Two months back, as it was near another National Day in Singapore, I recalled the SG50 Lego sets, which were given to each student and teacher in Singapore, as a commemorative gift. Each set consists of 244 pieces. I, a foreign student, was fortunate to receive one too.
I was living in a student's dormitory with many other foreigners. One day, I went to the recycling corner to hunt for old books. To my surprise, I found a few Lego sets lying in the bins. Apparently not one but a few foreign students had discarded them. Meanwhile, the then Education Minister Heng Swee Keat had to urge students “to keep this and to treasure this”, commenting on the news that some students tried to trade their sets online for as much as 100 dollars.
In the end, I collected quite a few boxes, some of which were largely intact. I put the opened ones together into one box and brought it back to China. Eventually this megabox went to my dad's colleague's daughter, who did treasure this.
I was living in a student's dormitory with many other foreigners. One day, I went to the recycling corner to hunt for old books. To my surprise, I found a few Lego sets lying in the bins. Apparently not one but a few foreign students had discarded them. Meanwhile, the then Education Minister Heng Swee Keat had to urge students “to keep this and to treasure this”, commenting on the news that some students tried to trade their sets online for as much as 100 dollars.
In the end, I collected quite a few boxes, some of which were largely intact. I put the opened ones together into one box and brought it back to China. Eventually this megabox went to my dad's colleague's daughter, who did treasure this.
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