Danny Ang
095070H
DA0904
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Exploring Balestier and What's left of today
Danny Ang
095070H
DA0904
Friday, January 28, 2011
The Community
Kannan
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DA0903
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sunset years
The rickshaw was a common mode of transportation in Singapore from 1880s-1930s, and a huge source of income for the Chinese immigrants. Nowadays, the rickshaw is still used as a mode of transport, but to a far smaller extent; it is more like an 'experience' for the tourists nowadays.
The karung-guni man is also a pretty common 'feature' in Singapore, though nowadays we see very less of them, probably due to the increase in the number of recycling companies in Singapore who are so-called 'snatching business' from these old uncles. I remember from about 10 years ago (still can't believe it's already so long) that you can hear these uncles every few days shouting in hokkien from the carparks downstairs. People will wave from their windows and the uncle will come up and collect whatever we had to sell them. I used to think they were all very cool for being able to shout so loud. Haha.
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2nd one is more to my liking personally, I was kind of relieving the feeling I got from visiting Arab Street years ago in primary school when we had to go for the heritage trails every year for 3 years. The first thing that came into my mind when I saw it, was that the mosque is very majestic. The intricate details are pretty captivating :'D
It was also nice to go exploring Arab Street, they sold many toys that kids nowadays probably won't play. I found marbles and spinning tops! <3 My mom used to play those with my brother and me. I sucked, though. ):
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tl;dr
Had my fun walking through these places, I hope they will still be there and maintain their awesome in the future!
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Yao ZiJing
DA0904
Thursday, January 20, 2011
mail, letters
When now we just use the phone or emails to save time and money.When u go to the letterbox what u take out from it are bills, ads, subscripe magazine to and more bills.The feeling when u receive a new year card it is different then getting msg, plus u can keep the card or place it somwhere in the house.To me this is a trend losing out, it will make the letterbox somthing where people will start hating to go to.
Khong Li Dong
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DA03
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The fate of Kampong Buangkok
The picture I drew is an illustration of kampong Buangkok which is the one and only surviving kampong in mainland Singapore. This particular Malay kampong has a rich cultural history of over 60 years and I think that in 10 years’ time this kampong will be made way for future developments. Although the government has not yet acquired the land of kampong Buangkok, but I believe it soon will. Well, I really hope my prediction is wrong and that the government would still want to preserve its heritage as this one and only kampong can serve as a teaching ground for our future generations that their forefathers previous livelihood and learn more about the history of Singapore.
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Bernard Leong Qi Jie
DA04
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Bernard Leong Qi Jie
DA04
Arab Street
Haji Lane is a part of Kampong Glam, the ethnic district known for its Malay-Arab influence. Walking through the street would already have you know that without prior knowledge. Arab street really lives up to its namesake, the smells of different scents and sights of the few remaining carpet/textile selling shops with the ostentatious Sultan Mosque. However the appearance of newer shops is also just as obvious. More and more fashion boutiques offering indie labels are filling the shop houses. Cafes and bars are the main people magnets, most of them being shisha outlets. There is also a pretty long history behind shisha. I have no idea what is to happen to this place in future. But it'll be nice if you could still see someone bubbling his waterpipe.
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Ryan Choy He Rong
DA0904
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Chinatown, The place for culinary delicacy
Chinatown is a crowded place, filled with exciting atmosphere. Where you can find it's iconic building call " People's park " One of the most visited place for the tourist and foreigners . Chinatown represent Singapore's culture and history. Every weekend this place will be crowded with many people, especially during holidays.When night falls, this place will be more exciting. You can find a lot of delicious food everywhere, this is a place best for people who are in search for local famous dishes. Despite the narrow road, people will still walk through the street. These people cannot resist temptation by those delicious dishes. More and more people get attracted by this place , that's why this little place become more and more famous. This place have it's own history and lasted for very long, however , the younger generation do not know how to appreciate such place and culture.
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Xia LinTong
DA05
Clark Quay - Historical riverside quay in Singapore
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Clarke Quay, river embankment, part of the Singapore River area, located in the Central Region. Clarke Quay stretches from Read Bridge at North Boat Quay to Ord Road/Ord Bridge and right towards River Valley Road. It was named after Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Clarke, second Governor of the Straits Settlements.
The quay was most active in the days when the Singapore River was the focal point of trading activities. The most modern Shopping and Hotel complex at Clarke Quay is Liang Court, built in 1984. At Tye Place still stand many of the original brick warehouses and godowns of the early days. Converting these storage spaces to commercial use gave Clarke Quay its unique village-like ambience, a new lease of life. The well-preserved buildings now cater to shopping, dining, recreation and entertainment needs. The pedestrian promenades come alive especially in the evenings.
