Colours, sunshine and everything nice :)

Earlier this week in our Creative Thinking module we were asked to write about one favourite thing in Singapore. I know that deciding on one single thing can be quite difficult and I actually had a hard time choosing. Finally, I decided to go with something that (according to me) describes Singapore best and that would be the building of the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). Yes, the white building with the colourful windows on Hill Street.
Why I chose the MCI? The answer is simple. According to me the windows of this building represent the diversity of Singapore. Also, the colours show the different lifestyles of the people living here. Just by looking at the building one can feel delighted and at the same time be in awe of its colours and how everything seems to blend into one complete visual composition even though they are different colours.
The building for the MCI was actually the old hill street police station. On a personal opinion I would have never thought that the building for a police station would be so colourful. With a building like this I am sure that police station would have been a happy place :)
The second best part is that the building is situated right next to Clark Quay, the hub of night life of Singapore. Both together can express the distinctiveness of Singapore in uniformity. Although both symbolise very different things but if you see them together you realise they are in complete harmony.
I think that the coloured windows are very symbolic for the MCI's vision which is to build a nation of connected people and achieve a better quality of life through mainly three things and one of them is developing vibrant information communication, media and design sectors (There is no way in the world I would have known about the vision of MCI so lets thank Wikipedia for that :D)

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Usually people would consider the Esplanade or the Merlion as their favourite spot in Singapore but I chose otherwise because I truly believe that the MCI building is very different from all the other buildings solely because of its coloured windows. That's what actually pulled me towards it when I was happily going the other way in my early days in Singapore. I will not lie, I was wandering around but I guess it was good because I wouldn't have seen this building then. I guess the quote by J.R.R Tolkien, 'Not all those who wander are lost' holds very true here. I believe you need to get lost to find something and that's exactly what happened here :)
Good night :)