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Singapore + Neighbours! :D
Titled: Peninsula Plaza
Saturday, October 25, 2008

This is the trip to Peninsula Plaza. Said to be the Myanmar's "hideout". This is really a slice of home to the Mynamar community, whether they are here to work or settled down. There are Mynmar restaurants, serving fish curry and Shan noodles to those homesick. Today, 3/5 of the mall is filled with Myanmar-run shops, hawking everything from Sai Sai CD (whats that?) to Myanmar groceries and Yangon newspapers. This is place was super interesting. It was my first trip there and really, it was really colourful and full of cute and interesting items on display. There was Burma clothes, food, cuisines, figurines, paintings etc.
Think these people really have a high level of arts and craftsmanship. The details and prints on the cloths were so beautiful and asiantic(?) with birds, flowers, flora patterns.
These are all the Mynmar food. They look super nice. Ms Lee let us sample some in class, some taste good, but some taste.... bitter. Very colourful. I think its real nice of ms lee to buy some and let us eat.

clothes.... and myanmar words?

cool figurines!c=

a painting. notice how realistic it looks? And the colour contrasts is beautiful.
Oh! i forgot what was this called!!!!! But basically, the lady there took a leaf, dabbed it with some white sauce, put all sorts of ingredients and wrap it together. Evan tried eating it and when she spat it out, her saliva was red?
I think the myanmar people really like gold alot. Gold wallpaper, chrysanthemum, gold vases, gold painting, that's what make them unique.

Personally, i think its a real good experience out here rather then just sitting down in class and listen to the teacher talk, which might be non-absorbent as compared to going out on a fieldtrip. Really appreciate the teachers for this trip, because i don't really get to come to this places alot as i don't even know it exists! Uhm.... but this place mainly tells us about the cultural and social aspects, what about the economic, political and geographical factors?


GREENified , 12:41 PM