Since it's the Labour Day Long Weekend here in Singapore, why not spending it doing something creative, and maybe win a prize at the end of it? If you love taking photograph, head out of your house now to take some great photos and submit them to the following photo competition that I would like to share with you!
SIA Free Vacation to Sydney Australia!
Win a trip for two to Sydney! Contest ends 10th May 2009.
Club Med Photo contest
Win a five-day stay at one of its Asia-Pacific resorts
plus a US$10,000 ($15,000) photography contract! Contest ends 8th May 2009
Good Luck!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Direct Budget Flight to Penang!
I've been waiting a long time for this news! Finally! It is coming true! Come June 1st 2009, AirAsia will start their Singapore-Penang direct flight, followed by Jetstar Asia on July 1st 2009. Promotion tickets are still on sale for AirAsia's ticket, but JetStar Asia's promotion ticket ends 29th April at 12midnight.
Anyway, this means I get to go back to Penang more often now and enjoy all the lovely food there! Needless to say, I've already gotten my tickets for August! Cost of a return ticket for one is around S$80, which is fine with me cause a one way bus ticket is already S$50, yet it cuts the travelling time down by 8 hours! And since now, everyone can have a short getaway to Penang, I though I need to do my part in promoting my little island :) So here are some scenes from Penang I took some time back, together with some of my favourite food there (Char Koay Teow and Ambra Juice, and David's Chicken Chop, the best chicken chop to me).
So go click on the links on the reference, and book your ticket soon! For people who prefer a quiet getaway, budget airlines now also fly direct from Singapore to Langkawi! Now is a great time to explore this duty free island!
Ref:
AirAsia promo site
Jetstar Asia promo site
Penang Island
Friday, April 24, 2009
Midlife Crisis
For some reason or other, I've done some dramatic changes to myself lately. First stop, I managed to get myself contact lenses after wearing glasses since age 10! I never thought I'll be one that is so vain to endure poking at my eyeballs to look good, but I am! But don't get too overly excited. I only wear them on weekends, and only when I feel like I can handle the horror of poking my eyeballs with my bare fingers.
I'm using Acuvue daily disposable contact lenses by Johnson and Johnsons, and well, it's not exactly as I've hoped it would be. You know how they always advertised on TV how free you'll feel when you switch to contact lenses? It's not exactly true (for me at least). So far I've only wore it 3 times, and I found that I:
1. Have trouble deciding which side is the correct side to wear those damn lenses.
2. Have trouble walking around in aircon places as it makes my eye feel dry.
3. Carry my glasses along with me when I am out, in case the lenses fell off or it gets too unconfortable to wear.
4. Worry about my eyes getting too dry, but not wanting to rely on eye drops.
5. Worry about getting sand in my eyes on a windy day, or getting my eyes blown dry by the wind.
6. Can buy a box of contact lenses at RM80 in Malaysia, vs S$55 in Singapore....
But still, it's fun to wear them! And wearing shades feels way cool!
Second dramatic change is getting my hair rebond. I've always wanted to try it, but was scared of getting my hair damaged. But what the heck, we only live once! So I did it, and it feels great! And now I am waiting for all my hair to drop off after reading some articles about how much damage it does to your hair when you rebond them :P I'll share some of the articles with you in the reference section in case you are interested :P The horror the horror!
So are all these indication of hitting the midlife crisis? If so, I still need to get a tattoo and start smoking before I hit 40 :P
Ref:
Midlife Crisis
The Truth about Hair Rebonding
The Truth About Contact Lenses
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
KL Weekend Trip - Day 3
Again, in the safe hands of my good friend Whaley.....
8:00am Pick up Cordy Cod & Koala for breakfast!
(More like 8:45am as we were all rather exhausted. And in case you wonder, yes we ate 1st breakfast at the hostel, and 2nd breakfast with Whaley. That's TWO breakfast a day!)
8:30am Breakfast - Sea Park (Yong Tao Fu & Laksa at Sea Park)
(There was a major phone calling operation going on and circling the neighbourhood before we managed to find the Yong Tao Fu store, but the fried dumplings there were really nice!)
