BKK

 

Been quiet in October because I was out of town for a few days.

And partly because I have been trying to stay home at least one of the weekends.

Go read about my Bangkok trip in http://ilovelongvacation.wordpress.com/ :)

Hello from Bangkok!



Selfie at Wat Arun :)



And a video taken while climbing the prang (spire)!

Been struggling to be productive at work though - suffering from post holidays syndrome, I guess :P

Thai Transience

Went to the Christmas Open House at Singapore Art Museum (SAM) today. It's been a while since I visited the exhibitions (was at Dome to celebrate my birthday with the gals earlier this year). SAM will always have an important place in my timeline - it is my first company where I worked straight after university!

SAM has changed so much over the last 10 years. I thought it used to host more blockbusters with masterpieces by Rodin, Leonardo Da Vinci etc. In recent years, I could sense that it is focusing more on Asian art, especially modern art, and also showcasing more from its collection.

Free photo-taking. The backdrop kind of spoof the ongoing exhibition - Thai Transience. Wanted to capture how the instant photo transcend via my smart phone - kind of blur but it's my little piece of art! :)

Instant photo - turned out very nicely. I'm looking good! haha :P Maybe because I'm happy to be at SAM on Christmas day :)

Guess it's a good thing to share the art of our region, and I'm very proud that our museums are doing so to tell the world about our heritage. Thought it's interesting that the National Museum of Singapore and the Art Science Museum is hosting more blockbusters now though. It is a good thing for Singaporeans who may not have the chance to travel widely, as this will give them the chance to see the masterpieces. Well,I'm always excited to see Picasso/Rodin/Leonardo/Van Gogh wherever I am, be it Australia or Europe!

Krabi - A short vacation

Went to Krabi for a short vacation recently. Guess this short vacation kick starts a longer vacation. There was no job to return to. No backlog to clear. No emails to reply. No voice messages to answer. No concrete plans for Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov nor Christmas... Not sure if I feel good about it. But it is definitely a strange feeling - being free to think about what I want to do only when my eyes open every morning and not before they close every night. [Strange indeed!]


Perhaps a blog to commemorate this new found 'freedom'? Well, not really. Well, this blog was probably created because of the friends who wanted to start a blog to sell accessories [handmade ones of course!! what else?? :P] There was some bicker over lunch who should do it. And well, you guess right. The arrow naturally points to the free one. Of course, there were some resistance. It is not that easy to create a blog, ok? And well, I may not be afterall really that free and well, there was always better things to do, right? [:P]


And so it started because of the other blog [shall have a link from this blog to the other blog when the friends ok it:)].. It was well, I must admit, quite easy to create a blog [at least it was easier than I thought :P]. A simple blog. And well, I was free today to do it, having finish the potter tale...


Back to the short vacation. Krabi, to quote and unquote my travel friends, is like our dear own sentosa [guess this is perhaps our best benchmark to compare the world]. Why then do we still want to venture to Krabi bay when we have the beautiful Sunset bay so close at home? So close to heart. Perhaps we really have no time to sit down and see our world go by everyday? Perhaps it is only during holidays that we find time to sit down and see the world go by. [A sad thought indeed...]


So what is the Krabi like in my eyes? A producer once told me that if the audience can remember 3 things that he want them to take away, the video has achieve its purpose. So what did I take away from Krabi? Well, I know this is going to sound cliche but a picture does tell a thousand words... This is one of the trips when I took so few photos [see the pictures posted]. Perhaps there was nothing much to take away. Perhaps I chose to sit down and see Krabi go by...