Scofield's my hero !

But don't you, don't you want to learn to fly.

Friday, January 22, 2010
10:42 PM

School's finishing in 2 month's time but technically it's really just 2 more weeks cause we'll all probably stop having to attend classes by then.

Oh God.

Why did I not attend so many of my classes. Now I wouldn't even get to.

(Digressing, I think I'll still be skipping my classes anyway. Ha. Haha.)

Everytime I think of it, my heart tightens and my insides go all weird.

I think it's the anxiety that's catching in my throat.

Arrrr.

Hai.

Okay.

I feel weird again.

To feel the last of our teenage years is not hot.

Pfffffffffft.

Tonight will change our lives
It's so good to be by your side
But we'll cry
We won't give up the fight
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
And they'll think it's just cause we're young
And we'll feel so alive

Hello twenty ten.

Saturday, January 02, 2010
4:44 PM

It's the 2nd day of the new year and here I am, BLOGGING during work time.

Hee. It always feels satisfying to be doing something else on the job.

Anyways ! As stress free as I feel in my workplace today, I'm terribly bored.

I've done everything from scrolling the corners of facebook, to flipping through all the random blogs I know (including yours probably).

Yes, this is what my work scope has been reduced to. HAHA !

Anyways again !

I'm simply astounded at the number of people I see coming up with new year resolutions.

Someore all make more than one lo !

I mean, nobody actually bothers to keep them do they? Do you? Right, right, rightt???

As if anyone remembers they're resolutions a week after the 31st.

And unless you've painted the resolutions on your bedroom ceiling or like tattooed in on your palms, don't tell me you will.

AND YES. I will gladly test you on it a week from today if you'd like. (:

And even if you did remember them, I hardly believe that they're possible to keep.

Like come onnnnn.

I will stop being pissed at not being able to catch up to buses when I'm late.

HA. How to keep this sort of resolution.

But either ways. It does seem sort of fun and, time consuming.

Which I'm very welcome to at this moment.

Hehe. So after all that drivel on how lame resolutions are, I'm gonna list one of my own !

Yay ! I am awesome. Ahahahaha.

Okay let's go.

10) ...

10) ... ...

Hm. This is. Actually really difficult leh. I'm actually tearing my hair out for this.

When I should be cracking my brains for FYP instead.

~~10) Okay. I will~~

~~10) I will try to~~

Woah. Now, this is lame.

Why strikeout the words when I can just do a backspace. Puui.

I give up. I am nothing if not resolute ((: hehe ) but it just seems like there is ABSOLUTELY nothing in my life I want to change, so oh well.

(now both you and I know that's not true but we can all just pretend can't we?)

OH WAIT.

I just thought of one awesome one.

I'm going to start from 10 still, cause I'm secretly jealous that other people can think of so many.

HAHAHA.

10) I will stop doing the silent debate thingy I do when I wake up every morning on whether if I should prolong my sleep and miss whatever it is I'm supposed to prepare for that day.

p.s. because irresponsibility is BAD and too much sleep is addictive. i could just die from it one day.

9) I shall stop resorting to borrowing my classmate's ultra-neat (((: notes to photocopy two days before exams because I sleep/dream/whatever in class all the time.

8) I shall stop buying things out of my spontaneous materialistic stupor all the tiiiiime.

7) I HAVE to stop letting whatever people say breeze pass me as I look (look, not pretend !) like I'm listening, when I'm obviously not.

p.s. cause asking HUH? at the end of people's sentence is just plain rude.

6) I will start getting lucky. Heee heee hee.

p.s. act like this is something within my control.

5) Take that run I've been meaning to do for the past 1/2 years.

4) Start taking at least one thing in my life seriously.

3) I should start TRYING to finish my food. And neatly too. Hahaha.

2) Be more girlfriend-ly with the gfs.

p.s. meet up more often huh. (: AND ELAINE ! WELCOME BAAACK. ((:

1) I'll keep this one a secret. (:

Yayyyy ! And I'm done.

I think 80% of the stuff up there are totally NOT DO-ABLE one loooo.

But it feels so utterly responsible to come up with them and to pretend for two seconds that I'll remember and even attempt to try.

AHA.

Plus it does feel more like the new year now.

Have a rocking one you'all.

And everyday we shall have less. And then none.

Sunday, October 25, 2009
11:54 PM

But.

Would you rather, therefore, have had nothing at all?

19th.

11:01 PM

18 came, and 18 passed.

19^thhas been well, and I had the nicest time welcoming it with the girls.

As always.

How else would it be, if not that way?

More than a week has passed, but, I guess you never know when you might want to take a trip down memory lane. Hence, the short update. For future references. (:

Being us, we never failed to cam around with our spare time.

Adored the way the photos turned out (thanks ziqi for bring your cute little tripod along).

Only two from probably a dozen shots.

It's difficult to be disciplined enough to upload stuff when Facebook's lying around, oh-so-conveniently.

Oh ! And Weiting only got to join us at dinnertime, which is a shame cause she would have looked beautiful in these photos.

Headed to PS at Dempsey for dinner at my suggestion.

These girls are always so obliging on this day. Ready to agree to almost anything I suggest.

(((:

Groupshot for keepsake's sake.

A wish for health, bliss, peace for all who's loved.