10:30am Shopping (Mid-valley - Gardens)
(We ended up in The Curve instead as I've requested to go there. The journey from Sea Park to the Curve is actually a 10 minutes ride there, but it took us 1 hour to find our way there! Along the way, we drove up and down the highway for like 4 times, and got lost in SS2, SS6, SS4, and after a while, we kinda lost count :P Did some major shopping there thanks to Whaley!)
12:30pm Lunch (Japanese Buffet - Jogoya)
2:00pm Drop Cordy & Koala back to hotel to pick up stuffs
(none of the above took place, but instead we spend lots of time eating and shopping at The Curve till 4:30pm).
2:30pm Shopping or sightseeing (Putrajaya)
(Here's another adventure of getting lost while trying to locate Putrajaya! I requested to visit this place as I thought it would be great for photo taking. But at last, after winding up at a Police Station asking for direction, we found out we were way off our targetted direction! haha! So we decided to give up as we were running out of time).
4:30pm Depart to Kuali's apt / can drop by Bkt Jalil Sport Complex
5:00pm Depart for dinner (Kuali will recommend nice nice food)
(We managed to reach our old friend Kuali's apartment around dinner time, and she took us to a nice road side stall for steam fish head cooked in minced ginger and garlic. We also had bitter gout with duck eggs, fried potato leaves, and fried pig intestine with garlic! Interesting meal)
7:30pm Send Cordy & Koala to airport
(While leaving from Kuali's apartment, it was raining lightly and dark, and Cordy fell down AGAIN! But this time, with some bone-cracking sound effect which really shocked her! At first I thought I might have broken some of my bones! It hurt like crazy, but I managed to stay calm. It was a one hour ride to the airport, and raining heavily all the way. Bummer. I thought we'll never make it, judging from our record of getting lost in the past two days :) )
9:00pm Reach airport for Cordy & Koala to check in
( WE MADE IT! And I CAN STILL WALK! A-but super painful lah. Come back kenna 2 days MC from doctor. THANK YOU WHALEY FOR A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE! Will be back soon!)
Ref:
The Curve KL
Putrajaya
8:00am Pick up Cordy Cod & Koala for breakfast!
(More like 8:45am as we were all rather exhausted. And in case you wonder, yes we ate 1st breakfast at the hostel, and 2nd breakfast with Whaley. That's TWO breakfast a day!)
8:30am Breakfast - Sea Park (Yong Tao Fu & Laksa at Sea Park)
(There was a major phone calling operation going on and circling the neighbourhood before we managed to find the Yong Tao Fu store, but the fried dumplings there were really nice!)
10:30am Shopping (Mid-valley - Gardens)
(We ended up in The Curve instead as I've requested to go there. The journey from Sea Park to the Curve is actually a 10 minutes ride there, but it took us 1 hour to find our way there! Along the way, we drove up and down the highway for like 4 times, and got lost in SS2, SS6, SS4, and after a while, we kinda lost count :P Did some major shopping there thanks to Whaley!)
12:30pm Lunch (Japanese Buffet - Jogoya)
2:00pm Drop Cordy & Koala back to hotel to pick up stuffs
(none of the above took place, but instead we spend lots of time eating and shopping at The Curve till 4:30pm).
2:30pm Shopping or sightseeing (Putrajaya)
(Here's another adventure of getting lost while trying to locate Putrajaya! I requested to visit this place as I thought it would be great for photo taking. But at last, after winding up at a Police Station asking for direction, we found out we were way off our targetted direction! haha! So we decided to give up as we were running out of time).
4:30pm Depart to Kuali's apt / can drop by Bkt Jalil Sport Complex
5:00pm Depart for dinner (Kuali will recommend nice nice food)
(We managed to reach our old friend Kuali's apartment around dinner time, and she took us to a nice road side stall for steam fish head cooked in minced ginger and garlic. We also had bitter gout with duck eggs, fried potato leaves, and fried pig intestine with garlic! Interesting meal)
7:30pm Send Cordy & Koala to airport
(While leaving from Kuali's apartment, it was raining lightly and dark, and Cordy fell down AGAIN! But this time, with some bone-cracking sound effect which really shocked her! At first I thought I might have broken some of my bones! It hurt like crazy, but I managed to stay calm. It was a one hour ride to the airport, and raining heavily all the way. Bummer. I thought we'll never make it, judging from our record of getting lost in the past two days :) )
9:00pm Reach airport for Cordy & Koala to check in
( WE MADE IT! And I CAN STILL WALK! A-but super painful lah. Come back kenna 2 days MC from doctor. THANK YOU WHALEY FOR A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE! Will be back soon!)