Clarke Quay was a hubbub of trade. Before containerised shipping was introduced, tongkangs (bumboats) plied this part of the Singapore River, ferrying cargo back and forth between ships moored in the busy port and the warehouses lining the river banks.
Phua Jia wei
Da05
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CityInTheJungle
CityInTheJungle
This is a view from from a HDB flat at Little India during sunset.
The dark coloured shapes on the left and right side are silhouetted trees.
when i looked at the view, it was almost like i was looking at a city inside a jungle.
It was such a refershing site. Greenery is a part of Singapore.
So lets hope that Singapore will always stay as the green city we all know!
daniel yusuf
094209k
da0901
Transformation.
REX CINEMA
The 63 years old building located at Mackenzie Road.
The building has reinvented itself many times over the years,
going through many transformations, skating rink, a church, and a nightclub
, now the movie hall has reemerged once again from its ashes.
It mainly screen indian movie.
My father told me that, grandpa use to bring the whole family along to watch movie. movie use to be something that whole family could enjoy and relax after a day of hard work. I felt that movie is no longer for family to spend time together but for the young to spend time with friend.
Goh yu wei
092893A
Da0903
Ever-Changing Clarke Quay
When I was young, I read in my history book that, Singapore was a place where traders would like to make their stop here to trade and also to refill their whatever needs that they need for travel. Back then, I always wondered, where exactly is the port in Singapore that attracts so many traders? I remember, when I first read that history book, it was already in the year of 2000. I couldn't have the chance to see it anymore. Our famous port in Singapore, Clarke Quay has already developed into a tourist attraction like what we see today.
When I went to research for Clarke Quay. I found out that, Clarke Quay was first named by Sir Andrew Clarke, a government of Singapore in 1896! Which also means that, it is already more than 100 years old!!
Clarke Quay is a place in Singapore that undergo many times of development. It has first transformed from, long long time ago, a Quay just beside the Singapore River where nobody stays there nor use it. In 1816, Clarke Quay was found as a great place for trades and it has became the centre of trade for Singapore, that people would transport their goods thru boats to Singapore. This has lasted for more than a century. Until in around 1960-1980. Singapore Government has decided that they would like to shift the port to Pasir Panjang (Which is still the current one). During then, Clarke Quay has been deserted and left with it's old and worn buildings around. In 1977-1987, Singapore Government then clean up the environment of the Singapore River and trying to maintain some of the old buildings there. And in 1993, Clarke Quay has once again gained it's popularity by transforming itself to Clarke Quay Festival Village. It is now continuing to develop and as we can see today, it has various restaurants and nightclubs, the G-MAX reverse bungee and Central shopping can also be found there. It has become a tourist attraction and google even says that, "resembling more like a Disneyland partyground for tourists and middle class locals alike." I guess we just never know what will happen next? Maybe we would really have a Disneyland in Clarke Quay in the next 5-10 years time? I mean, think about it, it would be cool right?
Lastly, I would like to end off with something we can take away from this "history class", and that is,
"The only constant is change" - Heraclitus
Fan KaiYang
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Fan KaiYang
DA0902
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Tanjong Pager railway station.
The first time I went to the Tanjong Pagar railway station I was quite surprised by how well kept the place is despite that it was built almost a century ago.
To be honest I did not know there is actually another railway station in Singapore other than the one at Woodlands checkpoint. I asked my friend about it and he told me that the place is closing down on first of July this year and relocated to Woodlands instead. The first thing I thought of was I have got to ride it at least once before it shuts down.
When I first reached the train station I could really feel the 'old-ness' of the place. I could almost imagine it full of people bustling around when it was first opened. It was grand. I was quite fascinated by the 4 statues on the main entrance and learned that they actually represent Commerce, Agriculture, Industry and Transportation. The architecture of the place is really vintage as well. The main entrance is so full of little intricate details that I couldn't manage to take it all in.
Now that the station is shutting down I do hope that the place would not be tear down as it's full of rich cultures and it has so much to offer to those who have never visited the train station before. It should be kept as one of Singapore's unique heritage.
Joe Kang Tong Hwee
093489u
Grp 4
Memories of chinatown
When i was little, i always remember my parents bringing both me and my younger siblings to chinatown during the weekends whenever they had the time..it was really fun and enjoyable back then...
