Up Your Alley: Bedok - old-school neighbourhood gems that have stood the test of time

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  • Опубліковано 29 січ 2021
  • A barber with a mission to help the boys in her 'hood, a skateboard culture that's very much alive and well, a nyonya kueh confectionery and seafood restaurant that have stood the test of time - these are some of your suggestions for our Up Your Alley series to discover the lesser-known gems in neighbourhoods around Singapore. Read more: cna.asia/3t5d361
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 162

  • @ainouta123
    @ainouta123 3 роки тому +31

    The team behind making this video has got heart.

  • @rayamatariki7880
    @rayamatariki7880 3 роки тому +36

    I love this documentary so much - shows much of our national character with Singaporeans just living their life and sharing their experiences. We need more.

  • @lrm21
    @lrm21 3 роки тому +24

    Greetings from USA Florida, what great documentary. Please do more of these. Awesome to see skate culture alive and well in Singapore. Shred or die!

    • @inthenewsbw2003
      @inthenewsbw2003 3 роки тому +2

      Skateboarding started in Bedok in 1982

    • @kjthekunoichi
      @kjthekunoichi 3 роки тому +2

      Did you get this vid rec in your feed bcuz you watched skateboarding vids?😅😅

  • @oneadultt7399
    @oneadultt7399 3 роки тому +16

    Used to stay at bedok block 545.there a a malay indian and a Chinese neighbour (I am a Chinese myself) my mom will buy kuehs for individual races on their new year.what a kampong spirit i really miss !!!!

    • @coldcarlsberg
      @coldcarlsberg 3 роки тому +2

      Hi my neighbour. Great memories 👍

    • @oneadultt7399
      @oneadultt7399 3 роки тому +2

      @@coldcarlsberg 🤗🤗🤗

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому +2

      Now kuehs are so expensive. I don't even buy kuehs for myself anymore.

    • @oneadultt7399
      @oneadultt7399 3 роки тому +2

      @@SuccessforLifester be my neighbour I buy you kuehs!!!!

  • @liro_mngbt
    @liro_mngbt 3 роки тому +1

    One of the best produced series. I hope you will never run out of neighborhoods to cover and if you do, you could always go micro and cover the many alleys of Singapore. I just love it.

  • @farahadila89
    @farahadila89 3 роки тому +26

    This was such a refreshing video to watch and it was an interesting angle. Please keep up with this kind of content.

  • @tteo8457
    @tteo8457 3 роки тому +1

    Used to lived and studied in Bedok. The areas for skate board use to be a small little hill and a market next to it. So much changes now with new facilities and mall.

  • @Jaacktang
    @Jaacktang 3 роки тому +9

    a place that never fails to make my heart go be-dok be-dok

  • @SuccessforLifester
    @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому +11

    Bedok is amazing with many hawker centres to choose from.

  • @Fairoz93
    @Fairoz93 3 роки тому +5

    I'm a bedok boy at heart so its really nostalgic watching this video. Really love this feature. keep it coming

  • @kjthekunoichi
    @kjthekunoichi 3 роки тому +1

    Didnt know abt that Boyanese cemetary😯wish i could skateboard😊😊and kudos to that lady w that barbershop for wanting to give back to the comm at her childhood neighbourhood👍👍

  • @ahkl77
    @ahkl77 3 роки тому +11

    Amazing showcase, keep up the good work CNA

  • @coldcarlsberg
    @coldcarlsberg 3 роки тому +12

    When I was around primary 4 or 5 I moved to Bedok Blk 544 from Lorong Engku Aman (my old kampong house was exactly at the bus stop at Joo Chiat Complex today) I was staying in Bedok until my family move to Pasir Ris when I was about 18 years old. My secondary school was BTS. Many happy memories for us living in the east side of Singapore. We can enjoy the laid back Changi village, katong, Marine Parade, Geylang and Joo Chiat areas. Great selection of food also. By the way I’m now 50 years old and I missed my childhood memories back in the 70’s & 80’s. Good times.

