Chun See from Good Morning Yesterday writes and reflects on heritage blogging and how you can play a part in preserving memories for for future generations. It’s not anything big and monumental – it’s just a simple matter of taking out your digital camera and snapping photos. Of your neighbourhood, and how it looks now – because it may not look that way tomorrow. And to start off, he’s taken photos of Margaret Drive – of buildings and places that may not be there in a decade, or even a year.
Many young people of today have no idea what Singapore looked like one generation ago. In his National Day Rally speech, PM Lee Hsien Loong announced exciting plans to transform Singapore. Add to that the ongoing Enbloc madness, and I fear that the next generation of Singapore will also have little idea of what Singapore looks like today; especially the many lesser known places.…
Anyway, the point I am trying to make is this. Take the advice from Paul Anka’s song, Times of Your Life and “gather moments while you may”. Take out your digital camera and take some photos of places in your neighbourhood that you think will be gone soon. Better still; do what my friend Kenneth is doing and document them in your blog. Your children will thank you for it.
Read his full post here – and then do something about it!
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how true that things are changing so fast and how lucky we are that we can still preserve the images and memories through photos.. Shall start on it myself…
Posted on September 9th, 2007 at 3:07 am
how true that things are changing so fast and how lucky we are that we can still preserve the images and memories through photos.. Shall start on it myself…
Posted on January 3rd, 2011 at 3:31 pm
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