Tiong Bahru
Our Research
Our Journey Visiting Tiong Bahru
Tiong Bahru Estate is one of the oldest housing estates in Singapore.This might be the reason on why we noticed many senior citizens staying there. Our objective is to know why does the ageing residents in Tiong Bahru is not moving to another place that has services and facilities to help and guide them.In this newsletter, we will show you about what activities we did when we visited Tiong Bahru.
Tiong Bahru Market
The market and its surroundings is where we did our interviews. At first, we felt awkward and strange when communicating with the people there. As time moves on, the feeling of awkwardness and strangeness was gone. When interviewing, we learnt that we have to be confident and speak politely so that people who were interviewed by us feel comfortable and at ease.
Shop houses along Seng Poh Lane
The shop houses along Seng Poh Lane is where we get to study on how were the shops or houses arranged.We noticed that the houses were arranged together and the shops are arranged randomly.We conclude that some of the shops cannot be put side by side as they might sell similar things and this might affect the sellers income.
Sketching
During sketching,we had to sit on the ground and draw. We had to be focused while sketching as we might miss out important parts of the drawing. We also had to label our drawings and place the drawing title above.
What we gained from the Geographical Investigation
By visiting Tiong Bahru for our investigation, we get to know the situation around there. We can also see the difference between our hometown and Tiong Bahru. Our hometown has new facilities like having LRT stations around the estates and shopping centres are nearer to our house. For Tiong Bahru, they have many shop houses and most of the shops are cafes and housing appliances and the nearest MRT station is the Tiong Bahru station. From here, we learnt to appreciate the facilities that help us to travel and buy food that is near to our estate.As we interviewed the residents there, we get the answer to our objective.This is because some of them admitted that they regard Tiong Bahru as their own.