How Singapore Got Its Name….
October 23rd, 2006 by Nick Tay
When Raffles sailed up the Singapore River for the first time, he saw a Malay woman taking a bath in the river. She had left her clothes on the river bank. As Raffles sailed by, he saw a bhai sneak up and steal her clothes. The upset woman started shouting after the thief, “Singh kapoh! Singh kapoh!”
On this day in History..
- Memories - 2003
- More on Soul Mates - 2003
- Step by step... - 2005
- Faith is... - 2006
- Bright Lights in Shukbatar Square - 2007
- JJCM :- BD's Mongolian BBQ, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - 2007
- Scotland :- The Journey There - 2008
- Scotland :- Haggis - 2008


October 23rd, 2006 at 11:17 am
what does kapoh mean?
admin : its a slag for a person who is a Singh