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BALI, the Island of the Gods

2012-01-27T02:05:00.001+08:00

10th-13th Jan 2012 - Bali, Island of the Gods

It happened that Qiann's holiday coincide with my one short week of block leave so we decided to head out to Bali to take a break from all the stress and happening in Singapore and just relax our body and soul for the new year ahead. Things didnt went very well in the beginning where my interview clashed with our departure dates so i had to rearrange for another flight instead and shorten our trip by almost 12hours. Nevertheless, we still manage to have a smooth trip where things aint too cramped up to not feel the relaxation we are suppose to have.

Due to limited flights of Jetstar, we had to venture new airline and decided to give AirAsia a go. The plane was as small yet comfy as a Jetstar's, just that they tend to slack a little on the rules, such as not needing to put all our bags on the floors, unlike the Jetstar that just insist on not letting us put it on our laps. Either way, both flights have proven to be safe, for afterall, im blogging now aint i?

Touchdowned late in the evening and was greeted by an interesting airport which does not look like one. It felt like we going to walk into a museum or temple when we alighted from the airport shuttle bus and headed towards the arrival hall. Didnt capture any photos as it was rather late and we were rushing quickly so that we could still explore their town after checking in. Had an airport transfer (which isnt worth it, but its better than finding where to flag a cab in that messy airport) and arrived at our hotel after a 30min drive.

The suite looks fantastically good, although its considered to be small for a suite but its large enough for the two of us. A side note is that the tap water is yellowish and unsafe for drinking (and brushing of teeth, according to one of the forum i researched on) so we played safe and bought alot of 1.5L mineral water (which is really cheap like 50c each) and brushed our teeth with them. :/

Once we are in the room, we dropped all the barangs we had and quickly head out to Kuta Square for some late night shopping and dinner. Bali doesnt really have much things to shop, especially clothes because everywhere sells almost identical products! Otherwise it will be those branded ones which is almost similar price to Singapore. I will still recommend bangkok to be the best place for shopping and boy do i miss the tuk tuk rides! *ok back to bali* We managed to buy some accessories which Qiann has a thing for before searching for Made Warung Restaurant because i forgot to bring my map out =.="

The restaurant look very vintage and has a nice atmosphere while we dine on their mehh-nothing-special food. Here we noted that they actually have a lot of staffs, so much that most of them were just doing nothing and chitchatting. There were about 10! floor personnels and there were at most 20 tables in the whole restaurant, so i dun know why but this just look like overstaffed to me.

Ventured around to the clubs area in search of this Bali Bombing Memorial as its one of the highlights to see when in Bali. Was wondering whether the people there are just unfriendly or doesnt seems to know the surrounding around them or just doesnt want to talk about it or doesnt understand me but no one appears to know the location of this memorial when i asked around for directions. The funniest was when at the end i asked a store cashier (whom again told me she doesnt know where) and i gave up and walked on and there right in front, not more than 50m away from the shop, lies the memorial. =.=" Took a photo there for memory sake and quickly left the scene as it just doesnt feel safe. =/

That concludes Day 1 and we went back to have some early good night rest as we have to wake up at 6.30am the next day.

Woke up really early and set off towards the white water rafting destination. It was quite a long journey but we had a friendly driver whom chatted with us and made the trip less boring, and at least keep me awake because im a little paranoid with foreign land and will try my best to stay awake to make sure they do not bring us to anywhere else. We passed by alot of stone statues and art cravings shops along the way, as well as rice padi fields which could be found at almost any spare lands beside the road and they are HUGE.

Arrived at the main entrance and got ready by changing to our going-to-get-wet clothes and safekeeping our bags with the staffs, whom will bring them to the bottom of the river where we will end the rafting at. We had to wait for a while because a raft need at least 4 passengers so in the meanwhile we just wait at their waiting area and had a phototaking spam. Didnt take long before a large group of caucasian arrive and we continued on.

In Bali, you will find alot of caucasian tourists because here is the Paris to them. They probably been to their Paris and Italy or neighbouring countries just as much as how we been to our Msia and Thailand. Most of the caucasians

Once everyone is ready, we changed into our lifejackets, grabbed our paddles and made our way down a loooooooong flight of stairs. At midway we were able to hear the river and thought that we are reaching the bottom, but there are more steps that doesnt seem to end. Eventually we all reached the bottom and got onto the raft and off we go for our wet adventures.

Went down a series of rapids and ripples and the song Bouncy Ride will start to ring in your mind. It was exciting yet not extreme, though we have a few rough bumps against the rocks or the sides. There are also calm portions of the river, where they allow you to get off the raft and have a swim, or rather just remain afloat while the river carries you downstream. At scenic shallow spots, they will stop and let us disembark to take photos to bring back the memories to share.

There was a small waterfall behind us so we decided to approach it for our photoshoot but the ground suddenly became too deep and we were dragged off by the currents. Luckily and skillfully, our guide managed to capture a nice shot of us (picture 2) before we struggled downstream as we get further and further away. (picture 3 and 4) However the ground starts to get shallow once again and we walked up with some difficulties (picture 5) before we reach the knee deep area once more.

There were also pit stops where the locals will sell you drinks and fruits like coconuts which you can refresh yourselves with after the hard work of paddling while the others will take a soak or take more photos around the area. The water does get colder as you travel downstream so its always better to take a dip the very first time you met calm waters and is given permission to. Afterwards it got too chilly that we just shaked our heads when offered the chance to swim again.

Thats our guide, whom was really friendly and could speak french rather fluently. The one on the right is a young french chap that rafted with us and his mom, that is just too cute to resist a photo taken with. There were many moments we just sailed down the river while sharing stories of our adventures and lifestyle, and there were no boring moments throughout the 2hours of waterrafting. Washing up, changing rooms and buffet lunch are also provided so we quickly dry up and slipped into our dry clothes before having sumptuous foods to fill our stomach. Once done, we had a transfer ride which brought us back to our 100 sunset hotel.

Did a little photoshoot session outside our suite even though it was super windy at that moment. The skies were also slightly cloudy, but we managed to come up with severals nice shots. Did it for about 15min before we quickly wrapped up and head back inside, for fear of catching a cold to spoil the mood for the rest of the trip.

Did more shoppings afterward along Seminyak Road while trying to search for a certain shop and that basically took the entire late afternoon to evening. We bought several souvenirs, including the huge dream catcher for Qiann herself, and head to Rumours for our dinner. The restaurant is like a pub restaurant so we had a little drink and food and ended with their speciality dessert the CheeseCake, which tasted heavenly. It was so great we bought another one back to the hotel to enjoy it as our supper.

The next day we venture to the Kuta Beach after a sumptuous breakfast and it was more empty than i expected. The waves were also not as huge as i imagined but they were enough for the beginner surfers where you see them gliding thru the waves for about 10sec max before it becomes too small for surfing. There are alot of locals there trying to sell you surf tuitions or boards which get annoying after staying there for about 15min. A great tactic to avoid them will be to walk nearer to the waters and they tend to not approach and bug you as there is a larger distance between us.

More photoshoot and camwhores photos at the beach. There isnt much scenic areas around the beach so i would avoid coming to this beach next time round. Instead we will explore a beach further down called the "Dream Beach" where the water is much clearer and the sands whiter and nicer. But anyway, there is a nice market beside the beach which sells tourist products like bags and clothes and accessories at quite an affordable rate.

Point to remember is to keep bargaining especially when you go there in the morning, because they will attempt to secure their first customer at all cost to ensure good luck and sales for the rest of the day. We bought alot of souvenirs back from there but had to leave quickly because it started pouring heavily.

Went further down to Kuta Discovery Mall and had our lunch there while waiting for the rain to subside. We finally decided to settle for Black Canyon Coffee restaurant to have their ramen for lunch. Their signature coffee for 2 is also really tasty and is quite a hit with all the customers there because everyone around us is drinking it too! While waiting for our food to be served, Qiann decided to help out with the impromptu itinerary for the rest of the day, for the bad weather had spoilt quite a bit of our original plan.

We had macarons after lunch and it was the first time im putting such a thing into my mouth! Had never taken a craving for them although it was often mentioned as a super-delicious-dessert. Finally gave it a shot but it didnt really came up to my liking. I probably will go back to having ice creams or cakes as the aftermeal.

As it was still raining, we went back to the hotel and had our Balinese massage in the room. I think im pretty much soften up for i always crack my back and neck whenever i feel that they are stiffening up, so i didnt really felt the awesome relax feeling after the whole thing. Or rather, i found it rather ticklish at certain parts such as the soles of my feet and the upper thighs but it was enjoyable throughout the process. Afterwards we waited a while for the oil to penetrate our skin and make it smoother or something before we washed it off and went off to our next location.

Took a cab to Krisna where we did souvenirs shopping again for almost 2 hours. I would suggest you to have this as your first destination because it has one of the cheapest prices and its where the locals shop themselves too. There is a wide variety of clothes and toys and shoes and spa products and bags and anything and should you not find the patterns or design to your liking, at least you have the idea of how much they should cost and aim towards it when you bargain at the markets outside.

The entire day was quite spoilt due to the rain so after the shopping, we went for an early dinner at Balcony. The design within the restaurant is just amazingly good and we decide to splurge a little on our last meal there so it is a little more expensive as compared to an average bali meal. We even had to count our remaining money so that we have enough for the return cab fares. =/

With that dinner, it conclude the day, as well as the trip because we have an early morning flight the next day so the night was spent packing up and enjoying the last few moments of the room and clearing of the tibits we bought in case we were hungry. The next day was just a mere check out and we are off to the airport, and back to Singapore, our home.

2012-01-07T21:50:00.000+08:00

Wow, the previous post is like 8 days before enlistment and today im posting after the passing out parade which symbolise the end of my 9 weeks of BMT. Just like the common saying in army goes, "Where Got Time", when you are serving the nation and only having 2 days of weekends to enjoy the civilian life, there is really no time for things like blogging or checking of social sites like facebook or twitters. Nonetheless, now that im done with my BMT part of NS, i shall take a few minute to look back the days in army, and treasure some of the great memories i had back there.

When i was first posted into Ninja Company i dun even have a slight idea of its reputation until i overheard others sighing over their fate as a Ninja. Although it is known to be the strictest and toughest company, im really proud to be part of the Ninja family. Whenever we reply to others that we are from Ninja, they will have that look of respect in their eyes because we made it through their training and have lived up to its reputation. It feels good too when we did a clean sweep on games day where we won almost every games there is, and goes around showing off that we are the champions. Its kinda a legacy too, for our commanders told us that for the past few batches, Ninja have always took the champion position. So its always up to us to keep it that way and when we do get the championship, we felt like we did the company and its past generations proud.

Yesterday was quite a slack as we were to get as much rest as we could before our high key the night 24km route march. The itinerary in the day was mainly breakfast, nap, lunch, nap, dinner, nap, pack and move out. That was really the best day of bmt which you will be hoping that everyday is just like this, until the start of the route march that is. It was actually more like 27km route march if you are really calculative but like another saying goes, "Life Goes On". As we marched, there were still many cyclists and party animals having their BBQ, tempting us with their satays and chicken wings aroma, as well as passerbys that helped to cheer us on even though we were disturbing them by taking up much of the pathway as we goes by. It is much better than marching in forests and tekong, for at least there are things to look at, and look forward to, such as the sight of the Singapore Flyer or MBS, which signal that we are closing to the finishing line. (Anyway, when we does have vision on the MBS, we were still like 5km away so it was more like a mindfucked thing)

And lastly was the Passing Out Parade, the one moment that we all been waiting for, after rehearsing it for like 7 times back in Tekong Island, did a fantastic march, threw our jockey cap and we are officially no longer a recruit! Now im going to enjoy my one week blocked leave, before i goes back to the army life next next monday. Hopefully, my next blogpost would not be 20months later when i ORD from everything. =/

8 more days to NS

2011-11-01T00:35:00.000+08:00

8 more days to my first book in in Tekong.. Mixed feeling about it but im going to try and brainwash myself that everyone is going to go through it and i might as well enjoy it instead since there is no way out of this.. So im going to make full use of the remaining days and then face reality..

Woke up early in the morning at 815am and rushed down to the Mcdonald at Northpoint for the cheap McBreakfast deals.. got the new paper too and went back to enjoy the morning.. It been a while since i read newspaper.. usually only read it when im working and the papers are provided.. otherwise im just too lazy to grab one..

Tumblr-ed around a little and read almost every posts and Q&A at MaleMinded.tumblr.com.. the way he replies to stupid quesions really made me LOL.. especially with all the hillarious GIF images which is so muchh more effective than words.. Just when i finished reading all i had to leave my house to meet my Qiann for lunch at the CBD..

Brought her here again to look at how the CBD look like at different time of the day.. like it being super crowded everywhere at 12pm but totally empty and shops closes at 2pm onwards.. Had those homecooked soup with homecooked veges for lunch and it was satisfying.. not great but good enough to fill your stomach for part 2 of the working day..

Met up with Qiyong afterwards to do Army neccessities shopping at Mustafa Shopping Mall.. its really freaking huge and it sells literally EVERYTHING.. well almost everything.. we just cant seems to find Febreeze and all the staffs there points in different directions and floors.. We asked so many times that we just gave up and search for other stuffs instead.. Bought a watch and handphone and some other stuffs and i am now fully prepared for the upcoming NS..

Started to suffer a terrible flu suddenly so i quickly rushed back and took a short nap which results in instant recovery.. It could be due to the lack of sleep as i woke up much much earlier than normal.. and that more or less concluded the day today.. Productive i say.. =)

Everyday is going to be a great day.....

Lunch @ Dozo

2011-10-03T00:02:00.000+08:00

Went to Dozo Restaurant after i chanced upon it while having lunch during my work.. Didnt know it was located so near to my workplace and my grandparents house.. Read quite a lot of good reviews about it a while back so decided to bring Qiann here for a mini celebration over our 1000th day and upcoming 33th monthsary.. And spoiler: Fantastically AWESOME.. Their service is also really top-notch which can easily outdo any 5star restaurant standards..

