Day 43: History Lesson

I went to the Eurasian Heritage Center with Amy (my student buddy) and a bunch of other students. Naturally, while there we learned about the Eurasian history of Singapore. There were all sorts of facts and items scattered about, but the parts that intrigued me the most involved World War II. You see, Singapore was bombed like Pearl Harbor and occupied by the Japanese for three and a half years. And most of these Japanese folks really weren't nice, especially to the Eurasians. I took 25 straight minutes of footage just for the WWII stuff because I found it so fascinating. (That particular video had to be split in two so I could upload it.) If I went too fast for you to read, I apologize, but I didn't want to get left behind by the group. Just pause the video if you want to read the stuff.

Before we ate our lunch, we got to watch and participate in a Eurasian dance. I'm not really a dancer, so I just filmed the whole thing. And of course our lunch had curry and other spicy food in it... I just ate the rice and bought some cup noodles when I got back to my residence. Sometimes having a sensitive tongue really blows...