Today, 心血来潮..decided to went on a reminiscence trip back into 52 street..The place seems to have changes with the new dress-up...less vibrant as before....the void deck which used to be filled with children playing and shouting are dimmed to elderly strolling and squandering their last few of years of time....The playground which used to be filled with sand allows us to dig tunnels and hide inside and climbing structures which allows us to be monkeys...trees which allows us to used as bases for baseball games all changes to cold cement floors, children and senior citizen friendly tools...
The old provision shop which used to sell my favourite ice-cream,candies and biscuits still remains...but the crowd seems to have drawn away by the devil's arm of super mart monopolies...
Right next to my old place was my primary school...the school which used to own a luxurious field with fresh air and scenic views..now have to split the pie to another school...how pathetic?
The barber shop which i always got my hair cut from still exist in the mist of urban changes...still remember how the lazy me used to always being chased by my parents to get my hair cut...even though the barber is just a few minutes away...Come to think of it...how ignorant i was to exploit the luxury of food, necessities and services which are distance away from my home...Now, to get all these things i have to go a longer distant...and not being able to get the equivalent quality as well...
I saw this really old tidbit store and saw all the rectangular childhood memories and decided to get myself some childhood biscuits back...like 苏打饼, 耳朵饼,糖心饼..bought a pack of 冰条 as well...used to break the ice tube like martial art artist...it's been 10 years since i left this area....and i still prefer market and provision mama stalls compared to blocks of shopping chillers and commercialized food court...it just loses the bit of humanity and warmth...少了一点人情味与温暖..
Oh...it's the opening of supermarket today...went to sembawang and they say not available...but when i went to popular...i managed to get myself a pack of fishes...wanted to get myself a pack of strawberries or vegetables but they only have fishes..still the freshness of good music still worth buying...
