Remember my previous sneak peak post here about the Egyptian exhibition – Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of the Pharaohs? Yup yup, here's the sequel of it!

It all began when my buncha mates wanted to check out the exhibition held in Melbourne city. 

Many of us were interested and made vague plans on going, but only Konzy and I were keen till the very end.

We arrived Melbourne at noon sharp to have lunchies and visit the Melbourne Zoo

There were heaps of banners, posters, digital ads on the Tut exhibition everywhere in the city! 

I just couldn't wait to unearth the mysteries of King Tut

and oggle over those precious Egyptian artifacts 😀

Had a delightful Greek dinner with Konzy at the famous Greek precinct along Lonsdale Street and proceeded to the Melbourne Museum

Saw this awesome building within the museum vicinity!!

So pretty. Especially all lighted up 

Approaching the exhibition 

Also, I made a new friend.

Come on, be nice and say hello.

What? Being judgemental now, are we?

He's a man of few words; or none

Konzy made fast friends with him too 😛

*dramatic cue*

It actually did start with a thunderous rolling sound with a hoarse voice welcoming us to the exhibition of King Tutankhamun. 

Seriously, that recorded speech really hyped me up for what I was about to witness!

Okay, here are only a few pictures from the exhibition.

You absolutely must check it out with your very own eyes. I'm only giving you some sneak peaks to keep you on your toes in suspense for the real thing! 😀 

King Tut's family tree!

King Tut's mom and dad!

More head statues of Egyptian Royalty!

Pretty cool right?

There were a few rooms/sections depicting different eras of the Egyptian sovereignty.

T'was so interesting; I had my eyes fixated on reading up almost every single artifact!

Statues and hieroglyphics

Spooky~

The Gilded Coffin of Tjuya

And a close up of it!

🙂 so pretty!

Hello there! This is Horus, one of the ancient Egyptian gods/deities 

If you didn't already know, his eye is tattoo-ed on my left wrist 

Check out some of my favorite miniatures on display too!

I have the exact same thing in my room 🙂

Bought it during my trip to Universal Studios in Singapore!

I pretty much love all things Egyptian. 

pretty Ankhs! 

This is where the Egyptian royal females put their cosmetics and stuff

I love this!

The Egyptian empire's intricate details and carving really impresses me

Okay that's it! 

Although what I've shared with you is not even a quarter of all the exhibits and information, I don't wanna show you anymore, you really have to personally see it for yourselves and check out what's in store for you!

As though the Egyptian relics aren't already breathtaking enough, do also listen to the audio carefully (headphones) and you will be taken away into their world 

Last but not least, the eerie skeleton inside the coffin!

Rest in Peace 

A closer look at the body, anyone? 😀

I was pretty intrigued by how the skeleton was preserved

Konzy with the skeleton

Spent so many hours in there that I didn't even realize the time when we got out!

Konzy and I sorta both lost each other mid way during the exhibition because we were too carried away reading the info on the displays and scrutinizing all the cool Egyptian relics

LOL I got scared 'cos I was lost all alone in a huge crowd of strangers and a burly female security guard had me describe him. She managed to find him and asked him something like "Do you have a lost Asian girlfriend?"

WTF "lost Asian"

Geez thanks. I felt like a little lost boat person already. -__-

Thank you King Tut (and your clan) and National Geographic for bringing us a good time!

The exhibition runs from April 2011 until mid October. So you still have time to catch it

You can book your tickets at www.kingtutmelbourne.com.au

I bought heaps and heaps of Egyptian souvenirs for myself and thefockers.

The merchandises were amazing, can't wait to put 'em up in my room! 

I went home a very happy girl 

This is insane! Out from 9am – 11pm and at least 10 hours of non-stop walking has really taken its toll on me.

I'm maxed out tired to the bone now – resting while transferring photos and blogging this post.

Yeahyeah, I know I should probably hit the sack by now but being me, it is imperative that I blog an immediate snippet before the entire blogpost… because who knows, this might take another million years to be up LOL

I love my new prezzie! An adorable, furry, soft tigga hat to keep my head warm

So anyway! I was at the Melbourne Zoo in Royal Park for almost 5 hours; was impossible to cover every nook and cranny

I reckon it would be safe to say that almost the entire animal kingdom reside within the walls of that zoo

From the smallest of insects…..

…to the biggest of animals!

My whole afternoon was spent exploring the entire zoo hunting down the animals to take photos of.

