Tuesday, December 11, 2007'♥
What is our National Treasure?
I tried to googled for National Treasure, what is national treasure... and the results i got are all about the new movie National Treasure 2....www.bookofsecrets.com.sg
Hmphhhhhhhh.. I should come up with one myself then...
National Treasure refers to something (pardon me, the past few days of studying has taught me to give a definition for every new topic, hence the definition for this.. blame it on the IDA approach man) which is precious for a country, something that the country is proud of. Could be in the form of an animal, culture, human, language blah blah blah etc... (My own definition)
Hmmmm.. that's a tough question.... I've never heard of a National Treasure for Singapore? Maybe in China, it's the going-to-be-soon extinct panda? Maybe for Thailand it's the Royal Ceremonial Barges?
But what about Singapore?? What are our national treasure?
Alright since i can't find it on the web (ok maybe i'm lazy to scroll on the 2nd and third page onwards of Google) I'm going to think and give my own opinion of our National Treasure....
I think.....
I think ....
I think....
In my own opinion....
It's.......
Tadah!!!! The Merlion... Yeah...
Why Why Why?
Cause everywhere is MERLION!!!!
First you have the Merlion's Park at the Esplanade Bridge in 1972 (now shifted to somewhere adjacent to One Fullerton, so don't ask me why is it lost ah)...more info from Uniquely Singapore
As if the park is not enough...We have this....
The Merlion at Sentosa... COOOOOOOLLL, if i never remembered wrongly..10 storeys high?
See....So Powerful
You can even go up to the HEAD and take pictures...
Head not enough?
WE also got the a whole shop dedicated to sell Merlion's Stuffs...
Before that.. Make a wish first...
Gold Merlion's head....Put the coin in and u will get a keychain or a fan....
Shop dedicated to all Merlion's merchandise....
Me and my Merlion's Fan... hahaha.. It's been a year plus since i went Sentosa Sightseeing...
So you see, we have Merlion's keychains, fan, magnet, soft toy, pen, penholder, caps....blah blah blah... So much stuffs lah...So I think Merlion is really the NATIONAL Treasure for Singapore...Tourists who come to Singapore for the first time sure will get something back with a Merlion on it...
It's a recognised character lah!!
(I wondered would there be Merlion's Underwear in the future? Opps it's just a thought, please don't condemn me with this haha...)
So in conclusion (see see, the exams format is out again), I think that Merlion is the National Treasure of Singapore... What do you think??
Anyway, I'm blogging this entry in conjunction with the new movie National Treasure 2 click on the link to know more about the movie (Movie Link)
Come to think of it, it's such a coincidence, I watched National Treasure with the same person whom I went Sentosa with haha... perhaps if I'm able to get the tickets to the show from Nuffnang
I would share it with him... haha...
Oh ya maybe Sentosa should thank me for free publicity also?? nah.. just joking lah.. hahaha...
Orite see how much the tickets meant to me, that I'm willing to forsake my study time to type this entry (orite I'm just bored)
One more day to exam....WOHOOHOOOO...
Short Note: The time is tickling away...
With Love, 11:57 PM