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

[@rayamatariki7880]

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]

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]

Skateboarding started in Bedok in 1982

[@kjthekunoichi]

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

[@ainouta123]

The team behind making this video has got heart.

[@liro_mngbt]

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.

[@oneadultt7399]

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]

Hi my neighbour. Great memories 👍

[@oneadultt7399]

@@coldcarlsberg 🤗🤗🤗

[@SuccessforLifester]

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

[@oneadultt7399]

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

[@tteo8457]

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.

[@farahadila89]

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

[@Jaacktang]

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

[@coldcarlsberg]

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]

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]

Your sec schl is Famous

[@Fairoz93]

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

[@godsamazinggrace5331]

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

[@SuccessforLifester]

Bedok is amazing with many hawker centres to choose from.

[@bienkee5278]

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

[@chrislee4229]

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]

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

[@SuccessforLifester]

@@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]

Pasir ris is chill but not much good food

[@SuccessforLifester]

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

[@yusoffjamaludin7359]

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

[@ahkl77]

Amazing showcase, keep up the good work CNA

[@kjthekunoichi]

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👍👍

[@TheAjitto87]

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]

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

[@mdtaufiqkhan]

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

[@dlwabbit]

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]

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😞

[@mistyflora8024]

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

[@mistyflora8024]

Block 405 oldest building and best view

[@oneadultt7399]

What a amazing video I actually watch till the end.

[@prettycatmint4514]

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

[@SuccessforLifester]

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

[@fokrupert6840]

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

[@abdtalibmohd3354]

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]

At interchange phone booths too lol

[@mohammadamir1261]

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

[@megosaur.]

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

[@dominick8663]

me too!!!

[@SuccessforLifester]

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]

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 [e-mail] and we might get in touch!

[@godsamazinggrace5331]

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

[@Rayxnyc]

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

[@Rayxnyc]

Bravo

[@MsNazzy2325]

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

[@SpacebarWarrior]

Great series!

[@fleng]

bedokians loving it!

[@charlottefivez152]

Such a wonderful video !!

[@amirulaiman12]

great series!!

[@danisha48877]

Maintain this heartland as it is please. Nostalgic

[@udcaps]

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

[@thebrightfen]

Bedok is a super awesome place!

[@tlyc49]

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

[@mohammadamir1261]

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 ...

[@wirdahere]

i love this 🥺

[@vicktor4076]

Born and raised in Bedok!!

[@haziqaminuddin2979]

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

[@makkaucbkia9640]

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

[@mohammadamir1261]

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

[@haziqaminuddin2979]

@@mohammadamir1261 really ?! Again hais

[@mohammadamir1261]

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

[@JacksonOfDork]

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

[@kaktees]

12:56 I agree wholeheartedly

[@maomao180]

quality content

[@endowpanda]

AMAZING VIDEO

[@ThereIsNoTrueLove]

east side best side

[@jumalishahanan3373]

The Best

[@WorldAfterCovid19TV]

Nice! 👍

[@godsamazinggrace5331]

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

[@glowish1993]

Why not both?

[@godsamazinggrace5331]

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

[@glowish1993]

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

[@godsamazinggrace5331]

@@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]

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

[@chiakelvin7381]

I miss home..

[@MrBryancslim]

Anybody noticed the shop name, 'Limpeh Barbershop'.

[@makkaucbkia9640]

Anything wrong?

[@holoqene]

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

[@gamigam6420]

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]

I still say in bedok since small

[@nuthofficial6433]

Good News

[@TheSunMoon]

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

[@cvhawkeye6255]

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]

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

[@miaomiao07]

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]

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

[@jianmn]

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]

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.

[@UnwrappingByMimiKoteng]

Asian Boss Singapore Version

[@blackenskatography9928]

RUN BDK!!!! My Homies!!!

[@cheerlin]

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

[@jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti]

Welcome to the hood.

[@Aurica34]

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

[@Rascalboy-ew1bs]

Interesting

[@whiteknight881]

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

[@はな-u7b]

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

[@whiteknight881]

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

[@はな-u7b]

@@whiteknight881 no probs!

[@sdqsdq6274]

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

[@SuccessforLifester]

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

[@PickyEye]

It’s definitely an unrated estate in Singapore.

[@manithangavalu7885]

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.

[@rLegitian]

Welcome To The Hood

[@LimYQS]

Bedok View peeps fall in lol

[@ProtoKJ]

14:06 hor never wear mask

[@inthenewsbw2003]

Bed-OK

[@jrukawa11]

WP

[@purplerecordsshots9283]

BEDOK!!

[@Honeymagmangospoof]

So basically a place for all the mats and minahs lol

[@makkaucbkia9640]

@@holoqene lol you lor

[@holoqene]

@@makkaucbkia9640 ok boomer

[@hairulalifbinabdulraman5778]

😫😫😫

[@ayidisme8321]

West is still the best. No offence.

[@dannychong7842]

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)

[@limpek001]

Bolo is not a good nickname for any Malay lol.

[@VeryNazStuff]

any malay?

[@sdqsdq6274]

lol why not , there a famous skater name toyol

[@lorryfanatic8405]

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

[@Aurica34]

what does bolo mean in malay?

[@SuccessforLifester]

Skateboarding damaged public infrastructure.

[@sdqsdq6274]

lol ? thats why there skate park for them to trash

[@SuccessforLifester]

@@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]

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

[@lorryfanatic8405]

no one asked just dont say anything🤫

[@SuccessforLifester]

@@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.

[@volksraad6253]

I thought she's a male

[@makkaucbkia9640]

You must be blind

[@wan8655]

Boring