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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
I met livingstone after work to go to parkway parade.wanted to drop by Howard's Storage to see if we can get any storage ideas there...aniwae, the barangs there are really too expensive to bring home.so, see will do.while on our way back home,we slowly realise that there was a traffic jam in front of us, just a turn away to our house...oooooh...i noe.it was lunar 9th of sept la. Mom told us before."The Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods is one of the most exotic folk festivals in Singapore, and yet one that is hardly publicised and known even to most Singaporeans."even though we had milk and chicken breast in the car boot that requires a temp below 0degrees celsius. but we dun care.we wanna kaypoh and park our car like a parking idiot, and join in the fun.... heh heh...there were already one stretch of vehicles parked along the double yellow line on the road,and pple started creating another stretch of carpark space jus next to those alrd parked.. so we jus followed and parked alongside, typically, this is what we call, Monkey see Monkey do. hee...pray to God, hopefully fatimah dun give summon.we joined the crowd at 10.30pm.and the whole thing ends at like 11.40pm.first we see buses coming after buses unloading believers carrying 3 huge lighted joss sticks,then we slowly there were some flower-cars, like those of what we see during the early chingay parades,then, there were dragon and lion dance, very very long dragon and very big lion. hee...i hear pple calling it the lion king.then there were 9 GODs walking past. very cute.it reminded us of those japan festive parades we saw during our trip there.interesting.the grand finale is when everything assembled at the same place, the altars arrived.and they started to unload the paper-dragon-boat down into the grassy banks of Sungei Serangoon, a river winding like a dragon towards South China Sea., and then setting fire to it.this signifies that they have sent the nine emperor gods back after its annual birthday bash on earth.view the video for the procession...watch out for the 9 emperors....interesting?
covering more of our secret honeymoon.more fotos on our island hopping trip... at bamboo island..the water was cold!
 this is maya bay, where leonardo DiCaprio film 'The Beach'.idiot, Snake Bar!!! of cos i didnt go in!if anybody went in, pls tell me what is snake bar. #$%*()_ crazy....
enjoying myself inside the clear waters... hee... here, the guy who took this photo ask livingstone, 'jus married?'haha...'can tell' he said..is tat really true?? can tell??? where? i guess it was written on our forehead? ;)
 drinks were provided on board.thailand coke. *burp*
 lunch was also provided.group lunch, ala carte buffet.whatever u finished, they refill.nice.
 after the lunch, we sat on these chairs under the umbrella, for a while...then, a thai came to us and said softly,'.....', i couldn't figure out what he was trying to tell us, so i said, 'wat??''1 chair 40baht'the natural instinct was, we jumped off the chairs, wahahahaha....stingy la, but why pay for the chair la????haha... the last stop.snorkelling.then it started to rain abit...the waves were pretty rough.
 that's chicken island.
notice there was a storm opposite us.  and this was interesting!we were cruising at a no-rain area, but, we were approaching a storm!!haha....so the 6 of us, took picture, and then the captain drove straight into the storm, and all of us jumped and ran straight into the covered cabin!hahaha...it was fun!the rain hit on our body (the guys were half naked, and the ladies were in bikinis), and it was a real pain!haha....the whole trip cost us only 1300baht each.:)
Monday, October 30, 2006
i'll have more fotos to post abt my secret honeymoon,but becos budd is going there after our trip, and i promised her not to publish too many fotos,so that she can go there and explore the place better. hee...now that she has left for krabi last nite,i can post post post!! :) on our day trip to island hopping,the first island is bamboo island.clear waters, clear sky. wow!!
we chose a seat at the head of the speedboat.
it was uncovered, so u can imagine how windy, sunny and of cos bumpy it was.
haha...
2 couples share the front seat with us,
1 couple from solvenia, another from france.
 nice cross for the anchor.
 at the viking cave, the water was clearer and we can see fish, heh heh... (like we never seen fish before huh?)
relaxing under the sun....
my birkies on the golden sand... the sunset girl...more to come.... =)
and did i mention that i had a record breaking diarrhoea session of 18th times in a single day?that was 26oct 06'i had to remember this date...horrible...i had to ask the girls to come to my hse instead of our agreed meetup at fish & Co.we can't cancel the appt, cos christine will be flying away pretty soon.and so, i had to use my eyes to eat the pizza, while they use their mouth.for the whole day, i only had 2 servings of porridge...arghhhhhhh....horrible.doctor gave me 2 days of MC, and instructed me to stay away from dairy products and oily food.nah...how to????we live in singapore.for the next day, i baked the leftover pizza and happily munch away.the next moment, i ran to the toilet agn, for the 19th time....aniwae,that really didnt stop me...hee...i remembered having chili food, oily food and fried food....hee...well, like they say, use the posion to poison the poison la.that is if u noe what i meant. hee....
