A is for air-conditioning, autograph book, amah, ANZUK

B is for Bukit Timah, Beauty World, Buddha, Bedok

C is for Cola Bar, chit chats, chopsticks, Chong Pang, coke float, Cold Storage, catfish, Changi, Change Alley, cherryade, coke in a bag

D is for durian, date palms, ‘Disco Duck’, dressmakers, discos, dragons

E is for Equatorial Hotel, equator, elephants, ‘the Exorcist’

F is for fanta, funerals, fog machines, fluoro lights, Fernleaf, frangipanis

G is for ginger, gula jawa, Gillman Pool, George’s Bar, Gurkhas, grape fanta

H is for hitting the seats, Hokkien noodles, hotpants, the Hyatt, hawkers

I is for incense, Ice Kacang, ikan bilis

J is for joss sticks, James Last, Johore Bahru, junks, ‘Je t’aime’, Jurong Bird Park

K is for kampong, Kukup, Kranji War Memorial, Kiwis, kickapoo joy juice

L is for lychee, lime juice, Lloyd Leas, ladderex, lion dancers

M is for mangastein, monny drains, mee goreng, Makan stalls, mooncakes, mosquitos, Merlion, Mandarin Hotel

N is for Newton Circus, NZ Forces, night market, naan, NAAFI, Nee Soon

O is for Orchard Road, orchids, ‘OK lah’, ‘Oklahoma'

P is for peanut sauce, pirate records, ‘Push bike song’, powdered milk, pole drivers, Pasar Malam, prawn crackers

Q is for quinine

R is for rambutans, Raffles Hotel, roti, rubber plantations, rice

S is for sari, Sembawang, swimming, spitting, Skate Disco, satay, smallpox scar, ‘South Pacific’, salty plums

T is for Tengah, ‘The Big Splash’, Tiger Balm Gardens Tiger beer, Thaipusam, Terror barracks, trishaws, tailors

U is for Uriah Heep, Upper Changi Rd.

V is for vaccinations

W is for Woodlands, wet season, ‘Wig wam bam’, white shell necklaces, wayangs, ‘Wah!’, white school buses

X is for

Y is for ‘ya ya’

Z is for Zoological Gardens