Shanghai Study Trip- Day 2(Singapore Pavilion)

The day starts off with a routine wakeup call from my roommate Nabil at 7am. I was so reluctant to get up, however thinking about the breakfast; I dragged myself out of the bed and took a shower.

After breakfast, all of us moved out of our hotel to start on our very first adventure of the day... For Team B(my team), we were attached to the Singapore pavilion and basically our objective were to learn how the pavilion actually works and how the management team controls the amount of crowd that goes in and out of the pavilion. (By right we were supposed to reach the pavilion by 10.30am, however due to some unforeseen circumstances, we were late and we reached at around 11.15am. Fortunately, it was not serious and everything else went as according to plan)J

Upon reaching the pavilion, we were taken on a tour around it by a staff. We first visited the second floor which was the theatre room where we actually sat and enjoyed a 7minute music video clip featuring Singapore as a whole. I really enjoyed myself as i felt that it was an interesting and meaningful video about how Singapore has developed and became such a modernized country from just a plain island with limited resources.

 After that, we were taken to the rooftop garden where there were a wide variety of plants found in Singapore. I was so amazed by it as i never expected there’d be a garden on the rooftop. What’s special about these plants is that they were flown all the way from Singapore, to the pavilion in China. My team and I had a whale of our time there taking pictures of all the exotic and beautiful plant species. It was definitely a eye-catching tour! J

Lastly, we then moved to the first floor of the pavilion whereby it showcases different types of areas which makes up Singapore such as the environment and culture and food. There were displays of the different ethnic costumes found in Singapore. Also, there were galleries which showcases the local food of Singapore such as the famous chilli crab, chicken rice, and also it showcases infrastructures of Singapore and tourist attraction sites such as The Marina Bay Sands, etc..

All in all, i found the tour around the Singapore pavilion to be really interesting and educational, and after the tour, i  felt extremely proud to be called a SINGAPOREAN! J

Peace,

Jeremy.