Van Gogh Exhibition Photos - see yourself surrounded by sunflowers, and Van Gogh's Bedroom

 

Surrounded by a riot of yellow sunflowers. Photo of and by Trevor Sharot. 

Contrasting with the crowde of flowers, is Van Gogh's simple, spartan room. It has four hooks, three hooks for hanging clothes and one hook for his hat. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Reproduction of Van Gogh's bedroom. The backdrop of the window and and door are painted. Trompe l'oeuil. But the furniture is real. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Van Gogh Exhibition in Jakarta. Photos by Trevor Sharot.

The exhibition is in a beautiful, spacious shopping mall in Jakarta. Jakarta is the current capital, on the island of Java. a complete contrast to the ultra modern Van Gogh Exhibition is the National Museum.

trevor spent a long weekend in Indonesia, climbing a dormant volcano. The last day was in Jakarta with a flight out at night. He planned his museums trips in the city in a line so he ended up near the airport in the evening.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh_immersive_experience

https://www.vangoghmuseumshop.com/en/shop

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See Van Gogh Alive Exhibition, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Singapore, France the USA, Worldwide and Online

 

Angela Lansvury wearing a Van Gogh scarf, souvenir from the Van Gogh exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

The Souvenir Scarf

My husband brought me this Van Gogh scarf back from Indonesia. I was very pleased with it. he said that it was hard for him to choose the colour because the scarves were folded in a see through cellophane cover. he did not buy the yellow sunsflowers but the blue with red because he thought those were my colours. I would have been equally happy with the yellow.

But the dark blue goes with a black outfit and so is more useful and versaitile.

You can buy amazing things online. Not only scarves but also dresses. My friend Sylvia in Singapore had a Van Gogh dress she bought which I admired.

You can even buy Van Gogh wallpaper and skateboards.

https://www.vangoghmuseumshop.com/en/shop

The Van Gogh Exhibition

The exhibiton was in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was previously in Singapore. It has visited many countries.

The price is expensive, compared to other museums in Jakarta, but different and worthwhile. My husband said, "I don't normally like multi-media and modern things, but this was wonderful. You start in a room full of flowers and mirrors at the back make it look as if it goes on forever.

Another room has a reproduction of van Gogh's bedroom. ery spartan. Three hooks for clothes. The room is like a theatre, with a painted backdrop for the windows and doors. But real furniture, a bed and chair.

Another room has music with the paintings. One mural is animated with a train which he painted running along the track.

The amazing thing is the way they extend a painting across the ceiling and the floor and around three sides of the room.

It seems to be still in Singapore until October 10th.

https://feverup.com/m/119247

Also in France and the USA.

Useful Websites

Wiki includes an entraning video.

From Wikipedia.

Description	English: Van Gogh immersive exhibit, at the Carrières de Lumière former quarry in Les Baux-de-Provence, France.
Date	29 May 2019, 16:00:54
Source	https://www.flickr.com/photos/154265517@N03/48038494441/
Author	.marc carpentier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh_immersive_experience

https://www.vangoghmuseumshop.com/en/shop

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Budget Airline In Asia - Scoot

 

Scoot airline. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Copyright.

The colour scheme of Scoot is yellow.

I love the way the t is tilted. You could imagine it sooting off, a small plane, on a runway.

Where does Scoot scoot off to? From Singapore to Jakarta, amongst other places. Their slogan is escape the ordinary.

Useful Websites

History of Scoot

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoot

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See These Cities Before They Sink! London's Thames Barrier, Sinking cities. Jakarta.

 

Thames Barrier seen from a tourist boat. Photo by Arpingstone in Wikipedia.

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is sinking and has already been moved. What about the rest of the world?  Global warming is causing temperatures to rise, overall. In the short term, this is good news. England is growing grapes for wine making. We have grapes in our garden in London. 

On the other hand, speaking of London, the long-term view means flooding, and sinking.  Many cities on are on rivers. Capitals are built on rivers. Other major cities are seasides and harbours and ports. That's is where capitals grow and were planted long ago, before plane travel when people travelled by boat, inland on rivers, and trading and emigrating to ports or seeking shelter and replenishment in ports. 

In our lifetimes, in the twentieth and twenty first century, we have seen the growth of travel, trade and hospitality, museums, attractions, restaurants, tourism.

So, as holiday-making travellers, which cities and capitals and countries are under threat? Which should we visit now, before they disappear? Which should we document on photos. 

