JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

三月份开会在芝加哥的一些旧照片。
芝加哥是摩天大楼的天堂，因为喷泉、游轮等四月份才会开，所以比较适合夏季旅游，三到四天的行程安排比较适当。想看建筑的话chicago architecture foundation的bus tour很不错。Chicago Art Institute Museum特别以印象派画展而出名，但我个人更加喜爱The Field Museum。

30号到3号系里组织去槟城，太平和怡保，因为是田野调查，所以观光客常去的如升旗山、蛇庙、霹雳洞等景点都略过了，取而代之的是大量的闽粤宗祠、会馆、 墓碑及槟城领事的旧宅等。新加坡的华人普遍比较hybrid一点，而马来西亚、特别是槟城一带经济上并不发达的地区华人的向心力更强点，由于政治原因，原 有的国家认同感被打压，而民族、帮派、地域认同感，如福建人、潮州人、客家人等则更加得到加强，当地民国时期的大片建筑也都因此保存良好，许多民国片或者 表现破落乡村的影片，如色戒，父子等均在此选景。几天行程下来，仿佛都在片场行进的味道，颇有时空错乱，下乡考察之感。

The fourth day is very much educational and melody.

We saw the Christian Lacroix exhibition at National Museum of Singapore. They only have 50-60 costumes and other sketches but the whole exhibition space was well planned. The free guided tour are very informational and helpful to understand the concepts of stage costume designs.


2) Piano Recital by Kenneth Hamilton

Kenneth Hamilton is a pianist from Scotland and recently he comes to singapore once a year for a piano recital. He has never made any CD but was capable of playing both very powerful and soft songs. Very British and Germany style with great sense of humor. We didn't expect that much since the ticket sounds cheap $28 SGD. So very nice surprise to wrap up the long weekend!

We shopped around the Arab street and the Haji Lan on the third day afternoon. Haji lane is a narrow lane with many boutiques and vintage clothings stores, furniture and life concept shops. Eash store has its own deco style.
Dinner at
1) The Tapas Tree
Their spanish food was okay but more importantly, they got a lovely view over the Singapore river. There was live bands with spanish/flamingo style songs.

Clubs:
2) The Pump Room (#01-09): plenty of 80's and 90's music
3) Cuba Libra Cafe & Bar (#01-13 The Foundry, Clarke Quay): Nice salsa and drum music

We got up late in the morning and decided to take the two o'clock afternoon ferry to Bintan.
1) Angsana Resort & Spa
Jalan Teluk Berembang, Laguna Bintan Resort, Lagoi 29155, Bintan Resorts, Indonesia
+62 770 69 3111
www.angsana.com

As Bintan uses USD as currency, so everything looks relatively expensive, espeically comparing with Malay and Thailand. We booked a six o'clock spa because we had to rush back for the last ferry at 8:15. Their body massage lasts 90 minutes (60 minutes spa and 30 minutes relaxing time) and costs $65 USD. I got a very nice theraphist and she designed the relaxing moments so well that I felt spa were much longer than 60 min. My friend had a facial one. Her theraphist was also very good at helping her massage shoulders and arms while she was wearing mask. We chose the outside room and the afternoon & evening view was fantastic. will try to upload some pictures later.



2) Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts
The Banyan Tree Resorts is only five-minute drive from Angsana and they are run by the same management group. Since our spa appointment was at 6, we decided to walk around Banyan Tree as well. Because it is private resort, they asked us to make a dinner appointment before allowing us to enter.
Banyan Tree Bintan has three places to eat. Saffron is their signature restaurant and there they put table on the rocks next to the sea. We picked a less expensive one called Tree tops, next to their spa room and swimming pool. The illustration below is their swimming pool. The food was indonesia local food and some Wesern beef dishes. Their seaside view is great and the food was okay.