Angkor: Exploring Cambodia’s Sacred City at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Entrance to the Angkor exhibition

The ancient civilisation of Angkor has fascinated many people, but until the late 19th century, it remained largely unknown to the outside world. In collaboration with the Guimet Museum in Paris, the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) of Singapore presents a new exhibition titled “Angkor: Exploring Cambodia’s Sacred City”. The exhibition features rare Khmer sculptures, French… Continue reading Angkor: Exploring Cambodia’s Sacred City at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

At 8:15am on 6 August 1945, the world’s first atomic bomb named “Little Boy” was dropped from a B-29 bomber from the United States of America. The bomb missed its target – the T-shaped Aioi Bridge and detonated approximately 600m above the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall (HMI). The force of the blast killed everybody… Continue reading Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Remembering the Queenstown Cinema and Bowling Alley

In 2010, a group of friends and I went to Queenstown to take some photos of the place as I’ve heard that several buildings there were going to be demolished soon. Maybe I wasn’t that inspired by the photos that I’ve made on that day but I chucked the photos away on my hard disk… Continue reading Remembering the Queenstown Cinema and Bowling Alley