And a little something more.

Missing Ziqi here cause she was running around being busy for us.

All in all, it was memorable because of the people, and not the day.

Realized that I've lost count of the number of birthdays we've had together- but that, I suppose, is a blessing in every way.

On a more serious note.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
2:46 PM

Gosh. It's finally one of those rare days where I actually feel like writing something and am not working- and actually having the time.

You know, feelings usually make my stomach somewhat uncomfortable, and I don't usually write about it, but hey !

Like I said, it's one of those rare days.

As another birthday quickly approaches (this time feeling a little too sombre and swallowing, so much so that I'm actually a little afraid of it), I realize that it is no longer as cheerful or lighthearted as before.

Where another additional year used to mean liberty, and friends, and and- opportunities, it is simply now another push into this crazy unknown future.

Because, because, every day we let pass so thoughtlessly, is another day into dreaded adulthood.

Because, as I look at our slightly older acquaintances, and what they are making of their lives, I identify this feeling that grips my spine, as cold fear.

Because the decisions made now, does not seem any more mature or sensible than those at 15.

Because every time someone comments at my youth, realization hits at this particular age, that I know it's not here to stay.

Because as a child, you think of all the things you'll become, and how your life is going to play out.

And it is at this age, you realize with a start that your life is already playing out, and that you are living it everyday.

And you realize with another start- that's slightly more dampening,

that you are neither as upright nor as beautiful.

that you are neither as brilliant nor as cool, as the you as a child thought you would be.

Dampening.

The pride I feel which comes with my parents success, makes me realize that in very near future, it has to be theother way around.

And when that time comes, I fear that I may have nothing to show.

For every day I let past so very carelessly, their hair grey ever slightly more.

And on some days where their exhaustion shows, it wrenches, and I have to swallow.

And what worries me most, is that I do want to continue being careless, and free, and to go on taking things for granted- like they're meant to be.

I ignore problems, feign nonchalance.

Hoping they'll mend themselves. Or simply go away.

Someone should come say to me, you're doing everything wrong.

Because I still live thinking that I'm young. And we can salvage it later.

From lousy exam results, to even lousier decisions.

Salvation is now but an excuse we no longer have time to indulge in.

Because in the day, we laugh, and we laugh, like all's right in the world.

And at the end of everything, when finally alone, we frown and we ponder.

But that's it.

All we do is ponder.

Because we never talk about it do we.

Not of sickness or of false friendships.

Not of being close today and strangers another.

Nor of futures that skate on such thin ice.

Or of religions that casts vast shadows of doubt.

And to believe in something so doubtful, so wholeheartedly.

It has to be because, we're all only human.

Because change frightens, and is unfamiliar.

Because Time is such a thoughtless entity.

It takes so much away, and leaves so little to be desired.

Ahem ! Well, so sombre, I'm embarrassed by it. Who cares right?? Don't mind me.

It's perhaps just an attempt to try good literacy. And failing miserably.

Eh wait. My english so good ! How can I possibly fail. HAHAHA.

Ah. Lol.

I want change, but have no idea how to make it. Or where to start.

Or maybe it's because I still have zero idea of what exactly it is I want.

Haha ! And it's only 19 now. I don't even want to know how I'll be at 20.

I'll probably suffer mid-life crisis at 22, and be suicidal at 30.

Ha!

Oh oh oh oh OHHHHH !

On a lighter note, I cannot, cannot, CANNOT.

Wait for FUNNY PEOPLE. Hello???

The movie? With Adam Sandler?

It looks so insanely good, and yes, the funniest actors are in it.

Stellar stellar comedy cast.

Well, until next time. Enjoy your holidays poly people. While it lasts.

And for those not in poly or NOT having your holidays, well.

It's just too bad. Cause life's unfair. Ha !

Soi Thailand.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009
2:00 AM

Gosh, I've really lost touch with this blogging business haven't I?

Haha.

Where do I start...

Okay, here goes.

I just came back from sunnyyyyyy (or should i say sweltering?) Thailand a couple days ago and I've been missing it !

Wanted to update earlier with the trip still fresh on my mind but there were SO many photos to go through!

It might not seem like much here but I actually had to minimize the 800 odd photo we took to just over the 200 published here.

Gosh. Can't blogger just take a leaf out of facebook and allow us to upload an entire file at one go?

Yoohooo! Hello Blogger?

Hmp. So anyhow, after returning to Singapore on Sunday, I only then realized that the country implemented some kind of 7 day quarantine.

Was sort of perplexed at first, but hey ! I guess an extended holiday is always welcome. ((:

I get to enjoy another week before having to face my crash-and-burn term test results.

Forgot all about the much talked about H1N1 when I was in Thailand because it seemed pretty much non-existent when we arrived there.

Actually, it seemed pretty much non-existent even when we first arrived in Singapore airport, to my surprise.

However, being back now, the flu feels 20x more dangerous and I'll probably die of the paranoia before anything else.

(touchwood la.)

I seem to be getting a sore throat and cough on and off.

Or maybe it's just my imagination.

Or maybe ! The sore throat may have derived from my deliberate coughing- to test if my throat actually feels itchy.

...

Ok-AY. Never mind my health for now.

So anyways, some time ago (actually a pretty long time ago), I had the idea of presenting an all expense trip to Wenhao for his 20th.

