Jon's Hobby Collections

Here is how a Johnny Walker Black Label 12 years box looks like in the early 1990s.  Quite hard to find boxes like these exist as most of them are sent back for recycling. If you are a box collector, this item is suitable for you.

Here is a postcard done by Hope Church to promote the event Alter Ego in the year 2018. I went for the event organised by my church that time. That event is about of real life stories of people who experience Christ transformation in them.  It was really a good sharing and I wouldn't forget my friend's sharing live during that event. Overall, it was an excellent event and many lives were touched on that day. Talking about this card, the designer of the card even made things more creative too, by allowing the sender to post these cards to their friends too !!!

Here is a collection of my vintage bathroom set that comes in amazing retro colours. It consist of 2 cups and 2 soap holder.  These set here are brand new and have not been used at all

These rattan baskets are quite common back then, as many users will use them as a fruit basket. These baskets can be used for many other purposes also and there is no limiting use for them. These baskets doesn't come with a holding handle but they can be stack up easily. The measurement of this basket is 28 cm in diameter and have a depth of 8 cm. Overall, these baskets are really good for decorative purposes and I am selling them on Carousell as I have a number of them. The price for these 2 baskets are 30 Singapore dollars. Do note that this basket is an original vintage one and my grandma have kept it for more than 30 years already.

Here is a rare mail with old stamps attached too. It was first time I ever receive a mail where the stamps are older than me. The first stamp features a concorde plane and it was out in 1979. The middle stamp features Asean Trade Fair in the year 1980 and the last stamp on the right features 25th anniversary of Central Provident Fund Board (CPF in short),  Singapore back in 1980 also. When I first saw this mail, I felt like I travel back in time to the 80s. I am very happy for this Carousell seller who sent my red packets using old stamps. Bravo to you, LimAJ !!!

Regardless of generation, does this seem familiar to some of you out there in Singapore? Well if not, this is actually a coupon to redeem healthy points on the Healthy 365 mobile app. You gather the points and in the end, you can exchange them for food vouchers or public transport top ups. This event is valid for a season which started on June 2018 and ends in December 2018.  When you purchase any food at selected food stalls bearing the healthy choice logo, you are entitled for one ticket that represent one point under the eating category. I just found this left in my stationary box not long ago. If not, I remember correctly, it is not used at all. There is a QR code at the back of the ticket for users to scan and redeem the points. I bet some of us will take more tickets when the person is not looking in order to get more points, and I was one of them too. HEHEHE, now you know something interesting about me.

This enamel mug belongs to my uncle who got married in the 80s. Besides this enamel cup, there are also many other accessories that are serve together as well such as the double happiness enamel bowls and plates, basket and a few other gifts. Front view Bottom view Side view Inside  This vintage mug serve as part of the dowry set that represent the blessing to the new wedding couple and it must be serve in pair.

Ever wonder how does an old vintage cupboard looks like ?? Well I found one perfect example to share with you guys. Here is a rare vintage dressing cupboard from the late 40s or maybe during the early 50s era. This cupboard is specially belongs to my late great grandmother who have owned it for the longest period of time. Made from solid teak wood, this piece here is really a big white elephant in the house. I remember it takes about 3 people to carry this cupboard from upstairs the old shop house into my grandma's home. Another feature about this cupboard is that it has these unique antique made locks installed on it. These locks are commonly found on antique furniture during the early 50s era or before that. Therefore, this piece here makes a good display item for vintage lovers. The drawers for this cupboard are hard to pull out, as the drawer wood is sitting on top of the wood frame of the cupboard. Therefore, there is a lot of friction force when you pull open the drawers.

Here is a collector item as postcard from famous hotel are getting scare. Normally people will buy postcard and share with their friends or family regarding about their trip. On top of that when buying these postcards, we have the tendency to buy their local stamps and post it from the country that we visit itself.  Some creative people would buy the postcards and the stamp together and sent it to themselves just in order to collect both the postcard and the stamps too. The photo in the background shows the view of the hotel at Hong Kong Disneyland. This card is easily dated in the early 2000s and it is still in great mint condition. There are 2 designs here that I have in my collection and the design of the back of the cards are the same for all. 

At the charity, it aims to ask participants or visitors to purchase desserts from those participating restaurants and they will donate 5 Singapore dollars to National University Hospital. I know some of you who are reading my blog post are hungry and wanted to go to the event to crave something sweet, but I regret to tell you that the event is over since 31st Oct 2012. HEHEHE.... This is the back of the card. There is a lot of space for you to write your message to invite your friends.