One of the sat, supposed to meet the beloveds... But last min got canceled and postponed to the following week cos the attendance was poor. To speak the truth i wasn't really happy abt it... cos I was all prepared and was planning for other stuff the following week. i.e. meeting other friends whom i have not met for a long time. At first i wanted to ps the beloveds but in the end i decided not to. And because of that, the other plans had to make way till much later (like a few weeks later).
Before that the organiser says that she's sad that whenever she organises an outing, the response is poor. I feel for what she said and therefore typed this post in our group blog. But in the end the organiser didn't turn up for the meet up cos she has something else on. Obviously i dun see the point! I was quite pissed about this whole thing. I dun understand cos she complained, I gave up my meet up and still have to apologise to my other friends cos of this, but in the end she was the one who didn't turn up and wasn't paiseh at all. Then why bother to tell me those things? I dunno. Too bad i didn't know that my buay song sms was saved to drafts instead of being sent out. I felt so cheated for the entire thing. In the end i dunno i put in so much effort for what. My whole morning was ruined by the sms i received. Thanks.
Fine, ANYTHING. I wouldn't even say a thing if next time anyone is not turning up. And i wouldn't hestitate to give up this for something else. Sorry but if this is what friends meant to u all, then why shouldn't i follow?
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Jan 2010 Part 1 ;)
Aiyo.. like very long nv update again. Kind of forgotten what i did already. =x
I haven't even updated anything for January yet!
JB-ed with yushi, sylvia, jan, siyih and mer. A nice one-day getaway i say. Maybe even nicer for them cos they got to work and all after coming back. And i'm the slacking one. Went to shop at City Square (or city what??), Lunched at Kim Gary. Had a nice and full lunch before walking ard. Got a dress and a polo tee. :) And landyard for er-jie, the exact same stitch one i have. I know she's been eyeing it. Then seafood dinner at ERM! I can't rmb the place, have to see picture. haha! Nice and cheap dinner. Salted-egg sauce crab, Crayfish, big prawns, stingray, toufu and veg. We finished EVERYTHING! lol.
Klunch-ed with yuhui, jiale, han and chris. Like wow, i haven't been there for such a long time. As in haven't sing K for such a long time! No time to go more often leh. But Han didn't sing AT ALL, otherwise it's a rather good session. Went down to JP to look for sis after that. Shopped ard and got a dress for CNY. And actually now i've got excess clothes to last for cny! Yay! :)
Went for cycling twice already this month. On 10th and 24th. Have to train for the OCBC Cycle 2010 mah... Very tiring but very satisfying. From the rent shop near to Mac all the way to the end of Changi Beach Park. It's about 40km. 2plus hours to complete the whole thing... But damn tiring. But it's quite an enjoyable process. Looking forward to more! But CNY coming... should have no time to go le ba. :(
So the canceled date with my beloveds became a family dinner instead. Coincidentally everyone was home for dinner that day. Like really cos we didn't really plan to meet but erjie and i saw dajie just on our way to bedok int to meet royston kor-kor, called dad and mum separately and they were near int too. Wah.. Then saw mum's friend. So we went to Aston tgt. :)
Then met the beloveds on 23rd to celebrate char's bday. Was quite a rush for me cos i need to get a few things done. Plus with all the things i was carrying. A surprise visit to Mike and Simon at taka. I wasn't there to look for them lah, i was there to look for birthday card. In the end, saw them and talked for quite a while. I miss working with mike. Haha! Met the girls at Raffles mrt. Walked over to Don's pie for crab beehoon and... unfortunately they just stopped having crabs cos of cny. Like where got so qiao one?! So we went to Sushi Tei instead. Well, not bad. :)
Then got to rush down to nafa to meet minhui, yvonne and joyce cos got gig. First time gig at that kind of place. haha. And i think we will not go that kind again? Cos really very smelly and bad condition too! Like no normal chair?! Only yvonne got the normal chair got she got no choice what. haha! Then the other 3 of us had to sit high stool! Then lighting was poor, so can't see the scores properly. Some have to guess lah. So we screwed up the last song but i dun think the audience really care as well? Came back with smelly hair and smelly clothes. Eek.
I finally cut my hair and rebond again! I think i really 1 year nv go cut hair liao. Think this time should keep trimming.. see can dun need to rebond or not. haha! Sat there for 3.5h. Listening to some random cny songs which i nv heard before and not nice to hear also, using wifi from hp (It's really one of the greatest invention!) and play DS lite. Haha!
Really tired liao.. update another time! Nites. :)
I haven't even updated anything for January yet!
JB-ed with yushi, sylvia, jan, siyih and mer. A nice one-day getaway i say. Maybe even nicer for them cos they got to work and all after coming back. And i'm the slacking one. Went to shop at City Square (or city what??), Lunched at Kim Gary. Had a nice and full lunch before walking ard. Got a dress and a polo tee. :) And landyard for er-jie, the exact same stitch one i have. I know she's been eyeing it. Then seafood dinner at ERM! I can't rmb the place, have to see picture. haha! Nice and cheap dinner. Salted-egg sauce crab, Crayfish, big prawns, stingray, toufu and veg. We finished EVERYTHING! lol.