And being me, the ever decisive and able-to-put-thoughts-into-action person (ahem! (:), I did !

(okay la, maybe not all expenses-paid cause i only paid for the flights and accommodation and he paid for some of his expenses as well)

Let's start proper shall we?

This update is filllllleeeed with photos of Wenhao and me, me and Wenhao, me, and me, and maybe more me.

(eh ! the trip was just the two of us. what did you expect? photos of you??)

Oh ! And if I happen mention too much "I" or "me" or "Wenhao" or "us", I really can't help it.

(i feel quite embarrassed about it- but again, this is MY blog what !)

Hehehee. Still, please do bear with me.

And and, if i get too long winded, don't judge me. Cause it was really a trip worth noting down.

Oh, and a just before I start commentating on our little trip, the TRIP, just to let you know, was pretty much, pretty awesome.

((:

And it starts right here, the card I made and gave to Wenhao about a week before his birthday.

And before we know it, we're off !

Yes, it's Phuket you see on the board.

Now, let me mention a little on my brilliant trip planning (i didn't know i had it in me!).

I was looking around online, wondering where to go, and chanced upon Phuket.

I fell with it immediately (no surprises there), and thus, planned my trip around Phuket.

So happily, I searched for resorts and hotels, attractions and activities...

only to realize days later, when I checked online on distance calculator, that Phuket and Bangkok's like almost 700km apart.

Shoot me.

That meant that we had to take an extra flight !

Plus goodness knows why, tickets to Phuket seems to be much more expensive than to Bangkok.

Still, being the stubborn me (still brilliant of course), did not give up on that little island.

And lo and behold ! We are on our way to Phuket.

Went budget flight (you don't know la. i prefer smaller planes) (ahahahaha-_-), and here's us beginning our trip.

(not exactly us, but we were behind these people)

(seems like they prefer smaller planes too ! high 5 !)

Wenhao peering out of the window.

And we're in the air.

The flight was pretty okay.

Didn't have that airtight, techy, bad airplane smell which I hate oh-so-terribly.

There was one downside though.

The boarding passes for the flight was so lousy (seriously, it looked like downstairs' tze char store's receipt), that at one point, when we were waiting to board and I asked Wenhao if he kept his boarding pass.

He was like, "the piece of paper ar? i thought must throw one?".

And I was all like, noooooooo, that's our boarding pass. We need it to board the plane!

And he was all like, don't bluff laaaaaa.

And I was all like ... ...

Haha ! Heeeeeeeng the piece of paper was in his pocket.

And not too soon before long, we arrive at Phuket.

(eh, where are the photos???)

(gosh, it seems like i forgot to load them, but am too lazy to do so, so i'll just make use of my brilliant elaborating skills alright?)

A nice and clean Camry came to pick us up and this nice guy was waiting for us outside arrivals holding up an Amari resort sign as planned.

(seriously, i never realized but my planning skills' world class)

After approximately 50 minutes of travelling, we arrive at the beautiful resort.

I so very regret that I failed to capture the full brilliance of the resort, seriously, it was SOOO beautiful !

The rooms weren't gigantic (superior, what to expect), but the resort itself, arrrgh. To die for.

There's just something so serene about it.

The entrance and lobby.

The real thing looks at least 20 times better than this.

The location itself is pretty secluded, up a hill, but right below that hill which is about a short 3 minutes drive lies Patong's nightlife.

I cope the above 2 photos from google just to show you guys a little of it's splendor.

Can't believe I forgot to take more photos here.

The staff at check in.

Cold tea and really nice smelling towels for us before check-in.

The towels smelled so good that I couldn't get enough of smelling it.

They were so nice and thoughtful here. Seriously, you don't get service and attention like that even when you're staying at a $400 suite room in Singapore. The service is really worlds apart man.

Over here, one of the staff also waited for us and helped us sign up for the next day's day trip to the islands.

(okay la. considering how much we got CHOPPED for the day trip, i guess their attentiveness is pretty called for)

Still, it was nice.

The superior suite. It wasn't very large, but it was lovely and extremely cold when we arrived.

They left the air-conditioning running for us before we even arrived.

Hehee. They even placed decorations on our bed.

(why does my camera take such lousy shots of lovely things???!)

So unwilling to remove this.

Usually the first thing you do after arriving at your room is to jump and lie on the bed (after taking 50 photos la), but I was so hesitant to do so.

Such a waste of the pretty decorations.

Wenhao jet lagged and waiting for me to be done with the shots.

The free water in the bathroom.

Room number.

At about 10pm, it was time for dinner, and we walked up about 4 flights of stairs to the lobby before getting on a tuk-tuk down to the night-life area for dinner.

The tuk-tuk there cost 200 baht just to go down the hill la !

That's like $8-9 SGD while a tuk-tuk at Bangkok costs only around 30 baht?

Really got chopped terribly at Phuket cause it's such a tuorist-y area, but we didn't realize this at first so we got on happily without much complaints.

Went to this place called Savoey for dinner.

The ang moh sitting beside me on the plane recommended us to have dinner at this place.

Phuket is really filled to the brim with ang mohs.

Waiting for our food.

Vanilla milkshake. This was pretty good.

A tired and jet lagged me.

