To: ACH421@traveladdict.com
Subject: URGENT TASK!
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:30:37 +0800
Hi team,
I’ve got an urgent
task for you. It is Travel Addict’s 50th anniversary and we are
planning to publish a special travel guidebook on Singapore. The aim of the
travel guide book is to compare and contrast Singapore’s past and present.
Thus, travellers get a historical perspective of the tourist destinations. I’ll
need your professional history perspective for the section on Buffalo Road in
Little India. Here is an excerpt about Buffalo Road from the old guide book.
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One of the oldest arterial roads in Little India area, the name Buffalo Road was found in old maps as far back as 1836. The road was named after a village that once stood there called Kam Kong Ka La Bu, which is the Chinese name for Kampong Kerbau (“where buffalo are kept”) in Malay. This place was the centre of cattle and sheep rearing trade, which continued here till it was banned in 1936.
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Cattle Trade
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Snake charmers also performed on this road. Originating from Poona in India, the snake charmer will play his pipe to lure his snake out of its basket and onto a piece of canvas stretched out on the ground. Transfixed by the swaying movement of the charmer, the snake would then begin to dance.
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Now this is your task.
Recently, I’ve received these photographs from a Travel Addict photographer.
Based on the information and photographs provided above, observe at least 1 similarity and 1 difference between Buffalo Road then and now. Look out for the change and continuity which had took place in Buffalo Road. You may record your findings in a graphic organizer provided in the task package. Please email me the organizer once you are done with it.
One last thing, be prepared to share your photos and findings with other Travel Addict! Sharing is caring!
Good luck.
Your BOSS,
James Traverse