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому +1

      In early days of Marine Parade, I remember there was this seaview hotel. Then there is also a Yaohan. Some parts of my memory tells me there was an IKEA. But I really cannot remember. There was a Denny restaurant in marine parade centre. During birthday, you can go there for a free meal.

    • @inthenewsbw2003
      @inthenewsbw2003 3 роки тому +1

      Your sec schl is Famous

  • @godsamazinggrace5331
    @godsamazinggrace5331 3 роки тому +12

    thank you for showing and sharing the rich culture and togetherness in bedok estate

  • @fokrupert6840
    @fokrupert6840 3 роки тому +7

    I had move to Bedok from the Central 13 months now, it’s a good place to live in 😊👍🙏

  • @mdtaufiqkhan
    @mdtaufiqkhan 3 роки тому +5

    Used to stay at bedok block 534 in the 90's... Awesome memories ... 👍👍

  • @TheAjitto87
    @TheAjitto87 3 роки тому +1

    Started off from Bedok North Primary, then Bedok South Secondary, after that ITE Bedok, NS also kena Bedok Camp. Been taking bus 14 and 222 all my life. Any Bedok kia will here will know.

    • @mohammadamir1261
      @mohammadamir1261 3 роки тому

      Bpnn which year!!!! Stayed at BLK 110 and school at bedok north pri ...

  • @bienkee5278
    @bienkee5278 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this wonderful video on Bedok.There is a rustic Singapore Charm about the place.

  • @oneadultt7399
    @oneadultt7399 3 роки тому +9

    What a amazing video I actually watch till the end.

  • @dlwabbit
    @dlwabbit 3 роки тому +11

    I lived there in the early 90s for more than 2 years before moving to Simei. I used to go to the NTUC Supermarket and bought MRT tickets for collections from an ah soh every Sat

    • @gamigam6420
      @gamigam6420 3 роки тому

      Helped me help my family we are poor and I want to change our life, fund my transport project in my country please😢😥 or give me alms😞

  • @chrislee4229
    @chrislee4229 3 роки тому +20

    I’m a Westie. And I hv to agree that East side has the concentration of good food. And whole place jus feel chill. Maybe because of East Coast Park.

    • @sdqsdq6274
      @sdqsdq6274 3 роки тому

      nah , prefer marine parade , there is the real chill , bedok like normal only

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому +1

      @@sdqsdq6274 Marine Parade indeed quite fun place, and also has the stretch of East Coast shops and also the sleazy Joo Jiat. Vietnamese ladies used to hang out at Joo Chiat last time.

    • @haziqaminuddin2979
      @haziqaminuddin2979 3 роки тому

      Pasir ris is chill but not much good food

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому +1

      @@haziqaminuddin2979 Pasir Ris very peaceful. I think the people there sleep very early

    • @yusoffjamaludin7359
      @yusoffjamaludin7359 3 роки тому

      @@SuccessforLifester May I know why they sleep early? Famous for residence of the retirees perhaps?

  • @mistyflora8024
    @mistyflora8024 3 роки тому +1

    I lived in Bedok for 2 years ,never bored to roam on the same street or path or blocks again and again .

    • @mistyflora8024
      @mistyflora8024 3 роки тому

      Block 405 oldest building and best view

  • @prettycatmint4514
    @prettycatmint4514 3 роки тому +13

    I live in the opposite side of the SG and rarely travel to the east side. Interesting video. I want to visit soon.

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому

      Westside is good too. Got boon lay Jurong Point, the malls at Jurong East, science CTR, Chinese garden, mega mall at Joo Koon and easier to go to JBvia tuas link

  • @megosaur.
    @megosaur. 3 роки тому +7

    OMG MR YEO US OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER I MISS HIM SO MUCH HOPE HE IS DOING WELL 🥺

    • @dominick8663
      @dominick8663 3 роки тому +1

      me too!!!

