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July 29th, 2010

At least once in your life you must come to Singapore

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Singapore 1960
Venue: National Museum of Singapore
Date: 3 June 2010 – 22 August 2010
Time: 10am – 6pm
Admission: Free

July 28th, 2010

Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On

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If the name Cai Guo-Qiang rings a bell, it may be because he recently curated “Peasant da Vincis”, an impressive showcase of Chinese peasant inventions, at the equally impressive Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai.

“Head On” was Cai’s earlier work, first exhibited in 2006 at the Deutsche Guggenheim as his debut solo show in Germany. It consists of 99 life-size replicas of wolves running and flying into a glass wall. Trust me, it’s definitely something one must see in person to grasp the magnificence of the work. Definitely worth a trip to the National Museum of Singapore for those in town !

Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On
Venue: National Museum of Singapore
Date: 2 July 2010 – 31 August 2010
Time: 10am – 6pm
Admission: Free

July 27th, 2010

Typography Singapore #35

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July 23rd, 2010

Ningxia with the sister

Video: 547 photos shot on a Canon PowerShot G10
Music: Taking Wing by Daedelus

Not long after my last day at work, I went on a hastily-planned backpacking trip with the sister. It was the first time we traveled together, just the two of us, and I was anxious to show her 36-hour train journeys and the northwestern face of China I love so much.

Time constraints dictate we give Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region – typically off the tourist radar given its location and lack of prominent tourist attractions – a shot over Xinjiang and Qinghai. During our time there, we learned more about the short-lived Xixia kingdom in between many servings of spicy vegetable chuan’r and liangpi.

July 21st, 2010

Typography Singapore #34

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July 20th, 2010

Typography Singapore #33

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July 19th, 2010

Typography Singapore #32

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July 15th, 2010

Summer like it should be

Video: 1,131 photos shot on a Canon PowerShot G10
Music: Trace a Line by Au Revoir Simone

Experimenting for the first time with a new medium in the hope of more timely posts. I sure had a lot of fun doing it. Hope you like it.

July 14th, 2010

Food frenzy #30

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An extra incentive to drink milk, considering they come in such lovely old school bottles.

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Hong Kong, the land of fishball mee pok soups.

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Like I said, land of fishball mee pok soups. A pity they aren’t served with red chilli slices in soy sauce though.

July 13th, 2010

Thirst that only bottomless iced coffee could quench

Hello y’all, I’m back in Hong Kong, turns out it’s just as sweltering HOT everywhere. Asia is the clear winner though, with its decent air conditioning infrastructure (loosely speaking as I’m only looking at Hong Kong and Singapore). Such a lifesaver !

I’ve had a good trip cramped full of homecooked meals, thrift (and some non-thrift) shopping, cats, family time and plenty of afternoons spent in gardens. Unfortunately my camera’s so overloaded with photos that I cannot upload them directly with a cable. I’m trying to delete as many as I could before I resort to buying a card reader. Well, let’s see.

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