They first served this decoration piece when we sat down.. If not that they informed us.. we probably thought its a table decoration and leave it by the side.. but it is actually fried udon that is meant for us to munch on while checking out its menu.. A really nice touch so that we can start having things to chew instead of waiting with a growling stomach.. And that udon tasted so nice we finished it before our first dish came.. And guess whad! THEY REFILLED!

After we placed our orders which took a while because of the variety of choices.. they served us an unexpected welcome drink of plum juice or something.. It is said to open up our appetite but we were already starving but still it taste delicious.. And just to bring up at this point of time.. they pay alot of attention into the decorations of the food.. Everything is just presented so nicely that I was just busy taking photos instead of downing it immediately..

Finally the first dish which is the Chef Selection of Starters.. Look very little but its more of the quality rather than the quantity.. The smoked salmon, scallops and foie gras are just rich of taste and presented so nicely (once again).. I didnt get to know what that "soap bubbles" above my scallops was because the staff said its just for decoration and the main thing is the scallop hidden below.. Really.. presentation style: 11stars over 10!

Qiann had the Stewed Beef Tendon with Puff Pastry.. The staff introduced them to us as the Flyer and the Esplanade which was really interesting because we wouldnt have notice if he didnt tell us.. and after we noticed it.. it was so clear that we wonder why we didnt guessed it originally..

Had the Escargots with Yuzu Butter myself.. I have no idea what the butter is so i didnt capture that taste.. but had a craving for snail meat and they just taste wonderful.. No weird taste or slimy feeling but just a nice piece of meat to enjoy..

Finally Qiann decided to try it out herself.. Gave her the only snail intact the shell to dig out herself and she seems to have quite a great time with it.. She also tried half the meat even though she isnt really a fan of exotic food.. Well done! =)

Next came the soup.. Most of them were seafood so Qiann choices were quite limited.. She had the Mushroom soup with Truffles which is a very expensive mushroom.. That small black thing on the spoon is the raw "large" piece of truffles.. Usually it is chopped super finely and dropped into the soup but this one allow you to chew on it itself.. I had the Crab Bisque Cappuccino which was served in a unique cup and its meant to be drank down like a cup of coffee.. Strong smell and taste of crab and just thumbs-up..

Main Course! The Atlantic Cod Fillet was fresh and big enough to be filling.. especially after all the small dishes beforehand.. I had the Beef Tenderloin on some hot stone which the leaf that seperate my meat from the rock looked very much like its from the trees outside.. But this is way better than presenting it on a Hot Plate like other restaurants.. Though its quite so-so on this part..

Lastly was the drinks and desserts.. Small portions but just the right size to end of the meal.. Had some warm chocolate browie with cold ice cream while Qiann had her much craved cheese cakes.. However just when we thought everything is over.. they surprised us with....

An extra dish.. Nothing delicious but this just brought the experience to a whole new level.. Surprises are always well sought after in such restaurant and we were really touched by their little actions.. They even offered to help us take photos together without us asking for it.. All and all.. the price was a little steep but the food and experience there is totally worth the money.. Will definitely be back for another happy occassion to try out all the other dishes..

Cant wait to bring Qiann out to try new places and foods again! <3

2011-09-30T00:59:00.000+08:00

ONE THOUSAND days has one by since the very first day where we got together after our midnight movie marathon.. Though the whole journey from then to now hasnt been a smooth ride through.. its all the little obstacles along the way that pulled us together even closer and brought us to where we are today.. Im very glad to be able to share our lives together.. supporting each other along the way and walking this life journey hand in hand.. This one thousand milestone is just the beginning.. There will be many more thousands of days to come and im already looking forward to our 10,000th days 25 years from now.. Iloveyou LeongZiqian.. =)

2011-09-28T21:49:00.000+08:00

I need to start running soon!! National service is probably going to kill me within the first week if i dont start doing something.. >.<

2011-09-23T00:45:00.000+08:00

DELL and its rightful owner

2011-09-23T00:18:00.000+08:00

Pardon the lack of blogposts for my Acer laptop decided to give up on my suddenly, so i was deprived of the internet and entertainments and my social feeds for almost a week.. that is until i managed to get my hands on a DELL Vostro 3350 at an affordable student rate.. Been using it for the past 4 days and is quite happy with everything except the need to download all the programs again, which is going to take a while and im still not used to window 7, plus i dislike WLM2011 alot plus this laptop has a terrible speaker.. otherwise im more than contented, especially when i see my name imprinted on the cover and inside the laptop..

Finally settled down and found some time to do some blogging.. there are still alot of photos on hold waiting to be published here but there are so many other things i needa do first on this brand new laptop.. So here is just a quick update and im back to installing programs into this empty laptop.. Chiaos and till next time!

2011-09-11T17:01:00.003+08:00

Lifestyle options.. which will you choose?

2011-09-10T00:39:00.000+08:00

Be so happy that when others look at you they become happy too.

Tumblr Post #2.. When you are too lazy to start a tumblr.. you make your blog look like one..

2011-09-09T23:31:00.000+08:00

So after much choosing, much editing, much waiting, much consideration, much calculating, much hammering, much adjustments.. my first canvas is hung onto the wall! Though i have to say the size is a little small because such stuffs doesnt come cheap and my spare cash aint really that much to splurge over this.. Nevertheless, im still so happy to have my first canvas.. Been appreciating this for years but never gotten it because of the steep price tag.. until lately i chance upon a discounted price yay! Now i dislike my wall color because it look so dirty kinda.. =/

2011-09-09T00:37:00.000+08:00

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

I am just going to pretend this blog is a semi tumblr =)

2011-09-08T22:18:00.000+08:00

I cant write anything tonight.. i really dont have the mood to.. but here is the photo as promised on twitter..

2011-09-06T23:27:00.001+08:00

“My salad days, When I was green in judgement, cold in blood.”

William Shakespeare

I aint even sure why i started eating salad back then but its probably because i was starting to be a little sick of anything that come out of the oil and their quarter pounder doesnt look that great.. especially when i used to be the one grilling them myself.. So that one fine day i decided to try out their salad and it grew to my liking immediately.. However it was alot better when i was working there because you can add as much cheese, thousand island sauces and all kinda extra toppings you like such as crispy and grilled chicken, nuggets, french fries (secretly of course)..

The other salad that i like is those Japanese type with their unique sauces which made the whole salad really perfect.. There is one at JP basement japanese street at the Teppanyaki Shop.. and honestly.. I look forward to its salad more than its main course! Well now that my salad craving has been met.. lets wait and see what new cravings will come to my mind..

2011-09-05T22:26:00.001+08:00

Here is a glimpse of what i had been doing for the past 2 days of work, and what i probably will still be doing tomorrow.. Had to sort all the documents according to alphabetical order first.. then by schools.. then according to dates.. before filing them into their respective files.. Not much of a workload, but its get mundane after an hour.. Again i needa register into my brain that office desk job is so not my kind of worklife.. and i look forward more to serving people and having to move around constantly.. although i also dislike having to work on holidays and taking off-in-lieu plus working on weekends and resting on weekdays instead.. Im a hard guy to satisfy huh.. Guess the only best solution is to be the boss of my own.. that is when i become one..................................................................................

2011-09-03T23:16:00.001+08:00

Bonjour!~ Happy 32nd monthsary to my beloved Qiann.. Had a great day learning french together on our first lesson although it was quite mindblowing where all the pronunciations we learnt for English is so different as compared to the French, and that it will be just a matter of time before we mixed both up and start to speak in a language you may not understand.. Learnt a few things today such as days/months, colors, numbers and some simple sentences. Hopefully this could be a skill i proudly write down in my resume after the end of 10 lessons. Plus, i just figured out that i do own a great skill of poetry as i kept disturbing my Qiann by reciting my edition of her homework while travelling around Jurong.

Je t'aime Qiann
PS for Qiann only: Should you wonder what is appropriate to reply, this is.
"Moi aussi, je t'aime" =p

2011-09-01T23:39:00.000+08:00

Drove to Upper Seletar Reservior with Qiann today as i wanted to capture the sunset today, but was disappointed when it eventually set because it was covered by the clouds. Nevertheless, we explored the park and climb the rocket-like tower where there was a fantastic bird-eye view of the park. The whole environment is so peaceful and calm that you just want to look out into the horizon and let your thoughts flow. A great place to exercise too, though the location is very inconvenient so its better to access it with a car. It is also a spot where you can see alot of hanky panky going on in the carpark, where you see several cars blocking out all the windows with window shades or newspaper. But overall, the park is one of the better one i been to. =)

2011-08-26T23:55:00.000+08:00

Having my cravings of seafood and this picture just have to appear to tempt me further.. I know i haven been blogging lately.. Just doesnt have the feel to for the time being so take a pause.. Meanwhile i am very active on twitter so do join me there instead =)

Here comes the days in Japan

2011-07-22T13:00:00.001+08:00

Here comes the Japan posts. Shall try to update more frequently to thank the loyal readers of my blogs for this past few years. Although you wouldnt be seeing so much crappy posts and random kope-from-google-image photos, i shall still try to not make things so dry around here. Anyway, there will be more texts for the Japan posts since i wrote down a draft on that very day itself when all the memories were still fresh, so the posts will be slightly lengthier as compared to the HK ones. Nevertheless, Enjoy.

5th July 2011 - Day 1 of Japan

The journey to the land of the rising sun begins at our sophisticated Terminal 3. Most of the stores inside were high end goods and its 101% better looking than our Terminal 1 and 2. Everything just feels so grand inside and its always of much joy to fly off from here as compared to the other terminals.

This is the first time im riding on the A380, which is also a double deck plane. I used to think that the fares were alot more expensive than the single deck planes but realised that its still the same price, as least for the Economy Class. Most of the things look similar, except for the extra storage space for the window seaters and the back of the seats where my much-welcomed screen awaits me. Another difference will be during the take offs, where it is alot more quieter as compared to the single deck planes, which is much to my dismay because i like the roaring sound of the engine.

SIA also will provide you with a warm towel to freshen up yourselves before the flight which i like alot, but you have to be quick because they turn cold real fast. Onboard there is also a WIDE RANGE of movies and tv shows to watch, so you can easily guess, but i made full use of my time onboard watching movies. Watched 3 movies and took a little nap in between so as to rest my precious eyes. They also serve unlimited cups of drinks, be it juice, cocktail or wine. Tried the Singapore Sling but didnt like it at all. I still prefer my apple juice which i drank at least 3 cups back there.

Ding ding! Lunch time is here. Pardon the flat hair i got there but its much to blame of the air pressure in the cabins. Anyway, another great thing about SIA is their free meal onboard. The standard of the food is usually very appetizing and i have always look forward to them, but was quite disappointed this time round. However when the lunch was presented before my eyes, it wasnt the food that caught my attention but the METAL cutleries provided. I aint sure whether they changed it recently but when i used to ride on the SIA, they only provide business and first class with metal cutleries. The economy class were given plastic ones which were quite a pain especially with the cutting of the meat. Of course i am not going to complain why the plastic ones were not given instead and so i digged in while enjoying my movies.

Perhaps it is just me not riding on a SIA plane for quite some time but i was beaming with joy when they served us Magnum Ice Cream. Yummy. The tap onboard also has to look so complex that it made me wonder for a moment on what i am supposed to do to get my hands washed. And lastly, something you will not find on a single deck plane is the spiral stairway. Just out of curiousity and for fun, i walked down and up before going back to my seats.

Finally, we arrived at Japan but we still need to take a 2hour train ride because reaching our hotel. Most of the day 1 were just travelling especially with the 7hour flight and 2hour train. By the time we reach the hotel it was already 9pm and most of the shops were already closed. One thing to note about in Japan is to know exactly where and how you are going because you will be buying single ticket to the destination and the train system there is far more complicated than our 4 color lines.

I was quite surprised by the emptiness of the train, especially after seeing many of those photos where the trains are packed like sardines and the train operators have to help to squeeze the commuters in. Perhaps it is not this line that is congested i guess but im glad it isnt because it would be terrible to squeeze with all the luggages. Anyway, in Japan, there are the JR lines and Subway lines which is like 2 different things, express and every-stops train, and also like 10 different color lines heading to different part of Japan. Luckily we were mostly in the central area, so we did not have to change that much throughout the stay in Japan.

This is the first picture i took when i stepped out onto the Japan land but it was totally not like how i imagined it to be. I guess i watched too much tv shows and animes that shows another part of Japan but this just remind me of Hong Kong instead. Eitherway, welcome to Tokyo Japan.

Reached our hotel which is about 4 star. There is a huge lobby with many seating place around. However there is no wireless internet in the hotel and I had to use LAN cable to connect my laptop to the internet. This restricted me a bit especially when my smart BB was unable to surf twitter or anything online.

The room was small but cosy and does not give you the cramped up feeling. The toilet was well furnished and there was bottles of soap provided for the guests too. I didnt use them though because i came well equipped with my own.

Our stomach were growling for food so we went out of the hotel and searched along the streets to find a restaurant to settle down for dinner. Had Curry Udon which tasted similar to what i had in Singapore. Fun fact: In Japan, it is not considered rude to slurp on the noodles loudly. I purposely slurpped loudly on my first few mouths before choking on my own breath and went back to eating normally. It was not that filling as we ordered the small bowl so we went down to their family mart and bought some YongTauFu and it was amazingly good. Their noodles were super Q and i simply love their white raddish as it is soft but not too soft when chewing onto them.

With that, i conclude day 1 by going back to the hotel, chatted a little with my gf before getting some sleep, so that i can wake up to a fantastic Day 2.

Day 4 of Hong Kong

2011-07-21T00:34:00.000+08:00

Hey im back! I just realised i have not updated my blog for exactly half a month and is feeling really guilty now.. especially when i just saw my counter showing a constant number of people visiting my blog.. be it to click on the links or to really read.. but so apologetic that there has been no new posts for such long duration.. Either way.. the wait has been long but here is the 4th and last post of the Hong Kong Trip.. =) Pardon the lack of captions since i already forgot a huge part of the trip. =/

14th April 2011 - Hong Kong Day 4

Last day of our Hong Kong trip but since the flight was an evening one, we still have plenty of time to go for a few more attractions. Woke up early to train down to visit the Peak..

