{"id":6215,"date":"2014-01-06T10:12:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2014-01-06T10:15:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:15:33","slug":"gone-to-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/gone-to-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Gone to the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/kenny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/gone-to-the-library\/kenny-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/kenny.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"It&amp;#8217;s Kenny the friendly chicken\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/kenny.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6216\" alt=\"It's Kenny the friendly chicken\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/kenny-480x269.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/kenny-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/kenny.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new year, a new whatsits. January, the time when people sign up programmes or try to get fit because woah a new year and all. Well, I signed up for this ventriloquism workshop last year.<\/p>\n<p>Have you checked the <a href=\"http:\/\/golibrary.nlb.gov.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GoLibrary<\/strong><\/a> website?<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve got lots of free workshops happening if you clicked under arts in the programmes tab because this is the year of arts? Something like that, they&#8217;ve got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pressplay.sg?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Press Play<\/strong><\/a> thing happening for 2014. When you see something you like, just quickly click on it because some programmes are really popular.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s Kenny the friendly chicken by the way and on the right is Shawn from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Magic-Avenue\/263894466957949\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Magic Avenue<\/strong><\/a> teaching us how to use a puppet and mostly how to make it look real and practice ventriloquism!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pronounciation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6218\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/gone-to-the-library\/pronounciation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pronounciation.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"337,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How to say them.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pronounciation.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6218\" alt=\"How to say them.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pronounciation-269x480.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pronounciation-269x480.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pronounciation.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most difficult letters to pronounce he told us how to substitute it because you can&#8217;t really say these letters without moving your lips, usually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/vulture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6219\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/gone-to-the-library\/vulture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/vulture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"396,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"It&amp;#8217;s a vulture!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/vulture.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6219\" alt=\"It's a vulture!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/vulture-316x480.jpg\" width=\"316\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/vulture-316x480.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/vulture.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We got to practice with some puppets he brought too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/participants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/gone-to-the-library\/participants\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/participants.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Participants of the workshop!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/participants.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6217\" alt=\"Participants of the workshop!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/participants-400x480.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/participants-400x480.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/participants.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The participants of the workshop. They&#8217;re kind of fun. Anyway, you can&#8217;t be a professional in one session but it was a great way to learn the basics for you to practice it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>The next workshop I&#8217;m attending at the library is a game programming one for windows phones or iphone. Guess which one I have.<\/p>\n<p>Anywho, check <a href=\"http:\/\/golibrary.nlb.gov.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GoLibrary<\/strong><\/a> out and I must say that the leather basics workshop is <em>very<\/em> popular.<\/p>\n<p>PS. Like my page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seriouslysarahSG\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SeriouslySarahSG<\/strong><\/a> to check out any other events that are happening in Singapore!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new year, a new whatsits. January, the time when people sign up programmes or try to get fit because woah a new year and all. Well, I signed up for this ventriloquism workshop last year. Have you checked the GoLibrary website? They&#8217;ve got lots of free workshops happening if you clicked under arts in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/gone-to-the-library\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gone to the Library<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"SarahBot: Gone to the Library with a chicken, a turtle and @PublicLibrarySG http:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-1Cf","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[185,38,43,36,186],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-stuff","tag-art","tag-national-library","tag-nlb","tag-singapore","tag-workshop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-1Cf","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6215"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6224,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions\/6224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}