The old estate

Know this place?

Yep, it's Tiong Bahru. I thought it would be a quiet town, somewhere where the old people are the majority folks living there. Well, I am one third right, haha. Cos' the place is bustling with people in the morning! And yea, though many old folks live there, there are many folks of other ages too. Many many cars streaming along the roads. Not what I've expected. Singaporeans. Foreign workers. The flats are spacious. (hmm, I din enter people's houses lah... guess from the outside, hahaha.)

Phone booth. I think foreign maids/ blue collar workers use it most often ya... but those at my neighbourhood more hip/ rich, they use handphones.



" Built in the 1930s, Tiong Bahru Estate is one of the oldest housing estates in Singapore. The apartment blocks are made up of two to five-storey flats and the units are assorted three to five-room apartments.

The construction style of the estate is a mix of art deco and local Straits Settlements shop-house architecture. The flats feature rounded balconies, flat rooftops, spiral staircases, light wells and underground storage and shelters. One notable feature of Tiong Bahru estate is that all its streets are named after Chinese pioneers of the 19th and early 20th centuries (Lim Liak, Kim Pong, Guan Chuan, Chay Yan, etc.)

Not many people could afford to live in the Tiong Bahru Estate during the pre-World War II years. It was the choice place of living for the upper class and also the place where the rich and powerful kept their mistresses. For this reason, the estate used to be known as Mei Ren Wuo (“den of beauties” in Chinese)" [Extracted from Wikipedia. For more, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiong_Bahru_Estate]

That's all, folks. Bye bye~