Elita's father stopped over amidst his business trip to visit his dear daughter on Friday. All 5 of us went to Den Haag together for a day trip on Saturday. Later in the day, we realized that OMA was having an exhibition in the Hague and we decided to go! But we were too late and it was already closed. Since the train tickets were so cheap (2 Euros pax) and we had nothing to do on Sunday, we decided to make the trip again just to see what Rem Koolhas has up his sleeves!

Looking for which way to go... As usual our sense of direction is superb!




A tribute to Ju, who's been watching the anime GITS: SAC by himself to kill time. Bo jio! And those are Craig's shadow scissors trying to cut up my urmz... shirt. Did you notice the crazy ballerina that was dancing on the streets in the earlier photo?



The above series of photos are of Richard Meier's Stadhuis in Den Haag. Very typical construction language employed, with his signature whiteness. Check out its reflection in another interesting building cladded with reflective glass standing on the opposite side! Below is a pretty nicely done conservation project, topped by a glass canopy. When such a marvelous piece of construction reminds you of Bugis Junction, you know for sure you are starting to miss home...




Office for Metropolitan Architecture's exhibition in Den Haag lasted for a couple of days until 17th September. Glad to make it on the last day. The buildings were formalistically pretty interesting. The 1st pic was taken on Saturday when we arrived at the exhibition venue only to find out that we were too late and that the doors have been locked... The 2nd picture shows one of their later works, the Deltametropool, Koningin Juliana Plein. Reminds me of the Pinnacle... Sharks, I am missing home!


A tribute to Elita's dad who was not only generous in footing the bills for all our meals (very paiseh... sigh), but also very eager to update us about design related news in Singapore. Thank you for making our trip to Den Haag so special and interesting!