AirAsia Awesome Islands & Beaches Travel Guide

This early, I have so much to be excited about. I've got a few trips lined up, more in the planning, and surely some unexpected ones coming later. Add to that a handful of resolutions that will change  my life... if I can keep them up.

I have neglected my blog in the last two months, but I hope to reverse the one-post-a-month trend. At some point I will probably do a major overhaul, but right now it's all about content, which tends to be scattered between Travel 3Sixty and Facebook instead of landing here.

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Quotes @ University Cultural Centre + NUS Museum

First visit to the National University of Singapore's University Cultural Centre.

Found various quotations scattered around the building.

Took a look around NUS Museum.

But what I really went there for was this.

Asian Civilisations Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15+ minutes with Andy and Harry

On the ArtScience Museum pond

On this trip, I caught Harry Potter: The Exhibition and Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal at the ArtScience Museum. Realizing that everything is expensive in Singapore, I feel less suspicious of the museum now. However, I am still not completely satisfied with their exhibitions. Maybe my expectations are still too high.


It might not be fair to compare Warhol to Dali, but since their exhibits were in the same space, the comparisons are inevitable. ArtScience appeals to the general public, so a full survey of an artist's body of work is broken up into easily digestible pieces. But I think Warhol's persona can stand deeper discussion.

The Weasleys' Flying Ford Anglia. Wonder if it's the same one that was stolen and recovered.

By contrast, Harry Potter is definitely for fans only. I do love both the books and the films, so this was quite a treat. Quite expensive, though, for a collection of costumes and props. Tip: if the ticket queue is long, cross over to the box office at the ground floor of the Shoppes at Marina Bay and get your tickets much, much faster.

From Clarke Quay to Boat Quay

Walk with me.

From Changi Airport, I took the MRT to Clarke Quay and emerged from Central. Clarke Quay isn't quite the same during the day.

I crossed the road and turned into Carpenter Street. I take it that this Satchi House doesn't house an ad agency.

It's good to see shophouses still in decent condition.

I took a left turn at South Bridge road, crossed the bridge and made a right before Parliament House to say hi to Sir Stamford Raffles.

Going past the Asian Civilisations Museums (food for another post), I thought about how different the place looks at night. IndoChine without the Spikes Asia After-Party is not as interesting.

Crossing Cavenagh Bridge, I headed for the Raffles Place MRT station, passing by this Botero sculpture.

See you again, Boat Quay.