LC300 S'pore: What to do for the March hol? Try MOST

Dear All

If you are wondering what to do with the kids during the March hols, 1 place worth a visit is

MOST (Musuem of Shanghai Toys). It's a tiny shop cum musuem with 2 floors of very old toys, some of which LC couples were sure to have played with before when we were our kiddos age now. I got so excited pointing to this toy and that toy to the girls, they also became excited.

Which kid doesn't get excited in 2 gigantic roomsfull of toys? Here's some pixs I took when we visited MOST during the Dec 08 hols. Happy viewing....

(Below: remember the days of the dialing telephones?)

(Below: the famous Green Spot drink. I remember I can still find this drink in an old coffeeshop in Katong..& the frog is actually a piggy bank from a chinese bank named something Kwa bank. Mine was a squirrel, Edmund's was a frog and William's was a camel. I still have the squirrel bank!)

(Below: I took this shot as the doll-faced rattler was exactly like the one my 5th aunt gave me when she was still a young spinster then and a non-catholic yet. She visited my mum very often then and gave me a toy at almost every visit!!)

(Below: The sticker on the right with Merlin was exactly like the one I had in my sticker collection then in primary 2 or 3. We used to trade or sell our stickers in our classroom during marking days. I made some $$ but pretty soon was broke cos I bought some "new" stickers for my sticker collection)

(Below: Days when tricycles are leg-powered..we hardly had fat kids then...)

(Below: The steep flight of steps from the 1st floor of toys to the next...)

(Below: Do you remember the plastic-thin lanterns we used to carry with lit candles during moon cake festival? Mine was a butterfly and it got burned when I ran with fright when a dog suddenly barked at me...I was so sad it was charred quite badly)