Batam Trip [15-16 Dec 07]

hmm..this trip was quite sudden outing.. was organised by RC..and was 2D1N trip..so shld be okie..at least i no need to tk any leave..haha..cos i dun hv anymore leaves liao~.. all give to China le.. haa..$100 for everything except food tat we bought of cos.. included buffet brkfast, seafood lunch and dinner.. and best is..gt transport to and fro at juz my blk downstairs..is v convenient lor..no need tk cab..hee..

early morn at ard 645, went down and wait for gathering..den board bus to harbourfront.. 14 of us..but nt bad le..and 1st tm went there also..haha..quite a lot of pple sia..reached and waiting for time to enter..and inside the ferry liao..took Penguin Ferry..heng the wave was nt tat strong..was kinda scared of the strong waves..dun like the feeling ba..

batam was 1 hr earlier than sg..reached Sekupang ard 930am SG time, 830am Indo time..went money changer to get some indo dollars..waa, we will be millionaires for 2 days lor..haa..cos in Indo, SGD$1 = 6,300 rupiahs!! terrible lor..haha..the rate is so high, til u see the price also scary..and hard to convert also..haha..anyway, early reach there also need to wait for others to arrive..cos still gt others coming..and means have to wait for ard 1 hr!!.. wah lao..damn sian lor.. hate waitg lor..and the seats r nt tat comfy at all..plus tired..zzz all the way..sian..finally.. 11+ set off le..

today will be 1 day tour..will be kinda rush lor..1st stop..go watch Barelang Filsabillah Bridges (the first bridge connecting Batam to Tonton Island).. the bridge was kinda nice..and when u alighted the bus, will hv many pple selling fried prawns, fried crabs..really smell nice..but dun really dare to eat..haa..there are many small islands on batam..and saw one small island..and indeed small~




Next, we went praying at one of the temples, Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya, also known as the Laughing Buddha temple.. is one of the largest Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia..


finally lunch!..damn hungry..but b4 tat, went buy many crackers..waa..a lot..den go Golden Prawn 933 for seafood lunch.. 6 dishes 1 soup.. wanna drink coconut drink, but hv to wait for more than 1 hr..too bad..and wana go massage also, but fully booked..haiz..well, lunch was nt tat nice..thou gt 'gong gong', fried prawns, bittergourd soup, sweet sour fried fish, crabs, veg curry..


after tat, go nearby and watch 10min Kudalumping Show..see pple eat charcoal in fire, eat glass, use teeth and peel coconut skin..


Next, shopping for dried food..also lots of crackers..but this round, only mum bought..those sea cucumber, dried scallops..nth much..found out tat the housing are ard the same patterns one..hee..Nxt, we went shopping at Polo Ralph..nth to buy..v ex..hmm..rem tat tm when Indo for my education trip, i bought one shirt sia..haha..forgot hw much le..hmm~..Next, went pray again..at Tua Pek Kong Temple..den went nearby and eat some kueh..nt bad..and saw one mini cat..really mini sia..



Next is the most boring session liao..shopping!! ya..might sound interesting, but totally boring!!..and gonna spend 1.5 hrs there somemore leh..haiz..went to duno wat shopping mall.. only noe gt JC Supermarket..went few rounds, but dun really suit us..left 1 hr..no choice, went shop at supermarket, else everyone will juz fall aslp..damn tired also lor..haiz..waa..the food there was like CHEAP!.. and dad finally found his avocado..haa..he bought 8 big ones..and only ard SGD$3++.. yeah..gt avocado drinks le..hee..and saw my mee goreng!!..damn cheap!!..was ard 20cents per packet also..and too ks until bought 10 of them..haa.. crazy..but really cheap.is like everything was less than 70cents, where cost more than 1buck in sg..hee..shopping in supermarket indeed can pass time lor..left ard 45mins..so went sit down and had avocado drink..nt bad..

Dinner time~.. seafood dinner..tis time at Golden Prawn 555..nt 933 le..hee..but tis time round,food is nicer and gt coconut to drink~.. and ate lots of prawns, was really fresh and heng din mk my mouth itchy..gt fried omelette, fresh steamed prawns, fried calamari, pepper crabs, veg soup, fried fish, kangkong..and many live prawns, crabs, fish, crayfish, even small sharks for pple to catch and eat..


nw waitg to go GoodWay Hotel and rest..was really tired..haiz..restless..finally~ but ended up our room and parents room was far~.. not enuff rooms le..but we gt the corner room~ and was real big lor.. their single bed is like queen bed like tat.. too big enuff for a person like me..haa..


had a good nite slp of cos.. wakie had our buffet brkfast..nt tat nice..sian..haha..and wsting our time in the whole morning..cos they earliest start open shop at ard 10am, which is 11am in SGT..haiz..and nt really sure wats nearby lor..and was startin to rain and HOT again..overall weather is good! but managed to walk to one area with shops.. and supermarket again..and bought mee goreng again.wahaha..total 15 packets!.. terrible hor? hee.. again wait and wait til 130pm, finally set off to Batam Centre for ferry back hm to sg~.. heng no need to wait tat long..tking 3pm ferry..journey back was kinda longer..and waves are bit strong..heng i feel okie..phew.. listening to my jay songs loudly..

tada~.. home at ard 5plus.. tired..and took a pic of wat we have bought in batam!.. horrible..tats a lot! wahaha..think is less than $100 lor.. gt less than $50 mah? hahaa..lalala~

and worse still.. one Big packet of fish crackers was finished within less than 6 hrs in ofc!!. well done my team..wahaha..