The Peak is located at the peak of a mountain (duh!) so we have to take their tram upwards. Best of all is that the tram doesnt have the motor to drive itself up, but instead is a very thick cable that pull it up the track. Was a very long cable too because the journey up to the peak took quite a while.

Half the journey we were lying backwards because it was a steep mountain. The bottom left photo probably give you a good impression of the steepness as compared to the buildings outside which should be standing upright. There are only 2 tram which share 1 track except for the middle where it split into 2 for each to take one side before going back to the same track. They really know how to save on space huh.

Reach the peak eventually and was greeted with a colorful decoration of gears which sadly doesnt work because it would have been real cool if those were the gears that pulled us up. Nevertheless, we finally reach our place, but our stomach was calling for another pit stop first. Afterall, we have not had breakfast.

Tried their famous wonton noodles there which many stars have visit too and have their photos pasted all over the walls there. The portion was really small and not like the picture which is taken up close to make it look better. Didnt leave much of an impression of it but worth a try when you are up there.

Full of energy, we head on to a downwards trail where we reach an area where there were many carvings on the "wall" so we found a spot and left an indication for us to look for it again when we return some years later.

More photos taking around there. Things to note is probably the Teh Penguin pose which seems to have a thing for.

Went up to the Sky Terrace which was quite a bad idea especially when it was noon time and we have the sun staring down at us. But anyway it does offer a bird eye view of the whole hong kong.

As it get too hot, the umbrella came out thanks to Michh.. and it became a prop for photo taking most of the time instead of shielding from the sun.

You know i am too lazy when i put all the pictures together. Went to the wax museum to photo take with some of the famous stars around the world. The whole of today was mostly for photo takings so i just cut down on the caption then. One word. Enjoy.

Did a bit of last minute shopping, as well as visit the longest escalator which is almost 800m long. Although it consist of many parts and not exactly one whole 800m stretch, but it is in the world record book. One of the attraction there was this MTR Card discount machine which if you tapped it, you will be entitled to $2 discount the next ride. That motivated us to go for the escalator too anyway.

And that conclude our trip of Hong Kong aka First FG Oversea Trip.. it was mostly a shopping trip so pardon the lack of photos. Perhaps the next trip to Aus will have alot more scenery photos when we go and pay a visit to Cybil. =)

Off to Japan 5th July - 8th July (+1)

2011-07-04T15:30:00.020+08:00

I will be on my way to Tokyo Japan in less than 18hours from now and will be back only on the early morning of Saturday at 3am.. This time round i will be going around with my mom and aunt while my cousin will be joining us too, but mainly on business purpose.. Excited over the whole trip despite the numerous warnings of Earthquakes and the recent radiation and tsunami incident but Tokyo is quite safe so things should be awesome around there.. Lets just hope my lack of knowledge in Japan language doesnt hinder me too much from enjoying this week..

Plus im taking SIA SuperJumbo A380 this time round! Probably nearly twice the size of the Jetstar's i been taking recently and its double decker plane too.. Though i dun think there will be much difference as i am still taking Economy and not the rich-and-famous Suite Class where you get your personal room and bed and plasma television all in our privacy behind closed doors.. To be honest.. i am more excited over the A380 than the Japan part.. Oh bother..

Anyway.. Some side topic before i start to pack my bag quickly.. i shall update HK Day 4 after im back because its flooded with thousands of pictures from the wax museum.. and i probably do Japan immediately afterwards.. Taiwan will be kept on hold for the time being =/

Uploaded: Day 3 of Hong Kong

2011-07-02T22:11:00.000+08:00

Just uploaded day 3 of my Hong Kong trip. We left Hong Kong Island and went to Macau to have a look at the Casinos and Hotels there. The Venetian was quite a beauty both inside and outside and we took quite alot of pictures there.

We also had delicious egg tarts which is very famous worldwide that Macau has the best, and we manage to get them into our mouth. However we had quite a bit of trouble coming out from the area because it is like the outskirt of Macau and there is not many transportations that is available to bring us back. For a moment we thought we will be stranded there, all because of some egg tarts.

Read more at >>> deL's Holiday =)

"Day 2 of Hong Kong" is UPLOADED!

2011-06-30T04:49:00.002+08:00

Day 2 of the Hong Kong trip is uploaded finally. Featuring Cable Cars, Ngong Ping 360 and Disneyland.

I am too tired and lazy to think of anything to write here, especially when i just finished sorting over 500 pictures and choosing and uploading and posting in my other blog.. so just direct yourself to Del's Holiday to enjoy the whole story. =) Day 3 is coming soon i assure you =/

2011-06-26T22:35:00.000+08:00

Sudden cravings for Nerds.. it been so long since i last ate one.. just start to miss all the simple foods and candies we used to have while studying in school.. things around me seems to be changing so fast now.. time seems to be shorter and faster now.. though i pretty much have nothing to do.. but i can feel that im growing older.. ohdamm..

14 May - Abandoned Sunset Railway

2011-06-21T19:20:00.000+08:00

Woohoo finally an update onto my semi dying blog.. partially to blame twitter and my working timetable.. but here i am once again.. trying to revive this blog.. Looking back.. this blog had reach the dying point quite several times already throughout its lifespan.. but luckily i was quick enough to eletricify it back to life.. and so this blog lasted with me over 5 years.. =)

Qiann and I met up with A&W for a buffet lunch at a very ulu Japanese Restaurant as we purchased some discounted coupons and was trying to use them before they expire.. But we felt like it was a scam because it seems that even without the coupon.. you could have gotten the price.. Nevertheless.. quite an average meal i guess and if not for the discount.. it would not be worth it as its quite the price of a high end restaurant..

However the main highlight of the day wasnt about the buffet.. but about exploring an abandoned part of Singapore which has sparked the interest of the whole FG.. So we met up with the rest of the gang and took a bus down until we reach the nearest bus stop.. and from then on we have to be on foot..

Even without my smart phone at that time.. thanks to its smart owner.. we managed to find a portion of the track much hidden by all the grass and plants covering it.. Well at least we now can confirmed that no train will be approaching us while we explore on.. So following what was remaining.. we walked on the track towards the bridge which is marked as our destination.. Afterall we aint here for all grass and weeds are we?

And so we walked.. and walked.. and walked.. definitely no stroll in the park as there were broken tracks.. loose rocks.. and more vegetation hiding the tracks.. but we persevere on towards our common goal.. The Bridge..

And we caught sight of the bridge! There was a small signboard there though so we were wondering what it was until we were finally close enough to read it and the smile appeared on most of our face.. You see.. Nothing interest a FGer more than a DANGER KEEP OUT sign.. Maybe the NO TRESPASSING sign too but both meant the same way.. to keep ordinary people out and for those that truly seek an adventure to enter.. Well.. Here we are.. =)

It was all thanks to one photo of a person that is standing IN the track that made me so interested in this and did so much research for it.. and so the first thing i did was to find that special spot and had the exact photo taken the way i like it.. Mind you there are limited special spots because the rest will be a great view to the grass or the river below.. and as much as we like Danger.. that is beyond our limit..

And i am too lazy to caption everything so here you go.. some of the more interesting photos in my collection.. There are still a group of photos that someone have not sent to me.. so if you are feeling guilty.. remember to send them to me.. =)

And just when i was opposite the track.. everyone is on the other side together.. but are all busy with their individual things.. Found this quite humorous and so my finger snap right away..

And again i say.. No outing is complete without a group shot.. so here's to the great and almighty Family Gang..

2011-06-16T19:35:00.000+08:00

凡是正常的人到了一定的年龄
总是会开始对异性产生好奇
这种情形最常发生，叫你觉得非常刺激
多数会在发育时期。
不管什么地方，也不管身在那里
只要有男人女人相处在一起，
那种感觉就是那么神奇，
叫人可以无法可以抗拒，连朋友都会撕破脸皮。
谈恋爱天经地义
却有人为了爱，来喝那个杀虫剂
也有人为了恋爱，要从楼上跳下去
谈恋爱最最有趣的那段时期，
就是你不认识我我不认识你
大家互相看来看去，一直看到人家回家去
人家走后才来撞墙壁。
多数男孩要找女孩来做自己的伴侣
总喜欢先看人家没不美丽
总是爱批评人家眼睛鼻子长得高高又低低
却忘记自己长得像monkey
男孩不要太过挑剔
你选人家人家也在选你
这个不行那个也不行，你以为你是什么东西！！？
有些人开始约会，又害羞又新奇
有些人以为自己很有魅力
有些人约会总是喜欢带着一大班的朋友
就因为自己没有勇气
有些人约会几次，就以为自己很可以
有些人心里老是打着鬼主意
有些人拼命找机会，摸摸人家的小手
就假假说要替他看命
像这样的借口
谁不知道为了动脚动手
有些人就因为这样
到最后通通都没有
爱情这个东西叫人伤脑筋
没有她生活变得很boring
有些人为了太多的爱情
生活同样变得很sickening！！！
有人可以为了爱情爱情爱情爱情
把一生储蓄一手奉献给你
和父母兄弟姐妹脱离关系
只为了爱情
有人可以为了爱情爱情爱情爱情
你要他做任何事他都可以
你甚至揍他、踢他、吐他口水
他还是爱你
谈恋爱到深处，头脑是越来越糊涂
这就是为什么有人爱得那么痛苦
有些人明明知道有些爱情绝对没有幸福
就是偏偏死都不认输
尤其是刚刚恋爱，大家都一个模样
还以为自己已经找到好对象
这个时候不管对方怎样
就算三天没有冲凉，你还是会觉得他很香
谈恋爱就是那么奇怪，明明是黑，会突然变成白
有人说恋爱是病态
她根本也是一种变态
谈恋爱要靠缘分，也要靠自己去争取
不要等天上突然掉下来给你
要勇往直前，耐心毅力，千万不要轻易来放弃
一定争取最后胜利。
有些人还不知道，爱情是two way traffic
以为你爱人家人家就会爱你
到最后才来发现，这部戏只有你自己在演
实实在在丢你爸爸的脸
追求不是那么容易
也绝对不是可以三言两语
如果能从失败中学习
这也是一种经验的累积
有些人追求异性，只为了炫耀自己
有些人把它当着个人兴趣
有些人盖着眼，随时随地他都可以
有些人要追到半条命
有些人谈恋爱，来得快，取得也快
有些人喜欢一步一步慢慢来
有些人谈恋爱，一定要彼此住在一块
最后因为了解而分开
谈恋爱是天经地义
搞得不好会伤天害理
希望大家明白这个道理
一生幸福都在你手里！！
只要我们了解爱的真谛
爱情的花朵才会漂亮又美丽
只要彼此能够真诚付出自己
才会尝到恋爱是什么东西
你不必整天挂着爱你爱你爱你爱你… …
这句话说得太多越来越便宜
这句话听得太多越来越腻
讲了多余！
你不必开口闭口爱你爱你爱你爱你… …
这句话说得太多好象放屁
只要你用用行动证明证明
这才是爱情

Miss this song alot after realising lately that i had accidentally deleted somehow and when i had the sudden craving to listen to it again.. The problem with this great song is that it doesnt have a title so it make finding it off the net quite a chore and really need some serious digging.. which i am not capable of btw.. But luckily thanks to XN whom still have the song.. i get to enjoy listening to it right now.. *Repeat Mode*

23th May - Graduation ( I know its late =/ )

2011-06-07T21:26:00.000+08:00

Graduation.. I know it is quite a late post but nevertheless its here.. Finally after mugging for 3 years and losing much sleep and brain cells.. i have graduated proudly from Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma and that marks yet another milestone i reach..

Thank you very much to my supportive parents whom had guided me through my education and nagging me to study hard so that i am shaped to the guy everyone know me as.. Thank you very much for giving me the chance to enlighten myself and to meet all the wonderful friends there is in my life in this school..

Of course i must thank myself for studying so hard to pull myself back from the pit bottom back in year 1 where my grades are worse than average.. But still things turn out a little better and i am still able to end my course with a first digit gpa of 3.. lets just ignore everything after the decimal point...

To all the wonderful friends that have survived with me for the whole 3 years.. its really been much pleasure to be classed together with you.. Let the 01 spirit live in all of us for the rest of our life and to stay contactable till our hair grow white..

Thanks to Jonn for helping me with much of the phototakings that day.. and say Hi to my BSP whom skipped a bit of her class just to see me in my gown and Loves to my girlfriend and her family.. Woot!

After spending more than half of the time of the past 3 years being together.. be it studying or have fun..we definitely have grown close together much like a family.. all the best wishes to everyone that graduated that day and hope you all have the brightest future you all deserve.. =)

Dtrm01.. something that has already became part of my heart my mind my life.. Take care and be happy! AND REMEMBER ME!

2011-05-29T23:52:00.000+08:00

Im super sure i had blogged a similar post before a few months ago when i first started using tweeter.. that this program or social media is and will be the main reason why im starting to get very inactive in this blog.. but because at that time when i was holding on to a not so smart phone.. i find it pretty not user-friendly to have to wait to come back home and tweet about stuffs and so i left tweeter behind in the good old days..

Then came my smart phone.. 24/7 internet connection wherever i go.. whenever i want.. and i have access to whoever there is i am following on my small tweeter account.. Great.. few days gone by.. still getting used to it.. a week went by and tweeter is the one application that i can constantly check every 30min or so.. "Its just like a fridge where you will keep opening it.. hoping to find some good stuffs in it." and little by little.. my blog start to decay..

Damn.. as much as im trying not to make that happen.. im also getting very lazy to blog all the hundred pictures i have yet to filter it out before blogging them.. could this be the last few moments of 2lazy2care.bs?

