The Fallout Magazine - March 2011 - Thrash Metal Special Edition!
THRASH
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Transcript of THRASH
Shatin
Sheung Wan
Tsim Sha Tsui
Navigation
Team Management
HK Heritage Museum presented a wide variety of exhibits that showed a great designer’s contribution to the progression of fashion in Hong Kong, the life of a great Kung Fu master, a room dedicated to the advancement of Cantonese Opera, and much more.
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Man Mo Temple is one of the oldest temples in Hong Kong, it was built in 1847. It is now currently owned by the Tung Wah Board of Directors, and is now a grade one monument.
Kowloon Park is a serene plethora of gardens including the Maze Garden, Color Garden, and nearby to a mosque. Opened on June in the 1970s, Kowloon Park is 13.3 hectares of floral life and sculptures that offer a full range of passive recreational facilities.
The transportation we used throughout the day ranged from walking to taking the ferry.
Throughout the entirety of Thrash we experienced ups and downs. For example, we started late when arriving at the Sha Tin museum...
Thrash?
What is THRASH? Find out what it means and what the activity consists of.
ChristofferMegan Alice Brandon Tianren
Navigation The transportation we used throughout the day ranged from walking to taking
the ferry.
Though the majority of the day was spent walking around Hong Kong, our
group did utilize other forms of transportation such as taking the MTR, and taking the
Star Ferry.
The MTR system in Hong Kong, which stands for Mass Transit Railway. It is one of
the main forms of transportation in Hong Kong as it is fast, easily accessible, and
affordable. It has 152 stations, covering
around 218 kilometers of land. As of today,
it is one of the most profitable forms of
transportation in the world. The first MTR line
was opened in 1979, as a solution towards
the growing amount of traffic in Hong Kong.
Now, especially due to the
incorporation of Octopus cards into the MTR
system,the MTR has become an extremely
popular form of transportation. We took the MTR from Central to Che Kung Tempe for
our first location (Hong Kong Heritage Museum). We later took it back ‘down’ Tsim Sha
Tsui to go to Kowloon Park.
The Star Ferry used to be a common form of transportation for people who
needed to cross Victoria Harbor (between
Hong Kong and Kowloon). However, it is
now more of a tourist attraction than a
viable form of transportation. We took it
from Tsim Sha Tsui to Wanchai. We later
took the MTR from Wanchai to our last site
in Shueng Wan, the Man Mo Temple.
Alice
ShatinMy Experience Throughout our time in the HK
Heritage Museum we visited Eddie Lau’s
exhibit of Fashion and Image. The exhibit
presented the various dresses and gowns
that Eddie Lau had designed throughout
his life. An actress, Anita Mui, wore all of
the various dresses that were on display in
the Fashion exhibit at different times
throughout her life. Another interesting
exhibit we explored was the Bruce Lee
exhibit and the story of how he became a
Kung Fu legend. This exhibit displayed
posters of Bruce Lee and some sections of
movies that he acted in throughout his life.
Along with videos and posters the exhibit
also presented the kind of clothing that
Bruce Lee wore and what weapons he
trained and fought with. There was also a
statue dedicated to Bruce Lee in the
lobby of the museum. This was the place
that we took a group picture because we
thought that the statue of Bruce Lee was
unique to Hong Kong. Many countries
may have a special fashion designer, but
not every country has a Kung Fu legend
and movie star.
Writing We learned much about Bruce
Lee’s life and we also learned about his
movies too. Inside his exhibit are a series
of clothing, weapons, and objects that he
wore and used in movies and in training.
The fashion section of the Heritage
Museum presents a plethora of the
various gowns, dresses, and other kinds of
clothing that Eddie Lau had designed
throughout his life. All of the clothing that
he has designed over the years have
been worn by one actress. This exhibit
presents Eddie Lau in all his glory and it
doesn’t just show us what Eddie Lau
designed, but it also shows the kind of
clothing that many women wore in Hong
Kong throughout the past few decades.
Some of the dresses and gowns in the
exhibit are also pieces of clothing that
Eddie Lau designed for show purposes. In
each of the destinations during THRASH
assignments were given out to be finished
at the destination. The assignment at the
Hong Kong Heritage Museum included
various procedures that required us to
tour the museum. The assignment asked
us to visit two or three exhibits and we
were to choose an object on display and
we needed to observe and analyze the
object and find out about the history of
the object and how it fits into the
exhibit. We also needed to include a
quick description of the Hong Kong
Heritage Museum. The museum itself
had three floors that contained exhibits
for visitor use. There is a balcony crossing
to another building, but it was cut off
from the rest of the Heritage Museum.
Each floor presented two or three
galleries and each of these galleries
presented a part of culture that made
up Hong Kong and has molded Hong
Kong into what it is now.
Brandon
Tsim ShaTsuiMy Experience Our experience in Kowloon Park
were all calm and peaceful. We were
involved in very passive activities such as
traversing a maze garden or walking
through a Conservation Corner.
