Friday, March 21, 2008
Last Saturday, my brother, aunty, Bin and I went to Amoy Street Food Centre for lunch. There weren't many stalls opened and of course, we went for the stall with the longest queue. Hmmm... actually the only stall with a queue. Haha...
Piao Ji Fish Porridge - we queued for about 15 mins
Prawn and Pomfret soup $10 - not bad
Prawn and Fish soup $10 - not bad
Char Siew and Chicken Rice to go along
Zhen Jie's dessert - featured recently in Snack Attack
Tang Yuan (4 pieces for $1.50) - Nice and soft!
Or Ni ($2) - The Or Ni is not so thick, smooth-tasting. Not bad!
Then we went to explore Kranji as my brother left his car in Mandai's workshop for service. The Kranji area was previously a military area. We first went to Kranji War Cemetery. This is the resting place for 4,461 soldiers who perished during the Battle of Singapore and the subsequent Japanese Occupation from 1942-1945. A peaceful and scenic place. Had a wave of sadness being here and imagining the suffering these people underwent during the war time. World Peace Please!
1935-1945
On the walls of this memorial are recorded the names of twenty four thousand soldiers and airmen of many races united in service to the British Crown who gave their lives in Malaya and neighbouring lands and seas and in the air over southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific but to whom the fortune of war denied the customary rites accorded to their comrades in death.
THEY DIED FOR ALL FREE MEN
Just in front of the cemetery beside the carpark sat the graves of 2 very important people in Singapore.
Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares
Second President 2/1/1971 - 12/5/1981
Enche Yusof Bin Ishak Al-Haj
First President 9/8/1965 - 23/11/1970
Next, we headed for Kranji Reservoir.
Here, Japanese forces suffered a major loss after fighting against the valiant 27th Australian Brigade and the Dalforce on 9 February 1942. However, due to a miscommunication of battle plans, the brigade subsequently withdrew southwards, letting the Japanese establish a stronghold at Woodlands
What a Retro Slide! So refreshing to see this, from the frequently seen modern plastic playground.
The reservoir faces the shores of Johore. A nice and quiet place to stone. But it's a little too far away.
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