YOG volunteers

Somerset Youth Park

2009-04-11T23:01:00.000+08:00

For the last place...we went to the somerset youth park. To go there, we took a train to the MRT station(Somerset).Since it was raining, many of the skaters were taking shelter at the MRT station just beside it (somerset).The ramps are filled with graffitti and some drawings. To the public, some may say that these drawings are vandalism but to many of the youths, grafiti is art and to them, it looks very cool and nice.

The park is also filled with skaters and we managed to see some of them showing off their cool tricks.

Arrival at National Musuem

2009-04-11T21:52:00.001+08:00

At the national museum of Singapore, we could enter the museum for free again because of our school uniform. Inside, we visited the history of singapore exhibition. There, we saw many things about our country's history. There was also a 'Digital Tour Guide' given to us which guided us trough the whole exhibition. What Firas liked most was the cool Japanese poster about their invasion of Singapore and world war II as it shows how the army in the old days were like.There were many bicycles attached to the wall at one part of the exhibition.We did not understand at first why the artist put many bicyles but in the end we understood, with the help of the Tour Guide, that it portrays the way the japanese entered Singapore with bicycles.

We had weird little green things called "companions". Techonology IS growing fast.
[The following is copied from their site]

The Companion is a multimedia handheld device specially designed to guide you around the Singapore History Gallery. Each Companion comprise of an LCD display, a pair of earphones and a keypad which enables you to enjoy audio, visual and textual content which complement the National Museum's physical collection of artefacts. You can read descriptions, listen to expert opinions and dramatised scenarios, as well as watch videos related to these artefacts by simply punching in the zone code you are in (located on the floor), followed by the numbers next to the artefacts. This element of interactivity allows you to decide how you want to explore the Gallery and which stories you want to hear. The Companion is available in English, Mandarin, Malay and Japanese.

Journey to the National Musuem of Singapore

2009-04-11T21:47:00.002+08:00

The walk was quite short and took us only about 10 mins.
When we were crossing the road, the traffic light (for human crossing) suddenly turned red and there was a police car getting ready to turn right. "Oh Shit!" Screamed Firas . He thought it was considered jaywalking...
Be careful...the traffic light changes very fast and the cars there are very fast and sometimes do not follow the traffic light.

Singapore Art Musuem

2009-04-10T14:06:00.000+08:00

The Singapore Art Museum is a big place. Its was the old SJI building. We were allowed free entry due to our school uniform.
Picture is the exterior of the building. Only this picture as "No Photography Allowed" was implied in that museum

The place was a little empty in terms of people but there's many interesting artifacts and historical stuff. Another interesting part was the architecture of the place as it shows architecture in the past.

In the museum there were many interactive activities to be done.An example of this was that Pei Song shaded a picture of a crocodile on the wall.

At the entrance, there was another statue of St John Baptist De La Salle like the one in front of our school at Malcom Road.

Journey to First Destination

2009-04-10T14:01:00.000+08:00

School bells ring at 2:10PM
Left School at around 2:30PM
Took bus 190 to Singapore Arts Museum (10 mins ride)

Introduction

2009-04-10T13:57:00.000+08:00

Hey guys!!!
we are a group of four students from SJI and also YOG student volunteers.The four consist of Firas, Benjamin, Pei Song and Glen. We are currently planning an aesthatics journey for sports- talents taking part in the Singapore YOG.Below are the places which will be visited during the trip.

Must-See places:-
Singapore Arts Museum
National Museum of Singapore
Somerset Skate Park

More elaborations up next!