Yes I was. My penis hadn't yet grown hair. Everything was bright and cheerful.
The MRT line initially terminated at Clementi and Yio Chu Kang. Then Jurong East and Yishun. Then the three shit towns north of Jurong East, and the stations of Jurong West and Boon Lay. And after that, the loop between Yishun and Jurong East was completed.
Didn't care much about the east until I become a horny and curious teen, when visiting East Coast Park and the Pasir Ris chalets became a regular thing.