[Reminiscence] from Yishun Dam to Jalan Kayu, through old Seletar

[Zxcvb]

4 hours ago, Davidklt said:

Our battalion did the 16km route march on this route !

I was from Seletar Camp.

BMT Nee Soon Camp during the 1990s 16km route march walk all the way to Yishun Dam and back via Yishun Ave 1. Miss those days. 

[Scion]

6 hours ago, Zxcvb said:

BMT Nee Soon Camp during the 1990s 16km route march walk all the way to Yishun Dam and back via Yishun Ave 1. Miss those days. 

i think i did that too... gosh

a lot changes today, even Nee Soon Camp itself

and outside Nee Soon Camp, the shophouses were gone and there's a new condo just outside the gate 

[Tohto]

11 hours ago, kobayashiGT said:

woah. this one very long long time ago. hahah

I will scare when I drive alone at night.

Here and the old tampines road.

Now only old tampines road. hahahaha

Old Tampines road almost completely change. LTA is widening it and soon it will be 3 lane road.

[Mockngbrd]

8 hours ago, SiLangKia said:

drove down old tamines road on a night drive recently, as I was driving and listening to my spotify, heard some faint laughter in the background while the music was playing, paused the song and it was dead silent, continued playing and heard the laughter again, decided to ignore, once I went onto TPE, no more, strange hahaha, but then again, I always kena all these so normal la

Your musik la 

[RH1667]

12 hours ago, Scion said:

Loll i found a 2007 clip!

3:30 to 4:30

yep, that was the "country" road (and the roundabout... i almost forgot about that) i'm talking about

ahh memories

 

WOW !! reminded me of my reservist days!! 

[13177]

1 hour ago, Scion said:

i think i did that too... gosh

a lot changes today, even Nee Soon Camp itself

and outside Nee Soon Camp, the shophouses were gone and there's a new condo just outside the gate 

There are quite a few condo just outside nee soon camp le.

[Maxus-MIFA9]

11 hours ago, Adrianli said:

I have been going there every week to run my r/c boats and watched the changes of this Seletar Club Road changed over the years.

In the late 90's, weekends doing fishing & crabing there (sea) .... 🐟

A lot of 'kim bak lor' and tambang fishes. At the mangroves area, a lot of mud crabs but also to beware of sea snakes 🐍 ... 

[Heartbreakid]

It used to be a very unique road to drive along. Relaxing, quiet and cool. Even the estate around the Seletar Airport was a cool place to drive around. The place just feels special then. But too bad, it's been developed. Singapore has lost many of such wonderful and serene places.

[RH1667]

6 minutes ago, Heartbreakid said:

It used to be a very unique road to drive along. Relaxing, quiet and cool. Even the estate around the Seletar Airport was a cool place to drive around. The place just feels special then. But too bad, it's been developed. Singapore has lost many of such wonderful and serene places.

Even Jalan Kayu was a nice place to drive before the Seletar Aerospace industry and the nearby housing estate was up. 

Having a meal in Jalan Kayu last time was like time travel back to 70s or 80s . 

[kobayashiGT]

10 hours ago, 13177 said:

Never been to old tampines road, so where is this road lead to?

I only know the yishun dam area, many people will go there for gathering , fishing and pak tor. 

It connects hougang to tampines. The road is famous to be haunted and have a few temples out of nowhere. Not as happening as yishun dam. haha.

[kobayashiGT]

9 hours ago, SiLangKia said:

drove down old tamines road on a night drive recently, as I was driving and listening to my spotify, heard some faint laughter in the background while the music was playing, paused the song and it was dead silent, continued playing and heard the laughter again, decided to ignore, once I went onto TPE, no more, strange hahaha, but then again, I always kena all these so normal la

haha. no wonder your nick is "si"langkia.

Give me i sure scare mama one. Maybe will really call my mother to chat if that really happens. hahah.

[Scion]

1 hour ago, 13177 said:

There are quite a few condo just outside nee soon camp le.

yah... i wonder how they going to ensure the security when the top floor residents can have a bird eye view of the camp

[Scion]

as recent as 2016, still got car meetups at Yishun dam 

[Scion]

back to Seletar, saw another clip (2009 one!) on how to drive to Sunset Grill & Pub 🤓

remember quite popular even though it was super ulu, deep inside Seletar

i've been there twice... the spicy buffalo wings were a torture!! (i think we ordered level 6 or 7 in spiceness)

all these were gone already

 

[Wallaw819]

For those that also ride bicycle (especially group riding at night) this is a familiar route connecting east (Jalan Kayu) to north (Yishun).

Can be quite spooky at night, if you are riding a bicycle alone.

[13177]

58 minutes ago, Heartbreakid said:

It used to be a very unique road to drive along. Relaxing, quiet and cool. Even the estate around the Seletar Airport was a cool place to drive around. The place just feels special then. But too bad, it's been developed. Singapore has lost many of such wonderful and serene places.

Most of these serene roads no more, now left old thomson road and neo tiew road?!

[13177]

17 minutes ago, Scion said:

yah... i wonder how they going to ensure the security when the top floor residents can have a bird eye view of the camp

Maybe nee soon camp is not those highly security camp? So nothing much to see inside the camp? But you see even like ministry of home affairs, this place is quite highly secure outside and yet the surrounding also have many tall building of condo. 

[13177]

58 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

It connects hougang to tampines. The road is famous to be haunted and have a few temples out of nowhere. Not as happening as yishun dam. haha.

I google old tampines road, really have many spooky video and article on this road!  Maybe find one day go see look on this road?!