geylang - where retirees spend freely







































when i walk along orchard road, somehow i feel that i do not fit into the crowd - swarms of young, energetic people. but, geylang makes me feel so much at home, so welcome. the young women from china are so friendly; they come right up to you and whisper into your ears. it is a pity that i do not understand mandarin, so my usual response is "wo bu hui jiang hua yu."

today, i took bus service 67 to sims avenue where i was supposed to meet nah chuan wee at the durian stall opposite lorong 13. as i stood at the bus-stop waiting, i watched the people as they alighted from the buses. there was a good mix of young and old men, a lot more young chinese women than older women and people of different races, with the chinese outnumbering the rest.

when nah finally appeared, we had some snacks at 'wan dou sek' on 126 sims avenue. we had char siew pau, siow long pau and fried chee cheong fun with chinese tea.

as i was going back on the bus, we decided to eat the durians at the stall. we chose 3 small d24 durians for $10. nah bought four more to take home together with some malaysian and thai mangoes.

the bus journey back from geylang lorong1 took nearly two hours. i boarded the bus at about 6.30 p.m. and reached home at around 8.30 p.m.

seems to me that geylang is the place where quite a number of retired people spend their free time and these same people also spend their money quite freely.