///: Singapore Trip ++ SAM

Finally. I mean, finally my family and I got the chance to take a trip to Singapore (Yes, I was THAT excited). I stayed there for 5 days which is a heck of a long time if you ask me. Usually I would stay for 3 days but I found that my last trip wasn't quite enough because I was pretty bummed out when we had to fly back home.

On the first day we went straight to the apartment from Changi, then we grabbed some lunch at Takashimaya. Then I got to Sephora at Ion Orchard for the very first time and I freaked out right away. Seriously though, for a first timer (I don't know if that's even a word), it was absolutely overwhelming. Wow, wow, wow, wow, WOW is all I can say. I went back and forth to Sephora three times while I was there. I bought a few not-so-exciting products, but I was thrilled about it!! I got two tubes of Soap & Glory's Hand food (50ml tube and 125 ml tube), and two tubs of Percy & Reed's Totally Hydrating Mask. Yes, I like hair masks and I like to pile things up. For backups. Normal, right?

Then I went to Victoria's Secret, H&M, Lush, Watsons, and basically every store I could come across to, the usual. They had this deal at Victoria's Secret where we can get three mixed products for SGD 49 so I got two body sprays and a body lotion. I didn't buy anything from Lush just because I wasn't very pleased with the prices, but on the fourth day I decided to go back and bought me the Jasmine and Henna Fluff Ease.

On the third day my brother, sister and I went to Universal Studios.

AND, the fourth day I went to Singapore Art Museum which I'm going to put loads and loads of pictures below because wow I really enjoyed venturing inside the museum and was totally driven head over heels for that place. Unfortunately I didn't really get the chance to take as many pictures as I initially hoped and I won't include every pictures I took (blurry pictures issues, the usual). But going there was probably the biggest highlight of my trip to Singapore.

P.S. I am very much aware of the extra blurry pictures I took. Just an ordinary girl holding a digital camera what can I say?

These are mixed pictures from SAM and SAM at 8Q, and I will also be writing a little explanation on some installations.

"Monument for a Present Future", 2013

Kiri Dalena, Philippines

"Hope Brings Us Here", 2013

Nipan Oranniwesna, Thailand

(The details are actually on the floor where you can see little dots and when you sit down and take a look closely, you can see different surroundings of Thailand in each dots)

"The Principle No-5", 2012

Iswanto Hartono & Raqs Media Collective, Indonesia & India

"Superbarbara Saving the World", 2012-2013

Boonsri Tangtronsin, Thailand

11 episodes of short videos showing this heroine called Barbara basically solving problems and helping people around her.

"Terra Sensa-Lovell", 2013

Jeremy Sharma, Singapore

"My eyeballs ate the wind

My feet ate grass

The tips of the hairs on my skin ate electricity

The back of my ears ate the sky

My tongue ate the stars last night while

My index finger ate blood

My chin ate the ceiling

My pen ate the floor

My brain ate paper

My clothes fed my nose with dust

And my back devoured the umbra on the

Mattress in full

Where my flank had failed

Then my spine ate the spring"

Cosmology of Life, 2013

Toni Kanwa, Indonesia

Different types of tiny (seriously though, extremely small that they provided a magnifying glass to see more clearly) people of Indonesia carved from woods based on different levels of each individual's 'energy'. The higher the energy, the taller the individual is in this installation.

"Payatas", 2012

Oscar Villamiel, Philippines

Thousands of excavated dolls from the Manila landfill. Yes, very disturbing indeed. But when you go into the room, it gets 100% a lot creepier. This photo is probably just about 20% of the whole installation.

"Anahata", 2013

Kumari Nahappan, Malaysia

A giant pile of saga seeds weighing more than 4,000kg and apparently this installation is located in the heart of the Singapore Art Museum.

"The Garden", 2012-2013

Sean Lee, Singapore

Sean Lee confronts mortality by taking pictures of his parents' body parts as they grow older.

"I am often afraid of my parents dying. I can see that they are getting older, it shows on their flesh. I wish to find some strength through photography to help me deal with this."

Thousands of post-its on the wall. Written on those post-its are people's opinion about how the world would be if the world changed. I just think it's beautiful and seeing some opinions was quite interesting to me. Yes, I wrote something too of course.

"It's All About Coalition", 2008

Eko Nugroho

"The Killer From Electricity Authority", 2009

Yuree Kensaku

Acrylic, carved window, painted toy skull and plastic blind

"Waiting Room", 2013

Shieko Reto, Malaysia

An installation constructed as a transgender clinic waiting room. The drawings on the walls show the transgender persons going through various phases of surgery and what they become. This room has a truly strong message I would definitely say.

"The Great Puddle", 2009

Nguyen Huy An, Vietnam

"Happy and Free", 2013

Boo Junfeng, Singapore

A video installation and you can only hear the song "Happy and Free" if you put on the provided headphones. And the bonus is, the lyrics of the song are on the screen, and you can sing along with the provided mike exactly like you're singing in a karaoke room. This song is basically about Singapore and Malaysia I don't really have a clue?

"The Aesthetics of Disappearing | Apart-ment 727 Tran Hung Dao", 2004-2006

Lam Hieu Thuan, Vietnam

A slideshow showing the communal living complex in Ho Chi Minh City.

"Your Eyes Are Stupid", 2013

Joo Choon Lin, Singapore

Mixed media installation with videos on the walls. The video right across the room is a film of a knife turning from solid to flexible. This whole concept is basically about eye illusions and stuff like that.

"Exorcise Me", 2013

Sookoon Ang, Singapore

This shows teenagers' isolation and confusion of growing up, between the childhood and adulthood state. That anxiety and being unconfident in their own skin, is showing on this 4-channel video installation on how the girls' faces are hidden and covered with makeup.

"Into the Sea", 2011

Le Brothers, Vietnam

3-channel video installation inspired by the birthplace of le brothers in Binh Tri Thiên, Vietnam.

"The Old Man and the Sea", 2013

Erica Lai, Singapore

Large format photographs of students on the walls whom Erica Lai worked with are taken at the corners of reclaimed areas of land in Singapore, to make the symbolic gesture of 'returning' small lots of reclaimed land. And in those jars are the students' imaginary of the new histories, myths and possibilities for the soil that they have collected.