Chinatown offers lots of interesting things to see such as chinese new year decorations, candies from different countries, interesting handmade goods like the dough figure, potteries, paintings as well as amazing acrobatic performances that happens from time to time..the atmosphere it gives to people is very lively and bustling.... i also enjoyed looking at the unique windows they had there from the past as well as the beautiful lights that lights up the place whenever night came....The feeling that chinatown gave me was that it was like a fantasy world where chinese new year would go on and on forever...
But as time passed, i got busier with school stuff that i became less interested to go to places like chinatown..it could be because i was tired of going to the same place over and over again..sometimes i feel that i would rather visit a shopping centre than to go to such places...But after doing this assignment do i realized that i have neglected the important of chinatown and for thinking that it would still be there no matter how many years have gone by...i feel that us teenagers nowadays have been too pampered and busy with our own life that we never stop or slow down to see the things around us...even if anyone were to ask me about my own chinese culture and stuff related to it, i'm pretty sure i might not be able to answer back at all...
Thus for this assignment, i choose to do chinatown to remind me of the importance of it..No matter what, it is the history, the culture as well as the people that makes up us "Chinese"..I feel that now is the time we should treasure our own culture and learn where our origins come from before its too late...Because in the next 10 to 20 years, even if chinatown is still there, it has lost all of its important and flavor that it is nothing but a empty shell of what's left....
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Koh Shyr Shyuan Stacy
DA0904
Masjid Jamae Chulia
Daphne Tan
DA02
095086N
Monday, January 17, 2011
Frozen in time
Ariel Hor Jinli
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The Invasions of 7 Elevens
The Invasions of 7 Eleven stores
Soon mama stores are going to be over thrown by shops like 7 eleven, cheers and baby clinics(which was what happened to the one under my block). So I decided to draw a picture of this mama store just in case I won't be seeing any more mama stores out there in the future. The thing about mama shops is that it is a very wonderful place. It has almost everything and anything you need such as bangdung, detergents, dishwasher, ice cream, crackers, rice and much much more, and it's cheap too. And there is always more variety of ice creams there compared to the normal convenience stores which only holds the common expensive brands with very little variety. And I used to go to the one under my block when i was in primary school to buy crackers, sweets, chocolates, ice creams and to tikam from the gatchapon machine to get fake tamagotchis. But now that it is replaced by a baby clinic it has made the place quieter.
Chen Siqin
DA0901
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First Train Ride
Tanjong Pagar has a personal story to me as a kid. I had a strong interest in trains at that time, and I had never taken a long train ride in my life before, so I asked my mother to take a train if we ever go to Kualar Lumpur. And when I was 10 years old, my wish was granted. I remember this very view while we were having breakfast waiting to board the train.
Unfortunately, this was the only time I came to this station because my 2 other train trips were return trips from Kuala Lumpur that ended at Woodlands Checkpoint. This station's architechture is unique to Singapore because it is relatively old compared to its surroundings, which are modern city buildings.
Today, this station is now 79 years old. What's sad to me is that this station will cease operations in July 2011, so old school railway trains chuffing through Singapore will be a thing of the past, as the trains will now terminate at Woodlands Checkpoint. You will be missed.
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Javin Ye Jian Hui
DA0904
Old Tampines Market
Old Tampines Market Place
When I was young I used to come here during chinese new year eves. This place was especially busy during those days. Where they sell lots of chinese new year goodies and day to day groceries. And the people who patronise this place is usually the older people. I used to come here very early in the morning to buy fish, prawns etc with my parents during chinese new year and they close very late at night. But during normal occasions this place is very quiet except early in the morning where all the old people gather to buy groceries. I feel that this place is going to be renovated and it will not look the same anymore as it is today.This place gave me wonderful memories during chinese new years and it brings me back to my childhood when i see people bargaining for orange, fishes, prawns, crabs, tofus and many many more. And also there are aquarium shops in the area where i used to go when I was young. There are also beautiful chinese new year decorations such as lanterns, red packets, fire crackers, chinese new year prosperity posters and many more. Now that i seldom go there during chinese new year or any other days I feel that I should draw this just in the case that it might dissappear one day.
Tan Guo Xin
DA0901
095060k
Its There Yet Quiet
In our everyday lives there will always be people going to work in the morning, people going to malls to shopping and after work people will meet each other for dinner with family, friends or even colleagues. So far this is like a cycle that everyone is going through and we tend to go to common areas like orchard or neighbourhood malls. It seems that lesser people are going to areas like Haji Lane. By visiting a part of that area, I came across a convenient store with an old lady attending to it and there was hardly any people around. The same goes for the shop houses around there too where mostly I see were tourist looking around.Sometimes I wonder how it is still lasting. This sketch represents the area that I feel is going to make way for new development in the future.
