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An insider’s guide to life in their ’hood.
January15
NAME:
MICHELLE JOHNSON
FROM:
Oklahoma, US
OCCUPATION:
Home-schooling
mother of seven kids (ages 2 to
17, plus a 23-year-old in the US)
What street do you live on?
Queen’s Road.
Exact words you tell a taxi driver
to get home?
The conversation goes like this: “Queen’s
Road. Youknow?”And theUncle inevitably
asks, “Queen’s, King’s, Farrer?” – towhich
I reply, “Yes”. Taxi Uncle then says: “Bukit
Timah, Coronation Plaza?” And I reply,
“Yes”.
What’s the name of your
neighbourhood?
Bukit Timah.
Closest MRT station?
Botanic Gardens.
How long have you lived here?
Four years.
Why here?
We liked the neighbourhood and having
a grocery store, a McDonald’s and a
Starbucks nearby. But the real reason we
picked this house was because it came
furnished.
THE SPECIFICS
QUEEN’S ROAD
Photography by Michael Bernabe