A Day @ Singapore Botanic Gardens

We had a good day..took the family + 2 nieces down to SBG on 10May It has been ages since I last set foot in there...cant recall when....Sun wasn't too bad..Huh never know SBG was quite big...the walk was endless. I liked the enviro though, you can see couples walking hand in hand, young or old, families picnicing and partying on grasslands....really good time for family bonding....and I had my fair share.

Of course Little D has her fair share of running around slopes, falls, shouts and screams...you can see a pic of how happy she is, running around the pathway @ SBG. Attention seeker - she screamed and laughed loudly....and we had to stop her...hahahahaha. Thats my girl...

We took about 2 hours to 'complete' our walk @ SBG, but still we have not covered the whole of SBG yet. As the sun was killing, we decided to get away to get some ice-cream to chill-down. And off we went to Vivo, my favourite :-)

Little D loves to shout and scream...and she is very curious about everything around here. Thats good for her. It ignites her amygdala and sets her thoughts and we parents have to be on standy with answers to worldly questions.

Life is getting better each time and I always enjoy moments with Little D, she makes my day, she makes me forget all my tireness after nite class, she makes me forget any unhappiness I have...she is my girl - my little D....

National Museum Trip @ 4th May

Hi all, I am back !!...We made a trip to the National Museum @ Old Parliament Lane. Never been there before so we had to figure out where to park. As expected, carpark was full so we had to park at an adjacent building - The Adelphi, just opposite Funan Centre.

Never knew the building looked so nice. We had wanted to see the art pieces from Ukraine - so to speak, motivated by the radio deejays that kept promoting it.

Well, its kinda fun and nice . . . .The internal decor and design looked very good, really good for photographs and wedding shots...hehehehe.

We had our fair share of pictures and here's a family pic. Little Darling, Mummy and Daddy - A great family hanging out together on a Sunday @ The Museum :-)

Historical Murals @ Changi

Yo ! Here I am back again....been MIA for sometime..getting lazy to write here..hehehe...nah not that, just could not find time to slot into this blog. Ah well, here I am....

Today we made a trip to Changi Museum. Never knew it existed in the 1st place. And all because Mummy A had to do her school work that we made a trip there. Sun was scorchingly killing burningly prickly hot and we were all sweaty after a few minutes in the sun. Heeeee...........

Thinking back, it was a knowledge generation trip, enlightened me a lot.

The museum boast a whole lot history of the fall and rise of Singapore, known as Malaya back then. It encompasses the journeys of WW2, the pain and sufferings our people went through. It displayed many pictures of POWs, daily encounters, life journeys and the tortures that our forefathers went through, under the ruling of the Japanese.

Its also showed our national heroes, like Lim Bo Seng, 2LT Adnan who fought teeth and grit to free our people from the sufferings and insults of the Japanese. Real equipments and tools used during that era were also on display....cool huh you think ? After going through the different sections of the museum, I cant help but feel that we have come a really long way...

Political.
It was really for one political reason that the Japanese took to overthrew the British here. The quest for political dominance and power was exumably displayed when the boast the fighter jets, guns, swords. The hunger for political power led the Japanese to exhibit aggression over their weaker opponents. Power and politics, most of the time come hand in hand. But if we abuse it, it can led to many unhappiness. Being in power does not grant us the rights to suppress others.

Economic
A weak economy in Malaya contributed to the downfall back then. Well, back then , what is "economy" all about ? So the Japanese took this opportunity . We had a 'leader' back then in Malaya, the Sultan. But was economic stability and strength is the main national agenda ? Don't think so, proven....

Maybe they dont have economics as part of the learning syllabus in school then ? Hehehehe...

Social
It was our key strength of Malaya, we had good bonds with neighboring countries that all came to lend a hand during WW2. We had to thank MY, ID, AU, US, UK, IN and few more for their relentless effort fighting the Japanese to free Malaya from their clutches.

Technological
We really lost out here back then ? What technology do we have to fend off the Japanese. They have got thousands of fighter jets, rifles, manpower etc....and what do we have ? Parangs ? Keris ? Sampans ?.how do we fight ? Even our allies that came to help could not fend them off...infact the British was so afraid of them then...hahahaha

But whats so impressive was the murals. People say that a picture paints a thousand words. Really true.....looking at those pictures send chills across the hall, it reflects the hardships, the sufferings, the pain, the agony, the sorrows of our people and the POWs during the Japanese occupation. It was a really a good social studies self taught. It also depicts the heroic undertakings of our forefathers, those that fought against the rules laid during the Japanese occupation. They fought very hard, only many ended up executed and shot by the Japanese.

So is sovereignty so important ? Will taking over territories makes you worshipped even more ? Even at the expense of humanity ? Well, my thoughts tell me that power and politics come hand in hand. The urge for power will entangle us in a political struggle.

Look at what happened today ? China is still hampering to cement their sovereignty over Tibet. This has led to many unhappy events 1. The Dalai Lama scooted off to India when he was young to prevent from the ruling of China. Tibet has been under its own government for a long time and now the insurgence of China into Tibet will mean lots of changes in Tibet rules....many changes ! !