13 Sai Lau Street

We used to live on the third floor of 13 Sai Lau Street, Tsuen Wan. In 1998 a few city blocks were collected by the government for re-development. We had to move with compensation.

I went on a nostaglia trip of Tsuen Wan with Sue and ran into San Tung Uk museum. I hung out there a few times after school when it was still a ruin. It had be reconstructed and turned into a museum that try to reproduce the traditional Hakka walled village. Inside there is a small exhibit showing the development of Tsuen Wan as a town in the past couple centuries.

There is a picture taken from the roof of my old home in 1997. I can still remember the 7-11 my mom used to buy ice-shake at the corner of the picture. I am surprised I didn't have the idea to take a picture myself at that time.

The whole area had been torn down and is now a modern shopping mall + residential high-rises.