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FrancineWang
095063N
10 Year Time
Nowadays, more and more supermarkets are opening in singapore. There are a few like Giant NTUC fairprice, Sheng Siong, Cold Storage, Shop & Save and Carrefour. Not only that, some of them are 24/7, food are fresh, lot of choices and much cheaper. Plus, you get to choose from a range of wine and many other imported ingredients. Imagine the competition! So, 10 year down the road, there will be less wet markets surviving.
Shop Houses
In singapore, as population is increasing, more land is needed. More and more land is also cleared to give way to high rise buildings. That's whys Shops houses in chinatown, bugis and gilman village might be taken down for the need of more land.
Mama shop
Similar to the wet market, mama shops faces fierce competition with other convinient shops such as 7-11 and Cheers.
But, you can't get those $1 candy packs anywhere else isn't it?
HDB
Nowadays, people prefer higher buildings and consider much on design of their flats. Olden days HDB design are in rectangular form and it take up a lot of space. Now, the Design of HDB flats are much smaller and higher, which saves up a lot of space.
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Edwyn yeo wei po
DM09
Skip through threads of history woven with life
It is a place where most of us would associate with the Chinese community and that during New Year's every year, it is the place to go. The place is almost always full of bustling life. People rushing around, stores hawking their merchandise, tourists with cameras in hand snapping away. there is always something happening in Chinatown.
But as compared to the hustle and bustle of life in the past, Chinatown is more toned down and not as flamboyant as before. The hubbub of voices and crowds have dimmed throughout the years as our generation grows out and lean out of the Eastern influence and instead, to the Western influence. I do admit that personally, although I used to visit Chinatown when I was young, nowadays, I hardly even go there anymore. The culture is disappearing with the years, and as we grow older, we slowly stop following old traditions or going to the places we used to go anymore.
I chose to draw Chinatown because I felt that although most of the architecture like the temples, shophouses and coffeeshops would most likely still be there 10 years later, the feeling of "Chinatown" would never be the same again. Within 10 years, many things would change. The Chinatown of 2001 was probably way more fantastic and beautiful than now. Although I find that the little things and experience you can find in Chinatown is extremely interesting and wonderful, not many people may feel the same way as me. The old men sitting near coffeeshops repairing shoes with a cigarette in their mouth, the old ladies gossiping over a cup of coffee with their daily marketing goods, the smell of good food in the air, the touch of the old stone tables and chairs, these are the things that remind me of the old times and old glory of "Chinatown" that is slowly fading away with time.
I hope in time, that it will still remain as rich in culture as the present. That people would still bother to pop in for a walk around Chinatown when New Year blows round the corner. Of how the night scene is such a different feel of a day trek through the streets. I hope that in our ever so busy lifestyle, we could squeeze in a few hours to sit at the wet market, sip a cup of tea, and just to throw your hair back to feel the old man or lady in you rejoice at the rich culture and warmth of the place. Breathe in the smells of history mixed with modern life. Listen to the older generation of people chit chat in dialect. Feel how the stone tables and chairs are like, how the walls and pillars feel from the now-modern concrete walls of malls. Taste the excitement in the air when New Year is just around the corner. Watch how life unfolds in Chinatown. Well, with that few hours that you just spared to visit and have a feel of Chinatown's hubbub of life, it was way better spent than sitting in front of your television set or computer. In 10 years, you never know what would happen. Buildings are only just buildings without the life and culture of the place infused in it.
That's why I believe Chinatown is important to be seen now and not years later where the spirit of the place may not be as active anymore.
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Kam Kit Min
Da04
City Hall & Former Supreme Court
LeeYin Qiao
p.s forgot to upload the picture along with the text. sorry.
City Hall & Former Supreme Court.
It is a place which demands strict discipline and order. Through the passage of time, it has witnessed the many events which forms the Singapore we know today. It remembers the footsteps of great personages and alleged criminals echoing through its halls. Yes, the former Supreme Court. Although older than most of our ages put together, nevertheless it has not lost any of its splendour despite being built all the way back in 1937. It was finally declared open in 1939 , laid with the biggest foundation stone back in Malaya at the time. Did you know that underneath lays a time capsule made from brass? 6 Singapore newspapers and Straits Settlement coins from that period of time, slumbers under the stone . Too bad we wouldn’t be around to see it opened though. It’s due to be open in the year 3000 , approximately some 900 years later? I used to remember passing by the building whenever my dad drove around the area. It looks especially grand at night, with all the lights beaming from below . It has always left a deep impression on me, and I used to wonder how many important decisions and court cases concerning our country would take place inside the building. The new Supreme Court is built just a stone’s throw away from the former one . Though it looks more advanced and high tech , it just can’t compare to the rustic look of granite and the feel of nostalgia. In time to come, the former Supreme Court will be transformed into our future National Art Gallery , home to the largest visual art venues in our country.
