a walk down memory lane

this evening, i took bus service 67, intending to stop at either geylang or new upper changi road to check out some eating places. somehow, i ended up at tekka. i had a glass of teh halia (ginger tea) and three vadais, at 30 cts a vadai.

i crossed serangoon road and walked along upper dickson road. i was going back in time, to the days when i was a toddler. i stayed at a house at the corner of upper dickson road and clive street. the house is still there. the goodwill electronic company now occupies the place. so is the coffee shop across the road; the coffee shop with the zinc roofing must have been around for at least 60 years old.

i walked down dunlop street. i remember spending my school holidays with a distant relative who lived at 80 dunlop street. i also walked down campbell lane, past the house where my late grandmother used to live in. at the corner of dunlop street, where the pink building now stands, i reminisce the times when i helped to sell syrup drinks at 10 cents a glass.

the church building has been around for as long as i can remember. it has somewhat retained the colour that was used long ago. the karung guni trade, along the road leading to the church, has been in existence in that area since the early 60s.