Last Updated on 2023-03-10 , 3:51 pm
The Clementi I remember is very different from the Clementi of today. Firstly, there’s no shopping centre (unless you consider the cinema a shopping mall), and secondly, the bus interchange was very brown.
Most tertiary students of the past would have remembered this Clementi, and since a new mall is out there now, we’ve decided to take a trip back to the past and revisit the six memories that, well, make Clementi so fondly remembered.
Clementi Fountain
Yes, we know there’s a new fountain in Clementi as well, but it’s nothing compared to the old one. Just look at that. I bet all of us have once touched the water before. It’s so clear, it’s beautiful.
Empress Cinema (华声戏院)
Tell me, tell me, tell me, which 90s kid has not watched a movie there? It’s cheap, it’s good and the movies are so limited that you won’t argue about which movie to watch. It’s not just a cinema, boys and girls—it’s a piece of memory.
The lonely playground
Singapore in the 90s has so many playgrounds that this was then nothing new. But looking at, it was usually a place for us to sit and wait for our friends. We would go, “Okay, I wait for you at the playground.” Now? Everyone is late and can just send a WhatsApp message to justify. Fuck technology.
Lots and lots of HDB shops
Some might like it, some might hate it, but in the past, due to the lack of shopping malls, you’ll have to buy your stuff from those HDB shops. And not to mention, they’re cheap—very cheap.
Clementi Big Bookshop
Bookselling is a sunset industry, and it doesn’t come as a surprise when the Big Bookshop there closes down. But the memories of it never leave us: the need to deposit our bags near the counter, the big area for you to roam around and the cheap pens and pencils that you buy just because you’re there.
Lots and lots of walking space
Clementi is pretty cramped nowadays, with so many shopping malls and people. But once upon a time, Clementi was quiet and you can walk there for hours without bumping into anyone.
Now, a bank officer will approach you as you walk anywhere, asking you if you would like to sign up for a credit card. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find an image to complement this point because people then didn’t have handphone with cameras.
Read Also:
- You Can Soon See “Northern Lights” in Gardens by the Bay & It’s Free
- Everything About the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower That’ll Be in S’pore Sky in May
- S’porean Killed in Spain Had Bought Insurance Policy from Suspect
- Everything About the 15YO Who Lived in a Circuit Road Market Stall
- Walk-Ins for Some Traffic-Related Service in TP Be Discontinued & People Have Book Appointments Instead
- Certain Parts of Telok Blangah Hill Park to be Closed for 2 Years After Slope Failure
Advertisements