Friday, July 19, 2013

Really!? Your Favourite Household Appliance - Photo Hunt

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PhotoHunt theme : What is your favourite household appliance?/ Really

My girlfriends and I had a great time reminiscing the old days when we visited the National Museum early this week. A section of the museum displayed some household appliances from the olden days. We had a good laugh at the items which look weird in this new millennium.

I have not seen any of the retro TVs. I think they are cool. :)

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I remember we had a whistling kettle, the light-weight iron and cake mixer then. We also owned a rotary dial phone. We were the first household in our block of apartments to apply for a land line, so neighbours would come knocking on our door, asking to borrow our phone at odd times of the day. That was pretty irritating for us.  

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My favourite household appliance is an antique sewing machine which once belonged to my Mum. It's really old but it works fine.

I have been busy sewing new curtains for my house and also for my Mum, in preparation for the Chinese New Year. It's really too early to prepare for Chinese New Year but a Filipino friend sent me bales of pretty white lace which I couldn't wait to show off to my visitors. :)      




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  1. KenSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 12:29:00 AM GMT+8

    ewww A tv that looks exactly like a balloon, no thanks for me :D

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 10:46:00 AM GMT+8

      haha.... the TVs are too small for me, I am used to my big screen TV.

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  2. MaRSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 1:22:00 AM GMT+8

    Please show what you are sewing!!! happy weekend, ECL

    photohunts

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  3. AnonymousSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 1:58:00 AM GMT+8

    we still have that old school sewing machine at home. until last year it was still working. now i think we need to get a new fangled one with all the bells and whistles for sewing projects.

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 10:49:00 AM GMT+8

      My Mum's old school sewing machine was still good after more than 4 decades. I have an electric motor added to it a couple of years ago and it is giving me problems now. :(

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  4. CarverSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 2:06:00 AM GMT+8

    That's a beautiful old sewing machine.

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 10:50:00 AM GMT+8

      Yes, an antique. I can't buy another one like this to replace.

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  5. YTSLSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 11:02:00 AM GMT+8

    Wow, photos from the national museum again! I really hope there are lots of people as appreciative of it and museums in general as you! :)

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 11:05:00 AM GMT+8

      I hope more Singaporeans will visit our museums to see how life was like in the olden days and then learn to appreciate what they are having now. :)

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  6. magiceyeSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 12:08:00 PM GMT+8

    Lovely takes on the themes

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  7. cocominoSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 3:22:00 PM GMT+8

    They are nostalgic machine I like them because they work for many years :)

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  8. wennSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 5:13:00 PM GMT+8

    I have that sewing machines too. It belongs to my late MIL. But I don't have the time to use it.

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  9. GattinaSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 5:38:00 PM GMT+8

    I saw a similar exposition here and I thought the 60th style is coming back again ! My grandma used to have a Singer sewing machine which looked similar to yours !!

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  10. linaSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 8:15:00 PM GMT+8

    I have that sewing machine too, ECL. And it works fine! :-)

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  11. Sandi @the WhistleStop CafeSaturday, July 20, 2013 at 11:26:00 PM GMT+8

    I'd really like to see those white lacy curtains... Maybe we will have a 'curtain' photohunt :-)

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  12. Susan DemeterSunday, July 21, 2013 at 8:31:00 PM GMT+8

    Love those tvs. they look funky and I like retro :)

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  13. Small KucingMonday, July 29, 2013 at 11:50:00 AM GMT+8

    Hey! I have the same sewing mchine here too. Works okay but need to find someone to service it. Singer

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