The Terracotta Warriors

It was off to Asian Civilisation Museum (ACM) to visit the Terracotta Warriors! I love visiting such special exhibitions in museums <3 Geeky me likes to be enriched with historical facts and quirky ideas, you see (: 

Anyhow, I have been wanting to visit the Terracotta Warriors for a long long time. Think once, I even tried to convince my parents to bring me to Xi'an to see them! Now that they've flown all the way to Singapore, there's no reason why I would miss this opportunity for the world! (:

The Terracotta Warriors were found buried together with Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. These figures depicted the army which would follow Qin Shi Huang in his afterlife. The army was discovered in 1974, in the Litong District, Xi'an, Shanxi Province. The construction of this mausoleum started in 246BC and involved almost 70,000 workers (talking about cheap labour huh!). Currently, there is an estimate of 3 pits of armies, with over 8000 soldiers,130 chariots, 520 horses (many of which are still buried underground).

The ACM had brought over a few figures and some replicas (as the original figures are too fragile to be moved). And it was really interesting to find out so much more about the Terracotta Army. The ACM had also very nicely designed an iPhone app for visitors to experience the sights and sounds of the wonderful Terracotta Army (: Find out more here!

(psst! its free entry for Singaporean and PR students ya!just rmb your ezlink/matric card)

Here are some pictures of today's visit to ACM!

this is our ticket to enter the exhibition!

camgeek, seriously.

contemporary version of the army! HOW CUTE PLS!

love the lighting of this photo <3

some pottery that were buried alongside the warriors

this is a replica of the original chariot, which is too frail to leave China ):

the horses are so mega cute though (:

warrior gear!

here's the real deal! this is a Terracotta General (:

some other miniatures which were buried in another tomb (yes, its not QinShiHuang's tomb)

extracts of walls leading into the tombs. these stones depict a romanticized version of a commoner's life.

creepy figurines. think they just depict commoners /:

figurine of a maiden buried in the tomb as well.

Well, maybe you should go down to the ACM to visit the Terracotta Army (:

biennale loving

its april already?

time flies, in a blink of an eye and its april already. means, YEAR 1 IS ENDING!!!! while this is the crazy exam period, i've decided to take some time out to blog a little, partly due to my slight guilt of not maintaining this, and partly to destress (though i haven't touched a single textbook today). but anyhow, this post is going to be more on the Singapore Biennale 2011.

The first (and last) time i went to the Singapore Biennale was sooo many years ago! then, i went with my loveliest friends and it was a blast. Thus, this year, i decided to go again, with Dan-The-Man.

Singapore Biennale was around for many years already, and i missed out a great deal of it. This year, SB2011 is held at 4 different locations(SAM@8Q. National Singapore Museum, Old Kallang Airport and the Merlion Park) , of which, i only went to three (all but Old Kallang Airpot). Yes yes, we were too laaazzzyyy to step out of town, even though there was a free shuttle bus service. To find out more about SB2011, check out the website here!

Anyway, this time round, i brought along my Baby, the brand new Olympus E-PL1 to shoot the pretty art pieces. I have used film, compact cameras and DSLRs before, but had never handled a micro- four thirds, so i have no idea what to expect. While the picture quality is awesome (and its not THAT noisy in low light), I would have preferred other controls (like a dial etc etc). Oh well, given that its such an old model and that i got it at a really really low price, i can't complain too much, can i?

Enough typing, let the pictures do the talking (:

 At SAM & SAM@8Q

 

 CREEEPPYYYYY. think i will be shocked awake if i dream of this at night! hahaha.

 this is some bookcase with mirrors on both ends, make it seem as though its an endless book tunnel. totally loved the idea behind it!

 Dan the Man actively trying to shoot photos, and the face on the wall is staring at him! HAHAHAHA

 OH! i took this straight from the video they were slowing. the clarity, is.... just awesome.

At the Merlion Park (and on the way there!)

 grainy effect, courtesy of the Baby. like the vintage feel of it!

 haha, he looks like an angel here ((:

 

NSM! which to me, was the most boring /:

 tried this zooming effect without a tripod, argh. that's why its kind of blur. its okay, TRIPOD NEXT TIME! (not forgetting its weight /: )

these were probably the prettiest exhibits at NSM. <3ed them!