Went today for a haircut at my favourite barber – Tanglin Halt’s Champion hair-dressing Salon. (My favourite because not many people knows how to handle the ‘wire’ growing out of my head and give me a quality hair cut. May the barber Mr. Wong and his family live long and prosper! God bless his wonderful soul!)
I took these photos with the Nokia 7390 on my way back to the MRT station and I must say I am pleased with the quality of the pictures.
 Tanglin Halt ‘Zup Lau’ (10 Storey) |
I spent a good 20 overs years of my life here. Walking past here today brought back much memories – the time I spent catching spiders, or ‘long kang fish’ in the drain, the playmates at the playground, and the Chinese chess playing old uncle with an attitude. For as long as I can remember until 1997, I had lived here. Even though I had spent my primary school years in the Outram / Jalan Kukoh area, I spent most of my teenage years in this neighbourhood. This is the path that I had spent several years walking past almost everyday during my secondary days. But soon there will be nothing left of this place as it has been selected for SERS. Everything will be torn down probably in the next year, just like they did with Outram Park. |
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Nice little skyscrapers near Commonwealth MRT. The things that will wipe the memories of my childhood off the face of the Earth forever. When I looked at them, I can’t help but feel a sense of loss. I can’t help but be reminded that I am ageing and my era is slowly passing. I felt very much like something in me had died – just like the passing of Doraemon’s [小叮铛] author, and also the retirement of Old Master Q’s [老夫子] author. When I was younger, I had once wanted to be immortal and to live forever… I am not so sure of that anymore. |
 The replacement HDB flats |