On the twenty-third of February, our class left for Learning Journey. First stop was the Asian Civilization Museum. As we entered the museum, every hall and wall was as though it was a Venetian palace. It was like being in Italy during the Renaissance.

Later, we split into two groups according to our gender and toured the museum. First, we made our way upstairs to be introduced to the early civilizations near and around India. My favorite exhibition was the "Staff of Authority" in which a slaves blood was needed to be poured in before the ritual was complete and the staff could be used. It's so bloody and gruesome! I like it.

After showing us all the artifacts in the first exhibit, we moved on to the Ancient China exhibition. There we saw an enormous sized emperor's robe (really, you would have to be really fat to fit into that robe). Despite its size, it still radiated a sense of power and strength due to the five clawed dragon sewed onto the robe. Due to the lack of time, we had to leave the museum to get to the Singapore river immediately so as to not miss our cruise.

After walking a terribly long distance ,we finally reached the boat dock. Just as it started to rain, we split into different groups into different boats and left for the cruise. A we cruised along the Singapore River, we saw many restaurants and bars. Waving to many tourists as we speed by, we soon reached the mouth of the Singapore River. There ,we spotted an unusually humorous sight : the Merlion at the bay was wearing sunglasses! Mr Rashidi swiftly took several pictures of it. I wonder who put those sunglasses there in the first place?

After that, we returned to the bus to leave for school. I really enjoyed the trip and hope that more of these trips will be organized so that we can also receive knowledge outside of school.
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2 + 2 = 4!