Klunch-ed with yuhui, jiale, han and chris. Like wow, i haven't been there for such a long time. As in haven't sing K for such a long time! No time to go more often leh. But Han didn't sing AT ALL, otherwise it's a rather good session. Went down to JP to look for sis after that. Shopped ard and got a dress for CNY. And actually now i've got excess clothes to last for cny! Yay! :)
Went for cycling twice already this month. On 10th and 24th. Have to train for the OCBC Cycle 2010 mah... Very tiring but very satisfying. From the rent shop near to Mac all the way to the end of Changi Beach Park. It's about 40km. 2plus hours to complete the whole thing... But damn tiring. But it's quite an enjoyable process. Looking forward to more! But CNY coming... should have no time to go le ba. :(
So the canceled date with my beloveds became a family dinner instead. Coincidentally everyone was home for dinner that day. Like really cos we didn't really plan to meet but erjie and i saw dajie just on our way to bedok int to meet royston kor-kor, called dad and mum separately and they were near int too. Wah.. Then saw mum's friend. So we went to Aston tgt. :)
Then met the beloveds on 23rd to celebrate char's bday. Was quite a rush for me cos i need to get a few things done. Plus with all the things i was carrying. A surprise visit to Mike and Simon at taka. I wasn't there to look for them lah, i was there to look for birthday card. In the end, saw them and talked for quite a while. I miss working with mike. Haha! Met the girls at Raffles mrt. Walked over to Don's pie for crab beehoon and... unfortunately they just stopped having crabs cos of cny. Like where got so qiao one?! So we went to Sushi Tei instead. Well, not bad. :)
Then got to rush down to nafa to meet minhui, yvonne and joyce cos got gig. First time gig at that kind of place. haha. And i think we will not go that kind again? Cos really very smelly and bad condition too! Like no normal chair?! Only yvonne got the normal chair got she got no choice what. haha! Then the other 3 of us had to sit high stool! Then lighting was poor, so can't see the scores properly. Some have to guess lah. So we screwed up the last song but i dun think the audience really care as well? Came back with smelly hair and smelly clothes. Eek.
I finally cut my hair and rebond again! I think i really 1 year nv go cut hair liao. Think this time should keep trimming.. see can dun need to rebond or not. haha! Sat there for 3.5h. Listening to some random cny songs which i nv heard before and not nice to hear also, using wifi from hp (It's really one of the greatest invention!) and play DS lite. Haha!
Really tired liao.. update another time! Nites. :)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Yah!
Finally finished updating abt the trips... Oh.. forgot abt the JB one... aiyo.. will do so soon.
Actually i realised that i really very slow in updating abt overseas trips... Cos i took so long to finish the recent ones... and I really didn't finish the HK CO camp one in 2007 and the China trip in 2008. LOL! Both only have part 1. HAHA! =x I know that's like quite backdated... and seriously i can't rmb those details anymore also...
Moral of the story: Either really take down the details during the trip or just blog it all once you are back the next time.
Hais... no motivation at all.
Bad lah i know. Although i'd really wanted to share both experience cos it's something not everyone will experience. Of cos HK is common lah.. but the camp is not mah... And that China trip was one memoriable one.. cos it's when the sichuan earthquake happened. and places which i visited are so beautiful and i dun think many will visit at my age. haha!
Well.. if i have the energy to do it. i will =x
Actually i realised that i really very slow in updating abt overseas trips... Cos i took so long to finish the recent ones... and I really didn't finish the HK CO camp one in 2007 and the China trip in 2008. LOL! Both only have part 1. HAHA! =x I know that's like quite backdated... and seriously i can't rmb those details anymore also...
Moral of the story: Either really take down the details during the trip or just blog it all once you are back the next time.
Hais... no motivation at all.
Bad lah i know. Although i'd really wanted to share both experience cos it's something not everyone will experience. Of cos HK is common lah.. but the camp is not mah... And that China trip was one memoriable one.. cos it's when the sichuan earthquake happened. and places which i visited are so beautiful and i dun think many will visit at my age. haha!
Well.. if i have the energy to do it. i will =x
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
First time on Pri Sch Kids Erhu.
Last fri went to help laoshi teach his pri school kids... all beginners.. Like wow! My first time and... Really difficult to control them. I almost died.
I asked them what do they know and what did they learn last week or before. They say they dunno! Best, i went over to the other erhu instructor teaching the bigger kids for syf if she knows what the beginners are learning, she doesn't know! And she said that they have been hun-ing all the while. Ok fine, she's not the one who teaches them anyway. Luckily we have a parent volunteer there to give me some hints.
First got problematic students dun want to prac, dun want to play when i say play together. I ask them why are they not playing, they either do not answer me or say that they dun know. Pengs. But there are a few nicer and clever students as well, picking up the stuff pretty quickly. Although not perfect, but the idea is there.
But the students really lack discipline. Super noisy, super dun listening, super playful. Super want to go break and super dun want to come back after break.
If he ask me to go again, I will, but have to use better tactics liao. Must make them listen, practise, and learn more things.
Then i recall myself in my schooling days, i was like super fierce and serious when i teach the younger ones. I nv had trouble making them listen to me. Or rather they are all scared of me to begin with. Ok... that was more of the primary school days. And probably some of sec school days. I was already not so fierce in sac. lol. But i dunno, very hard to be fierce nowadays leh. Maybe old liao. haha!
I asked them what do they know and what did they learn last week or before. They say they dunno! Best, i went over to the other erhu instructor teaching the bigger kids for syf if she knows what the beginners are learning, she doesn't know! And she said that they have been hun-ing all the while. Ok fine, she's not the one who teaches them anyway. Luckily we have a parent volunteer there to give me some hints.
First got problematic students dun want to prac, dun want to play when i say play together. I ask them why are they not playing, they either do not answer me or say that they dun know. Pengs. But there are a few nicer and clever students as well, picking up the stuff pretty quickly. Although not perfect, but the idea is there.
But the students really lack discipline. Super noisy, super dun listening, super playful. Super want to go break and super dun want to come back after break.
If he ask me to go again, I will, but have to use better tactics liao. Must make them listen, practise, and learn more things.