Writing Kowloon Park is a huge area that
expands over 13 hectares of floral life
and sculptures. Kowloon Park involves a
large plethora of plant life and activities
to partake in. For example, the Maze
Garden was a rectangular plot with a
hedge maze that ran through it;
although the Maze Garden wasn’t very
difficult to traverse (Although Brandon
was a little slow), it was an interesting and
calm experience to be able to simply
walk towards a very clear objective: The
center of the maze. Furthermore, the
Kowloon Park also consists of the
Sculpture Walk. The Sculpture Walk is a
short path with over a dozen statues
planted on either side of the walkway.
Towards the end of the Sculpture Walk is
a grand statue called “Concept of
Newton”; that depicts a Mechanic
Worldview fashioned from bronze. The
statue was masterfully crafted by
Eduardo Paolozzi and shows a
mechanical Newton examining the world
with a compass.
Furthermore, the Kowloon Park
Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre
displayed presentations on public
housing in Hong Kong from past to
present. The museum was hugely
informative with video displays and wall
to wall graphics. From the museum we
learned about the necessity of public
housing despite its declining popularity.
Many of the info-graphics showed
statistics and information that
chronologically explained the usage and
need of public housing through Hong
Kong’s history. The museum seemed to
be trying to portray that Hong Kong has
had a constant need for public housing
for a very long time.
Kowloon park is a serene place
with activities that could interest any
number of people. It represents the
nature-eccentric side of Hong Kong so
few people get to see, and is a
spectacular sight.
Tianren
SheungWanMy Experience Our experience in the Man Mo
temple was very interesting, we learned
many things that we haven’t known
before. For example, we learned that the
Man Mo temple is the oldest temple in
Hong Kong.
What we learned: We learned about
the two gods, Man and Mo. We also
learned how this temple has helped raise
many schools.
MeganWriting Our experience to Man Mo
Temple, was somewhat…eventful. It was
our last place we needed to go, and
after a day of walking we were all very
tired. One of the requirements was that
we need to take the ferry, so we did. But
the problem was it took us about 40
minutes to get there, since at the last
minute we found out that we could go
through the MTR to get to the ferry.
When we actually got to the ferry, we
took the wrong one. So it took even
longer to get there, and when we
actually got to Hollywood Road, Sheung
Wan, we got even more lost. In the end
we were about an hour late.
When we actually got to the
temple, we were all tired and hungry,
and we just wanted to quickly finish the
activity so we could go eat lunch. But
when we got to the temple and stepped
inside, we found that it was a very
beautiful and historically rich temple. We
learned who Man and Mo were. Man
was the God of Literature, and Mo was
the God of Martial Arts. There were so
many things in there that even myself,
being a Chinese, didn’t know about.
The teacher there supervising the
activity said that the temple was
architecturally beautiful. Sadly, the
temple was being remodeled on the
outside so we couldn’t see much. But the
inside was beautiful, it felt different than
the other temples. It was a lot more old
fashioned, but was still very beautiful.
In all, I think that going to this
temple was worth all the hard work and
time. And it is a historically rich and
architecturally beautiful temple.
Our TeamThroughout the entirety of Thrash we experienced ups and downs. For
example, we started late when arriving at the Sha Tin museum; however, things
improved when we headed to Kowloon Park, we got there on time, but then it began
to progress negatively as we managed to get lost in the small garden of the
Conversation Corner; To add to the list of problems we encountered, we had to walk
around the whole park to find the teacher stationed at this location. By the time we
got started on the assignment one group had already finished their second
assignment.
In addition to our lack of navigation skills, the signs stationed at Kowloon Park
were incredibly inaccurate and confusing. I suppose blaming navigational signs isn’t
too responsible, but they were most probably intended to confuse people. Eventually,
we managed to pace ourselves and were on time when completing the project; then
Google Maps happened. We spent a subsequent 40 minutes exploring the paths to the
Star Ferry; whereas normal people took the MTR in a 10 minute ride directly to the Star
Ferry, we hiked several miles to reach our destination. When we arrived at the Star Ferry
at around 1:30, another group had already finished all their assignments at all their
ChristofferEdited by Brandon
given destinations. Not to despair, just as any other group would, we began attributing
blame in the form of a points system. For every instance where a member stalled the
group he or she would receive a point. Afterwards, when we finally reached the
harbor we took the ferry to Wan Chai; only to realize we were suppose to go to
Sheung Wan. The direction given to us directed us to an escalator. This series of
escalators were the longest in the world. We took the escalator to about a quarter of
the way up and then we got off on Hollywood Road. We then followed signs to Man
Mo Temple. We were walking to the temple when we received a call from Mr. Ewing.
We were incredibly behind schedule.
By the time we arrived at the temple, it was already 2:30. Each of the
assignments was meant to take about 45 minutes to an hour to complete. We had 20
minutes to complete it and finish on time. Needless to say, we didn’t finish on time.
However, even though this experience had its downs, we still got to spend a lot more
time with each other. Arguing with each other over meaningless things such as the
point system actually made us closer. If we were to do THRASH again, we would
probably assign one leader to ‘take control’ of the situation, especially when we were
lost.
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DISCLAIMER: All these photos were made for entertainment purposes. (Just a joke)