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Melody Zaccheus
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Twice a day, national para-swimmer Toh Wei Soong slips into the pool at Farrer Park Swimming Complex to train, but he also soaks in the nostalgia that made the area a hallowed ground for sports.
The pool was where former national swimmer Ang Peng Siong learnt to swim. Mr Toh, 19, experiences the historic site at its most peaceful - at 5.30am before the sun rises - and at its most rambunctious in the evening when the wide open fields fill up with students and foreign workers who play football and cricket.
