Great changes takes place after my father bought a new single-storey house at Poh Kwong Park, off Green Road in the beginning of year 1970. How I wish I could remember the actual date of our moving from our care-free and run-wild life to one that is of limited space and having to get acquainted with our new surroundings and new people that we are to meet.
It's sad to leave behind friends from our surrounding neighbours, but both me and my elder brother gets to stay on in our old school for another couple of months. Staying on means we need to wake up much earlier in the morning as we have to walk a long way to school. Taking the main road is not safe with the heavy traffic and having no pedestrian walk path, so we have to get the safest means which is going through the rubber estates. Though its a long walk for us both each day, but being children we seem to enjoy ourself, especially after class. As we don't need to rush home we always take our sweet time walking, strolling and picking the rubber seeds! Until today, I still remember how those rubber seeds looks like, which I believe today's children have never seen one before!! Happy memories also comes along with some scary memories. In the old days, whenever a new bridge is to be built there is always the spreading of the news of 'potong palak!' Whether it's real or rumours, well no one can confirm! It was during that period of time that the out-break of such news spread like wild fires! Even today, whenever I recall this chapter of my childhood days, I can still imagine how scared we are and the chills that runs through our backbones! The reminders of my mum as we bid goodbye each morning still rings in my ears "do come home straight after school, don't stop to pick any rubber seeds and be extra careful!"
The good and scary moments seem to pass by without much thought though, and we managed to get our school transfer sorted out and we both check in to our new school, Green Road Primary School during the starting of the 3rd Term in my Primary 3 year. It's a BIG relieve for both me and my elder brother as that's the end of our long walk to and from school each day, no more trespassing through someone's rubber estates and free from the so-called 'potong palak' fear!
Everything seems to start off well in our new home and with new friends in our new neighborhood and lots of new games emerged soon after that.......
Our 1st CNY in our new home 1970
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