Disadvantages and Advantages of living in Potong Pasir!

Potong Pasir is where I have spent most of my life. Being in the Junior School, I have spent 7 years in the neighborhood of Potong Pasir. If you were to ask me about the advantage or disadvantages of living in Potong Pasir, I can easily tell you. Potong Pasir is a place that fulfills the needs of people. If you just walk past the Community Centre, you would see people playing basketball in the basketball court, or soccer at the street soccer court. There are many activities going on in the Community Centre, such as archery lessons, tuition, or even booking any of the basketball or street soccer courts to play a match!

In Potong Pasir, it is also very easy for you to get cheap and good things. For example, the food. Potong Pasir has many food courts, two near the community centre, selling varieties of foods. There is also a coffee shop in the inner part of Potong Pasir, to provide convenience for people. If you are looking for cheaps items, you can head to the ABC convenience which sells a huge variety of things. There are also clinics and chinese medical halls, for older people who do not like modern medicine. There is also a small wet market so people living in Potong Pasir do not have to travel so far.

With regards to education, there is St Andrews Junior School, though there are no girls or mixed schools in Potong Pasir which means parents would have to send their children to other places. But for Secondary education, there are two schools, Cedar Girls Secondary and St Andrew's Secondary, which makes it more convenient for the boys or girls to travel to school. The transport for Potong Pasir is also very convenient. It has a MRT, which is very near where the residents live. There is also a bus, that goes to Toa Payoh Interchange, and at Toa Payoh Interchange, you can take buses or trains to go to other places. There are also churches and a temple in Potong Pasir! Residents can go to their religious place, without having to travel a lot!

Sadly, Potong Pasir does not have a shopping mall in which you can buy things. Sometimes, the rowdiness of school kids can irritate the residents, and the older people might abuse their authority at the basketball or street soccer courts. Overall, i think Potong Pasir is a good place to live in. But, we will face our difficulties and challenges if we don't cooperate.


"If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men." Romans 12:18 (NKJV)

Ngai Yili (28), Joshua Ang (12), Justin Leong , 3ST.