Psychedelics Light Art: Future World Where Art Meets Science

Thanks to my cousin who took showed the i Light Marina Bay brochure, we enjoyed 50% discount to light art exhibition at Future World, a permanent exhibition at ArtScience Museum. Entrance fees for adult is $14 but by showing the brochure, we only paid $7 per person. 

There are 15 light art installations that are mostly interactive and react to human motion. In this exhibition, the mueseum collaborated with Tokyo-based teamLab that includes artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, architects and designers. The result is Future World – Singapore’s largest interactive digital playground.

ArtScience Museum

Nearest MRT: Bayfront MRT

Nature theme

100 Years Sea Animation Diorama. We sat on the floor and just watched the animated art on the screen.

The drawing you see on the screen are all coloured by kids! They must be proud to see their artwork on the screen with other kids. I'm quite impressed with this concept.

Kids scanning their coloured art work so that their artwork can be displayed on the screen.

Kids can choose the picture be it aeroplane or lorry  they want to colour.

Just playing with colored balls.

In the mystical land with elephants and horses.

Matrix of Light

Singapore at Night

The following photo below is Singapore at night as viewed from space. The darkest area in the middle of Singapore is Central Catchment Nature Reserve. I'm currently living in the eastern part of Singapore. As you can see, the southern tip of Singapore is the brightest. This is where one of the busiest ports of the world, Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is located. Another brightest spot at the eastern end of Singapore is Changi Airport. 

 Image from NASA/JSC, U.S. Astronaut & Station 

Remembering Mr Lee Kuan Yew

It doesn't matter whether you like Mr Lee Kuan Yew or not. He is synonymous with Singapore success. Without his strong leadership and intellect, I doubt Singapore will be a first world country today. Today is his death anniversary, just want to say that I never forget your contribution to Singapore.
  
To read my earlier post where I went to the Parliament House to bow infront of him, click here. 

By the way, today there is lunar eclipse.

I brought this book last week at Popular bookstore.

Singapore Good Design Mark 2016 at National Design Centre

From now till 30 June, you can view the winning entries of the Singapore Good Design Mark at National Design Centre which is about 10 minutes walk from Bugis MRT station. 

It features winning entries in three categories namely in Lifestyle, Personal (Business-to-Consumer); Industry (Business-to-Business) and Public Services (like education and medical) which meet high standards of design. 

I found some really innovative product designs. One of my favourite design is a chair with first-aid storage underneath it. Besides checking out innovative product designs, you can also buy Singapore designed products here and perhaps come up with your own design and make it at the Prototyping Lab. By the view, admission is free to National Design Centre.

Time: 9 am to 9pm.

Date: 08 Mar - 30 Jun 

National Design Centre, Design Advisory 111 Middle Road, Singapore 188969










How to get there?

Just alight at Bugis MRT station

 You can read some of the award winning entries here and see some of the products on display.

 Shape Shifting Vacuum Cleaner Robot

 I like this clever idea. Can save lives and space in space limited home.

 One of the President Design Award winner, the most prestigious design award in Singapore.

 Make your own design at Prototyping Lab at National Design Centre

You can view Fifty years of Singapore Design at 2nd level at National Design Centre. You can read my previous blog post here.

You can buy souvenirs here at level 1.

Cherry Blossom in Singapore Flower Dome

From now till 27 March, you can enjoy cherry blossom in Singapore Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay. Last Friday my cousin and I went to Flower dome to see different types of blossoms like Cherry and Peach in a traditional japanese garden decor. Its the first time we had to queue inside the Flower dome to take photo at the Torii gate. Coincidentally, Prime Minister Lee was also at the Flower Dome for the SG50 appreciation dinner.

Its the first time there is Cherry blossom theme at Gardens by the Bay, Flower Dome. I've never been to Japan so this is the best alternative for me. I didn't know there are so many different types of blossoms until the visit last Friday. 

Gardens by the Bay, Flower Dome

From now till 27th March.

Time: 9am to 9pm

How to get there? 

Alight at Bayfront MRT

I used my Samsung Note 5 to capture these flowers. 

I love these delicate blossoms.

My cousin and I do have affinity with Prime Minister Lee. He was also at Gardens by the Bay for the event but no we didn't rush to take photo of him as we were too enthralled by the cherry blossoms.

I used my Samsung Note 5 to capture these flowers. 

I love these delicate blossoms.

A special blossom. Their petals are really big than the sakura.

Torii gate

Image from http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/whats-on/calendar-of-events/2016-blossom-beats.html

ArtScience Museum Lego

At Art Science Museum shop, we saw this miniature lego of Art Science Museum. If I have a big space at home, most probably I have one to display as it looks very beautiful. Art ScienceMuseum is inspired from the lotus flower and is designed by award winning architect Moshe Safdie. 

Art Science Museum Lego

Close up view of the Art Science Museum lego.

The real ArtScience Museum with projected image during iLight @ Marina Bay

Singapore Passport

Singapore passport is one of the most popular passports in the world as we Singaporeans have visa-free access to more than a hundred countries. 

I searched for my passport as I finally decided to make a booking for Australia trip in June. I'll be going to Australia Sydney and Melbourne with my youngest brother this June as he managed to apply for one week leave. My brother and I went to Chinatown Point to book the trip with CTC travel. We paid about $1000.00 for deposit first. Since I don't have driving license and my brother is not familiar with the country (It's his first trip there), we decided to sign up for the package tour. I last visited Sydney and Gold Coast in 1996.

We travelled to China and Taiwan with CTC before and liked their service, thus we decided to sign up for their package tour again. I see how the holiday is like first, if I enjoy the trip in Australia this June, most probably I travel to Melbourne in this November again. 

Even though Singapore has visa-free access to more than a hundred countries, Australia is not one of them. Luckily the tour agency staff told us that she'll apply for Visa to Australia for us. That's the advantage of signing up with travel agencies, they provide good service and since Australia is so big, it be good to have transport plan for us and its cheaper. The only disadvantage is we have to wake up early and follow their schedule and not have sufficient time to explore the place. 

From Wikipedia

"In 2016,Singaporean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 173 countries and territories, ranking the Singaporean passport 5th in the world in terms of travel freedom (tied with Austria and Japan).^[10] Additionally, the World Tourism Organization also published a report on 15 January 2016 ranking the Singaporean passport 1st in the world (tied with Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom) in terms of travel freedom, with the mobility index of 160 (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5 and traditional visa weighted by 0)."

My passport. Singapore passport is in top 5 for Visa free travel.

2016 Top 10 World's Most Powerful Passports for Visa Free Travel

Singapore Travel Guide

This video features popular attractions in Singapore and is a good introduction of our country. Some of my favourite attractions in Singapore include Gardens by the Bay, Mount Faber and the Esplanade. 

Singapore Travel Guide

My Island Home is one of my favourite National Day Parade songs as I love the melody.