The Wall of Ming

Always.. at this time when exam is around the corner,
the closer the day to depart, the more i miss m'sia..
It was a gloomy day today, been raining for most of the hours.
The scent of the rain, the sound of the raindrops tapping on my window, the cooling and refreshing breeze in a burning hot day ...
all reminded me more of m'sia..
It's good in a way.
It keeps me at home, to concentrate on my revision.
No more of goin out nor socialising, for just a short period of time.

Watched a documentary on TV, about the history of The Great Wall of China (The Wall of Ming).
It illustrated how the border of northern China suffered from Mongolian's attack for years during the Ming Dynasty, and finally the Minister of War (Qi Jiguang) came out with a plan of repairing and continue to construt a stronger and more elaborate defense wall using bricks. I was amazed that it only took them about 3 years to complete 1000 watchtowers on top of mountains that stand several thousands of metres high above sea level, without a proper path to walk on, nor any modern technologies, just with men power. The plan worked well to defend the empire against Manchu invations for a few decades until a stupid King who succeeded the throne sacked his Minister of War after listening to his corrupted group of officers. In the end, the king commited suicide and Manchu took over the Forbidden City!! *DAMN STUPID !!!*

http://www.greatwall-of-china.com/53-25/the-wall-of-the-ming-dynasty.html