He keeps trying to dress like a Thai boy so we won't get robbed. -_-...

Tom Yam Gung.

Chicken pieces with cashew nuts.

Pineapple rice.

Er. Some alcoholic drink?

So little. Can drink in one mouthful. Or maybe I'm just suagu.

The food was okay only. Nothing much to comment about.

This statue was sitting outside the toilet.

"Spare me 2 bahts," it says.

Haha... the irony.

After dinner, we decided to take a stroll down. Can't remember what this place was called, but there were so many guys holding signs trying to get us to watch some Tiger show and alot of Go-go bars.

Not very sure what they were.

Supposedly some kind of show featuring naked girls or something.

Not very sure if they were featuring girls or guys-lookalike-girls either.

All these were guys too !

Can you imagine? The ang moh on the plane called them "lady boys". Such a polite and endearing term isn't it?

Some of them were so tall and pretty, I kind of felt like hanging my head in shame.

Paling in comparison to some big-boned guy, imagine that.

After awhile, we decided to head back to the hotel.

Took a motorbike (yes, 2 of us and the driver) back.

Although it went pretty slow (according to wenhao), it was a pretty horrifying ride for me.

I was wearing this tiny skirt and I kept imagining the bike falling sideways and me scraping my legs all over the graveled road.

But what can I say, we're young and reckless people. ((:

Back to the resort.

Took pictures before finally removing the decorations.

Oh, and by the way, the resort's called Amari Coral Beach. I do recommend it if you ever head to Phuket.

My trusty Elmo toiletry bag I bought before heading off on this trip.

So cute right?

Oh ho ho ho ! And did I mention (i guess i didn't but this adds to the effect) that there was a private beach right outside our rooms?

The view.

Didn't take any photos the night before cause it was too dark.

I couldn't even see much and could only make out and hear the soft crashing waves.

View from our balcony.

Outside our room.

The resort spreads out with steps pretty much like that and it leads lower down to further rooms.

Early breakfast before heading out to our day tour.

Wenhao gobbling down his breakfast even before I could take a photo.

Mine !

One of the best reasons for staying in a hotel.

You'll be seeing more of this.

Returned to the room to grab some stuff before leaving on the van that's waiting to pick us up outside the lobby at about 8am.

Gosh, why so pretty?

The van went around to pick up a few more people at different resorts before we head of to...

the jetty !

A speedboat's waiting to carry us to our destinations and snorkeling !

Rode the speedboat for at least 3 hours the entire day getting from here to there.

It was quite and experience but extremely uncomfortable with the boat so fast and bouncy on the waves. Plus the motor was really loud.

And Wenhao still managed to sleep in between destinations !

He was like swaying side to side and at one point his aviators was almost blown off- which amused most of the occupants on the speedboat (i'm sure they found it cute).

This guy can probably sleep through an earthquake.

Almost my favourite part of the entire trip, this day tour.

It cost about 5000 baht for the two of us (about $250), which is honestly quite horrendous for a country like Thailand- but still, I loved everything I experienced that day.

Hm, well, almost everything. I dipped my Elmo bag (which contained my camera inside) into the water a couple of times which caused the camera to kind of crash. ):

The breathtaking view that was James Bond island and Phi Phi (pronounced as pee pee(:) island.

Apparently, one of the James Bond movie was filmed here.

Thank God it was a sunny day.

Beach.

Green green waters.

Saw that they were pulling and tilting this boat with a rope attached to another boat and wondered why.

Wenhao said that they were probably trying to turn it theother way around.

I was secretly hoping that it would fall all the way over. Hehe.

Stuffed all my stuff including sunblock and Elmo bag into Wenhao's pocket.

Reminds me of Lost.

Ocean that spreads for miles and miles.

Then we head off to watch some monkeys.

I wonder if this monkey is going to steal our credit card like in the commercial?

Snorkeling gear, finally.

I always thought snorkeling would take place near the coasts and only dives took place in the middle of the ocean.

But apparently, snorkels do too.

Looking pro right. Hahaha.

Jumped in and quite frightening at first cause I was soooo scared to touch the fishes !! The waters about 5m deep I think?

Imagine floating and looking down at this array of fishes and trying to swim but with your palms hitting them.

Argh.

After awhile, it wasn't so bad. Wenhao said they wouldn't bite and I even kept trying to reach out and touch them while staring in the water.

They swim away really quickly at the slightest of motions.

Stopped to snorkel and a couple of areas, had lunch, and then went to an island to slack around.

He said the experience was quite painful cause suddenly cold suddenly hot.

I thought it was okay. The wind while on the speedboat dried us up pretty fast.

Tiny island.

Rented chairs.

Wenhao playing and digging some sand.

This place was where my camera sort of crashed. Spoilt our moods totally.

The power button stopped working and the camera switched on and off by itself. It was like a pet man, bouncing up and down on the surface.

After this stop, we were brought back to our hotels.

Jetty view from our room.

Sunset before dinner.

Tide got so low, we could see all the rock thingys.

Changed before deciding what's for dinner and cammed around for abit.

Pose.

Last shots before heading out.

Hehe. Die die must put the flower in my head to highlight that we're on an island/beach getaway.

Aha !

Was too lazy to go out to town, so we explored the resort for dinner.

