Genie in a Wish Board

it was no surprise ... there were more Wishes than Offers (To Help)

we made our wishes ... guess which one is ours? :)

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my Biennale badge collection so far ... still a long way to go ....

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Yiwan's bday celebration @ Spizza Club Street :)

another bday surprise ... and this time the cat was not let out of the bag ... simply because we all didn't know that it was supposed to be a surprise anyway!

Singapore Biennale 2006 - Tanglin Camp

The 3rd part of the Biennale series ... this time i roped in Chinyi to join me as well :)

yay! fellow camslut = more pics ... hehe

:: the hammocks are actually installation artwork ::


:: the above 2 pictures represent 2 artworks by Takashi Kuribayashi and they are my favs of the exhibits at Tanglin Camp ...

imagine Alice (In Wonderland) through the looking glass ...

to view the exbihits 'through the looking glass' one has to climb up the stairs and

voila! one becomes a frog in a pond ... peering up from the water into lush jungle greenery ...

in the other instance ... one becomes part of the aquarium ...

staring at visitors among a tank of corals ...

fun! ::

Singapore Biennale 2006 - City Hall

Went for another Biennale series ... this time at City Hall ... a lot more exhibits here as compared to the National Museum ...

Joined the on-site tour which lasted 1 - 1.5 hours ... a good choice as it gave better insight into the artists and their respective works ... given that 99% of the exhibits did not have any narrations in order for one to appreciate the artwork ... however, if one really wants on-site narrations, the other alternative is to use a mobile phone to dial into a dedicated line which will then blurt out the necessary info ... bleah!

It was a very enriching experience ... since i have never been inside City Hall itself ... quite a thrill to walk through the hallways ... into the judges' chambers *grinz* + the courtrooms *grinz grinz* without being criminalised :)

Am not gonna elaborate on the exhibits this time as there were too many ... came across some very disturbing ones too :(

No pictures of my visit as well ... due to poor lighting + quite a number of video installations ...

oh yes, here i am pigging out again ... this time at the alley of Keong Saik Road for some very good Zhe Char + drinks at Whatever cafe ...

Singapore - defined

here

very tongue-in-cheek :P

Singapore Biennale 2006 - National Museum

extracted from the

Singapore Biennale 2006 Website :

"BELIEF is the theme for Singapore's first visual arts biennale.

If today's world has painfully called into question many certainties governing society, history and humankind, can it also be described as an era of uncertainty in which the very subject of belief is in question?

In the context of this so-called crisis of values, what do we individually and collectively believe in? Do we act on our beliefs or is belief simply a mindless act?

Are the religious beliefs communicated by the great faiths more relevant than the secular beliefs in science, progress, democracy and politics that succeeded them? Or has the conflict between the two spawned such states of violent and ethical extremism in the service of religious and economic power that belief in anything appears incomprehensible?

Are we beyond belief or at the threshold of its revival?"

Well, one thing's for sure ... i believe i was near boredom after staying at home the past 2 days and therefore the decision to check out the SB exhibits at the National Museum after hearing about The Last Supper from Andrew ... who remarked that as a foodie ... i needed to catch it ... and so i did!

The Last Supper by artists Bigert and Bergstrom is a single channel video installation ... its a very interesting documentary about the tradition of giving condemned prisoners a last meal of their choosing (in most cases) before they are executed ... very stylishly done, creative cinematography with the right undertones to match ... it has some very poignant moments ...

it is also interesting to note that in some prisons, the last supper is replaced by sweet vice i.e. alcohol/tobacco ... while some unfortunate ones are not accorded such a luxury and its straight to the gallows for them ...

apart from convicts, even animals were mentioned ... sheep are fed a good last meal before they are slaughtered for religious purposes ...

Some quotes (as i remember it) worth pondering ...

