the august chapter

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Bear with me! It’s going to take me a while to remember what I did before I flew to Singapore and back. Therefore this post is going to be a long and really long one. Haha. Just bear with me alright!!!

So, few days before I flew back to Singapore with Mike, the “parents” went for their own trip to Japan and HongKong leaving the 3 of us home alone again. Mike brought us to the airport to send the “parents” away.

sorry kel, you are not going anywhere!

At the airport

Me and Mike

With Nik

Man... i wanna go on my holiday soon too!!

In between cooking our own meals at home, we went over to Mike’s place to have steamboat with them since their parents is away on holiday too! Seriously, everyone of the family is like away on holiday during that time!!

The Lee's style steamboat

over at the Lee's place.

Oh yea, how can I forget that we went for the Basketball final match to support Tecky and his mates.

waiting for our lift..

At the bball stadium

the Shohoku team

the game begins..

the benchwarmer... lolx

with the champion..

lil jet showing his support too..

missing the coach Lee which is on holiday.. haha

The day finally came and I flew back to Singapore with Mike on the night of 27th March 09. Took the crappy Tiger Airway (seriously, my left foot was hurting ever since I landed that night. I have to end up seeing a Chinese physician which did all sort of brutally acts on my legs and man I thought I’m going to die in her room that day! Thankfully it helped ease the leg pain for like half a day, but I still ended up limping for 2 days straight on the cruise!)

my poor foot...

Cruise was alright. Superstar Virgo was big but not as big as what I thought it was! (Recently, I found out that it was actually the old SuperStar Leo that got revamped and renamed.) All you do everyday in the cruise was just eat and eat and eat!! Man, I feel so FAT now! Help!!!

boarding the ship

our room..

the tiny bathroom

exploring the ship

at the main lobby

one of the many stairs..

the swimming pool

on the top deck.

mini golf area

rear end of the ship..

bball court

our room

during the emergency drill

back to the room.. relax!

exploring the galaxy of stars..

too hot.. need a drink.

sea breeze!

back to the lobby.

dinner!

rear end of the ship at night..

our room has been tidied!

out to take photos with Mike's tripod

We arrived at Penang Island on the 2nd day of the trip. Penang Island in my opinion is very much like any other Malaysia states- maybe just more Chinese. We joined a tour and explored some of Penang Island’s attractions. Sadly, i didnt had a chance to try Penang laska!!!

at the lido waiting to get down to the island.

one of the temples.

chew jetty

buffet for lunch.. no Penang laska one!

you need a big gut to sit on the scary trishaw ride...

the khoo temple..

the interior

batik factory

Reclining Buddha temple (Wat Chayamangkalaram)

it's soooo huge!

Burmese Temple (Dhammikarama) with the standing buddha

back to the tender boat to get back to the ship

Penang Island

On the 3rd day, we arrived at Phuket Island in the morning. Phuket Island was such a disappointment! Both Mike and I did not enjoy any of it at all! Firstly, Patong Beach was such a let down! The beach was so commercial with so many stalls setting up for business and all. I was not tempted in any way to go down to the beach at all! Seriously, I reckon the beaches in Perth are way nicer and more beautiful then what I saw in Patong Beach. Next, the locals are so rowdy which turned me off completely! So yea, can you imagine just a few hours in Phuket and you felt like leaving already? That was how I felt!

Phuket Island

the tour bus

the Patong Beach..

Maybe Starbucks will cheer me up!

Just walking around the streets..

Lunch!

Spending time indoors to keep cool on the hot day!

the Patong Beach

what an ugly sight of the beach really!

Heading back to the ship

Bye Phuket!

The cruise was definitely an unwinding trip! Thought the time was passing so slowly when we first got on the ship, but who knows the next time you know you arrived back in Singapore! Didn’t really want to come back to Sinagpore for once! Hahaha. Had so much fun just unwinding and relaxing in the cruise- that’s life baby!

eat eat eat!

i look at you, you look at me...

that's a porthole baby!

Mike making me look funny with his wide angle len..

view from the lift..

one of the activity rooms..

time to chill!

inside galaxy of stars.

galaxy of stars

relax...

all dressed up for gala night dinner!

Gala dinner.

2nd April- 11th April 09.
My stay in Singapore was awesome! Met up with friends and family, though not as many as before. (Sorry for those of you that I didn’t get a chance to say hi! Just that it was a bit hard to find time with my limited stay. Sorry!! I will make it up when I’m back again!)

cherwyn

mike's relatives

on the 15th monthsary, we celebrated at the mount faber's cable car sky dinning!

jewel box is such a pretty place!

in the cable car.

food was yums!

what a pretty view!

headed to st james!

Jodie!!!!

jodie cant stop barking at Mike everytime...

dinner with the family at raffles town club.

nice place.

but crap food.

marche

zoo with the tourists... hahaha.

i only take photos with the fake animals. haha

the tourists from down under..

meet up with SLAM and adel!

Vivi soooo cute!!

Mike and Vivi..

the best pals.. missing yann!!

supper with sky!

food galore in spore!

max brenner i like!!!

yummy chocolate!

thanks bao for the supper and driving us out with your P! hahaha. Mike was a lil worried about your driving!

CATS at the Esplande!!

CATS show was awesome! i liked it!!

FAT~~~

Coming back to Perth was definitely hard on me! Thanks to Mike and those around me during that time. I guess I came to this point that I’m not as strong as who I used to be and that I’m actually finding it harder and harder each time to leave home when I’m back. Guess home is something that can’t be replaced!

Back to Perth and back to reality. Have been busy working and of course keeping myself busy, just in case I get those haunting thoughts about missing home and start getting all cranky and shit.

james bday party!

james bday dinner..

18th April- the "very low profile" church wedding of James and Shirley.

the guest of honors..

the couple revowing their wedding vows.

the couple and witnesses.

me and mike as their witness

the family..

the girls

me and mike

headed to Kings Park to take more photos..

me and kel

the family

pretty flowers everywhere..

dim sum for lunch after that...

road trip to mundaring for the famous pizza (45mins drive)

arrived at Little Caesar- the BEST pizza in town!!

the little humble place for a big name!

here comes the pizzas!!

yums!

a close look at the pizza!

takeaway a must!

the family.

the desert pizza..

out having lunch with mike on the weekend..

having a cuppa after lunch..

i love coffee!

on the 16th monthsary..

mike brought me to this japanese restaurant...

the starter was soooooooo yums!

So here I am now, almost a month since I return already! Guess I’m still trying to live life as happily as before and making as much out of it as I can. Who knows when the clock stops ticking for one?

ps: this post took me like a fucking day to finish up!!!

♥ 6:09 PM