On Saturday, Wayne and i were visitors to the National Museum of Singapore.
This was his virgin trip, whereas it's my second.
We purchased tickets for all the galleries, and decided to head to the Greek masterpieces first since there was a guided tour at 11am.
I'll post some amazing highlights of the masterpieces...
Males in nude sculptures during the classical period were very popular back then, thus the numerous sexy i would say nude "models".
The female nude sculpture only became popular after some time.
This is the most handsome dude in Athens.
And that's Zeus chasing after him.
Apparently a little info about Zeus, he has many affairs with other women, and he even fell for guys. So, i guess he's bisexual.
These masks were used in performance theatres in Athens. Though i wonder how some really miniature masks are able to fit someone's head.
Okay, this vase here is one of the most important pieces. From the picture, it's actually a group of men in nude. Basically, the son was fighting against his father for power. It's common for such situations to happen.
Here shows a death messenger taking a woman away from her lover. It's actually a very sad scene where someone is leaving their loved one.
This lion statue is a placed at tombs where i suppose it serves the same purpose in Chinese traditions. To guard and chase away the evil spirits.
This is the the original symbol of Aphrodite.
That's cupid!
Ok this boy here is amazingly talented. He is actually sketching free-hand of the statue in the following picture.
Many people were crowding around him wow-ing away, i don't deny, one of them was me. ;)
Basically, the tour was really informative, but i suppose i forgot half the info already. Which is a very very big pity. I think wayne remembers 70% of it since he's really into Greek mythology.
Backgammon originated in Greek!
But of course, that isn't the way you play it.
After we exited the Greek masterpieces gallery, we moved on to other galleries in the museum.
This is the first stone found in Singapore to be crafted with words during the 10-14th century. And i touched it. I've touched something that's close to a thousand years old.
This was a picture of a magazine "Her World" during the 1960s.
Comparing it to today's Her World.
That's a studio camera!!
That's a chinese warrior costume that is very elaborated and expensive used in the past by the Chinese emperors.
Now we all know where the name HMV came from, "His Master's Voice"
K that's a chest, apparently the funny thing is, notice there's a talisman?
That's how chinese funerals were like in the past. Death was regarded as important as it was the person going into another world.
Okay, aside from all the artefacts and historical past of Singapore, the museum is a really cool place.
The many saucers, spoons, bowls and etc are stuck onto the wall by magnets. Cool eh?
Process of acting stupid...
K enough of acting stupid, the overhead lights were actually in motion.
The next horror movie production.
THIS very large statue of David (& the Goliath), stands at 2 storeys high.
He's the man.
This was his virgin trip, whereas it's my second.
We purchased tickets for all the galleries, and decided to head to the Greek masterpieces first since there was a guided tour at 11am.
I'll post some amazing highlights of the masterpieces...
Males in nude sculptures during the classical period were very popular back then, thus the numerous sexy i would say nude "models".
The female nude sculpture only became popular after some time.
This is the most handsome dude in Athens.
And that's Zeus chasing after him.
Apparently a little info about Zeus, he has many affairs with other women, and he even fell for guys. So, i guess he's bisexual.
These masks were used in performance theatres in Athens. Though i wonder how some really miniature masks are able to fit someone's head.
Okay, this vase here is one of the most important pieces. From the picture, it's actually a group of men in nude. Basically, the son was fighting against his father for power. It's common for such situations to happen.
Here shows a death messenger taking a woman away from her lover. It's actually a very sad scene where someone is leaving their loved one.
This lion statue is a placed at tombs where i suppose it serves the same purpose in Chinese traditions. To guard and chase away the evil spirits.
This is the the original symbol of Aphrodite.
That's cupid!
Ok this boy here is amazingly talented. He is actually sketching free-hand of the statue in the following picture.
Many people were crowding around him wow-ing away, i don't deny, one of them was me. ;)
Basically, the tour was really informative, but i suppose i forgot half the info already. Which is a very very big pity. I think wayne remembers 70% of it since he's really into Greek mythology.
Backgammon originated in Greek!
But of course, that isn't the way you play it.
After we exited the Greek masterpieces gallery, we moved on to other galleries in the museum.
This is the first stone found in Singapore to be crafted with words during the 10-14th century. And i touched it. I've touched something that's close to a thousand years old.
This was a picture of a magazine "Her World" during the 1960s.
Comparing it to today's Her World.
That's a studio camera!!
That's a chinese warrior costume that is very elaborated and expensive used in the past by the Chinese emperors.
Now we all know where the name HMV came from, "His Master's Voice"
K that's a chest, apparently the funny thing is, notice there's a talisman?
That's how chinese funerals were like in the past. Death was regarded as important as it was the person going into another world.
Okay, aside from all the artefacts and historical past of Singapore, the museum is a really cool place.
The many saucers, spoons, bowls and etc are stuck onto the wall by magnets. Cool eh?
Process of acting stupid...
K enough of acting stupid, the overhead lights were actually in motion.
The next horror movie production.
THIS very large statue of David (& the Goliath), stands at 2 storeys high.
He's the man.
And we are the lovelys.
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