"mention the last supper/meal ... and it is somehow synonymous with executions" - largely due to Christian teachings where Jesus had his last supper with his disciples

"convicts who maintain that they are innocent often refuse the last supper" - probably because they uphold their innocence above everything else and hence the unimportance of having a last good meal

"the last supper serves to fortify the soul as it makes it journey towards Hades" - don't forget, even spirits need to eat! hence the offerings during the 7th month period

a 58 minute film ... its well worth the S$5 entrance fees for the SB exhibit at the National Museum ... go catch!

oh yes, the SB volunteers at the National Museum were so sweet ... they gave me a whole bunch of SB badges!!! there are 95 different ones to choose from ... one stands to win a plasma TV if all 95 badges are collected ...

lemme know if anyone wants some of the badges ... i don't know what to do with them really :)

some very expensive afternoon tea at The V Tea Room @ Esplanade ... very pretty place ... very victorian ... very Marie Antoinette (can't wait for the movie to be released! i love the soundtrack already! *i waannnt caaandy!!!*) ... with great cakes (and prices) to match ...

which side of the bed?

well ... look to the sheets to determine your designated spot :)

no cause for argument there ...

check out the range of bedding from no one you know ...

even comes in boy + boy and girl + girl ... cool ain't it? gay liberation everyone!

unfortunately there ain't any room for orgies ... three's a crowd, four's/five's/six's ... well ... an even larger crowd ... and you'd need a larger bed anyway ... if you use a bed that is :)

can't help thinking of jem on the past bit *grinz*

:: choose your preferred side ...

alternatively, the figure at your side can simply stand in for that imagined bedmate ... sigh ... ::

:: boy + boy / girl + girl ::

:: swinging singles ::

mooncake mutations

okay ... just when i thought Singaporeans had no originality ...

they do! apparent in mooncakes that is ...

more interesting flavours that some places have come up with :

For Coffee-Lovers ...

Teh Tarik Ice-Cream Mooncake wrapped in Coffee Flavoured Pastry Skin - Swensen's

For the Health Conscious ...

Baked Mooncake with Ginseng, Wolfberries, Melon Seeds & White Lotus Paste - Raffles The Plaza

Treasures of Cherry Garden Mini Mooncake :Snowy Skin with Lychee, Snowy Skin with Red Dates, Traditional Silver Lotus Paste and Savoury Dried Scallop paste (eewww!) - The Oriental Hotel

For the Chocoholics ...

Lavender Truffle Mini Snow Skin - Bakerzin

Sticky Chewy Chocolate Ice-Cream Mooncake - Swensen's

For the Alcoholics ...

Single Malt Whisky Truffle Mini Snow Skin - Bakerzin

Pink Champagne Truffle Mini Snow Skin - Bakerzin

Chocolate Baileys Mooncake Snowskin - Fullerton Hotel + Raffles The Plaza + a whole lot of other places

and it gets better ...

Mini Snow Skin Tiramisu Mooncake with Bailey's Irish Cream Truffle - Hotel Rendezvous

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the fastest (and cheapest) route to being a mooncake connoisseur?

just visit the mooncake fair at the basement of Taka and try the free samples :)

nope, i have not done that YET ...

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serious buyers ... check your credit card (UOB/Citibank/OCBC have pretty good offers) for merchant discounts ... as much as 15% to 20% off!

reverse countdown

*sob*

the hols are coming to an end ... i'm left with 4 more working days before returning to the office next week ...

dread ...

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it's been pretty relaxing so far ... i spent almost an entire day in front of the lappie ... mostly web surfing ... there are so many interesting design/fashion/creative blogs out there ... i just kept clicking link to link non-stop ... i lost track ... while drooling/oohing + ahhing in between ...

the ones that i have been looking are mainly US or UK based sites ... why is it that the ang-mohs do it better than us (Singaporeans or Asians in general ... lets leave the Japs out of this)? they are just so inspirational ... could it be the 4 seasons? the countryside? the nostalgic/quaint/sometimes grunge environment that they live in? the lassez-faire way of life? i just don't get it ... this is something that i have been grappling for years ... i don't understand why they are more creative than us ...

overcame the inertia and managed to whip up the sewing machine to come up with some new belts using the materials that i got from HK ... haven't decided whether to keep them or to sell them ...

and while watching the finals of Singapore Idol, i completed the painstaking task of sewing these diamante beads onto ribbons to create a necklace ...

just love days like this where i get to do creative stuff and feel satisfied thereafter :)

more projects on the way ...

decor8

oh my, the new IKEA collection is so pretty!!! i love just the prints!!! you know how much i totally *heart* prints especially when they are colourful and retro :)

the pictures are enough to get one inspired ... my decorating streak is beckoning and i am so tempted to get a whole load of stuff ... but i shall refrain ... hmm, well maybe a window shopping trip to IKEA won't kill ...

it's at times like this that i wish i had my own home so that i can go berserk with ideas ...sigh :(