Canteen canned

Arts canteen gonna demolished.

I get the news from ST. Geez..I feel so heartbroken.
It is a place that holds many memories for me.
I remember the first time I went there was during JC to attend a seminar.
It was as crowded as ever but I liked the atmosphere.
The second time I went in Shame.
I was a private candidate then and was visiting my ex-friend who got in at her first try.
I remember the awkwardness of not able to mix in and feel like an intruder to a sacred place that I never got in.
I sat at the "Hell"'s level, staring at the winding path leading to the Biz faculty. Practically I was in hell.
Then the 3rd time I went in as a freshman.
I finally got in.
From then on, countless of times were spent there at various parts of the day.
Morning classes I would head straight to the soybean milk store to get my 1st cup of lifesaver at 745am or 830am. Otherwise you would have found me in the coffee store with coffee takeaway.
When I am hot and thirsty, it is dessert store for Ching Teng or Strawberry juice.
Geez... It is a place where we chanced upon Lecturers and staff.
Right!
Ranging from the gangster political science lecturer with his ever present banana papaya milkshake, to Korean lecturers who will wave at you and tap u surprisely on ur shoulder. haha.....
Geez...it is also the place where u get to see the clicks of various groups of friends and your cohorts.
It is also a place to spot couples like my TA and his gf.
hehe....
lotsa memory....
The famous Japanese Curry from jap food stall,
the forever in demand bak chor mee,
the ever ready smile from the coffee uncle,
the forever mixed veggie stall uncle saying, u are 1.50 again,
the forever spicy and so ever full szechuan dan dan noodles,
the auntie at the hor fun stall who forgive me when I take away my fish hor fun without paying only to come back later and then told me I was expecting u to come back..
Geez.....
So many wonderful memories
and a place to meet and strengthen friendship over food.
the old old nostalgia that many generations of art student pass thru...
the old feeling of studious kids passing on....
haha......
quite a place.....
To have it canned and make way for the new just sucks.
it does....