Visit to the National Museum of Singapore (Part 3-Tour Guide)

The National Museum of Singapore is originally named the Raffles Library and Museum. The library is on the lower floor while the exhibits are on the second floor. Reason being the books are heavy and it is wise to be located on the lower floor.



She is our museum guide (she is a volunteer with the museum). It is funny cause she is an American and telling us (Singaporean) the history of Singapore...hahaha. But there are certain things we do not know and we learn some from her but we are very familar with some of the exhibits especially those in the 50s and 60s and we actually have some of those exhibits in our house during our growing up times. Siblings and us have a fun day telling the kids about the exhibits that used to be found in our home.

The top of the ceiling are these beautiful stained glass that beautified the dome.

Now this staircase leads to more exhibits on the upper floor. You need to return again to see my postings of the exhibits.

A short video of our lovely and friend museum guide.

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Pink Saturday-Visit to the Museum (Part 2)-Art on Site

My pink contribution for Pink Saturday is this cute art exhibition in The National Museum of Singapore. This Rotunda on Level 1 of the museum always has different displays here. It is the centrepiece.

This artpiece is known as Love Tank (The Temple) and created by S. Teddy D (Indonesia).

Tanks, synonymous with the landscape of war, are instrumental war machines in the propagation of western supremacy.

Pagoda, adorned with lotuses and often part of a temple compound, believed to be the padmasana, the seats of gods and goddesses who rule this world, is the shape of temples and a symbol for the levels of pure love in Eastern cultures.

This work expresses the interaction between the East and West cultures – an interaction which often ends in clashes. The adaptation of these cultures is symbolised through the visual language of seven tanks stacked on top of one another forming a tall structure resembling a Pagoda. The tanks are decorated or camouflaged with red lotuses and the juxtaposition transforms the killing machine into one that conveys love and peace to humankind. (Source taken from National Museum.

For more pinky participants, please visit Beverly of How Sweet The Sound.

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Skywatch Friday-Visit to the National Museum of Singapore (Part 1)

Today I begin my series of my visit to the National Museum of Singapore. It's been a long time since I visited this museum. There's a lot of changes to it.

The dome is still there, a familar sight.

Love the beautiful windows and the doorways and how the arches are the same.

The museum has a long history, it used to be a library on the ground floor and the small museum on the higher floor. It's history dated back to 1849. More about the museum could be found in here.

Now we have a new extension to the museum which is made of glass, will come to that in later posts. Please return to see my later posts on the museum.

For other sky watchers, please hop over to Skywatch blog.

Temperature Screening

Do you know what this is? It is a board with a lot of stickers on them.

At the hospitals, visitors need to have their temperature taken and a sticker given with the date recorded on the stickers when one do not have the fever. (Each day the stickers will be different colour.) They then are allowed to go up to the wards/clinics.

After visiting, visitors can throw the stickers away in bins or stick to the board for disposal. This is to discourage people from pasting the stickers all over the place.

Since SARS, we have measures to prevent virus from spreading to the community.

Now with the H1N1, we have the same measures too. How far could we control the flu from spreading to the community? I am keeping my fingers crossed very hard that the flu wont spread around. Hope the vaccine will be found soon.

Everyone can help control the flu with some advices from the health minsitry of your country.

Those interested can view these advices from our crisis official website in here.

Please share with the world, what measures/control does your country take.

Fort Canning Park - Part 2

Continuing from yesterday's post, near the entrance of the Fort Canning Park, is this little Spice Garden. It is so interesting, I wish I got more time to explore the area.


Displays of some of the spices from the plants found in the garden.

Exhibits of the plants. I simply dont have the time to take closer shot of the exhibits cause the whole group is waiting for me to finish my photography...lol.

This one is really very interesting. Never see a nutmeg tree before.

Closer look at the nutmeg on display.

Rows and rows of nutmeg trees.

Geez, I really wish I got more time to explore all this wonders in the park.