Visit to the Eurasian Heritage Centre

The visit to the Eurasian Heritage Centre

Today we went to the centre, very near to school, as a history fieldtrip; the centre was just 10 steps away from president S.R Nathan's residence and we saw gurkas.

After alighting the bus, the "many tile made" picture caught my attention, it was the picture of Portugal capital during the 16th centuries. It was indeed special as it is made of many many small tiles as it is mono-coloured(Portuguese blue?as the lady said).

The first place we went was the building's 3rd floor(if I am not wrong) to look at its exhibits. There was Portuguese music of the 1930s. It was a corridor with pictures and words on the sides like an avenue with the Japanese stuff on the right and the Eurasian stuff on the left. Most of the pictures and quotes were never seen before by me. After that we were led to a room with exhibits of real stuff during the times like the Japanese and English swords, the soldier's paybook, badges medals and some cooking materials. We can also hear the Japanese music. It was really an experience.

Lastly, the lady guide brought us to a room where most of us sat on the floor to watch a video of the Eurasians during WWII. We also luckily met a "survivor" from the dunnodunno wad catholic colony in Malaysia, he is a Singaporean though. Though the guy didn't tell us much, we can tell that the period was not easy.

The lady guide was fierce though
:)