BB Chew and I finally checked out the Terracotta Warriors exhibit at Asian Civilisation Museum! A couple of weeks back, the boy suggested paktor-ing there.. Frankly speaking, I wasn’t the least bit excited but his enthusiasm kinda rubbed off on me. I have never ever liked or knew how to appreciate history. I hated all that memorizing work and barely passed this pain-in-the-ass subject in lower secondary.

So why are we here? Thanks to LOVE LOVE LOVE. The power of love. I can’t believe I looked so happy in this photo. We had a quick lunch at McD which was nearby and while making our way to ACM, I told BB Chew that surely, the surname 兵 (bing) is such a unique one. Still got what other names? “兵”淇淋 (ice cream) ah? I thought it was a pretty lame joke but he had this weird look on his face. (Read on to find out later!) 😛

A testing shot but I thought his facial expression was pretty funny. Hahaha XD

Couldn’t make out what this was. I thought it resembled something I saw at Haw Par Villa when I was a little girl. Then BB Chew explained that this showed the process of constructing the 兵马俑 (terracotta warriors). Ahhhh.. At this point, I was a little puzzled but was not interested enough to query further.

Cute miniatures of…. well, I don’t know.

Hi there horsies! I wish you could gimme a ride. Mehhhhhhh..

Warrior outfit? I dare Lady Gaga to wear this!!

Finally, BB Chew exclaimed.. “There! That’s the 兵马俑!”
I was like “HUH? Which one?! Who?!”
“What who? This whole thing la!”
“HUH?! OMG I thought 兵马俑 is a person leh!”
-faints-

Turns out that this is the 兵! (unless I’m wrong again!)

..and this is the 马! (I’m 100% sure, guarantee plus chop stamp)

Ummm what about the 俑? BB Chew did explain to me but I can’t remember.. See what I told you about failing history? 🙁

Haha cute little girl and her equally cute pose.

At least I made an effort to do some homework after this trip! Apart from life-sized terracotta figures, later diggings revealed musicians, servants, acrobats and even animals! So cool right!

But this is even cooler! I’m pretty sure she wasn’t buried together with Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Haha!

The red laptop so boomz. Ok this word is pretty outdated already. Anyway the first laptop that I thought of was Sony Vaio!

Yup our little mystery was solved! BB Chew finally got my lame joke about the “兵”淇淋 and I also knew why he initially had a straight face. We both had a good laugh after that! 😀 To think that I have actually been to so many parts of China -.- Anyway, this exhibition is a temporary one and will be here till 16 October 2011. Standard admission charges apply. Make a date with your loved ones and have fun! 🙂

Terracotta Warriors Exhibit
Asian Civilisation Museum
1 Empress Place
Singapore 179 555

Opening Hours:
Mon
1pm – 7pm
Tue to Sat
9am – 7pm (till 9pm on Fri)