My childhood years in Yishun

I cant remember vividly much of my childhood experiences before my primary school years. One of the things i can recall is that my mum was carrying my brother under the care of my grandmother. My mum once told me that i was chubby when i was young. But now, i cant seem to gain anymore weight maybe bcos of my high metabolic rate.

Looking back, I see myself visiting the zoo, har par villa, zoo etc but cant seem to recall anything significant. I lived in Yishun Ave 3 back then in a 4 storey HDB flat. I would go for swimming lessons with my younger brother every Sunday before visiting my grandmother in Bt. batok.

YJC resides just across my hse. I went there usually for a stroll, looking for insects, playing catching & soccer with some of my schoolmates. Sometimes after school, i would buy cup drinks from the vending machine within the premises of the college. There was one incident wher i was chased away by one of the staff bcos we were making too much noise..haha

I studied in Jiemin Pri. sch from Primary 1 to 4 of which i took part in the annual althetics meet in Primary 4. I particaipated in 200m and 4x100m relay and came in first place for both events!! Really shocked by my performance....Then i was invited to join the sch's track and field club to represent the school in the national track and field meet for 'D' boys. I came in runner-up in the 4x100m event but failed to get into the final round for the 400m event..just no stamina for the last burst of sprint. Even now, I still cant get gold in 2.4km run..

During Ace's day when i was in Primary 2, I accidentally fell while playing the monkey bar and dirtied my pants. My teacher noticed my muddy pants during the great Singapore workout after flag raising. She brought me to the office and offered me a new pants but i need to wash n return after that. I was really grateful but embarrassed.

Quite often during recess, I would play one leg in the carpark. It is a popular game among the lower Primary students though sometimes we get bullied by bigger boys. For lunch, my mum would give me and my brother $2 each. Every now and then, we would take a 5 mins walk to the KFC at "Chong Pang" to have either fries, whip potato or mash potatoes. Otherwise, we would 'ta pao' at coffee shop and i would buy one red bean bun everyday.

There is a park wher lots of butterflies glide about. I remembered emptying my water bottle, stuffing some small plants and then catching some butterflies in the bottle.

Cant recall clearly whether in Pri 2 or 3 i was caned on the hand by the vice principal for not handling up my work. The vp gave me a choice - hand/backside. Of course i chose my hand lar. I closed my eyes as he lifted up the cane but the it was not as painful as i expected. He said next time if i come again he will whip me hard on the backside. From then now, i handed up my work punctually..hehe

I joined the English society in Pri 4 to play scramble. Thinking back, i copied 2 works about fruits and my little bottle from a magazine and handed in to my teacher. Guess what, my 'works' were published in the school journal!!!

For chinese lessons in Pri 4, I always went over to the next class and i sat beside a gal whom i was quite conversant with. Dunno why, always kena caught by teacher talking to her..haha. My chinese teacher ask me to continue reading the passage, explain the phrase or write some words. Failing which i will stand for rest of the lesson which i always do so..The gal frequently ridicule that she is taller den me..dunno why..My gf now always want to compare ht wif me also...Quite a coincidence, the gal is in the same hse. During hse meetings i would fetch her from her hse and hold her hands while walking..quite silly right? haha..both of our frenz also tease us at times...haiz..after i moved to batok, i lost contact wif her...

Really missed all those times i had while i was living in Yishun...Some memories were so sweet and hard to forget....