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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)

Pictures

DISCLAIMER: All these photos were made for entertainment purposes. (Just a joke)