Heard about some vet science-related course that's now availabe at Temasek Poly. My lower lip may have wavered for a bit right there and then, but let's not go there. Mukala's Regret springs to mind, and really, all that interests/matters to me now is to Skip To The End. Or am I (once again) saying this in the haste that comes too naturally to me?

They're taking them all away. My old haunts. Well ok, not in the fullest sense of the term, but...

Back when I was studying in FMSS, there were times where I'd take the 198 bus, which required me to alight at a bus stop that was a good 5 minutes (brisk) walk away from the school. It also meant a walk past this mini-forested area, where the trees looked like they had temperate-climate origins. Somewhat like pines, but tall and rod-ish like bamboo. The grass beneath those giants grew thick and wild, and even with the glimpses of the HDB flats located right behind that little forested patch, I could never help myself from slowing down a wee bit to gaze into that quiet area that seemed to hold such an aura of mystery.

Lightning might have felled a tree or two of late. It's certainly less "thick" than I remember it to be. And what with the circle line being constructed at the opposite corner of the field, they might all very well be chopped down in the near future.

Fast forward to Junior College. There was this empty piece of land (well not empty. It was lush with greenery. "Empty" paints a picture of barreness, but anyway.) that lay between the mrt and rochester park. I passed by that area far less often than I previously did with the mysterious-pines spot, but whenever I did, it was yet another pace-slower zone for me. I could only think "Horses! Where are the horses!". And after a night's rainfall, the area would be thick with mist in the early morning. Well. As far as things go, a huge billboard has now been set up there, with some name and a telephone number printed across. So I presume that plot of land will now be given over to "development" too.

Hurumph.