Let the boring couple, KeropokMan and KopiKosongGirl show you around 'Boring' Singapore.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Painting the walls....
We have always pass this art / graffiti / mural / whatever you call it.
I finally decided to take a photo of it few weeks ago.
It really catches your eye doesn't it?
It's also almost life size, look at the real human walking pass near the tree.
To make it even more interesting, there's a fake window with people watching too!
This is at OCBC at Sixth Avenue.
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I finally decided to take a photo of it few weeks ago.
It really catches your eye doesn't it?
It's also almost life size, look at the real human walking pass near the tree.
To make it even more interesting, there's a fake window with people watching too!
This is at OCBC at Sixth Avenue.
sdf
Monday, December 02, 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
Cooking Class Demo @ Prima Food
What do people in Singapore do when they are bored?
They join the local community club (CC) activities. It's really cheap, good and quite fun!
Depending on how active the local community club is, they organize all sorts of trips to various place.
Our family sometimes join the CC that's not near us for activities. Our local CC is quite boring, they organise mostly cooking and health related activities.
Recently, we joined the Jurong Spring CC for their activities. We pay a nominal fee and that's it! Like anywhere in Singapore, if you use the correct card (for this case the Passion Card) you get discount!
We took a long bus ride from Jurong to the 'factory area' at Senoko. Thank goodness for smartphones, we had Instagram and Facebook to entertain us.
When we got there, we were surprised that they have such a nice demo kitchen!
The demonstrator demonstrated 3 dishes for us and after each demo, another hidden kitchen behind brings out the same food that we saw.
Yum yum for our tum tum. We had interesting dishes made from Prima premix. Dry Laksa, Laksa Fried Rice and Tom Yam Chicken.
Yes, it was almost an all ladies group! Old ladies in Singapore, don't 'look them no up'! Everyone carry smartphones and they were snapping photos and videos!
They join the local community club (CC) activities. It's really cheap, good and quite fun!
Depending on how active the local community club is, they organize all sorts of trips to various place.
Our family sometimes join the CC that's not near us for activities. Our local CC is quite boring, they organise mostly cooking and health related activities.
Recently, we joined the Jurong Spring CC for their activities. We pay a nominal fee and that's it! Like anywhere in Singapore, if you use the correct card (for this case the Passion Card) you get discount!
We took a long bus ride from Jurong to the 'factory area' at Senoko. Thank goodness for smartphones, we had Instagram and Facebook to entertain us.
When we got there, we were surprised that they have such a nice demo kitchen!
The demonstrator demonstrated 3 dishes for us and after each demo, another hidden kitchen behind brings out the same food that we saw.
Yum yum for our tum tum. We had interesting dishes made from Prima premix. Dry Laksa, Laksa Fried Rice and Tom Yam Chicken.
Yes, it was almost an all ladies group! Old ladies in Singapore, don't 'look them no up'! Everyone carry smartphones and they were snapping photos and videos!
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Black Swans at the Singapore Botanic Gardens
With Singapore getting more crowded, there's a secret hideout at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. If you are boring people like us, just sit down with a book (or iPad) and enjoy the sounds of these swans making noise.
If you are really boring like us, you can sit till the sky turns duck, err I mean dark.
However boring you can be, don't stay too late. There are mozzies around and no, there won't be golden eggs laid by these black swans even if you wait 20 years.
I lied. It's not as quiet as you think it is.
There are less boring people who will be around the gardens playing frisbee etc.
It's a nice place really.
If you are really boring like us, you can sit till the sky turns duck, err I mean dark.
However boring you can be, don't stay too late. There are mozzies around and no, there won't be golden eggs laid by these black swans even if you wait 20 years.
I lied. It's not as quiet as you think it is.
There are less boring people who will be around the gardens playing frisbee etc.
It's a nice place really.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Crane Dance
After hearing about it for the longest time, we were there at the right place and right time to watch the Crane Dance.
It's quite interesting to watch two monstrous piece of metal with the help of software and engineering, become so graceful as it 'dances'. It's two cranes courting each other.
Great use of lights, water and fireworks at the end!
I mentioned correct time, because it does not show daily.
Refer here for the show timing.
