The trip to Fort Canning Hill was a good getaway from the hectic school life and the busy pace of daily living. A lot have changed since my last visit (looooong time ago when I was back in Primary school). The whole hill has been transformed into a huge ''information centre'' for tourists as well as many Singaporeans, like me, whom have minimal knowledge about our own history.
Such initiatives to restore and ''informationalize'' such historical sites are definitely useful for people like us. Not only we get to read such information from books, we are also able to head right down into the scene of action where history took place. This allows us to understand and see things from more than just one view.
Fort Canning Hill, once a vantage point being resided by our past Governors, overlooking the busy southern ports of Singapore. Surroundings have, after time, transformed into a bustling environment with modernized buildings (Boat Quay's ''Umbrellas'') and skyscrapers (Marina Bay Sands Hotel). The culture, environment and economic activities change in accordance to time. Every inch of empty space is being utilized for buildings. Even more land has to be reclaimed to construct more buildings (hotels & schools etc.) to fit into the current environmental and economic setting.
It was overall a meaningful trip as it really gave me the insights of how things were in the past and made me aware of things which I did not have realized.
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