Then i recall myself in my schooling days, i was like super fierce and serious when i teach the younger ones. I nv had trouble making them listen to me. Or rather they are all scared of me to begin with. Ok... that was more of the primary school days. And probably some of sec school days. I was already not so fierce in sac. lol. But i dunno, very hard to be fierce nowadays leh. Maybe old liao. haha!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
HK Trip 11-15 Dec 2009 - Part 3
Day 3
Our planned Ocean Park trip with Von. Gab didn't go with us cos he wants to do his own shopping for IT and gadgets.
Before meeting Von, 3 of us had our breakfast at 海皇粥品.
We had porridge and shared the 炸肠. It's really nice!! The porridge nice too! :) And quite cheap leh... So we went back there for breakfast the next day again. :)
After that went to meet Von for the day. :)
Failed attempt 1.
Failed attempt 2.
Failed attempt 3. We didn't try again. We already asked 3 different ppl to help us take lor. LOL! Even the person with a DSLR/SLR couldn't take one with us and the 'Ocean Park' logo. Damn jialat, dunno what to say. But ya, you know that we have been there. haha!
Von and han initially didn't want to play any rides... Actually i dun really know we go there for what. Just to prove that we have been there before? I wanted to see the animals, but i know they didn't want. So it's fine. But anyway kim and i managed to convince them to take the raging river with us. haha!
Us on the 'boat'. I volunteered to be in front and kim at the back so that the 2 others are sandwiched between us. This is taken along some curve... they were urging me to keep the camera quickly.. and we were really noisy... Dunno what we were talking about but really noisy!!
Anyway we were terribly wet after the ride. I think cos we were heavier as we filled the boat and we are all not exactly light (except for han), so the water splashed over us really badly. As u can see, hair all wet. top wet as well.
Von and han rested while kim and i continued to explore other rides. Ya.. the mine train. Quite fun... but not really the thrilling kind. Mild.
We managed to convinced the 2 of them to take Viking as well! But von was really scared. She couldn't let go her hands at all. While han was quite selective of the rides lah.. and she dared. haha.
Kim and i went to this. Damn fast. the first drop was 'wooooo'. Haha!
We did the cockscrew as well... better than the mine train... not bad... but could be better. Like wow! at least we did something cool there.
Then came the worst part of the whole thing. lol! Han and von initially wanted to take the ferris wheel... but it was too long and they came out half way. We didn't know they went off, they didn't know we were still at the same place. so kim and i had to walk back to entrance to meet them. And kim was really complaining throughout the whole walk back. LOL. really bth. and i was laughing at her throughout too. =P
We left cos von mentioned abt going to the branded factory outlets... we asked for the add and all, thinking to go the next day, but in the end gab says he can bring us there on that day. So we went lor. But didn't buy anything. Not my kind of thing really.
Then we went for dinner tgt although wasn't our original plan. Dinner at 庸记. Had roast goose and some other dish. Nice dinner but more expensive than our any other meal. haha. Anyway i think we all damn sia-suay-ed cos we were really damn noisy. Wah really bth. luckily we wun see them again. i think every other table must be cursing us. haha!
The family photo 1, in the wrong order.
The family photo 2. Insisted empress to sit beside emperor. haha!
And that's all for the meeting. They continued to shop at Central while 3 of us went to 女人街. Did we go back to the hotel first? I rmb it was still quite early... and they initially didn't want to go out anymore. It happened but i can't rmb which day was it. lol! Did we walk there? Can't really rmb but i think we did. lol! Omg i have damn bad memory, next time must write down. haha.
So anyway we took like super long to get to 女人街 itself cos we were distracted by the other things/shops. Went to esprit outlet and got a few pieces. not many lah... Walked down 女人街. Haven't really changed much. And coincidentally saw Kevin there! Like wah... we dun even meet in Sg cos we stayed quite far away. haha. Caught up a bit and continued.
Eventually Kim got really tired and didn't want to walk back. So she got a cab back while han and i slowly make our way back.. like really slowly. haha! Cos we shopped more along the way. Did i mentioned that i already spent most of my money by then? Bought a few pieces of clothing and a pair of boots. HAHA! Super 夸张 but it's true. Think i was left with 400+HKD by then. And we still had 2 days to go leh. or 1 and half. but still!
Day 4
Went to 海皇 for breakfast again... Another cheap and good breakfast.
Then over to 东冲 to shop at the factory outlets.. Got a cap for jiaqi over there and a coach dinner bag/crutch! Wah.. must be thinking.. i still got money ah. hahaha! Initially i wanted to change more money but they didn't want me to and said that they have enough if i need it.
We had Mac for lunch over there cos there wasn't much of a choice. Tried their shrimp burger... it's not bad.. like Mos. haha!
Went back to hotel and then to meet han's friend for dinner. Dinner at 糖朝. Nice dinner too! Han's friend's friend is cantonese and he ordered everything for us. Damn good. lol. Nice dinner as well! And we didn't pay for it. The guys did. and so i didn't know how much is it. haha! Then we went to 女人街 again... Walked damn far too. From 尖沙咀 to 旺角. That's like 4 MTR stops! lol. Anyway by this time.. i'm left with 125HKD. lol!!!
