I was researching on some art galleries to visit to choose some good paintings to collect from Taiwan.I am not a collector of very expensive Art but can appreciate good things.
I am listing them in Alphabetical order as I find them.
However I will give a few specific comments if I did manage to go there and found something really unique.
Lee Gallery
KK Wave Art
The gallery displays Art Works by Colourful Stone.
Chen Ling Hui Contemporary Space
Some of the artists displayed include Chang Chihcheng,Miao Xiaochun
-His speciality being 3D computer image photography
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Riona is six years old!
Riona turns 6 today.....
And she enters Grade 1 (Year 2 on Sep 1 st)....Its convenient to remember her milestones as her birthday usually falls in the first week of the academic year.
What could Riona do when Riona was 6.
Literacy - She could read over 300 words...yet she lacks fluency and hesitates to decode.Numeracy - She can comfortably add and subtract upto 100 using her fingers.
She has been to Kumon over 10 months...
Extra Curricular Activities
She did a great Jazz performance although she was not too happy attending classes..
She disliked Chinese Yoyo -- though seems to show some inclination for music...
She is yet to lose a single tooth...
What does Riona want to achieve before she turns 7.rather what is her Mom hopes and dreams for her!
I hope to see her swim well, skate and cycle.
Hope she is well versed with her class room expectations. and become a fluent reader...
And she enters Grade 1 (Year 2 on Sep 1 st)....Its convenient to remember her milestones as her birthday usually falls in the first week of the academic year.
What could Riona do when Riona was 6.
Literacy - She could read over 300 words...yet she lacks fluency and hesitates to decode.Numeracy - She can comfortably add and subtract upto 100 using her fingers.
She has been to Kumon over 10 months...
Extra Curricular Activities
She did a great Jazz performance although she was not too happy attending classes..
She disliked Chinese Yoyo -- though seems to show some inclination for music...
She is yet to lose a single tooth...
What does Riona want to achieve before she turns 7.rather what is her Mom hopes and dreams for her!
I hope to see her swim well, skate and cycle.
Hope she is well versed with her class room expectations. and become a fluent reader...
Friday, August 15, 2008
Summer 2008
Yet another summer will soon pass by....and 2008 Summer Holidays will be History...
Its been the longest so far that I had to put up so far....starting June 7th and will continue till September 1st....
Tanya started the first week with some swimming lessons to improve her strokes and caught up with her long ignored Kumon "Daily Sheets" ..."Daily Sheets" is never done daily so it has become a big chore for weekends.
The second week...she was off to a Summer Camp at school....and the third week we caught up with all worksheets to do in Kumon and all set to travel to Singapore and India for Summer of 2008.
Riona finished classes on June 27th and we left on June 30th, 2008 from Taipei Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, yet another time for a period lasting almost 6 weeks, it amazes me how easy it has been to travel with them as they grow up...
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At Singapore we stayed at Alpana's house....the girls were very excited to have a dog around.Though I have been sufficiently warned the kids may be afraid...they were quite cool....
We started the next day with a 2 hour seesion at a studio..
Tanya made some fancy jewellery and Riona had a blast at Ananya's house.They had a good time playing with a few friends left who they knew at Aspen heights.We signed off the day with a dinner at Tanglin Club hosted by Manjula....
Girls with Aparna missed a chance to meet her daughters Anya and Anika
The day was hectic but we had a great time.Tanya and Riona went on to meet Muskaan the next day.And as they happy days pass by fast we soon found ourselves taking our flight to Kochi.
Although the flight was delayed 3 hours it went ok and we were home at Kochi by 2 AM.
We spent the weekend with Sedj's family and was back on Sunday evening to start Hindi classes for them.
So on Monday we started Typing classes and Hindi Classes...
Well by end of holiday they had 22 hours of Hindi, 18 hours of Malayalam , 9 hours of chess and about 8 hours of typing lessons...
Tanya doing her Kumon worksheets at Kochi!
Some of the highlights, I go to see my extended family as we attended my Grandfather's 24th death anniversary .
I managed to have lunch with Priya from CyberCash at Kochi - after 4 years...wow that was a long time..
I did write about my Bangalore trip earlier...
Well the month passed away so fast and there we were boarding another flight back to Singapore.
We met our friends Sumedha and her daughters and met up with all the others and back was in Taipei in August 8th just in time to watch the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics
Tanya,Riona,Abha and Aditi
All in all we had a hectic but wondeful break from school and Taipei and I had a BIG break from Cooking.....needless to say I added a few kilos....( which is next big activity to work on).
Its been the longest so far that I had to put up so far....starting June 7th and will continue till September 1st....
Tanya started the first week with some swimming lessons to improve her strokes and caught up with her long ignored Kumon "Daily Sheets" ..."Daily Sheets" is never done daily so it has become a big chore for weekends.
The second week...she was off to a Summer Camp at school....and the third week we caught up with all worksheets to do in Kumon and all set to travel to Singapore and India for Summer of 2008.
Riona finished classes on June 27th and we left on June 30th, 2008 from Taipei Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, yet another time for a period lasting almost 6 weeks, it amazes me how easy it has been to travel with them as they grow up...
.
At Singapore we stayed at Alpana's house....the girls were very excited to have a dog around.Though I have been sufficiently warned the kids may be afraid...they were quite cool....
We started the next day with a 2 hour seesion at a studio..
Tanya made some fancy jewellery and Riona had a blast at Ananya's house.They had a good time playing with a few friends left who they knew at Aspen heights.We signed off the day with a dinner at Tanglin Club hosted by Manjula....