我不配

fav song in this latest album from jay~.. nw waiting for his concert which been pending for 3 yrs liao!.. so long den come.. and this yr finally begin his worldwide concert~..woohoo~.. and yeah! gt his concert tix!..hee.. thanks to joey's fren weiqi's fren..haha..heng gt lobang..and for the 19th one, haiz..misleading of words cause me cant buy in time..and really sux for the seating also.. cos all paying by OCBC card..and nt even public sales starts lor..haiz.. if dun hv 2nd nite, is really unfair..and heng gt.. =X and somemore 18th is jay's bday.. think shld be fun ba? looking forward for it sia.. 3 yrs liao..

waiting waiting..

The day i lost him

27th Sept 2007 [Thurs] - received the bad news ard 4plus in the morning..was bit shocked cos din heard any phone call at all. and dad juz back from hosp..haiz..thinking at least can see his last sight..and my leave another prob also..haiz..but thanks to my boss for his understanding for the last day of funeral..as compassionate leave is including of weekends and public holidays.. well, still rem the last words he spoke to me.. when i went c him, was on sunday..he asked me so late come ah? go sit down..den mum came..den he said.. ur MA DA (mum in canto) is here. den said i prettier liao..haha.. okie la.. tats all..he was still in v conscious state tat tm..and can scold pple with loud voice somemore lor..thou gt a few of false alarms liao.. and was kinda in panic mode when dad and i went for china trip.. ya, always scare of phone calls in the nite..haiz.. can juz mk u jump out of dreams..den fast heartbeats..haiz..

rem last tm when young, almost every sunday will go to grandparents hse..den he will bring us to playground and buy chocolates..those in '8' shape one.. haa..izzit like M&Ms? hmm..den will drive us back home..and me, sis and cousins would sit behind the car..and when turning, move to opp direction..haa.. tats wat my colleague always did it, and my another female colleague juz screamed and shouted at the driver while the rest enjoyed the turning part.. wahaha. was fun lor..think everyone sure has an experience on this one rite? hee..

he also gave us nicknames when small..forgot hw he came out with these also..haha..dak dak wu, gok gok wu..haha.. think only my family noes wat i tokg abt..wahaha.. and oh ya, always pinch my chin..haiz..scarly cos of his pinching, nw my chin bit long also..esp when i smile..haha..

after funeral, always gt those saying tat deceased will come back.. and ya..he came back 2 nites ago..and waaa, cant even get to zz sia..cos is sat nite, and cant ask me slp at 11pm tat early lor..sian..haha..and no choice lor.. also need to force myself to lie on bed, closed eyes and most importantly COVERED my earS~~!!.. v impt to me..haha.. dun wan hear any sound lor..and heng the next day is sunday..at least can rest more..ha..

k la, stopped here liao..writing it at this time also bit weird weird..haa..

miss u gong gong..

云南之旅 07 [31/8 - 11/9]

long tm no go china liao, glad tat this yr gt chance to go..and is another side of yunnan..at least i can try to go whole yunnan..hee..

Thurs (30/8)-810am flight set off..chk in very early til all of us sit at e last row.which behind is toilet..ha.on plane try slpg and listening to music.was kinda noisy, cos near toilet and like always gt long queue one sia..sian..haa..finally reached china safely, suddenly feel thumb pain,back pain.duno y.weird.after met up with our tour guide, sat on bus for ard 4hrs to our 1st destination 元谟..sian..journey is jerky n tired..cos long journey and can make us jump up one lo..reached hotel and 830pm dinner..den bathe-rest liao.tired.slp at 1130.tv no programs one.so boring.ha.

Fri (31/8)-wakie n had brkfast at 830. Brkfast nt bad.hee.thou din really eat much.today gng Tu Lin 土林.soil forest.was tinkg hw is it also.is like viewing mountains,jux tat made of soil,instead of stone like 石林. the forest juz mk out its shape so naturally, cool! Ha.took many pics.wif my cam n dad's.ha.heng brought my cam along,else wil be bored if dad using his digital SLR cam and film SLR.den i cant take my pic.ha.lalaa.oh ya, waited for lunch for ard 1hr.cos is like ordering zhu chao.ha.Reached 土林, saw one stretch of rooms which is like chalet type.outside stil gt small garden.ha.din expect will stay here.and more surprisingly,gt pc! So weird to find pc in room lo.den gt 1.5hrs brk.den on pc,wa,can online leh.msn?ok too.so happily i'm online!ha.but is fri,dun tink alot will online? went walk around 土林 on our own..nice place,we walked on sand and was bit muddy.and also making my new sport shoes old liao.sian.ha.den back for dinner and off to online.and went find out if internet really free anot?indeed yes! If nt,jialat.ha.even chat online wif sis for 1hr plus.ha.nt bad lo.den go zz le.damn tired.



Sat (1/9)-suppose to go see morning light shine on e mountain so tat will appear red.but too bad,sky was dark n seem gona rain.so was nt able to go.so jux went another side n walked by our own.wa,another heaven again.every corner diff look.took some pics thou no light.but gt flash light.ha.and glad tat when we able to go,started to rain liao.ha.heng sia.den back resort rest n off to lunch.den set off to 华坪.Journey was long again.slept a few tm.tired lo.online til late.hee.and finally reach hotel.weather is cool,so for wind too.den went dinner.walked nearby park,supermarket.bought orange juice at rmb2.30.den while e rest went back,me,dad n uncle ang went walk to another side.saw one video shop.woo,bought some dvds home.hee.den went back hotel rest liao.

