National Museum

Last Saturday, I again entered the Singapore National Museum. It's unfair to compare it to the Philippine's own National Museum so I will not do that. I will just gush at how much I love the place. I will definitely go back again and again before I graduate and lose my free entrance to the aforementioned museum.

The building in itself is majestic. It is a restored "neo-palladian" building with an annex that has glass as its roof so that its back is not obstructed.

The highlight of the museum is the Singapore History Gallery where you are given an audio companion. Just press the numbers you see on the floors and beside items and voila, narrations and other information are at hand.

Until last Saturday, I didn't know that all these places in Singapore derived their names from all these historical people: Aljuneid, Boon Keng, Read, etc. Singapore had a very colorful past that I believe every Singaporean should learn about.

Of the four Living Galleries, I loved the Food Gallery the most because of the smelling thingies that they had: cinnamon, coconut milk, star anise, etc.

I've also been to the Asian Civilizations Museum but I didn't get to finish the whole place as I just didn't have enough time.