Days ago , i volunteered to go for the total defence tour organised by my base camp. But it wasn't at all interesting except free goodie bag which i got before the start of the tour. The tour ride sucks big time as the areas covered is far from the camp , just like one end to the other.
Basically , the theme for the trip is "Military Defence", so we were brought to 4 different places, firstly is the NEWater plant (which does not have any link to military defence), followed by the Changi Prison (we were not allowed to enter) , only able to get the view of the exterior as the bus walked by , third is the Changi Museum (it made me hate Japanese more through the visit) and lastly the Changi Beach , (which is so dirty and ULU, managed to get a far view of Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin) .
The total bus journey already took 1/2 of the total tour time which i find it damn stupid . ANd sad thing i got to book out late coz of the long ride. But during the ride, there was a tour guide who was trying to give a brief talk about the places we are going to visit and why the places exist there. I could say she is very experienced as she can remember everything and every detail of the history and she does not need any backup just in case she forgets. She can even remember all the dates of what happened in World War II. Most of the participants are Military Police division while only a few of us is from the Base which i find it super pathetic.
I will now talk more about the places .
NEWater Plant : This place is worth going if you are really interested in the production of the NEWater. Actually , NEWater is very clean and hygenic as it goes through 3 levels of distillation before we get the NEWater , but all the nutrients and vitamin would have all been loss through the filtration process as only pure H2O can enter the membrane and all virus , dirty substances are bounced away , so NEWater is just water for drinking which does not contain any nutrients as compared to water in Reservoirs. The NEWater plant is just like a MINI SCIENCE CENTRE where there is a short film to watch in a theatre , followed by some games and a walk through of the NEWater Plant which is all blocked by glass panels so we can view it in an air-con room .
Next is the Changi Prison , too bad that we can't go in , so the tour guide just did a brief explaination of that place while the bus driver drives through slowly. Actually the Changi Prison has did a lot of re-development and now it looks very new , which somehow i can compare it with a hostel . But there are still a few blocks which are pending to be demolished and re-build so you can see the contrast of the new and old buildings.
NEWater Plant : This place is worth going if you are really interested in the production of the NEWater. Actually , NEWater is very clean and hygenic as it goes through 3 levels of distillation before we get the NEWater , but all the nutrients and vitamin would have all been loss through the filtration process as only pure H2O can enter the membrane and all virus , dirty substances are bounced away , so NEWater is just water for drinking which does not contain any nutrients as compared to water in Reservoirs. The NEWater plant is just like a MINI SCIENCE CENTRE where there is a short film to watch in a theatre , followed by some games and a walk through of the NEWater Plant which is all blocked by glass panels so we can view it in an air-con room .
Next is the Changi Prison , too bad that we can't go in , so the tour guide just did a brief explaination of that place while the bus driver drives through slowly. Actually the Changi Prison has did a lot of re-development and now it looks very new , which somehow i can compare it with a hostel . But there are still a few blocks which are pending to be demolished and re-build so you can see the contrast of the new and old buildings.
Next is the Changi Museum where it talks about all the happenings during World War II , there was also a "fake church" which is a copied from the Old Church which is built for those people during World War II , basically for them to pray and seek for help. That visit made me hate the Japanese as i can see all the killings, the torture that they did to our citizens.
Lastly is the Changi Beach where they carry out the killings of those suspected to have communicated with China . Why is that so ? Actually the Japanese suspect that Some Chinese people wrote letters to China informing them what actaully is happening now and what kind of operation that the Japanese carried out so that China can help out. So the Japanese carried out the Sook Ching Operation where they call up all the chinese men , those who wear glasses and with smooth hands will be shortlisted and get killed at the beach.
Lastly is the Changi Beach where they carry out the killings of those suspected to have communicated with China . Why is that so ? Actually the Japanese suspect that Some Chinese people wrote letters to China informing them what actaully is happening now and what kind of operation that the Japanese carried out so that China can help out. So the Japanese carried out the Sook Ching Operation where they call up all the chinese men , those who wear glasses and with smooth hands will be shortlisted and get killed at the beach.
Overall the trip was quite informative but its a little boring . Hmmm. A bit regret for volunteering to sign up for that trip .