Esplanade Friday

Watched Dim Sum Dollies yesterday. I guess I didn't find it as funny as some of the rest of the audience seemed to: a decent enough revue, but not as side-splitting as I was hoping for.

On the other hand, I did pass by "while you were sleeping", a photo exhibition by Darren Soh in the Esplanade tunnel. Photos from Soh can be seen in the link - very stark and desolate, certainly not ways one tends to view Singapore. Bumped into Terz at the exhibit, which doesn't surprise me in the least, of course.

Speaking of photos, here's a pic of City Hall and the old Supreme Court, as viewed through the lattice that is the Esplanade.

Esplanade lattice

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The Screwy Skeptic said…
Wow, I love those photos. I wish I knew more about Singaporean artists; sometimes I forget Singapore produces works of great art too.
21 August 2005 at 19:04
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