And we still went shopping. I didn't get anything else le lah... but i saw the keychain shop and decided that i want to do something for the royal family. I went in while the other 2 girls shop for denim skirts and shorts. Aiyo... I asked how much is the 5 keychains together. She said 175, i thought it was all right but after 1 sec i realised that i didn't have enough money! HAHA! i thought i was quite funny so i put down that thing and went out of the shop. That person damn nice come and ask me why i didn't want it. And i honestly said that i got not enough money. HAHA! And she super nice to lower the price to 100HKD for me! Like a lot lah... i was quite shocked to hear that leh... i was quite prepared to give her everything liao. hahaha. And so i got christmas presents for them le. :)
Then we went to get the egg tarts han's friend got from Macau. After that we totally cmi and took back to hotel. Started to pack everything into our luggage. Not bad.. everything fitted in quite nicely.
Day 5
Nothing much... Had the egg tarts for breakfast. Damn lucky lah... dun have to get our own breakfast. Cos the 2 of them realised that they didn't have much money left as well. haha! And imagine we already didn't pay for the dinner on previous night. I can't imagine.
Cos we slept really late that night... We woke up late too! After checking out, went to get the 恒香老婆饼. Aiyo.. i not enough money until have to use card lor. Heh. =x And they are really heavy.
After that went back to hotel le. Cos we no money plus still tired. hahaha. Slacked at the cafe downstairs. used their internet for a while but the whole system so weird. after the 20 min usage is up, the com will auto shut off and no matter how hard i tried, there's no more response from the com. dunno what they do.
Slack until the time to leave.. we were the first to board the bus and we all slept all the way to the airport. Luckily we checked in online. If not have to queue and queue. tsk tsk tsk. Yup and didn't buy anything at the airport cos no money liao... But had Popeye for lunch though. Thanks to han for the meal. :) I was left with 25HKD and i brought it back all the way from there. lol!
Yup! That's the end of the trip. Actually it's quite a tiring trip. But it was really good. All girls talk and no restriction! I like. So Qin!! If this year we go anywhere again. i'm not asking my sis at all. haha! Yeah.
Before meeting Von, 3 of us had our breakfast at 海皇粥品.
We had porridge and shared the 炸肠. It's really nice!! The porridge nice too! :) And quite cheap leh... So we went back there for breakfast the next day again. :)
After that went to meet Von for the day. :)
Failed attempt 1.
Failed attempt 2.
Failed attempt 3. We didn't try again. We already asked 3 different ppl to help us take lor. LOL! Even the person with a DSLR/SLR couldn't take one with us and the 'Ocean Park' logo. Damn jialat, dunno what to say. But ya, you know that we have been there. haha!
Von and han initially didn't want to play any rides... Actually i dun really know we go there for what. Just to prove that we have been there before? I wanted to see the animals, but i know they didn't want. So it's fine. But anyway kim and i managed to convince them to take the raging river with us. haha!
Us on the 'boat'. I volunteered to be in front and kim at the back so that the 2 others are sandwiched between us. This is taken along some curve... they were urging me to keep the camera quickly.. and we were really noisy... Dunno what we were talking about but really noisy!!
Anyway we were terribly wet after the ride. I think cos we were heavier as we filled the boat and we are all not exactly light (except for han), so the water splashed over us really badly. As u can see, hair all wet. top wet as well.
Von and han rested while kim and i continued to explore other rides. Ya.. the mine train. Quite fun... but not really the thrilling kind. Mild.
We managed to convinced the 2 of them to take Viking as well! But von was really scared. She couldn't let go her hands at all. While han was quite selective of the rides lah.. and she dared. haha.
Kim and i went to this. Damn fast. the first drop was 'wooooo'. Haha!
We did the cockscrew as well... better than the mine train... not bad... but could be better. Like wow! at least we did something cool there.
Then came the worst part of the whole thing. lol! Han and von initially wanted to take the ferris wheel... but it was too long and they came out half way. We didn't know they went off, they didn't know we were still at the same place. so kim and i had to walk back to entrance to meet them. And kim was really complaining throughout the whole walk back. LOL. really bth. and i was laughing at her throughout too. =P
We left cos von mentioned abt going to the branded factory outlets... we asked for the add and all, thinking to go the next day, but in the end gab says he can bring us there on that day. So we went lor. But didn't buy anything. Not my kind of thing really.
Then we went for dinner tgt although wasn't our original plan. Dinner at 庸记. Had roast goose and some other dish. Nice dinner but more expensive than our any other meal. haha. Anyway i think we all damn sia-suay-ed cos we were really damn noisy. Wah really bth. luckily we wun see them again. i think every other table must be cursing us. haha!
The family photo 1, in the wrong order.
The family photo 2. Insisted empress to sit beside emperor. haha!
And that's all for the meeting. They continued to shop at Central while 3 of us went to 女人街. Did we go back to the hotel first? I rmb it was still quite early... and they initially didn't want to go out anymore. It happened but i can't rmb which day was it. lol! Did we walk there? Can't really rmb but i think we did. lol! Omg i have damn bad memory, next time must write down. haha.
So anyway we took like super long to get to 女人街 itself cos we were distracted by the other things/shops. Went to esprit outlet and got a few pieces. not many lah... Walked down 女人街. Haven't really changed much. And coincidentally saw Kevin there! Like wah... we dun even meet in Sg cos we stayed quite far away. haha. Caught up a bit and continued.
Eventually Kim got really tired and didn't want to walk back. So she got a cab back while han and i slowly make our way back.. like really slowly. haha! Cos we shopped more along the way. Did i mentioned that i already spent most of my money by then? Bought a few pieces of clothing and a pair of boots. HAHA! Super 夸张 but it's true. Think i was left with 400+HKD by then. And we still had 2 days to go leh. or 1 and half. but still!
Day 4
Went to 海皇 for breakfast again... Another cheap and good breakfast.
Then over to 东冲 to shop at the factory outlets.. Got a cap for jiaqi over there and a coach dinner bag/crutch! Wah.. must be thinking.. i still got money ah. hahaha! Initially i wanted to change more money but they didn't want me to and said that they have enough if i need it.
