Advantages and Disadvantages of living in Potong Pasir

Can you trust your neighbourhood? What are the key features of where you live? Neighbourhoods and communities are a key part to growing up, and Potong Pasir is such place. For many of us, Potong Pasir is a key part of our daily lives, considering the fact that it is where our school is located. We often have our meals, take the transport and often go through this area after or before school. But is there more about this place? In this essay, I will be writing about the advantages and disadvantages of living in Potong Pasir, identifying its facilities and evaluating its key features.

Potong Pasir is definitely a place of thriving community. The people here are very friendly and most of the times have a cheerful smile pasted on their face. The key feature of this place is no doubt St Andrew’s Village. From kindergarten to junior college, this place offers an all round education with a high standard. This area also has quite a number of clinics, various shops and a convenient location as it is close to the PIE expressway. No doubt there is a KFC and McDonalds, but coffee shops. Thus there is a range of food and a great contrast between the modern fast food outlets and the old fashioned coffee shops.  Potong Pasir is particularly close to public transport and is quite accessible and convenient. The community centre has a study room, music room, dance room, hall, archery room, childcare, student care, conference rooms, basketball court and of course, a fast food outlet. Not to mention, there is a Hindu temple, a mosque and church in the area. The area also has many shops: a Chinese medicine shop, a barber, an accessories shop, a furniture shop, a market and a food court. Potong Pasir is a thriving Singaporean-style community.

But, unfortunately, there are also disadvantages. The small roads harbour a big school, and there are traffic jams. And there is only one bus, 142, that goes through the neighbourhood. The obscene behaviour of childish students angers the residents, as the students use foul language and foolish acts that cause a nuisance. The many outlets can improve on their hygiene and cleanliness. Potong Pasir might also need to renovate its many coffee shops, as their standard of hygiene is not very good. This poses a threat to students as the dirty areas can harbour diseases. There is also a need of sheltered walkways in some areas as students are cut off especially when it is raining cats and dogs. Potong Pasir seems to lack a park, a place where residents can rejuvenate and relax with the surrounding natural environment. A park would greatly increase the ecological health of this area.

Overall, I think Potong Pasir is a good place to live, and that this place has many good advantages and disadvantages but what I find special about Potong Pasir is because people here have a heart of gold. Potong Pasir demonstrates that pretty well and yes, this place is a place of living. Lives are in the making here. No doubt this place will be well remembered as a part of our school life.

-liew li heng(21)

-3st

Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in Potong Pasir

What glitters doesn’t have to be gold . One particular thing that proves this theory , is the present day Potong Pasir estate . Considering the living condition presently , it is a far cry from what it was before . So let’s get to the point . What advantages and disadvantages does living in Potong Pasir have for us ? The obvious choice to start off , would be the advantages . Here we go .

One word that sums up why Potong Pasir is great is facilities . Firstly , the eye-opener here in Potong Pasir would definitely be St Andrew’s Village . In the village , it has a Kindergarten , a Primary school , a Secondary school and a College . This really sounds like life has already been planned ahead for you for the next 15 to 16 years ! Most people living in the Potong Pasir estate is part of the family as it is very convenient for their kids . Secondly , medical help is readily available in Potong Pasir too . There is a 24-hour clinic in the community . People living in the Potong Pasir area will reach in no more than 5 minutes ! Thirdly , not far away from the clinic lies a Community Centre which has great facilities . In the community centre , there is a basketball court , an archery range and a badminton court which can also be used as a conference hall . Also within the community centre lies a KFC outlet which allows hungry consumers after having a tiring workout to have a quick bite . This community centre sure is user-friendly! Fourthly , there is a Hindu temple just across a coffee-shop which allows Hindu believers to have a time of worship to their god . Lastly , near to this wonderful community is an MRT station . This MRT station allows citizens to reach their destination in the fastest amount of time possible .

With advantages comes disadvantages too . The common problem that residents have is being woken up by the honking sounds early in the morning . As the roads are small and the rising amount of people driving their kids to school , this causes a traffic jam and people without patience would start to honk . Second problem is when school boys , having been released from school , would hang out in the area until quite late in the afternoon before heading home . This causes a nuisance among the residents as they are hanging out at food outlets and there isn’t any space for them to eat , forcing them to find somewhere else to eat .

In the future , there could be a chance that the estate evolves and things could be way better than what it is today . Even without evolving , in my heart , Potong Pasir has already reached a point where it is on par with other estates .

- Bryan Quah (6)                                                                                   
- 3ST .
- Copyrighted xD .

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