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому

      You should one day go meet up with him and say thank you. MOE advertisement shows that this is best reward a teacher can get when he is Lao Kok Kok.

  • @channelnewsasia
    @channelnewsasia  3 роки тому

    This is part of our Up Your Alley project to uncover hidden gems in Singapore neighbourhoods. Think we should check out something in your 'hood? Leave a comment here or email us at digitalnews@mediacorp.com.sg and we might get in touch!

    • @godsamazinggrace5331
      @godsamazinggrace5331 3 роки тому

      consider doing one about toa payoh estate
      talk to the cobbler at void deck in lor 2 near exit of mrt from ntuc

  • @MsNazzy2325
    @MsNazzy2325 3 роки тому

    This is my kampung..a place I call home 💚

  • @Rayxnyc
    @Rayxnyc 3 роки тому +2

    Great documentary on Beduk Singapore! Keep the multi culture always!👍👍

  • @abdtalibmohd3354
    @abdtalibmohd3354 3 роки тому +3

    was living at blk 83, which has been demolished in early 2000s, and 700plus. lived almost 30 years in bedok, late part 70s, 80s, 90s.....definitely felt nostalgic whenever i was in that area... if anyone remember the rocket at bedok interchange for meet up???Liwagu??

    • @haziqaminuddin2979
      @haziqaminuddin2979 3 роки тому +1

      At interchange phone booths too lol

    • @mohammadamir1261
      @mohammadamir1261 3 роки тому +1

      BLK 83 jungle!!!!! Spider !!!! Remember the interchange 4 face phone booth 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 after catching spider then gather at the tamiya shop there !!!!

  • @SpacebarWarrior
    @SpacebarWarrior 3 роки тому +2

    Great series!

  • @charlottefivez152
    @charlottefivez152 3 роки тому +1

    Such a wonderful video !!

  • @amirulaiman12
    @amirulaiman12 3 роки тому +1

    great series!!

  • @mswirdahere
    @mswirdahere 3 роки тому

    i love this 🥺

  • @udcaps
    @udcaps 3 роки тому +1

    loved it, great work. also shoutout MC KANE. :)

  • @thebrightfen
    @thebrightfen 3 роки тому

    Bedok is a super awesome place!

  • @fleng
    @fleng 3 роки тому +1

    bedokians loving it!

  • @WorldAfterCovid19TV
    @WorldAfterCovid19TV 3 роки тому +2

    Nice! 👍

  • @maomao180
    @maomao180 3 роки тому +1

    quality content

  • @danisha48877
    @danisha48877 3 роки тому

    Maintain this heartland as it is please. Nostalgic

  • @jumalishahanan3373
    @jumalishahanan3373 3 роки тому

    The Best

  • @vicktor4076
    @vicktor4076 3 роки тому

    Born and raised in Bedok!!

  • @tlyc49
    @tlyc49 3 роки тому

    Correct me if I am wrong. The excavated earth from Bedok Reservoir was used to reclaim Marina Bay. This is where Marina Bay Sands, Marina Barrage, and quite a number of Financial Buildings are now

  • @ThereIsNoTrueLove
    @ThereIsNoTrueLove 3 роки тому +4

    east side best side

  • @chiakelvin7381
    @chiakelvin7381 3 роки тому

    I miss home..

  • @mohammadamir1261
    @mohammadamir1261 3 роки тому +1

    Where's the bbo boys !!!! ... Where's my spider kaki! Use to be a jungle at the old BLK 75 there .. my spider spot ... Tanah merah longkang is my playground ...

