ToA PaYoH

Hi everyone!

I am proud to be living in Toa Payoh ever since i am young. There are many memories and history in Toa Payoh. Toa Payoh means "Big swamp" in hokkien, can you believe it? We are now living in such wonderful condition while we are called big swamp in the past. Now we are one of the most established residential communities in Singapore and located at the heart of Singapore.

Toa Payoh is a place where i usually haunt around as i stayed near the interchange, i will have to go pass it everytime i go out with friends or even to school. The old days in Toa Payoh, there used to be many bakeries around the neighbourhoods. They sell buns and bread which only cost roughly juz 30 cents, what a steal! Hanging out with primary school classmates at playground, cooling down ourselves with some ice pops which only cost 10cents each. The old bus interchange is not air conditioned but is beside the garden, so it became a normal hang out place to play and fool around after school. There are many happy memories with friends, eating cheap and nice traditional food. Playing a fool, falling down, getting in trouble, all these memories are which are precious past time which i enjoyed in Toa Payoh.

Toa payoh is such a accessible place to be, there is bus and mrt services which can transport people to many places in singapore. Even if you stay at the very corner of Toa Payoh, there will still be bus stops around. This convenients make people connected, friends and relative can meet so easily! Toa Payoh flats are very close to each other, thus going on daily routes like going to the market or morning walk, can easily make new friends. This forms close bonding between people of Toa Payoh, making it a very friendly environment.

Toa Payoh is a squatter town in the past, but now it has advanced and changed totally into wonderful town. Its a big transformation and changes in the history of Toa Payoh, and i am very proud to be around in this evolution!