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July 31, 2007

Oops, i did it again..

i'm just not good at giving surprises.
i let the cat out of the bag again this time...

yes, the birthday surprise is exposed.
trip to Batam, Indonesia for a short getaway.
heading to Holiday Inn Resort for rest & relaxation... and spa!

for the sporty birthday boy, he can take on cable-skiing, jet-skiing, wakeboarding etc.
diving doesn't seem to be popular in Batam, so u gotta arrange for other trips if u're itching to go for diving again.


... counting down 3 weeks

Links to pictures..

most of the pix for the Vietnam trip are up.
so as usual, remember to log in to view them. also, if u're not in my network, please add me to view.

Vietnam Part I : Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam Part II : Da Lat


coming up.. pix taken on Regina's bday @ Changi Village


July 22, 2007

Down with the sickness

after an eventful week, my health finally gave way;
down with fever n throat infection since yesterday.

we had regina's birthday dinner @ changi village on Friday night,
despite waking up with sore throat went for a jog with NeuNeu n TC,
headed to HDB, followed by NeuNeu uncle's home to visit Ah Po on Saturday,

finally in the evening, suddenly felt unbearably unwell n postponed the movies n shopping plans.
which meant no ktv either n i prefer to avoid crowded places to avoid aggravating the infection...


back to rest.
photos up soon.

July 19, 2007

A Quickie

stealing some time off work to post a quick note.

WE'RE BACK!!!


.. back from holiday
.. back from Vietnam
.. back to work

pix will be up by this weekend.


another piece of good news is...
we're going for more holidays!
details are yet to be confirmed. keep ur eyes peeled.


July 13, 2007

Arrival in Da Lat, Vietnam

writing to all u folks from Da Lat, Vietnam after a 6-hour long ride from HCMC.
wonderful climate, similar to that of Cameron Highlands.

it's 7.30am (GMT +7) n we're waiting for the day tour to commence in half an hour's time.

the first day in Saigon was hectic.
dusty roads, hectic traffic, crazy bargaining!
the number of zeros (in VND - Dong) to the price tag of things here really drove me nuts (it's worse than the IDR - Rupiah on the recent Bintan trip).


signing off for now...
no USB port here so tentatively no pix.

July 11, 2007

Out of Town

... counting down the last hours to our Vietnam-bound flight

we're almost done with the packing.
"what's there to pack?" some may ask.
apart from my usual shower/skincare essentials, i've got my handy "china-man" canvas tote - the ones typically in red, blue, green stripes.. - it's a fashion statement. if u're not aware, one of the designers (not sure if it was Dior) came up with a fashion catalog in the exact canvas prints.

ok, i'm rambling too much becoz i'm a little hyped up. the excitement only started knocking on my door the night before.

minxun, i'll stuff u into my luggage if u don't mind being crushed like the beer cans when i returned from my Bangkok trip. otherwise, seats should still be available on the Jetstar flight (but the airfare n taxes apply).


a tout a l'heure!


July 08, 2007

Moving on

one-half Fatty-BomBom has passed away a few days back

food poisoning,
illness,
negligence?


lonely lonely fishie..

July 06, 2007

The legend

many are wondering why Will’s always addressed at "NeuNeu" when he's not even born in the lunar year of Ox (牛).

here’s the story…

1) in one of our conversations over the phone, long before we got together, I passed a remark in Mandarin saying: "对牛弹琴" – literally "play music to a cow" a Mandarin 成语 (four-character idiom) with a similar meaning to "cast pearls before swine". and the next thing he said really threw me off the couch.

"你弹琴那么好听,牛听了都会跳起来" – meaning the music I play sounds so good that the cow will jump up and dance.


2) in another conversation after his jog, he was complaining of fatigue due to lack of sleep the night before… I took my chance to dig at him and said "哎哟,我的老牛跑不动了".

since then he’s been crowned the glorious nickname of "NeuNeu" also known in Mandarin as "牛牛". And every time he calls, his nickname is announced in grandeur by my phone’s function "Say Caller’s Name", my mommy will laugh out loud.


Me?
I just think it’s cute.

July 03, 2007

Update

was messing around with the photo editor a few days back but was too busy to post the link. u may have been able to spot a couple of the pix on my friendster, but anyways, here it is:

hypnotic disarray of colors


on another note altogether, we were out on a date on Saturday.
we had a long afternoon of steamy...

STEAMBOAT!!!
tsk tsk.. what was ur perverted little mind thinking?

overall, the food was not bad, the staff were downright friendly..
it was a really nice thought by NeuNeu.
but i guess the scorching weather totally put us out of the "Good Food Mood", plus i'm not really a buffet kind of person so...

poor NeuNeu had to put up with my incessant ranting while he enjoyed his seafoods, meats and soup (u thought i didn't see u leaving behind all the veggies?) .
soon after he got dragged out of the shop by me, for some cool air..
where else? the shopping mall, of course!
oh, i met Sam Baobei in Bugis Junction.
it's been so long since we caught up...

back to the point, on top of the damage done early last month, plus the Metro Closing Down Sale with mommy n NeuNeu, equates to.. DEAD MEAT. to think i even told myself i will abstain from hitting the malls until i return from HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City). ya, i should've known better.

it's a long workweek again.
only 2 pathetic off days for working 6 days.
aarghh.


10 days
counting down to the Vietnam Trip

July 02, 2007

vanity is pure evil

zara
biotherm
forever 21
dermalogica
more to come..

vanity knows no boundaries
and the Great Singapore Sale in this year of 2007
is certainly making my credit limit creep over it's threshold