Breakfast couple

at Bishan Library yesterday (:
YEAHHS! was fun (: (: (:
anyways...
I'M OFFICIALLY ANTI-JAPANESE! >.<
same as Casey (:
after watching Xiao Niang re and reading Casey's blog,
I HATE JAPANESE! >.<
well, maybe only THOSE japanese who didn't believe that Japanese made Singaporeans Suffered.
hmm.
I may hate japanese,
but their Sushi rocks :/
here is what happened >:(
1)Sook Ching Massacre:

It took place in Punggol, Vhangi,Bedok and Blakan Bakit(dunno how spell) Beach
It happened on 28 Feb 1942
All Chinese men between 18 and 50 years of age (sometimes women and children too) to report at certain centres.
300-400 Chinese Men were executed by the cruel merciless japanese soldiers
There was a Screening conducted. You pass, you were given a rectangular mark. If you didn't pass, you'll be brought to one of the beaches to be executed.
If the Japanese soldiers likes your faces, they let you pass. If they recognise/knew you were one of the British Soldiers/Anti Japanese, you will be immediately executed in one of the beaches.
You will be either shot, thrown into the water to drown or Stabbed/Bayoneted.

2)Shortage of Food

One of the most serious problems during the Occupation was food shortage.
The people of Singapore were encouraged to grow their own vegetables.
In addition, the Japanese also issued ration cards to control supplies of rice and other essential items.
You could not get any provisions from shops if you did not have this ration card.
Each adult was given a ration of 4.8kg of rice per month and each child 2.4kg. This amount was subsequently reduced to 3.6kg per month for adults.

3) Alexandra Hospital Massacre

The Japanese marched into Alexandra Hospital (then a British military hospital). There the Japanese killed the doctors, hospital staff, patients and even a British corporal who was lying on the operating table.

4)Changed almost everything in Singapore

to...

stupid banana money -.-"

"Syonan-to" was the new name that Japanese gave Singapore. It was a Japanese name which meant "the Light of the South". However, this light did not shine brightly as the people of Singapore spent the darkest days of their lives under the rule of the Japanese.

5) The Allied Prisoners-of-War

One of the first things that the Japanese did was to imprison all the Europeans found in Singapore. They became prisoners-of-war (P.O.W.s). The P.O.W.s were kept in various prison camps such as Changi Prison, Selarang Barracks, Sime Road Camp and other camps.

Life was hard for the P.O.W.s. Some were sent to Thailand where they were made to construct a railroad. It was difficult working on the railroad as the men were given simple tools to fell huge trees and cut through rocks.
They were made to work long hours and were not given enough food to eat. The Japanese engineers had estimated that it would take five years to build the railroad. But, the P.O.W.s were forced to work so hard that it was completed in 16 months.
The whole project cost the lives of thousands of people who worked on it and the railway became known as the Death Railway.
Those who remained in Singapore in the prison camps also suffered a great deal. They were made to clean up the city, bury the dead bodies, and restore water and electricity supplies. There was a great shortage of food.
Due to the poor health conditions in the prisons, many P.O.W.s fell ill and died.

6)The local civilians

Japanese guards bullied the people passing by, sometimes making them kneel on the roadside for hours.
The Japanese soldiers wanted everyone to obey them and to show them respect. Whenever anyone passed a Japanese soldier on guard duty, he had to bow to him. If he did not do so, he would be slapped, kicked or punished in some other way.
The Malays suffered under the Japanese. Some Malays were arrested from the streets by Japanese soldiers and sent to Thailand to build the Death Railway. They were not spared if they did something wrong as the Japanese did not hesitate to beat them or chop off their heads.
The Japanese wanted the Indians to join the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) to fight against the British in India. However, many Indian soldiers (mainly Sikhs) and the Gurkhas in the British Army refused to join the I.N.A.. Some of those who refused were killed. The Indians, too, were not spared from the Death Railway.
The Eurasians also suffered under the Japanese because they looked like Europeans. Many were put in prison camps. Several of the Eurasians were members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps and had fought against the Japanese. Those suspected of helping the British were shot.
It was the Chinese who suffered the most. They had actively helped China in its fight against Japan. To punish them, they conducted the Sook Ching Massacre (read point 1)
The Chinese in Singapore and Malaya were also forced to form the Overseas Chinese Association and were made to contribute $50 million towards Japan's war efforts. The Chinese leaders found it hard to raise the money. Though they were prepared to sell their houses, no one could afford to buy them. The Chinese in Singapore and Malaya could collect only $28 million altogether and had to borrow the rest from a Japanese bank.

