Today, we had a heritage tour courtesy of the SAF. We visited the NEWater plant at Bedok, Changi Chapel and War Museam and the Johor Battery. My favourite site was the second place we visited - the War Museam. The countless amounts of artifacts and historical information was overwhelming. We were reminded of the Japanese Occupation, and the numerous amounts of hardship and mental torture the POWs went through. It reaffirmed my desire to serve my remaining term in NS the best I can. Because by doing so, only can I be assured I will have the ability to protect my loved ones and country in times of war, if it occurs. The picture above is taken at the site. Observe the cross, it was handmade by a POW, and improvised from an artillery shell. The candle stands were also made from pipes!! The chapel was built using whatever material that was available at that time during the occupation. It was heartening to know that people still depended on our Lord for strength to pull themselves through such tough times. One's heart would go out to those people who suffered during the occupation, and could only stand in solemnness when hearing about their plight. I do encourage anyone out there who has not yet been to the Changi Chapel and War Museam to visit it and be truly humbled and enlightened...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Time seriously flies!
Well...I've finally been to town yesterday after like two and a half months!! To think about it, town's really nothing much actually...=] Had lunch at Seoul Garden with some peeps from the mugging gang and some juniors at Taka for like 3hrs? Hahas..really ate our money's worth man! The talk we had later was even cooler!! Topics discussed include 'why do guys watch porn?', 'the mindsets of guys and gals' and many other rather sensitive issues. It's really amazing hearing opinions from the other sex, like their stand on certain issues like premarital sex. One thing I came to realise after many of such conversations is that guys and girls are essentially the same. We both think that the other sex is weird and incomprehensible... So to wrap things up, I actually spent the whole day in town, woohoo! But yah, I still maintain my stand - town is really nothing much...
Today, we had a heritage tour courtesy of the SAF. We visited the NEWater plant at Bedok, Changi Chapel and War Museam and the Johor Battery. My favourite site was the second place we visited - the War Museam. The countless amounts of artifacts and historical information was overwhelming. We were reminded of the Japanese Occupation, and the numerous amounts of hardship and mental torture the POWs went through. It reaffirmed my desire to serve my remaining term in NS the best I can. Because by doing so, only can I be assured I will have the ability to protect my loved ones and country in times of war, if it occurs. The picture above is taken at the site. Observe the cross, it was handmade by a POW, and improvised from an artillery shell. The candle stands were also made from pipes!! The chapel was built using whatever material that was available at that time during the occupation. It was heartening to know that people still depended on our Lord for strength to pull themselves through such tough times. One's heart would go out to those people who suffered during the occupation, and could only stand in solemnness when hearing about their plight. I do encourage anyone out there who has not yet been to the Changi Chapel and War Museam to visit it and be truly humbled and enlightened...
Today, we had a heritage tour courtesy of the SAF. We visited the NEWater plant at Bedok, Changi Chapel and War Museam and the Johor Battery. My favourite site was the second place we visited - the War Museam. The countless amounts of artifacts and historical information was overwhelming. We were reminded of the Japanese Occupation, and the numerous amounts of hardship and mental torture the POWs went through. It reaffirmed my desire to serve my remaining term in NS the best I can. Because by doing so, only can I be assured I will have the ability to protect my loved ones and country in times of war, if it occurs. The picture above is taken at the site. Observe the cross, it was handmade by a POW, and improvised from an artillery shell. The candle stands were also made from pipes!! The chapel was built using whatever material that was available at that time during the occupation. It was heartening to know that people still depended on our Lord for strength to pull themselves through such tough times. One's heart would go out to those people who suffered during the occupation, and could only stand in solemnness when hearing about their plight. I do encourage anyone out there who has not yet been to the Changi Chapel and War Museam to visit it and be truly humbled and enlightened...
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norman! zhen here. hahahaha. your blog is really great!hoho. hope you continue to write man. anyway, take care and keep that great spirit up. i like your ns mindset. yay. am v v v proud of you. hoho
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