Hello Friends,
I am very glad to be a part of this trail.
I lived in Toapayoh(TPY) since 5-6years ago when
me and my family moved house here from Woodlands.
Said Bye to Woodland & Said Hi to Tpy,
when i was 12years old that year and then was studying
in one of the neighbourhood school nearby, Kheng Cheng School.
Once i asked my mum what is the reason that made us
moved to TPY. She replied : cause is more convenient
to travel from TPY to other places(: TPY is just like in the
center of th Singapore mapp & for her the most important
reason is : we doesnt need to travel for about an hour plus
to myy grandma house every weekendd.
started to agree with her, when i got myy first job
last year at takashimaya (Orchard) :D I dint have to
wake upp so early to prepare for work compared to
some of myy working friends, cause myy travel time
from tpy to orchard is only needs to take about half an hour(:
Other then is convenient ; those people who i got to know
in TPY, they are friendly, caring, and nice toos (:
I love ToaPayoh ! okays , Let me begin to describe
TOAPAYOH :D
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Toa Payoh in the Hokkien dialect means "big swamp land".
The word 'Payoh' originates from the Malay word 'paya' for swamp.
This extensive district was quite notorious for the numerous
squatters who were mainly engaged in farming and rearing pigs.
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Toa Payoh town is just 6km away from the city centre.
It is well-served by the expressways and major roads
as well as excellent public transportation. The town is
bounded by Braddell Road and Bartley Road to the north,
Upper Paya Lebar Road to the east, MacPherson Road
and Jalan Toa Payoh to the south and Thomson Road to the west.
There are Two MRT stations within the town,
namely, Toa Payoh MRT station and Braddell MRT station.
Situated above Toa Payoh MRT station is the
new air-conditioned Toa Payoh Bus Interchange,
itself integrated with the HDB Centre. The bus interchange
is a major transportation hub serving not only the needs
of town residents in and around Toa Payoh,
but also links residents to other parts of the Singapore.
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Toa Payoh has developed a distinct character through the years.
The area bustles with activity and is a great place to soak into
the local lifestyle. Both residents/visitors will impress themselves
with a wide range of merchandise, food and entertainment options.
Here you can pick up garments at attractively low prices-
T-shirts and shorts at SGD 10 for three items or
children's clothes for as little as SGD 2. Toa Payoh town centre
has its own cinemas, hawker centres, coffee shops,
foodcourts, fast food restraurant like Macdonal, Kfc,
Mos burger, Burger king... ... a community library
and a nearby neighbourhood park.
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Dont forget to
explore the first L-shaped shopping mall built in the 1960s!
In the 1920s, Toa Payoh was a vast stretch of swampy
land with vegetable farms, fishponds and dwelling huts.
It was a notorious squatter district then; until the early 1960s
when the squatters moved out and clearing work was able
to commence. That was when the redevelopment started.
Toa Payoh was the first prototype town centre in Singapore.
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Within walking distance of Toa Payoh MRT Station
is the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Si ("Twin Grove of Lotus Mountain Temple"),
located at 184E Jalan Toa Payoh. Whilst the rest of the temples
featured in this website have Taoist origins,
this temple commemorates the birth and demise of Buddha.
Construction of the temple took about 11 years to complete
(from 1898 to 1908)and it was funded by a Hokkien merchant
by the name of Low Kim Pong, who was a devout Buddhist .
The temple sits on 2 hectares of land.
It has an elaborately decorated gateway which opens
in a courtyard with exquisitely carved Buddhas.
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There's still some more places/thing in Tpy that
made it special, but now is already 1.3oam and
I will still need to go school tomorrow morning for
lessons, will update more next time , sorryy D:
anws I took some photos from googles and yahoo.
It will shows you how Tpy looks like in the past
andd how does it looks like now. for info :
I put caption on the photo that i going to upload.
goodnights friends (: JOLYN 5N2 ~
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