Sun (2/9)-today will b gng 丽江 liao.brkfast is buffet type.nt bad la.gt potato,den i added some salt.hee.din really eat much.cos food was too dry.dun like.den set off liao.will spend whole day in bus sia.sian.nt feelg well also.duno y.feel hot.den went one simple restaurant eat.wa,erm,is like zhu chao.actually is much delicious than those highclass restaurant sia.hee.wa,reach 丽江 ard 5plus.tired sia.and we staying at 古城.those 客栈 lo.ha.like those old movie,den ppl fighting inside.cant imagine hw nice inside is from one small door.den gt room,den cant find dad,cos he rush to get e corner room,so tat is e biggest.wa,so nice.and of cos takin pic time.ha.was raining also.sian.cold lo.and e bed can set heater one wor.cool hor?ha.den went dinner and walked along e 古城.E place is like tourist place.jux tat building all like old ancient type.rooftop gt those dragons,etc.ha.ya,went take night life.hard to tk lo.sian.hee.and finally use my winter jacket liao.den when walkin back,all gt lost.cos is messy inside.ha.like maze inside.ha.





Mon (3/9)-7am brkfast.wa,like eating in old age type.ha.sitting on tool.ha.den head to c 玉龙雪山.pray tat no rain.hmm.and will b cold up there lo.ard 4600m high.i only wore e disney shirt,one baleno jacket,one winter wear.tats all.ha.cos i noe tat winter jacket can tahan one.but sky was kinda dark,so was praying to my grandparents in heaven.ha.ask em if they wan c wif me,ask sky dun rain heavily.ha.took bus n cable car up.was bit worried,cos quite high there,scare cant mk it.so everything muz b slow motion.ha.den took out glove n cap.wrap myself to c only eye.hee.cold leh.sian.n v cloudy.inside cloud lo.ha.and gt pathway up.so mk slow climb up.n muz rest til heart beat is stable den cont.and rainin drizzling also.hee.gt once,really lack of oxygen.hmm.can feel ears cant hear.bit dizzy.jux pray myself.dun faint sia.den try to breathe slowly.den finally reach e top.woo,alot of ppl.and also glad tat gt sun came out!n blow away e clouds away so tat can c e snow.hee.so beautiful lo.took some pics.and din really gt sharp pics from e cam,mayb too cold liao.when up there n took off my glove,my fingers immediately numb sia.ha.lalaa.terrible.den went down liao.still gt feel of lackin oxygen.and feel slpy also.sian.hee.already 1pm n hungry.ate alot for lunch sia.ha.den went back hotel liao.ard 430 den go walk.but who noes 4pm rained.ha.so stayed in hotel til dinner.heng is stayin here.if really hotel.all inside room le.at least here can tok outside.ha.waiting for dinner.wa,having steamboat wor.of cos nt like sg,gt seafood.mainly consisted of veg.hee.nt tat full or say no feeling at all-hee.after dinner,go main road walk walk.dare nt go 古城 walk,cos will get lost,as tour guide din follow us.bought xiao mantou for rmb5.5.cos i wan eat.ha.and also bought 2muffins and one free wife biscuit for rmb6.go back hotel and packed up and had a short gathering before slp.




Tues (4/9)-Left 客栈 ard 8.headin to 中甸.went c 长江第一湾.wa,muz climb hill up to c e view.and was raining,and quite muddy.haiz.learnt a lsn,dun buy white shoes for tour esp for china.ha.cos muz climb here n there.jean also dirty liao.esp my shoes.haiz.so dirty.sux.new shoes somemore lo.heartpain sia.sian.den go walk tk pics of old houses again.hee.lunch tm liao.nice sia.hee.den set off liao.slept a few tm.along journey,stopped and took pics.ard 530,reached 香格里拉.was v cold sia.need my winter jacket alot.ha.after dinner,went out walk walk.den as e rest want go back first,me n dad go walk more,den walked back see e rest actually buying winter jacket,gloves,socks,cap.dad bought e jacket v nice sia.only rmb60,which is sgd12 only!cheap like siao.ha.but mine more warmer,but plain beidge colour.hee.den back hotel,rest,wash my stupid shoes,jeans le.




Wed (5/9)-wakie ard6plus,ready for brkfast at 730.den went to 松赞林寺 la ma temple.so sian,suddenly cant drive thru by using their car.tat place nt tat nice actually.hmm.stayed awhile,go off liao.den set off to next stop.stopped few times on e journey to take pic.and can take til 5plus reached hotel.ha.e place look ulu,but hotel nt bad-still gt bed heater.ha.but as quite high above sea level,no hot water provided.sian.cant bathe le lo.but still have to wipe body.den dinner.nt bad,after tat-walked along e quiet street,den saw where we will be gng tml.ha.back hotel only 7plus!omg,so early.plus tv dun have my channel to watch drama-haiz.in e end,slept at ard 8plus.ha.wif lights on.wakie ard 11plus.den try wakie for awhile,sleep again.ha.sleep e most i tink.try to type diary also gave up.ha.12plus,wakie by dad.cos hear someone tokg,tot who.ha.




