stories
The most memorable memory is most neighbours would have their door open so all the children would be running/cycling up and down the corridor and in and out of people’s houses and in the playground, all the children in the neighbourhood would gather and play there everyday.
The most significant part is the giant football field right beside the MRT, it was an open space and my friends and I used to play football matches there on the weekends. During election periods, rallies would be held there too and we would go down and watch the different parties and their speeches.
Back then I stayed really close to the highway and we could see Woodlands Checkpoint from our window. The market place near the Checkpoint was very significant as it was where people in the neighborhood would enjoy meals and buy groceries together. I would also drive into Malaysia to get cheaper petrol in the middle …
The most significant part in the neighbourhood is the Fajar Shopping Centre. When I was a child, I cried and screamed there. Now, most folks still remember me and labelled me as the “Fajar kid”. I met my best friend in my neighborhood school, Zhenghua Primary School. We all didn’t know that we will be …
Serangoon Garden Secondary School was right beside my house. Often, I would cross over the school with my friends and go play soccer in the school’s soccer field. There is also a huge grass patch with a slope where my friends and I would slide down using cardboards. During the holidays, we would also fly …
Studied at Pei Tong Primary school and used to meet her best friend, Debby, every morning. They used to go to the Char Kway Teow stall below their block and used to bring eggs from their home for the uncle to avoid extra cost for their food. As they did not have phones back in …
Worked at McDonald which was my first part-time job during the school holidays. Got to know a lot of things that I previously didn’t know. Met many nice and nasty people. Always hanging out till morning with the colleagues I got to know. It was fun and memorable. There’s one incident where two of my …
The most significant part of the neighbourhood are the shops around Bukit Ho Swee. Being able to go for the 50 cent movies and buy cheap snacks when i was younger. The most memorable memory is the Bukit Ho Swee fire. I lived there and on that day of the incident, i snuck out with …
The most memorable memory is going to the library every weekend with primary school friends in the ’70s and ’80s because everything is free. At one point, we were obsessed with a book on ornamental fish (e.g. fighting fish) and would memorize the latin names of the fish.
The most memorable memory is playing at the playground after school with my classmates. We used to play hide and seek and Hopsotch a lot. After playing, we will head over to the nearby Mama shop buy our favourite snacks such as Biscuit Piring Wafer.
