Farewell for Mr. B

Had a farewell dinner for a colleague-cum-friend at House @ Dempsey. 面子好大, 14 of us went.

Check out the menu.

Food and us.

Mr. B taking photos with everyone.

Had a 2nd round at Wine Company. Only 8 of us went.

Candid!!

Finally a good one.

Mr. B, wish you all the best for your new career! Have fun and hope you find a partner soon. Keep in touch and take care! :)

Tourist for a day :: On the Singapore Flyer

Big sis had some good deal from deal.com.sg last christmas. We manage to get the tix for both Singapore Flyer and Dukw Tours at $31 each.

Singapore Flyer first. Will arrange for the Dukw Tours sometime this year.

It was the first time for bro-in-law, hubby, baby and me, while it was the 2nd time for the rest of my family members.

Great views. The ride took about 30mins.

Right at the top!

Looking down.. 

Went for lunch at the food court after the ride. The food court was decorated to look like the 70s,80s. Not bad, but as expected at touristic places, the food were pricey.

We seldom go out together as a family, usually just for dinner during special occasions. I'm really looking forward to the next family day trip! :)

A Moving Masterpiece: The Song Dynasty as Living Art

清明上河图

When the advert for this exhibition was shown on tv the very first time, my hubby got excited. I was like, "what is that?" Honestly, I have never heard of this painting in my 30 years. I guess it is because we did not learn about China's history in details in school. I only remembered studying about 秦始皇 (Emperor Qin) briefly. I became very interested when I went to surf the website for more details of this historical painting. I was even more intrigued when I realized how the painting was animated to introduce the lives of the people during the Song Dynasty.

Facts and Figures

- two years in the making

- 128x6.5 metres long projection screen

- 12 cinema projectors

- more than 21000 pixels

- 1068 moving characters in the painting

The Song Dynasty was introduced using the five elements : 金 (gold) 木 (wood) 水 (water) 火 (fire) 土 (earth)

火 (fire) : Festivals and Traditions

木 (wood) : Imperial Examination System of the Song Dynasty

土 (earth) : Science and Technology

金 (gold) : Economy and Trade

水 (water) : Cultural Integration

And onto the highlight, the painting! The most creative part, which was also what I like most about this exhibition is the transformation of the painting from day to night. It was really interesting to see the daily lives of the people living in peace and prosperity during the Song Dynasty 900 years ago.

Actual size of the painting, this is the replica. The original is kept at the Forbidden City in Beijing.

The animated painting, shot some scenes in both day and night.

Rural scenary

Ships of ten thousand stones (万石船)

Rainbow bridge (虹桥) - realised that I didn't get a good shot of the night scene
This was found in the middle section of the whole painting. It is a large wooden bridge, shaped like a rainbow. My favourite part.

Crossroad

City Gate Tower

Sun Yang Restaurant (孙羊正店) - A three-storey magnificent building which is popular for drinkers to gather.

Another crossroad inside the city

This is the actual size of the animated painting in the exhibition hall. Actually, I only managed to capture about 50% of the whole painting. (*look out for the Rainbow bridge in above pics)

The ticket price is inclusive of the audio guide. Though I still think that the tickets are a bit too pricey ($21, or $18 if you have passion card), but I think it is really an interesting exhibition if you are the kind that is into historical China. I only managed to take the still pictures but in the exhibition, the people, camels, horses and ships are actually moving. It was really an enjoyable experience. Only 12 days left (closing on 6th Feb)! Catch it if you can!

http://www.amovingmasterpiece.com/index.html

baby's 2nd birthday

A long overdue post as I finally managed to get all the pictures. Buffet at my parents' house.

It is child friendly and much bigger than ours. Invited only relatives.

Bought a home-made birthday cake from my ex-colleague who quitted her engineering job to venture into baking business. Yummy! Thumbs up! Baby zq loved the hello kitty design too.

Lots of presents! A rocking horse (from toy story), I like! A little small for her size so need to fix it and let her play with it now before she outgrown it. Too many presents, cannot let her play all at once, need to introduce one by one to her.

Started off with her cooking toys. And she loves it. She has to play with it everyday, even until now.

2nd birthday celebration in JB, as will be our practice every year. Just a small one at home with the family. Another tricycle (if you notice from above pics, there were already 2!) and a learning board with sounds.

Happy 2nd Birthday to my little one... :)

fabulous day off

10am : breakfast @ wild honey in mandarin gallery
**with hubby, big sis and BIL**

11.10am : movie "the next 3 days" @ cathay cineleisure
11.10am : haircut + soft rebonding @ shaw towers

2pm : lunch @ creations in shaw towers

3pm : facial @ spacasa in waterloo street
(had to cancel coz decided on rebonding my hair at the last min, hairdresser said: "NOOOO, CANCEL IT!!!")
while hubby went to bras basah to collect his figurine

430pm : movie "the next 3 days" @ cathay cineleisure
**review -> 3.5/5 stars, as the ending is expected.**

645pm : shopped @ the editor's market in orchard cineleisure and bought 2 pairs of shoes, 1 bag and a belt for $120
**happy! nearly missed it until I saw the price tag. It says, price for a bag or shoes (for e.g.) = $35, 3 items (mix & match of bag/shoes/clothes) = $29, and so on...I think it is super worth it. Maybe next time need to jio more people to go and we will all enjoy the discount together!** (i bet my small sis heard of this shop before and is calling me a "sua gu". Well, you can't blame me since I haven't been to town in eons!!)

7pm : appt for vpl @ amore

730pm : dinner @ handburger in 313
**this is gonna be my first and last time. guessed coz I ordered the wrong dish?**

9pm : home sweet home

p.s. : baby ziqing is still in jb with her grandparents as mama just came back from her vacation only yesterday.

housewarming - 02 Feb 08

just to share some photos taken during our housewarming..we had our colleagues over in the afternoon for lunch and for dinner, some close frens and relatives...



my closest frens since secondary school days...





MAHJONG! managed to squeeze 2 tables into the room..haha





for those of us who have no MJ to play, its TABOO time!