Posts Tagged ‘museum’
Newsflash: City Hall and former Supreme Court tours open!
NEWSFLASH! More there's more slots for guided tours for the old supreme court (or former supreme court as some might say!) and city hall! Yeah, I know some of you might wonder why is city hall called city hall... Well, the building next to the supreme court is the ACTUAL city hall, thus that's why the area is called, uh that. Here's the [...]
The Dusts of Time are Dusty
On the 8th September of 2010 I was invited to a preview tour of the old supreme court (some might call it the former supreme court but it's the same place). OH HECK YEAAAAAAAAH! A warning to those reading this post via google readers or whatever since I don't think you'll see a "more" cut. THIS post is going to be EXTREMELY long! The short [...]
SDS 2.10 – Back in the Day
Alright! Before the end of Ramadhan we headed to the Malay Heritage Centre! This was the morning before I headed to the bazaar in the evening. (more...)
Director’s cut of the story of Yeh Chi Wei
Last Saturday, which was pretty much the fourth of September had me going to the Singapore Arts Museum in the evening. This is the same day of what you'll see in the next episode of SDS, heh heh. I was invited to this special session by@brainopera about Yeh Chi Wei which was going to be talk/tour by his granddaughter, Jacey Yeh! The tour is [...]
SDS 2.5 – Song for Singapore
Hello everyone! Today is Singapore's National Day! So instead, I shall leave you with our episode at the istana! Yes! Where the president works! The istana holds days for open houses and the day before National Day is one of them! You can usually check their website to see the dates for when you can visit them. So yes, this time we went to the [...]
SDS 2.3 – Money, Money, Money!
This July was the Singapore Coins and Notes Museum's first birthday! It meant free entry for the first week from the 1st till 5th July. Heh, heh. Thus, the Adventure Crew hit the place up to learn about money. Also, because I prebooked a slot since we'd get a discount on "making" money. (more...)
SDS 1.15 – Jai Ho
The Treasury of the World - Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals is still running until the 27 June. Joelyn Alexandra, Raven Silvers, Avariel and I went there on the 28th of March because they were having a special Mighty Mughals weekend festival (we were busy on the 27th with this) ! It meant free entry to the Asian Civilizations [...]
It wasn’t a crying game
I won tickets to 30 Lessons Of A Producer: The Gospel According To Nik Powell. Considering I got the email on Sunday, other people who were interested in this were busy on Monday and couldn't come. It really was a good talk though! (more...)
SDS 1.1 – Hot and Cold
Beginning a story is always difficult. Waking up early to begin mine was even more difficult especially when I spent the day before on a phone rescue mission that included going around abandoned HDB blocks (don't ask). On the first Saturday of January, I woke up at around 7 am so I could head to the National Museum of Singapore by noon. Of [...]
Peranakan Museum first anniversary celebration!
Okay, I got this info cause my friend is working in the museums here. If you haven't been to the Peranakan museum yet, you should try to go on the 25th or 26th April 2009! Special admission on that day is $2 instead of $8 and ooooh, there's a lot happening on that weekend. And oooh free bibik notebooks or ice cream with a ticket purchase, while [...]
