Signed, Sealed, Delivered

I finally had the chance to explore the Singapore Philatelic Museum. The building itself already had a lot of stories to tell. Built in the early 1900s and was initially part of an Anglo-Chinese school, it was later restored and transformed into the current stamp museum where it proudly stood originally decades of years ago.

Spices and condiments

Going inside this beautiful piece of historical structure was even more exciting as it opens up that nostalgic feeling from the past as I go through the collections of old stamps, memorabilia and priceless historical facts that tells about the origin, the culture, the struggles and success of this tiny nation of Singapore.

This 2-storey stamp museum is literally like a giant stamp book collection. Each of the rooms that I go to represents the pages of the book and it tells of a story that is just like looking right straight through the eyes of my grandmother.

Big wooden doors are left open, inviting you to step, and go back in time to witness the events unfold before your very presence. Remnants from the 1800s parcels and seals had spoken of an era where Singapore was still at its infancy stage. Trying to recognize her roots and identifying the different immigrants that flooded her soil. The shifting of powers from her colonizer up to the present times were all captured in the letters and stamps that serve as her blue prints for the future where she now stands firm and proud.

Gents

As the new Singapore continues to grow, its journey is in part documented inside other rooms. Linking the modern country from its past as a form of respect and valuing the lessons it manifested. 

Having been enlightened by the nation's historical journey, a little topping on the cake is a welcoming sight as it tries to incorporate an educational kid's corner or room to keep the youngsters entertained and at the same time make learning fun for them. Meanwhile, humor has also found its way around the museum building as seen from this toilet's sign. 

Truly, there's a lot of value and reasons to give respect to the past. One can only look into the history to understand fully the course of the future. In the words of a famous Roman philosopher "To know nothing of what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child." -Cicero

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Til next time :)