  • @kaktees
    @kaktees 3 роки тому

    12:56 I agree wholeheartedly

  • @JacksonOfDork
    @JacksonOfDork 3 роки тому

    Would love to see the other side like North and West side etc

  • @endowpanda
    @endowpanda 3 роки тому +2

    AMAZING VIDEO

  • @nuthofficial6433
    @nuthofficial6433 3 роки тому

    Good News

  • @qistinapizza
    @qistinapizza 3 роки тому +2

    great effort but as usual, ofc some netizens cnfrm got something bad to say. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @gamigam6420
      @gamigam6420 3 роки тому

      Helped me help my family we are poor and I want to change our life, fund my transport project in my country please😢😥 or give me alms😞

  • @carllewis3612
    @carllewis3612 3 роки тому

    I still say in bedok since small

  • @UnwrappingByMimiKoteng
    @UnwrappingByMimiKoteng 3 роки тому +4

    Asian Boss Singapore Version

  • @godsamazinggrace5331
    @godsamazinggrace5331 3 роки тому +12

    ya cna
    feature such realistic programmes and not
    those fake luxury lifestyles

    • @glowish1993
      @glowish1993 3 роки тому +1

      Why not both?

    • @godsamazinggrace5331
      @godsamazinggrace5331 3 роки тому +1

      @@glowish1993
      one is real and practical every day life
      while the other is far fetched

    • @glowish1993
      @glowish1993 3 роки тому

      @@godsamazinggrace5331 it's not fake if some people really live those lives. Always good to see how people are living

    • @godsamazinggrace5331
      @godsamazinggrace5331 3 роки тому +3

      @@glowish1993
      hah I see
      out of curiosity
      but to show off programmes based on luxury lifestyles don't give most viewers the real connection as common people and their way of simple living

    • @misssometing
      @misssometing 3 роки тому +1

      the luxury programmes are featured as part of cna luxury. I think we do have the luxury (pun intended) to feature various lifestyles

  • @TheSunMoon
    @TheSunMoon 9 місяців тому +1

    East side, best side! Lol! But I work in the west, jialat.

  • @jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti
    @jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti 3 роки тому +2

    Welcome to the hood.

  • @haziqaminuddin2979
    @haziqaminuddin2979 3 роки тому

    Limpeh barber is at 537 bedok north beside sri bistari famous ayam penyet sadly it closed down recently

    • @makkaucbkia9640
      @makkaucbkia9640 3 роки тому +1

      Huh? Who closed down? The Ayam penyet or the barber shop? Your sentence is really confusing.

    • @mohammadamir1261
      @mohammadamir1261 3 роки тому +1

      Sri bistari moved to bedok 418 and close down recently ..

    • @haziqaminuddin2979
      @haziqaminuddin2979 3 роки тому

      @@mohammadamir1261 really ?! Again hais

    • @mohammadamir1261
      @mohammadamir1261 3 роки тому

      Yeap ... Now took over by Chinese owner .. but still got ayam penyet tho .. but don't bother trying .. waste time ... There's a new ayam penyet president opened last week at djitsun/bedok cinema

  • @sdqsdq6274
    @sdqsdq6274 3 роки тому

    bedok is one area i never go , too far , lol

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому

      Kinda like me going to Boon Lay Jurong Point. And that NTUC factory outlet at Joo Koon. Went there once during that year when Transport is free during NDP

  • @blackenskatography9928
    @blackenskatography9928 3 роки тому

    RUN BDK!!!! My Homies!!!

  • @Rascalboy-ew1bs
    @Rascalboy-ew1bs 3 роки тому +2

    Interesting

  • @cheerlin
    @cheerlin 3 роки тому

    Multi generation multi racial living in harmony, this is so previously built up over the years. Great documentary

  • @MrBryancslim
    @MrBryancslim 3 роки тому

    Anybody noticed the shop name, 'Limpeh Barbershop'.

  • @LimYQS
    @LimYQS 3 роки тому +1

    Bedok View peeps fall in lol

  • @PickyEye
    @PickyEye Рік тому

    It’s definitely an unrated estate in Singapore.

  • @whiteknight881
    @whiteknight881 3 роки тому +2

    What is the meaning of BEDOK? What I understand is call BED OK?

    • @はな-u7b
      @はな-u7b 3 роки тому +1

      It is the drum like thing that people used to use to call people to prayer to mosques

    • @whiteknight881
      @whiteknight881 3 роки тому +2

      @@はな-u7b Oh, I see, Thank you for sharing.!

