Anybody remember the National Theatre? Chances are that if you do, you’d be over 30. What happens when a younger generation of Singaporeans encounters a building that was demolished before their time?
Siva aka Otterman has one such account, when he introduces the National Theatre to 19-year-old Joycelyn, who had never seen the theatre before.
In order to bring balance to The Force, Ngan Kee then decided to orientate Jocelyne to the landscape of the National Theatre, walking her past the Van Kleef Aquarium to the river. As she compared it with present day Singapore, amusingly enough, she struggled to finish the narrative. No longer familiar with the present day environs of Singapore River, Jocelyne chipped in shakily and then we all sighed.
The well uttered refrain must have been bubbling in our minds, ‘Singapore changes so much’.
Singapore changes so much, and so fast indeed. Read Siva’s post here.
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