DA04
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Lee Yin Qiao
Deconstruction, rebirth; walkway lost in time
One wonders if the place will survive another cycle of deconstruction and rebirth, given the speed at which Singapore develops.
Hopefully.
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Teo wei shan
DA0905
[The piece can be viewed in various ways, and I've taken the liberty of scanning them in one by one.]
Bird shops and shophouses
One of the reasons why i wanted to stay in a shophouse was so that i could own a bird shop. Passing by those shops. i would peer through the car window and look at the colourful birds singing and hopping in their cages, hoping to get a new home soon. And their shop owner carefully and tenderly handling the birds like they were own children..
Some of you may wonder.. bird shophouse? never seen one! well, they were many around last time. But now, due to urbanization and people loosing interest in keeping birds as pets, these shops slowly closed one by one. now the only ones left are in very remote corners that used to burst with life...
DA0904
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Vivianne.
What is he point at?
In my early days I remember a time where I use to visit temple often when my parents they went to pray for good fortune . It felt like a field trips sometimes going visits a lot of temple before during Chinese new year other visits like ghost festival. Time passes and visits to temple was less often due to school and etc.
I've come to realize that the only thing that I could remember is Chinese new year. I couldn't remember any other dates. I felt my change of lifestyle was too quick and that I forgotten some of the older things.
Hopefully as time passes I hope that people will always embrace the old before moving forward.
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Koh York Seng
Da05
I was too young to notice, but as I think back, they all had the nostalgic look in their eyes, an emotion I was too young to even experience yet.
Being the odd one in the family, I enjoyed walking and exploring the urband jungle that is Singapore, and in my quest I've uncovered many intresting places, although the main objective of this was to find hidden gems of great FOOD, I was always surprised to find places I never knew existed, nor survived the mordernisation of Singapore.
My grandparents, have left this world, and I dearly miss them. And as I was alighting of the bus in the middle of Chinatown, I felt a wave of nostalgia.
I used to roam this palce as a kid. And As much as the landscaped had changed, I recalled certain aspects that kept their charm. Mainly the buidings that, even with so many new coats of paint, had that feel of well ageing.
I'm glad to be able to expierience what my Grandparents felt, Chinatown has taken a special place in my heart, for whenever I go there, I reminiscence, and I feel that, by allowing myself to reminiscence, I get to feel a little of what my grandparents felt.
Singapore is slowly changing, and I hope as much as the enviroment changed, Chinatown would still be the little gem in the middle.
Kelvin Kang
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Childhood memories
Well, i remember popping by the mama shop in the neighbouring block whenever Grandma gave me pocket money. For a child around 4-6years old, it was like heaven, filled with sweets, snacks AND ice cream at affordable prices. (back then, GST was NOT 7% and shopping= more candy)
However, we must not overlook the up and coming supermarts and mini-marts (eg. Sheng Siong and i-econ mini mart). Although the basic services are still there, the feeling it gives off is more "professional", yet cold and distant. With their cheaper prices, greater variety and air-conditioned interiors, most people would choose to go there instead of mama shops to get their groceries. With less customers, and -possibly- higher costs of operation (i mean, everything IS getting more expensive), our next generation might not even KNOW what mama shops are (apart from history textbooks and Wikipedia). Worse still, mama shops might even cease to exist in our future.
Da0905
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Tan Jia Ying
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I've noticed that, in the recent years, another mama shop had been popping up and closing down again (there's a total of 4 in our neighbourhood). One major factor would be that there were too many shops, and too few customers.
Da0905
093888D
Tan Jia Ying
Merlion City.
Myths, Legends, Origin, Conflict, History and Ideals.
These were the very primal foundations of a backwater malaysian island that will become a blooming and ever-growing metropolis. Singapore remains one of the shining examples in the world that has a country and city to gather cultures, races and tradition into one unified and wholey new, harmonious identity. An identity that shares one creed and one drive in the name of Progress; perhaps indirectly, created an order of peace and humanity that other nations can at least learn from.