As travellers interested in trade, in being citizens of the world, in importing ideas and helping other countries, what is new? What needs changing. Which places should we be campaigning to protect! 

Here are a few (listed alphabetically):

AUSTRALIA

Sydney (The capital, Canberra is inland).

BRAZIL

Rio de Janeiro (seaside famous for its beaches, the second largest city by population - the capital being Brasilia).

CHINA

Shanghai.

INDIA

Mumbai (Formerly Bombay), on the sea (Delhi being inland).

INDONESIA

Jakarta, largest city and capital, on the island of Java. Construction of new city announced 2019, started 2020.

THE NETHERLANDS

Amsterdam, Holland.

UK

London, England. See The Thames Barrier.

USA

Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New Orleans; New York City.

VIETNAM

The capital. Ho Chi Minh city.

Here's is the relevant section which I have pulled from Simple Wiki:

Effects of global warming on sea levels[change | change source]

Global warming means that Antarctica and Greenland ice sheets are melting and the oceans are expanding. Recent climate change would still cause a 6 meters (20 ft) sea-level rise even if greenhouse gas emissions were reduced in 2015 per a scientific paper in Science.^[19][20]

Low-lying areas such as Bangladesh, Florida, the Netherlands and other areas face massive flooding.^[21][22]

Cities affected by current sea level rise[change | change source]

Places that would be flooded by a 6 meters (20 ft) sea level rise

Many cities are sea ports and under threat of flooding if the present sea level rises.

These and the other cities have either started trying to deal with rising sea level and related storm surge, or are discussing this, according to reliable sources.

• London ^[23]
• New York City^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Norfolk, Virginia, in Hampton Roads area of United States ^[28][29]
• Southampton ^[30]
• Crisfield, Maryland, United States ^[31]
• Charleston, South Carolina ^[32]
• Miami, Florida, has been listed as "the number-one most vulnerable city worldwide" in terms of potential damage to property from storm-related flooding and sea-level rise.^[33][34]
• Saint Petersburg ^[35]
• Sydney, Australia ^[36]
• Jakarta ^[37]
• Thatta and Badin, in Sindh, Pakistan ^[38]
• Malé, Maldives
• Mumbai, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro ^[27]

Also, all other coastal cities are in danger.

Further reading[change | change source]

• What is climate change National Geographic Kids

• What is climate change? A really simple guide BBC

Related pages[change | change source]

• Climate change

Useful Travel Websites

London

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10196689/Oxford-Street-leads-festive-light-switch-London-gets-Yuletide-spirit.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed_article&ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oxford_Street_Christmas_lights_celebrities

https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/our-building-and-squares/christmas-trafalgar-square

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-thames-barrier

Jakarta

https://wikitravel.org/en/Jakarta

Rio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro

About the Author of this blog, Author Angela Lansbury

BIOGRAPHY

Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5 
The Author of several books, including  Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.

Blogs travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com

dressofthedayangela.blogspot.com

translateforfun.blogspot.com

Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President

Join BHA 1st Wednesday 7pm and 3rd Saturday 2 pm Singapore time 

Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;

Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;

Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.

More details from Toastmasters International find a club.

Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.

Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.

Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.

Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.

Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.

Language and speech workshops in Singapore.

Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.

Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.

Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.

Angela is on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter. She would be delighted to link up with new friends.

I  also have a blog on comic poems.

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City and Country Nicknames, affectionate and humorous - Australia, China, New Zealand, Singapore, the USA

I use city names to learn languages. But nicknames can also help you to remember locations and feel good about places you have visited or wish to visit. Here are a few of my favourites.

AFGHANISTAN

The graveyard of Empires

ARMENIA

The land of Noah

AUSTRALIA - Auzzie, Oz, land of  the long weekend, Lucky country, The Land Down Under

Gold Coast - Goldy

Brisbane - Brisvegas

Melbourne - smellbourne

Sydney - Emerald City; Sydders

AUSTRIA

The musical centre of Europe

BELGIUM

The land of Surrealism

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

The heart shaped land

BULGARIA

The land of roses

CANADA

The Great White North

CHINA

 Shanghai means upon sea. Shang is upon. Hai is sea.

(Chinese: 上海)

Shanghai is also called the Pearl of the Orient and the Paris of the East.

And magical city!