Thurs (6/9)-wakie at 7plus.had brkfast n set off to nxt stop.白水台-is one patch of stone on top of mountain,and has terrace 梯田 shape.was raining n cloudy weather again.haiz.heng is nt slippery lo.ard 12 had lunch.saw peach tree.ha.apple tree also it.and even ate seeds from REAL sunflower.hee.den set off to nxt stop-虎跳峡.In bus,dun feel weird.stomach bit weird,gt vomit feel suddenly.can feel lots of air inside.sian.tryin to burp,but cant.dun wan ask em to stop as stil can tk it.and tok to my grandparents who in heaven,ask em protect me.glad after tat i'm ok.thanks em.oops, unable to go 虎跳峡,as dangerous as its raining these few days and might have rocks falling from mountain top.den moved to nxt stop,剑川.but who noes gt one big event gng on tml,all hotels r full.haiz.and finally gt one place for dinner-at hotel restaurant.sian,cos nt nice at all.ate one bowl only sia.sian.ha.stil have to go another area 洱海 for stay.which will tk ard 2hrs.stomach bit weird again-sian.duno y haiz.again pray to grandparents.hope tml wun hv tis prob again.finally had a good hot bath,watching KongFu,slp.




Fri (7/9)-as yest quite late reach hotel,today had a longer slp.hee.brkfast dun suit me at all sia.sian.ha.but heng today du du ok.dun hv those feeling le.lala.den set off to one island where we'll b staying over tonite.den went to 大理西湖，which is last min cos no more 虎跳峡.wa,e place nt bad sia.took lots of pics these lo.cos gt reflections of mountains,houses on e sea.lala.and who noes spent ard 2hrs these liao.after lunch,set off to 南诏风情岛 liao.need to tk ferry over to there.lots of ppl sia.ha.rest awhile,walked ard e island tk pics.den saw one grp of old Aunties rehearsal dancing.ha.den we said y all old one,n no one pretty,y no ask young gers?ha.weird.den once,went tk pics on rocks,den hv to climb out.sian.i sprained my thigh again.damn pain when climbed back.my thigh muscle v weak sia.haiz.worst is gt e star star scene again.haiz.den told dad dun wan tk pic liao.haiz.lalaa.den dinner n took nite scenes.oh ya,e island gt one v big Guan Yin.hmm.tats all.4more days for me.weather nt tat cold liao.




Sat (8/9)-first tm in hotel no aircon,no heater.ha.and indeed slp until v well.hee.wakie ard 715.tot can take sun rise,but hard.came out early to take morn Guan Yin.so diff.ha.den went brkfast,went beach walk walk.along small beach,has 2 statues bathin one,but high tide til one of e statues butt.hee.and first tm see clouds n BLUE sky.ha.no more coldness liao.hee.den get out of island by ferry.went to c one small market,大理古城.den lunch liao.wa,cos exclude us,stil gt 3tbls.they v noisy sia.throughout e meal.heard tat they from Guangzhou.hmm.gng to nxt stop by expressway.today only sit,slp in bus,tired sia.sit til butt pain.ha.heng is smooth road one.as dun wan waste travelling tm for tml,we'll staying over at 寻甸.had dinner at one v big hotel sia.and stayin there also-hee.dinner nt tat nice.had special dish,turkey mooncake 火腿月饼.wa,nice sia.tinkg u all can eat ba.cos really nice.ha.better than those kuay.ha.intended to buy back liao.back in hotel rm,wa! So big,nvr c so big b4 sia.mayb at e curve there ba.hee.




Sun (9/9)-Had a gd slp.hee.natural coldness nite.had buffet brkfast,which i dun like.ha.cos nth i like to eat-sian.and buffet brkfast only rmb5.ha.sgd1 sia.cheap?hee.den went buy mooncake.den set off to 东川 红土地.weather nt tat gd,has been rainin.sian.yest so gd weather,yet whole day travelling on bus.haiz.again,travelling on muddy road,and tis took more than 1hr.damn hungry already 1+.finally came to their so-called city.as its sunday,is marketing day.lots of ppl sia.vehs also alot.damn noisy.ha.while waitin for lunch-went walk along e market,tk pics.hee.lunch tm,gt doggie under tbl waiting for food.so cute.den cont wif scenery.rainin also,sian.and also 2nd last nite liao.v fast.reached our hotel le.is new one.but owned by villagers.but so far,ok.v cold sia.haiz.my jacket keep in n out.ha.no choice.had dinner,nt bad.again,gt dog came in look at us.is female dog owned by them.hee.b4 go back rm,sayang it.hee.wun bite ppl one.lalaa.den wait for hot water n quickly go bath.v cold,shivering sia.ha.like in aust like tat.tml last day of photography liao.hope hv sunny day.pray hard!




Mon (10/9)-Wakie ard 6 to gt ready set off for sunrise shoots.but no knocks on e door,so cont to slp til 7plus,ready for brkfast n set off.is our last day of photography liao.but god din give face.stil v cloudy n moist.cant c anything.even waited for e WU to go away.in e end gave up.went for lunch.while waiting,went c their small market n bought red dates.nice wor.hee.den had potato rice,fish soup.headed to 昆明 by expressway.toilet brk,we bought raw chestnut.ha.tot of mum.can cook wif mushroom,chix.yummy wor.hee.reached kunming,went to tea outlet taste,buy pu er cha.den c slpg beauty.but too bad too cloudy,cant c.so straight to hotel-den go shopping liao.ha.cant really shop,cos all aunties,uncles,nt my type-ha.told dad tml we go shop our own.hee.c hw.finding if gt any dvd shops,but no more.haiz.den found one bookstore.ha.1st thing i saw,jay's new movie dvd! Hee.took 2,cos both diff cover.ha.no more,go back hotel,settle tips for tour guides,bathe,pack,rest,slp.prepare for tml home sweet home.



