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You’ve probably seen this intro at the start of every Tally Ho piece:
I can hear you wondering: Who are the Adventure Crew? Fear not, dear reader, for I have the answers! In brightest day, in darkest night, no adventure shall escape our sight Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look. The Adventure Crew asked ourselves: We can has picnic? And we answered: Yes [...]
The Royal Selangor showroom-shop at Clarke Quay hides a very cool secret: the School of Hard Knocks, a little pewter workshop that anyone can sign up for. They’re open for walk-ins, but it’s best if you call or email ahead if you have a big group just in case. It was the Adventure Crew with Arrch, who was going back to Australia that night!
Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look.
I like seafood. Or, rather, I like eating seafood. And, as they say, the taste of victory is sweet – and what’s sweeter than really fresh prawns? So it was on a drizzly Saturday afternoon that I met several members of the Adventure Crew — Mintea, Avariel and Sarah — to head to Bottle Tree Park for prawning!
Because, you see, when you go out and catch fish, it’s called fishing. When you go out to catch prawns, it’s called prawning. The logic, it hurts my brain!
Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look. This is where I was today:
I was at the National Museum of Singapore to go to the Quest for Immortality – The World of Ancient Egypt exhibition. Alone, le gasp! Because the Adventure Crew has to work or go to school, and I run on a different calendar than them. Adult admission to Quest for Immortality is $15, but I got in free because I’m a student. The exhibition runs until April 4, so there isn’t much time left to see the artefacts! The 200+ pieces are from the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History) in Vienna. Here’s a summary:
The exhibition isn’t so much about mummies than I’d expected; it’s more about the symbolism and meaning that the Ancient Egyptians attached to the items they used in their elaborate and extensive burial rituals. It’s quite refreshing to see the various artefacts put into their cultural context, rather than just being interesting objects on display. Basically, the Ancient Egyptians believed that dying was just transiting to another state of being; the afterlife was just another form of existence, very similar to the flesh and blood state of living. They mummified the bodies because the ba, which is the non-corporeal state of being (not the soul – that’s the ka) would perish without having a physical body to return to. But yes. Pictures! Plus a sorta-kinda-not really walkthrough. (Read more)
Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look.
It probably comes as no surprise that my friends and I love places like Books Actually, because it’s a place that’s just so special. You can feel it in the walls, the people and the products, and it makes you feel glad that there are places like this in Singapore. I am glad to say that Books Actually is not alone in its independence. Post-Museum is a little slice of heaven located in 107 and 109 Rowell Road; it’s a small 1920s shophouse near Farrer Road MRT station. It has four studios, an event space for rent, and a vegan-friendly cafe called Food #03. Our friend Rozen had stumbled upon it a few weeks before. She was thinking of renting a studio there for her own mini-office and possibly sharing the space with the HSWG, which of course was a exciting prospect for us. We were sent to recon the place, and also to try vegan food. So it was on the last Sunday of January that Sarah, Mintea and Avariel headed down to see what Rozen had been raving about.
She was right. (Read more)
Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look. Saturdays are usually my days to recover from the previous school week, which means sleeping in. But not two Saturdays ago. Instead of experiencing the simple joy of unconsciousness, I found myself climbing a mountain hill and attempting to save a prince(ss) from the dragon keep up with everyone else. Along for the hike up Bukit Timah Hill were most of the Adventure Crew: Joelyn Alexandra, Avariel and Seriously Sarah. Mintea joined us later, for Part 2 of the adventure.  Joelyn, Avariel, Sarah So it was early on a Saturday morning that I found myself climbing up Bukit Timah Hill, learning about local flora and fuana, running away from butterflies, and pretending that I was an explorer in a never-before-discovered jungle. (Read more) |
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