We had Mac for lunch over there cos there wasn't much of a choice. Tried their shrimp burger... it's not bad.. like Mos. haha!
Went back to hotel and then to meet han's friend for dinner. Dinner at 糖朝. Nice dinner too! Han's friend's friend is cantonese and he ordered everything for us. Damn good. lol. Nice dinner as well! And we didn't pay for it. The guys did. and so i didn't know how much is it. haha! Then we went to 女人街 again... Walked damn far too. From 尖沙咀 to 旺角. That's like 4 MTR stops! lol. Anyway by this time.. i'm left with 125HKD. lol!!!
And we still went shopping. I didn't get anything else le lah... but i saw the keychain shop and decided that i want to do something for the royal family. I went in while the other 2 girls shop for denim skirts and shorts. Aiyo... I asked how much is the 5 keychains together. She said 175, i thought it was all right but after 1 sec i realised that i didn't have enough money! HAHA! i thought i was quite funny so i put down that thing and went out of the shop. That person damn nice come and ask me why i didn't want it. And i honestly said that i got not enough money. HAHA! And she super nice to lower the price to 100HKD for me! Like a lot lah... i was quite shocked to hear that leh... i was quite prepared to give her everything liao. hahaha. And so i got christmas presents for them le. :)
Then we went to get the egg tarts han's friend got from Macau. After that we totally cmi and took back to hotel. Started to pack everything into our luggage. Not bad.. everything fitted in quite nicely.
Day 5
Nothing much... Had the egg tarts for breakfast. Damn lucky lah... dun have to get our own breakfast. Cos the 2 of them realised that they didn't have much money left as well. haha! And imagine we already didn't pay for the dinner on previous night. I can't imagine.
Cos we slept really late that night... We woke up late too! After checking out, went to get the 恒香老婆饼. Aiyo.. i not enough money until have to use card lor. Heh. =x And they are really heavy.
After that went back to hotel le. Cos we no money plus still tired. hahaha. Slacked at the cafe downstairs. used their internet for a while but the whole system so weird. after the 20 min usage is up, the com will auto shut off and no matter how hard i tried, there's no more response from the com. dunno what they do.
Slack until the time to leave.. we were the first to board the bus and we all slept all the way to the airport. Luckily we checked in online. If not have to queue and queue. tsk tsk tsk. Yup and didn't buy anything at the airport cos no money liao... But had Popeye for lunch though. Thanks to han for the meal. :) I was left with 25HKD and i brought it back all the way from there. lol!
Yup! That's the end of the trip. Actually it's quite a tiring trip. But it was really good. All girls talk and no restriction! I like. So Qin!! If this year we go anywhere again. i'm not asking my sis at all. haha! Yeah.
Sidenote: My Stitch is Still very famous over there, his things are ALL over the place.. i wished i could bring all back. but ya.. nv lah of cos. No money and space lah. -.- But Yay! I LOVE STITCH! haha!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
HK Trip 11-15 Dec 2009 - Part 2
Day 2
On our way to breakfast!!
Dim sum breakfast at 莲香楼. The super traditional HK styled dim sum, where ppl push the carts around. It's the kind of eating place u got to share table with other eaters. It was really kind of the locals to help us when we need. It's kinda a messy place, but the food is nice definitely. And it's cheap too! Oh! To speed things up and to prevent ur fav food from getting sold out, wait at the kitchen door and get the food on your own. Yea.. nice place recommended by han. :)
After our hearty breakfast, proceeded to our next stop - 長洲.. first time there! Got to take a ferry for abt 1h. We took the express one there and the normal one back. Cos we dun have a choice. But fine we got a taste of both. :)
Walked ard the little island. It's really quite small, but there was quite an activities going on the streets. more of tourism of cos. Bought some of the gifts there, tried some bread from their bakery, (which is really nice!), and went for lunch thereafter.
Our lunch place... Just along the riverbank... there were a whole stretch of restaurants over there. Actually we don't know which is nice, so just chose 1 and try lor. haha.
Apparently the food is not bad but the 辣子鸡 is like too much (spicy) for us. But the fish, oyster egg and veg was good! And all these right... only 168HKD. Means to say less than 10SGD each.
We went back after the lunch cos there was nothing else on the island. And it was already ard 3+ when we got back. Kinda tired, so we got some snacks and drinks at MIX cafe. They serve lotsa different juices! But i had Honey Cinnamon Latte. (if i didn't rmb wrongly) And above is the classic pancakes which both kim and i had. Han got fruit tar from another place.
After the rest, we finally got up and went for our shopping round. Walked over to H&M! Like seriously bought a lot... But our biggest spender there was Han. She got like almost everything. And ya.. i got a few tops from there as well. :)
On our way to breakfast!!
Dim sum breakfast at 莲香楼. The super traditional HK styled dim sum, where ppl push the carts around. It's the kind of eating place u got to share table with other eaters. It was really kind of the locals to help us when we need. It's kinda a messy place, but the food is nice definitely. And it's cheap too! Oh! To speed things up and to prevent ur fav food from getting sold out, wait at the kitchen door and get the food on your own. Yea.. nice place recommended by han. :)
After our hearty breakfast, proceeded to our next stop - 長洲.. first time there! Got to take a ferry for abt 1h. We took the express one there and the normal one back. Cos we dun have a choice. But fine we got a taste of both. :)
Walked ard the little island. It's really quite small, but there was quite an activities going on the streets. more of tourism of cos. Bought some of the gifts there, tried some bread from their bakery, (which is really nice!), and went for lunch thereafter.
