thoughts escaping my mind
So the Angsana Tree at Braddell Road was hacked down on Sunday.
I was away over the weekend and on Monday, I had to go to Toa Payoh and took this picture:
*note the brakes engaged in the car ahead.
What took 80 years to grow, was felled down in one day.
Just a few months back, I drove up Braddell Road.
I’d not driven up this road in ages, and realised that there was a tree right in the middle of the road.
It was great. I was surprised, a little taken aback and wondering if I’d taken the right split in the road.
But it was the same road. It was just a tree in the way. And I thought to myself. Wow! The government actually left this tree there. It was really cool.
And then today, I see this article in The Straits Times – U-turn: End of the road for 80-year-old tree in Braddell by T. Rajan. Continue reading “The Angsana Tree”