Nehhh.. but i will be a little inactive lately due to working in the day and feeling too tired in the night.. but i will keep this alive!! at least for now.. weee.. AN UPDATE!! that's right! and you just read finished it.. Boom~

It's here! Blackberry Bold 9780

2011-05-21T21:24:00.000+08:00

48 hours since i first lay my hand on my new BB and have got hooked onto it ever then.. Facebook and Tweeter are under my watch 24/7 where i will be aware of any notifications that springs out while im out of house.. Still a bit slow with the keypad since i been using the 9 buttons for the past 8 years but things are speeding up and i believe very soon i will be able to understand why everyone is praising blackberry for their awesome keypad.. Well.. now i gtg for my movie marathon.. so seeyass~

11th April 2011 - Day 1 @ Hong Kong

2011-05-17T00:25:00.001+08:00

Finally we have our first FG Oversea Trip.. and its at Hong Kong! The day began quite smoothly although our flight time was delayed for about 4hours.. but we had the news a few days ago so we managed to get a little more sleep before our journey northwards..

A group photo right at the departure date.. where everyone is grinning with excitement as this is the first time travelling oversea with the rest of us for most of us.. Luggage ready.. passport ready.. everyone ready.. and we enter through the gates.. bidding goodbyes to those that came to send us off.. Thank you..
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HK is such a beautiful place.. but it will not be completed without having our friends around us to share the moments.. so while enjoying the scenery.. we just want to tell everyone.. (and a bit of advertising scheme) In FG.. we got everyone's back!
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Click here to read the full story at "deL Holiday Blog" =)

2011-05-16T00:58:00.000+08:00

OMG. I wonder when the holiday pictures will be uploaded onto my blog.. I needa start updating it quick.. I know i know.. Probably starts tomorrow.. =/

2011-05-07T01:04:00.000+08:00

Simple update..
Had fun at Maybank Innovation Day Event today.. laughed and smiled alot that the jaw muscles are feeling the strain and learnt alot of childhood games which are way beyond my time.. but at the same time i got a refreshment on some of the games we used to play when we were young.. to think that we were soo easily satisfied last time.. And today was the first time i rode a car elevator! it is sooo freaking smooth that it went up without me noticing.. I was a bit sua ku type in my boss car when i start getting fascinated by it.. LOL.

2011-05-05T23:39:00.000+08:00

Innovation Day is tomorrow! Of course you wouldnt know what that is because its a Maybank Internal Company Event kinda thing.. but apparently its something pretty grand and exciting because the whole house is all so excited about it.. Been preparing it the whole day today instead of data entry work.. so its happiness for me since i get to stop staring at the computer for the whole day.. but also sianness for im quite clueless on whats there to do and most of the time im sitting around waiting for something to happen..

Either way.. i learnt a new skill today! Tying of Balloon!! Never have i succeed before because i dunno why the "tail" part of my balloon is always so short and that i have no idea how others managed to twist and turn and tada a balloon.. but today i know! and its alot simpler than how i thought its supposed to be.. or how i saw its supposed to be.. Yayyy!! (tsk at how proud i am to say i learn how to tie a balloon after working in a bank.)

2011-05-04T00:33:00.000+08:00

Been working for 3 days already and is already feeling the stress and pressure.. Its nothing about the people there nor the work itself.. I think the colleagues there are wonderful and the job is something new so im still learning the ropes and new stuffs always interest me.. Though i have to say.. sitting down for hours staring at a computer and doing nothing but moving my fingers alone is quite a challenge.. especially when im more of an active guy who prefers walking around.. but there is always new experiences..

Whats so stressful and pressurizing is more about the money!.. with us graduating from polytechnics.. our card no longer allows concession.. so travelling down to the city is quite a pain in the ass.. not to mention about how much i miss 55c just to travel down when i had my secondary school days.. Lunch time is also another issue since im not paid during this lunch hour (minus money).. on top of that i have to fork out money to pay for my food (double minus money).. ohmannnn...

I used to think that data entry is such a good job with such a good pay.. well.. i finally understood after trying it out myself that its definitely not something for the must-move-around me.. But then again.. im not doing data entry for the rest of the time there.. There will be some moving of things and SKW to do.. which ironically.. im looking forward to..

Rant rant rant~ ohh.. and that was my lunch today.. Had a healthy salad to go with my healthy soup.. Im feeling so cleanse now.. =)

2D1N @ Kukup Village, Malaysia

2011-05-02T01:26:00.000+08:00

YOU CAN ALSO READ THIS FROM MY deL's Holiday BLOG =)

Having a long weekend so Qiann and my family and their friends went down to Kukup.. a small fishing village in Msia.. The weather wasnt really on our side when we head down.. and there was a long 30min jam through the Tuas Custom.. but we got through it eventually and was just cruising down the very long 70km plus road until the Kukup village..

Drove until their parking area to leave our cars behind.. but as the carpark and the destination is a bit of distance.. they provide shuttle van service.. but the standard is definitely not some 5star luxury shuttle.. but instead its a super small crappy van which has no door too! Lucky we werent bringing much things or otherwise some of us have to walk..

Walked towards our accommodation.. and after 3min of walking along all the houses.. i start to question myself on where we are really staying and if its going to be up to the minimum standard.. All the houses here are built on stilts above the muddy swamp where you will see snakes, crabs and mudskippers.. and rats too when its during the low tides.. We also managed to catch a glimpse of a crane though there wasnt enough time to grab a camera..

After walking for about 5min into the housing area.. we reached our accommodation.. its basically the house of a local.. but has customized it so that they can rent it out during the weekends to earn some cash.. Judging by the look outside its already amazing.. So whats inside?

Giant is an understatement.. They have customized it mainly for tourists actually.. with most of the rooms having nothing else but bunk beds and a huge living room with a computerized karaoke set connected to the tv.. and 3 toilets and basins so that it can accommodate the large group that stays there.. It is also equipped with 3 mahjong tables and a few dining tables with coffee machines and tibits to snack on.. So although its quite a layback lifestyle there.. it still enable us to not feel too away from home..

After we settled down and had some of their homecook food.. we went out to do shopping at the streets out there.. there aint much things to buy though i had stocked up a little amount of snacks to bring back to munch on while doing nothing.. Clothes there doesnt appeal to me as much as Bangkok so i gave that quite a skip.. Weather was really hot so we had Mango Ice to chill us down before part 2 of the shopping..

Part 2 is mainly preparing for the night.. mostly consisting of fireworks and explosives and all the crackers stuffs which are new to me.. However what interest me most is how they sell it.. because they aint allowed to openly do it.. So all you have to do is ask them whether they sell such stuffs.. and they will bring you to the back.. push away some of the goods at the top.. and REVEAL the EYEOPENING amount of EXPLOSIVES beneath.. it felt as if we entered a black shop to buy a AK47 or some illegal goods.. (well it is semi illegal lols)

Afterwards.. we went to the Fish farm.. which you would have noticed that i been there before if you had been following me.. however this time round there is more creatures that we didnt encounter the previous time so i assure you there is always new stuffs in my blog.. =) Took the ferry there and we were greeted by the same fish farm.. i guess this is the only one that is opened to the public.. but the rest should be similar anyway..

Had the usual starfish and horseshoe crab.. but whats new are the sea urchin (i think) and a male and female shark.. Had some hands-on with them where we get to feel how they really feel like.. Here is a spoiler: That species of shark.. when you touch its skin by moving your finger to the left its smooth.. but when you move to the right its rough.. or was it right and left? Duh.. And thats my Dad with Qiann =)

Soon nightfall came and we had BBQ dinner just outside their house.. Nothing special there except that its stingray is delicious and its Eat-All-You-Can type of buffet.. afterwards we light up the sky with all kinda fireworks and other crackers type of explosives.. there are bees and butterflies types where they will fly around and burst into flames in midair.. the normal one which goes up and Boom.. or grenade type which is VERY LOUD and you can be assured that everyone around will jump when it goes off..

However as much fun as it is.. it could be quite dangerous too.. We had a case where the firework bottle was supposed to point upwards but was blown down by the wind and it bursted and exploded into the firework while it was still on the ground.. It was quite a funny sight when you see everyone of us running in fear IN the firework.. Now that is what i call UP-CLOSE =) From that day on.. i can say i had been IN a firework before.. Scary though..

Finished the day with Mahjong and the next day was just some catching up with more shopping before we head back to our Singapore.. Not much pictures this time round since there was nothing much to do around there.. But enough to give you and me an idea of whats going on.. =)

2011-04-27T21:51:00.000+08:00

After such a long break since the end of ITP.. its time to get myself together once again and head back into the working industry.. Will be trying a new job again.. where this time round its more of an Admin job.. unlike the service or F&B industry that i had worked in the previous time.. Hopefully the staffs there are as cheerful and fun as those i met during the interview.. and the next month will be like a breeze..

Anyway.. I like working in the CBD area of Singapore.. although sometime the morning crowd kinda get irritating especially when you have to squeeze with a thousand other people in the hot and humid train.. but still its the place where everyone goes and also where all the business and work take place.. so it make me feel a lot more mature by being there.. along with the shirt and tie and pants..

2011-04-25T23:00:00.000+08:00

Ohmy.. Its going to be a really long while before the two trips photos can be fully uploaded onto my holiday blog.. Just downloading the photos itself is already draining away all my patience and time and effort.. Right now i have about 1,800 taiwan photos and 900 hong kong photos.. and are still increasing because they aint fully uploaded or i have not finished saving all the pictures.. FB should really have a save all function where i can leave it there overnight.. letting it do all the job.. and to think i have to browse through all of them once again to choose all the photos i want to appear on my blog..

Come to think of it.. before Facebook existed.. i do not need to upload any of the photos.. and everyone will come my blog to read.. and i do not need to save photos one by one because im going to hunt that person and request for a zip to be sent to me.. which is just waiting and waiting and waiting until its done.. FB IS THE PROBLEM!

And crap.. my Ddrive is starting to fill up really fast with all the pictures.. but all the memories there are too precious to be thrown away.. =(

Mannn.. im just whining because i just saved about 500 photos one by one and its really boring me out.. =/

Birthday Post

2011-04-24T18:22:00.000+08:00

I finally reached the Big 2 mark.. 20 years has pass already and more and more responibility are pouring down on me.. more decisions to be made and its worrying more about career and money rather than results and attendance.. As much as i miss the worry-free life i had many years ago.. im also appreciative of coming so far and meeting my girlfriend and so many great friends that been around for most of my childhood times.. So enough of looking back.. Its time to look forward to my 2x years and hopefully remains intact with all the close ones i had when i survived the 1x years..

Had a simple zi char dinner at somewhere far far away.. I always like having family dinner like this where everyone just sit around a table and dine away in all the food places in the middle.. it really made me felt blessed to have such a big family to eat with.. Woot!

Went back to my house to continue to ceremony.. DELicious chocolate cake really.. Thank you all for celebrating my birthday.. =)

Present #1: Mymy.. i wonder what am i going to do with all these.. And nope i do not have a maid fetish.. try again =P

Present #2: Thank you for such innocent looking shirt.. though there are hidden meaning behind which it acts as an excuse for marc or qy to start disturbing me.. Tsk.. for such innocent birthday boys.. you guys have loads of guilty presents for him huh! =)

And so i was there.. dressing up the doll into the maid costume while the rest dine on the cake.. Not an easy task but finally managed to get it all worn nicely with everyone trying to figure where and how to put that white thingy on the head.. Thank you all for the present and can you believe its Wenn that did that on the bottom right photo? TSKK! dun be fooled by her innocent look~

The united FG Family Photo.. Thank you to all for making FG such a fun and lively group where everyone can be themselves and just enjoy the times and companies we have together.. even if it meant doing nothing but sitting around and chatting about our past years.. ♥ FG

Kite Flying @ Barrage

2011-04-23T01:21:00.000+08:00

Went to Marina Barrage for a FG Picnic and kite flying session today.. weather didnt look so good when we first stopped at PS to buy our food but luckily it didnt rain at all for the entire day..

Upon reaching there the sky was shadowed by hundreds of kites.. which make you wonder how they do not end up tangling with each other and doing a crash landing much to our cheers.. =) Sat around to quickly eat our little tibits while admiring the sky before we take out the Uniter Family Organisation Kite to rule the sky..

After much tries.. it did flew high up thanks to Marc's skill.. but did a horrible crash landing somewhere and was never to be found ever again.. Its alright.. we will be back to soar the skies once more another time..

We also got a kite shaped of a bat but it never did manage to fly.. guess its more for the looks than for flying in the sky.. Tried from when the day is bright until the sun goes away and darkness ruled the sky but the bat stays no higher than 3metres above the ground.. gave up in the end because everyone was soo tired from running around with it trying to get it to at least fly a little..

Stayed around to awe at the others.. magically setting their kites up in just one run and tug.. but it been a great day chilling with each other.. enjoy the defeat of the orange kite and just do nothing on the green field.. Nevertheless.. we will be back.. and we will be prepared =)

BIRTHDAY POST NEXT!

Happy Birthday to Me

2011-04-19T23:59:00.017+08:00

Many thanks to all my family and friends for wishing and celebrating my big 2 birthday.. =) Photos will be uploaded onto FB soon...

2011-04-17T01:48:00.000+08:00

Returned from Hong Kong a few days ago but was greeted with a laptop that could not be power on for whatever reasons.. So now i been borrowing computers everywhere.. my bro my cousin my qiann just in order to keep up with everyday happenings via facebook.. Without my own laptop.. its really hard to get use to other's setting and the lack of programs required has became quite a hassle to me.. Just hope that my laptop can return back quickly in one piece without any information removed because i had uploaded all tw photos there and has totally no back up on it.. =/

The two holiday will not be posted here nor my holiday blog so soon as i will be waiting for my laptop to return to my arms first before committing into blogging.. in the mean time.. you can visit my facebook where most of the photos will be uploaded first.. but pls remember to come back and read my blog another day okayy!! i shall secretly not upload some photos so that you all will be forced to read my blog! =P

Life without my laptop is sooo screwed..

2011-04-10T21:51:00.000+08:00

Back from Taiwan safely without much of a scratch except for some dry skin peeling and ulcers due to the dry weather there unlike the humid in Singapore.. Quite a successful oversea graduation trip.. many thanks to Crystal hohoho whom planned this whole trip and helped to purchase all the tickets while we just camped by the pillar and waited.. The whole thing will be uploaded on this blog very soon but if you want to see all the pictures.. they should be uploaded later onto facebook if i have the time after packing my hk stuffs..

