Friday, May 7, 2010

What i going to do now???

After been rejected by the idea, I totally do not know what should I do next. Maybe I should starts looking into my secondary life that once I have enjoy in the lesson/subject. The 2 subject that interest me to want to read more are History and Science.

So I start from the most basic and near to my whole life. Finding deep into my own country's history. Went to the library to borrow some books that will interest
me to know more of my own country's history. Singapore, a pictorial history 1819-2000 and a biography of Singapore. With picture(photos or painting) helps to see and understand the environment and scenery clearer. From young, already knows Singapore is a full of trees but never get to see to really believe it. But now I believe it as there are proved of it. I found it pity that last time we do have tigers but now no more local tiger. From the past, Singapore is already the main focus of attraction for photographer to come and explore.











































































An interesting fact that I don't know about until I really went deep to the earliest history that did talks about. It is said that there was once a stone, and not just any old stone but is known as the "Singapore Stone". It was 10 feet high, smooth and square-shaped at the entrance to Singapore River. It was covered in an ancient unintelligible script. Saying by Singapore famous malay chronicler recored:

Many learned men came and tried to read it. Some brought flour-paste which they pressed on the inscription and took a cast, other rubbed lamp-black on it to make the lettering visible. But for all that they exhausted their ingenuity in trying to find out what language the letters represented they reached no decision.

In 1843, British blew it to pieces to widen the river mouth and make way for a new fort and living quarters for its commander. Now the lone surviving fragment displayed in National Museum, as the first artefact that visitors encounter when they enter the Singapore History Gallery. And for me, I didn't know how interesting about this stone until now. Another interesting place that Singapore do have is the Longyame (Dragon's Teeth) but were demolished by the British in 1848 to wide the strait for the modern shipping. It is another sad case that we could not keep it as it is an interesting scenery that it could make and an historical attraction to see.















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