It was a choice between the quite famous La Gritta italian restaurant and the international buffet with grilled seafood.

Wenhao insisted on the buffet and said it was his treat ! Hehe.

Pool.

Same breakfast place, but now being converted to a buffet spread for the night.

He said that he felt more like he was dining with the ang moh guy opposite, seated like that.

Another tiny glass of wine (or is it called something else?).

Haha !

This is what Wenhao and I took from the entire buffet spread cause we were leaving room for something else.

Not much pictures cause you can just repeat these lobster photos another 5-6 times.

We ate alot of lobsters.

It was more like a lobster meal than an international buffet.

The intricate dessert.

Oyster which none of us touched.

I like this.

And caviar which I found extremely suspicious looking.

The buffet's about 800baht each after our guest discount. Only realized how expensive it was when we were at Bangkok, but still.

This price can have caviar meh?

Wenhao trying caviar for the first time.

Not too pleased it seems.

Lobster with cheese.

Quite afraid of them now, we ate sooo many.

And what's this you ask?

Haha. I guess I forgot to mention, after we returned from the snorkeling tour, we entered our room, open the toilet door...

and I saw a think green snake slithering in an S shape on the toilet's marbled floor.

I didn't think of myself as being particularly afraid of snakes, but, wa, really, I think i froze and my mind stopped working at that moment.

Whizzed out of the room in the next few seconds and called for one of their people to check it out.

The room service people said that it's not a snake, but more like a don't know what long slithering thing that lingers around especially in places with alot of grass and plants.

I didn't listen properly cause I don't think my mind was working properly at that time.

Snake or no snake, it looked like a snake to me.

Luckily the room service lady poked it to death with her broom stick.

(not exactly sure cause i was standing too far away to tell)

LOL. I think that the experience has forever left me with a fear of opening hotel's bathroom doors.

They gave us complimentary wine for the snake incident- I would have very much preferred 50% discount off the rooms, but alas, things were not meant to be.

See ! Can imagine got snake I still recommend you to go there !

The place must be really really beautiful la.

Checked out early next morning to head back to Phuket airport for our flight to Bangkok.

Gosh, it's 12:40am and I'm really tired so going to complete this as fast as possible.

Waiting to board Bangkok Airways.

He sleeps everywhere.

Leaving the islands.

And arriving at the city !

After grabbing our luggages, we leave Bangkok's Suwanabumi Airport, which is pretty huge and head to our next hotel !

Which is Legacy Suites.

Not the best of locations but they room was pretty big and stylish. In my opinion la.

In how many hotel rooms do you find a kitchen for cooking??

Deluxe suite.

I adore that orange chair.

Oh, and over here, I kept hurrying Wenhao cause I really wanted to get to Platinum Fashion mall for some serious shopping.

So while waiting for him to change I turned on the TV only see on CNN that Michael Jackson died.

I'm not the biggest fan of Michael Jackson but was quite aghast and glued my eyes to the news while Wenhao in turn hurried for me to turn it off and leave.

Life sure is unpredictable.

Some shots outside Platinum Fashion mall.

Not much photos of shopping inside the mall or anywhere else la, because we're much too busy shopping.

Next stop, Mah Boon Krong, the famous MBK.

And at the end of the tired shopping day, we simply head to a Japanese restaurant for dinner.

I was so tired and hungry for the dinner that anything would have tasted good.

Bangkok's shopping is really something else. Sooo many things to look at.

(to highlight how heavy my eyelids are now, i shall whiz through this dinner elaboration)

Chawanmushi.

Sashimi.

Strawberry juice and a sunburnt Wenhao.

Some grilled fish.

Garlic rice.

Typical teriyaki chicken.

And beef.

After the dinner, took a tuk-tuk back to the hotel.

They look quite different from the ones at Phuket don't they?

4th day.

Converting their Japanese restaurant to our breakfast location.

Ring I bought at Platinum.

I lost this later at Chinatown and returned all the way to Platinum just to get another one of this ring.

180baht and I love it.

It's so flamboyant.

Breakfast, again.

This was pretty good.

Pool.

On this day, I wanted to take a break from shopping to go sight seeing.

So we headed to Jim Thompson's house early in the morning.

This Jimmy guy was suposedly an ang moh who was a thai enthusiast. He was an architect, came to Thailand for some war issue, and decided to live and built this house.

He's rich, and a little flamboyant (like me!) (because he built such a lavish house la!), but got lost forever when he went hiking in Cameron Highlands one not-so-fine day.

He was never found after that and his house was converted to a museum.

Wearing jeans cause we were headed to the Grand Palace next.

Oh ya, you'll never guess how much i bought this top for.

Found it in Platinum Mall, really cheap la !

Guesses?

Heheee. 100 baht ! Which is about... $5?

Took photos before a tour around his house.

Cheese.

What a bright sunny day.

The flash on my camera bounces off our skin.

Seriously, Bangkok's sun requires sunblock even when out in it for 5 minutes.

It beats and swelters la.

Photos were not allowed inside but i'm sure you guys can go see it for yourself one day if you'd like.

Walking...

walking.

Jim Thompson travelled with this canal behind his house and we saw on the map that we too could use this canal to head to the Grand Palace.

I didn't imagine it to be so dirty and smelly la.

But still, it's 40 minutes faster than taking a cab there.

