I sat in front of the computer today with the intention of putting my limited knowledge of HTML to test in revamping the blog. I gave up after 5 hours and only managed to add a new profile sidebar along with a new page menu. Well, I shall not be itchy fingers anymore in tweaking the blog, lol! Time to head to bed for a good night's rest.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Honeymoon: The Palace - Hall of Mirrors
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3rd week into the new year! Besides the usual engagement with families, I have been busy clearing the house. I'm a hoarder by nature, hence our house is mostly filled with my things, lol! Leecher always lament at the stuff I keep, but I'll always brush him off with you-never-know-when-you-will-need-it hand wave. So over the years, he gave up on asking me to throw things away. This year, I decided to look through my stash and try to clear some space for new things, ha! While I'm dusting around in the house, I also had to dust off the cobwebs from my honeymoon folder, so here's another entry!
Framed
with an arc ceiling where elaborated crystal chandeliers hung amidst
ceiling paintings , the Hall of Mirrors has to be my favourite room in
the entire Palace. When I first set foot into this room, the only word
that popped out was "WOW"!
Get ready to explore further!
Picture first, talk later!
Lined with 17 mirror-clad arches that reflect the arcaded windows which overlook the gardens, this is the central gallery of the Palace where the King displayed the royal powers to impress visitors. If I'm not wrong, the signing of the Peace Treaty for WWI was conducted in this gallery.
I definitely fell in love with the many chandeliers hanging off the ceiling. If only I can have my own chandelier at home, but then I reckon chandeliers will only look nice off a high ceiling. It would look slightly out-of-place in a normal HDB apartment.
Initially
it was difficult to take pictures in this room, due to a combination of
reflection from sunlight + mirrors + chandeliers. You can see spot the
greenish specks from the picture. It took us a long time to figure out
how to avoid having those specks.
School field trip for the students to learn about history. I attempted to stand behind the group and tried to evasdrop on their lesson, but silly me totally forgotten that the lesson would be conducted in french, lol!
It was really difficult to capture a decent picture in this room with no one in the background, for every inch of this place is crowded with tourists. I think a lot of people enjoyed taking pictures in this room due to the natural sunlight coming in from the huge windows.
Have to sign off now and head to bed, while watching up on K-drama :) Till the next time!
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Korean Dramas - 2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014 & counting!
Happy 2015 everyone! We have been pretty busy with gatherings ever since the new year, let me do a count:
1. 31-Dec: Countdown at EK's place
2. 1-Jan: Reached home at 3AM, nua at home the whole day
3. 2-Jan: Back to work, housewarming party @ Samuel & Angie
4. 3-Jan: Baby niece birthday shower
5: 4-Jan: Cousin's wedding
What an eventful week! My old body can't take such hectic lifestyle anymore, but I have a luncheon next Sunday, sob sob! Can't have a full weekend to nua, I miss being a couch potato!
Yes, that's me during weekend :) Just for fun, I decided to compile a list of K-dramas that I have watched (sorted according to year of release). It's quite a comprehensive list, I must say, given the amount of time I spent in front of the TV, heh! Some are pretty old shows that I have added in for completeness, but my rate of watching them accelerated since this entry.
Psst ... you can also click on KOREAN DRAMAS on the blog for the list of shows that I have watched/reveiwed :)
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