I've had a C.R.A.Z.Y. June. Although there were 2 weeks of term break and no classes were in session, I was still up to my neck with work. I attended a 3 day eLearning Forum Asia 2011 at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, scrambled to make amendments to senate papers for presentation in July, marked piles of assignments etc.
Despite the crazy deadlines, the hub and I managed to bring the kids to the Zoo and caught Kung Fu Panda 2 in the theatres. We old-timers even went on a date (without the girls) to The ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands where I got the opportunity to savour the masterpieces of Vincent Van Gogh and Salvador Dalí.
When the hub suggested we do something different and visit the Arts Science Museum at MBS, I was a little hesitant. He's not the type who'd visit Art galleries, museums or be enthralled by historical events and artifacts. But it was a pre-birthday celebration date and I knew I'd enjoy the visit.
In school, I learnt quite a bit when I was tasked to I read up and research on the various movements created by renown artists in Art History. I love the bright, vivid colours of Dutch Impressionist painter Van Gogh (my all-time favourite) and the warped, distorted vision of Surrealism Extraordinaire Dalí.
I've been fortunate enough to visit - not just once, but twice - the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and I was "lost" for several hours studying the details of Van Gogh's evolving style, eventuating with coarse wild brush strokes which revealed his raging insanity and insecurity. The MBS exhibition Van Gogh Alive offered but a small glimpse of his works although the experimental concept on integrating music, sound and art into an audio-visual spectacular is unique. That said, give me old school anytime.
The highlight of our visit was really Dalí: Mind of a Genius – The Exhibition. I'd only seen his paintings and statues in books, so it was really awe-inspiring to see them "live" right before my very eyes. I lapped up every detail, stroke, curve, texture, form, shape etc.
Trigger-happy me snapped away 200 photos and then the camera battery went flat :( But here are some of my favourite pictures:
My main regret is that we didn't get the chance to take a short break with the girls. All our work schedules clashed and it was tough for me to take leave when I was on operationally-ready-stand-by-mode to complete the project.
And it hit me that I've been caught up in such a frenzied pace that I find it challenging to pull the breaks without damaging rubber on the tyres.
Oh, Fiddlesticks!
I need a restful break! And it's now too late to take one now that Term's swung back into action. Perhaps I should start planning for a getaway this December. A treat for the soul.
