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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

September 25, 2007

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone! Otherwise known as Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival, Lantern Festival or ä¸ç§‹èŠ‚ (pinyin: zhÅngqiÅ«jiÃ©), Chinese family members and friends will traditionally gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together. Children join in the festivities by carrying brightly-lit lanterns — I remember the traditional candle-lit ones that Grandma used to buy us, which in my opinion, was much more fun to play with (especially if they caught fire! :P) compared to the battery-lit ones of today. As part of the celebrations, the Chinese Gardens in Singapore has put up impressive display of large lanterns to lure in the crowd. I was there over the weekend with Mum and CY to soak in the festivities (as well as to take some pictures).

Interrogation

August 2, 2007

Another view of the Expressions art exhibit at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, UK… this one made particularly easy with the twist-and-flip LCD screen of the Powershot S5. This is certainly one of the big features which I miss on my DSLR. I love the arrangement of the heads in what seemed to me like an interrogation session in full-swing.

Putting Up A Cheeky Face

July 17, 2007

Putting Up A Cheeky Face
We visited the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow earlier this month. Of particular interest for me was this exhibition titled Expressions. The main display centerpiece of this exhibition was this collection of free hanging “heads” with a variety of interesting expressions. Quoting from the museum’s description:

Expression – Heads by Sophie Cave

The head sculptures in Kelvingrove were designed by Sophie Cave of Event Communications Ltd. There are 95 heads, with four different expressions.

We felt the Expression court needed an iconic object that would balance the Spitfire in the Life court.

By the way, going back to my roots in digital photography with the Canon Powershots S10 and G3, I have bought a Canon Powershot S5 IS for use on the occasions when lugging around a DSLR might be impractical. The twist-and-flip LCD screen certainly comes in handy when I need just the odd angle that may be difficult to achieve with a DSLR. The built-in image stabilization was certainly useful in helping get the above shot sharp at 1/8 sec without a tripod. The 12x zoom is another definite welcome feature!