Tues (11/9)-Early morn had our 1st western buffet brkfast in china.ha.but dun expect much,nt tat nice,haiz.den ready to set off le.had lunch,过桥面线.so big bowl lo.ha.soup v nice.had pig tails also.bought some back also.ha! Nice.400g rmb20,den go buy dvds liao.ha.finally saw english movies,saw transformer,but din buy,nw V REGRETTED.haiz.at least can keep.too rush le.rushing for tm to airport.really no more shopping le.lalaa.Reached airport,rotted for more than an hr,is tm..Is time to go home liao~

teAMBUilding

2nd teambuilding is here.. early morning, gathered at ofc place, and only left me, zn, pr, deb there. the rest all gng by themselves to SHINES..happily with zn and pr..haha..had a tok on stress management..tot will be boring, but at least gt ask me exercise abit..dun fall aslp.den lunch tm le, erm, lunch nt tat nice la..haa..in the end, no place to sit den ended up sitting outside with BF team..haa..den play those indoor teambuilding games.haha..and tot no need play high elements game (which is like OBS course)..so sian, tot wun be playing and hv to wear helmet somemore..also gd,can cover head away from the rain..din really play also,bit scared of heights lor..haa..kinda waiting for 5pm also..which is time to go hotel and chk in~..

Gallery hotel~.. woo.. 1st tm staying overnite at sg hotel..haha..nt bad la..while waitg for the room, suddenly 5 mini cars.. came in a row.. damn cool sia.. yellow, silver, red, blue, yellow..MINI~.. is juz so cool~.. duno hw it feels like when driving it..gt the room card, checking in alone, as my partner joey haven come yet.. so i had my hotel room by myself~ for the moment.. haa.. room is nice.. and bathing area is covered transparently in the toilet..haa..but wat i hate is the toilet flush..which is at the side of the toilet bowl, on the wall somemore..have to bend down and push in..kinda hard sia..haha..and somemore gt weighing machine, nvr expect will have it in hotel room.. had a great hot bathe and ready heading for dinner in law's car~..

The Mind Cafe.. most of the ppl came.. and tryg to find any kakis anot..and some pple already queueing up for food liao..and the place was bit small to occupy all of us..in the end, everyone still sitting in our OWN kaki group..haa..waited for shorten queue til bored until get games to play.. and the loser muz help us queue up for food!.. and hor.. hw come KC no help us tk food huh? haiz..haha..and thks law for helping me get my cam, regretted for nt getting cam..hee..cos tot will be sitting with our own teambuilding mates..food was nice..but kinda dry as most of them are fried..haiz..din finish them..sian..and after tat is games time.. most of us din participate..haa..and even my teambuilding leader went off.. so~.. haha.. teambuilding in my own team..played our own game..and the time was extremely early tat duno wat to do..cos already planned to go for K session after tat which is ard 2 hrs ltr.. called and asked if can bring forward the booking time by 1 hr, kana rejected..haiz. no choice.. rot lor.. wat to do~..

finally K session~.. and another grp was there also waitg for time.. hee.. 9 of us..plus leader wp somemore..and heng he went also la, else nt enuff cars sia..sang and dedicated song to our leader.. Zhao Chuan's song.. haa.. and of cos his popular songs lor.. and of cos our usual songs.. had a good laff during the session thou some of the moment was bit over liao..haiz.. haha.. and sm, kt also came over and joined us.. and of cos nan de whole team except deb, sh, was here.. grabbed this opportunity to tk a grp pic.. hee.. heng came out nice.. =D and also my 1st tm sang K session until so late.. 3am!.. haa..damn shagged lor.. still hv to wakie at 730am for brkfast..haha.. tired tired.. but fun.. and back to ofc, took pics with joey again..wahaha.. ard 4am then zz.. and happily my hp alarm rang for 5 mins then realised is mine.. heee..

is sat morning le.. had only 3 hrs of sleep..tired..went down for english brkfast..can only see one gang of orange pple..haa.cos our teambuilding shirt is in orange colour..but also good for our morn activity.. Amazing Race.. well, is nt abt Eating.. is abt Solving and Running to another stop. tiring sia.. long tm no run liao leh.. sian..haha.. but good exercise la..leg pain le lor.. =X hee.. and happily the LAST stop is SP.. no wonder we were given cash for cab..haha..was fun, as challenging with other team..and trying to be first to reach the stop..haa..and juz trying to find any orange grps walking near us..and juz follow them.. and soon reached final stop.. tiring and gonna rain liao.. and we were the 3rd!.. yeah..hee.. waitg for the rest to b back and started our buffet lunch at Food Haven..potato salad was nice sia..haha..nt much food left also..and after lunch, was the end of our teambuilding 2007 liao.. see u nxt yr~~~

[20070602] Mayday Jump! 2007 World Tour Singapore

think 2nd june is the day which i spent the most ba..finally bought my ideal hp..thou a bit outdated liao, waited since b4 it came out in sg..haa..and ya, ard 6 mths den i go buy..haha..and finally an external hdd also..wanted it to put my stuffs as lappy hdd space dying..hee..

and yeah..finally again, Mayday Concert!.. for those who duno wat i was counting down.. ya, i was counting down the number of days to Mayday concert!.. long tm din go for their concert since my tw trip 2005.. and also my 1st tm went Singapore Expo - The MAX Pavilion..actually over there also nt bad..can bring water..which i din brinG!!..and tk photos happily.. and stand up and shake without any security guards to ask us to sit down sit downN~~..

was damn high lor.. can say tat, its really a place of mayday fans enjoying mayday concert..from the starting of concert, everyone already starting to stand up, and even stand on chair liao..haha.. or shld say..almost all standing? for my row, was kinda far..and was blocked.but heng we r sitting beside the pathway, so much easier to go out the pathway there and stand..and pple behind also started to come down liao..surprisingly no one stopped us..haha..so good..and cos my area is slope one..so can see more clearer, better than all same level sitting..