    • @はな-u7b
      @はな-u7b 3 роки тому +1

      @@whiteknight881 no probs!

  • @cvhawkeye6255
    @cvhawkeye6255 3 роки тому +2

    Bedok was rural when I was young, low rise. Indian Barbers then only charged $1.50 for a nice hair cut with a Indian head massage with a nice head adjustment (Crack ... shiok) in the end. Now Barbers (with a shop) are $25++ for just a basic hair cut (the kind in a pandemic you can DIY and save $150-200 dollars a year on hair cuts). Good Electric Hairs Croppers, scissors and comb only cost you $50.

    • @VeryNazStuff
      @VeryNazStuff 3 роки тому

      why not just go to a cheaper barber? it's not like all barbers are charging 25 bucks for a haircut

    • @miaomiao07
      @miaomiao07 3 роки тому

      In Eunos there is a Barber shop few shops away when you see NTUC just turn right. Cut guy's hair around 6-7 dollars. Quite affordable I guess. Haha

    • @sdqsdq6274
      @sdqsdq6274 3 роки тому

      @@miaomiao07 huh 7 buck is dirt cheap ,what affordable

    • @jianmn
      @jianmn 3 роки тому

      There are quite a few barbers that cut around 10 to 15 dollars? my parents regularly get their cuts at those shops. -someone who lives in bedok for 20+ years

    • @hakimsarif5191
      @hakimsarif5191 3 роки тому

      Full time jobs get a pay raise and bonuses every year. So after plenty of years barbers charging 8-10 dollars its realistic that the price is 25 dollars today. Even grocery go through price hike every year. Barbers are human too and they go through the same living expense every year. Why not you try taking a $1200 pay a month in this day and age. If you dont agree you can just cut at any place cheaper.

  • @Aurica34
    @Aurica34 2 роки тому

    The guy is right, east has better food. I am Singaporean staying in the west.

  • @jrukawa11
    @jrukawa11 3 роки тому +1

    WP

  • @rLegitian
    @rLegitian 3 роки тому

    Welcome To The Hood

  • @manithangavalu7885
    @manithangavalu7885 3 роки тому +1

    It's all well and good.
    Makes me wonder how come there are no indians interviewed?
    Is it a Taboo to to talk to indians who live in around Bedok?
    Even one commenter mentioned it how he enjoyed living in Bedok, growing up with his chinese, malay and indian friends.
    At the end of the day singapore is marketed as unique country by the tourist board for it's multi racial harmony.
    It's called 4 in 1, chinese, malays, indians and eurasians.

  • @purplerecordsshots9283
    @purplerecordsshots9283 3 роки тому

    BEDOK!!

  • @ProtoKJ
    @ProtoKJ 3 роки тому

    14:06 hor never wear mask

  • @inthenewsbw2003
    @inthenewsbw2003 3 роки тому

    Bed-OK

  • @hairulalifbinabdulraman5778
    @hairulalifbinabdulraman5778 3 роки тому

    😫😫😫

  • @Honeymagmangospoof
    @Honeymagmangospoof 3 роки тому

    So basically a place for all the mats and minahs lol

  • @ayidisme8321
    @ayidisme8321 3 роки тому

    West is still the best. No offence.

  • @SuccessforLifester
    @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому +1

    Skateboarding damaged public infrastructure.

    • @sdqsdq6274
      @sdqsdq6274 3 роки тому +3

      lol ? thats why there skate park for them to trash

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому

      @@sdqsdq6274 As long as they stick to that is fine. But if you go to places like Raffles Place, you will see skaters openly playing there and cracking the tiles and the edges. Go on a Sunday

    • @lorryfanatic8405
      @lorryfanatic8405 3 роки тому +3

      @@sdqsdq6274 dude hes just a keyboard warrior. he tryna be clout chaser

    • @lorryfanatic8405
      @lorryfanatic8405 3 роки тому

      no one asked just dont say anything🤫

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester 3 роки тому

      @@lorryfanatic8405 Virtual keyboard using the handphone. I also see skateboarders playing at the memorial park just before esplanade park. Many tiles there are in bad shape. In one particular year, someone vandalise the memorial there too.