The Business District of Singapore is a representation of Singapore's progress and prosperity that would have not come far without the selfless sacrificess of our forefathers. Our forefathers knew that their immortality and dreams will live on through their future generation; and they have to be a symbol of an ideal for us.
One of the backbone foundations of Singapore is that without the interest and settlement of Trades, our beloved country's state would never have come to pass. It is through these trades that Sir Stamford Raffles's Ideal was made manifest; and through the vision of a visionary, Lee Kuan Yew, this country was lifted upward and pushed to new horizons and found independance as a country; no longer was Singapore viewed as a backwater island used for a trading port.
Legends, Myths, Culture and History formed Singapore a face; one multi-faceted and complex, yet simple to recognize. It is a system that grows like a plant and breathes out harmony and takes in what is different and broken, then turn into a whole. The Merlion is our own superman symbol and will of Singapore. The steadfast and noble strive of a Lion and a pristine tail that swims gracefully and seeks the bounty of the far horizon to complete its journey. It is Singapore's very will to be an individual identity and prosper, through trades and alliances of other nations.
Indeed the water and fish tail is one of the most essential reminders of how our country is formed, and the Lion is the remembrance of the forefathers who suffered and strive to shape the destiny of our homeland.
Perhaps, we should remember how Singapore was made, and through this rememberance we cancontinue to build the future.
DA0903
Rafi
Fading Breeze
This is a picture of the Palawan Beach at Sentosa. When I was a little girl, I remembered begging my parents to come here. And as I grew up, I actually realized that Sentosa has changed a lot. There are better monorails and the Universal Studio just came up. I realized that the water and sand are filled with litters too. I imagine in 10 years to come, Sentose will be more developed and most of the nostalgic features will be even more developed. There will be lesser ships too. I was randomly thinking that the beach will no longer be there as global warming will increase the sea level and hence retreating the beach. There will be a possibility that Singapore will have to reclaim more land just for us to enjoy the beach and the least sea breeze.
Sherrilynn, DA04
Get your shoes fixed :)
Have you ever got your shoes repaired? I don’t.
Every time when my shoes decided to turn into a crocodile, I would simply just shove it into the back of the shoe cabinet or just chuck it in the bin. No hesitating about that. But have you ever wondered that some of those shoes could be as good as new after being repaired?
I used to go around the dhoby ghaut area a lot last year. (My dad’s road tax company is there.) Along PoMo, the newly named building that was once Paradiz Centre, you would find lots of mini size restaurants and a bubble tea shop. Just bring yourself further and you will notice the small tent just along the road. That’s him. The uncle who fixes shoes.
Although it’s overshadowed by the newspaper stand just before it, I believe you would steal more than a glance at what the uncle is doing, probably when he’s working. In his mid sixties, he’s sitting on a low chair with many many plastic bags around him. I wonder what treasure is inside huh? He has this little tent build with those blue waterproof materials and a giant umbrella to go with those. A couple of chairs which I believe it’s for people to rest their feet while they get their shoes done.
More and more of these traditional shoe makers are disappearing. I believed I have seen more when I’m young. Yes, there are shoe making shops in malls that mostly relied on machines to fix shoes. Not much of skills required as compared to the traditional way of doing it. It isn’t even fun to watch from afar! It’s just like those other shops with freshly painted walls and bright lights. Nothing new.
I don’t know why I like it there so much, but I believe it will be undergoing cosmetic surgery in a few years time so drop by that area when you’re free. (Walk towards SOTA from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station) Just to make it an adventure, there’s a kachang puteh man just around too. He’s featured in straits times a few years back and you could see the newspaper cutting pasted in front of his cart. Pick some chick peas or sugared nuts and walk around the building behind it. Really, it’s around the same age as Sim Lim square I believe. :D
See Yanjun
DA0902
093488B
DA0902
093488B
Cultural harmony
The first thing that comes to my mind when we talk about National Education in Singapore would be the cultural and harmony between the diverse races of Singapore, of which are mainly the Chinese, Malays, and Indians.
What also comes to mind at the thought of culture, would be religion. What would culture be, without religion?
So I decided to draw three of the more prominently known cultural architecture in Singapore: the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum, the Masjid Sultan, and the Sri Mariamman Temple; which also happen to be located along the three cultural streets in Singapore, which are Chinatown, Arab Street, and Little India respectively.
DA0904
Charlotte Hon
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Charlotte Hon
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Depleting Blocks
This is a sketch of the HDB flats near the Hougang Mall. HDB flats has been implemented for over 40years and it has played an important role in the development of Singapore. In the early years, HDB flats wasbuilt and served as a low-cost housing for low-income Singaporeans to tackle the massive housing shortage inherited from the colonial government. It was later improved and set out to build communities in self-contained towns.
