You know how some housing estates get named after the road or area where they are located or they get named for their views. The condo where we live is named after a tree, pinetrees to be specific, and indeed you will find pinetrees on the estate grounds. Yesterday as we were driving off to Taekwondo class, I asked the girls how they think our estate got its name.
Tai Pi: Because there are many pinetrees. They didn't notice at first. Then when they were building the houses, they saw the pinetrees so they decided to name the place after the trees.
Me: You think the pinetrees were here first?
Pumpkin: They built the houses first and then they dig a hole and plant a little pine seed and put a bit of water and then grow grow grow into pinetrees. They look at the pinetrees and they said I think I will name this place Pinesville [that's not the name of our estate but Pumpkin keeps confusing it with Townsville where the PowerPuff Girls live].
Tai Pi is adamant that she is right, and well, it does make sense to name a place after the trees you see in the area. But Pines are not native to Singapore so most likely Pumpkin is right in saying that the trees were not already here. I guess we can't always name housing estates after what we see there before the place is built. If not, we would have condos like Swamp Gardens, Muddy Mansions, Kampong Tower and Mosquito Lodge. Don't think those would sell very well.
5 comments:
Doesn't really matter who's right. The girls are imaginative and show ability to reason out things. Simply love my little angelic grand-daughters!
In Malaysia, they would be called Rubber Estate Villas, Palm Tree Mansions and D'Tin Mine.
kongkong: Kids say the darnest things. I like to ask them for their views just to hear what they come up with.
fbt: Well I did visit a place in Malaysia called Mines Resort located at a former tin mine. It looked better in the pictures on the website than it actually was.
Too bad you do not live in one of those new condos with unpronuncable names. Would be interesting to here your kids' answers.
Hey, don't take names too lightly. You're lucky to be living in a condo with an estate name, rather than XXX, Ave. XX. At least, your estate has character which is reflected in the name. I like to hear what kids have to say about things too but I refrain from correcting them.
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