Asian Civilisations Museum - Terracotta Warriors Exhibitions

I visited the Asian Civilisations Museum with little niece to view an exhibition on the Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy. The exhibition will on from 24 Jun 2011 - 16 Oct 2011.

This exhibition features one hundred artefacts from Shaanxi province in China. Besides terracotta figures, the display contains important bronzes and jades from the Qin state before the time of the First Emperor, Shi Huangdi. The Han dynasty inherited the legacy of unified China, and charming terracotta figures from this later period show how the First Emperor’s tomb influenced later burials.

Admission Charges for Adults are different depending on the time you visited the museum. I paid only $5 when I visited earlier this month and my little niece do not have to pay for the admission charges cause she is a full time Singapore student. You can visit the official website for more information on the admission tickets.

Statues guarding the entrance of the museum.



You can purchase the tickets from the ticketing counter on the ground floor and you get a sticker to paste on your shirt to show the security guard when you enter the gallery.

The two statues infront of the exhibition hall are actually puzzle statues. You can play with the puzzles.


More photos on the terracotta warriors in next post.

Skywatch Friday - Geylang Serai - Hari Raya Puasa Part 3 - Street Light Up

Ending my post on my walk along Geylang Serai with these beautiful lights along Geylang Serai. If you happen to be in Singapore, drop by and see these lights and bazaar. The Hari Raya Light-Up & Celebrations at Geylang Serai will be held from 30 July to 7 September 2011.




A short video on the street lights in Geylang Serai.

Hari Raya Puasa is on 30th August 2011, here wishing all muslims Selamat Hari Raya.

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

Geylang Serai - Hari Raya Pausa 2011 - Part 2

Continued from my walk along Geylang Serai, I saw these beautiful decorations fronting Joo Chiat Complex.

Love these butterflies deco.

Very interesting to see what these stalls are selling.

Rows of stalls selling floor carpets and they are not cheap either. Some cost more than a $100.


Beautiful clothes on sale.




Ready made curtains. Sometimes it is cheaper to get those ready made curtains than to tailor made. They have all sizes of curtains on sale here.

Geylang Serai - Hari Raya Puasa 2011 Part 1

We are a multi racial country and this month the muslim will be celebrating Hari Raya Puasa. Different ethnic group in our country have their own little town which sell mainly the familar stuff of each ethnic group.

For the Chinese, we have our Chinatown, the Indians have their Little India, the Eurasians have Orchard Road and the muslims have Geylang Serai but really we actually shop in each other town and all over Singapore.

On August 30th, the muslim will be celebrating Hari Raya Puasa so Geylang Serai is suddenly filled with huge crowds busy shopping for the festival. Even non muslim went to Geylang Serai to soak in the atmosphere and to shop too. I was there to eat my favourite nasi padang in the hawker centre. :)

Saw these jars of cookies at the stall reminded me of my shopping in chinatown during Chinese New Year.



Besides cookies, there were cooked and delicious food at the Bazaar.





Tomorrow I will share photos of non food stalls at Geylang Serai and Friday Skywatch I will share the light up of the streets along Geylang Serai.

Sentosa - Merlion

Visiting Sentosa, one sure to take photo of the huge Merlion. I got this shot of the Merlion from the top of the hill i.e. near the Image of Singapore Building. I like this photo of the Merlion.

One have to pay an entrance fee to go to the top of the Merlion. I guess it is a kind of crowd control too. I been there before but back then did not take photo. It provided a 360 degrees view of Singapore.