CCO 107 (GBA)

The module that brings up the past, world history. We started of with a brief overview of what an empire is and how the British empire was once the biggest empire in the world. To slowly let us adapt to history, we were tasked to find a historical landmark in Singapore and do up a short video and summary of it's history. For that, our group chose to do on Fullerton Hotel, which is also known as Fort Fullerton. As we are limited by time for our video, we have to meticulously sift out the vital information about the history of Fullerton hotel. In 5 minutes, we managed to explained the history from when this structure provided military protection to the hotel that we are lodging in today. During the filming, I really enjoyed being a tourist in my own homeland and getting to understand more about my own home and how it came to be. Without getting exposed to this project, I would not even have known that Fullerton Hotel was once a place for political rally that our minister mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, gave some of his powerful speech from. Well, I guess a more visual presentation would be clearer than just explaining so I guess the video should speak for itself.

After the results, the feedback that we received was the materials that was used for the construction of Fort Fullerton was not discussed extensively so some marks was deducted for the lack of such components. Aside from that, the feedback was mostly positive with the inclusion of even the rise and fall of the British empire in Singapore that could be seen in the our project that covered Fort Fullerton.

Well, I guess starting history with this GBA is really a good way to transition into understanding the module better. Using our project at Fort Fullerton, we can see how the presence of British empire could still be present even in Singapore today. By studying history, we can see how knowing the past could allow us to see opportunities and build on the success of the people from the past. One such example we could see is China reviving the Silk Road by building a railway that connects to various countries. Without knowing the importance of Silk Road during the past of how many countries depended on it for trade, China could not have seized the opportunity to build on the achievements from our past. Thus, we can see how important history is to our current times.