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Congratulations to Joan Yeo This mangled bus is a monument to the avalanche that buried this town in an earthquake in 1970. This site, Campo Santo, where the previous town of Yungay used to be, is now a national cemetery as there are unrecovered bodies buried beneath the soil of the avalanche. Approximately 25,000 people died in the avalanche alone, and only 92 people survived. This monument reminds us to be grateful for the lack of natural disasters that we experience in Singapore. 
Yvonne Liong It's a cold February day in the Austrian Alps
where there's snow snow snow everywhere. Here
Ah-Boy is trying to bring home some ice-cold
souvenirs. We'll have to make sure it fits under
his seat on the plane ride home!"
Chong Nim This is believed to be one of the oldest Hindu temples at Deing Plateau in Java, Indonesia. There may have been other Hindu temples built much earlier, but they were all built of wood and did not last. I wonder what prompted the temple builders to make that critical decision to use stones for this temple. Looking at history, mankind has put in tremendous effort to build numerous things: heroes built kingdoms, sages built towers of knowledge, businessmen built empires and politicians built nations ... however, among them, how many actually lasted and were appreciated? I ask myself what I have been building and if my work will withstand the test of fire?
Gabrielle Brook Hello! I visited Singapore in October 2008 for the
NZ Military Brats of Singapore Reunion that was
featured in Singapore (Jan-Mar 2009). What a
homecoming it was! The BRATS had a fantastic
time and I wish that I still lived in your beautiful
country. The photograph is of me outside the house
that we lived in from 1972 to 1975 in Sembawang.
Thank you Singapore for your wonderful hospitality! Hafiz On my way out of Calcutta, India. This was the first time I'd travelled by air and what an experience to land and be faced with a sea of humanity in the bustling city. Traffic was a killer, but the charms of the place more than made up for the dusty travel! |
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