Today's trip to the Changi Museum was quite interesting. We took a bus which I felt the duration from school to our destination was quite far so I was chatting non-stop with my friends that I made during this sabbatical. Upon reaching Changi Museum, all of us got off the bus. On the first sight of the museum, I did not really like it too much because I thought that the colour of the wall was like completely in white and it gave me the impression that the place was bland and boring. The teacher led us to the entrance of the museum where we met our tour guide, Mr Singh, who was a Sikh. What he did was to brief us on what he would tell us in the tour. After that, he led us into the museum where we were not allowed to take photographs or do any recordings. I wonder why would that rule be set. Anyway, he told us about the history of Changi and after that we were told how the Japanese attacked countries which I found interesting because it was not like what we read in textbook which had limited information. We were exposed to many details in the Japanese Occupation. Next, we were led deeper into the museum where we saw details like the Japanese signing the surrender agreement of Singapore, how the POWs survived in the prison, how the Japanese tortured people and killed them. The next place we went was was to the murial where I saw paintings of Mr Stanley Warren. What he drew was about Jesus's life which I thought it was quite a wonderful place for Christians to be in. We had watched a video on these pictures earlier before we personally saw them and we saw what we were told- Jesus' eyes were always closed. Maybe that would make Jesus look nicer. After admiring those pictures, we proceeded to look at a video of Choy, Elizabeth. I think that she is really a nice person for helping POWs smuggle money and messages at risk of being punished by the Japanese. This trip to the museum is an enriching experience for me and I feel that through this trip, I have learnt about some histories of the POWs, and kind or brave people who helped out during the war, like Choy, Elizabeth or Lieutenant Atnan Bin Saidi. For I have also learnt alot beyond my textbook and one more point is that I only got to know that there is a place called Changi Museum through this trip. Although a fee of $3 must be paid, I think that the trip is worth every cent.
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