Our lunch place... Just along the riverbank... there were a whole stretch of restaurants over there. Actually we don't know which is nice, so just chose 1 and try lor. haha.
Apparently the food is not bad but the 辣子鸡 is like too much (spicy) for us. But the fish, oyster egg and veg was good! And all these right... only 168HKD. Means to say less than 10SGD each.
We went back after the lunch cos there was nothing else on the island. And it was already ard 3+ when we got back. Kinda tired, so we got some snacks and drinks at MIX cafe. They serve lotsa different juices! But i had Honey Cinnamon Latte. (if i didn't rmb wrongly) And above is the classic pancakes which both kim and i had. Han got fruit tar from another place.
After the rest, we finally got up and went for our shopping round. Walked over to H&M! Like seriously bought a lot... But our biggest spender there was Han. She got like almost everything. And ya.. i got a few tops from there as well. :)
Then we walked with Kim to Mariott to get something... Yes. we walked.. and it was quite far... hahaa! but all right cos of the cool weather.. but a rather long walk though. afterwhich we were all deadbeat, like seriously. lol.
We were supposed to meet von but we were all dead tired from the shopping and walk ard all day. so didn't. Went back hotel to rest a while and put the shoppings down cos it was still early!!! err.. i also dunno why we so early lah. lol! Did we have dinner? i can't even rmb. hahaha!
Then i asked them to go out and walk again. hee. This time we walked towards 油麻地. But didn't go out for very long cos shopped at this shop for a long time, bought some clothes and jackets and return to the hotel. We got like membership for that shop lah.. hahha! a bit 夸张 right.. but that was it. Heh.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
HK Trip 11-15 Dec 2009 - Part 1
Err... time to update abt my HK trip hor? LOL!
Ya.. after going through a lot of trouble and coordination, finally the 3 of us embark on this 5D4N trip.
Ya.. after going through a lot of trouble and coordination, finally the 3 of us embark on this 5D4N trip.
Day 1
Took an early flight on Airbus 380 there. First time on the airbus. Han and i went upstairs to take a look. LOL!
Coincidentally, I saw Haizhen-gugu and her husband aka 姑丈 at the HK airport. We were sent to our hotels in the same mini-bus. :) Took a photo but it's in her cam.
Anyways.. Checked in to Eaton Hotel at the end of Nathan Road.. and then went for our dinner.. That was abt 5pm. Haha!
Our first meal in HK. My 排骨捞面 or something like that. =x Anyway it's at the 茶餐厅 just opposite our hotel.
After that we started our walking journey... Walked to 尖沙咀. All the way to Sogo. Didn't really buy anything. (Not yet). haha. It got dark really early cos it's winter. Ard 6pm it's already all dark like it's 8pm. And we thought it was late already. lol. Cos we started early mah...
So we stopped over at a dessert shop for some dessert lor. It was abt 8pm. Me and my mango grass jelly! It's cool! :) Wanted something else but they didn't have already. But this is nice too! Yeah.
After which, we walked back to our hotel. Got ourselves some snacks and yeah... enjoy the rest of the night having HTHT! heheh.
Ok.. will continue again tmr. Haha. (i think i will)
Monday, January 11, 2010
Year 2010 Resolution :)
Yeah.. So for a good start for 2010. (Er ok... it's already 11 days past the start of 2010) I did some really fun stuff. Though most of the time was spent rather badly. Will update on the happenings soon. (when i have the time to upload pictures too. or just paste the link from fb. haha)
What i want to do in Year 2010:
1. Get myself a perm job.
2. Find the motivation to register for driving. Actually i do have it in mind. But have nv carried it out. =x
3. Lose some weight. (which i've already been trying)
4. See more of the world! Which will probably start with the Penang trip in May. But i hope to go somewhere further and that i've nv been before.
5. Listen to more good music.
6. Attend more arts events.
7. Have more savings.
8. Possess a iPod Touch. :) Probably the 2nd month into my first job. Cos the first month's pay is to be used to give my loved ones a good treat. :) Be nice to me now. haha!
However, to fulfill no. 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8, I want to use my own money for everything, and so the prerequisite is no. 1. And i'm really trying now. Mum ever offered to pay for my whole driving course, but i thought i should do it myself. I think their money should be kept for themselves. If my sis can do it on her own, i can too!
I thought it went quite ok today. Preparations really helped. I wasn't nervous at all. Had everything ready to say and ready to ask. Thanks to my sister. Always the greatest helper. :)
Yup. I'm quite looking forward to what is installed for me this year. If it's good, I'll be really happy. If it's not, I will just have to take it as it comes. What haven't I been through anyways? Haven't 2009 shocked me enough?
What i want to do in Year 2010:
1. Get myself a perm job.
2. Find the motivation to register for driving. Actually i do have it in mind. But have nv carried it out. =x
3. Lose some weight. (which i've already been trying)
4. See more of the world! Which will probably start with the Penang trip in May. But i hope to go somewhere further and that i've nv been before.
5. Listen to more good music.
6. Attend more arts events.
7. Have more savings.
8. Possess a iPod Touch. :) Probably the 2nd month into my first job. Cos the first month's pay is to be used to give my loved ones a good treat. :) Be nice to me now. haha!
However, to fulfill no. 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8, I want to use my own money for everything, and so the prerequisite is no. 1. And i'm really trying now. Mum ever offered to pay for my whole driving course, but i thought i should do it myself. I think their money should be kept for themselves. If my sis can do it on her own, i can too!
I thought it went quite ok today. Preparations really helped. I wasn't nervous at all. Had everything ready to say and ready to ask. Thanks to my sister. Always the greatest helper. :)
Yup. I'm quite looking forward to what is installed for me this year. If it's good, I'll be really happy. If it's not, I will just have to take it as it comes. What haven't I been through anyways? Haven't 2009 shocked me enough?
