Old n New

last week, i went to a temple fair, related to the Chinese New Year here in Beijing.
not every year i came to those fairs,
but i like it nevertheless..
coz i'm leavin this town for good in summer, i'm tryin to go to places that represent this city.
i know when it came down to leavin a town which you've lived in for 10 years,
it feels that you're goin to missed it...
i've tried to fill my time here by readin n learnin all things bout Beijing,
all the history n folk customs, old pictures n alleyways,
n i became more n more attached to Beijing, like its my 2nd hometown.
but hey, i grew up in here...

yesterday, i went to Capital Museum where it hosts abundant information on the history of Beijing.
i spent half a day inside the museum,
imaginin things like, what's Beijing like 200 or 300 years ago,
they've put some small replicas of wood describin the way people lived in old Beijing,
old pictures, the famous stories of Beijing hutongs (old alleys), teahouses, etc.
what amazes me the most were the decoration is perfect,
they had the most advanced technologies to support it,
a multimedia room that cited the history of Beijing,
multi languange audio n PDA tour of the museum,
touch-screen interactive computers, etc.
they even put some world's famous people adjacent to the year they'd born with what's happenin in Beijing at the same timeline.
the staffs were friendly, n it has a good cafe in the basement where we could relax,
art crafts stores, bookstores, n some benches for the elderly.
n all of that were worthy of my 30 yuans (1 yuan= approx. Rp.1.200,-)

recently the Semarang government has tried to revivin the old streets of Semarang,
you could read it here
n of course the old chinatown, "Waroeng Semawis" as well.
i love old histories of Semarang, where it holds many memories of how this city is build,
i remember i once saw some articles about old Semarang in Suaramerdeka sunday newspaper.
where it stated bout interactions between the Chinese, Muslims, Arabians, Malayans, etc.
how the streets were named, how the rites in Semarang took places, etc.
i know Semarang may not be as old as Beijing,
n to be honest with you, i've never known if there is a museum in Semarang that holds those kind of information.
or maybe i was too little to understand things.
but at least if the government saw this, they could put it into work,
build a new museum, or re-open an old one,
put those stories n pictures of old Semarang together,
refurnish it with some great architectures that represent the city.
hire some great personnel, make it looks good,
than wastin our tax-money elsewhere.

what'd be your opinions then?

xain.