the lastsplash

Unfortunately, he only met Dalí's works. But what better way to celebrate a wedding anniversary than to visit the Dalí's exhibition? -sheepish grin- First, you gotta have a wonderful wife like mine, who enjoys accompanying me to museums.  This year, we visited the three exhibitions are the Marina Bay Sands Art Science Museum: Dalí Mind of A Genius, Shipwrecked Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds, and Van Gogh Alive. My dear wife, all dressed up for the big occasion of our anniversary, walked with me for a three hours in heels. Ouchie! Thank you dear! I had always wanted to visit a Dalí exhibition after coming across the Dalí Universe exhibition at London County Hall in 2008 (yes, its the same trip with the Terracotta Warriors at the British Museum). So this post is mainly about the Dalí exhibition. Photos are taken using my Galaxy S2, not exactly perfect quality. Descriptions are mostly from the exhibition itself. The exhibition featured 10 galleries of Salvador Dalí...

In between the final installment of Harry Potter and dinner, we found time to visit the Treasure of Vacheron Constantin exhibition at the NHM. This Swiss watch owners include Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius XI, the Duke of Windsor and Harry Truman. The exhibition explores the heritage of the oldest watch manufacturer. 180 timepieces were on display. The photos in this post were taken using my Samsung Galaxy S2, so the quality isn't top-notched. But at least it gives those who missed the exhibition, glimpses of the exquisite timepieces from Vacheron Constantin . The descriptions are mostly lifted from the exhibition itself. To start off, some background information about enamelling: The art of enamelling was already much appreciated by the ancient Egyptians ca. 1500 BCE. Following a long history of this beautifying technique, watchmakers introduced enamelling to watches during the 17th century in Geneva, Switzerland. The art of enamelling comprises several techniques: Champl...

While there were plenty of things happening in life, I had been less than diligent in documenting them down. During my absence from this blog, I had met up some of my very good friends, enjoyed my family life, celebrated my birthday and my very best friend's. Yes today is his birthday, Happy Birthday 发发 ! Welcome to the club ! That is, the club of Thirties. And hopefully soon, I will welcome you to the club of married men and... :p That's a story for another day for now. During the Good Friday weekend, I visited the " Treasury of the World " exhibition at Asian Civilisation Museum with my dear wife. The exhibition featured over 400 pieces of Mughal jewellery from the al-Sabah collection, Kuwait. It was assembled over the last four decades by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah and Sheikha Hussahh Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah of Kuwait. It is one of the world's greatest collections of Islamic art. But who are the Mughals? They are the descendants of Timur and Chigis ...