Dumpling Festival . 端午节

That was interesting that the resident committee and related authorities held some events during this Dumpling Festival tonight. I only realized it while I when down from my house to by newspaper and saw it at my opposite block. There's a singer entertaining the residents.As per ‘Dumpling Festival’, they had arranged someone demonstrate how to pack the dumpling in a traditional way. That was interesting!There are having Malay’s ‘Ketupak’ making.And Indian’s sort of traditional mini cake making (sorry I don’t know the name)Popcorn, sand art and related events activities.

The Kangxi Emperor Exhibition

Just went Asian Civilisations Museum today and see the Kangxi Emperor Exhibition, this is my second time went to this exhibition. I think I must see the great portrait drawing of the King Kangxi and related Manchurian king’s large size drawing, which most of them drawn and framed in about 4meter x 7meter !Most of this drawing was drawn in western style which you can see some three dimension background instead of the traditional Chinese painting style. Most of the painting was done by Giuseppe Castiglione (郎世宁). I can’t believe my eyes when the first time I seen it, because each of these portrait was spent few years to complete and the detail was unbelievable great! You really have to see by your own eyes! Yup, all of those portrait painting was original copies!

One of the artwork exhibited in this exhibition I loved very much was a gift that King Kangxi gave to his grand mother, which is a Chinese calligraphy “Heart Sutra” (般若波罗蜜多心经)written in gold pigment son paper, I found King Kangxi’s hand writing was real amazing, of course, that was the hand writing by the King!

There are many nice scenes surrounding Asian Civilisations Museum.The Fullerton Hotel just opposite.My favourite Nasi Lemak at Golden Show Hawker Centre.

Choo and Geen’s Acrobatic

I just came across Choo and Geen’s website (http://www.chooandgeen.4t.com/) which done by me very long ago. Thought I was not seeing them in the events recent years, maybe I not in the right time to meet them in the events or could be they had been retired or either keep doing their performance around the world.Talking about Choo and Geen, they are one of the longest and oldest acrobatic and magician in Singapore. If I am not wrong, My Choo is in his 66 and his wife in her 63 now. The last time I saw Choo and Geen about 2005, there are really fit and strong, much stronger than me! Haahaa! See their stunning performance you can proof it!

Paper Cutting

Just struggling of preparing some Chinese paper cutting for an coming event during the past 2 weeks. Doing a real Chinese paper cutting or related paper art, you need time and patients plus some cutting skills.In the paper cutting art, you need to present the nice design of the artworks, at least we need to apply some design especially the related traditional Chinese decoration patterns.

I had came across some complaint about some people just do cutting on the Chinese characters and they called it ‘Chinese Paper Cutting’, I had check which some seniors China artist and related reference books, none of them agree such cutting as Chinese Paper Cutting, unless the artist produce the Chinese character in paper cutting with some design and patterns like this (given by a senior paper cutting artist):

I just copied and did a sample which some event people and guests ever complained as ‘cheating’ Chinese paper cutting:As in a “Globalization” world nowadays, there are many people had been traveled to many countries and they had been seeing so many kind of artworks, as a professional artists we need to be always trying to improve ourselves, there are always having people can tell whether your skill is real of fake.

Steam Threadfin Fillet and Fried Broccolis

Some new dishes for today!

Just a Day

Thought that was a bit boring at home keep reading the fortune telling books in yesterday’s rainy day, I decide to go to one of the extra giant size air-con place – Changi Airport to have a walk.That was interesting to see this maple sculptures.These artworks was done be Singaporean sculptor Han Sai Por.See! I was extra hungry and eat all of these by myself!

Roving Caricaturist

Doing caricature in a roving or mobile style is slightly difficult compared with sitting at an arranged place to draw the guests.Talking about drawing caricature in roving way, we may need to go to entertain the guests (of course sometimes the guests will automatically come to you), we need to create some entertaining atmosphere yet the drawing to be produced still need to looks alike to the guest being drawn; it need some experiences and a little bit special skills, haahaa!