Terracotta Warriors/ Coffee Club

On Sunday 14th August, I headed down to Asian Civilisations Museum just to see the Terracotta warriors - the weekend festival which was free admission. In fact I was actually at the musuem on 9 August on my museum hopping day. Asian Civilisation Museum was the last stop. However the queue was so long, one had to wait at least 3 hours, I decided to head home instead.

Hence when mass ended at 8.30am that morning, by 9am I was already at Asian Civilisations Musuem. There was no queue. It was an enjoyable walk, the morning breeze along Raffles Place.

The view of Singapore River (the beauty of nature)

All set to explore The Terracotta Warriors Exhibition

Free Admission from 9am to 7pm on August 13 and 14, 2011

The Terra Cotta Warriors is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210-209 BC and whose purpose was to help guard his empire in his afterlife.

The Warriors look so stern

Actully it was a small exhibit of the Terracotta Warriors. I completed viewing the exhibition within 30minutes. Boy was I really glad I did not have to wait in the queue for 3 hours to view these exhibits.

Here are the highlights of the exhibits :
The terracotta army buried near the tomb of the First Emperor of China is perhaps the most important archaeological discovery of our time. Unearthed in 1974 outside Xi’an, the thousands of pottery soldiers and horses are striking works of art that tell us a great deal about early China.

This exhibition features one hundred artefacts from Shaanxi province in China. Besides terracotta figures, the display contains important bronzes and jades from the Qin state before the time of the First Emperor, Shi Huangdi. The Han dynasty inherited the legacy of unified China, and charming terracotta figures from this later period show how the First Emperor’s tomb influenced later burials

The exhibition highlights new interpretations and poses questions about what we really know of the remarkable terracotta army. Recent excavations have revealed a variety of objects, including painted warriors, acrobats meant to entertain the emperor, chariots and life-like birds. Many of these will be presented in the exhibition.

This is the first exhibition of the actual terracotta warriors to be held in Singapore, as well as the first presentation in Southeast Asia.

Attention Everyone!

"White knight with earphones"

I was out of the musuem by 9.40am as I had viewed the rest of the exhibits previously.

The lovely clouds

Mac Hotcake breakfast

I had a chewy bar and a cup of milo early in the morning. Yet after my session at the musuem, I was feeling hungry, hence I headed to Mac at Funan for breakfast. Quiet moments reading and having breakfast.

Xiuling's cup of coffee

It was time to meet xiuling for late lunch. Hence I walked down from Funan to Taka. Yap, Pat's mini-walking exercise. We headed to coffeeclub situated inside Kinoyuniya. A small cosy corner in the book shop.

Wasabi Prawn Salad

I ordered the Wasabi Prawn Salad. Thankfully the wasabi wasn't that hot else I would be drinking lots of water. The wasabi heightens the flavor of the prawns. Together with green vegetables, nuts and rasins, a healthy dish to have. I discovered recently I am into salads, especially when I have a heavy meal for lunch, I will usually opt for a salad meal for dinner.

Sandwich for Xiuling,

Xiuling tried to offer me the potato wedges, which I took 2 pieces only. Enough of carbo. We wanted to go for desserts, but we were too full.

Our lunch dishes at Coffeeclub

Chicken Club sandwich

The energetic Pat, having fun with photography and food