Crossroads

When I first took the subte (MRT or underground subway) of Buenos Aires, I was amazed to see the entire train still made of WOOD!

I missed my stop because I didn't know the doors were to be opened manually... No pre existing memory of manually operated wooden trains in my memory this time...

Anyway its just the Linea A (line A) of the subte that is still running 1920s british antique. The other lines have upgraded to their more modern japanese counterparts.

I remember when I was very young, Singapore used to have those lifts which have metal grills as doors. And you need to open the doors manually. I must have been younger than 5.

It was so long ago and I had forgotten about them. Until the very first day when I arrived in Buenos Aires, I saw it again.

The fellow tourist from Holland in front of me didn't know what to do and he just kept pressing the lift button and waiting for the doors to open. Instinctively I knew what to do. It was like a dormant memory in my mind and I knew how to open it and how it works, without an existing conscious memory of these lifts.

Anymore old school than that you'll have to use the stairs....