past memories~~

dun be mistaken.. this time round the past memories has nuts to do with r/s stuffs.. its all about my childhood memories... today we went down to my former grandma's place ( my granny passed away 8 yrs back ) for her death anniversary thingy.. woke up ard 8 plus by my mum & went down to the chinatown hawker centre for our breakfast... had the urge to eat those very traditional food like 芋头糕, 糯米饭, 油条..

den we took a bus down instead of taking the train.. gt a chance to walk the on the pathway which i haven been walking for more den 10 over yrs... everything has changed.. the buildings that used to reside those nonya families were pulled down & has turned into a carpark now.. the pathway that used to lead up to the staircase has become a place where the coffeeshop place their tables n chairs.. the old HDB buildings with the restaurant & carpark in front of em were pulled down to make way for newer HDB buildings that are taller now.... how time flies rite.....

after seeing so many changes, i saw a barrier in front of me which is e only way to lead me to a staircase down to my granny's place.. i tot the stairs is demolished or wat when i saw those barrier.. haha.. well, its actually there just to prevent the cars from parking at the pavement in front of it... the warehouse which i used to stand at my granny's window when i was young to watch the workers moved the crates has become a new condo with swimming pool.... that is how fast singapore is changing & how human memories fail on em... its only when u go back to the same place den all those small tinny winny memories that u haf kept deep inside ur heart will come back to u...

now i understand one thing.. time really wait for no one & how those changes changed everything.. its undeniable that all those changes are necessary to make the society a better place to live in & to make us more competitive against other countries... but haf u ever tot & realised that nowadays, we are growing further & further apart from each other.. is this a side effect of those changes or its just me?? in the past when i was young, i feel that ppl are closer & frenlier to one another.. isit because i am young den & is more innocent so i tot ppl are frenlier n closer??

that is why i prefer those older buildings n things.. i am not an antique person la.. i just feel that those old buildings have a life in em... they are 'alive', alive with memories of all the ppl that had played a part inside of em or have let the buildings played a part in their life... there are 人情味 inside em which is missing in those new buildings.. that is why when i heard that some places like maxwell market, tiong bahru market, chinatown building would be upgraded, i felt quite emotional... i am really afraid that the area ard my granny's place will go thru this kinda things also.... most of the places which played a part in contributing to my childhood memories were 'gone' ( everything has changed apart from the address ).. i really dun hope that the most impt place will change also..

cant believe i am such a 念旧 person rite??