May 22, 2013

Writer’s Workshop: A Few Random facts about Me

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R and Me

Last week I wrote about my May Bucket List. This week I will be sharing with your some random facts about myself.

1. I am a sticker for lists and make it a point to finish what I set out to do.

In fact I can already cross off the item “Learn how to use Manga Studio 5.0” on the list I wrote last week as I’ve been hard at work since last week learning the in’s and outs of this software. If you are interested to try out this software there is a giveaway for it which is currently running on the blog.

2. I would really like to get a pilot license and sailors license even though I have phobia of falling and water.

During my teenage years I was invited to join the youth flying club and take flying lessons. Unfortunately we didn’t have the time and cash for the lessons so I stuck to piano and violin instead. It would be cool to be able to take to the air like my cousin P who recently got his commercial helicopter pilot licence or my dad who was a ship’s 1st officer in his younger days. The best way to get rid of phobias is to face it head on.

3. I will be celebrating my 12 wedding anniversary soon and we be going to Jeju island, Korea.

R knows that I do love watching Korean Dramas and what better way then to let me indulge in the scenic places which were the backdrops for many Drama serials which I have watched. We didn’t get to visit Jeju island last year when we went to Korea so it’s on the list of places to go this year 🙂

4. I hated art as a kid.

It was one of the subjects which I liked the least and wouldn’t do if I had the option. However now that I am older I am less resistant to it and would gladly attend painting/drawing sessions with my friends. In fact as you read this I’ll be at an Art workshop at HEARTS studio.

5. I love Hello Kitty and Teddy bears

I still go for such cutesy items at my age. It does help that Tiger girl loves Hello Kitty and Doggie boy likes Teddy bears too. It gives me the prefect excuse to increase my current collection.

6. I choose tea over coffee or alcohol any day

I love drinking all types of teas, green tea, fruit tea, flower tea etc. I will not touch coffee or alcohol if I have the choice. Even though I have tasted them before those are beverages which I do not fancy. However if R is really into coffee I will willingly sign up for a Barista course so I can make the prefect cup of coffee for him.

What random facts of yourself are you willing to share?

Do you too have some of these hidden desires?

May 20, 2013

10 Things We Did while Being Together on the Weekend

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Children’s Season 2013

During the weekend we decided to hop down to the National Museum of Singapore as it was the start of the Children’s Season 2013. Entry to all museums in Singapore were free to Singaporeans and Permanent residents since 18th May.

Monkey boy patting the cow

1. We saw some colorful cows on the way to the museum. The cows are a regular feature during this season and this is the 3rd year that we have spotted cows alongside the road.

A Happy Heart

2. The cows were part of the “Love your Environment” campaign as there were such hearts hung next to the trees where the cows were.

Being Together Exhibit at the National Museum

3. We started out museum tour at the Being Together exhibit whereby the kids were given a quiz sheet to fill up. They could exchange the quiz sheet for some art & craft material when they have completed it.

The boys looking at the exhibit while reading the questions

4. The kids played detective looking for the answers to the questions that were listed in the quiz. It wasn’t easy to find the answers and we had to help them along by giving them additional prompts.

One of the exhibits

5. Family pictures are important. In this room the photographer captured three different poses of each family and framed them up to form the display above.

One of the displays at the exhibition

6. We saw the many different ways photographs can be used to capture the essence of a person. This displays of black and white images of a persons back on a street really captured my attention.

Old cameras and film

7. The kids learned about the history of photography. They saw how cameras were in the past and how images were captured on film and negatives.

Doggie boy posing for the camera

8. They also learned how props and background are used to create an image. It looks as if Doggie boy was seated in a living room of an apartment when he was actually seated in front of a wallpaper backdrop.

Doggie boy again at the set.

9. Positioning of the camera is very important. Compared with the previous picture of the same set there is a lot of difference in the composition of the picture depending on the angle that one is focusing on.

Back view of Monkey boy and his dad

10. Put into practice what you have just learned. Being inspired by what I saw at the photo exhibition I tried out with this back view of two of my favorite persons.

What were you doing over the weekend?

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