As the society continues to improve, houses that the younger generation no longer pursues for a mere basic shelter, but a quality housing and services in an environment that supports and enhances their lifestyle. Hence government has gone about meeting these expanding needs and aspirations by building condominiums, which caters for the high standards and harnessing technology and ingenuity for the demands.
Also, with the advance technology and decreasing birth rates in Singapore would means that the government would hire more workforce from overseas to keep up with the advancement of the technology. Thus, there would be a need to demolish old buildings to build more industrial buildings for the workers. Condominium development in business districts has also boomed in the recent years, increasing the size of urban neighborhood populations. For our generation, we are lucky that most of us get to attend school and receive education, compared to our past generations, we have a higher chance to find a well-paid job and afford to buy a house ourselves. Many could afford to buy a condominium and in order to keep up with the needs of a younger generation, these old blocks of HDB flats may be torn down and be replaced by the new rising blocks.
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Ng Hui Ting
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Railtracks no more.
In Singapore, the Mass Rapid Transit or also known to you and I as MRT has been quickly replacing the railway tracks as a form of transport. every year new stations around Singapore are being developed and constructed. One example is the recent set up of the Circle Line. When the new comes, the old will definitely be replaced. With more and more MRT routes being constructed each year. MRT has formed the backbone of railway tracks in Singapore. So why is there a need to keep the old Tanjong Pagar Railway Track when theres a more efficient mode of transportation?
Singapore is a small country with limited resources, especially when it comes to the size of available land area. Yes Singapore is known for multi racial harmony and its superb heritage conservation. However when it comes to times like this. She cannot afford to let so much land go to waste. This is a place where families are reunited. and also a place where families had to say their goodbyes. wishing their loved ones a safe journey. It is a pity that such a place may have a chance to be torn down.
Ive chosen to draw the main entrance because this is where people used to stream in. There is alot of fine architecture there. I have not been able to catch all the details because there are just too much to take in. But for the people who constructed this building, i'm sure they put in alot of hard work into it. It has been so long since this rail track has been in use. However when i visited this place today. I was quite in awe on how well maintained the main entrance was. Hopefully this place will not be torn down, so that the future generations can see how a railway track actually looked like in the past.
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TiffanyGunawan
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Washed away
I decided to draw chinatown because i grew up with my grandmother, and i could clearly remember just about near 14 years ago chinatown is packed with people. Not that it is no longer packed with people, but the areas with more people are usually the pubs there and the olden shops are no longer patronized by folks. Even though the exterior may look quite similar to how it used to be. The atmosphere just felt really different.
An occasional customer will chance by, and you will realize they are mostly people from the older generation. Trishaws are also lesser seen in chinatown and singapore these days, so i decided to draw 2 trishaw, one with a guy resting on it, probably waiting forever for someone to ride it, and another one already abandoned by the trishaw owner. And i drew a few people in the foreground and no one at around the back area. This is to show as time passes, down the road, we will start seeing less people patronizing the stalls in chinatown.
Question is, how long can the stall vendors sub-stain without anyone patronizing the stalls? and hence how long more will chinatown be 'alive' before it becomes a desolated place, or before it gets refurnished by the government someday, now that more shopping malls are built.
Yeah no doubt the area gets crowded during festive especially during chinese new year. But do you think 10 years down the road, people will still be bothered to celebrate chinese new year and hold events around the area during festive? Do you think people will still go to chinatown to get goods in preparation for Chinese New Year. Or will there even be any stall vendors left in chinatown..?? The crowd and the entire chinatown will then be.. washed away.
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Alfred Sng
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Spools of Time
I also caught sight of the traditional sewing machines that were mainly used in almost all of the tailors' that were apparently passed down from generation to generation, worn out and battered from the constant usage.
Then I begin to wonder. Once these tailors retire from their old age, will their daughters take over the family business, use that very same sewing machine with love and care and be able to pass it down to her next daughter or daughter-in-law, along with the family business? With the variety of better paying jobs that are available out there, the daughters are spoilt for choice. Which person would pick such a labour intensive job, with no constant pay?
Tailor shops like these used to be in abundance in the past and were doing well in terms of business. But now, with the large amount of online tailor stores and mass-tailoring services in the more urbanized areas of Singapore, these tailor stores were easily forgotten, being located at areas less popular and frequented. And so I wonder, will these tailor stores slowly drift out of existence, long forgotten and left behind? I guess it's highly possible.