CUBA

Havana (capital) Paris of the Antilles (Caribbean)

CYPRUS The island of love

FINLAND

Land of a thousand lakes

GERMANY

The land of poets and thinkers

HUNGARY

The heart of Europe

The pearl of the Danube

The capital of spas and thermal baths

ICELAND

The land of fire and ice

INDIA

Benares / Varanasi - The holy city

Jaipur The pink city

Jodhpur - The blue city

INDONESIA

Jakarta - The big durian

IRELAND

The Emerald Isle

ISRAEL - The Holy Land

ITALY

The boot

JAPAN

The land of the rising sun

LAOS

The land of a million elephants

LITHUANIA

The land of storks

MACAU

The Vegas of the East

MYANMAR

Land of the golden pagodas.

My husband has a photo of five pagodas you could see from one vantage point.

NEPAL

The roof of the world

THE NETHERLANDS

Holland

The land of tulips and windmills

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland - The Garden City

Christchurch - The Garden City

Napier - The art deco capital (of N Z)

Rotorua - Sulphur City

Wellington - the windy city

Old joke, Why must you bring the sheep in before dark? Because if you wait until after dark you only get the ugly ones.

Old joke by Australians, Will the last person to leave turn off the lights.

NORTH KOREA

The Hermit Kingdon

NORWAY

Land of the midnight sun.

The land of trolls.

Lank of the Vikings

PARAGUAY

The island surrounded by mainland / The heart of South America

PERU

Land of the Incas

PHILPPINES

Manila Pearl of the Orient

POLAND

The land of amber

PUERTO RICO

San Juan - The walled city

ROMANIA

The land of Dracula

SINGAPORE

A fine city

The Lion City

SLOVENIA

Europe in Miniature

SOUTH AFRICA

The rainbow nation

SOUTH KOREA

Land of the morning calm

SRI LANKA

India's Teardrop

SWITZERLAND

The land of chocolate and cuckoo clocks

THAILAND

The land of smiles

UK

England - Land of hope and glory

Bradford - Bradistan

Cambridge /Oxford - city of dreaming spires

London The Old Smoke, The Square Mile

Sheffield - Steel City

York - Chocolate City

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen - the granite city

Edinburgh - Athens of the North; Auld Reekie

WALES

The land of castles

N Ireland

Belfast - Titanic Town

UKRAINE

The breadbasket of Europe

USA - The Land of the Free

Chicago - The Windy City

Detroit - Motor city

New York

The big apple.

Hershey, Pennsylvania - The sweetest place on earth

Las Vegas Sin city. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

San Francisco - The Golden Gate City

Seattle - coffee capital of the world

VIETNAM

- Paris of the East

Useful Websites

CANADA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_and_slogans_in_Canada

CHINA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai

INDIA

https://www.bankexamstoday.com/2016/02/nicknames-of-indian-cities-pdf-version.html

NEW ZEALAND

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_and_town_nicknames_in_New_Zealand

SCOTLAND

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/origins-scotlands-city-nicknames-explained-1453490

USA

https://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/travel/g9523621/city-nicknames/

UK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_county_nicknames

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_place_name_etymologies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose_of_York

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://www.skyscanner.com.ph/news/tips/country-aliases-46-best-nation-nicknames-in-the-world

About the author,

Angela Lansbury and her family and close friends have worked in and lived in The UK, USA, Israel, France, Spain, Switzerland and Singapore. Also visiting for work trips: India, Pakistan, South Africa, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, The Philippines, China, Hong Kong Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Ireland (Eire), Italy.

Learn some Malay-Indonesian and Understand and Remember Slang

Lots of Indonesian is easy. Ticket is tiket.
Tiket Harian Berjaminan, literally: Daily Ticket with Guarantee (a seven day ticket).
Jalan is street. You see this word all over the place, on street signs and maps.

However, after you learn to read Malay/Indonesian, you find that in Indoneisa they speak slang, a bit like the British shortening words, saying yeah for yes.
Wikivoyage gives a handy phrase list and I have added my own aide-memoire (French for memory aid):

How to speak prokem like a Betawi

The everyday speech of Jakartans (Betawi) is liberally laced with slang (prokem) expressions. Like any slang, words come in and out of fashion with bewildering rapidity, but some features can be distinguished:

• f becomes p
• z becomes j
• The prefix me- for verbs becomes ng-
• The suffixes -i and -kan turn into -in

