tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-55312780865435745652008-07-23T18:54:00.005+08:002008-07-23T19:08:05.153+08:00Abandoned school buildings seem to be the right candidates for hostels, or now, boutique hotels. Many could be the older buildings with some older characteristics of probably the 50s.<br /><br />But here by the Pearl's Hill, a rather modern looking school building, although it has a long and interesting history with some proiment people coming from this school (<a href="http://bullockcartwater.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html">see my earlier blog</a>) , has become a hotel!<br /><div> </div><div>And, so this tallest school in Singapore has reincarnated as the Re! Hotel.</div><div> </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226162353931700706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_RuuXnWVGqsc/SIcO-LSeSeI/AAAAAAAAFjo/R_t49B90kxU/s400/DSCF8396.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Would anyone have guessed that once upon a time, children ran up and down this first multi-storey school? Ah, many fathers and mothers would be telling their children about their days in this school, when they pass by or come to this hotel.<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226162498161076562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_RuuXnWVGqsc/SIcPGklb6VI/AAAAAAAAFjw/R_sk_gQMZ08/s400/DSCF8395.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><p>An interesting name, Re! In Chinese it is Re Li .. and this Re - pronounced as Swee in Hokkien -could it be part of the Chin Swee Road that runs by it?</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226162694682714946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_RuuXnWVGqsc/SIcPSAr2I0I/AAAAAAAAFj4/u35vHXw9U0Q/s400/DSCF8392.JPG" border="0" /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Chinatown Singapore</div>chinatownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14152648023657411124noreply@blogger.com