My New Lappy..

Sui borrr???

My very own lappy / pc at 33 years old... me a bit slow, i know.. heheeheh..

I especially like the touchpad.. unlike the conventional touchpad, this one looks 'sturdier'.. can tahan kena water & such.. HAHAAHAH..

Happy, happy, happy!! Now will need to shop for 'accessories'.. haven't even paid for this lappy, already need to spend more $$$ on accessories.. :)

Weekend Trip to Penang

Jaya 'kindly' invited us to stay over at his new place in Penang over the weekend (I think it was 2 weekends ago.. heheheh...).

We took a flight out from Senai airport on Friday nite. Surprisingly, we arrived at Penang almost 1/2 hour earlier! I think this is the first for AirAsia.. heeheheh...

Anyway, to kick-start our jam-packed itenenary (courtersy of Lee the Man), we had supper at one of the more well-known nasi kandar restaurant. Food was good, but a bit expensive. Also, the waiting staff there can't speak Malay!!! Walau lorrr... Jaya had to speak to them in Tamil.. so funny..

View from Jaya's condo.

Makan & Minum

We had Dim Sum for breakfast. This is the only self-serving dim sum place I've ever been to lorrr... From ordering/collection of dim sum, to adding water for the tea, to paying...

At night, we went clubbing. Liked the band, but the DJ sucks. The place was crowded though, but can't remember the name of the place liao..

Sight-Seeing

Hot Hot Hot day... except on the Sunday @ St Anne's Church.

First stop - Bukit Bendera

Super duper hot and stuffy inside the 'train'. And the officers packed everyone in like sardines!! I guess part of the 'Bukit Bendera' experience is the ride in the train, but the officers thoroughly ruined what could be a scenic and leisurely trip by packing so many people until most people can't even see what's going on.. thumbs down for that.

Next was Kek Lok Si Temple.

The place is HUGE!!! But then arrr... it feels more like Sentosa to me.. parking, need to pay.. take the tram, need to pay (this one ok larr..) then arrr... go to the pagoda area, NEED TO PAY!! walau lorrrrr....

They even had a restaurant serving vegetarian food (with promotion somemore hor.. dun play play) and also sooooo many stalls selling t-shirts, souveniers and stuff!!!

Next day we visited Khoo Kongsi Temple

This is a temple ran by the Khoo Clan. Not as big as Kek Lok Si, but not less majestic. Also charges entrance fee to visit their 'museum'.

Lastly, St Anne's Church.

We had to cross the Penang Bridge as St Anne's is located in the mainland.

Very spacious and peaceful. It started to drizzle shortly after we arrive, and we sat around chatting, until it was time to go for our long-awaited seafood dinner before catching the flight home...

A bit rush for this trip as we packed as much activities as we can for the 2 days. Must make another trip, but at a more leisurely pace :)

My San Shi San Da Shou @ Pattaya

Thanks to all who came, and also for the GENEROUS gifts!!!! :)

'Family' Portrait

I've made the reservation like a month back, and asked for the mezzanine floor, coz I thought it was a private area... when I reached there, I realised it was just a raised platform :S

Anyway...

The Place:
Facing Tebrau Highway, at Tmn Sentosa area. Looks classy but parking is a pain. There's a massage parlour within the restaurant premises itself and also a pub next to it. Heard from friends that the pub is also a part of the restaurant.

The Food :
A bit too spicy for everyone. Not sure if this is what they call authentic. But then again, I've been to Sukhothai @ Eden, and the food was superb, not as spicy as Pattaya's.

Total spent was about RM870. For the environment and service, it was reasonable. But I felt that the portion was a bit too little, and again, VERY spicy.

Ber Ber in shock.. See too many people liao.. hehehehe..

Matchmaking session in progress... Yahan very 'on', but Ray bo-chap lehhh... SOOOO COOL lorrrr...

The father too eager liao... Ray kena forced to take pictures.... HAHAHAAHAH!!

TQ TQ all for the wishes!! Hope for many many more happy years to come.. HAPPY 33RD BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF US!!!!

Angela Bday @ De' Bali

TQ Angela horrr....

Thanks to her, we had 2 bottles of Vodka.. hehehe...

The place a bit weird lorrr... no one dance de worrrr.. only we all shiok sendiri lorrr... Then arr, the place we sat, got droplets of water falling on us lorrr.. Me thinks it's from the fan larrr..

The 'chop chop' dance.. HAHAHAAHAH!!!

Somebody please get a man for her fast fast lorrr!!!!

Happy 33rd Birthday!!!

What the Hell did I do??!!

I succumbs to my inner evil desire =_=

I saw a Burberry bag that cost S$900!!! No discount lehhh.. heart pain lorrr, so didn't buy..

Instead, I bought this....

Thanks to IRENE YEOH horrr, I walked into all the branded boutiques in Ngee Ann today, including lining up to get into the LV boutique!! HAHAHAAHAHH.. recession? What recession??

If I ever get myself a LV bag or the S$900 Burberry bag, please check me in to a mental hospital. Something must be very wrong with my brains, or I'm super depressed.. I may just kill myself while hugging the bag!! HAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!

Video of Tim & Celeste's Wedding

Nice?? :)

Time flies lorr...

I got to know them when I was working in my 2nd company. That was in 2005 / 2006??

My greatest fear when joining a new company?? NO ONE LUNCH WITH ME!! HAHAHAHA!! Laugh all you want, but that's my weakest point.. hehehe...