In the boat.

The drain water kept splashing at us from the sides.

So scary.

We got off the boat and searched around for a way to the Grand Palace.

Wenhao navigated around with the map and we were so proud of ourselves.

Imagine us being able to find our way by burying our heads in the map.

Down the street, I saw an ang moh couple trying to find their way and studying their giant maps too.

Aha. We're such bonafide adult tuorists.

Passed by this place.

And we arrive !

Funny cone-shaped trees.

"Ta-dah!".

The palace was looked really lavish but we didn't enter.

It was kind of expensive and so, we decided it was time to head to the prominent Chinatown.

Took a bigger boat.

Forgive the lack of pictures but there was so many things to see and buy in Chinatown that I forgot all about photo taking.

After the shopping, I insisted on heading for their famous Shark Fin's soup and Bird's Nest.

Recommended by Si Ying and the Singapore forums.

Nam Sing.

Shark's Fin soup.

This was really good.

The juicy mushrooms and crab meat are to die for.

Orh Jian.

So big, how to finish.

Another good dish.

And my favourite ! Bird's nest.

Yum, yum.

It was nice, but not smelly enough for me. (:

A photo with the lady boss.

Decided to take a train back to the hotel instead of the taxi because Chinatown was too far from our hotel.

The train was supposed to leave at 5:40pm but only left at like 6:10pm??

They really should keep track of their time.

Though we sweated tons inside the train and waited a really long time, I thought that we were fortunate to have got on it.

If we hadn't, I wouldn't have been able to witness some parts of the real Bangkok.

The train goes right past roads (no wonder the traffic is SO horrendous), and houses.

Imagine a train like that 1m infront your doorstep.

The train come to a stop silently like our MRTs la.

It screeches (imagine two heavy rusty metal plates scratching across each other being amplified with a speaker) to a halt.

Some of the houses the train went past were built on swamps literally and were had rooms like 3m by 3m in size with a few people squeezed inside.

Kids played on the railway and people just carried on with their daily business while looking at the train go pass.

There were lots of rubbish piled everywhere is some of those places, on rooftops, in the swamps, gosh.

We're so lucky to be living in Singapore.

The REALLY cheap train tickets.

After cleaning up and changing, we decided to head out to catch some Muay Thai.

Went to the lobby to wait for our cab.

But alas !

Haha. The Muay Thai was really expensive, about 2000 baht per person, so we opted for shopping instead and went to the famous night market a couple of metres away.

The Suan Lum night bazaar.

Again, bought some stuff but forgot to take photos of the store. Shopping time always passes so quickly.

Surprisingly, the stores here were quite high class. Made up of alot of young store owners with chic designs and tastefully furnished stores.

Went out of the hotel to packet supper.

Spare ribs and soup.

This was good.

And on to the 5th day !

Couldn't resist a quick photo in the lift.

Dressed less cause heard that Chatuchak is sweltering.

Breakfast, again.

I like their french toast and tomato sauce so much.

It was an important day, cause after an early breakfast, we made our way to the all famous Chatuchak weekend market.

The market was so so SO huge, selling basically EVERYTHING you can find under the sun, from ornaments, to cutlery, to pets, clothes, fruits, and seriously, everything else.

Stopped for a portrait of ourselves but we lost this drawing on our way back to Singapore.

Look like me meh?

Wasn't really upset with the lost cause halfway through drawing Wenhao, it started to drizzle and the Uncle was quite hasty in completing it.

Thus, the drawing of Wenhao hardly resembled him (in my opinion) and was not even 1/10th as cute. AHA !

So, oh well. Not a great loss. Although we did put in alot of effort to carry it around for the rest of the day which was a waste.

Stores.

And another rather famous stall.

Mango Tango. I was so excited when I saw this cause all the while I was keeping a lookout for it.

Some buys. It doesn't seem like alot because we tried to stuff everything into one bag.

Bliss. (:

Mango, ice cream, whipped cream, sorbet, and the white lump is sticky rice.

Which I liked alot !

Left Chatuchak quite early because there was NO way anyone could cover the entire place and we were pretty much all shopped out.

So we took a cab back to Platinum and MBK again to pick up some last minute buys.

Spotted this Pantip Plaza which is equivalent to Singapore's Sim Lim square.

I do feel quite a bond with IT goods and guess what we saw!

On one of the boards, it's Kohjinsha, the brand we have at our store.

Hehe. Never thought we'd see it in Bangkok.

Filled with the loveliest of accessories.

After even more shopping at MBK, we went to the famous Som Boon restaurant for our final dinner Bangkok.

4-storeys high.

Really crispy deep friend fish with garlic and basil all over it.

Almost the entire fish was eaten by me.

Ribs. Which was mediocre.

Famous curry crab. Which wasn't too good.

Maybe it was because I told them not to add chilli into my fish, and they didn't for the crab either.

It wasn't spicy at all but salty instead.

Tom Yam Gung.

Back at the hotel after dinner.

I'm so artsy aren't I?

Places we went.

Tore these from the free magazine from Bangkok Airs.

Our home for 3 nights. Legacy Suites at Sukhumvit.

Some of our buys.

$1 thai passport.

And at about 1am, while Wenhao was in deep sleep, I snuck out and searched around for a cake for him.