Mayday sang lots of songs.. sang until damn tired sia.. juz waiting for them to tok..pls tok..at least can listen to their jokes.. sing non-stop for more than 30mins and finally rest toking time.. and cont to sing again.. and i keep complain to joey and sis.. y no Wang Ci?~! sian.. loved tat song lor.. and when start to L-O-V-E.. everyone starts to get high liao! all showin L-O-V-E hand signs while dancing all the way.. and group by group also.. and tat Zhong Jie Gu Dan.. actually this song..every concert is a SURE SING song..and always asked..HIGH BU HiGH~?.. den everyone will shout HIGH~.. but this time, cos the concert theme is JUMP!.. so this song also added one jumping action..as in.. lift up right hand, lift up left hand, lift up both hand and JUMP!!..

GO HEY GO HEY GO HEY~ 一起跳
GO HEY GO HEY GO HEY~ 一起跳
跳跳跳跳跳跳跳~

concert ended ard 1130..3 hrs..woo.. hee.. went 85 for short supper and Home Sweet Home~..

Lunch Gang and BF Chalet

Long waiting planned chalet for our lunch team and BF has finally ended.. had a great day planning, bbqing, eating, playing..

met joey,adr,yz at TM for shopping for chalet.. and ya,over our NTUC vouchers budget sia..haha..duno wat we bought also..din expect will over also leh..hmm..nm la..all shld be using also, trying to cut down liao, the most go there and buy somemore..and also 1st tm finally sat in adr car sia..since the day he mentioned..haa.. =X reached chalet ard 5pm ba.. no parking lots sia. or shld say..a lot have changed over there.cos building up one entertainment complex over there.. and carpark in downtown is like.. more than 1/2 gone.. hv to park outside.. haiz..
waa.. shld consider tat we are the 1st batch to arrive ba.. exclude deb,pr and darren. rest for awhie..and tinkg wat time the rest of them will be arriving.. shld go set fire 1st ba..den deb and pr are like shooting and directing adr to go and set up.haha.den let darren to rest..haa..but in the end, darren is the one to set up la..adr gt help also la..haha.. =X and wat am i doing leh? tking photos lor..haha.. nan de can tk photos with colleagues leh.. hard to tk in ofc mah..shld say.NO CHANCE at all.. of cos muz use this opportunity to tk as many as i can..but seem like my batt dun wan lor..haiz.. damn sian..duno is my batt or cam gonna spoil.. really v pekchet..or mayb i charged since tues? hmm..

started to bbq liao.. waaa..deb prepared alot of food leh.. din expect so much.. gt kebab / chix wings / chix meat / jin zheng gu / prawn / sotong / steak / mo mo cha cha / salad, etc by deb/pr and satay / otah by KS and mifen / curry chix by darren's mama..

den ks and his family came..today was his eldest daughter bday.. and even bought durian cake for celebration.. tat cake is nice sia..haa..and even bought sparklers..cos his youngest daughter like it..and ends up, everyone is playing with it..and took pic of it also..haha.. and james's son trying to catch those bbq smoke..hmm.. cute boy..

and funny part is tat ks's youngest daughter and nd are argueing here n there.. non stop sia.. and 1st tm.. nd 'lost' to this 10 yr old kid ba..haha.. or shld say..nd cant stand her? cos really nonstop until she went hm..haha.. oops..

staying overnite in chalet..only 5 gers and 1 guy staying..haha.. played Da Di until 3am..and everyone is like gonna koonz liao..but i'm nt tat tired yet, thou din really zz alot prev nite..haha..but heng again..managed to zz.. until 545++, kana awake by neighbours. pengz.. LAFF until SO LOUD til almost all of us wakie lor.. esp one er xin laughter.. laff until like tat..haiz.. really feel like going over and ask em to shut up sia.. but simin did tat..haha. but gt use mah? no lor.. after tat still laff.. haiz.. but the moment i wakie already morning liao..haha..only rem deb asked if am i sleeping? cos i was very quiet when they already start to chat liao..haa..think was too tired liao..haiz..

anyway, enjoyed this chalet.. hope nxt chalet if hv, everyone is able to tk part in it.. heee..

One of my 1st Time

hws everyone? been a bit busy on work these few days.. been testing on my module after integration.. and found out many bugs..haha.. damn stresss.. juz sad when u found out hw come keep giving me diff type of msg format..haiz.. was like keep debugging the same part of my codes like tat.. haiz.. but nvm, at least i noe the prob nw..and hope is solved!..

and yeah..this week is training week.. and ya..i'm giving training to few army guys also.. waa.. my 1st time tok to so many pple alone ba.. scary lor..haha.. i cant tok well one.. and somemore, think my bosses.. all scare i cant speak out loud.. and even intend to borrow mic for me.. huh~.. dun wan lor.. damn paiseh when only i need to use mic~!!.. haha.. BUT i did it.. without mic. at least no one asked me to speak louderrr.. hahaa.. so far so good for my part.. thou found some bugs.. haha.. =X no choice la.. 1st tm running my module at this type of setup.. and when doing coding, din even think of this kind of setup, so was kinda messy sia.. its okie if u duno wat i'm toking abt.. hehe..

yup~.. tats wat i been busy since april fool til nw.. hee..

