I’ve been really hardworking the past 2 weeks, feeding my blog with post after post and here’s a final blog post on my Singapore trip.
After breakfast at Em By The River, we took a cab back to Marina Bay Sands. Frankly, after staying for 3 days it definitely feels like home though I don’t fancy the outlook of the building that much. I just don’t see the beauty in it, a ship like thing on top of 3 buildings that doesn’t look impressive.
No doubt, the view from above is beautiful but believe it or not it actually manage to get in the list of world’s ugliest hotel from whichever website/magazine I couldn’t remember.
And our First World Hotel too, lol.
#1 Remember the water that gush down from a hole in the middle of The Shoppes at Marina Bay? This is how Ned Kahn’s Rain Oculus looks like from above and I just stood there looking at the water swirl and swirl. It was quite addictive to just look.
#2 As we walked towards ArtScience Museum.
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#4 Louis Vuitton’s flagship store.
#5 ArtScience Musuem is said to represents a lotus flower and is also referred to as “The Welcoming Hand of Singapore”.
#6 There were so many lotuses around ArtScience Museum, they were uncountable.
#7 There were also lots of mini fishes swimming under those lotuses.
#8 The lotus were really pretty. :)
#9 We cant say no to museum and exhibitions.
Fatty and I are quite the partner really because we both are very much disinterested in theme parks and we prefer museums anytime.
Hate paying so much to take pictures with mascot and hate thrill rides even more because we both are lousy and have this annoying thing called height phobia.
Exception only for water theme parks and Disneyland at some guai lou’s country.
#10 So instead of going to Legoland which we both don’t fancy, we went for a Lego exhibition instead called The Art Of The Brick.
#11 Lego’s yellow man head.
Unlike most people, New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya never stopped building, creating and exploring his own imagination using LEGO® bricks which he has played with since a young age.
In this critically acclaimed and the first major museum exhibition to use LEGO bricks as the sole art medium, Sawaya transforms them into awe-inspiring and thought-provoking sculptures, elevating the toy to the realm of art.
Everything in the exhibition is made from lego by Nathan Sawaya and I must say he really did an impressive job.
To me, Lego is the most annoying toy ever because I don’t know what to do with it.
I cant build a single shit thing and I will just sit there, look at all the Legos and get frustrated afterwards.
I think I prefer fabrics.
#12 A swimmer.
#13 Where’re my hands?
#14 Raindrops.
#15 Before we went in further, the boys tried recreating a rain drop. I guess they had fun.
#16 Fatty created a robot instead.
#17 Look what’s inside of you.
These Lego humans that were created by Nathan Sawaya were mainly what he felt at a period of time or what he saw in life.
Most of it has got a meaning behind which I believe we all once felt in our lives too.
#18 This is one of the Lego sculpture which I like most. Every single thing is made from Lego, from the drawer to the basket of fruits, from the brush to the palette, and even the black and white tiles were made from Lego.
#19 ‘Beware of winds of life that nibble away at your sense of self. Stay Strong.’ Some words of encouragement.
#20 Circle Torso, celebrate the difference in everybody. Which shape are you?
#21 Pyramid?
#22 This sculpture brought me a very heavy feeling because I used to sit that way in a corner of my room, crying for hours when I was upset. This just looks so sad. :(
#23 Ahh, this is one of my favourite too because that red Lego man is as fat as Fatty. Haha. It doesn’t matter if your another half has change in shape and size after years because what matter most is the heart that will always stays the same. So what if he’s fat and I am flat LOLOL!
#24 Playing with shadows.
#25 ‘Sometimes when you’re looking for a step up, you don’t have to look further than yourself. We’re all capable of more than we think.’
#26 And when you thought Lego is all about 3D, there comes the 2D portrait.
#27 We tried creating our own Lego portrait with the app on their ipad.
#28 Still looks a lot like Fatty. :D
#29 And I look a lot like myself too.
#30 My friend.
#31 ‘Obstacles. You can let them stand in your way. Or you can overcome them and leave them in your rear-view mirror.’
#32 Ideas came when Nathan Sawaya saw his friend singing on the stage.
#33 Shit me, I can’t remember what is this called. Some historical building that Fatty find it impressive.
#34 While I peeped through it and see what’s inside the mini building.
#35 A pencil made from Lego which is taller than me.
#36 Are you the same person behind that mask?
#37 Fall and shadows.
#38 Art Science Museum in Lego. :)
There’s a play area at the end of the exhibition for adults and kids to create their own Lego.
#39 And all I did was asked, ‘HOW TO PLAY!?’ while Fatty created his sports car.
#40 Presenting you the most impressive sculpture of all, a T-rex.
#41 Staffs decorating a Lego Christmas tree as we were leaving.
Lego is never my kind of toy and what to me seems like the most boring toy can be a medium for a creative man to express himself.
The exhibition will be ongoing until 14th April 2013, so you still have plenty of time if you plan for a visit.
Ticket is price at $15 for tourist and $13 for Singaporeans.
For seniors age 65 and above is $14 for tourist and $12 for Singaporeans.
For child from age 2 to age 12 is $9 for tourist and $8 for Singaporeans.
You can also combine two or three different exhibitions together for a cheaper price.
Do take a look at their website for information on exhibitions.
ArtScience Museum
MARINA BAY SANDS
10 Bayfront Avenue,
Singapore 018956
Daily: 10am to 10pm