Museums: where History comes alive?!

Don’t you just hate the way weekends just disappear in front of you. On Friday I have so many good thoughts of what I am going to get accomplished and invariably I get a tiny percentage of it done. This weekend was substantially more productive than last however, and I have photos to prove it.

The museum trip on Saturday went well. I got the information I needed and even had time for some shopping. Plusses all round.


How stinking does that river look?


I shall bore you with the museum trip: two pits discovered in 1986 show the Sanxingdui civilisation's burial rituals of burning and disfiguring items before burying them in Sichuan area of China. Sichuan was thought to have been cultural backwater but this proves that it had a very sophisticated culture of bronze casting giving a big ya boo sucky boos to all the nay sayers. It also proves that civilisations developed apart from Yellow River Valley. This mask with its protruding eyes and oversized ears are believed to represent acute eyesight and hearing. The beak like nose shows the importance of birds in their religion. You're lucky, my second years got an afternoon trip and a lesson about this stuff. I'd love to say 'yawn' but I'll toe the party line and say 'History is great!'.


I thought these were more fun bronze statues, looks like it was a bet, 'I'll jump in the river butt naked if you will!'

On Saturday we went for dinner on the west of the island. The land in the distance is Malaysia the lights you can see on the right is from the bridge linking the two. I still cannot believe I am here sometimes.

Apparently people sail into the marina from all sorts of places, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand mostly. Oh how the other half live.


We talked to one of the crew of this beast of a boat (yacht? ‘scuse me Alan if I have that wrong). Three people own it and sail around the place in it, arriving then partying. All a bit James Bond. It has room for 16 guests and 17 crew. We arrived in time to see the night’s takeaway arriving, the chef was on holiday. Oh, that was the other thing, they get six months on board and then two weeks at home. But I suppose while they are away they spend no money and can send it all home.

I have also got my March 07 playlist underway. I don’t think I have told you about one in a while so this marks the happy return of hearing what I am listening to right now.

Breathe (2am) – Anna Nalick – Grey’s Anatomy has introduced me to and reminded me of more great music this past year than I can remember.
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton – there was a wedding on at the Marina on Saturday night and the band played this, pure wedding cheese.
Suddenly I See – Is KT Tunstall off conquering America, I haven’t heard a peep from her in ages?
Meaning – Gavin DeGraw – He did the One Tree Hill theme and some other ok stuff.
Here With Me – Dido – Love Dido, what has she done since Life For Rent? Maybe her and KT are off writing together?

Right, I think it is bed time for Tinas.