Throughout The War

15th of February, it was the most historic moment in my life. Once the British surrendered, the survivors of war were living a different life altogether.
Not only we were deprived of our daily needs, we were also starved of our human liberty and rights.
As a 13-year-old boy, I could not make out of the war. Peace was always in my mind. When I heard of the news that Pearl Harbor was bombed, disappointment and a feeling of doom overcame me. What could a 13-year-old student of St. Joseph’s Institution do about this? However, the war quickly passed, the horrors would still remain.
16th of February, it was a silent morning. Singapore, or Syonan, was silent. The whole colony was filled with grief, anger, disappointment and fear. How could their so-called masters fail them? The British who was so mighty in their eyes lost to the Japanese and deserted them. I was on my way to school when I heard someone speaking with a loudspeaker in the direction of my school.
“Listen e...