As The World Turns

Much has been said about animals whom are very territorial and do not like new surroundings when they get moved. Especially pets…

Now I know exactly how these little guys feel when they get uprooted.

For some perhaps weird or perfectly natural reason, I have recently been craving to visit my old haunts in the various nooks and crannies of my previous home namely Singapore.

Various places like the little coffee shop in Changi Village, the flats around my old home in Serangoon, the more “Ulu” places like the fishing boat jetty at Lim Chu Kang, which is among the last remnants of kampong Singapore, the downtown area like Ah Boy’s bike accessory shop in Jln Besar. Even my last work place in Joo Chiat Road where you could sit at the next door coffee shop after work, have a beer and point out the various local attractions (aka chickens).

I’ve always had the wanderlust and at every opportune moment, go exploring every nook and cranny of the island I could find. The most fascinating thing for me was the squiggly line on the map that showed a road to somewhere or nowhere that I haven’t been to before. I guess this is the part of the wanderlust that brought me all the way over here.

My guess is that the urge also stems from the fact I’m now living in a rural area, in Calgary there are drug dealers or nut cases hanging around some street corners that makes wandering around less desirable and now that winter is here, outdoor activities have been severely curtailed. It such a hassle to have to dress up even to just go to the car or dump the trash.

It is so different in SG as the weather, hot as it may be, allows you to travel to just about anywhere except when it rains and then that’s only a temporary halt. SG also also allows you to travel anywhere anytime and not fear being mugged or shot at…quite different in here frontier town.

Its ironic when I was still gallivanting around SG, I’d be longing for more places I could visit, given the smallness of SG’s island. Now that I’m a vastly bigger area, I long for the familiar.