I finally went to the "Artists and Their Models" exhibition, these are works borrowed from Centre Pompidou, again. Yes, Pompidou wants to play a part in west Kowloon cultural district and it's been more common to see their works in hk now...
Frankly I don't know much about paintings and sculptures... but works from Pompidou are always interesting...... after talking to Alex last year, one of the curators of hku museum... I pay more attention on the theme of each exhibition. It's a guide to the masterpieces for layman like me, and the theme can sometimes give new life to those boring works.
I got a little plastic octopus folder from the exhibition, with Made in Japan - The Greal Odalisque by Martial Raysse on it. There's a big fly stuck at the top of the real work and I believe it meant to be there, but the little one on my folder omitted it...

Then comes to the Balanchine & Beyond by Hong Kong Ballet...
Theme & Variations:
traditional one, the choreography well matched with tchaikovsky music, each movement of the dancer is a note in music, the whole part is actually like the visualization of media player. But i can't stand those tutu, look a bit stupid

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux:
a show off of the skill of the dancers, can't remember much of it

Hush:
i like this part the most, i held my breath from the beginning to the end. the music by Philip Glass is like undercurrent, calm but intense, very enticing... the choreography is clean and smooth with lots of emotions in it. and i think of silk and water when watching it

yeah yeah Xi Men Qing:
it's like porn name in chinese, a newly created work
full of masculine smell, those dancers are all of excellent skills... though music is not my favorite, it's very innovative and forceful

Hong Village, Anhui

Hong Village, Anhui
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Huang Shan

Huang Shan
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waiting for the sunrise @ huang shan

waiting for the sunrise @ huang shan
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Les marguerites

Les marguerites
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Ko, Killa and I went to Ritz-Carlton Hotel for the Christie's auction preview - Impressionist and Modern Art.
Here're the ones I like...

1. Les marguerites by Henri Matisse

2. Equisse pour Le grand déjeuner by Fernand Léger

btw, we saw ??? and her body guard, it's a strong-built she. it was crowded in the show room and when somebody got a bit closer to chow unintentionally, her body guard was like trying to get ppl away...

photo source: http://www.christies.com

Equisse pour Le grand déjeuner

Equisse pour Le grand déjeuner
Originally uploaded by Blur.13.

by Fernand Léger
source: http://www.christies.com

Central Market, Phnom Penh


inside


the roof

at the last day, we went to shop at Russian Market first, we strolled through the little aisles and searched for pretty silver necklaces, bracelets and pendants.... also clothes... bags.... silverwares.. etc.... things there are fabulous and cheap (ok, not as cheap as thai) we totally forgot about the incredible hot weather and the fact that we were under the stuffy tents

then we moved on shopping at the Central Market, where the booths will soon be moved out for a renovation project. they still have silver accessories there but it's mainly for the local people to shop for daily necessity. we were less interested in this market but the root really amazed us

our pizza and nachos grandee at FCC


view from FCC

we finally settled down at FCC in the river side, it's a multi-storey bar and restaurant whatever... it got a very nice view of the river

another beloved little boutique

happy gallery


happy monk, stef

we went to the river side in Phnom Penh and searched for a drink, on the way, we discovered this Happy Gallery by Stef which we'd seen in the domestic airport (which was then a little corner), the girls headed in and bought a few happy t-shirts and tanks~!! by the way, they use Gap t-shirt

the yummiest soup in the trip!! it's less sour and spicy than Tong Yum Kong, (i dunno if it's called Tom Ka Gai) i was thinking if i can guess the ingredients from the photo and re-make it, seems impossible......

it's over 35oC everyday and it's at least 40oC in Angkor Wat, so, Jess piled up my hair while waiting at the domestic airport

sunday market, Phnom Penh
we just love this girl

random shot at Phnom Penh

random shot at Phnom Penh

cambodia was once a colony of France and french is still widely used in the country, as seen in supermarkets, road signs, building's name and tourist regulation boards...... for genuine french ppl? there's always one around u......


ok, here comes the photos from cambodia.
well.... sorry for the small size, my blutooth adaptor still doesn't work, i hv to transfer the photos to another mobile and then to my PC

long hair the che guevara

1st July, the 3rd consecutive year of pro-democracy parade...... i wasn't quite willing to go... there're just too many issues ppl cried out this year...... but i finally went with my colleagues as job preparation (ar ha...) (and i turned out edit the page about the pro-government parade happened earlier that morning..)

dinosaur fossils from china, now exhibited at Taikoo Plaza..... a shopping arcade
i was assigned to do a poster for that...... so i went there... and asked how the children felt about the dinosaurs or did they like it etc......
one little girl in uniform told me: well.... i don't really like dinosaurs.... i'd rather see human fossils......
when asked another boy why did he like the exhibition, he said: u answer for me!
ok.
but the poster project was finally waived, coz the museum (back in Beijing) don't want to grant us the copyright of the graphic arts and the PR firm didn't want us to use the materials they provided as promotional purpose......

the resturant called "C'est bon!".... but..... the food there isn't really that good..... except this dessert

my second attempt (chocolate pudding)..... the first time looked better

chocolate pudding, (actually cake as the crust and chocolate syrup inside), served in copacabana ?p?? at kowloon city. they mainly serve western style dessert.. and some simple dishes.... nth to do with Brazil

tiramisu made by connie's sister... yum

cheese cake with elderflower, that reminds me of my elderflower mask


a tea house in tst......... the ventilatory system is not that good..... i can smell the scent of spaghetti while having hearbal tea......

finally found a complicated way to upload the photos from my mobile......
and finally got the time to blog abt things in cambodia......
btw... it's my sick leave today, and i am sitting in front of my computer typing this......

seems that i never have the intention to write sth abt my feeling in this blog