Fort Canning Hill

There was a break in the heavy showers and I managed to do some walking around Fort Canning Hill. The walk into The Battle Box was quite an experience and allowed me to understand more on Singapore's history.

I was thinking if the British army did not face various hurdles such as shortage of water and food supplies, shortage of fuel and resources etc, and didn't surrender to the Japanese army, maybe the history of Singapore would be different. The 3 years and 8 months (between year 1942 and 1945) during the Japanese occupation was the darkest period in Singapore history. It is also due to this lesson that we need to build up our defence and defend ourselves. There is a wise saying "If you can't defend it, you can't hold it for long".

Do visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Canning for a better description on this place.