If you’re ever in Singapore and want to experience the remnants of old world charm, check out these places:
Jubilee Coffee in Changi (1960s theme).
Cafe Coldbar at Wessex Estate, 9A Whitchurch Road (British army days). Photo by @sgfoodonfoot
Saddle Club (members-only, but the cafe is open to the public).
Some parts of Singapore are still green; the rest of the island I’m sorry to say is mostly cement and glass. Yes, I’m sorry.
I was born here in 1965. It was more exotic before I came. American journalist Nellie Bly must’ve have found it more exciting when she arrived in the 1800s.
Let me just give you an idea of how it was: when I was a kid, whenever I followed my mother to the bank along Scotts Road/Orchard Road, there was a snake charmer sitting outside the building. Imagine that.
Well, I just thought I give a residual taste of the past, or at least what’s left of them.
Nowadays, people are rushing to who knows where. If you ask me, l find it boring.
[I don’t own the photos; they may be subject to copyright]
