6th May 2002 - Man Recalls Japanese Occupation Experience

58 years ago in 1944, on a period during the Japanese occupation, survivor Mr Heng Ah saw his Kampong and working mate die horribly at the fate of the Japanese. "We were all troubled. One of us happened to chance upon a couple of bottles of beer and we thought it would be a good way to forget our troubles. That way, we all became drunk and made our way back home." However on the way back, they encountered some Japanese soldiers. "We were frightened. Then, my friend Ah Seng found a warehouse of potatoes and we all ran in to hide behind sacks of potatoes." The Japanese soldiers entered the warehouse and when they saw no one, they started poking every sack of potato. "When they poked Ah Seng's sack, he meowed, pretending to be a cat. "When they poked my sack, I barked, pretending to be a dog. "When they poked my other friends sack, sigh, he shouted out "potatoes" and in an instant, was gone." This tragic story has been sent in to the Museum of Crappy Experiences and will be showcased sometime in the far future.