Monday, June 12, 2006
Castle and village
8/6/06
Found my way to school today by stalking 2 gals in uniform. Good move it was, cos they led me on an interesting walk. Cross the main road, past shops and kopitiams, past carparks, in and out of a community centre, past an enclosed soccer place, past a playground, more carparks, to a road where the 'draw bridge' separated the commoner's area from the castle. Yes, to the exclusive village which will be my home for the next few years to come.
The entire feel of the place was awesome. Let me comment on the 'commoner's area' first. It's under the opposition party right, therefore it has retained its historic feel. When you walk into it, you get transported 10 years back in time, to olden Singapore. But the atmosphere is so friendly, one in which grandparents and aunties do their marketing at neightbourhood market, have breakfast with their grandchildren at the kopitiam (not S11 foodcourt kinds, but the kind where the layout is all haphazard and still contains old wooden chairs and metal tables), old men playing chess, admiring their birds in the cage, lim-ming kopi/teh/diao-her etc, ah-mas and ah-peis chatting merrily and watching over their grandchildren as they play at the playground or ride their little kiddy bikes... you get the idea. Heh. Love it. Is that why the residents of PP have continually voted for CST? I think that's what the PAP is trying to cultivate right? The friendly neighbourhood feel. But it's hard when you keep on adding high-tech stuff and upgrading and all without taking into account the emphasis on neighbourliness. At PP, one can experience the natural and relaxed environment amidst the chatty residents. It's not contrived, or forced, as in many other estates. All in all, thumbs up for the atmosphere.
Oh, another important thing... it has good food! Yummy economical beehoon, with luncheon meat and fishcake please. Heh. Followed by my favourite tau-huey, thank you very much. =)
Now for the exclusive village. Why exclusive? Cos it's enclosed by the Kallang River and the expressway. Almost inaccessible. Heh. Sense of ownership. Only those who belong can enter. Based on feeeeeliinnngg, I like it. A Christian environment, efficient staff, friendly colleagues, P and DP, cozy place to myself in the staffroom despite being directly under the air-con, nice studying school environment which promises lots of fun things as well. Hmm. I do hope I get ODAC as a CCA. I'm excited.
Found my way to school today by stalking 2 gals in uniform. Good move it was, cos they led me on an interesting walk. Cross the main road, past shops and kopitiams, past carparks, in and out of a community centre, past an enclosed soccer place, past a playground, more carparks, to a road where the 'draw bridge' separated the commoner's area from the castle. Yes, to the exclusive village which will be my home for the next few years to come.
The entire feel of the place was awesome. Let me comment on the 'commoner's area' first. It's under the opposition party right, therefore it has retained its historic feel. When you walk into it, you get transported 10 years back in time, to olden Singapore. But the atmosphere is so friendly, one in which grandparents and aunties do their marketing at neightbourhood market, have breakfast with their grandchildren at the kopitiam (not S11 foodcourt kinds, but the kind where the layout is all haphazard and still contains old wooden chairs and metal tables), old men playing chess, admiring their birds in the cage, lim-ming kopi/teh/diao-her etc, ah-mas and ah-peis chatting merrily and watching over their grandchildren as they play at the playground or ride their little kiddy bikes... you get the idea. Heh. Love it. Is that why the residents of PP have continually voted for CST? I think that's what the PAP is trying to cultivate right? The friendly neighbourhood feel. But it's hard when you keep on adding high-tech stuff and upgrading and all without taking into account the emphasis on neighbourliness. At PP, one can experience the natural and relaxed environment amidst the chatty residents. It's not contrived, or forced, as in many other estates. All in all, thumbs up for the atmosphere.
Oh, another important thing... it has good food! Yummy economical beehoon, with luncheon meat and fishcake please. Heh. Followed by my favourite tau-huey, thank you very much. =)
Now for the exclusive village. Why exclusive? Cos it's enclosed by the Kallang River and the expressway. Almost inaccessible. Heh. Sense of ownership. Only those who belong can enter. Based on feeeeeliinnngg, I like it. A Christian environment, efficient staff, friendly colleagues, P and DP, cozy place to myself in the staffroom despite being directly under the air-con, nice studying school environment which promises lots of fun things as well. Hmm. I do hope I get ODAC as a CCA. I'm excited.
# posted by Banana Saviour @ 12:06 PM 