Goh Zhi Ying DA03
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The Old Childhood
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Janine Wong Yin Ee
Snapshots of life in Singapore
I find the lifestyle in Singapore already a culture by itself.
Regardless of race, language or religion.
In this work that I made, I showed different scenarios in a day here in Singapore.
There's the morning parents-fetching-kids-to-school,
lunchtime scenario in a food court,
and the sunset serenity in the neighbourhood.
I think all these small parts of our lifestyle in Singapore make a unique culture
that is in my own words, a treasure.
All the tiny details that we often miss out, like the shoes our neighbours and
ourselves leave outside our doors, and the bins outside a food stall,
they made Singapore what it is now.
We make Singapore what it will become like years from now.
Zeng Shichang
094186K
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Rediscovering of the old and new sinapore
Saturday afternoon, I took a trip down to Chinatown. Planning to look for idea to draw, was wondering everyone have been only looking at Chinatown from the outside but do they really know how Chinatown really look like? So I decide to explore places that hardly people will go, luckily for me I discover a old traditional street barber shop in one of the back alley. I was abit shock that there still people in Singapore willing to go for the old traditional way just for a shave, haircut or maybe is for the price. The rate of the shop is cheap, is about $2 - $5 only. Sadly I didn’t really have a chance to talk to the uncle because he is busying shaving for one of his customer and plus is raining.
It quite hard to draw that day in Chinatown because of the Chinese new year season and is raining. So I have to move to another alley to find for inspiration. I end up eating at one for the old coffee shop because of the rain and saw a few old building with very nice detail and color, so I decide to put that few building down in my work, was wondering how did people last time stay in it, is seem to be very small but look cosey maybe that how most of the family starting in the building became so close like family.
After that I took a walk all the way to Boat Quay in the rain, hoping on the way I will see something cool that I can draw it down. But after an hour walk I sat down beside Singapore river looking at the building among the singapore river near boat quay and I was the difference of how the old building is make use now days and how new tall building are build beside it. So I decide to draw it down, to show how Singapore is like with tall and metal building with wood and old building is like went you put both together.
After that I took a walk all the way to Boat Quay in the rain, hoping on the way I will see something cool that I can draw it down. But after an hour walk I sat down beside Singapore river looking at the building among the singapore river near boat quay and I was the difference of how the old building is make use now days and how new tall building are build beside it. So I decide to draw it down, to show how Singapore is like with tall and metal building with wood and old building is like went you put both together.
For my drawing above, I wanted to bring out the idea of how many things in Singapore make us who we are. It is like our identity, if stuffs like this are going to be gone in another 10 year time, is like we going to lost our identity. I also use some coffee stain to this drawing to bring out the old Singapore feel, when our late father love to enjoy their coffee and enjoy the time chit chatting with friend.
John Lim
095057W
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095057W
DA0905
Civil Defense ; Fighters
When the topic of the NE assignment was released ,the first location that came into my mind was the Civil Defense Heritage Gallery . The Heritage was built since 1908 and is housed in the Central Fire Station . The Gallery itself had recorded the history of the Singapore Civil Defense Force journey since the late 1800s .
The Heritage is to aim to raise the public awareness of Civil Defense .
In the Gallery , it showcases the developments of the old equipments , engines , and firefighter trucks all the way to what the SCDF had in the modern days now . It also , provides richful information about how people are evacuated and what are the ways to keep them safe during emergency situations , both past and presents .
It was an interesting Gallery to visit to as there are a lot of equipments and from the olden days and from there , knowing how much the Civil Defense Force had changed over the years . If I had not remembered wrongly , the very first time that I visited this place was during one of my primary school days and we had this amazing race and we had to find this building .The first thing that caught my attention was the architecture of the building . Back then , I don't remember seeing such an interesting building or heritage before , probably that's the reason why I would still remember this building after so long even I don't visit such heritage as often as compared to the rest of the museums or heritage in Singapore .
Last but not lest , I thought that for those who had not been there or would like to see the interesting gallery once again , should go and visit this place sometime during any free time ! (: It's good to know more of the Civil Defense histories and learn more about the methods that could save us during emergency situations ! In addition , it is also good to visit such heritage and museums , to realise and remind ourselves how much efforts was put in by our forefathers and people in the past whom served for the Defense Forces which had definately helped to protect our nation better . Finally , through this heritage , it helps to heighten the public awareness and knowledge of Civil Defense !
PS . And oh , ADMISSION IS FREEEEE ! :x hehe . (:
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