Meantime.. IM FLYING OFF AGAIN VERY SOON! to hongkong.. sadly my plane got delayed for about 4 hours so we have 4 hours less to spend at HK.. also very excited about this trip.. and 5 days later.. i promise i will be good and stay at home and upload every photos and blog both my trip quickly.. especially when the army letter will be arriving to my mailbox anytime from now.. Damn..

2011-03-29T16:30:00.000+08:00

This is probably the last moment im online on this blog before i set off on a long holiday.. mainly consisting of 11 days taiwan trip.. 30hr R&R (Rest&Repack) at home.. and another 4 days hong kong trip.. Hope everything goes smoothly for this trip and you will be rewarded with 15 long posts of my trips after this holiday.. This would probably be my last oversea trip before the 2 years confinement in Tekong so i am soo going to enjoy it TTM.. Taiwan.. HERE I COME!

ps: this is the chance to take a break from visiting my blog.. because once im back.. you better read daily so as to not miss any action from my trip.. =)

2011-03-24T23:05:00.000+08:00

You know the awesome satisfaction feeling you get when you accomplished something after a great long deal of time? It really feels good.. especially when after all the headache of it comes to an end and you are finally ready for the trip.. with nothing else to worry about but just have everything fall into plan.. Whoosh~

Just back from Taiwan Pre Departure Briefing at Marche.. good food there.. and is definitely looking forward to even better stuffs out there in the other countries.. So now everything is set and ready for Taiwan and Hong Kong.. aside from the packing of bags which is still 0% in progress.. Lets hope everything goes smoothly.. and we will be set to go!!~

2011-03-19T13:46:00.000+08:00

ARGH! 4 days ago my handphone gave up on me and went into deep coma.. and i got soo devastated that i also fell sick.. Some minor flu-cough-sorethroat-headache problem again.. but together they kinda made me so weak that i was on bed for the past few days doing nothing but lying and sleeping.. this is soo miserable..

There is still so many things to do at this time!! plus im going oversea very soon for about 16 days.. all the photos and bloggings afterwards.. Whoa.. its probably reasonable that i take a break from this for the time being.. lols.. Now to get back to bed after lunch for my recovery program.. SLEEP.

2011-03-16T01:53:00.000+08:00

Went clubbing a few days back at butter factory.. was super unhigh because it was undergoing construction so it became really small and squeezy.. plus not many people turn up so it was like okayy.. plus i didnt like the music the DJs chose that night.. perhaps its just me.. still a novice that have no idea how to dance or move to the music..

Bad time to blog.. shall go sleep now.. nightsssss~~~

2011-03-10T23:39:00.000+08:00

Another fulfilling day we had today.. Swam a total of 72 laps together at the JE pool which was undergoing some maintenance work at the slides area so the population there is probably less than 20.. without crowd and constant change of the water movement.. it has been quite a pleasant swim..

After a rewarding swim and a satisfying kfc meal.. we went to explore some of Singapore's best kept secret places which contains soo much beauty and peace in them that you just feel like lying down on the grass and enjoy the nature within..

Also known as Bukit Batok Nature Park.. which is quite a regular neighbourhood small park with the exception of this quarry-like area which brought the whole experience there to a new level.. Was drizzling a little when we went so we quickly took a few picture before seeking shelter nearby and being stucked until the weather improved.. Lovely place there.. which i will like to go back again just to sit there and bask in the sun.. (maybe not when the temp is like >28°C.=/ )

Credits to Michh for sharing with me this awesome location.. Singapore may be small.. but it contains alot of other secret areas.. waiting for us to find out.. I am a little lazy though.. does anyone want to share their secret hideout with me? =)

03Mar11 - Timbre @ Old School

2011-03-08T22:16:00.000+08:00

Another OMFG.. aka Official Meetup of Family Gang.. this time round at Timbre where we had pizza and beer over dinner.. The only problem with this location is that there is this one hundred stairs where you have to climb before you will be rewarded.. so work out those fats so that you have space for the pizzas!

With a camera.. its photo taking everywhere and everything.. even with someone standing beneath and inbetween a red man's leg..

And if that is not enough.. we proceed on to along the Singapore River and settled down for more beer and chatting session.. deep into the night and admiring the lazers show from the top of MBS.. until we had to run for our last train back to Yishun where we settled down.. with a through-the-night-mahjong session... Anyone game for more mahjong?

2011-03-05T23:59:00.000+08:00

Went for a meetup with my Conrad Colleagues at Kuishinbo after doing clearance.. Its good to still meet up with all the friends i made there and its even better without any stress of making a mistake while on the job.. And damn i had a great time with crabs and oysters and prawns all for appetizers and main course and desserts all.. =) Simply fabulous! The only downfall is the expensive price you have to pay.. but if i can eat worth the money.. that aint a problem eh? =)

01Mar11 - Last Day ITP @ Conrad

2011-03-04T23:01:00.000+08:00

Finally it is the last day of work at Conrad.. 6 months has flew by so quickly that it only felt like 3 months since we started our first day knowing nothing about housekeeping at all.. Made alot of friends there.. especially after being a supervisor.. because that is one position where you need to communicate to alot of people to ensure that the whole operation goes smoothly.. (I only knew Yx and maybe a couple of RA during my days of room attendants because we clean rooms alone and hardly mix around except for breakfast or break time..)

Putting aside the stress and worry that we will be responsible for any mistakes that happened on the room.. this ITP had been a fantastic experience totally.. My chinese improved greatly thanks to all the mainland RA, i got to know a little about their lifestyle and how they grew up in.. and many thanks to the EF people for letting me understand what food the Golden Peony serves.. including delicious Snail.. EXOTIC! i like.. =)

Many thanks to the housekeepers there that guided me and helped me grow into a better and more responsible person.. Many thanks to the HR for selecting me AND yx together so that things do not get so lonely around there.. Back then in RA.. we used to compete to see who can finish faster.. and will then help the other one to finish up the remaining rooms and will go home quite on time.. If not for each other.. we will probably be taking our time.. and will be working until 11pm every night.. GG! Thanks to our Coordinator and Confi Assistant for being such fun people and whom will always help me find RA when that stupid room is wanted and uncovered.. More meet ups!!

Here is a glimpse of our Thank You Card.. and a delicious Haagen Dazs Ice Cream which we managed to have on our last day because our GM agreed to treat the hotel staffs if our SALT loyalty score hit 60%.. so it happened that it really happened.. and we were rewarded!! Luckily because any later.. we would not be able to have a taste of it.. Awww.. And really Thank You Yx for being my buddy this whole time.. It was fun working with you and for all you know.. we may end up in the same job next time at some hotel.. Dun always be so blur and stay cheerful! Wipe that emo facial expression away! =)

Housekeeping Department is honestly the best, the most bonded, the most fun, the most close knitted family there is in Conrad Centennial Singapore.. =) *ClapClapClap*

2011-02-26T17:07:00.000+08:00

As many of you might have noticed.. my ITP is coming to an end REAL SOON.. which means its time to find alot of things to do to replace it.. otherwise i will be a ~~couch~~ bed potato and have my face stucked onto my laptop.. WHICH IS BAD! Sooo for starters.. i have bought a book to read after ITP.. sooo amazing.. and i may just learn a new language too!

2 things only? Yeah for now.. i shall think of something else to do when the free time comes..

2011-02-23T01:06:00.001+08:00

They say a picture speak a thousand words..
Hold on..
Mine just did 4 and a ½ words..
but nevertheless.. the whole point is there..

14 Feb - Dinner @ La Viva

2011-02-15T23:49:00.002+08:00

Happy Lover's Day to all out there.. especially to *ahem* Xiann *cough* Nengg.. But anyway.. bring the attention back to me for now.. his limelight can be shined later.. Tsk!

Went to La Viva Bar & Restaurant for our dinner today because i just have to choose one restaurant with candle light dinner.. So the moment i saw this restaurant.. we are pushing all other options to another day.. Aint really planned for as we were exploring around to find some new food to try at.. where we found ourselves at Chijmes and this place..

I guess Spanish is known for Tapas.. which i guess its small portions so they give you an option to order many small portions to try and taste everything out.. Their Tiramisu cake is unbelievable nice.. where the coffee taste just linger in your mouth as you go mmMMmm~

We decided to order wine to go along with our meat.. but it was quite a random pick because we have no idea which is what so we just took the spanish speciality.. nothing much that i can comment on since i aint really a drinker.. but i will still vote for the red wine that is sitting at my house cupboard which is currently the best red wine i ever tasted for my own preference..

That place is beautifully litted up and the church just add on to the atmosphere.. A great place to hang out.. and many other restaurant lying beneath.. waiting for us to try it out.. Stay Tune!~

Happy Valentine to my Qiann~

13 Feb - PreValentine @ Vivo

2011-02-14T01:55:00.000+08:00

Meet Qiann after my horrible work today and trained down to Vivo as the restaurant that i want to dine at is already fully booked.. Aww.. But either way.. since it was quite a special occasion where its a yearly thing.. i decided that we have to try something new instead of the usual Ramen and Mac.. so we walked around looking at every restaurant and their menu.. and finally decided to eat at the Brotzeit.. A German Recipe Restaurant..

Their speciality is probably the beer wine and pork with some creamy food sandwiched in the middle.. which though look weird taste fantastically appetizing.. However for great pizza.. i believe Italian will always be better than Germany and any other countries as well.. So it will be more effective to give that a skip..

Many thanks for the chocolate! <3

10 Feb - I Done It

2011-02-11T23:47:00.003+08:00

I done it.

Once again i conquered the much-dreaded NAPFA as i failed the first one with a depressing time of 14min17sec in the 2.4km run.. which is also the second run i did since i leave AMK Sec.. Realising that i must pass this NAPFA with at least a Silver to avoid the 2 months extra in NS.. i trained after work even though im half dead most of the time and fought this 2.4km run once again and I done it. I done it. ^_^
*pat my own back*

6th Feb - Cny House Visit

2011-02-10T22:51:00.000+08:00

Every year without fail (except for the stupid reason of having to work on those special days).. we will visit my mom's mom house, mom's mom's sister house, dad's brother house, dad's sister house, and mom's dad's brother house.. LOL.. First one is usually for gathering purpose.. Second is for Mahjong and $1-$10 BJ.. Third is for $2 - $50 BJ.. Fourth is for $2 - $100 BJ.. and fifth is for... This.

My uncle there used to be one of the leader in the NDP so he have this sword displayed at his house.. We always start the party there with Lou Yu Shen and this year crowd was so big that we had two plates instead of the usual one..

My dad like posing with pregnant ladies and show off his belly once a while.. =/

What do you do when you have milo cups without milo and red wine without glasses? You put them together and drink it anyway! And if there is one food that is very famous in their house.. its the Shredded Chicken Porridge.. There was never once where there were remains.. and this year round.. they had cooked 3 pots of it instead of the usual 3.. seems like they are into marketing as well.. More Demand more supply! But its really tasty and we will always go back for more.. year after year..

I like their calendar alot.. where they put their photos onto it with the calendar below.. maybe next time i shall follow that idea too.. and come to think of it.. the photos i intend to put on my wall is still hidden somewhere and NOT on the wall.. Ohnoo when will i do it..

31st Jan - Tarts for my Qiann

2011-02-08T00:00:00.000+08:00

One thing i know about my Qiann.. is that she like her pineapple tart without pineapple jam.. or rather any jam at all.. So it became my goal to get a pineapple-jam-less tart for her for this CNY.. Found a recipe online (like always) and decided to just try it..

Mixing the dough well and nice.. I made quite a lot of mistake during this first trial.. Was suppose to mix flour and sugar first before putting the butter in.. but i totally forgot about the sugar until the butter is already semi melted in the flour.. Nevertheless it went pretty alright here and there.. Aint those yolks beautiful?

Afterwards the dough need to be chill in the fridge for about 1hr so we went to catch some nap while waiting for the dough to cool down.. afterwards while she continue her nap.. i was already busy rolling the dough and sorta making quite a mess everywhere.. FLOUR FIGHT!

Then you cut the dough out using the mould which we borrowed from our neighbour because we have no idea where is ours in the first place.. None of the tarts were the same as the other.. Some big some small some fat some thin some crack some nice some ugly some slanted.. But still they taste great..

Put a bit of glaze on top.. into the oven.. and out come fresh hot lovely tasty pineapple-jam-less tarts specially prepared for Qiann.. And also to mention.. that she did woke up halfway to help out and tried every step herself too.. Thanks thanks.. and this is our rewards!! mmMMMm.. back to enjoying them!~

1st Feb - Huat AH @ Grandparents House

2011-02-04T00:16:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all the readers out there around the globe!

My gift from my 5th Aunt after she know that i am a fan of hard liquor.. Wait a minute.. When was i one?! And i just love the spread of food beside it.. mmMMmm~

With the picture speaking a thousand words.. i kinda type less on this blog.. Heehee..

30th Jan - Celebration of XN's 20th

2011-02-01T00:46:00.000+08:00

For XN Birthday.. its a special type of celebration.. the whole FG will be dining at some vegetarian restaurant where he have the privilege to choose everything off the menu instead of just looking at selective food and the dessert page.. and also that everyone of us will be trying out what he eat for all his life.. So for this year round.. we went for Cafe Salivation!~

Birthday boy looking so serious because there is so many options to choose and he just cannot make up his mind.. Overall the food there is fantastic.. At least for my pizza and the pasta.. you couldnt tell its meant for the vegetarians for they taste really normal and most of us are willing to come back and dine here on any other random days..

The restaurant look good too although it is a bit small and the 10 of us kinda took up half of the restaurant already.. However its located quite ulu-ly so you might need some time to find it.. but it was raining so we all cabbed in instead..

Group shot.. with an additional add on of myself and qiannn =) After dinner some of us parted while the rest continue to my house where the birthday celebration await..

Played a bit of drinking game to pass the 20min till 12am.. and we bring out the cake and started singing the song! Happy birthday to you!~

Smile with the cake.. make a wish.. pose a shot.. and blow them out!

A collage of XN individual shot with each of us..

Group shot number 2.. Nicely done i say..