Luckily for me, Kearin ajak me out for lunch on my first day, together with the rest of buyers, which include Tim & Celeste.

They had this grand story of how they were classmates in university, but didn't know that they were interviewing for the same job in the same company. It was a coincidence that they met again on their first day.. yeahhhhh riteeee... But all of us bought that story lorr... HAHA!!!

AND I was there 'sibuk-ing' trying to cari a BF for Celeste (by the way, the said guy is happily attached now, and have 'guo he chai qiao' liao. HAHAHAH.. hope he's reading this, coz he still owes me abalone!!).

Oh well... over the years (not many years larr.. I was there for slightly over a year only.. hehe.) we grew quite close, maybe due to the long working hours that all of us had to 'suffer'.. but having nice colleagues sure make things EASIER to bear.. :)

Many, many happy memories there, I did enjoy my short stint there. Busy, yes.. but enjoying every minute of it with the support & company of these great colleagues.

I wish the both of you, have a happy & blissful marriage. Remember 10 May 2009 should you reach a roadblock. It was a great day!

And Tim, remember your promise to me. I'm turning 35 soon.. ;)

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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This woman sooooo cute.. She said she accidentally got her hair stuck with a brush while blowing it, and had no choice but to cut it off. Then, she told her hairdresser not to cut ALL her hair off, since she had a hard time growing them to the current length. And soooo.. this is the end result.

SOOOOOOOOOOO CUTEEEEEEEE!!!!

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAH!!!!!

Ber Ber's Full Moon

Happy 1 month old, Ber Ber!!!!!

I went to Paradise!!! (PART II)

Sights & Sounds of Bali... Beautiful place :)

Kuta

I guess this is the main tourist spot. Lots of bars, restaurants and shops. I had my hair and the 'tattoo' done there, on the beach!! :)

The Bali bombing memorial

Shopping at Kuta is rather expensive, compared to elsewhere. But food prices were more or less the same.

Pineapple Fried Rice.

I had this at a nice cozy restaurant called Ketupat. We were actually walking along a row of shophouses in Kuta, towards the memorial. Then we saw a table with a menu on it (with the lightbulb hanging just above the menu! hehehe). It looked interesting, and we walked in through an open space and into a walkway. I didn't expect much at first, but when I walked in, I loved the decor of the place! There was a pool in the middle of the area, with tables around it. We chose to sit inside the restaurant though, coz it was a bit hot & stuffy. Food was good, with friendly staff. Just a bit slow...

Goa Gajah

This is loosely translated as Elephant Cave?? hehehe.. it's a temple of, I think..

The actual cave itself is very small, less than 5 mins and you're done. But I very sua, you see.. So stayed for quite some time around the area to take pix... :)


Kintamani

My so-called photography skills didn't do justice to the view that greeted us...

Beautiful, beautiful scenery. We can only watch it by the road side :S

We drove along a long & winding road uphill, to be greeted by this beautiful scene. Maciam a scene from Lord of the Rings.. hehehehe...

The place was really cool, almost like Genting. Sadly, our experience was marred by the local 'traders'. The moment we step foot on the paveway, a group of traders, mostly women and young children (they are the orang asli, as informed by our driver when I asked later) swarmed us with their 'wares'. Sarongs lar, pencils lar, trinkets larr.. and even ink 'tattoo'.

But then arrrr.. when we agreed to a price for an item, they would turn around and say the price they agreed on is for another item, the ones that we wanted are more expensive!!! That's like cheating lorrr!! That's why some of us ended quarelling with them.

My advise? Ignore them completely. They'll still pester you, but just walk away. You can get better deals for the same stuff elsewhere.

However, all said & done, they are just trying to make a living... Quite sad, really. I heard from our driver (from the villa, while on the way to the airport on the final day) that seafood is very expensive in Bali. Most families can't afford to eat them. The main food are pork & chicken meat. He added that he only bring his wife & 2 children for seafood @ Jimbaran Bay during his wedding anniversary, and he spends around IDR500,000 each time. It's considered as a luxury... We very ho miah horr.. everyday big fish, big meat...

Nice horrr...

Tanah Lot

MUST GO!!!!!

It's high tide, we can't cross over to the temple.. wasted... :(

But nonetheless, the view was breathtaking!!!!

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.....

We had lunch there. Surprisingly good and not very expensive.. we had a great view of the temple from the 'restaurant'.


Uluwatu Temple

Lots of monkeys around!!

Make sure you hold tightly to your stuff!!! A monkey grabbed a lady's unbrella coz she was swinging the thing while walking!! And when our driver tried to retrive it, that monkey 'showed' him his two long and sharp teeth!!! Walau lorr.. so fierce!!!!

Ses Lee's bro act cute!!! :>

Actually, this place quite big. But it was a hottttttt day, so we tak larat walk too far. hehehehe...

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That sums up my trip. Worth a visit lorrr... My take is if you are not too choosy about the accommodation and don't shop a lot, I think you can do 4D3N under RM1k. Come to think of it, nothing much to buy lorrr...

But for the experience, try the villa. Lots of it in Bali (if you do not want to be too far off from Kuta, choose a villa in Legian / Seminyak area). Pamper yourself a bit larr.. All in all, I spent under RM2,000. Air-fare, accommodation, transport with driver for 2 days at 10 hours per day (airport transfers provided by villa), food, some HardRock t-shirts, some trinkets, tips and not forgetting, an in-house Balinese massage :)

Will definitely go there again. Fingers cross!!!