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*(Part 1) Description of house at Silat Road. The houses owned by them were the few concrete structures there. The rest were all atap houses. Build on undulating ground, just behind General Hospital. Although better off than the rest, they made friends with everyone. Lots of gangsters in the kampung. Not wise to antagonize them. Not a well-developed place. Mud road. The wet market was more like a gathering of fishmongers and pork sellers and vegetable sellers. No street light. Electricity in the house and water-borne sanitary system compared to the house on Palmer Road. Needed to be good to the people who collected the sewage. Engaged private tutor for English and paid him $20 per month. Street wayang, Teochew opera especially during the seventh or nineth month of the Chinese calendar. People would carry own wooden stools to the open space and reserve a place.
Three fires broke out in Kampung Silat.
(Part 2)
Description of air raid shelter that interviewee's father built. Sounds of canons. Interviewee recalled always being in a state of fear. An incident where the Japanese came to interviewee's house which frightened her most. How interviewee's father was able to escape from Japanese capture. Daily life during the Japanese Occupation. How family remained self-sufficient. Regular daily lessons in English and Chinese. Ration cards. Recreation during the war.