You know, there was a time when I would take lots and lots of pictures whenever I got on a bus, or went out on a bus ride.
But they've decreased in the last few years.
Not because there's nothing of interest to take.
Not because the scenery outside the bus window doesn't appeal to me.
But because in the last few years I've become more prone to falling asleep on the bus and Chonkycam ends up back in the bag after a while.
A pity it is, but that's how it has been, even this particular afternoon on Bus 51 where we'd boarded from the Jalan Awang bus stop to head into town.
For some reason Chonkycam came out only when the bus was approaching Joo Chiat Complex and Joo Chiat Road.
The entrance of this road is familiar to me.
The driveway of this building is also familiar to me.
Much wider the drop off point is now, much more spacious too.
And one no longer needs to squeeze through people standing about and around the taxi stand anymore.
I wonder if the Mr. Vadai shop is still opposite though.
Onwards the bus went, stopping at the Haig Road Market and Food Center where I unfortunately didn't get to take picture of anything else but the roof of the bus stop, and the residential condo above KINEX behind.
Further on was the junction of Tanjong Katong Road, City Plaza in front, KINEX behind. I'll always think of this stretch as the part with the coffee house.
Even though I haven't had the chance to eat there, I've seen a stall offering some sort of fried bananas and kueh kueh and I have been charmed.
After this junction, the bus stopped at the bus stop outside City Plaza where thankfully I managed to get a couple more pictures of the bus stop, the exterior of the shopping center, and the mobile phone shops looking out towards the road.
It is up to anyone's thought (what with the attempt to enbloc and all) just how long this plaza will continue to be.
Or whether- should the attempt succeed- this field, this park will still remain.
Running alongside the canal by the curve of Guillemard Road, the park looks quiet and empty now, but come Sunday and the grass will be dotted with picnicker groups on their mats sitting about, lying down, eating, snacking, dancing, relaxing, chatting with each other.
From here the bus entered the stretch commonly known as Geylang, first passing by the junction of Guillemard Road, and the wholesale shop that sells Christmas trees as early as October, then further down, after a salon called Mary-something, after another salon of the Vietnamese style, there's the mobile phone shop and the restaurant that, if I'm not wrong, sells evening zichar.
