Finally took the time to see this exhibit cos (hehe) it is ending soon. Reached about 4 pm plus but since my friend was not here yet, i just walked around leisurely in the "free" areas. While i was happily enjoying myself, i got a sms from YZ that she had reached. Oh good, at last. Next came a frantic call from her.
"Hey i got a free pass to the gallery as it's free for ladies today but it CLOSES at 6pm and the LAST admission is at 520pm. You better come down to get the ticket!".
"WHAT?!" Glancing at my phone, the time is already 517pm! i ran to the ticketing booth and requested for a ticket to the exhibition gallery. Luckily i was still in time. :) But the hall was exceptionally packed. I guess everyone must had heard that the exhibition was ending. So i had kinda expected the crowd. What i didn't expect to see were people shutter happy away. Almost everyone was snapping shots of the exhibits. What?! i didn't know that we could take photos in the museum! They even made us deposit our bags at ACM. Oh well, since there is not enough time to go through all the exhibits. i might as well take photos so that i could read the descriptions later. Feeling rather glad and smart, i took a couple of shots. What!? Low batt!? Tough luck. i had no choice but to go through the exhibits in double time.
Learnt that originals are very rare now. The sculptures on display are all replicas of the original Greek masterpieces. This is the first time they are presented outside the Louvre. So it is quite a good chance to catch the exhibition while it is here. It runs till 16 Mar. Admission is $8. It just happens that today is World Woman's Day so it is free for us girls! Yay!
"Love, who is most beautiful among all the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsels of all gods and all men" - Hesiod (c. 700 BCE)
i could not resist taking a bite of the juicy red apple, erm, pepper outside the museum.
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