Firstly, I slept in till nearly noon and wasted time in my
hotel room for a bit after that. Then I
gathered my things and headed out to explore my neighborhood properly for the
first time. My new friend Cath suggested
lunch at Food For Thought: A lovely café
near the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) that feeds hungry guests AND works to bring clean water to the world. Their shirts all read “beacause our bathtubs
drink better than 1/3 of the world” It
is a sobering thought that. I enjoyed my
free wirelest and exquisite roast-beef, pumpkin, caramelized onion, and
balsamic dressing on Foccacia sandwich.
Warning Cal Hutson, food photo below:
Next up SAM. Housed
in an old colonial mansion with wide double decker porches and soft grey shutters
the building was also weirdly glassed in at every porch arch. 
It was nice to have the air conditioning and
I’m sure it is essential to art preservation, but it was odd. Not nearly as odd as the exhibits
though. The current show focused on
recent and modern art from Asia. First
up some angry white and red-winged dogs eating a delicious dinner. Inspired by philipine street dogs in contrast
with the glutonous excess of the modern (western) world.
The same artist is also famous for his
ancient chinese-style paintings of fat emperors and little boys eating Mc
Donalds or Japanese geisha statues holding glossy laptops.
It was nice to have the air conditioning and
I’m sure it is essential to art preservation, but it was odd. Not nearly as odd as the exhibits
though. The current show focused on
recent and modern art from Asia. First
up some angry white and red-winged dogs eating a delicious dinner. Inspired by philipine street dogs in contrast
with the glutonous excess of the modern (western) world. 
The same artist is also famous for his
ancient chinese-style paintings of fat emperors and little boys eating Mc
Donalds or Japanese geisha statues holding glossy laptops. 
One of the coolest pieces was this abstract grid of
squares. It was painted in tiny brush
strokes starting with a dark canvas and building up until the whole grid seems
nearly white. The coolest part was that
when you were standing there, even just a few inches away from the painting you
would swear it was three-dimensional. I
bet the guards have to work overtime in that room because it was seriously hard
to keep my fingers off the art – just to make sure it was really flat.
There were quite a few angry artsy video installations most
of which I didn’t especially like. But
here are a few other pieces that I did like.
This portrait was made entirely of shampoo caps - either open, or closed.
Exit art museum, top up phone card, caught in a complete
downpour, waited under a tiny awning for about 15 minutes before I decided to
convince a complete stranger to share their umbrella with me just while I
crossed the rod to . . . .wait, you know the answer to this one . . . another
MALL!
They are really useful. Indoors I found a lovely Japanese office supply store and bought a few things for my purse. It’s soooo organized now. On the way out I investigated a possible gym – California Fitness. Its expensive but seems to have good classes and is located just a block and a half from work. Hmmm? Last stop laundry detergent since the hand soap in my hotel just won’t quite cut it.
They are really useful. Indoors I found a lovely Japanese office supply store and bought a few things for my purse. It’s soooo organized now. On the way out I investigated a possible gym – California Fitness. Its expensive but seems to have good classes and is located just a block and a half from work. Hmmm? Last stop laundry detergent since the hand soap in my hotel just won’t quite cut it.
On the way home I was seduced by the 20 min for $18 back
massage. Ohhh bliss. I’m a wee bit sore today but it was worth it.
Off to more ghost hunting work tomorrow.
~k
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