And there is a FG tradition of eating the birthday cake ever since the cookie and cream ice cream cake aka the dry ice incident (aka wen bday).. which is also started because im too lazy to wash too many plates.. so everyone just grab a spoon or fork and DIG IN!

Hope you enjoyed your TWENTEEN Birthday Pal!

2011-01-31T13:54:00.003+08:00

Was spring cleaning my room when i chanced upon this.. Apparently this 2006 timetable found its way to be within the pile of my 2010 stuffs lying around..i wonder how it hide or how i did not noticed this for the past 4 years.. Wow..

Anyway.. XN birthday celebrations photos are coming up.. so stay tune.. with my new camera.. no more chasing after others for photos before i can blog! (Though i will still chase them for their share of the photos..)

2011-01-29T01:27:00.000+08:00

Met after work to get something that i wanted to long ago but she demanded that we wait until our payday is here.. so finally it is and there was discount too! Yay! Shallnt tell you all what is it until that particular day arrive.. And with my new camera means more photo shots by me instead of googled-up pictures and cartoons.. although i will still pop in some now and then.. Lets hope this photo taking craze of mine last for as long as i hope it will be!

And damn was i nervous when i saw the Army Letter today.. only to laugh at myself when its just a newsletter kinda thing inviting me to some talk whatsoever.. I dislike going army.. How?!

2011-01-28T00:04:00.001+08:00

IT'S HERE!

For now.. im going to sleep.. more information next time.. =P

2011-01-20T00:12:00.001+08:00

Tweeter is slowly but gradually destroying my blog one way or another.. This is bad seriously.. limited time after work and numerous events are causing me to only have time to write up to 140 character.. and i must do something about it! Ohwell.. there are so many things to update but no time to really think of what to write..

So let me give you a simple minute of what happened the previous week.. and if i do find some nice pictures and have the time to convert them and stuffs.. then i will go more into details..

1. Went Yukiyaki dinner with my Conrad colleagues just randomly and tortured ourselves with some weird mixture of icecream which we nevertheless finished it.. Then we went to the arcade and yx commented that i "played like those kids that camp at arcade the whole day"..

2. Went NY Pizza dinner with my best-est friends and their mates.. shared a SUPER LARGE pizza and it was lucky to my hungry and almost-empty-due-to-too-much-work stomach that we managed to finish all up.. Head back to my house for half a game of mahjong to teach Mich bf whom then became more pro than mich herself.. Soon it will be man-to-man mahjong session with the girls watching us go..

3. Went D&D dinner at Conrad and won a bottle of non-carbonated soft drink for the early bird prize.. and that is about it.. really admire those that walked home with a Xbox360, 40inch tv, and 3D2N at Conrad Tokyo with $1000 travel vouchers.. Damm! Either way i still enjoyed myself for i had both my prom night and D&D at CONRAD CENTENNIAL SINGAPORE! *clapclapclap*

(i know its such a wordy post with just one stupid blue bird but im considering to get a camera soon so that next time my blog will be once again filled with pictures.. without the need to wait for others to upload and send them to me before i can start blogging..)

14th Jan - Dtrm Gathering V @ RWS

2011-01-16T01:23:00.000+08:00

Had a simple meet up session with some of the dtrm01ers for dinner at RWS with much credits to our organiser NZ.. And although all of us had to pay about $7 even before we get a chance to see the food.. i guess its worth it as the size of the pizza will just speak the thousand words reasons for me.. very satisfying!

After dinner.. we went to catch the weekend firework show which was spectacular except for the frequent flashbangs which blinded and burnt our eyes everytime we stare into the sky wondering what is going to be displayed.. for suddenly it just BAM! and you are blinded for a few seconds.. before BAM! again.. However great show nevertheless..

A gathering cannot be completed without a group shot.. so CHEESE!!~

11/1/11 - Special ONE Day

2011-01-11T23:58:00.000+08:00

11/1/11... the last day before its my off day once again.. ever since i started working in this hospitality industry.. the way i view my week have changed totally.. there is nothing like Moody Monday or TGIF or even the much sought after Sat and Sun.. things changed to Moody Morning everyday.. TGtomorrowisoff.. and always countdown to our off days..

Either way.. Off days are here.. time to catch a break and relax myself from all the stress of checking the rooms.. Met Qiann for dinner at Thai Express.. and it was at the end before we realised that we are on Table 11! indeed it is a special day.. even if its coincidental..

And recently just started tweeting.. so for the time being until i get bored of it or whatsoever.. you will see it over there at the left of my blog.. Follow me ok? =)

3rd January 2011 - Happy Bdae & 2nd Anniversary at MBS

2011-01-08T23:36:00.002+08:00

Firstly.. i want to thank weiru for helping me book the room interally as well as helping me find out most of the questions and enquires that i have in mind before this trip.. Thank you very much! =) And the story unfolds...................................

The day did not have such a fantastic start as i was working due to shortage of manpower.. and Qiann was checked into a dirty room in the beginning until she reported this problem and got a clean room to stay in for the time being.. because moments after i arrived.. i had a bit of issue with this room so i requested for a room change.. Bwahaha.. and a good choice it is.. as i will explain why later on.. =P

Meanwhile we decided to go explore around and look for a place to settle down for dinner.. The hotel was big.. too big supposedly so we decided to call for help hotline (aka zhiyin) whom suddenly said "HI" behind us before Qiann even send the message.. it was as if she was expecting us.. and that is a service beyond expectation!!

After our super simple but sweet dinner.. we took a walk around the area where we witness the boaters rowing guests up and down a canal.. They look pretty bored with their jobs anyway.. so bored that they posed for us when we lifted the camera to take a good shot..

Had an EXTREME cup of coffee as dessert to our dinner and went back to the front desk to realised that our rooms was not ready still.. TSK! However we didnt make much fuss as we understood such cases after experiencing it ourselves at our workplace (aside from the fact that i did try to get them to approve late check out due to this mishap incident.. Bwhaha!~) Anyway we decided to talk a walk around at the skypark in the meantime.. and the view is simply stunningly beautiful!

The pool is indeed a super long stretch of water that seemingly goes on to infinity.. aka the infinity pool.. The first 1/3 of the pool look really nice with all the red paddings on the tanning bed and such.. which is also an area where the general public can see too.. Moving deeper in will be a guest-only area which is the other 2/3 and horribly boring plain tanning bed..

Like they always say.. First impression counts.. so they just show the public the best image of the pool.. once they got you in as guests.. they can cut all the slacks they want..

Their skypark allows us to see both sides of the hotel which are both their hot selling points.. One side you see the amazing busy city of Singapore and the other side you see the amazing busy marina of Singapore..

Another of Qiann's wishes came truee.. Life up there at the skypark is like total opposite as compared to the life down there at the city.. Everyone up here are just taking their time.. relaxing and enjoying themselves while everyone down there are rushing here and there.. busy talking on the phone and the word 'relax' doesnt seems to exist..

Behold the night life of Singapore!~

Moving a bit more to the right to see all the lights shining down on the greenery which i have no idea what they are..

And the City of Singapore!!~

Took quite a handful of photos here because the view is just too alluring to give it a miss..

Once enough.. we went to take the lift back to our rooms.. and everytime we use the lift.. we experience a bit of air pressure acting on our ears.. though not as much as when im flying 3,000ft in the sky above everything else.. heeeeeheee..

Luckily we did the room change because our final room was fantastic.. well mostly.. aside from some minor defects that i found with my sharp housekeeping eyes and a missing remote control.. However the room is HUUGGEE.. with a BIGG balcony.. so big that i believe we can hold a class gathering here and everyone will fit in nicely.. only problem will be the people on the sofa will be fighting with the people on the bed over who get the tv..

Pictures taken in the room.. the NG one was because i kaykiang think 2sec enough to run there and settle myself..

Was greeted with this homepage on the tv welcoming us.. which was quite a pleasant sight.. toilet wise was another huge place with ample basin space and a huge space for bathtub and shower area.. even the bathroom door is amazing because its literally a movable wall instead of a door.. which like normal.. you pull to cover the entrance to the bathroom..

There were alot of mirrors around the room so you need not fear of having to go all the way to the washroom just to see if your hair is messy or not.. Love this photo alot alot!

More photos in the room of course.. most of the $$ goes towards the room so we ought to capture as much memories as we can in there so that it will be worth it huh..

Had anniversary gift exchange (thank you dear) before we changed into our swimwear.. wore a bathrobe over and proceed back to the skypark for our swim.
(point to note: the time was 9:45pm)

Reached up there and there were minimum people in sight.. we were hoping that the water had a heater in them but HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT but the water was like at freezing point.. furthermore at that height.. we were overwhelmed by all the gust of winds flowing directly at our body.. Nevertheless.. we somehow managed to get into the pool (shivering all over) and took a few photos and ren a while before we decided its time to head back to our warm room..

Woke up the next morning and was so happy that it was a clear sky so again we changed and went up to the skypark and DAMM the water was still FREEZINGLY COLD.. Either its a great technique used by the hotel to ensure that the pool wouldnt be overcrowded or its a horrible flaw which caused us to not enjoy ourselves up there..

They really should invest in a heating device up there at 57th storey which have no glass nor trees to block any upcoming winds.. However sunbathing up there is just perfect as we are nearer to the sun.. nothing blocking us.. and minimum perspiring due to the wind..

Explored around and we found 2 Jacuzzis in the area.. which we fell in love immediately because it contain WARM WATER! and that it is almost like having a bubble bath.. Though the view is not as fantastic as the infinity pool.. but its still a great one looking out towards the marina where you see the ships and liners out there with all the containers containing something that is worth alot alot of money..

Soon its time to go back and pack up our stuffs and enjoy the last few moments of this room.. Enjoyed their coffee and tea (and taking the remaining ones home) while qiann do her makeup and watching me demonstrate the proper way of stripping and preparing the bed back in my own hotel..

Visited the skypark one last time.. though the view is not as pretty as the night time.. but it will be some time before we decided to come up here again so might as well enjoy as much as we can.. Had an enjoyable time celebrating her birthday and our anniversary.. but this is just the beginning.. because there will be many more anniversaries to celebrate together.. year after year..

I love you ZiQiann♥♥

2011-01-03T00:00:00.000+08:00

Happy Second Anniversary to my Loved Qiann~

Time flies real fast this time round with our attachment holding us super tightly.. miss those days that we have the entire day to slack around or do so many things at town.. but still we managed to work things out with all the meet-up after work for a short date.. which just brighten up the whole attachment life.. even for a short moment.. because there is finally something to look forward to on those particular days..

2011-01-01T01:28:00.000+08:00

Wishing everyone happy upcoming 365 days of year 2011.. Another year had gone by and a new one is coming.. Lets all have fun and create more memories together.. just like what we did in all the previous years..

Went to try the HAND BURGER today with Qiann after work.. we wanted to eat DTF but decided to have a change as its the last day of the year so something new must be tried.. Walked around raffles city for quite a while before deciding to dine at this restaurant.. Not bad but my opinion will be that Botak Jones will be more worth it as compared to this huhh..

Now its time for me to catch some sleep as tomorrow will be quite a bad start to year 2011 with approx 270 check out rooms to inspect.. Well like what my pal said the last year.. New Year.. New Challenges!!

Harden up and give year 2011 your best shot!

26th Dec - Christmas is over

2010-12-27T00:32:00.000+08:00

i really want to scream out loud at work today at 4:52pm this evening.. D:

Working in the hotel industry could be interesting and fun.. not to mention the free great food daily.. but once it come to the festive seasons.. it becomes one hella different scenario.. rooms are rushed the instant the guest checked out.. the FO are sms-ing us almost every other 5minutes to ask us to check on the room which the room attendants are doing.. lunch was never peaceful anymore.. and everything was just so happening everywhere.. even in the office.. our bosses are sitting down to answer phone calls and being temp coordinators as there are too many to handles.. and not to mention that its difficult and a test of luck to get offs on such public holidays..

After experiecing this christmas.. im already dreading new year and chinese new year periods.. things are going to be as haywire and chaos as now i presume.. I really miss those days where the occupancy is like 50% and such.. where everything is peaceful and slow and easy.. (though it aint good for the hotel and such) but heehee.. its alot easier life..

Nevertheless.. Hope you all have enjoyed this Christmas as much as i had yesterday from 6pm after my work to 12am before i knock out.. and lets look forward to the upcoming YEAR 2011 yeah! Damm i don't want to work.. I WANT TO GO TAIWAN NOW! NOW NOW NOW!

24th Dec - Christmas Eve.

2010-12-24T19:32:00.000+08:00

Have you been naughty for the past 300+ days of this year?

Working at Christmas Eve have positive and negative prospects.. depending on how you look at things.. It got a little depressing when you see the office people knocking off at 3pm as they have only half day.. and was wishing everyone merry christmas wherever they are.. Totally demoralising especially when you know that they wouldnt be there tomorrow either..

Nevertheless.. today Christmas Menu at our staff canteen was awesome.. probably the best i will ever get over there.. there was Prawns.. Duck.. Turkey.. Lamb.. Beef.. and Fish.. for our meat section.. which is alot more as compared to 2 variety on our usual days.. And there were many ready rooms so it was another peaceful day with minimum rush.. Well.. Working again tomorrow.. im starting to hate service industry..

2010-12-21T23:37:00.000+08:00

Can you guess where i will be going for my graduation trip? Things finally are sailing smoothly with the air tickets booked and paid so we have already confirmed the dates and venues and people that are going.. Just a bit of touch up here and there for the itinerary and we are good to go..

Shall be hardworking a little and read up even though im sure our Crystal the Tour Planner and Guide will be able to give us detailed information about every destination we arrive at.. but a little background knowledge beforehand wouldnt hurt at all will it? Shall also start planning what to bring there as i still intend to travel as light as possible so that i can have ample space for my (and her) loots.. Haha..

Well its still a long long long way to go.. im still stucked here in my attachment but things been going quite smoothly so far.. and i will be having a housekeeping party on the 23rd! which stupidly fall on my off day so we have to make the extra trip down to eat good food..

Till thenn.. signing off.. Everyday look the same like yesterday and there is really nothing much to brag or comment about over here.. Perhaps a little more post as the year 2010 comes to an end soon..

