“life will be better in spring”

March 2011 April 2011

30th March! A surprise museum visit to Singapore Biennale 2011 at Kallang airport(?)

^^ It was a "WOW" museum experience! Why? It's because the art works are based on not only the sense of sight, but also touch, smell and hearing.. It shows us that art can be in any form at all! :D For example, in the West Block, we saw a little barn filled with hay! It sure SMELLS like hay! XP and we climbed up this steps of hay to take a photo. Also, we saw many other art works in the terminal. There was a room with huge ropes that is made up of well... hair! creepy but WOW! There was a spiral staircase which anyone would have thought was normal.. but it was actually an art work. Walk up the stairs and you would have seen tiny scribbles on the wall! Well, i guess they were the random thoughts of the artist....?

There was an art work that i really liked! It was a little suitcase which was opened. the inner sides of the suitcase were lined with mirrors and the base of the suitcase was a video clip of waves. You can also hear the sound of the waves of course! Haha! makes me think that we can bring a breach along with us anywhere and anytime! :D Isn't that cool?!

There is a room in the East Block that i really liked. It was kind of scary but.. oh wells? It was talking about the ghost stories in Singapore and how people view and reach to such phenomenal activities.. Well, i read the news articles hung up on the wall and it was actually real articles from the straits times!

Of course, there were other art works that I've seen.. but too many for me to talk about one by one! Although the trip can be a little boring and confusing (you just don't understand what the art works are about), but it was fun! Oh! And an eye-opener to all! It only it wasn't THAT hot and stuffy that day! hehehee!

On the 29th March, we went to LTA!

It was a very cool experience as we get to learn not only by reading, but also by listening to the audio and looking at models. Yea! I thought that it was an innovative idea to use the doors (which were supposed to be like the doors of the MRT train) as a screen! Extremely cool when the doors opened to lead us to the next area!

Then, we got to know more about transport in Singapore in the past. There were models (live size of course) for us to play with.. we were even allowed to sit on the trishaw! :D We were given time to look around the area before the bell rang, cuing us that it was time to move on to the next room.

Yea.. the next room was more towards the modern transport in Singapore. There, we got to see small models of a part of Singapore, and how they build the roads and underground MRT track. Also, there was a huge map of Singapore that showed the MRT, bus etc. routes. :D Also, before we head on to the next room, we watched a short video about the current transport facilities in Singapore. Cool thing was that we sat on the benches that were supposed to be placed in bus stops in the future. Well, lights are placed at the bottom part of the chair! ^^

My favourite room was the one where we had a "QnA" session. We got to understand the problems that Singapore is facing now and what are the various solutions available. We really had fun during the session as we were able to give our stand and make our own choices.

Lastly, it was the room where we see what LTA wants in the future! auto-controlled cars whereby the owner can simply sit back and relax while the cars automatically drive him/her to his/her destination. Also, communication became even more advanced. And the best of all, there's an "agent" that helps you with your transport problems.. for eg., identifying bus services that we can take you to a certain place, finding out the approximate time in which the bus will arrive, or even booking a seat in the bus to make traveling more convenient!

After the tour in LTA, we went to the Banana Leaf Restaurant to eat LUNCH! yum yum! but a little too expensive for me! XP