Dreams and Reality

I think it will now be a yearly thing for me and Marlon to go out of the country in January. We ended up in Singapore during Chinese new year. After so much effort trying to get to Vivo City on CNY, we felt that it would be best that we leave the place to avoid the crowd going to Sentosa.

We found ourselves in the City Hall area with Carla, my friend Jox' sister currently based in Singapore. Before the trip we found out that there will be an exhibit of some paintings from Musee d Orsay Paris. Marlon, being artistic and all was so excited to be able to view works by Van Gogh, Manet, Rousseau and more.

We were lucky that it was open house due to the holidays and we got in for free. Regular tickets to the exhibit is at 12 SGD and if you're using your HSBC credit card you get 50% off. 


After several blocks from the City Hall MRT station, we finally got to the Singapore National Museum. I admit that I liked how the preserved the facade of the museum and it was all modern inside. Going into the exhibit, was done in an orderly fashion. Sometimes I wish we can be orderly and disciplined in Manila also by knowing to fall in line.

Food and drinks were not allowed inside but we can take photos as long as we turn off the flash. Since it was open house, many people were there but everybody had their chance to view the paintings and take pictures. Here are some of the works inside. I don't know all the titles and artists in most of them.

Of course there was a whole wall dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night over the Rhone. This was his less popular starry night painting. I honestly have no idea what to look for in a painting but the thickness of the oil he used plus the strokes and blending of colors simply amazed me. Although many considered Van Gogh to be ahead of his time with the things he chose to paint.

On our way to Bugis, we say this sculpture at the Singapore Arts Museum.

It was a great experience for the three of us and we had a blast on the first day of the year of the dragon. 
The exhibit was run from October 26 2011-February 5 2012.