Big Biscuit Boxes

Long ago, in our grandparent's era, they store their treasures in Biscuit Tins.
I can't remember if my grandparents have them though. I was too young perhaps.

One set of grandparents store things in banks and safe deposit boxes.
The other set store them in antique chairs that grandma said were made by granddad and it had built in secret compartments!



The Singapore Public Libraries are now having an interesting exhibition.
They are collecting memories of people living in Singapore. Go take a look if you are here.

Queenstown Community Library

This is the Queenstown Community Library.

With the National Library at Stamford Road closed on 31 March 2004 and subsequently demolished, this is currently the oldest library in Singapore.



How often do you visit the library?
I visit it once every two weeks. (Why? To return my library books and get new ones.)

I have a premium membership so I can borrow up to 8 books at one time.
I borrow all kinds of books! Can you guess the titles of the books I borrowed these 2 weeks?

The Old Fence...

Can you guess which building this old fence and gate was for?
Hint: It's located near the current National Museum of Singapore.




What is this lady thinking about?  Momo was probably thinking that when she was a little girl, she used to walk pass this gate.




If you still can't guess, take a look at this photo below.
This is a photo of the old National Library at Stamford Road.
Can you spot the same fence?



This last photo is from http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_661_2004-12-27.html

Esplanade Library

Just a quick photo today. A few days ago, remember when I took the merlion at night, I also took this.

Hardworking people at the Esplanade Library doing research in the night.



It's one of the Singapore National Library branches that is dedicated to the Arts.
It has lots of books, music scores, DVDs, CDs all related to the Arts. Yes, you can borrow all of them.

The other library I know that has music scores etc is the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Library at NUS.

What's your favourite genre of books that you borrow from your library?

Youthépreneur National Pushcart Challenge

This afternoon at the National Library open area, there was a Youthépreneur National Pushcart Challenge.

Was there because sis wanted to show some support to her students who were participating in the event. Here's the beautifully designed shoes that was part of the things they were selling.



Well, sis bought a pair of shoe and some biscuits that the students made.



Yup, all proceeds went for a good cause.

More info about Youthépreneur can be found at: www.youthepreneur.com

white classic : the national library | (+ talk by Kevin Lim on youtube & beyond)

This is a side view of the very elegant National Library of Singapore. It consists of 2 16-storey blocks. It's a beautiful white building with fluid clean curves and lots of glass. It is located in the city at 100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064.

This elegant building is also a very energy efficient building and it has won the Singapore Green Mark Platinum Award.

The National Library Board is having a Read Singapore project. Read about it at: http://readsingapore.nlb.gov.sg

Hey Daily Photo bloggers in other cities, do you have reading projects in your countries?





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While we are talking about this building, let me include a promo for Kevin Lim, who is giving a talk on "Youtube and beyond..." (sounds like Buzz from Toy Story? haha...) in this building!

Here goes:

“Youtube and beyond: What you want to know but never knew who to ask”
A public talk on the present and future of online video sharing by Kevin Lim

When
Tuesday, 19 Jun 2007
7:00PM - 8.30PM (Kevin will be there at 6pm for the early birds!)

Where
Multi-purpose Room, Central Lending Library
(Basement of National Library, Victoria Street)

What
Youtubers, Videobloggers, Video podcasters, or anyone who wants to get started with sharing videos online, this interactive session is perfect for you! Here are 5 reasons why you have to join in:

* Explore the world of free video sharing services -> going beyond Youtube
* Learn tips to producing great video for web -> high quality, small file size
* How to protect yourself by staying legal -> copyright, Creative Commons
* See the future of online videos -> Lifecasting and searching within videos
* Make friends and show your clips with fellow video bloggers!

Plus: If there’s time, learn how to videocast without spending a bomb on web hosting, by integrating Internet Archive with your blog.

Who
Kevin Lim [of theory.isthereason.com] is currently pursuing his PhD in Communication and is teaching in the Educational Technology Center at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He studies the wide-ranging cultural affordances of technology, focusing particularly on the pedagogical aspects of social media. Being passionate about making and sharing videos, Kevin is currently challenging notions of virtuality through his modular “sousveillance” backpack. In an attempt at enhancing the usefulness of video, this unique backpack allows him to experiment with lifecasting, ambient intimacy, and video as a form of memory prosthetic (also see eyetap and wearcam).