Yellow Ribbon Prison Run 2012 [A1.ランニング]
It was a tough running course which had a lot of up and down hills. And I saw the inside of Changi prison at first time. It took me one hours and 1min. Zip 12914.
【Wikipedia】 The custom of tying a yellow ribbon around a tree to symbolize waiting love seems to go back at least as far as the days of Nero. A recently unearthed villa (thought to be that of Nero's wife) in Pompeii and covered by the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE contains a mural depicting a man standing at a tree with a yellow ribbon tied around it.
Nowadays, The yellow ribbon is used for various symbolic purposes. It is often worn on one's person or tied around a tree.
During the Iran hostage crisis, the yellow ribbon was used a symbol of support for the hostages held at the United States embassy in Tehran. Japan's Medal of Honor uses a yellow ribbon to acknowledge professionals who have become public role models. In Malaysia, the yellow ribbon is used as a symbol of "Press Freedom".
In Singapore, the government has initiated an annual Yellow Ribbon campaign, through the Yellow Ribbon Project, to promote giving ex-convicts a second chance in society. Typically, a person shows his support for ex-convicts by pinning a yellow ribbon on his shirt during the annual campaign held in September. This was probably influenced by its use as a symbol of acceptance in the song "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" as stated above.
The Yellow Ribbon Project (Chinese: 黄丝带计划) started in 2004, is a Yellow Ribbon community-based program of the CARE Network in Singapore aimed at reintegrating ex-prisoners into society. It was reported that by 2008 through awareness of the program in Singapore, 560 new employers had registered to offer jobs for ex-offenders.