Current Initatives
The collection of five million memories begins with small, simple initiatives. Learn more about our ongoing collection efforts and how you can participate.
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Hands that brought us up – share with us memories of your mum!
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iremember goes to Paya Lebar (on Saturday, 27 April)
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irememberCliffordPier Contest
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iremember goes to Tampines
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irememberParks – Greening Singapore
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Singapore World Water Day 2013
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Campaign City
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Pledging Your Blog
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The Singapore Story: My Heart, My Hope, My Home.
Latest Articles
News, research and opinion on memory, nostalgia and heritage in Singapore, updated weekly.
Fireworks are expensive, and disappear in the blink of an eye
by Wong Pei Ting Garbed in a tight geometrically-patterned shirt and sharp creased bell-bottom slacks, a cigarette perched between his fingers added to the swagger, as L&M Construction Chemicals’ mechanic Wong Joon Choi dawdled at a makeshift drink stall that stood at the entrance of his workplace on a weekend. It was a premeditated move. ...
My Grandparents’ Romance
by Diana Rahim When I first told my grandparents I wanted to write about them, I received polarised responses. My grandmother was cautious and raised several questions regarding the slightest details. My grandfather on the other hand was enthusiastic. When I came over with my mother, he immediately brought out two brown envelopes filled with ...
Hands that brought us up – share with us memories of your mum!
Our mother’s pair of hands – we nestled in their warmth when we were infants, and grabbed hold of them as toddlers wobbling our way around. They pat us on our backs when we have done well (or smack us when we misbehaved), and embraced us when things seems down. How often do we pay ...
York Kuen Dressmaker – A Mother’s Day Story
York Kuen Dressmaker by Jacqueline Tan I am not afraid to say this: I owe everything I have to an old sewing machine, needles and thread – and my mother’s bare hands. She, Yip York Kuen, tailors clothes, anything from cheongsams to cocktail dresses, for a living. York Kuen Dressmaker is nestled among the many ...
SMP Appreciation Night – An Evening to Remember
In late March this year, the Singapore Memory Project (SMP) organised its first-ever appreciation event for its Memory Corps volunteers and SMP’s most active partners at the National Museum of Singapore. It was an evening filled with smiles and laughter as we celebrated the contributions of our most avid supporters of SMP, without whom we ...
iremember goes to Paya Lebar (on Saturday, 27 April)
The Singapore Memory Project (SMP), Paya Lebar Community Arts & Culture Club and Paya Lebar Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC) have come together to bring to you iremember goes to Paya Lebar as part of the Paya Lebar Arts Village festivities. Read^ about memories of people, places and events in Paya Lebar and visit the SMP ...