Luckily, I found the cutest thing in 7-eleven.

They have everything seriously.

Kiddie cake for the little kid. (:

20 years old.

Got him to wake up to blow out the candles.

Finally, on the 6th day, it was time to return home.

Felt a little torn that the wonderful vacation had to end so soon.

Boarding passes.

Bangkok airport.

Waiting for our flight.

After 2-3 hours of being in the air,

we were back in Singapore Changi.

This photo marks the duty free wine shopping and the end of this post.

Gosh, now I really feel like our holiday trip has ended officially.

Really hoped that Wenhao enjoyed his birthday trip.

Pardon my hasty end because it's 2am now and I have yet to shower, PLUS there's another IT roadshow tomorrow.

Oh, save me.

To the next post then.

More happy tidings to come I'm sure. (:

Like no other !

Thursday, May 21, 2009
11:21 PM

Okay.

So I know I havn't been updating for some time.

So I know that it's getting late and I should be taking a shower instead of choosing to update at this moment.

But !

It's an important time really.

My heart literally flew near my mouth and fell back again into place (all in 1/5th of a second) when I saw this okay!

Ahem.

New Moon is coming to us babbbbyyyy!!!

(okay la.)

(so i've never liked reading any of the twilight series outside if i can help it.)

(so i've always been afraid of being perceived as one of those silly girly twilight/ robert fan.)

(so i've always remark that the twilight series isn't written very well.)

(so i've always felt that the twilight series never really had much substance.)

But still !!!

I have always (and probably will always be) been a humongous, gi-normous, IMMENSE,silly, girly, Edward Cullen fan.

Hey ! He is the most chivalrous character since- since- since- gosh. I can't even think of any.

Who still bothers to whiz over to open your car door for you at this day and age anymore???

And a body carved of stone doesn't hurt either right? ((((:

Anyways. This poster is soooo perfect !!!

Pardon me, I know I'm gushing.

But that is what it is !!!

Okay, just shoot me now.

Spare my dronings but I'm going into Twilight stuff full force now.

I'm sorry for those who don't agree but I think that Taylor/ or Jacob looks so wonderful here !!!

(i usually don't like adding exclamation marks into my writings.)

(it makes me feel less serious.)

(but gosh, i really can't help it this time round.)

I've always had a soft spot for Jacob and even ! Had a moment in the third book where I wished that Bella would just go with Jacob for awhile, just for awhile.

He was just so cute !

Arrrggghh !

I'm so excited because the New Moon is really my favourite of the four cause it was just so sad.

With Edward leaving Bella and everything.

Quite pissed off at him for doing that.

You should never ever ever have left her- no matter how much better you think it would be for her !

So unfair.

Hm. Okay okay okay. I know how it's just a story and all but still !

Back to the poster alright.

(: I wonder how Edward manages to look so beautiful in the poster.

They must really have lovingly slapped buckets of foundation and powder on Robert leh.

He looks simply ethereal.

Jacob also not bad la.

It's an almost- ALMOST (but not yet) even fight.

Hehehee.

I'm sure that I'll be having a good night now.

Make sure you do too. ((:

Until the 20th of November then. ((((:

香港香港。

Monday, April 20, 2009
9:32 PM

So !

I suppose it has been more than a month since I returned from HK-

and I am now blogging about it diligently like a good hardworking girl. Aha.

(must blog about it la- if not go holiday take so much photos for what??)

I'll try to remember as much of it as possible.

(digressing, the blockbuster of a serial, red thread, is playing on ch5, and i really cannot help NOT rolling my eyes every 3 seconds at their forced americana accents.)

(i know. oh, save me, i'm getting so judgmental.)

So again ! Let's start form the very beginning shall we?? (:

It was early in the morning when we arrived at the airport for our trip and some of us had a group photo before leaving for departure.

Kua kua kua.

Kai Ling and I were really blur la.

I was like scanning my passport in the departure all the while lugging at my luggage.

The we both walked around for abit before realizing that something was amiss.

Almost nobody else was lugging luggage ! Oh happy day. We had forgotten to check in our luggage and had to take a detour to check them in before heading for breakfast.

Smart right.

Still ! I'm sure the crew thought our bimbo-ness to be quite endearing. Heheee.

And lo and behold !

We are in the air.

Delighted when I found out that Twilight was playing.

(i feel like i can watch it everyday la !)

(i know, my shallow girly fanatic side never seems to fail to disappoint me.)

Ah... nothing like a scoop of dashing Edward to make my trip.

Though- I'm sure Wenhao looks much better than him. La deee da !

Ahem ahem !

And tadah ! In less than a half a dozen hours later, we are all comfortably seated on the coach.

I know- holidays always feels like they are on fast forward. So fast right?!

Edmund Lim's trying to balance and take the photo if I remember correctly.

I couldn't help it.

So HK.

Our humble abode for the next 4 days.

A hotel's a hotel la.

At least it was clean and tidy.

Stanley Street, situated somewhere in HongKong.

A photo with out lecturer, Mr Lim.

Oh, and the weather was actually okay. Not that cold la in my opinion. Quite comfortable really.

First day, and we're brought to a beach for photos.

This is actually pretty high up on a hill leh.

So it was pretty windy here.

