Our Learning Journey to Old Ford Factory and Bukit Chandu

On 6th February 2009 , we went to Old Ford Factory and Bukit Chandu for our Social Studies learning journey with our Social Studies teacher, Mdm Wong. We left the school for Old Ford Factory about 8.30a.m.
When we reach Old Ford Factory which is located at Upper Bukit Timah Road, we saw a surprisingly new building , almost all of us suspect that it was rebuilt. A lady tour guide brought us to an AV theatre to watch a video about Singapore's history and how the Japanese tortured the Singaporeans . It was kind of scary and my classmates said it was disgusting. Next, we went to a gallery and saw Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival and Lieutenant-General Tomoyuki Yamashita statues, weaponary, equipments, pictures and newspaper articles about world war 2. After that, the guide brought us to a garden to see mant plants and crops that were useful in the past and some of the plants were used for curing dieases too! I like the last activity because I learnt how useful a plant can be.
About 11.00a.m., we reached Bukit Chandu which is located at 3lk Pepys Road. First, the guide brought us to a place which looked like a gallery and we learned more about the war, at the same place, we saw another different video about the war. Then, we went into a dark room and watch another animation about how Lietanent Adnan sacrifice his life for his homeland which is done by Nanyang Polytechnic. Next, we went to a room with real eqipments and weaponary behind the glass windows and the tour guide also tell us more about the war. I liked the first activity where the guide brought us to a place which looked like a gallery bacause i learned more about the World War 2 and I finally know that they fought on my Birthday !
I liked this Learning Journey and now I have learned more about Singapore's history.

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