I went to see the Bodyworlds exhibition on the very first day it opened.
It's good! Well worth the money. Entrance fees are $20.
No cameras allowed, but we were graced by Dr Gunther (aka Dr of Death), the man himself who did all the dirty work.
He was taking pictures of his own exhibits.
We managed to get a picture with him. Post another day. I'm honoured to have hugged the man who invented this exhibition.
I shook his hand too!
The hand that skinned the bodies.. Prodded the organs.. Handled the corpses.. Played with muscles and bones and brains and unborn foetuses and intestines and smokers' lungs and the likes.
Eh.. Am I supposed to be disgusted? Nah.. I love the whole concept.
I wonder how my insides look like.. Anyone thinking of donating your dead self to this quest for knowledge of our human body?
There is so much more! I can't possibly say all.
My fav? The real, dead, horse.
There is a giraffe, deer, and octopus too, besides (mostly) human and human organ exhibits.
He is doing an elephant next.
Plastination. Ooooohh..
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
fishy fishy!
I love fishing!
Calm waters, serene atmosphere, thrilling catches.
I doubt that I'll forget my first fishing trip in the waters around Singapore.
I caught the 2 biggest fishes out of the 4 of us that day!! So proud of myself.
They weren't ikan bilis! They were really big. Not huge, but big and meaty. About 30cm the biggest one. The other was a little smaller.
The others' were MUCH smaller.
Self praise is no praise..
They were teasing me.. They didn't call it beginner's luck.
They said the fishes were male. Hence only my bait was taken.
The others were men.. No big female fishes for them.
Hahaha..
Post the pics another day. I look fuddy duddy in them.
Covered everything. Cap, long sleeves, collar, long pants.
I like the sun. I like tans.
However, I was nagged at to put sunscreen and avoid the sun.
Long hours, 7.30am to 4.30pm.
Luckily I heeded the men's advice, otherwise I would have been really sunburnt.
Sunburn no good.
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Calm waters, serene atmosphere, thrilling catches.
I doubt that I'll forget my first fishing trip in the waters around Singapore.
I caught the 2 biggest fishes out of the 4 of us that day!! So proud of myself.
They weren't ikan bilis! They were really big. Not huge, but big and meaty. About 30cm the biggest one. The other was a little smaller.
The others' were MUCH smaller.
Self praise is no praise..
They were teasing me.. They didn't call it beginner's luck.
They said the fishes were male. Hence only my bait was taken.
The others were men.. No big female fishes for them.
Hahaha..
Post the pics another day. I look fuddy duddy in them.
Covered everything. Cap, long sleeves, collar, long pants.
I like the sun. I like tans.
However, I was nagged at to put sunscreen and avoid the sun.
Long hours, 7.30am to 4.30pm.
Luckily I heeded the men's advice, otherwise I would have been really sunburnt.
Sunburn no good.
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NEW!!
oops!! Haven't posted in a long longgg time..
Finally done with WSS.. Especially the SGCs!! They were really the bane of my few months there. Miss the kids though!
Slacked my Sept away, managed to pack my room up.. Super neat then, still is now, 3 weeks later.
Now.. Am at SSS.. one of my favourite schools! Class size is halved of mainstream schools, timing is good, colleagues are great!
Only thing is.. There are many rumours about the school food.. It's probably because sportsmen need to have more nutritious and thereby less tasty food (aka non fattening - but it's not as if the kids care).
Most of the staff end up eating out.. Some kind souls offered to buy hawker food every day.. So we just place our orders with them. Gets kind of boring.. We only can order certain kinds of food, or at least that's my view.
I can't imagine ordering fried hokkien mee or minced meat noodles or carrot cake.. Then by the time the teachers get back, they are all mushy!
I miss IJC's and WSS's food.
Ohh.. And I'm finally free!! In 2 meanings of the word. Looking, but not seeing. Wanting, but not getting. G says my environment is not suitable for that particular 'quest'.
And yes, I'm also free.. Work here now is minimal as the holidays are nearing. I'll probably start complaining next year.
Oh yeah.. It's a chore to walk 15min out to the bus stop under the hot sun. It's shorter.. I'm exaggerating.. But add 5 mins because of the freaking hot sun.
For some reason.. Woodlands is especially prone to rain. Why?? I gave my Geography knowledge back to my teachers. So is it because Woodlands is nearer the causeway = near the sea/ocean = more prone to rain? It's like, raining every noon!
If there was a Volleyball Academy in SSS, and SSS opened 8 years earlier, I would have applied to study here. (I do like PCS.. I had a great 4 yrs there - no regrets!!)
Boring.. I need a life. I need the yang.
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Finally done with WSS.. Especially the SGCs!! They were really the bane of my few months there. Miss the kids though!
Slacked my Sept away, managed to pack my room up.. Super neat then, still is now, 3 weeks later.
Now.. Am at SSS.. one of my favourite schools! Class size is halved of mainstream schools, timing is good, colleagues are great!
Only thing is.. There are many rumours about the school food.. It's probably because sportsmen need to have more nutritious and thereby less tasty food (aka non fattening - but it's not as if the kids care).
Most of the staff end up eating out.. Some kind souls offered to buy hawker food every day.. So we just place our orders with them. Gets kind of boring.. We only can order certain kinds of food, or at least that's my view.
I can't imagine ordering fried hokkien mee or minced meat noodles or carrot cake.. Then by the time the teachers get back, they are all mushy!
I miss IJC's and WSS's food.
Ohh.. And I'm finally free!! In 2 meanings of the word. Looking, but not seeing. Wanting, but not getting. G says my environment is not suitable for that particular 'quest'.
And yes, I'm also free.. Work here now is minimal as the holidays are nearing. I'll probably start complaining next year.
Oh yeah.. It's a chore to walk 15min out to the bus stop under the hot sun. It's shorter.. I'm exaggerating.. But add 5 mins because of the freaking hot sun.
For some reason.. Woodlands is especially prone to rain. Why?? I gave my Geography knowledge back to my teachers. So is it because Woodlands is nearer the causeway = near the sea/ocean = more prone to rain? It's like, raining every noon!
If there was a Volleyball Academy in SSS, and SSS opened 8 years earlier, I would have applied to study here. (I do like PCS.. I had a great 4 yrs there - no regrets!!)
Boring.. I need a life. I need the yang.
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