A Living Legend - Song Dynasty

24th Feb 2012 - Went to Expo to see the animated moving painting, 清明上河图. It was a famous painting from the Song Dynasty by a painter named Zhang Ze Duan. The painting was drawn to show the everyday life of the people during the Song Dynasty. The painting was magnified 30 times its original size, immersing in 128m x 6.5m of living art and animation was added to the characters and objects in the painting, about thousands of it. It's like bringing life out of the painting. It can even change from day time to night time.

There are 5 mini-section to show the different life and objects, using the 5 elements as the centre (Fire, Wood, Earth, Gold and Water) in the Pre-Hall. It was quite boring but still it is educational...then after, came to a main hall, with the drawing displayed inside (which is the main objective of the exhibit..lol). Audio guide was also provided to guide you through the whole exhibit. It was magnificent to see a drawing that big and can actually see animation on it (Not so bad)...The only bad thing is why the admission is so expensive...$20 for a adult (without any discount). Don't understand...lol....

Anyway, it is my first to see a painting that big and with animation too..Quite an experience and will remember it....

Wicked Musical, SIngapore

28th Jan 2012: Went to watch Wicked Musical in Marina Bay Sands (MBS), Grand Theater with my friends. We had purchased the $151 category tickets (including booking fees). It was a awards-winning musical and it was very popular in other countries. It is a play about the 2 witches in the Wizard of Oz before Dorothy dropped in Oz land. The play was also telling how the 2 witches met each other and become best friends and falling in love with the same guy and how they fell out with each other. There was also a mech dragon built on the stage, i was expected it to be used often but was disappointed when it was only operated 2 times throughout the whole play.The conversation between the characters was also quite funny in the play.

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But I prefer Lion King Musical more than Wicked Musical, as Lion king used more props whereas Wicked used more lighting effects. And i also prefer the music in Lion King over Wicked...but it is still worth watching....hehehe....