One Yr Old again~

Its my big day again..tats fast.. still rem last yr, i was juz started to work..and had a surprise from my colleagues also.. but this time..i indeed have one too.. din expect also la.. tat day was supposed to be our team's off day.. which duno y. haha.. and y give us off day when we have things to be handed in on monday?~ y dun juz give us DOIL? haiz.. juz curious? thou is off day, all except one came back to work. haha..

tat day.. was not really my day also.. but still okie la.. when deb and pr came, started to have some noise in the room.. haha.. but i din really go and bother wat they doing, juz concentrate on my training manual.. and somehw, its time for me to go toilet. den saw nd looking at me.. den saw deb, pr, dar doing something at the table there.. den saw.. oopss.. i saw it liao.. =X haha. .den was nt allowed to go toilet.. den william? said.. pretend din see it.. muz act surprise later.. okok. haha.. den no choice, hv to go back lor.. pretend.. haha.. lalaa.. then deb said.. 1..2..3.. lights off.. tada~.. sing bday song time.. and dar holds the cake and put it in front of me.. haha.. paiseh sia. really thanks to them.. =D mk a wish..and blow candles..

had adidas bag as a gift..woo.. adidas~~.. thanks thanks.. only mk me think of one person.. haha.. lalaa~

dinner was great also.. with joey.. think long time no go out with her liao.. for 1 mth plus ba.. thou we r from same coy.. haha.. went to Jacks place and have a long chat with her.. den went esplanade to see waterfront performance.. was kinda late, so after tat, juz heading to home.. hee.. but somehow, she pei me back.. and spend my 1st second of 25th yrs with me.. thanks joey.. thanks for pei-ing me lor.. haha.. lalala~

anyway, thanks for the bday wishes.. from joey, adrian tan, kenny, joyes, kj, adrain lim, pr, law, ginny, simin, zn, peiling, deb, totti, rs, ken, audrey, alan.. haha.. hope i din left anyone out. hee.. =)

and once again, Happy Bday Adrian Lim~!

Taiwan Trip 2 [16-19 Mar 07]

16th Mar
Heading to Taipei at 1pm.. was my 2nd time going to TPE..haha.. was kinda rush for this trip ba..but i admitted that i din do any preparation for this trip, all done by my sis. no time to do also lor..so sian..been working and rushing for deadline also..which i only have b4 my trip..stress.. and found out i left one impt thing haven do~.. sian.. still can rem my stress on my 'last' day b4 trip. haha.. and ya, missed my MAYDAY also!.. so sian!!!.. long tm no see them liao, and yet still no chance.. poutx.. i go taipei, they go singapore.haiz..but at least, we at the same airport at the same moment.. hhaa.. wanna see them at airport one since their arrival time is 1150am..but nt tat much chance to see them also..bye mayday~.. see u all in 2nd june~.. lalala..
reached tpe ard 6pm..weather was cooling sia..haha.. like to go tour with jacket on.. at least no need to sweat!.. took bus directly to hotel..成都饭店 Royal Castle at Xi Men Ding.. the hotel is nt bad.. water dispenser somemore, save the time to boil water..haha.. tv lots of channels..room size reasonable..so far so good.. 1st thing we do when settle down is to go and eat 阿宗面线!!.. waaa~ missed it sia!.. since my 2 yrs backk.haha.. so shiok..hee.. this trip, i ate almost everyday sia.think wun sick of it..haha.. is diff from sg's one lor.. tpe one is with intestine, sg one is with oyster. haha..lalala~.. missed it again..haiz.. after tat, we headed to Wu Fen Pu which is at 松山.actually there can be reached by MTR also..后山碑.. woo.. getting hungry liao ate 盐酥鸡, tako ball with mayo and wasabi also.. din really get to see in any clothes over there.juz nt my kind..haha.. walked few more rounds, then go back hotel liao..but of cos..bought something to eat, starving sia..cos no proper dinner.. went to 全家~ for cup noodles and Fan Tuan~..
全家就是我家
我家不是你家

17th Mar
Today will be going to Yang Ming Shan.. planned to reach there quite early ba..cos long journey there.bought some sandwiches from 7-11, took bus 260 directly to there, took ard 50mins..1st time took bus in TPE also.. found out their bus fare is fixed one, unless u are tking to the interchange. haha..and passengers will pay their fare when alighting or boarding on different buses. different rules sia..reached and drizzling..haiz.. y rain~.. bit sad.. cos realise i shld bring along my cap!..haiz.. at least no need to waste my another hand holding the umbrella!..plus cold somemore..duno wats the degree sia.plus WIND!.. haiz.. chilling hands..hee..so nxt tm, pls bring cap!.. argh~.. Yang Ming Shan is having their Flower Festival at tat period also.. so ya, can tk pic of flowers!. haha..shuttle bus service is provided for different destination, bus fare NT$15 per person.. waa.. started to see 樱花 liao..but nt tat pink..din really tk many pics at this place, no mood also la..cos of weather..haha..but pics surprisingly turn out better than wat i expected..


