{"id":10400,"date":"2016-08-26T11:35:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T03:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=10400"},"modified":"2016-08-27T08:16:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T00:16:42","slug":"reflections-on-a-ramble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2016\/reflections-on-a-ramble\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on a Ramble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 14 August, Samira Hassan joined Brownie Peter Pak for a <a href=\"http:\/\/peatix.com\/event\/190631\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramble thru&#8217; Bukit Brown to Kopi Sua Cemetery <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was\u00a0 Samira&#8217;s first\u00a0 visit and she penned these reflections to share.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8220;I doubt there are textbooks or academic sources that would be able to do justice to the arcane yet insightful details the places in Bukit Brown had revealed about our past &#8211; and these pieces of our tangible history are truly irreplaceable.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>by Samira Hassan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dateline: Bukit Brown (14th August 2016)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10414\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Trail-at-blk-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10414\" class=\"wp-image-10414\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Trail-at-blk-4.jpg\" alt=\"Trail at blk 4\" width=\"450\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Trail-at-blk-4.jpg 528w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Trail-at-blk-4-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Trail-at-blk-4-176x320.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trail off the sidewalk (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We started the trail off the sidewalk on Lornie Road near a clearing just pass the turn in to Caldecott Hill. It would have been all too easy to miss it\u00a0 whilst walking &#8211; overgrown creepers had landscaped\u00a0 the steep steps that led us down the path to the trail. The steps themselves were uneven and rickety, an omnipresent feature in Bukit Brown\u2019s landscape.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10408\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chyen-Yee-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10408\" class=\"wp-image-10408\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chyen-Yee-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Chyen Yee photo\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chyen-Yee-photo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chyen-Yee-photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chyen-Yee-photo-240x320.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Into hill 4 (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The cemetery is sprawled over 5 hills (blocks)\u00a0 as\u00a0 high ground was thought to represent the back of a dragon, an auspicious symbol\u00a0 in Chinese culture.<\/p>\n<p>We first made our way to the tomb of <a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=3735\" target=\"_blank\">Lim Kee Tong<\/a> and his wife.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10409\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Lim-Kee-Tong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10409\" class=\"wp-image-10409\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Lim-Kee-Tong.jpg\" alt=\"Lim Kee Tong\" width=\"450\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Lim-Kee-Tong.jpg 528w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Lim-Kee-Tong-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Lim-Kee-Tong-176x320.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grave of Mr and Mrs Lim Kee Tong, note the grape vines on the border to the tombstone (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Their tombstone was largely inspired by post-modernist designs of colonial times with Chinese lions. A mound behind the tombstone is where they are buried, enclosed in a horseshoe shape defined by a brick border.\u00a0\u00a0 Each feature on the tombstone it seems had its own specific meaning; for example, the vines of grapes at the border of the headstones, because of its seeds, signified the wish for many more generations to follow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10411\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak-Chyen-Yee-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10411\" class=\"wp-image-10411\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak-Chyen-Yee-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Pak Chyen Yee photo\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak-Chyen-Yee-photo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak-Chyen-Yee-photo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak-Chyen-Yee-photo-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak-Chyen-Yee-photo-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With Brownie volunteer guided Peter Pak (photo Chyen Yee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The horseshoe shape is also reminiscent of a womb, alluding to the circle of life. The design of the grave\u00a0 incorporates\u00a0 a drainage system which would direct rain\u00a0 water to flow to \u00a0 the bottom, an important component in <em>fengshui.<\/em>\u00a0 Water is &#8220;chi&#8221; or energy and also represents wealth. Diverting water away from the mound helps\u00a0 to stay the course of decomposition, although it is inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Inscriptions on the tombstones\u00a0 included\u00a0 names of the deceased, dates of death and place of origin. It was\u00a0 explained that sometimes posthumous auspicious names were given as mark of respect by the children.\u00a0 Names of children are also included in the inscriptions so it seems\u00a0 like each grave is family monument in itself. Features and inscriptions\u00a0 on each grave\u00a0 can reveal some aspect about the person\u2019s life and hopes for the family.<\/p>\n<p>And in Bukit Brown, every grave\u00a0 has a story to tell &#8211; even the grave of\u00a0 paupers. Moving into the pauper area of Bukit Brown, we learned of the rickshaw puller <a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=8011\" target=\"_blank\">Low Nong Nong<\/a>\u00a0 who\u00a0 died in clashes with police when\u00a0 rickshaw pullers went on strike and demonstrated against\u00a0\u00a0 the increment of rickshaw rentals.