It's quite interesting to watch two monstrous piece of metal with the help of software and engineering, become so graceful as it 'dances'. It's two cranes courting each other.
Great use of lights, water and fireworks at the end!
I mentioned correct time, because it does not show daily.
Refer here for the show timing.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
World's Largest Stack of Durian
At Resorts World Sentosa, the world's largest stack of durians was unveiled on 23 August 2013.
Many species of Durians were available. The most popular being Mao Shan Wang.
It's a durian buffet where durian lovers pay a fee and eat as much durian that you can swallow.
It has become a yearly affair and it looks like it will get bigger and better.
Many species of Durians were available. The most popular being Mao Shan Wang.
It's a durian buffet where durian lovers pay a fee and eat as much durian that you can swallow.
It has become a yearly affair and it looks like it will get bigger and better.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Bifurcate Totems, Gardens by the Bay
Totems inside the Domes at Gardens by The Bay.
Do you find totems scary?
I think when I was growing up, watching too much cartoons made me feel scared about it.
I wondered, what gave the craftsman ideas on how to carve them?
I guess it's a huge study.
Maybe I will read it up when I am free some day! Probably when I retire.
Do you find totems scary?
I think when I was growing up, watching too much cartoons made me feel scared about it.
I wondered, what gave the craftsman ideas on how to carve them?
I guess it's a huge study.
Maybe I will read it up when I am free some day! Probably when I retire.
If you are like me, wondering what Bifurcate means, wikipedia says this:
Bifurcation means the splitting of a main body into two parts.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Artificial Rock #71
If you have taken the 'skybridge' from Marina Bay Sands to Gardens by the Bay, you would have seen this rock sculpture.
It's called 'Artificial Rock'. Yes, we all know it's an artificial rock. Makes it sound so cool doesn't it?
This is Artificial Rock No 71.
The sculptor, Zhan Wang has a series of it and the series is call Artificial JiaShanshi.
Zhan Wang's works are all around. It might be in a city that you live in too.
Zhan Wang was at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute before too. View his work here:
http://www.stpi.com.sg/artist_zhanwang.php
It's called 'Artificial Rock'. Yes, we all know it's an artificial rock. Makes it sound so cool doesn't it?
This is Artificial Rock No 71.
The sculptor, Zhan Wang has a series of it and the series is call Artificial JiaShanshi.
Zhan Wang's works are all around. It might be in a city that you live in too.
Zhan Wang was at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute before too. View his work here:
http://www.stpi.com.sg/artist_zhanwang.php
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Big Biscuit Boxes
Long ago, in our grandparent's era, they store their treasures in Biscuit Tins.
I can't remember if my grandparents have them though. I was too young perhaps.
One set of grandparents store things in banks and safe deposit boxes.
The other set store them in antique chairs that grandma said were made by granddad and it had built in secret compartments!
The Singapore Public Libraries are now having an interesting exhibition.
They are collecting memories of people living in Singapore. Go take a look if you are here.
I can't remember if my grandparents have them though. I was too young perhaps.
One set of grandparents store things in banks and safe deposit boxes.
The other set store them in antique chairs that grandma said were made by granddad and it had built in secret compartments!
The Singapore Public Libraries are now having an interesting exhibition.
They are collecting memories of people living in Singapore. Go take a look if you are here.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
PLANET - the floating white baby
Everyone has been taking photo of this floating white baby in Singapore.
I asked a friend where she took it from and she said the gardens.
Though there are many gardens in Singapore, there's now only 1 Garden that everyone knows, probably the world world knows about it too.
If you are at Gardens by the Bay, you can see this sculpture titled: PLANET.
A white painted bronze, stainless steel sculpture of a baby boy.
Sculptor is Marc Quinn.
If you can't see what's on the 2nd photo, here it is:
Beautifully balanced on a languid arm of a sleeping boy child, this six ton, 383cm by 353 cm by 926 cm bronze cast sculpture floats like a heavenly body above a verdant earth. Renowned sculptor Marc Quinn (b. 1964) created this work in a depiction of his infant son, Lucas. Quinn deploys an assortment of materials and techniques to explore nature under human influence in themes that include the changing human body and the dual meanings of human life, between spiritual and physical, surface and depth, cerebral and sexual. This piece is the second of three editions, and is gifted for permanent display in the Gardens by the Bay.
