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If You Remember These 10 Memories-Filled Places in S’pore, You Should be an Uncle / Auntie Now

Goody Feed Team

2018-05-01 , 2:12 pm

Last Updated on 2023-02-15 , 6:43 pm

Remember how your mom and dad used to talk of their youths and memories at places that you don’t recognize?

Well, you might just be experiencing that for yourself soon enough.

Here’s our take on the 10 places in Singapore that we’ll miss the most, because it just holds so much memories for us.

How many do you agree with?

A&W Boathouse

If you’re a kid growing up in the 90s, chances are you’ll have a chance to eat at A&W on board the boathouse at Sentosa, and what a treat it was!

Boarding the boat, pretending you’re leaving Singapore and eating your favorite food along to the bobbing sensation of being on the sea, it was an adventure to our childish imaginations. Well, I bet most of us were disappointed when A&W left Singapore literally and the boathouse ceased operations.

Well, if you, like us, would give an arm and a leg just for a chance to dine at the boathouse again, you’ll be glad to know that this boathouse is still in use today, housing Santa Fe Tex-Mex Grill at Marina South Pier.

Escape Theme Park

Before we had Universal Studios Singapore, we had Escape Theme Park which opened in the year 2000. Can you remember swinging through the air on the Pirate Ship, or the Energizer roller coaster ride in the dark? It was small but incredibly exciting, and classes organized class outings to this magical place.

Sentosa Musical Fountain

Affectionately known as Musical Fountain, this iconic fountain was the place to go to for entertainment rarely seen in Singapore with lights and water. Today, we might have the MBS Lights and Water show, but we’ll still miss the Sentosa Musical Fountain.

King Albert Park McDonald’s

Most students would probably have similar memories about this MacDonald’s at KAP, right? Mugging memories, that is. If you’re looking for a place to study outside either alone or with friends, this place would have crossed your mind once or twice.

In fact, I won’t be surprised if many steadies were formed there.

Old East Coast McDonald’s

Remember the lane that allows you to skate your way up to the cashier to order your food? Those were the days, wasn’t it? After a nice, hot day at the beach, you retreat to the cool, air-conditioned McDonald’s to chill out with your friends before going back home late in the night.

Now, the new ECP McDonald’s is more for hipsters instead of for uncles or aunties like us.

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Old National Library

Before the Little Red Dot, we had another iconic red building in Singapore as well. It was closed on 2004 despite objections from the public to build a tunnel to facilitate traffic to the city.

Queenstown Driving Centre

Most of us would probably only know Bukit Batok Driving Centre (BBDC) or Woodlands Driving Centre and Ubi Driving Centre, but there used to be a fourth one at Queenstown. Most of us would probably see this building when traveling on the MRT from Queenstown to Commonweath but not know what it is. Mystery solved: It used to be a driving centre.

Tanjong Pagar KTMB Train Station

If you’re a frequent traveler to Malaysia when the trains were still running, chances are you’ll not forget the memory of waiting in long snaking line, waiting for your turn to ‘chop’ passport before you’re allowed on the train, or the delicious Sambal Ikan Bilis bread at the food stall on the arrival platform. It was hot, and you’ll never fail to sweat whenever you have take the train from this station, but you still miss this place, strangely enough.

Tang Dynasty

Back then, we had our very own great wall of China, and we had the chance to dress up as the emperor and sit on a fake throne for pictures. You can’t help but run around, exploring the strange sights within the ‘city’. It’s like entering into a whole new world when you step into this attraction. Tell a kid that you’ve once been to Tang Dynasty and he or she might think that you’re over a thousand years old.

Old National Stadium

The old National Stadium always remind me of the colosseum in Rome. It could be due to the design, but you cannot deny that the old National Stadium just has that majestic and regal feeling to it every time you set your eyes on it. It’s just not the same watching the NDP at the old National Stadium, and the new one. Don’t you agree?