<\/p>\n<p>The other rickshaw coolies then pooled together enough money to buy Nong Nong a tombstone and a funeral to\u00a0 acknowledge his sacrifice. In the midst of the other\u00a0 *pauper tombstones where there was barely enough money to erect a simple headstone,\u00a0 Nong Nong&#8217;s tombstone was comparable in size to the tombs in the paid plots and also because the mound itself had been cemented over, perhaps because his comrades realised that since\u00a0 he died without kith and kin, there would be no one\u00a0 to help maintain his grave should they themselves pass on or manage to make enough money to return home to China<\/p>\n<p><em>*Under the colonial administration, free plots in Bukit Brown were set aside for those who died destitute<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The fact that even paupers like this rickshaw puller\u00a0 had a story, had a voice, was something that I really appreciated in Bukit Brown: there was no particular class, or group of people, that were entitled to the plot of land,\u00a0 that all of these seemingly disparate narratives had managed to tell a bigger story of Singapore\u2019s history. Such heterogeneity transcended into Ong Sam Leong\u2019s tomb as well, the biggest one in Bukit Brown.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_10413\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-Peter-Pak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10413\" class=\"wp-image-10413\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-Peter-Pak.jpg\" alt=\"photo Peter Pak\" width=\"450\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-Peter-Pak.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-Peter-Pak-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-Peter-Pak-280x142.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/photo-Peter-Pak-900x458.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group photo of ramblers at Ong Sam Leong&#8217;s grave, Samira is in the middle in green tshirt, carrying\u00a0 blue\u00a0 and pink tote bags (photo Peter Pak)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The most fascinating thing about his grave\u00a0 were the statues of the Punjabi guards stationed at each side. Around Malaya at that point in time, the British had recruited Punjabi soldiers and policemen from India. Given their positions of authority, they were almost seen as the \u201cguardians of the state\u201d\u00a0 They became also personal body guards of rich towkays such as Ong Sam Leong at a time where lawlessness was more prevalent. For me it demonstrated \u00a0 a\u00a0 deep level of trust between\u00a0 diverse communities\u00a0 and reflected\u00a0 a\u00a0 nascent multicultural society Singapore in the 1900s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6571\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Sikh-guards-with-Kang-You-Wei-Photo-Lai-Chee-Kien-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6571\" class=\"wp-image-6571\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Sikh-guards-with-Kang-You-Wei-Photo-Lai-Chee-Kien-.jpg\" alt=\"Sikh guards with Kang You Wei (Photo- Lai Chee Kien)\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sikh guards protecting a Chinese reformist fugitive from the Qing Dynasty, Kang You Wei when he sought refuge in Singapore. (Photo from Lai Chee Kien)<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>Bukit Brown has grown to be more than a resting place for the deceased &#8211; it has become a physical emblem of a society that was present in early 20th-century Singapore. From the most minute details in the tombs to the way the entire cemetery is organized &#8211; all of these provide important snippets to what civil society used to be like back then,\u00a0 I think this really goes to show that there is sometimes no alternative for trails and fieldwork such as this one.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>I doubt there are textbooks or academic sources that would be able to do justice to the arcane yet insightful details the places in Bukit Brown had revealed about our past &#8211; and these pieces of our tangible history are truly irreplaceable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=================<\/p>\n<p>Samira is\u00a0 a year 5 student with Raffles Institution, who is currently serving an internship with Singapore Heritage Society to better understand the challenges of conservation and heritage development<\/p>\n<p>Information on public guided walks when and where and how to register can be found by following Bukit Brown Events on <a href=\"http:\/\/peatix.com\/group\/16067#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peatix<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10416\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10416\" class=\"wp-image-10416\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak1.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Pak\" width=\"450\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak1-280x227.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Peter-Pak1-900x730.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Almost the end of the 5.7km ramble off Gymkhana Rd (photo Peter Pak)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 14 August, Samira Hassan joined Brownie Peter Pak for a Ramble thru&#8217; Bukit Brown to Kopi Sua Cemetery . It was\u00a0 Samira&#8217;s first\u00a0 visit and she penned these reflections to share. &#8220;I doubt there are textbooks or academic sources that would be able to do justice to the arcane yet insightful details the places in Bukit Brown had revealed about our past &#8211; and these pieces of our tangible history are truly irreplaceable.&#8221; by Samira Hassan Dateline: Bukit Brown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,161,116,81,84,93],"tags":[714,414,250,716,713,715,717,712],"class_list":["post-10400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery-photo-exhibitions","category-heritage-2","category-history-2","category-slider","category-tombs","category-your-say","tag-lim-kee-tong","tag-low-nong-nong","tag-ong-sam-leong","tag-paupers","tag-peter-pak","tag-punjabi-guards","tag-rickshaw-pullers-strike","tag-samira-hassan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reflections on a Ramble - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2016\/reflections-on-a-ramble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reflections on a Ramble - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 14 August, Samira Hassan joined Brownie Peter Pak for a Ramble thru&#8217; Bukit Brown to Kopi Sua Cemetery . 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