The railway that runs from Malaysia to Singapore, has discontinued it's service in the Singapore leg. Served well for decades, it has finally closed. However, the tracks are opened to the public for a week after the discontinuation of the train services. Thousands of people roam about the tracks. The younger generation are there either out of curiosity or for the fun of it, while the older ones reminisce the old times. Grandparents telling stories to their grandchildren.
I have never been onto the train before, neither have I went to any of the stations before. I was there, curious of how the decades-old station and tracks look like
Cars parked along the dirt road leading to the entrance of the track.
Families taking photos that can be passed on for generations, and in the future, showing what it's like in the past (present).
And old couple, strolling along the tracks, possibly revisiting their dating hangout many years ago.
People having fun balancing on the single rail.
Some were even there for their graduation shoot!
Some of the abandoned items that were left over for who-knows-how-long.
An overview of a part of the railway track. The small hut there is the station.
The good old days
were sometimes bad,
however for us
they were all that we had,
so we choose to remember them
in an unreal way
as if life was beautiful
every day.
We look for the bad
and ignore the good
and live in the past
far more than we should.
- Ethel Smith
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