First Step
Finally did some cleaning to the com desk... And TADA!!
Really clean now.. And more space too! :) but the other parts of study room still... lol! Dun need to say much. Will make use of the time i have to tidy up... if not mummy keep nagging and nagging... really bth... But there's still a lot to go for the room lah.. Jiayou ba. Haha!
Really clean now.. And more space too! :) but the other parts of study room still... lol! Dun need to say much. Will make use of the time i have to tidy up... if not mummy keep nagging and nagging... really bth... But there's still a lot to go for the room lah.. Jiayou ba. Haha!
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Bye 2009!
How long have you not see a new post here? (that is if u are still come frequently like i do) HAHA!
Anyway, though 2009 was an eventful year, it was not the best. Lots of changes to life. I didn't really have a lot of posts for the year as well. Abt 100. Merely there.
2009 ended with a half-happy-half-sad note.
Happy? Why not? End of year is always the party and gathering time.
I had my super fair share of fun with my Beloved COgang, SYCO peeps and Royal Family. It was almost all i could ask for, although i hope there were more ppl i could meet up with. But well, it's all right, we still have other times to do so.
Sad! Cos i lost some of my things. wallet, job, some money during mj, some tears here and there and ya.. most importantly, my direction. The only thing i gained in the process was freedom.
Though work had not been the best, but it's at least better than nothing. I do like the company, as in the nature of the company, although I do not agree with their management style and the rigidity in such an arts company. I do not understand why an arts company has to be so business-liked and artistic reasons was to the minimum. Or at least that is what i feel. Anyway, colleagues are rather cold, there is no empathy between them. And well, that's the end anyhows.
What happened in 2009:
- First 4 months were packed with school, work, internship and syco. There wasn't much time for any other regular activities except for some small meet-ups with the regular friends. Which i was grateful for, if not the whole semester would have been boring.
- Glad to have the chance to travel with friends twice in a year: Taiwan with Qin in May and HK with Kim and Han in Dec. Must have thought that i'm rich. But ya, the 2nd trip was much more like a opening trip with my ny girls. That's why i went. Nonetheless, I enjoyed myself so much during the 2 trips. So many moments to rmb.
- Happy to have the chance to attend 2 pop concerts - JJ Lin on 28 Mar and Stefanie Sun on 11 July. The artistes are just awesome. And we should really support local talents so that they will always come back!! :)
- Other than that, attended quite a few good concerts/shows in the year. Remembering off-hand: Cats, 天冷就回来2009, Broadway Beng, Budak Pantai and some good SCO concerts.
- First time organising outings for the maternal side cousins. Which turned out to be really fun! Once to Pengerang in Feb, and once just the older girls in July. It was really fun with them. We all came from different age group and yet can really click well. Looking forward to more this year. Time to plan for some during CNY. hee. (And forget it, far from possible for the other side)
- Though not always jobless, I have been working on a temp staff basis. With 2 positions related to CO. Yea, i do like the nature of both work, i.e. CO. And i really do not mind working for either of them. But I didn't really like the idea of temp staff because there's no sense of belonging at all. And of cos, I feel that i'm being exploited for doing more than I should. And I hope that 2010 will bring better chances in getting a perm job. Well of cos, I got to be more prepared for such chances. On the side note, it is also becos the temp jobs only pays me hourly and obviously it is very little. Stop complaining if u have a stable job paying more than what i have. Esp. in front of me. I feel very worthless.
- Another good point to mention. I think i've spent sufficient time with the SYCO peeps in the year and we have had quite a few good performances together! Don't u all agree with me? From annual concert to SYF presentation to Outdoor concert to Chamber recital! I still think our tian wang and tai yang was cool and it sends chill down my spine and goosebumps up when i watch it. Touched. Really! :) Really love the SYCO peeps!
- As for my Beloveds, I am really glad we got over the year tgt again. I was happy that i was there for every single celebration you can find in the year. And I want to do the same this year. It feels happy and blessed to have friends with me for my special day every year and i hope u all feel the too! :) So be sure you are there for mine and the others as well. :D
- Started to gym in Aug. Had a good time in gym and had a good time having runs and all, to keep fit and loose some fats of cos. And proud to say, finished my first 10km run in Dec for Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. I didn't think i would be able to do it before I really finished.
- There are some friends whom i didn't meet in 2009 at all. Was a bit disappointed cos all the plannings didn't come into action. I tried and failed. But I will try again. I don't believe that everyone would be as busy or busier than me. Com'on friends, we should really meet if not it's really hard to keep up, and it will only be worse every year. All right?
- Thanks to MOE, i started taking erhu private lessons again. After stopping lessons for 5 years, it was really a challenge to take it up again, esp. from a different teacher this time. But i didn't regret and i realised that i found back the passion in it. To excel in it. All these time I was just smoking through with what i rmb and what i thought i knew. But this is the time i really make some changes and improve to what i should have already gotten years ago. If it makes sense to u. haha.
- From the previous point, I was also granted one of my greatest wish - to get a new erhu! I was really happy when i got it. At a not-very-cheap price. My bestest gift of the year. My dad paid for it. He didn't even ask if I could get something cheaper. I really thank my parents for such supportive spirit and actions all these years.
Yup. That's all i'm able to think of. It is an eventful year, whether happy or sad. Well, Sometimes i felt that i didn't really do my best in the year. And definitely it's not one of the best years for me, cos of many reasons. And in fact, quite unlucky in my opinion. Even the good happenings didn't help me in thinking as such. But after reflecting, i'm sure we all have to move on. And well, I can only say that i'm looking forward to a better year 2010. Wash away all my unluckiness please.