A friend from the other part of the world says she has seen this in Monte Carlo. Have you seen the 3rd one in your part of the world?
I asked a friend where she took it from and she said the gardens.
Though there are many gardens in Singapore, there's now only 1 Garden that everyone knows, probably the world world knows about it too.
If you are at Gardens by the Bay, you can see this sculpture titled: PLANET.
A white painted bronze, stainless steel sculpture of a baby boy.
Sculptor is Marc Quinn.
If you can't see what's on the 2nd photo, here it is:
Beautifully balanced on a languid arm of a sleeping boy child, this six ton, 383cm by 353 cm by 926 cm bronze cast sculpture floats like a heavenly body above a verdant earth. Renowned sculptor Marc Quinn (b. 1964) created this work in a depiction of his infant son, Lucas. Quinn deploys an assortment of materials and techniques to explore nature under human influence in themes that include the changing human body and the dual meanings of human life, between spiritual and physical, surface and depth, cerebral and sexual. This piece is the second of three editions, and is gifted for permanent display in the Gardens by the Bay.
A friend from the other part of the world says she has seen this in Monte Carlo. Have you seen the 3rd one in your part of the world?
Monday, February 25, 2013
Supertrees....
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Resting. Peace.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Botero By The Pool @ St Regis Singapore
Singapore has become quite artsy these few years, if you look around, it really has!
Do you know that the St Regis Singapore hotel is like a Art Museum by itself?
By the pool you can see this and a few other Fernando Botero sculptures.
If you dine at their restaurants, you can see art work of Singapore artists too. I was wondering and I asked! ;-)
I heard the rooms are the same too. You can sleep in the room that has quite an expensive art piece!
From what I heard, it's not for sale though. (Not that I can afford it.)
Do you know that the St Regis Singapore hotel is like a Art Museum by itself?
By the pool you can see this and a few other Fernando Botero sculptures.
If you dine at their restaurants, you can see art work of Singapore artists too. I was wondering and I asked! ;-)
I heard the rooms are the same too. You can sleep in the room that has quite an expensive art piece!
From what I heard, it's not for sale though. (Not that I can afford it.)
Friday, February 15, 2013
On a cold morning in Singapore...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
A big gold sweet!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Red Boxes Hanging....
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
The Pretty Photo on the Singapore Visitors Centre Booth
I took this photo quite some time ago. I noticed it only after I saw something similar that the artist did for a Peranakan Restaurant in Joo Chiat. His work was in the toilet in the restaurant! The most beautiful toilet ever!
It's multiple photos of the same streets overlapping each other and the effect is quite good.
I notice the photos are mostly of shop houses in Singapore.
Go to his website if you want to know more about his works and his work.
It makes me want to do something similar for my living room.
Photos of something that I can overlap and make it into a long photo. What shall I take?
It's multiple photos of the same streets overlapping each other and the effect is quite good.
I notice the photos are mostly of shop houses in Singapore.
Go to his website if you want to know more about his works and his work.
It makes me want to do something similar for my living room.
Photos of something that I can overlap and make it into a long photo. What shall I take?
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Boats and Yacht at Sentosa Cove
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Where Do You Want To Go?
Friday, February 01, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Filming during a Cooking Show.
I never knew exactly how Food TV works until I participated in a full scale production of a cooking show late last year. Looking through the photos, it was tedious. Here's one photo.
This was the dish I prepared and plated (Sous Vide Bresse Chicken will Corn done multiple ways - Sauteed Sweet Corn and Pop Corn Dark Muscovado served with Barley Risotto) and the cameraman was taking video from all angles of the dish.
If you want to watch how the cooking was like, head on to the Bosch Dream Kitchen Competition at: http://boschdreamkitchen.com/cookOff.html
This was the dish I prepared and plated (Sous Vide Bresse Chicken will Corn done multiple ways - Sauteed Sweet Corn and Pop Corn Dark Muscovado served with Barley Risotto) and the cameraman was taking video from all angles of the dish.
If you want to watch how the cooking was like, head on to the Bosch Dream Kitchen Competition at: http://boschdreamkitchen.com/cookOff.html
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