Kelong Trip

WOOHOO...went to stay in a kelong in Bintan with my sister and her friends recently, and it was really a super leisure trip. All we need to prepare for the trip was to make a phone call and pack our bag, that's all. All we had to pay was $150 and everything like tax, accomodation, food and travel fee were looked into. Now I know what travel easy means, ha!

We took a ferry from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal to the ferry terminal at Bintan which took about 2 hours. Then from Bintan we had a chauffeur who drove us to our destination, I feel like a queen! Anyway the trip took about 30 minutes. So you can imagine, only 2.5 hours and I am in another country!

When we reached, we had our first meal there. And just take a look at the spread!

We had crabs, fish, soup, kang kong, a snail shell thingy that taste like sotong!!! For $150 you get fed with these kind of food everyday, where to find?

It was drizzling when we reached Kelong so you can imagine how disappointed I was to have my suntanning plan crushed. Thank goodness there were lots of indoor entertainment around like billiard, KTV and mahjong. So, we challenged one another to a round of billiard.


After the drizzle, we were looking for some excitement so we went island hopping! YEAH! While waiting for the host to get ready the speed boat, we had to entertain ourselves so we camera-whore

Shu Duan and Zhong Wei (pardon the spelling)


Eyna and Shu Duan


My sister and I


I seriously don't know why I am smiling till my eyes are unseen but I really enjoyed the feeling of riding a speed boat.

After dinner, we went to their KTV. Not as bad as I expected. At least they still have songs by Stefanie Sun, Sammi Cheng, Mariah Carey and 500 (Wu Bai). We also played mahjong

Really tai tai life man.

The next morning, the sun was finally out!!! So without brushing my teeth, getting rid of my eye shit, I did the most rational thing...defy the wind and sit on those dangerously put together wooden planks to soak in the morning sun.


My sister and I tried their banana boat ride.

Me walking towards the banana boat. I was in fear but still had time to arrange my hair.





Life is really simple at Kelong. We bath using rainwater which is collected using large tank at different water catchment area. We ate fishes and crabs that the host catches from the sea. We slept without air-con or fan but natural wind. It has been a really good experience and if possible, I will want to return to the place again.

I AM SO HAPPY!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS! It's been YEARS since I last blogged and to remind me of this fact, I actually forgot my username and password, like seriously.

Anyway, wanted to blog about something happy that happened yesterday. I got a real surprise from my boy last night. I was feeling really sick yesterday. First, it was a slight headache then i started to feel cold for no good reason, and all this I suspect was because of the lack of sleep for the past few nights. So, I called my boy and explained to him that I can't chat till very late cos blah blah blah

and guess what?

He bought me

Kodomo! For fever relief. I was not really feeling very feverish but still, it was kind of him to have thought of doing something to relief my sickness. Actually he doesn't know whether it is effective or not, it was just conveniently available so he bought it -_-"


Then, I found another big item in the bag. POLAR PUFFS AND CAKES. Reminds me of WS!

Anyway, he bought the cake for our 2nd Month Anniversary. I hate to act like a school gal, talking about how sweet my boyfriend is but seriously, I was touched. I really thought there will not be any celebration for our 2nd month anniversary because he was too busy to pick me up after work that day and I was too sick to meet him up that night. So when he called me to open the door and see what is outside an hour after we hung up, I was really dead shocked. I think FedEx will really appreciate this kind of employees, ha! Anyway it really came as a pleasant surprise for me.

Although my boy gets me upset sometimes, he can be really sweet, and I mean REALLY SWEET

Me and my boy.

With my lovely bunch of gal friends

It is really nice to have a camera that will capture every few moments because in the end, the photos will turn out to be funny.


10 seconds to go. Better get ready and put on my most adorable smile, to be on the safe side.


Ok, the 10 seconds is really long. I feel like laughing for smiling like an idiot for so long.


I can't control my laughter anymore.

Movie Blockbuster Month!

It's the time of the month yet again, where we get one great movie after another. For the month of May, there are Spiderman 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean to look forward to.

One movie that I recommend:

Spiderman 3 is really worth the money! The effects are way better than the previous two movies and it is really exciting. Just go catch it!


Two movies that I so wanna catch will be out soon!


SHREK 3!!! (Top on my list) It will only be out on 31 May though


PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!!! Out on 24 May!

With so many movies coming our way, it would mean two things:
1) More entertainment choice!
2) I am going to suffer during my weekends cos Golden Village will definitely be packed, arghhh

IslandLife...I love it!

If ever you have a day off from work and have nowhere to go...grab a few great companies, a bottle of sunblock and a sentosa island map and head off to Sentosa. I guarantee you, your day will be well spend!

