S.G.T., S.G.T., Our - own dear school hostel.
That is my secondary school, Serangoon Garden Technical School, song.
After 7 - 8 years, left vacant and finally got plan for the empty school. To become a mini town of foreign workers. (where the former Hong Wen School to become hotel. Same is school but different fate.)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/373328/1/.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/373797/1/.html
No wonder the residents are complaining, esp those living opposite and along the Burghley Drive.
From when I in the graduating year, 1997, there are news that my school is going to close down and merge with other school as it may be rebuild it into condominiums...
Standing there since in the late 60's and beginning opening by PM Lee then, where it has been a school for me and my 2 aunties.
Ever since I left 1997, and went back once in 1998, to visit my teacher and till now never went back... (pass by during last year when I was working nearby as an outdoor AE)
It really flashback my old school time. (although I not active in school nor have a wonderful time there, but now it really make me miss the days)
Really miss those days in early dawn morning assemble in basketball court, facing the field you will see a cloud of morning mist where those walking from the field will cause a ghostly figure...
and speaking of ghostly, there are spooky stories about our school since it there since late 60's. There are rumour of dwarf sighted playing inside the science lab at night, colourful light inside top storey girl toilet spotted by nearby residents, the haunted tree in the field where there is story of a student who hanged himself after failing his exam, the eerie stand alone toilet building near the field, and many more.
And it too remind of fun time where I first time played in the rain with my good friend after the sport club training was cancel, playing hide and seek with my photography club member, who were also my classmate in the photography dark room, and developing photo using chemical.
During my senior years, we cut queue during the recess, eat within the table that are so called allocated to senior student. And during in class, we got our personal cupboard for keeping textbook and every time before lesson start, those sitting near there, will distribute the textbook around. Everything is arrange neatly according subject textbook. even some put their pencil case including me.
And PE lesson, we used to change in gardening club room, instead of toilet where my classmate got access to it, where we call it the bat cave. After PE, some of us hang our shorts on the window to dry and later told by teacher to take down after she complain too ugly.
Although situated at the landed property area, does not make us a branded school, but sadly got complain from residents. And taking bus to school in the morning, we have to squeeze and fight for standing place with students from other school... And Best of all, we do have good food after our class at chomp chomp, KFC, Mac, and kopi shop around serangoon garden.
(Those day we don't have coffee bean and tea leaf cafe or chill out restaurant, only fast food and kopi shop)
Hopefully the Serangoon Garden "Holland V" will not changed to Serangoon Garden "Little India"...
That is my secondary school, Serangoon Garden Technical School, song.
After 7 - 8 years, left vacant and finally got plan for the empty school. To become a mini town of foreign workers. (where the former Hong Wen School to become hotel. Same is school but different fate.)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/373328/1/.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/373797/1/.html
No wonder the residents are complaining, esp those living opposite and along the Burghley Drive.
From when I in the graduating year, 1997, there are news that my school is going to close down and merge with other school as it may be rebuild it into condominiums...
Standing there since in the late 60's and beginning opening by PM Lee then, where it has been a school for me and my 2 aunties.
Ever since I left 1997, and went back once in 1998, to visit my teacher and till now never went back... (pass by during last year when I was working nearby as an outdoor AE)
It really flashback my old school time. (although I not active in school nor have a wonderful time there, but now it really make me miss the days)
Really miss those days in early dawn morning assemble in basketball court, facing the field you will see a cloud of morning mist where those walking from the field will cause a ghostly figure...
and speaking of ghostly, there are spooky stories about our school since it there since late 60's. There are rumour of dwarf sighted playing inside the science lab at night, colourful light inside top storey girl toilet spotted by nearby residents, the haunted tree in the field where there is story of a student who hanged himself after failing his exam, the eerie stand alone toilet building near the field, and many more.
And it too remind of fun time where I first time played in the rain with my good friend after the sport club training was cancel, playing hide and seek with my photography club member, who were also my classmate in the photography dark room, and developing photo using chemical.
During my senior years, we cut queue during the recess, eat within the table that are so called allocated to senior student. And during in class, we got our personal cupboard for keeping textbook and every time before lesson start, those sitting near there, will distribute the textbook around. Everything is arrange neatly according subject textbook. even some put their pencil case including me.
And PE lesson, we used to change in gardening club room, instead of toilet where my classmate got access to it, where we call it the bat cave. After PE, some of us hang our shorts on the window to dry and later told by teacher to take down after she complain too ugly.
Although situated at the landed property area, does not make us a branded school, but sadly got complain from residents. And taking bus to school in the morning, we have to squeeze and fight for standing place with students from other school... And Best of all, we do have good food after our class at chomp chomp, KFC, Mac, and kopi shop around serangoon garden.
(Those day we don't have coffee bean and tea leaf cafe or chill out restaurant, only fast food and kopi shop)
Hopefully the Serangoon Garden "Holland V" will not changed to Serangoon Garden "Little India"...
1 comment:
Great article - yes it does bring back memory of SGT.
I left in 1980 after my O level and have been living abroad.
Have been back about 4 times since and always stop at chom chom after the meal.
Other times it was too late in the night.
Will definitely make a schedule and effort my next time I am there for sure and I will walk up to the school from Serangooon garden all the way just for the sake of the memory.....
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