Good Old Times

Basia and I had a day off on Monday so we decided to visit the National Museum.

We're suckers for old stuff and looking at things that dead people used.

Here's before we start.




You must be wondering what the headphones were for. Well, the National Museum has gone so high tech that you actually carry a mini video device along with you to listen to commentaries while you browse the exhibits.

amazing... but it was a little cumbersome though.

the exhibit that really caught my attention was an old 1960s broadcast of our founding father Lee Kuan Yew making a rally speech during an election. He was truly visionary in his speech, exhorting Singapore to embrace industrialization in a time when our neighbors were still tilling the ground and growing rice to feed themselves.

"We must make our own televisions! Our own stereo sets! Why must we be using other people's products! Let other people use OUR products!" was what I paraphrased he said. Well, we did end up making televisions and stereos, but we were making them for our past colonial masters and invading occupants (Sony, Panasonic)

How did Basia fare on the excursion? She was so spooked by a Chinese Funeral Procession exhibit that we had to steer clear of it. Hahaha...

Here's us after we came out of the Museum. Some evening shots of the Museum's facade :)





hehehe.... the lights on the building are nice right?

If you haven't been to the Nat Museum in a long time, it's worthwhile to give it a visit :)