then took shuttle bus to 竹子湖.. was quite a nice place there.. but was getting to rain with strong wind~.. was really like..cant mk it.. wanna go to shelter get some food sia.. plus my shoes..omg~ dirty liao.. heng can be cleaned easily.. phew..lunch was quite okie, ordered kong xin cai, fried di gua (sweet potato), bamboo soup, fried tofu.. haha..think sis ordered too much that have to tabao those fried ones..hee..

as weather is getting bad, we gave up cont to walk ard.. took bus down to 新北投. a place where all the spa are~. woo.. too bad, i gt no chance to go.. haha.. walked past national library 新北投 branch. went to Hot Spring Valley.. was thinking wats was burning there? cos lots of smoke. haha.. was actually one valley with boiling water.. and the steam juz coming out from it.. is really cooling.. plus cold weather with warm steam facing u.. and indeed saw bubbles from the water. esp when the wind blowing at one direction, and u walking along the path, is like u r walking in the cloud.. tats the most cooling part.. haha..but i really experienced in the cloud b4 at high mountain.. haha.. cool~!

Next heading to 淡水~ nice place also.. wanna buy some special nice things one.. but the place was like different from 2 yrs ago. hmm.. was kinda lost wheres the place was.. haiz.. bought 阿婆铁蛋, ate 阿给。 阿给 was nice.. is tofu stuffed with fen si and fish meat with 'duno wat is called' sauce. only noe the name in canto..haha..


Night market again~.. 士林. one of the muz go places when u in TPE. well, this place.. only mk us. eat n eat n eat.. haha.. but this trip, i really went and try many different kind of tw food.nt bad lor actually.. hee. ate 大排鸡 for the 1st time also.. nt bad.. breast meat.. haha..


18th Mar
Today heading to 九份. took train to 瑞芳 which took ard 45 mins.then have to take bus to there..and again, was raining..haiz. is like everytime i go 九份, sure will rain like tat..damn sad..haha.. but at least i managed to see the scenery, last tm is like haze~.. and again~ eat~ 芋圆, 鱼丸, snail meat, taiwan sausage, etc.. woo.. and of cos took pic of nice ancient scenery, however my cam batt juz keep died-ed. haiz. no use sia. oh ya, and 臭豆腐. nt smelly at all lor.. tot hw smelly can it be..haha.. or maybe smell til nice..haha.. anyway, 九份 is a place of souvenirs and their food.


Next, going for Miniatures Museum of Taiwan at 建国北路一段 (if nt wrong). cool place sia.. is juz like.. 小人国.. every thing is minute. juz wondering hw they did it.. is like one book can be really small. smaller than ur thumbnail? and words can be seen clearly somemore.. waaa..and those buildings, with all the deco inside.. hw i wish i can stay in this hse.. is like watching hw they live in this small room.. duno hw to explain also. haha.. gt chance go and tk a look. is juz really COOL!.. one spectacular one is.. one troop of soldiers, cos it reminds me of.. Night at the Museum~ the most nicest deco i feel is the japan street. is really colourful.. plus there has enuff lights for me to tk pics also..wahaha..

finally had a proper dinner at 金园排骨. the noodles is nice 口感.. and the chix~.. woo.. and the rice with those dishes, juz nice. thou look simple, but worth to have a try.

after tat, went to Nite Market again at 饶河街欢光夜市 at 松山.is juz different direction of Wu Fen Pu. welcome us is lots of red lanterns hanging up.. nice scene..and ya, raining again.. haiz.. so sick..and again eat!.. bought pepper biscuit, actually is like toasted bao with meat stuffed inside, ate Bak Ku Teh, tako ball again.. they even sell real crab meat.. as usual, din really buy clothes. changing of season.. which wun be wearing in sg.. or nt my taste of liking also. haha.. but when on our way back to Xi Men Ding, we saw TaiPei 101 in Nite scene..wa.. was beautiful. heng managed to take 2 shots b4 batt died-ed again..haha.. lalal~

walked ard Xi Men Ding.. and see gt any FOOD to eat anot.. oo.. gt tat stall, which sells BBQ stuff.. and i aimed tat BIG SQUID!!. hee.. cos everywhere was like selling squid leh.. i also wanna try.. and indeed..damn DELICIOUS!. is real big.. but will eat til ur mouth tired..hehe.. really big and juicy and Q~.. hee.. i missed it.. hahaha..


19th Mar
Last day in TPE liao.. was really fast.. went for a early lunch at 鸭肉扁. den went walk walk at Taipei Main Station there the underground shopping mall.bought Donut at Mister Donut Xi Men Ding.. actually quite nice.. nt tat sweet. can go try.. and of cos.. nevertheless, duck tongue!!.. woo~.. sure will buy tat home..hee..


tats wat we did for the last shopping in tPE liao.. duno when will be back to here. juz din expect will be back to this same place tat fast lor.. is like so familiar place..hee.. dun have those 依依不舍 feeling also.. haha.. maybe i already start to think of work liao? haiz. haha..

and duno y, juz left me with one terrible headacheee..wanan tk panadol, but cant bring any water on plane.. was really terrible feeling.. haiz. headache til can feel i gonna have fever.. haha.. *shake head* lalaa..

think this post bit bo liao. is like.. writing wat i have ATE in TPE.. instead of shopping.. haha..
well, will upload the photos soon.. if really too many food photos, juz bear with it la hor.. thanks.. =P