Lastly, I thank all my friends who have shown me concerned in one way or the other regarding all the unhappy issues i had throughout the year. I really appreciated each and every one of you and what you have done for me. Without you guys (mostly girls), i would have been much worse than what i feel now. Let's strive together in year 2010! :)
Anyway, though 2009 was an eventful year, it was not the best. Lots of changes to life. I didn't really have a lot of posts for the year as well. Abt 100. Merely there.
2009 ended with a half-happy-half-sad note.
Happy? Why not? End of year is always the party and gathering time.
I had my super fair share of fun with my Beloved COgang, SYCO peeps and Royal Family. It was almost all i could ask for, although i hope there were more ppl i could meet up with. But well, it's all right, we still have other times to do so.
Sad! Cos i lost some of my things. wallet, job, some money during mj, some tears here and there and ya.. most importantly, my direction. The only thing i gained in the process was freedom.
Though work had not been the best, but it's at least better than nothing. I do like the company, as in the nature of the company, although I do not agree with their management style and the rigidity in such an arts company. I do not understand why an arts company has to be so business-liked and artistic reasons was to the minimum. Or at least that is what i feel. Anyway, colleagues are rather cold, there is no empathy between them. And well, that's the end anyhows.
What happened in 2009:
- First 4 months were packed with school, work, internship and syco. There wasn't much time for any other regular activities except for some small meet-ups with the regular friends. Which i was grateful for, if not the whole semester would have been boring.
- Glad to have the chance to travel with friends twice in a year: Taiwan with Qin in May and HK with Kim and Han in Dec. Must have thought that i'm rich. But ya, the 2nd trip was much more like a opening trip with my ny girls. That's why i went. Nonetheless, I enjoyed myself so much during the 2 trips. So many moments to rmb.
- Happy to have the chance to attend 2 pop concerts - JJ Lin on 28 Mar and Stefanie Sun on 11 July. The artistes are just awesome. And we should really support local talents so that they will always come back!! :)
- Other than that, attended quite a few good concerts/shows in the year. Remembering off-hand: Cats, 天冷就回来2009, Broadway Beng, Budak Pantai and some good SCO concerts.
- First time organising outings for the maternal side cousins. Which turned out to be really fun! Once to Pengerang in Feb, and once just the older girls in July. It was really fun with them. We all came from different age group and yet can really click well. Looking forward to more this year. Time to plan for some during CNY. hee. (And forget it, far from possible for the other side)
- Though not always jobless, I have been working on a temp staff basis. With 2 positions related to CO. Yea, i do like the nature of both work, i.e. CO. And i really do not mind working for either of them. But I didn't really like the idea of temp staff because there's no sense of belonging at all. And of cos, I feel that i'm being exploited for doing more than I should. And I hope that 2010 will bring better chances in getting a perm job. Well of cos, I got to be more prepared for such chances. On the side note, it is also becos the temp jobs only pays me hourly and obviously it is very little. Stop complaining if u have a stable job paying more than what i have. Esp. in front of me. I feel very worthless.
- Another good point to mention. I think i've spent sufficient time with the SYCO peeps in the year and we have had quite a few good performances together! Don't u all agree with me? From annual concert to SYF presentation to Outdoor concert to Chamber recital! I still think our tian wang and tai yang was cool and it sends chill down my spine and goosebumps up when i watch it. Touched. Really! :) Really love the SYCO peeps!
- As for my Beloveds, I am really glad we got over the year tgt again. I was happy that i was there for every single celebration you can find in the year. And I want to do the same this year. It feels happy and blessed to have friends with me for my special day every year and i hope u all feel the too! :) So be sure you are there for mine and the others as well. :D
- Started to gym in Aug. Had a good time in gym and had a good time having runs and all, to keep fit and loose some fats of cos. And proud to say, finished my first 10km run in Dec for Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. I didn't think i would be able to do it before I really finished.
- There are some friends whom i didn't meet in 2009 at all. Was a bit disappointed cos all the plannings didn't come into action. I tried and failed. But I will try again. I don't believe that everyone would be as busy or busier than me. Com'on friends, we should really meet if not it's really hard to keep up, and it will only be worse every year. All right?
- Thanks to MOE, i started taking erhu private lessons again. After stopping lessons for 5 years, it was really a challenge to take it up again, esp. from a different teacher this time. But i didn't regret and i realised that i found back the passion in it. To excel in it. All these time I was just smoking through with what i rmb and what i thought i knew. But this is the time i really make some changes and improve to what i should have already gotten years ago. If it makes sense to u. haha.
- From the previous point, I was also granted one of my greatest wish - to get a new erhu! I was really happy when i got it. At a not-very-cheap price. My bestest gift of the year. My dad paid for it. He didn't even ask if I could get something cheaper. I really thank my parents for such supportive spirit and actions all these years.
Yup. That's all i'm able to think of. It is an eventful year, whether happy or sad. Well, Sometimes i felt that i didn't really do my best in the year. And definitely it's not one of the best years for me, cos of many reasons. And in fact, quite unlucky in my opinion. Even the good happenings didn't help me in thinking as such. But after reflecting, i'm sure we all have to move on. And well, I can only say that i'm looking forward to a better year 2010. Wash away all my unluckiness please.
Lastly, I thank all my friends who have shown me concerned in one way or the other regarding all the unhappy issues i had throughout the year. I really appreciated each and every one of you and what you have done for me. Without you guys (mostly girls), i would have been much worse than what i feel now. Let's strive together in year 2010! :)
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