The grand old dame... But she's just 34 years of age...

Officially opened by SM Lee Kuan Yew on 21 July 1973... She has seen a great many significant moments in our little island nation... from National Days, to SEA Games, to the Malaysia Cup, to Youth Day Festivals...

It's a special place where almost every student would have gone there at least once in their school-going days... I still remember the awe and excitement when I first went there when I was in Primary 6, to support my school in the School's Track & Field Meet... I was astounded by the sheer size of the stadium back then...

The next time I went there was in 1988, where I was part of the school's Flashcard Mass Display during the National Day Parade... Gosh, the number of rehearsals under the hot sun was punishing... But teens being teens, we tried to enjoy ourselves every moment of the way... Simply unforgettable...

And how could we forget the Malaysia Cup days... where Fandi Ahmad, David Lee, Sundrumuthy, Malek Awab, Nasri Nasir, Pathmanathan, Abbas Said, and Alistier Edwards, brought the Malaysia Cup back to Singapore in 1990... That was National Education, as far as I'm concerned...

And now, 34 years on, she has to make way very soon for a new sports hub... It'll be a crime if I don't venture into the terraces to capture the magnificent old dame in its final days...