Hello all ... i have just realized i havent been adding new posts for quite some time now ... and now , i shall add one , that will hopefully , bring back the readers ... my friends ....
today , i am gonna talk about my dear hometown ... to my buddies maybe ... my mountain ...
why is that so ? i am gonna bring you on a tour to my town .... Depot Road ...
I have been living in this area for 17 years now .... the whole of my life actually ... living in 2 seperate units , because of the en-bloc about 4 years ago ... i am now living in a newer flat ... much higher ... maybe a little smaller ... but i have my own room , which is the good thing ...
through out these 17 years of living here ... i never expected anyone to know much about this place ... indeed ... i am always correct ... its always : 'where do you live in ?'
then ill say : 'Depot road ... you know where ?' and it often takes explaination and i doubt people know where the exact place is until they've been there personally ....
i do not blame them .... the place is simply just too ulu ... its a passage , a long stretch of road ... linking telok blangah to queensway ... thats all ... thats all the things i have to say about this place .... nothing much ... ooh ! its landmark ... its actually CMPB ... which i always have to mention to taxi drivers ...
its a rather a religious place though ... it has an indian temple , chinese temple , taoist temple , and a church ... all within the stretch of the town ...
and if youve been to vivo city food republic ... theres this store ... depot road laksa ... i can tell you proudly ... it used to be a store downstairs my old block .... i nv liked it though ... never a fan of hot firey spicy food .... besides ... the auntie is always 'temperamental'...
ok ... ill go into the topography now ... my town ... it is located at the south of the main island , about 4 km off the coast towards sentosa ... is right at the hill side of the telok blangah hill park .... it is sort of a hilly area around there ... u might just fall off the hill ....
erm .. actually not ... it is hilly however ...
and about my town .... its a rather cold , yet busy town ... cold because my neighbours always has their doors shut , but ours is always open ... and busy because, theres a HP and SCI factory right opposite of my block .... not forgetting .. theres also an estate of warehouses ... both blue and white collars are a common sight at lunch time ... they just add life to this little town ...
after the en-bloc ... the town has been introduced to many new things ... one that is worth a mention is the depot road shopping center .... it has escalators ! and has a fairprice , and a seven-eleven ... a pool parlour ... a coffeeshop ... and a restaurant ...
everything is within reach after its introduction ... and in fact, i have thought to myself ... if one day , everyone is to be trapped within town ... somehow , well get to survive ... because , we have everything ... haha ...
i consider it a hip place ... for the retirees though ... its not vibrant ... not at all ... perhaps they should open a macdonalds .... i am sure i will patronise the place more ... for sure ...
By now , you would think that i actually dislike this place ... but in fact ... i feel that it is the 3rd most habitable place in my opinion ...
1st being sixth avenue ... because its posh ...
2nd being orchard road .... because its cool and hip ....
then Depot road ... reason being :
perhaps i am too used to this place ... but i feel that its un-hipness is being compromised by its serenity within ... in here .. you can be as close to nature as it is right behind your block .... and in fact , id choose a quite place to settle within rather than a hustling and bustling area ... where the roads are never going to give you a piece of peace ...
you get really comfy around here when you need it ... nights are always cooling, peaceful and silent ... perhaps thats why they call this a mountain ...
a place to heal your busy souls ....
dont i just love this place !
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