Jay’s impressions:

Today we went to an underground planning area from World War II where Singapore decided to surrender to the Japanese. It was a huge underground fortress and had many planning tables where there were wax figures posing as the real people would have been doing. For example, there were people pushing around information blocks on the air strategy table. Also all the clocks were set to 6:10 which was he time when Singapore surrendered. We also found out that the reason the Japanese won was because they had tanks and the Allies didn’t. They had a strategy that could let them advance so fast that the British Army couldn’t stop them.

Bee’s impressions:

The Battle Box was really really really awesome! The strategy that the Japanese used to move faster was like a sneak attack. When the British attacked in lines, the Japanese tanks would shell the British troops while the infantry snuck around the British lines through the jungle and ambushed them from behind. You would think that if they used this strategy a lot, the British troops would figure it out….guess not.

The Battle Box was cool because they had wax figures posing as the Singapore/Malay army generals. They were tough looking guys!

After visiting the Battle Box, we were starving! so we went to the Food court at Plaza Singapura. Wow! It’s the best we have been to yet. I had 10 dumplings (as usual!) and Jay had bihun bakso, which is a type of noodle soup with beef broth and meatballs. dad got Singapore’s traditional dish – chicken rice. It’s awesome but be careful of the hot sauce. Its really hot(and I’m not talking temperature-wise, even though Singapore is really hot and humid)!

Here is the overall difference between Singapore food courts and American food courts. In America, you get 3 pretty bad, fast food burgers for $30. Here in Singapore, you get 3 amazing Asian dishes for $15 dollars. Just remember to leave you pack of tissues on the table to save your seat!!

The day before our trip to the Battle Box, we had a less than memorable experience at Snow City (indoor sledding hill and little kid playground) – probably fun if you’ve never seen snow before – but we were bored after 20 minutes..at least it was a lot cooler than outside!!

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