Thursday, October 26, 2006
i couldn't really sleep last nite,
like a little child getting ready for her 1st day in school.
except, this child has expired for pri/sec/poly, and it is not jan or july now.
afraid that i will miss my alarm clock,
i keep waking up to check the time and the color of the sky.
the last check was 4.30am.
terrible. i was sleeping so soundly for the past few nites...
aniwae, i jumped up from the bed when my alarm rang at 6.35am.
weird, the sky is alrd so bright.
it looks like i have not been waking up this early to recognise the color of the sky at this timing anymore.
i used to wake up only at 7.15am.
and will dilly-dally and leave the hse only at 8.20am.
today, i had to time myself while i shower,
i have to leave the hse by 7.30am.
jus when i was ready to go, i had to have the urge to lao-sai..... eeeeeeeeeeek.
too nervous??
It caught me by surprise that there are so many passengers boarding the NEL train early in the morning, .. hmm...like i say, its been a while since i last experienced the morning rush.
everybody on board listens to something or reads the paper.
i have my ipod now! (thanks to livingstone!) so i blend in pretty well. heh heh...
it took me abt 40mins of train ride from my new place to redhill station.
and another 12mins to walk to my office.
i reached office jus nice. 8.30am
1st mission accomplished!
the subsequent day activities is rushing to the toilet for more lao sai!!
shit....
if this carries on, im gonna be on MC tml.
arghhhhhh....
(how am i gonna enjoy fish and Co. tonite!!????) but i count my blessings today:1) i have my ipod2) i wake up on time and reach office on time3) i have straight train to my office4) i have my morning excercise by walking to office from redhill stationhee hee...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
my leave will end at 2359 today...be going back to work...reluctantly.i noe work is piling up for me,but somehow i have not recollect my feelings or motivation to go back to office.distance is not a problem for me,im use to travelling.i study in temasek poly in my younger days, and i stayed at commonwealth,u can imagine how i travel and transfer from train to bus, from bus to train..so, honestly, im use to it.the thing abt staying at my new place now is, the location is rather straighforward.i dun hv to transfer bus, when i reached the mrt station, that's it, it will be jus another walking distance of 5mins, a mere 450m to my new hse.i travel from my place to dhobby ghaut tonite, and i took 20mins.so far so good.but....i jus realised i have the weakest point ...i can't say goodbye to my mom...i will tear ...i missed home, and i missed her.i missed my neighbourhood and i do hope we dun hv to grow up.i missed the time when my mom hold my hand tight, refuse to let go, afraid that i'll run away from her, fell down, or get knocked by oncoming traffic...while i always try to break free...ha....its the childhood era....i settled very well in my new hse,but....it only happens when i say goodbye to her...
im still reminiscing the place...
so more fotos....
p/s: after all, there's nothing more relaxing then waking up late, having breakfast right outside the room or on the bed, surf net, shower, and getting ready to laze around the beach then surf net, then lunch, then laze again and surf net again then had dinner, then sleep early.... hmm...
 the open concept room, picture taken from outside.of cos got curtains to cover la.... hee...
 every nite, we will be asked what breakfast we will like.then we placed the order, and decide where we want to have it,it can be at the cafe, by the poolside, outside the room, or on the bed.well...we tried all! haha...and its yummy yummy!!they dun cater buffet, so these are prepared individually.
 the bbq food on the street...smells so nice, but we didnt dare to try.
 that's their bus...
our ride on the tailboat to another beach.60baht per person. one way.
i was relaxing half way thru our kayaking, wanted to snap a picture of livingstone, then 1 strand of my hair flew in the air,and my camera focus on the hair instead!!!lol !!!couldn't have been more accurate! haha...
shadow on the beach...
the sunset at Ao Nang,...
having italian....
we are back!!more fotos and updates when we settled down... :)
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