From: United Kingdom
Occupation: Designer/ Brand Founder of bag brand Elyse &i (elyseandi.com)
ABOUT SERANGOON GARDENS
What’s the name of your street?
Conway Circle, Serangoon Gardens.
What’s a common myth or misconception about your neighbourhood?
Some of our friends joke that we live near Johor Bahru but we’re only a 15-minute drive to the heart of Orchard Road, and three stops to the Botanic Gardens MRT! Ironically, we’ve never lived more centrally in Singapore.
Exact words you tell a taxi driver to get home?
“Conway Circle, near Chomp Chomp!” All the uncles know and love Chomp Chomp hawker centre.
Closest MRT station?
Lorong Chuan – it’s about a 12-minute fast walk or shorter bike ride. We take our own bikes or pick up a Hello Ride bike from the station for a dollar.
How long have you lived here?
We’ve been in the ’Goon for coming up to two years. It’s quite by happenstance that we ended up here. After five lovely years in the Greenwood Avenue area, our landlady served us notice as she wanted to renovate – we were four days out from our first summer break to Europe after COVID and the housing market was heading to it’s all time high. Then, by sweet fortune, our good friends were moving suddenly, so we were able to take over their house here in Serangoon and sort everything with our new lovely landlord before taking off for Europe for five weeks.
NEIGHBOURHOOD HIGHLIGHTS
When you walk out of your place, what’s the first thing you see?
A lovely little park, lush and newly renovated, with echoes of little (mostly French!) voices giggling as they play on the swings mingled with the squarks from the resident parakeets.
What’s the closest store to your front door?
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