January 23, 2010
HISTORY (CA1: Part 3 of 5)
History is the study of human past. In Greek, historia means inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation. There are many things happenings in our life as a result of history. For instance, examinations are invented by the Chinese. In China, people living hundred years back took an examination before they can be scholar. Therefore I would like to share my experience with you all how I discovered the history of Queenstown after doing my researc.
Due to the Higher Malay project given by our Higher Malay teacher, I would not know the history of Queenstown. Queenstown actually was a big swampy land. There are 2 hills named feng xing and feng ling. The former is a rubber plantation and the latter is a cemetery called boh beh kang. Queenstown was named after Queen Elizabeth the second to mark her coronation in 1953. The British also set up a camp called Buller Camp in 1953 which was then later cleared up to give way for public housing. Queenstown was also the first satellite town in Singapore.
Who would have thought that this plain place could be full of history. Due to Singapore bustling environment, people do not have the time to surf the internet for history of such places. They just ignore it and continue with their own live. Some of them even do not know Singapore's history. If they were ask who founded Singapore. The answer will be Lee Kuan Yew, Yusof Ishak. All sort of nonsense answer were blurted out of their mouth. Even though, the founder of Singapore statue was placed at the Singapore River and the Victoria Memorial Hall and not forgetting Sang Nila Utama, a prince from Palembang who turned Temasek or now known as Singapore or Lion City into a bustling trading port before the founding of Singapore in 1819.
History should be make a more interesting lesson in school so that students will take the initiative to do their own research. I hope from this students will be able to appreciate Singapore's history better than what they do know. Without History students will not be able to understand what their forefathers had to go through to give us a wonderful place to live in. It is all due to their hard work that they had to do. Therefore study History and you will then be able find the hidden beauty in History.
Blogged @ 10:37 PM
