I've lived at Modena at Simei for 21 years: Here's my review of what it's like to live just across an MRT station
Did you know that Simei means "four beauties" in Mandarin, and the estate's four main streets were once named after the four beauties of Ancient China? Often overshadowed by other neighbourhoods in the East, we rarely hear much about Simei. Other than Changi General Hospital and East Point Mall, it is a rather laid-back and residential-dense neighbourhood dominated by towering...