Singapore River Trip!. Rachel Heng(10), Nurrina Liyana(15),Siti Nur Haziqah(18),Valerie Jane(20)

         

After a long-25 mintues bus ride, we, Rachel,Rina,Haziqah and Valerie reached our destination , the Singapore River. We walked through a magnificent bridge called Elgin bridge. This bridge was named after Lord Elgin, the governer-general of India. Its a very nice place to have a nice view of the the Singapore skyline and take beautiful photos from there. We also could see the tall buildings, and the beautiful Marina Bay Sands!

This is a sculpture of Homage of Newton that discovered the law of gravity. This sculpture shows that the origin of the fundamental physical law was initiated by the falling apples. Sir Isaac Newton had discovered the origin of the fundamental physical law was initiated by falling apples. This sculpture is make of bronze materials. It is located outside the ‘UOB’ Plaza  because most of the tourist will visit ‘UOB’ Plaza and they will see this wonderful sculpture.

This is a sculpture of a fat bird resting at the river bank as The artist, Fernando Botero, is a fat artist; therefore, the sculptures that the artist makes are all look fat. it represents a common scene of bird resting at the river bank. The bird is resting at the river bank and looking for food. This bird is three- dimensional bird. The bird is traditionally associated with peace and serenity. This sculpture is made of bronze material. It is located after the Fullerton Hotel and it is near the ‘UOB’ Plaza along the Singapore River.

This sculpture show a group of merchant from different racial discussing about trade. This sculpture represents the way of trade that people trade in the past. I believe that in man wearing the Malay traditional costume is the translator for both the merchant. The sculpture is call River Merchant maybe is to show how merchant does their trade along the river.

This is a bronze sculpture.It shows a group of naked boys jumping into the Singapore River. They are playing in the river, because in the past, there was no television or computer games.This sculpture is located near the Fullerton hotel.

The cats are made of copper. This sculpture shows three cats sitting and resting beside the Singapore River. The cats are looking for food too! It is located near the Cavernna Bridge near the Fullerton hotel.

These bronze sculptures were commissioned to honour the pioneers who set foot on the island centuries ago.
Sitting in the middle is an Indian chettiar. The European banker on his right and a Chinese moneylender to his left. They were the forefathers of modern banking in the island.

The picture above shows a few coolies and a kepala or labour gang leader sitting on a sack of rice. The long plait of hair on their backs make me think that the labourers who came here to work were mostly from China.