Friday, June 06, 2008

International Museum Day

May 31 marks International Museum Day... and some museums in Singapore have free admissions on this day... so Carol and I decided to pop by the Singapore Philatelic Museum for a visit... we met at YMCA for lunch and then took a bus to the Musuem...

The moment we stepped in, we saw this:
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Tikam Tikam, a game very popular during the times before I was born... you pay a certain amount of money to pull one strip of paper off the board and the number written inside will mean you have won a certain prize... it's like a sure win game lor!

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At the museum, they're showcasing Vietnam and they have this Vietnam food tasting session... well, I think Carol chose this museum because of this... hahah

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Vietnam salad

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Vietnam rice paper roll

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Postcards from Vietnam.. pretty and colourful!

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Me & the mailing post from Hong Kong.. I like them for some weird reason...

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Carol with the traditional hat from Vietnam...

Besides the Vietnam showcase, they also have the Rats exhibition that's ongoing because it's the year of the Rat...

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We found this adorable little fella talking to us as we were climbing the stairs...

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He's walking a bit too fast for us to catch up!!

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But we still managed to catch up... phew!

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The start of the exhibition

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Oops, meow meow and boy boy can't come in!

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The set up

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We saw some mice watching our every move...

We wandered out of the exhibition and move into the rustic feel of this...

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And we found the old style uncle barber...
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Oh, we managed to find some new shoes there too...
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Before

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After

We did more wandering... and found another mailing box!!
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Then we found this adorable scooter that our uncle postmen used to ride..
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Then we absolutely loved this stamp machine!!
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The mischievious look

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We can be demure too...

And I found this shelf of international mailing boxes for sale!!
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So we shopped around the museum for a while and it was pouring... so we called a cab and got on our way home... We shall go the coming year again ya?

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