15th Dec - Mahjong with the four + aaron

2010-12-18T00:56:00.000+08:00

This is the most awesome tiles that i won so far after playing years of mahjong.. Its a Chou Ping Hu and also Qi Dui Zi and so amazingly that they are all 3 3 4 4 and 5 5.. with the exception of the 7 7..

Michh Xn Wenn and Aaron came over for a game of mahjong as well as some catching up time.. played for 12 hours straight excluding break/dinner/supper from 4pm till 4am.. After 12am was more exciting as we added Tequila into the game.. Every round the non-winner will have to drink a mouth of Tequlia with the one that provided the winning tile drinking twice as much!

Afterwards we just slacked around and chatted about our primary and secondary school life and canteen food.. as well as the old foods that bring back memories as we had enjoyed them during our early days.. I guessed i fell asleep halfway through as it quite a tiring day for me and the hard liquor just added on to my temptation to sleep..

Its not where we go or what we do.. as long as its with the people you want to be with.. thats what matters most.. And i really enjoyed having all of you as my best-est-est-est friends of all..

14th Dec - Busy Day at Work

2010-12-15T00:50:00.000+08:00

Today was real busy at work.. Usually did about 20+ checked out rooms a day but today all 40 rooms i checked are checked out.. Had a major group check in at 3pm so lunch was unenjoyable as its rushed and the phone kept ringing non stop because rooms are wanted as soon as the previous guest checked out.. but whatever.. off for the next two days.. totally worthed it..

11th December - FG Gathering cum Kbox Session

2010-12-14T00:45:00.000+08:00

Finally we have another Family Gathering Dinner after such a long duration.. i have to apologise for both my absence in attending some of the previous gatherings as well as on this blog too.. All the excuses i can think of now is.. work is killing and draining my soul and life out of me..

The prawn peelers of the day.. So we had Steamboat dinner at Bugis area.. most of the gathering are steamboat as we can be there over a long period of time.. providing us with sufficient moments to share and catch up with one another after losing contacts for sooo long..

Photos with the Organiser Wenn.. Besp Michh and the Man Teh..

There are good things and bad things about being the supervisor.. good thing is you get to choose where you want to photoshop yourselves in.. so you can select the proper angle and photo and crop it out and paste.. bad thing is Duh.. you aint really in the picture!

Then we draw lots to ride on Goh's Merc and i have to admit his driving skills is way better than mine.. its real smooth and there is no need for GPS.. Im still horribly jerky around and i haven really travelled anywhere further than AMK confidently without a GPS.. ought to improve on my driving if i have the time and alertness after the gruesome work..

But he have a horrible sense of direction out of car.. couldnt find the lift to the carpark and had quite a bit of problem locating his car too.. but anyway.. here's a shot in the lift which i liked alot.. =)

Rode to AMK where we had our Kbox session because i randomly commented that i feel like singing right now that day.. I always thought i sound not bad at home when im singing to myself while listening to the radio.. but its a whole different experience when im there.. I kinda suck in everything huh.. Damm!

What is life without having great friends around? Lets hope FG stays close as ever till the day we all retire and still we gather together at wen's house void deck playing checkers and reading newspaper.. Our first few gatherings were always there so our last few gatherings will be done there too! LOL!

-Going to sleep like right now- waking up at 6am every morning for 6 days a week is definitely not something i want to get use to right now.. though NS is probably going to be something like this too..

7th Dec - Napfa, The Deciding Factor.

2010-12-08T21:29:00.000+08:00

I noticed the long period of absence of blogposts but my life have been nothing much but mainly working at Conrad and sleeping at home.. So finally my off days are here.. and its two of them because one is for my dreaded Napfa and one is for resting after the dreaded Napfa..

Napfa is a test of physical and mental strength and will be determining whether i enter 2 months earlier or later than the rest of the "fit physically and mentally" people.. Well things was going smoothly.. with only SBJ the only station that i improved and hit a 254cm.. but the rest without the Gold Range.. well everything was great until the 2.4km run.. which made all the effort for the rest of the station goes down the drain..

Ohwell.. i guess i need to pay a bit of attention to my legs and stamina a little.. i will be back to conquer it once again.. after im really prepared for it..

2010-11-29T23:03:00.001+08:00

Today is finally my off day.. but i still have to wake up at 6am because my medical check up is today and its at 8am in the morning.. Now i wonder why did i choose the timing to be so early instead of somewhere in the afternoon.. Tsk.. the whole check up took about 4hrs which consist of many stations and checking of every part of my body..

IQ & EQ Station
Its a computer test where the questions are mostly on maths, logic, patterns and physic.. but its also a test of speed and their math questions aint really that easy like 1,3,5,7,__? The questions sometime do not make any sense when the pattern is really wth.. and it got quite boring after a while that there are times that i dozed off while doing it halfway.. Well apparently this will determine which section will i go in the future.. so we shall just wait and see..

ECG Station
Its the testing of our heart beat rate and stuffs like that so they basically stuck 5 things onto our body and clipped our hands and legs and requested that we do not so as to not interrupt the reading.. so we just lie there and its done!

Eye/Ear/Mouth/Pee Stations
Check our eyes which i guess is for our spectacles.. our ears to see if we can hear different level tones.. our mouth so that they can record down my teeth so that they can identify the corpse as me even if the fingerprint is gone.. and our pee for anything that is wrong with our body..

Blood Station
That doctor taking me aint confident at all and said may need to try two time.. but i told him that i never got pierced twice before and i trust he wouldnt be the one.. and yup! its a one try one success shot! Now im feeling really tired because i lost quite a bit of blood to them for sample.. Yawnss..

Height/Weight/BMI/XRay/Consultation
Everything was normal just as how i expected them to be except that we have to be in our birthday suit for the consultation.. though im surprise but relieved that they did not did the cough-experiment.. it still feel awkward exposing myself.. Zz..

Then its done! i am qualified for Pes B for now.. but i shall worry about finishing my ITP first and enjoy the few months of holiday before i start thinking about this upcoming two years of mystery.. Till then............

2010-11-27T12:14:00.026+08:00

Met up with Michh Wenn and XN for a quick dinner and shopping trip after my work yesterday night.. It been quite some time since the 4 of us last came out together so in order to make up for that.. we are going overseas together after my attachment! Well the plan and details aint exactly out already.. but at least we have to mindset of going.. and thats the first crucial step..

So recently its work work work.. and my decemeber schedule is out already but its also work work work.. even on the 31st of december 2010.. and they put me on the night shift which is 6pm to 2am.. so i have to celebrate my new year with all my colleagues instead of my friends.. =( So please organise something that stretches until over 2am so that i can join you peeps afterwards yeah? Midnight movie!!

And neither will i be having any holiday on Christmas.. but its quite good news because if my off is on christmas.. that week i only have 1 off.. but if my off lands on other day.. then i can claim PH which means 2 off days in total! =P So we shall celebrate christmas in advance instead yeah!

Ahhh going to sleep now.. everyday needa wake up at 6am for work.. (but im going to complain on the 31st Dec that i rather wake up at 6am instead of working at 6pm.. You know.. the time i start work is around the time yx end work.. FAINT!~ )

2010-11-26T00:01:00.001+08:00

I guess going through this attachment is making most of us grow up in one way or another.. we got exposed to the real working world where we have a taste of how it feel like to work full time and some of the scariest things called POLITICS.. It also make us get a good habit of waking up at 6am every morning instead of turning in at 6am..

After about 2 weeks of being supervisors.. there are some positive and negative impacts.. Positively is that for people who do not know what we supervisors are really doing.. it sound like a damm good job of a high rank and we are looked quite highly upon when we wear the black jacket and tie and patrol around the hotel.. Negatively is that all the responsibility of the room attendants are pushed onto us the moment we key in the room as inspected.. meaning to say.. If there is a defect in the room.. its the RA fault for not reporting.. but the moment we key in.. its our fault for not noticing and reporting it.. Ohwell..

"With great power comes great responsibility.."

2010-11-22T21:29:00.000+08:00

If only i own this tremendously breath taking room.. then everyday will be a party day!! but back to reality check.. im going back to work once again tomorrow.. then its going to be another long long week which i have no time to even dream about partying..

21st Nov - Resting on Off Day

2010-11-21T18:22:00.000+08:00

After so many days of hard work.. i finally recieved my share of off days.. recently its either that there is nothing to blog because 7/8 the time of the day im either working or sleeping.. or because there is no time to blog because 7/8 of the time of the day im either working or sleeping.. I miss those days of school where we end at 3plus or even at 1pm! so much time to spare to go out.. have fun.. and catch up with all the friends everywhere..
Ohwell.. at least this last only 6 months.. can you imagine how things will be next time when we are full time workers which last... forever endlessly? well.. at least until you are 50+ and you decided its time to enjoy the rest of your precious moments..

Went shopping at Far East Plaza yesterday with Qiann and her sisters.. and aside from all the shopping. there was a food fair in their foyer and one of the delicacies there is the potato stick.. Its basically a potato that is sliced and put onto a stick.. fried for a moment before dipping it in some flavoured powder and WALA!~ taste real good especially when the powder taste like the Shaker Fries one's..

I miss everyone!

15th Nov - 3rd Class Gathering

2010-11-17T22:34:00.000+08:00

Another quite successful event where we all meet up after work to dine together and catch up on each other.. be it about work or anything else.. At the same time we celebrated Crystals birthday and Manlin and Weiru was present too.. though they left early and we did not get to have a picture with them.. Lets hope we have more monthly successful events for all the months in ITP.. with the grand-hopefully-everyone-turn-up graduation trip for us to really sit down and share our whole 6 months experiences..

And.. Plant V Zombie is pretty addictive afterall.. just downloaded the full version which is alot more entertaining than the quite boring trial version which i thought it was lame.. And damm they ate my brains.. Lucky i brought spare..

2010-11-13T13:41:00.000+08:00

Im using two annual leave today and tomorrow because there is an understaff of buddies to teach the trainees and overstaff of supervisors back in the hotel.. so here i am sleeping my entire morning away and still figuring out what to do for the remaining day off.. Lets just hope they do not remove my annual leaves anymore because i do have plans for them.. which includes taking a day off to blog for you all.. =)

But nevertheless.. this time is spent wisely to rest and recover from all the information overload that i been going through for the past few days.. so this is not really neccessary.. but its most welcomed..

11th Nov - Happy Single's Day

2010-11-11T23:41:00.000+08:00

November 11th is a special day.. also known as 光棍节 which is a celebration day for all the singles out there.. Some interesting information about today is that this is first celebrated in the 1990's at various university in China.. and have carried this tradition until the current society.. and singles will often eat 4 youtiao and 1 baozi to represent the 4 one's and that 1 dot.. and some of the singles will choose to say good byes to their singlehood today by confessing their loves..

I only heard about this this morning while having breakfast with my China's colleagues.. so anyway.. good lucks to all the singles out there! there will always be someone suitable for you.. you just have to open your eyes and heart to find that special one!

10th Nov - Day one of Supervisor

2010-11-11T00:05:00.001+08:00

Finally the day that i waited so long has arrived.. I put on a long sleeve white shirt.. throw on a black jacket.. tie up my blue tie.. attached on my name tag.. wore my black shoes.. locked up my locker.. and out i walk.. as the new supervisor... trainee though.. =P

Today is an information overload day.. where everything is thrown at me one shot and expect me to pick up as much as possible before they start to drill everything into my mind one by one.. So today was quite mentally tiring.. and a little physically because of the non stop climbing of stairs.. but still went quite smoothly..

But anyway.. Being supervisors here is not about superiority and control yet.. on the other hand it get quite a bit challenging.. all the blames are pushed onto you if the rooms are not done nicely.. if anything is not done up to standard we have to do it before releasing the rooms.. the FO and Coordinator will chase us with almost a sms every 5min.. and we have to check 40 rooms in 8 hours.. INCLUDING BREAK! and its almost like a normal Room Attendant daily working hours because we have to stay back and stuffs.. but instead we are 6 days week while the RA are only 5 days.. Gg~

Maybe because this is the beginning.. so it seems rather tough.. lets see how things goes.. and maybe.. and hopefully.. i enjoy it in the future!!

2010-11-09T16:07:00.003+08:00

Global Positioning System aka GPS is like the most important device that i must have when im driving.. without it im almost like a blind mouse trying to find my way around without knowing im walking into a mouse trap.. But apparently ytd when i went to fetch Qiann.. it refused to work..

So i was pretty lost but relied on my 7th sense and a bit of memory which got me to her workplace without much of a problem.. its just the going back home that went a bit off course.. The city area are mostly 1 way road so finding a U-turn to go back to the expressway i came from is just me trying my luck around and turn when i feel i should.. Eventually i came back to the expressway and was pleased with myself because im finally on our way home..... until..

Until i got too over confident and forgot to exit the expressway back to Yishun.. and instead drove up to Sembawang.. =.=" So i made a quick exit and Uturn back into Lentor area.. and back to the area which im most familiar with.. OR SO I THOUGHT..

I kept right and just as a pass by the junction.. i realised Yishun is LEFT.. so DUHH.. i drove to somewhere YCK before making a Uturn AGAIN and things went smoothly from then.. Well.. i guess i depend too heavily on GPS.. where i usually wait for it to announce " Exit Expressway in 1km/500m/200m" etc.. Still.. im pleased with myself.. =)

Lumidee ft Bruk Up One Two One Two Lyrics

"One Two One Two One Two.. I can do it you can do it too.."

Listening to this song now.. and it gives me the feel to go clubbing once again. its not to drink the alcohol or party on the dancefloor.. but to have the loud bass change the rhythm of your heartbeat while enjoying their remix music..

I feel like singing.. any upcoming K session? (though this craving to sing may just disappear anytime soon..)