The hill/ or mountain, goes up and up and I heard my lecturer commenting on how dangerous it must be to live there.

The houses and buildings dots around the hill/ or mountain, and I think hor,

it's almost dreamlike to live there la.

The houses are pretty- not too lavish or anything, but the be situated so high on a hill, and to be able to look right DOWN to see a beach and the city- not to mention the light ocean winds blowing into your windows, gosh.

I don't know leh. I suppose it must feel like living on a little piece of heaven, literally.

Taking photo with the waters that some fortunate others look down at from their windows everyday.

This photo like very artsy huh? Hehee.

It was 23 degrees but i think it felt colder than Singapore will ever be.

A pretty building that's vacant according the the tour guide.

After about 1 hour of circling the hill/ or mountain, we wander around taking photos before heading to the tram to return the the bottom.

(it was a little too foggy for photos that night.)

Tram approaching.

What the tram looks like.

(digressing again, i kept having the feeling like "tram" sounds like a female goat. no idea why.)

And in about 8-10 minutes of sliding- yes- sliding down the hill/ or mountain, the tram arrived at the bottom of the hill/ or mountain. Quite nerve wrecking really.

I was like- we could have taken the tram up there??

Kuku.

So, at night time, we almost run into the first restaurant I see. I don't think I had a proper meal the entire day lo ! Just a few bites on the plane.

The menu costs 500HKD.

Hehee.

Looks quite terrible right.

So hungry, we didn't even remember to take photos.

Just walloped into the food first.

HongKong's 茶餐厅 are so different from Singapore's one la. Theirs are more untidy.

After dinner, we shopped around for abit after dinner.

Quite something right. Hehe.

Look at how tiny the people are.

First breakfast the next day.

And the next destination was finally-

Hong Kong Disneyland !

Quite kiasa la. My first time to Disneyland.

Hm... in honest opinion. It was okay ok la.

Perhaps the time we were given to be there was too long.

Photos,

photos,

and,

more,

photos.

Main Street, USA.

In my opinion, the Disney princess with the prettiest gown.

Princess Aurora and Prince philip.

This prince was really quite charming.

Tarzan's treehouse.

Must really give it to Disney la.

They are really pretty lavish in their makings.

Eh... the Mad hatter's building?

High School Musical performance.

Heng no one tried to impersonate the one and only Troy Bolton. Heheheee.

Cute kids.

Hm. I still think the Stitch ride was really cute.

The 3-D? 4-D? ride?

This was the more magical part for me.

E hee. Trying to act cute la.

Them again.

Even their food court/ or cafeteria (you can never be too sure of places overseas), was so lavish la !

I think the prettiest princess there was her la.

I was quite afraid of the rest. Abit scary leh.

They made a building just for one ride.

You see what I mean by lavish??

I took like 70+ photos inside that ride itself leh !

Imagine at least 50 other frames of little people like that in one simple ride la.

The magical Carousel which I did not even bother going on.

Seriously, where has the princessy kid in me gone !

Main Street, USA, at night.

The famous nighttime fireworks display.

Another one of the more magical moments.

Of course I wasn't even able to capture 1/8th of it's splendor la.

Outside.

Lady's Street.

I love the restaurant la !

So HongKong Hong Kong. Hehee. Small, cramped and filled with Canton chatter. (:

Again, I was reaally hungry, and this was my most satisfying meal in HongKong by far.

I wanted duck rice, but according to my profound understanding of the shop keeper's sign and expression language, it was sold out.

So I had goose/ or geese rice instead and had further hard time in conveying my preference for non-chicken breast meat.

MacDonald's in HongKong.

Other country's Mac mayonnaise like nicer than ours leh.

Hmm...

In a cab !

At first, I thought the meter wouldn't jump cause we took one from Lady's Street all the way back to Metro Park hotel without it jumping at all.

Waiting for the night light show.

At Starbucks.

Before the show.

A little after where these both supposedly claimed to see Daniel Wu outside Marco Polo hotel.

Tsk. Harumph.

Shopping, shopping and more shopping. Shop until no time to take photo of the marketplace leh.

My first time eating a corndog.

So nice la !! Next time must bring Wenhao to try.

A HongKong boy behind me. Hai. Daniel Wu, why did I miss seeing you???

Outside the dessert shop. Forgot to take photos of the dessert leh...

And then.

Ocean Park.

Pandas !

Dolphin!

Cable car !

Like very high right ??

Dared Skye and Kai Ling to shake the car but they lousy la !

If they not scared I sure try to shake one. Tskkkk.

Hehe. The rides that I took.

Not bad right?

Zoom zoom.

Phiiiii- eeeeeewwwww !

Skye dirtying his panda.

And the Mine Train that I did not take.

Siao ! So near the ocean.

I havn't forgotten Final Destination okay.

And soon enough, it was time to return to Singapore.

A final meal in HongKong at the airport.

Finally some HK Dim Sum !

Sparked off my love for Ha Gau.

Eh... haha.

The Xiao Long Bao I think Singapore's Crystal Jade's nicer.

This was as good as it looks.

Some photos before leaving. With Fanessa and Amber.

Ah, and the final photo.

Alrightey !

I'm finally done.

It's still the first week of school now and may everyone be well and happy this merry month.

Hopefully, I'll update more often.

That's all. Tooodddless all.

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