I swear felt like Dora the Explorer LOL! But the fact that I'm lacking the binoculars and knapsack doesn't come in the way for I think I made up for it with a big-ass DSLR camera and a slingbag 😛 😛

And… the King of the Jungle! (yes, if you're wondering… I was THAT close to Simba here)

It was incredible, better than any zoo I've ever been! Melbourne Zoo is massive and the entire place was an extremely close-to-real-life makeshift rainforest dessert ocean underground grassland antartic tropics aviary all in one.

Unlike many *cough* places *cough* that my fellow Malaysians know….

There are certain zoos in particular who mistreat their animals, cooping them up in tiny cages with restricted space to exercise, not cleaning their already miserable cages and drugging them to ensure their benevolence during photo-opportunities.

Oh and yes, I know I owe everyone a photo of a kangaroo ever since I set foot in Australia

So… ta-daa! 😀 Here it is, shot in the zoo earlier today

Plenty more photos of the glorious (and even the unglorious, ugly, often overlooked) members of the animal kingdom to come! I did, as usual, took truckloads of photos.

And the most tedious part is filtering & batch processing them all. Bleh.

Headed to the Tutankhamun exhibition after that for another 3 hours!

On the right: a bag of Egyptian souvenirs I bought. On the left: a replica of Tutankhamun's skull

Verdict? It was magnificent and we were clearly in awe with everything they had to offer. Everyone was clearly enthused with the displays, footages, ancient relics, hieroglyphs, statues, fragile mummified skeletons,  and the like. More to come, I promise!

If you're an avid lover of Egyptian civilization like I am, you'll be star struck.

And now do you still wonder why I had the Eye of Horus tattooed on my left wrist? 😉

Alrightey!

Thanks to those of you who have requested to see my new tattoo which I had done yesterday, there you go! 😀

Okay this baby of mine will be my 3rd. In case you didn't know, my 1st was done in 2006 which is a tribal design of hearts on my lowerback, my 2nd was done in 2008 which is a winged cat on my left shoulderblade.

And this one… will be an Egyptian horus eye.

Okay here are some videos of the process!

Watch only if you ain't weak hearted 😛

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR5sjvCRN4w

10seconds of the outline being done!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-n67WohrgM

10seconds of the shading being done!

Don't ask me the reason WHY I chose all those designs. Because in fact, none of them bears any meaning to me. I know it's subjective that some people opt to tattoo themselves because it signifies something and some people don't.

Well, sorry wrong number – I don't as well.

Because to me, art doesn't need a meaning. Why should it? If it bears a meaning, then the aesthetic purposes of art would not be a meaning centered artifact by itself anymore. It will become

Reason instead – and not Imagination.

Yeah and halfway through, I just remembered the drive that propelled me to do this tattoo today. I'm turning 21 tomorrow! 🙂

So well, I guess that can be validated as a REASON. LOL A milestone, more of.

I personally am a ardent fan of body art, so that should be enough to justify why I like tattoos as well. And if you must know, Kat Von D is my idol! I used to watch Miami Ink/L.A Ink every night when it airs on MTV and marvel at some of the designs!

She's one plucky woman! Though I would never be as heavily tattoo-ed as her due to the constraints of the Asian norms for women, I do enjoy indulging in the pain when i feel like it.

Oh btw, his name is Saudi. He's a Pinoy and he's fab at what he does! 🙂

Don't know why but, why do all tattoo artists look the same?

My previous 2 artists had the similar look too. With long hair and heavily tattoo-ed arms with nipple piercings!

The face you see is a mask.

I'm honestly not enjoying myself!!! AAUUUUGHHHH

Trust me, the pain is addictive! 😀 😀

But at some points when the pain gets a tad more unbearable, you can try to distract yourself!!

It's funny when it hits near the vein or the bone because it makes you jolt upright and go – YIKES!! WHAT ON HOLY MOTHER EARTH WAS THAT!?? OUCH!

Cry of the wild! LOL just kidding.

If you ask me, of course it's painful. All 3 of my tattoos were. But I guess, no pain no gain yo!

If you don't feel any pain, you're either totally on crack or your pain threshold is that of Ironman.

Sitting there for so long makes you actually numb. When I was finally done, I honestly didn't wanna budge at all.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmJzDOnjYLU

Can I just stay here?

Much thanks to Ven for the company, helping me video the prcoess and take pictures for me

Love you gal 🙂

In just a few hours, it will be the 1st of July once again. Finally, I will be hitting the legal age! I guess this is a birthday present I'm giving myself.

After all, you only turn 21 once! In fact you turn your age only once LOL but still, twenty-one is a big number. So…. this is for you Jess! 😀 😀

Happy Burpday! May you stay rebellious as always.

Love, me.