Came across this amusing yet factious article in today's Newpaper. The writer spoke out what was in a Yew Tee resident's mind and the feeling was mutual.
As I couldn't find a copy of the article in the internet, I decided to re-type the whole article out. So bloody make sure you all read it. Nb....
Editor: S M ONG
Title: S'pore's most exciting new mall is.... in Yew Tee?
Despite of the recession, several exciting new shopping malls are opening in Singapore this year. Orchard Central, 313@Somerset, Ion Orchard, Yew Tee Point...
"Whoa, Nellie, Yew what point?," you ask.
Yew Tee Point - only the most exciting new mall of them all!
Even more exciting Ion Orchard? Where brands like Cartier, Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton and Prada will reportedly open their double-storey flagship stores?
Yes, I dare say Yew Tee Point is more exciting than those retail monoliths from Orchard Road to Marina Bay put together.
Why? Because it's near where I live.
It's about time Yew Tee residents gout our own mall. For too long ,Yew Tee has been Choa Chu Kang's under-developed, less glam baby brother - much like Brad Pitt's long forgotten younger sibling, Arm Pitt.
When I first told people I lived after moving here 10 years ago, they thought I made the place up. What kind of cartoon name is Yew Tee? It sounds like the flavour of a new drink from Pokka.
I've been told 'yew tee' is Hokkien for oil pond, as if that's any consolation.
Then when I explained to people that Yew Tee is in Choa Chu Kang, they thought I lived next to the cemetary. Which I gues is marginally preferably to living in an imaginary place.
The thing is that there is no actualy Yew Tee road that I know of. But we do have the Yew Tee MRT station, our greatest claim to fame.
Unfortunately for us, one stop away at Choa Chu Kang MRT is where the real action is.
There, they have their own bus interchange, a post office and a shopping centre that houses a library, a four-screen cineplex and a Ya Kun.
Yew Tee, on the other hand, has three 7-Elevens. (It evens says so in WikiPedia)
So why should we be jealous?
Yew Tee is to Choa Chu Kang what Bukit Gombak is to Bukit Batok, Marsiling is to Woodlands, Khatib is to Yishun, Yio Chu Kang is to Ang Mo Kio, Braddell is to Toa Payoh, Buangkok is to Sengkang and Simei is to Tampines.
But no longer. Thanks to Yew Tee Point, we can now enjoy Subway, Long John Silver's and KFC without having the trudge all the way to holier-than-thou Choa Chu Kang.
So if you will excuse me, I'm going to catch Race to Witch Mountain at... what? There's no cinema at Yew Tee Point? Dammit!
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Loved the twist at the end.
So.... yeap! Yew Tee PAWNS!!!!! Yew Tee FTW!!!!
11:13 PM
Sunday, March 29, 2009
