It was a blessing in disguise that my tuition was cancelled today because I had spent it very meaningfully with my dad. I use to remember that when I was young, my dad would always bring me to walk around chinatown, telling me all the stories associated with it.
Being naive and relatively young then, I couldn't recognize all the roads but I remember walking down some historical hill site called Ann Siang Hill. After exploring the area for a few times lately, I realized how the roads and buildings are connected. Since my secondary school days, I haven't got any chance to go visit Chinatown again with my dad.
Today, we drove to Chinatown and there was a traffic jam at Bt Timah despite it being non-peak hour on a Saturday. When we crossed HC, we saw that there was a chain collision involving 3 cars. OMG. I wish that all the drivers and passengers were fine. Anyway, we continued our journey and went to People's Park first. Thereafter, we walked across to the CK are where the market and hawkers are. It's so rare to find a $2 meal and I felt as if I have been transported back into time, when inflation wasn't that high.
After tucking into the delicious wanton noodle and dumpling soup, we went to had our dessert - wen tou xue. An old couple was taking charge of the store and despite their age, I could feel the love that exists between the 2 of them. They have probabaly been through lots of hardship together and it is indeed heartening to see that this old couple is spending quality time together with each other. My dessert costs only $1.30 but I was pleasantly surprised with the it - probably because the people and the surrounding created a warm environment. Not to forget, the old lady added lime on the ice and that freshened me up amidst the sorching hot day.
haha. As I continue to walk along the streets, I can't help but to think that our forefathers' generation who had made Singapore prosper would soon be gone and every bit of historical relic in Chinatown would vanish alongside with time. The younger generation doesn't feel connected to Chinatown at all. o well.
thereafter, we walked to Maxwell market and knowing that there's a very delicious hum jim pang that you can fry yourself, my curiosity got the better of me and I dragged my dad with me to find out more. It was really fun to play with the food and best of all, it tasted really great and it came at an affordable price of 6 for $1 :D yummy yum yum!
Ok, being physically exhausted and mentally drained, we made our way back. Felt really happy today because today's event has been one of my to-do-list for very long already. I really enjoyed the times spent with my dad! =)
Now that I have graduated, I am slowing adjusting my mentally and formulating my goals for the next 3-5 years. Shall write about it some day but before that, there are still some things that I want to complete this holiday and some people that I want to meet.
*loves*