Girls with Aparna missed a chance to meet her daughters Anya and Anika
The day was hectic but we had a great time.Tanya and Riona went on to meet Muskaan the next day.And as they happy days pass by fast we soon found ourselves taking our flight to Kochi.
Although the flight was delayed 3 hours it went ok and we were home at Kochi by 2 AM.
We spent the weekend with Sedj's family and was back on Sunday evening to start Hindi classes for them.
So on Monday we started Typing classes and Hindi Classes...
Well by end of holiday they had 22 hours of Hindi, 18 hours of Malayalam , 9 hours of chess and about 8 hours of typing lessons...
Tanya doing her Kumon worksheets at Kochi!
Some of the highlights, I go to see my extended family as we attended my Grandfather's 24th death anniversary .
I managed to have lunch with Priya from CyberCash at Kochi - after 4 years...wow that was a long time..
I did write about my Bangalore trip earlier...
Well the month passed away so fast and there we were boarding another flight back to Singapore.
We met our friends Sumedha and her daughters and met up with all the others and back was in Taipei in August 8th just in time to watch the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics
Tanya,Riona,Abha and Aditi
All in all we had a hectic but wondeful break from school and Taipei and I had a BIG break from Cooking.....needless to say I added a few kilos....( which is next big activity to work on).
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Bomb Blasts in Bangalore
Every six months when we visit India we make a fleeting visit to Bangalore.
The reasons vary from catching up with good old friends, doing some errands and visiting places we lived and shopping of course. Just the familiarity and great memories brings us back as often as we can...
This time my trip was being more special...for a long time I have not travelled alone to Bangalore also wanted to catch up with old friends and colleagues....
I also had some cumbersome errands in my list like changing address in my driving licence , getting my Voters ID Card....
So after contemplating several dates I ended choosing to spend 22nd,23rd and 24th in Bangalore.
I went around doing errands and visiting friends....all of two days and was wondering if I will ever get to shop...well finally I managed to shop at Forum Mall on 24th Thursday evening from 4 to 6 PM..after having got my address in driving licence changed and collecting my Voters ID Card.
And I was glad the highlight of the trip being to get a lot of work done through Govt agencies.
I finally took the train and was back at home in Kochi by half past 10 on
25th....and lo in another 3 hours...bomb blasts....in Bangalore and the rest is all "news everyone knows:...
I just took a long breath and thanked my God for his unending protection on me!
I literally spent over 6 hours each day the previous three days(Tuesday to Thursday)...in the same vicintiy between Adugodi...Koramangala...the famous Forum Mall...
This is a true testimony of God's protection over my life.....and the highlight of the trip was I was safe home before the bomb blasts....and wasnt stranded in the traffic jams that followed...While my brother and sister called home to check if I did reach back safely...and I was grateful...I did not stay that extra day to do some more liesure activities....
I always believed ...When God plans....he plans for eternity in perspective...not looking only the present...
Praise God!
A verse that came to my mind from the Bible!
Psalm 91 7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
The reasons vary from catching up with good old friends, doing some errands and visiting places we lived and shopping of course. Just the familiarity and great memories brings us back as often as we can...
This time my trip was being more special...for a long time I have not travelled alone to Bangalore also wanted to catch up with old friends and colleagues....
I also had some cumbersome errands in my list like changing address in my driving licence , getting my Voters ID Card....
So after contemplating several dates I ended choosing to spend 22nd,23rd and 24th in Bangalore.
I went around doing errands and visiting friends....all of two days and was wondering if I will ever get to shop...well finally I managed to shop at Forum Mall on 24th Thursday evening from 4 to 6 PM..after having got my address in driving licence changed and collecting my Voters ID Card.
And I was glad the highlight of the trip being to get a lot of work done through Govt agencies.
I finally took the train and was back at home in Kochi by half past 10 on
25th....and lo in another 3 hours...bomb blasts....in Bangalore and the rest is all "news everyone knows:...
I just took a long breath and thanked my God for his unending protection on me!
I literally spent over 6 hours each day the previous three days(Tuesday to Thursday)...in the same vicintiy between Adugodi...Koramangala...the famous Forum Mall...
This is a true testimony of God's protection over my life.....and the highlight of the trip was I was safe home before the bomb blasts....and wasnt stranded in the traffic jams that followed...While my brother and sister called home to check if I did reach back safely...and I was grateful...I did not stay that extra day to do some more liesure activities....
I always believed ...When God plans....he plans for eternity in perspective...not looking only the present...
Praise God!
A verse that came to my mind from the Bible!
Psalm 91 7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Year 1
Riona finished her school on 27th June....and I was all set to do the last minute things before we head to Kerala for our longest vacation to my home town....
Riona has come a long way this year at TES.
Things she did at school.
She had reached Level - Green at her school Reading Scheme.
She can confidently read familiar words...though we still need to work on her decoding skills.
Her Maths skills are limited to basic addition and subtraction.
Her Year 2 teacher was leaving the school for good and Riona really grew a lot with her guidance.
Here are a few photos!
Some of Riona's Year 1 highlights are
Girl Scouts
JAzz Performance
Granny in year 1 show
Art Classes at Home
Singing at Church
Some photos of work she brought home.
Riona has come a long way this year at TES.
Things she did at school.
She had reached Level - Green at her school Reading Scheme.
She can confidently read familiar words...though we still need to work on her decoding skills.
Her Maths skills are limited to basic addition and subtraction.
Her Year 2 teacher was leaving the school for good and Riona really grew a lot with her guidance.
Here are a few photos!
Some of Riona's Year 1 highlights are
Girl Scouts
JAzz Performance
Granny in year 1 show
Art Classes at Home
Singing at Church
Some photos of work she brought home.
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