Si Gelap or Siglap = The Dark One

Some random photo from KYTV's 'Design for Death' 2 years ago, I played the role of a corporate macho jock.

The construction next door is killing me, the market price of the houses around my neighbourhood is rising, and they are exhuming the cemetary, hopefully they are not going to use the land to build new snazzy condominiums. If not it will be pretty sad, how do we deal with rapid changes?

Next year is going to be our fourth year living in this studio/house, and we are so comfortable living in this area, if I were to ever move out from this place, I don't think I can live in other parts of Singapore, the east is a great place to be.

According to a Malay myth, when a Malay chief landed in this area, dark clouds arose and a thunderstorm took place, which led to the chieftain to call the place Siglap, a corruption of the Malay word, gelap which means "darkness that conceals". Records show that a piratical village existed at Siglap in 1845.

Another view is that while Bedok was a barren treeless area, the Siglap area has huge trees which formed a major resting area and hence was viewed as a dark place compared to the open Bedok area. - Wilkipedia