I was
interviewed for this programme for my views on the demolition of the old
National Library at Stamford Road as well as my views, in general, of
conservation old buildings and what factors should be considered etc. etc.
As
expected, in the final programme, I appeared only briefly for less than half a
minute. Nevertheless, it was still much better than the episode of Project Neighbourhood on Jurong which was aired on Okto Channel in October last year. For
that interview, the whole tv crew came to my home and set up camera, lights,
sound etc. After spending practically the whole morning; plus an earlier
meeting with the researcher, my appearance in the programme was just a flitting
5 or 6 seconds. I must confess that I felt quite let down.
Recently, I
was put in charge of producing a video to commemorate the 40th
anniversary of my church. I interviewed many old timers including former
pastors for that 15-minute video. In the end, I could only use a tiny segment
of some of the interviews. I think some of my friends are going to be quite
disappointed; but that, I have come to understand, is “part of the business”. Still I have a valid excuse. I am an amateur with no experience in this business.
Anyway,
while they were filming me at my house, my wife did some filming of her own;
and so I might as well not waste the footage and let my readers here in Good
Morning Yesterday, have a rough glimpse of what they could have seen and heard that night.
Although I never lived in Jurong, they
were interested in my memories of my army days in Safti. At that time, we spent
a lot of time training in the public areas like Hong Kah and Jurong (behind
Nantah). I talked, among other things, of how the civilians used to sell
food and drinks to us, and rushed to pick out the spent rifle cartridges (blanks of course) to sell as scrap. The interviewer was also quite interested to hear my stories
of Peng Kang Hill and the famous, supposedly haunted Magazine Tower (#2?) at
Safti.
Once bitten twice shy. No more Oak Trees for me.
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