Today, my teachers took our Talent Pool class on a trip to the Hong Kong Museum Of Coastal Defence. It is located on a high ground at Shau Kei Wan. The place covers a vast area. But this time we only visited the auditorium which is beside the car park. The most interesting thing is that the auditorium building was originally for military use. It looks rather old on the outside but modern inside.
Through the glass doors, we went in the building where we were given a brief talk about Hong Kong under Japan’s occupation. Using a Powerpoint presentation, the speaker talked about Hong Kong between Japan’s invasion and today’s remembrance day of Hong Kong’s victory. Ten minutes later, we were divided into several groups and remained in the auditorium.
First, we were asked to make medals. The speaker gave us some golden and silver-coloured papers, saying that we could cut out any shapes we liked from them. The pattern with four pointed ends were one of the common shapes. Then, we drew pictures on the front and wrote letters at the back. Finally, we finished it by backing the medal with a piece of cardboard fixed with a ribbon. The ribbon had red, white and blue stripes on it like the national flag of France. The medals looks like those used in a competition. I like it and still keep it at home.
Next, we played a war game in groups of two on a higher ground. Actually, the area was a trench. The trench could slow down or deter the enemies invading the military base. This is because the trench is flanked by two high rock walls and the enemies had to climb up and down across it to the base itself. On one end of the trench, there is also a fort which has holes on its thick wall. The gunners used the holes to shoot the enemies’ feet. We rolled sheets of newspapers into paper balls on which we sprinkled some cornstarch powders. Then, we took our position and hurled the balls at the other group. When the balls flew through the air, there were powder smokes trailing them. The balls hit the players and left powder marks on them. Luckily, for keeping us clean and counting powder dots in the end, we wore black plastic sheets. At last, all groups tied. We had a memorable trip.
