Sunday, October 05, 2003
Day 4 in Singapore
I am writing this on one of the PC's that is free between 11 pm and 6 am at Changi Airport, and other people are lining up for the free terminal down the other end of the terminal ahahahah.
We planned to visit Chinatown and Little India today but Lou was not feeling up to it. She was a bit tired and the heat was getting to her. Instead we opted for the air-conditioned cultural experience of the Singapore History Museum. When we got there it was closed for renovations until 2006! This was not our day.
Down the road was the Singapore Art Museum so we headed that way. It was well worth it, I am by no means an art connisseur but I found the art gallery fascinating. There were many works by different modern artists using many mediums. The museums permanent collection includes traditional paintings with very fine detail, Indonesian political abstract paintings, sculptures in wood and a very cool crouching warrior made of everyday steel mechanical parts. On top of this there were two exhibitions. One was a Japanese exhibition which included a chair made from corrugated paper on hydraulics so it moved, quite cool. There was also one about art and science with close ups of cells, the intestinal wall, a human egg after fertilization, DNA etc. It also had stuff on G.E. which was quite objective and some cool 3D and interactive multimedia pieces. Worth the $3 entry fee.
We went back to the waterfront for dinner and shared the one of the best steaks I have ever had. Lou took some photos of what she described in her last post. On the way back we went into a CD store where there was a sale so we spent up large.
It is now time for us to board our flight so I better go, I wonder what internet connections will be like in Sri Lanka? You may not hear from us for a few days, we'll see.
I am writing this on one of the PC's that is free between 11 pm and 6 am at Changi Airport, and other people are lining up for the free terminal down the other end of the terminal ahahahah.
We planned to visit Chinatown and Little India today but Lou was not feeling up to it. She was a bit tired and the heat was getting to her. Instead we opted for the air-conditioned cultural experience of the Singapore History Museum. When we got there it was closed for renovations until 2006! This was not our day.
Down the road was the Singapore Art Museum so we headed that way. It was well worth it, I am by no means an art connisseur but I found the art gallery fascinating. There were many works by different modern artists using many mediums. The museums permanent collection includes traditional paintings with very fine detail, Indonesian political abstract paintings, sculptures in wood and a very cool crouching warrior made of everyday steel mechanical parts. On top of this there were two exhibitions. One was a Japanese exhibition which included a chair made from corrugated paper on hydraulics so it moved, quite cool. There was also one about art and science with close ups of cells, the intestinal wall, a human egg after fertilization, DNA etc. It also had stuff on G.E. which was quite objective and some cool 3D and interactive multimedia pieces. Worth the $3 entry fee.
We went back to the waterfront for dinner and shared the one of the best steaks I have ever had. Lou took some photos of what she described in her last post. On the way back we went into a CD store where there was a sale so we spent up large.
It is now time for us to board our flight so I better go, I wonder what internet connections will be like in Sri Lanka? You may not hear from us for a few days, we'll see.
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