DOWNTOWN LINE 2 PREVIEW ON 5 DEC 15

I attended the preview of the Downtown Line 2 stations on 5 Dec 15 and traveled to some of the stations from Rochor station to Beauty World and skipped the rest. Well, the new line will definitely make travelling easier for commuters. 

this is the Beauty World Station

PTELEOCARPA LAMPONGA

Known by the common name Tembusu tikus (Family: Boraginaceae), this interesting tree with yellow Tembusu-like flowers can be seen along Rochor Road just outside the Bugis MRT station.

SELEGIE ROAD

These old HDB blocks along Selegie Road became an icon only after they were upgraded and painted in red and white.

Just like the blocks in Rochor Centre that were painted green, yellow, blue and red, the blocks never stood out in this cityscape until they were given a of fresh coat of bright paint!

On the left of this photo is a new institutional building and on the right are concrete foundation blocks that tell of a development project that would sprout up in its place.

Would these HDB blocks remain amidst the changing landscape? Would we lose it like our National Library at Stamford Road and National Theatre at River Valley Road? Whilst these blocks do not hold as much heritage value as the former 2 iconic buildings, they hold a place in my heart.

I am sure it holds a much bigger place in my classmate's heart as he was still staying there the last time we were in contact with each other. A few of us used to gather at his place to play board games e.g. Risk, before we go out for our makan or movies etc. It has been years since he spoke of plans to move to a bigger place with his parents and I suppose he no longer stays there?

NEW MRT LINE CONSTRUCTION

The new MRT line construction is underway and trees e.g. Rain Tree, along Rochor Road, Sungei Road and Bukit Timah Road (beside Little India MRT) were felled to make way for it.

Presumably, these trees would be transplanted out to other places? It's sad to see them go as I had a hand in planting some of them.

WANTON

Under normal circumstances, you will not find me talk about food because I am just not a food person at all. But I cannot resist blogging about this wanton noodle and soup at Rochor Centre. The photo was taken on 12 Dec 09.

I don't know about others but I am simply crazy with this stall's wanton. So far, I don't know of anyone who is as hard up on this as me. I used to eat it

every morning with a colleague before we go to work at Gateway West. The chili and peppered soup are also to my liking and the noodles are usually quite q.

I must eat this every time I go down to the area to collect my comic books, about once every 2 months. Each time, I would order and eat at least 2 plates of dried noodles and a bowl of wanton soup. Even then, at $2.50 or $3 a plate (there are 2 sizes), I feel the serving is too small to quench my appetite as I would finish the noodles in just a few mouthfuls! Usually a week before I plan to collect my comic books, I would get all excited just thinking of the noodles.