Have you heard of Fairy Point? Today, you might have come across it while taking a weekend getaway at a chalet near Changi Village where until today it remains a popular destination for weekend gatherings. There was once a time where access to Fairy Point – and the nearby chalets – were heavily restricted, because it housed the senior members of the British military infrastructure, and then later on the holiday spot for Singaporean VIPs like members of the cabinet.

Jerome’s early memories of Fairy Point hark back to the time when security at this holiday spot was tighter:

Access to the area at that time would only have been possible by surrendering one’s identity card at the old style Police Post which was at the junction of Jalan Bekukong and Upper Changi Road … my parents would do that on each of the few occasions that we ventured into the area – as guests of one of their friends who were putting up at one of the bungalows there. My earliest impression of this was going to one which was at Fairy Point, at a large two storey bungalow, for a birthday party for one of the children of my parents’ friends, of which I have only vague memories of. What I do remember very well was the name of the area “Fairy Point” and with that, I had somehow associated the area with its large villas by the sea, one where I could imagine fairy tales being made of.

While holidaying at Fairy Point conjures images of pyjama parties and barbecues, there’s also a lot of history embedded in the buildings and trails of this area, as many of the buildings used by the colonial military were eventually taken over by the local military as well. Read more about the chalets of Changi in Jerome’s post here.