1/52

Before I begin, I haven't yet decided what my actual theme will be for my '52 weeks' project.  I got some great suggestions and am going to try a few of them out first before I decide on my theme.  It will have something to do with Singapore or travel or landmarks or food...not yet sure...

Week 1 of 52
MICA Building
Corner of River Valley Road and Hill Street

This is the Ministry of Information, Communication, and the Arts (MICA) building.  It used to be Hill Street Police Station building.  I personally like to call it the Singapore rainbow building. 

I walk by it pretty regularly because it is near my place in Singers.  I have wanted to take a picture of it for quite some time but wanted to be sure there was sunshine and blue sky to really show off the colors of the shutters.

On my first trip to Singapore I took a tour of the city and the tour guide told us that there was some poor guy who had the job to open all of the shutters everyday.  According to the story, once he got all of the shutters open he would have to begin closing them for the day.  I'm not sure how true that is but I do think about it every time I walk past this building.  I guess there could be worse jobs than opening all of those colorful shutters.  I would pick a different color for every day of the week and begin opening with that color first...
Green ~ Monday
Yellow ~ Tuesday
Red ~ Wednesday
Blue ~ Thursday
Friday ~ Purple