Monday, May 30, 2011
May Days - May has always been my favourite month (second is December with Christmas and the holiday season!), and the first thing that comes to mind now is that it has passed so fast. Good things come to an end, but I'm glad that May has been such an awesome month - spending quality time with great friends, taking time out to explore the city, finding time to appreciate art and the beauty of the people and world around me, and of course, celebrating my 21st birthday! But that's for another time.
Here, I look back at a simply awesome month - simple joys, simple moments that made me smile! As always (recently), the stories are told in photos - intertwining stories and subtle joys that can be expressed best in pictures that capture the moment.
The first memories are spending a day out at the museums with Joanne, exploring the Biennale venues I missed out on. In the intense May heat, I was starkly reminded of the importance of air-con in Singapore. I love air-con. I could and do live without it, of course, and I have, in NS and home, but I just love the feel of cool air as you enter a building from the stifling heat beyond. It definitely makes appreciating finer things (art, music, theatre, cuisines) so much easier and changes the whole perspective. This stands in contrasting comparison to the crazy hot day at the Biennale in Old Kallang Airport.
Check out my favourite sign from Strictly Pancakes!
They are triplets! Talking about growing up beyond similarities, having individual personalities and styles while having that connection. It was an eye-opener, because I'm an only child.
The Singapore Art Museum!
Looking into a black-and-white office.
Yay! (:
My third time at the Biennale was with Beatrice, to revisit Old Kallang Airport. The weather was as crazy hot as before, so that didn't help much. However, we took a trip to the museums where I got to finally explore the underground National Museum exhibits - so in the end, I did see everything the Biennale had to offer! I really did enjoy the Biennale; the variety of origins, media, styles and subtle meanings behind the pieces were refreshing, especially in a nation that, while starting to find some light in art, has mostly turned its back on contemporary art until now.
Popcorn frames (:
I submitted a similar photo to the Biennale for fun, titled "The City's Been Dead, Since You've Been Gone". (Title taken from The City by Dismemberment Plan.)
A shot of the playground in a cardboard apartment block!
Don't worry, be happy! :D
A look at floating towns and villages.
The most epic day I had in May was spent exploring the city with Shakura! We travelled from Duxton Hill and Ann Siang Hill to the Singapore River and Marina Bay. We found little treasures all around - shophouses, bookstores, cakeshops, tree-lined avenues...
On Duxton Hill.
Littered with Books.
On Ann Siang Hill.
By the Singapore River at Robertson Quay!
Wonder Full at Marina Bay :D
Of course, May is an awesome month for birthdays, because mine's in there too! :D
My "twin", Ivie (:
My bubble tea friends, Beatrice and Qianyu, celebrating Qianyu's 21st (: I also hosted her birthday with her haha that was quite fun and funny too!
After three months in Travelogy as Explorer-Writer, I left my job to take a break before university. My time there has been enriching, refreshing and eye-opening. My colleagues were lovely, funny people who really took care of me and helped me to learn so much about working life! To have worked in a fast-paced startup is really engaging, and I enjoyed going on thought-tours of Singapore and beyond as I wrote my articles and crafted itineraries and walks. My articles are still here:
http://comesingapore.com/user/profile/markhsx.
a moment in time.
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Check out my favourite sign from Strictly Pancakes!
Yay! (:
