Friday, August 17, 2007
Today has been a very interesting day and i really enjoyed myself very much although its was pouring in the morning and we were apparently drenched to the skin. Went for our ever first fieldtrip for social studies this morning to Fort Canning. Met our lecturer at the ROM and i was quite amazed by the number of couples queueing to register their marriages. Well we kinda looked like eye sores compared to them cos all of us were in casual attire whereas the couples were quite nicely dressed up.
Anyway went to the spice garden after that and we got to learn the spices that they plant there. Was quite interesting to know that spices were actually very valuable in the past cos spices were needed to preserve the food (there were no fridges in the olden days) and also only south east asia's climate is suitable for planting of some of the spices. Next we proceed to the Keramat then followed by the 9 pounds cannon. The keramat is believed to be the tombstone of the last ruler of Singapore but the irony is that the people cant even confirm that the sultan actually died in Singapore. As for the 9 pounds cannon, its main purpose is to inform the people of the time so just imagine the people in the old days depend on the bombing sound of the cannon to wake up.
Next we proceed to the fort canning centre which used to be a cemetery but they already exhumed the tombs and for the remaining tombstones, the people have decided to mount it to the wall alongside. Next comes the most interesting part of the day which is the battle box. Well its highly recommendable for those who hasn't been to there. Anyway the tunnel is 9m deep and once we stepped inside the battle box, our phones cant recieve any reception and its quite dark and eerie inside because of the wax figures that really look like the real person. Was frightened by the lights and the sound effects along the way cos i was having this funny feeling from the start or most probably i am just scaring myself. Haha Anyway at the end of the trip, one of my classmates got himself a poster that states "be careful of what u talk, enemies have long ears" which he intends to hang it in his classroom and we were teasing him that the poster serves as a warning to the students that the teacher has long ears.Haha
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