2010-11-08T00:48:00.000+08:00

I am currently doing some last minute E-Learning assignments that im supposed to finish before i become the supervisor tomorrow.. but it is loading too slowly that i decided to blog while waiting for them to load finish.. Most likely will not be able to finish it by tonight.. so might as well.. =/

Just found this picture while browsing Geekologie and i thought its quite a masterpiece.. It shows that nothing is worthless as long as hardwork, time and skill are placed into doing it.. so for those studying hard for their upcoming exams.. Keep it up and persevere on.. dont waste all the effort you put in for this just because this is the last lap.. and for those that are working wherever you are.. keep going! we are almost halfway through already.. =)

2010-11-06T23:00:00.003+08:00

i know my cart look empty and messy.. thats because being my last day using it.. i did not replenish or arrange it nicely.. i wanted to take a picture before i start work today which the cart was very neat and nicely arranged.. but i was already rushing for time.. sooo....

Today marks the last day of me pushing this cart around and cleaning dirty rooms.. making them into brand new rooms just to be ready for guests to dirty them once again.. this will probably be some unforgettable working experience.. where we have to rush like crazy just to finish cleaning all the rooms and not stay back till its 8pm or later.. We cant have our breaks in peace because although they say our break is 45min.. we usually rush back in 20min because that 25min could be used to complete another room.. =/

In case you have not been following me closely on facebook.. I am not being fired or ending my attachment anytime soon.. Its just time for me to start learning a new skill.. called the SUPERVISOR.. From what i infer and assume.. my new job will be to spot check rooms.. look for any things that the RA missed out and touched up on it.. then key the room to be ready for sale to our new guest.. Something liddat.. its not really those where i scold the RA or instruct them around.. i probably dont dare to.. and neither will they listen to me.. =.="

After being sup.. Im going to miss having 2 off days a week as we will only have 1.. but im definitely not wanting to go back to being a RA just to have 2 off instead of 1..

2010-11-05T22:44:00.000+08:00

Lie down on the grass and looking up to the sky....

let my mind drift and all the thoughts flow..

Everytime something trouble me.. my intention will be to blog it out in the most sophiscated way where one have to read between the lines to really understand my true meanings.. while everything on the surface are meant as a disguise.. but as i write on.. i decided to edit a little by little away because some things are just not meant to be spoken...

Have you wonder which one hurt more? saying things you wish you havent or not saying things you wished you had...

2nd Oct - Studying Surprise!

2010-11-03T22:34:00.015+08:00

Surprised Xn and Michh today while they are studying to give them a pack of herbal essence and chicken essence respectively.. wishing them great lucks for their upcoming A's.. It was really successful and it been some time since the four of us last hang out together.. Went to Chomp Chomp for our dinner/supper where there is Aw-w-w-some food! We ordered a variety of everything including BBQ Stingray, Satays and Chicken Wings.. and everything was great.. except for the parking there.. Sadly there is only parallel parking.. but it went in smoothly sorta so not a problem either..

Lets have more outings after A's! And Woot! im promoted to Supervisor next week! About time i wave farewell to all the harmful chemical that is destroying my precious hand.. =.="

30th Oct - Dynasty Paradise Lunch

2010-11-01T00:49:00.000+08:00

It was a beautiful saturday where we woke up early to help out in some family business stuffs but it ended before noon and we went off to enjoy the rest of our off days together..

Dine in Paradise Dynasty where somehow somewhere we chance upon it on the internet and looking interesting.. so we decided to give it a go and headed down to Orchard ION.. honestly i had a bit of mixed up between Iluma and ION.. with the increasing amount of shopping centres.. its hard to remember their names dont you think?

Restaurant look really good inside and outside and by the time we arrived there was already a long queue.. as we were 2 seater.. it did not take very long before our turn is here.. but the service after the front desk is tsktsktsk.. Either way.. your first cup of tea will and should be serve by that young gentleman there with that long spout kettle whom doesnt seems to take miss as a chance..

Tried their 8 types of different flavored Xiao Long Bao's which is what attracted us here in the first place.. There were goose liver, Ginseng, Garlic, Crab and others.. but after trying everything.. you just have to place your hand down on the ORIGINAL.. i have a feeling this wouldnt last very long.. just as long as after everyone tried their new tastes before the craze is over.. But its worth a try still..

Tried their LaMian, Drunken Chicken and Scallops with Egg white too.. Its worth a first time visit.. but not really for a second..

After that filling dinner.. we went to shop around ION, CenterPoint and 313.. The christmas lightings were out already.. (or maybe for a long time already) and the Subaru Impreza Challenge is getting prepared too.. (or maybe started already) Off day was spent pretty simply.. but wisely and had enjoyed it much more than cleaning the rooms.. Cant wait to have another simple trip on our common off days.. =)

22nd Oct - Halloween @ Night Safari

2010-10-30T00:39:00.001+08:00

Went to the Halloween Horrors with Qiann last saturday.. its weird how many people like to pay to scare themselves out of their wits.. only to come back the next year.. and pay to be scared once more.. Anyway.. its the first time for us so we thought it will be good to come and see the animals in the night safari.. as well as others that lurk around and behind us..

Already in the entrance area there are a few horrors lurking around.. creeping up to unknown visitors and scaring them till their hair stand at the very end.. I guess we were not into the horror atmosphere as most of the pictures we were too happily smiling..

We took the Train of Terror which allow us to see the animals as well as passing by some sudden appearing horrors to scare the people onboard.. basically i think if you just want to laugh at people being scared and not yourselves.. sit in the middle carriage because they usually appear from the back or front only.. I will say it wasnt well done because all the train were so close to each other and some of the horrors do not have enough time to go back to their original hiding places..

After the train ride we walked around to see the others animals which are missed by the train.. Some of them were really difficult to find because the enclosure was poorly litted so as to not disturb the animal and some of them blend in too well to be caught by us.. And photos are impossible to take at the night safari..

There was a horror walking trail too where horrors will be jumping onto us while we walk into their trap.. its basically another Train of Terror without the train itself.. most of them managed to scare when they do the sudden appearing act.. otherwise we mostly had a great laugh over them..

We went to see the animal show too.. which had added a bit of horror cosplay into the show to bring in the halloween spirit.. Loads of actions and much sympathy were given to the otter-like creature that was too short to place the can into the basket.. most of us felt really sorry for it but admire its persevering spirits to get it in at all cost..

Lastly we visited the Ghost Mansion which although is a long wait but its worth it.. We enter the house and walked a maze-like route and was bombarded with horrors all the time.. Kinda got freaked out by the hair they dropped from the ceiling which spooked me quite a bit..

Overall was an awesome experience.. and its worth it as you get something more than just seeing the animals themselves.. Thinking about this.. i probably will not go to the Night Safari or the Zoo unless there is some events happening there..

2010-10-28T23:55:00.000+08:00

The virus hit me once again.. having a horrible sore throat and flu since this morning and it doesnt seems to get any better with all the sleep im getting while on MC.. i didnt dare to eat any fried or spicy food this time round.. afraid that i will lose my voice like not so long ago.. Having plenty of rest now and hopefully recover fast for i have 2 off days coming up and they seems to be going to waste if im going to sleep them away.. =/

2010-10-25T23:28:00.000+08:00

It was a great morning today.. i woke up even before my alarm rang.. Was feeling very awake and refreshed from the rests from my 3 off days.. bought breads to be eaten as my lunch.. went to work in a happy mood despite the rainy weather.. Had a full breakfast to start the day.. Found a heap of face towels which is usually out of stock and we have to hunt ourselves or panic.. fold them nicely so i have a easier time later.. listened to the meeting attentively.. and WHAM! Rooms report is not printed for me as im posted to do something else..

Not that im complaining because its usually an easier task and im more than willing to take on that as compared to rooms.. but this is the second time that i was so mentally prepared and ready to do rooms and they posted me elsewhere.. If only they do this when im feeling dead or tired from cleaning rooms.. but i guess you dun get your way all the time.. Still im happy i got to try and learn something new today though its a monotonous job of changing all the phonebooks..

Well today task is simple.. changing all the phonebooks in the hotel rooms and replacing them with the latest editions.. although that means about 200 phonebooks (lower class floors do not have 1 in all the rooms) to change and i only have 20 spare outer case.. so that means i have to go up and down and up and down because the rooms must always have so i have to replace 20 by 20 and not take all 200 change and throw back.. Ohwell.. spent half my life in the lift today.. but definitely not complaining about it.. =)

I wonder how is my day tomorrow?

2010-10-23T19:29:00.000+08:00

Finally after 9 days of never ending tasks of cleaning the rooms.. i recieved my much awaited OFF days.. And supposingly friday was supposed to be my Conrad Race.. but due to the bad haze and their concern for our health (or rather their concern that later 200 staffs do not turn up for work the next day).. the Race had been postpone and we were "forced" to take leave because there is overstaffs now..

So aside from resting and recovering from all my back and legs aches.. Qiann and I went to the Halloween Horrors at Night Safari! Its a whole new experience compared to coming on another ordinary days.. Aside from having to look behind you time to time.. its a real enjoyable time especially seeing others who are unawared that there is something lurking behind them and you are resisting to tell them and laughing at them afterwards.. Well.. more information when the photos are up..

Anyway.. I just realised that my Cbox is about 2000 days old already which is about 5.5 years already.. =)

2010-10-20T23:41:00.003+08:00

Here i present to you a simple graph which basically sum up some of the relatively important factors of my ITP.. with money and freedom being the top importance factors but they will not be included in my simple graph.. perhaps i should do some more simple graph and have a final one which i combine everything into a not so simple graph just for the sake of combining..

I believe the graph is very clear and easy to understand but let me point out some things in case you miss it.. our maximum time of break is 45min legally but it can stretch for an indefinite amount of time as long as the main aim, which is cleaning the rooms, is complete.. Meaning if i can finish all the rooms in 1hr.. i will have a 8.5hr break.. but this graph is simple remember?

The red line depicts the amount of break i am entitled to if i want to complete all the rooms on time without OT which is 9.5hr.. So this means that if i were to do 6 rooms.. i can take 45min(++++) break and still complete without OT.. I am currently at 10 rooms so i have about 20min break if i want to complete on time..

PS: Breaktime include waiting for the staff lifts.. There are times i wait 10min to go down to the staff canteen.. and 10min to go up back to my pantry.. meaning the time i take to eat is how long my OT is.. =/

I hope you understand what i meant when i have to do 13 rooms.. =(

2010-10-19T23:25:00.000+08:00

I really want to blog.. and have something to blog.. and have a good reason to blog.. but time is really not on my side now as its already 1am and i have to wake up at 5.30am and have another physically straining day.. Zz.. soooo yeahh.. =P

In the meantime.. all that had been going through my mind is....
whether to you this glass is half full or half empty?

2010-10-18T01:31:00.000+08:00

This morning while waiting for our daily meeting to commence.. a supervisor came forward and requested for me to look for S. Being the typical me and is clueless about everyone's name.. i thought i was in some trouble and is awaiting for my lecture.. Turn out.. S is a staff in the Uniform section of Housekeeping and im sent there because there was lack of rooms to clean today as most of them were late checkout..

So uniform section is alot less taxing and time does not seems to fly too fast either.. Did sorting of dirty clothes.. issusing of uniforms to the staffs that walk in.. and hanging up those clean clothes that are fresh from the laundry.. However it have its difficulties too such as the numerous times i have to bend down/squat down to look at the hangers number on the lower section.. and boy does it strain your back/knee muscles.. I believe those working here will either have great flexibility for Sit&Reach or spring power for StandingBroadJump..

Tomorrow its probably back to the rooms.. Its so difficult to have the need-to-rush feel until its after lunch.. Damm..

2010-10-17T00:03:00.000+08:00

Almost a month had pass by since the first day i stepped into the Conrad World.. Learnt quite a handful of skills as a room attendant housekeeper and met many new friends too.. though name remembering is still quite a difficult task for me..

For a rough pinpoint on what is the current situation now for me at my ITP.. I am doing 9 rooms now but increasing as the days goes by and with the fastest being 35min and slowest being 1hr 15min.. Lunch break getting more depressing as the number of rooms goes up.. and is already resorting to skipping lunch in order to complete the rooms within the normal working hours..

Done 2 days of banquet recently which was quite crazy idea because they end late at 11pm so i will reach home at around 12+ but have to wake up at 5.30am in the morning for another day of cleaning rooms.. Meant to try them as a form of experience so at least i know how the banquet life goes..

Day 1 was horrible.. I was the runner so i have to "run" to the kitchen and carry the food and "run" back to the station for the servers to portion and serve them.. and boy are those plates heavy.. After the guests ate and we cleared it.. we have to carry them back.. Here come the problem.. I aint confident of my tray-carrying skills so i wouldnt even imagine what happen if i accidentally broke 50 plates.. not including the mess i make.. so i carry them in front of me and stroll back to the kitchen instead.. Bad (but the real) experience..

Day 2 was easier because its Buffet.. Mainly serve drinks while they wait around before entering the ballroom to attend the event.. Wrist got quite tiring after a number of trips to and fro from the bar to the guests area.. Then it was setting up the tables for some reasons.. Gg. The tables are taller and heavier than me and it look like they will crush me to death if lean too much on me OR topple over and create a din and mess if lean too much to the other side.. Soooooo.. i DRAGGED a table or two before they decided i should just go and do something else.. =P

So here is the gist of my life so far.. stay around for more.. and i shall try not to be so wordy next time....

2010-10-15T01:03:00.001+08:00

Tomorrow or the day after i shall talk about my work at banquet.. if i manage to dig out sometime for this that is.....

2010-10-14T01:23:00.000+08:00

Been listening to classical non stop for the past 2 days.. the radio will be on as soon as my computer is loaded and will not be X until i decided its time to shut down my computer.. Its funny sometime when i think about how much i enjoy listening to classical.. yet im not someone that is interested in playing the piano or the guitar.. I guess im those that like to sit back.. sip on a glass of apple juice.. and enjoy the music and the world around me..

Had a last minute dinner with Lian Jon and Yw after work today.. Went to a random restaurant which does not have a queue and look decently priced at Tiong Bahru Plaza and dine away while chatting about our working life.. I figured any outings from now on will have work as the main topic.. with hopefully the graduation trip as the second main topic..

Its going to be my first time doing banquet tomorrow.. hopefully there isnt much of an accident and everything goes smoothly.. and i do not have to reach home after midnight and report to work on friday at 8am.. =/