Memory Lane - 2
Nostalgia. People say don't look back to the past. It is over and gone. Look to the future. True, don't cry over spilt milk but the way milk was delivered, the bottle or packaging they came in, the floor on which the milk was spilt - they were different. Things seem to be better but are they really? Remember, the milkman who rode his bicycle with bottles of goat's milk straddled across his two wheelers and the stopper at the bottles' opening were just a rolled up cardboard or paper. Life was so much simpler just like this optical shop I saw along Balestier Road. Look at its showcases and the mosaic floor. Is life just all about facade? Oh, may be you need air-conditioning, change the floor, recreate the showcase and cabinets. Make the whole place swanky then raise the prices. That is the only formula. To solve problems, just increase prices. Singapore's magic formula. Even people are becoming like that. At Martaban Road, there was this old coffee sho...