Yesterday, my friends and I decided to make full use of whatever benefits we can enjoy before we surrender our uniform and staff pass. So, we spent the whole day (well..almost) visiting some of the attractions in Sentosa! We went to Palawan beach first to take in a bit of the scenery and had our lunch there. Since it was around 2.30pm when we finished our lunch, we decided to catch the 3.30pm birds encounter show which is free! Having 1 hour to kill, we then aimlessly took the Siloso beach tram to tour around Siloso.

The birds encounter show was...typical...the tricks were the same throughout all these years so I was not really impressed by it. I was amazed by one of the tricks though. The bird could produce a cough sound (to show that it is not feeling well) and say 'hello' and 'bye'. One of the highlights of the show would be the photo-taking session at the end. We were allowed to take photos with the birds, which was fun. Although the bird's claws were kinda of sharp and it grips tightly onto your hand, it was still a fun experience. After the show, we went to take the much anticipated luge and sky-ride. 'Once is never enough' tagline for luge is seriously true. It was so fun racing down the tracks with the wind whipping your face. If not for the stupid helmet which was far too big for my head (should take the kids one next time), I would have really enjoyed myself. After that, we went to Images of Singapore to look at all the wax figures and to the Merlion.

Oh...such a fulfilling day!

Manila Photos

Been meaning to post up the photos that I took at Manila but computer broke down a few days after we came back so...

Oohh...lots of photo to share!!! Had such a great time!!! Hmm...few words to summarise the whole trip: Great experience, Great company and Wonderful trip!

Day 1:

Travelling budget, so took Tiger Airways. It was my first time taking budget airline so did not know what to expect. It is good that we did not expect much cos there really isn't much provided by Tiger (not even mineral water)! Everything have to be paid for and one cup of drink cost like S$3 *shakes head*

The leg space for Tiger is pretty similar to Sahara (the airline I took to India) so it was bearable for me, considering it was only for 3 hours.



Once we got off the plane, we were stranded (for a few minutes) at Clark airport because we did not know how to get to our hotel. How exciting! Thankfully, there were different transport booths set up inside Clark airport lobby for 'lost' tourists (like us) who needs to get to different parts of manila. It took us 2.5 hours to get from Clark to our hotel, Kabanyan. If you have noticed, I did not mention any food throughout our travelling journey...so it was like 6 hours of no food and drinks for us until...


FOOD!!!! Our first lunch? dinner? for the day! We abandoned our suitcase and bags and ran out in searched for food. Thankfully, right beside our hotel there was a neighbourhood shopping mall so we were able to quench our thrist and fill our stomach! Guess how much is one plate of that? Less than $2 lah


Although Agu had a hard time chewing her beef (spot the irony?), still, we had a filling meal. Anyway we were too hungry to care about anything.

We felt too deprived so after not long later, we went to KFC to have our dinner cum supper...

One thing we realised is that Fillippinos enjoy eating RICE (I am so suitable for the country). Almost all food outlets include rice in their menu.

Day 2:
We decided to start exploring Manila on our own (of course we did engage a little help from the receptionist at Kabanyan). We told the receptionist that we wanted to go Rizal Park so he suggested taking the LRT service. The LRT service is pretty similar to the one in Singapore. Except that the 'doors closing' warning is not as alarming as ours, probably cos we were still not used to it!


We navigated our way and walked towards a direction where we thought would lead us to Rizal Park but...we arrived at Robinsons Shopping Mall instead.

Oh well....we, being flexible people were really willing to accept the changes that come our way...so we went in to SHOP!!!

Found some interesting shops there...

My friends went bonkers when they saw Bee Cheng Hiang in Manila. They were like squealing "They have mei zhen xiang here!! Must take photo!" I mean...ya, we see it a lot here in Singapore but in Manila, it is like rare but I think my friends are like over-reacting a little when they saw it.


Results of having too many retail stores: Lame brand names!


Went to experience their theatre. And look how interesting their tickets are...it looks like those coupons you will win when you play in Timezone (apparently nobody is concern about the model cos the green thing is the main focus...hee)

Day 3:
We, being the adventurous bunch, decided to try taking jeepneys to Mall of Asia (the biggest mall in Asia).


Jeepneys are like a mini non-aircon bus. Each jeepney will specify the place they will be travelling to (by the side). So once you spot a jeepney that goes to your destination, you will flag and climb on board.


Seriously, we look like miserable immigrants (with modern dressing) being transported to someplace where we dread.

Ok, maybe not, cos we arrived at Mall of Asia
Yipee!

how now?

My results are out! And Guess What? I can officially give up hope on getting into ntu...yoohoo...yay *shrug* It's for the better, I guess. Now, I can put down my hope of getting into ntu and start looking for a full-time job, earn enough money then apply for sim.

Life is that cruel...your GPA never reach anywhere near the requirement then don't have to attempt to try....ARGH!!! It's back to job search.....or should I still try for ntu....