  • @wan8655
    @wan8655 3 роки тому

    Boring

  • @limpek001
    @limpek001 3 роки тому +2

    Bolo is not a good nickname for any Malay lol.

    • @VeryNazStuff
      @VeryNazStuff 3 роки тому

      any malay?

    • @sdqsdq6274
      @sdqsdq6274 3 роки тому +5

      lol why not , there a famous skater name toyol

    • @lorryfanatic8405
      @lorryfanatic8405 3 роки тому +2

      dont judge people lah cannot have bolo as a name meh?

    • @Aurica34
      @Aurica34 2 роки тому

      what does bolo mean in malay?

  • @volksraad6253
    @volksraad6253 3 роки тому

    I thought she's a male

  • @dannychong7842
    @dannychong7842 3 роки тому

    NEVER FORGET SIDEWAY SLEEPING
    [Shortness of breath? Old days where got oxygen tank but sideway sleeping. Cos human still can breath using one lungs after another compressed by body weight and alternate, if one side congested so someone still can breath after the flattern one had expanded]
    This is the universal practice for countering diseases that yet to have cure like dengue, a killer disease. Cos me live in a place call Jinjang in Malaysia that famous for gangsterism, so do hotspot for Aides mosquito. Inshort me was a dengue patient too, not only allergic to white egg.
    To survive this disease, one must aware shortness of breath, were one of the symptoms other than vomiting blood, high fever and red spot all over the body.
    Red spot mean blood in your body trying to find a way out, thru poresholes or diluted to the stage, when platelets count drop below 50.
    This symptom causes by virus pump into the patient by mosquito, so blood would not cast as they suck out from the patient. Just the different, virus pump by Aides mosquito into human would start breeding or how the symptom spread thru out the patient.
    But how a dengue patient could survive such attacks by the virus, which could see blood oozing out from ears and eyes during the final stage even doctor only can ensure saline water keep dripping since the patient keep vomiting blood also mean food could not be ingested thru mouth?
    No cure also mean immune system of human must react or die since doctor don't even know, how to stop the virus that keep diluting blood.
    And how immune system react mean white blood cell must possess something to fight the invading virus. Just 100 millions machine gun eat up space during production or how the lungs section congested since space inside a human only exist in lungs section cos stomach area, bound like a volcano or full with acid, mean not feasible in making machine gun.
    That is the main reason, why allergic patient, COVID19 and dengue patient showing the same symptoms (shortness of breath) since allergic patient only have a SARS chat as preventive measure, no cure and patient dropping like flies in China even clinic still open also mean medicine were not working.
    And why COVID19 patient keep dying from shortness of breath cos pressure of oxygen tank keep blocking those machine gun from coming out and congested till oxygen cannot go in.
    Inshort, only sideway sleeping could work when countering disease that yet to have cure since granny method cannot work against dengue but only COVID19 and H1N1.
    Why? Cos allergic actually were a contagious disease or how COVID19 exist in this world so do why new strain emerge, if an allergic patient were infected. Since mutation mean the disease depend on what coming out from the infected patient after the virus bypassed the subject or nothing to do with virus evolution.
    How someone knew allergic were a contagious disease cos his sickness once jump to 3 of his sibling or why pig hair also detected inside egg, used to roll their body. That is how influenza A were a disease known to human, just it cannot kill, if not bypassed animal
    (Google "Danny Woo Vk" in Bing for Granny Method that could cure COVID19 without going to hospital)
    If not, how someone assured granny method work against COVID19 since their symptoms were the same like allergic patient or infected by them..
    (The Sun said burn Jews and Singapore for 2nd moon survival)