7) Cinemas,Newspapers etc

To remove Western influence, the Japanese set up schools to teach the people the Japanese language. Textbooks were printed in Japanese. Every morning, the children had to stand facing the direction of Japan and sing the Japanese national anthem.
In the cinemas, only Japanese movies and propaganda films were shown. These films showed the virtues of the Japanese and made fun of the British. Going to the cinemas had its dangers too since the Japanese might suddenly appear and take away young men to work on the Death Railway. Sometimes, the Japanese would plant themselves in the cinemas and would listen secretly to conversations, hoping to overhear anti-Japanese

The local Chinese and English newspapers had very little local news. Most of what was reported was the Japanese version of the war and pro-Japanese speeches. Radio stations were controlled by the Japanese and radio owners could listen only to local broadcasts. Tuning in to foreign broadcasting stations was done at great risk. Those caught doing so were severely punished or even killed.

8)Food and the Black Market

Many people experienced hunger during the Occupation because there was a shortage of food. Essential foodstuffs like rice, salt and sugar were controlled. Ration cards which limited the amount of food for each person were given out. If a person wanted milk powder from a shop, the shopkeeper would say that he had none. But if one was prepared to pay a very high price, the shopkeeper would know where to get it. This was known as the "blackmarket". If a person was not able to pay the price, he or she had to go without it. The people were also encouraged to grow more food. Even in schools, pupils had to look after vegetable plots.
But the food shortage did not affect the Japanese. They had the best of everything: rice, sugar, meat, fish, whisky and cigarettes. >:(

9) Anti Japanese Groups

An anti-Japanese group, called the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (M.P.A.J.A.) was secretly formed to fight against the Japanese. Members of this group would carry out sudden attacks on the Japanese officers and their men whenever they had the chance. They hid in the Malayan jungles to escape from the Japanese. To ensure a regular supply of food, M.P.A.J.A. members grew crops deep in the jungles. They also tried to arouse anti-Japanese feeling among the people by distributing newspapers to them.
Another group which aimed to recapture Malaya and Singapore from the Japanese was Force 136. This was a secret British organisation which was set up to gather information about the Japanese. Local men were also recruited into the Force. They were trained in India and sent secretly into Malaya by submarine to help the M.P.A.J.A. in its fight against the Japanese. Lim Bo Seng, a Singapore businessman, was one of the leaders in Force 136. Unfortunately, he was captured in March 1944. Although he was tortured severely, he refused to reveal the names of those who worked with him. He finally died in prison in June 1944.

Many innocent lives were lost...
the two atomic bombs in Japan was well deserved.
I love you manzxc America :)
I hate the Sook Ching Massacre.
It was cruel and UNREASONABLE.
You dont like the face then kill that person?!
WTFARK IS THIS?!
-.- Japanese Soldiers that time simply had NO BRAINS.
I wish the Japanese Soldiers were sent to hell and suffered 100000 times worse than how Singaporeans suffered.
they were cruel,wicked,evil,merciless and I hope they suffered real bad manzxc
LAME SHITS. CRAP. they f-ing ~~bastards~~
I HATE THEM TTVM! >:(
for those who died because of them,
R.I.P to you all.
Hope you all enjoy life in heaven.
I'm sure the Japanese Soldiers are suffereing worser (;
what;s more the Japanese people CHANGED HISTORY
They bluffed the Japanese Children that they DID NOT do such cruel things.
(HA, I'm glad they know it's CRUEL)
THey really are something.
They probably taught the children that they should apologise when you do somthing wrong.
BUT WHY DID THEY NOT APOLOGISE TO US?!
WHAT IS THIS?!
CRAP SHITS LUHH THEY.
those who dont believe that Japanese treated Singaporeans badly,
I HATE YOU, same goes to how I hate Japanese Soldiers back then.

Hmm..
Next year Sec 2 gonna learn about the life back then :) :) :)
Me and Casey CANT WAIT :) :) :)

OFFICIALLY ANTI-JAPANESE ,
EILEEN