100th anniversary for TITANIC!

Went to the exhibit over at MBS today! Little did we know that it is actually 100years since the ship sank! How fortunate, no wonder the queue to get the tix is like damn long~

Getting in, you will be able to see the titanic from making to sinking, and eventually conserve! As known to many, visitors will be given a boarding pass which is a real identity of passengers who was on board, be it they survived or perished. Haha, I went w YS and WW, and lucky us, we are the 'first class passenger'! I think quite a number of people got first class passes, as seen from the crowd gathering in front of the first class name list towards the end of the exhibit. My identity is MRS JAMES smth smth. Well, she basically stayed in the most expensive suite on board! Totally rich, so I kind of predicted that she will certainly survive the disaster. Given her gender and class.

The best part in the exhibit to me is certainly the promenade way. It is a walkway on both sides of the ship, the place where ROSE learnt to spit from
JACK if I am not wrong! The exhibit shows the walkway in the night and it is so beautiful! It was as though I'm on board! The mirror on both ends of the walkway make it seems longer. That's is seriously the best part! Another part could have be the grand staircase. But they bounded the area from pro photo shooting, so unless u are taking photo, u cannot go up the stairs. That's so sad right, many would want to imagine themselves coming down from that stairs.

Another memorable place would certainly be the artificial ice berg! It's really cold, but those who fell into the sea of north Atlantic experienced a even colder environment! How sad! T.T

In the exhibit, I read alot of stories about passengers who went aboard. Plenty of them did not really wanted to board the then largest ship on earth, but due to various reasons, major one being the coal strikes, they were transferred to TITANIC. And the one who design and so call created the ship, Andrew smth, was not going on board the last note, because his bosses were sick, and can't go on board! It's all Fated, that's what explain why all these people were on board. They could have not done so, right? But Andrew did not oppose to the decision of having only 20 lifeboats on the ship instead of more, I wonder why initially. But then I realize that it is
Because of his confidence in his airtight doors which made titanic
Partially unsinkable. It was said to be able to contain flooding, was it? Something along that line. He even gave the wrong info to the captain after the ship collided with the iceberg
And 4or5 of the airtight doors was spoiled! ( can't rmb if the value is the correct one). He told that the ship was able to cont her sail with the remaining air tight doors. That was a fatal mistake, but we can't really blame him
Right, I believe he really thought this way, I guess he miscalculated the damage from the collide.

I paid the extra dollars to watch the documentary: Ghosts at the abyss. Recalling, I think I watched similar documentary somewhere else. Anw, it was the documentary where a group of conservers went back to the sinking spot to find out more about the ship. To my surprise, everything seen in the movie are true! I am not sure still about the romance part, but the rest are certainly real. The setting and decoration is true as well. ESP when the ship is sinking, we see a priest together with hundreds of the rest, praying to the god, it's true! They even got the identity of the priest! Also, the band, who continued to perform despite the chaotic situation! All five of them, identities found! Actually many passengers, after falling into the water would have not die if those lifeboats which were not fully seated( which most of them are), went back to rescue them. But then, it is also true, as mention by the guy in the documentary that, it was risky doing so. If u sail back, 1500 people will certainly be swimming towards u, wanting to get onto the boat. Eventually those who were on boat may not survive. Losing one is better than two, I guess it was their thoughts then.

700+ survived and 1500+ perished. What would be the result if there were
More lifeboats and life jackets? If the ship did not collide with the ice berg? If the ship was able to sail successfully across the Atlantic to new York, would history change? Would ship technology be better than it is now? It just set u thinking.

Another miscellaneous issue to think about is the rate of inflation. 100 years ago, $40, price of the 3rd class cabin is approx to $900plus today! That's alot right? 20times?! So we managed to survive 2012, and human cont to live, our money will be smaller by 20times again, will be ard 18,000? Omg! People will need to carry bags around. But i wont be around witness that!

HP hours after the exhibit!