A short glossary of common Jakartan expressions:

no 

tidak → nggak/kagak/gak/ogah/moh

I 

saya/aku → gua/gue

you 

kamu/anda → lu/lo ('A n d a' is you, which you see on signs in Singapore. For the written word, I think of 'and you'. I had to insert spaces because the spell checker thinks I have mistyped the word and. For the spoken word, think of you and lu.) 

sorry 

maaf → maap

to come up 

menaik → naek

to take 

mengambil → ngambil

to look 

melihat → ngeliat

to use 

memakai/menggunakan → pake/make/ngegunain

to visit 

mengunjungi → ngunjungin

what are you doing? 

kamu sedang apa? → ngapain?

to pay 

membayar → bayar/ngebayar (The shortened version is simpler and easier to remember. B a y a r for pay her. 'ow much am I gonna pay 'er, gebayar, meaning to pay.)

how much is it?

berapa harganya? → berapaan nih? (How do you learn this phrase? Think of pan as pay. Think of nih is you as in the Chinese greeting nih how - how are you.

Keep pointing at items on the table or in the room and asking, 'berapaan nih?'. Think of if as 'how much as you asking,' or 'how much would I pay you for this?' Think of it as: 'how much would I pay you for bread?' Berapaan nih? Berapaan nih? Berapaan nih? How much could I bear to pay you for bread? Berapaan nih?

If you have trouble saying it, don't say it. Ask somebody else (preferably somebody Indonesian) to say it. Just listen to them. Three times. Berapaan nih.

Glossary - means a short list of word explanations, like a short dictionary

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. Language teacher, English and other languages.

See the Giant Puppets At The Sultan Hotel in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia

Indonesia map from Wikipedia.


Photos by Trevor Sharot.
 http://trevorsharotphotography.com
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Photos from Wikipedia

Jakarta's nickname is The Big Durian.

Durian is called the king of fruits. The name durian comes from the Indonesian and Malay word for thorn because of the skin.

Durians are for sale in Indonesia. (Also sold in Thailand and Malaysia.) Whilst I cannot eat the strong smelling and slimy durian fruit, I love tasty durian ice cream and durian cake, and white or yellow durian sauce, which reminds me of thick egg custard or egg yolk with the flavour of chestnut.

Author of photo, ProjectManhattan in Wikipedia under Durian.

Durian is available in season in Singapore. but banned in the Singapore MRT (train system) and buses and taxis.

Jakarta's motto is Jaya Raya which is Sanskrit for victorious and great. ( I know several people called Jaya.)

Museum in Jakarta.

Photo from Wikipedia: Gunawan Kartapranata - Own work

The parade of Ondel-ondel on main street of Jakarta during car-free day.  The Ondel-ondel (a repeated hyphenated word is a plural) was originally a symbol of an ancestor protecting a village from calamity and danced in the street. In modern times the Ondel-ondel is the symbol of Jakarta and dances to entertain in streets on festive occasions, and at weddings and openings of buildings and events.

Watch a pair of them performing in pairs in a street on Youtube. Notice the musicians in the background.

Ondel-ondel puppets in Wayang Museum, Jakarta. Photo author Taman Renyah, in Wikipedia. These puppets appear in pairs, the red face being male and the female with a white face. The head-dress is made from strips of coconut leaves wrapped in coloured paper. The light bamboo body is lifted by a person standing inside who dances, twirling on the spot, or dancing and hopping around the partner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT0Vtacah7k The puppets dancing.



Transport in Jakarta. Blue three-wheeler is a taxi.
 Picture from Wikipedia.

Useful Websites:
https://www.indonesia.travel/uk/en/home
Wonderfully engaging website pages with great pictures and helpful captions

http://trevorsharotphotography.com
Some serious photography here. Great subjects, great composition and great colours.

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Haze news websites: BBC, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

No shortage of news on the haze.
The sky over Singapore is white. Flights are being affected by delays. F1 could be cancelled.
How to find out what is going on? The trick is to compare news from various countries.

http://www.haze.gov.sg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34242311
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/indonesia-sends-troops-to/2127416.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/riau-declares-emergency-as-haze-worsens
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/haze-worsens-throughout-malaysia
http://time.com/4034382/indonesia-smog-haze-fire-forest-singapore/
http://www.nst.com.my (the New Straits Times - news from Malaysia)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/09/15/spore-offers-help-indonesia-again-haze-condition-worsens.html (news from Indonesia)
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/09/15/haze-schools-close/ (from KL, Malaysia)

Angela Lansbury, travel writer, photographer, author, speaker.