It’s finally happened! They’ve completely
demolished the buildings that once housed my beloved primary school – the
Braddell Rise School.
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Although Braddell
Rise School itself had ceased to exist for a number of years now; having moved
to Toa Payoh and adopted a different name, the old buildings had been retained
and housed a number of different welfare homes such as the Minds Tampines Home,
and the Society of Moral Charities. Hence, over the years, whenever I drive
past this place; especially when I was on the MacRitchie Viaduct, I could catch
a glimpse of my alma mater where I enjoyed many fond childhood memories.
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Sorry, the date on the new photos should be 29/8/2014
Still I am comforted by two facts. One, the buildings were not torn down to
make way for another condo; but for the expansion of its neighbour, the Assisi Hospice. Two, they had not done this earlier. When I
first blogged about BRS in November 2005, I speculated that when they started building
the MacRitchie Viaduct, they certainly would have to clear this piece of land.
But to my pleasant surprise, they did not; and over the years, I was able to
visit it a few times. And in fact just last year, I was there with my friend
James Seah for a photo shoot for an article in the Straits Times.
Still, I cannot help but feel a tinge of
sadness when I pass by this place now and take a habitual glance towards where
BRS once stood and realize the harsh reality of life in Singapore. We simply
have no room for sentimentality on the little island ‘paradise”.
PS – You can read more about my memories of
BRS, as well as those of my classmates Kim Aii Chan and Lee Sock Gek in my
book, Good Morning Yesterday.
6 comments:
Nice to see your posting after so many months !
I've been spending more time on Facebook.
How can we forgotten about Queensway Shopping Centre and Jumbo Restaurant...
Come Chinese New Year holidays, our neighbours (younger ones)used to played the cards game. Win or lose, we will pooled together for the western meals at Jumbo for everybody :)
Hi Chun See, dun abandon / neglect this blog!
I remembered you lamented about being unable to see maps detailing your lor kinchir...I just stumbled upon this
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If you scroll thru the years, you can see lor kinchir... and of course im more interested in my toa payoh heheh :)
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