{"id":1915,"date":"2012-02-28T17:43:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T09:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2012-02-28T21:38:10","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T13:38:10","slug":"1005-tongues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2012\/1005-tongues\/","title":{"rendered":"1,005 Tongues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:2}\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1916\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/396342_10150586073943506_569698505_9228970_87738928_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1916\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1916\" title=\"Lim Su Min on his first impromptu guide\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/396342_10150586073943506_569698505_9228970_87738928_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/396342_10150586073943506_569698505_9228970_87738928_n.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/396342_10150586073943506_569698505_9228970_87738928_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/396342_10150586073943506_569698505_9228970_87738928_n-280x209.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lim Su Min&#39;s initiation into the Bukit Brown Volunteer Guide Hall of Fame<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:2}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/limsumin\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=569698505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lim Su Min&#8217;s\u00a0 (\u6797\u8607\u6c11) Ode to Bukit Brown <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"id_4f4c9ed1c09444a28261070\">A thousand and five tongues to chant Heritage Habitat History<br \/>\nTwo thousand and ten feet to march<br \/>\nTo preserve our precious Park.A thousand and five hearts a beating<br \/>\nIn unison as we work<br \/>\nA hundred and twenty thousand souls<br \/>\nDepending on our stance.<\/p>\n<p>A thousand and five voices ringing<br \/>\nPleading the cause for generations to come<br \/>\nLest when our own tongues are stilled<br \/>\nThis legacy is erased.<\/p>\n<p>Two thousand and ten hands are waving<br \/>\nDrawing attention attention here<br \/>\nLet not Bukit Brown Heritage Park<br \/>\nBe consigned to virtual imagery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>A post script from Norman Cho<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>&#8220;A hundred thousand souls crying&#8230; Please do not disturb us from our rest.&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This was composed by\u00a0 Tea Master Lim to mark the occasion the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/bukitbrown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook group <\/a>breached 1000 membership<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lim Su Min&#8217;s\u00a0 (\u6797\u8607\u6c11) Ode to Bukit Brown A thousand and five tongues to chant Heritage Habitat History Two thousand and ten feet to march To preserve our precious Park.A thousand and five hearts a beating In unison as we work A hundred and twenty thousand souls Depending on our stance. A thousand and five voices ringing Pleading the cause for generations to come Lest when our own tongues are stilled This legacy is erased. 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