disused buildings at dairy farm road

i followed the bike trail at dairy farm nature reserve till i came to a barrier. there, i came across a group of bikers taking a break. between the two barriers is an old and narrow road. i was not sure where it would lead to. i decided to take a right. i came upon two abandoned buildings. one was a normal residential building but the other one seemed to have a long hall. could this be the old dairy farm?

the first disused building was about 400m from the barrier. it would appear that it had not been occupied for quite sometime. however, the inside of the building had been swept as there was not much litter - no dead leaves. there were two wells outside and there was evidence that someone had been drawing water from the wells.

the second building, which appeared to be a residential building, was on higher ground. there was a yellow signboard with the number '8' in black on the path leading to this building. it had been vacated for sometime because the whole place was overgrown with weeds and other plants.

there also seemed to be a substation nearby, with the pub logo still visible on the door.
as i was walking back to where the barrier was, i met a troop of scouts. there must be at least forty of them. a npark vehicle was following this group. a lady alighted from the truck. from what i could see, she must be the teacher in charge of the scouts.

i decided to follow the road out. since the truck had come in that direction, it had to lead to some main road and the entrance. sure enough, i found myself at 100 dairy farm road. it was a private road.

i was to learn, not long later, that this area would be developed into a park, an extension of the bukit timah nature reserve. no, the building with a long hall was not the old dairy farm. it was actually a warehouse.

the old warehouse would be developed into classrooms and a visitors' centre while the residential unti would become the rangers' station and volunteers' lounge.