex: catching virtual creatures become a trend and it’ll go off just as fast as it comes, and people are fighting with Instagram Likes instead of fighting fishes.

So when I stumbled across this thread in Hardwarezone, I just couldn’t resist sharing this, because sometimes, we need a reminder that very often, simple is better.

We all used to be young scientists

All you need to do is just to attend an event.

Only 90s kids will relate this to 7-Eleven

It’ll freeze your brain.

We used to take this seriously

You took longer to fold it than play it.

Portable radio! How revolutionary!

To get the correct channel, you had to be very, very precise with the dial.

Admit that you’ve done a silent prayer when you see this

When you see “Dialing attempt 2 of 5”, your life has just been shortened by a few minutes.

This is the bear that every 90s kid remember

Catching this is even more difficult than catching Pokemon..

KFC used to have some interesting stuff. Like this

Strangely, everyone also used to have this.

I could spend HOURS on this game

This game required not just patience, but lots of time.

Not sure whether this is still sold in supermarkets, but it used to be everyone’s favourite

When kids in the past cooked, this was the result.

Ads like this make us go crazy

Ads in the past were so simple, yet effective.

Sometimes, I wonder whether this is for sergeants

Now, Orchard Road looks like a scene from Star Trek.

It might not have air-con, but it has memories

Your life is complete if you’ve once stuck your head out of this MRT LRT monorail.

“Hello, who page arh?”

So towkay. So towkay, man.

The only reason why you went to a mama shop was this

From 10 cents to 20 cents to disappearance.

When Marina Bay MRT Station = Steamboat or kite-flying

Bugis steamboat is nothing compared to Marina Bay MRT Station steamboat.

The old Chong Pang that looks more like Malaysia

This was Chong Pang. It isn’t Ipoh.

Plaza Singapura before it was renovated. In fact, before it was renovated-renovated.

I’ve lost count of the number of times they renovated.