Ref:
The Curve KL
Putrajaya
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
KL Weekend Trip - Day 2
Day 2 in KL, we were all in the save hands of my friend Whaley! That's her driving in her car on the blog banner today :) Here's the original plan she made for us, and the actual events in italic:
8:00am Pick up Cordy Cod & Koala
(yes all our names are coded :P , and she got lost finding the hostel and the receptionist actually had to go to her rescue to show her the direction to our hostel. )
8:30am Breakfast - fish & seafood porridge & otak2 at Selayang
(one of the most wonderful Hor Fun I've ever had in my life!)
9:30am Batu Cave!!
(I've always wanted to visit Batu Caves, and after 3 decades as a Malaysian, I finally did! And I HATE the monkeys there for ambushing and attacking all the tourist there. But the caves were beautiful. Here are some photos to share)
11:30am Back to Whaley's Apt (for shower-optional)
(Whaley has a wondeful studio apartment all to herself! And her driving to the 7 floor via a merry-go-round tunnel up was horrifying!)
12:30pm Depart for lunch! (bak-kut-teh)
(Again, another wonderful meal)
1:30pm Rebonding (will send koala to 1-U / the Curve to shop by himself)
(Yes, I got dragged to go rebond my hair. I'll post another entry on hair rebonding soon in the near future... Anyway, the cost of the rebonding was RM120, and 5 hours of your life in pure boredom! Terrible! But the hair looks great though :P, thanks Whaley for dragging me there! )
5:00pm Depart for dinner! (Crab at Bandar Puteri - got telur masin, cheese, chili etc)
(We actually reached the restaurant at 930pm was told the crab was sold out! So we had a light dinner at a coffee shop next door which has the best mutton satay!)
7:30pm Go Bangsar
(We managed to reach Bangsar at around 10:30pm after getting pretty lost on the highway. Bangsar was another place I've always wanted to go to, as it's suppose to be a 'happening' place in KL. Unfortunately it wasn't as I've expected, but we did managed to get one of the nicest mango yogurt I've ever tasted in my life! And it's at a store call 'Mango Mania'.)
Ref:
Batu Caves
Mango Mania
8:00am Pick up Cordy Cod & Koala
(yes all our names are coded :P , and she got lost finding the hostel and the receptionist actually had to go to her rescue to show her the direction to our hostel. )
8:30am Breakfast - fish & seafood porridge & otak2 at Selayang
(one of the most wonderful Hor Fun I've ever had in my life!)
9:30am Batu Cave!!
(I've always wanted to visit Batu Caves, and after 3 decades as a Malaysian, I finally did! And I HATE the monkeys there for ambushing and attacking all the tourist there. But the caves were beautiful. Here are some photos to share)
11:30am Back to Whaley's Apt (for shower-optional)
(Whaley has a wondeful studio apartment all to herself! And her driving to the 7 floor via a merry-go-round tunnel up was horrifying!)
12:30pm Depart for lunch! (bak-kut-teh)
(Again, another wonderful meal)
1:30pm Rebonding (will send koala to 1-U / the Curve to shop by himself)
(Yes, I got dragged to go rebond my hair. I'll post another entry on hair rebonding soon in the near future... Anyway, the cost of the rebonding was RM120, and 5 hours of your life in pure boredom! Terrible! But the hair looks great though :P, thanks Whaley for dragging me there! )
5:00pm Depart for dinner! (Crab at Bandar Puteri - got telur masin, cheese, chili etc)
(We actually reached the restaurant at 930pm was told the crab was sold out! So we had a light dinner at a coffee shop next door which has the best mutton satay!)
7:30pm Go Bangsar
(We managed to reach Bangsar at around 10:30pm after getting pretty lost on the highway. Bangsar was another place I've always wanted to go to, as it's suppose to be a 'happening' place in KL. Unfortunately it wasn't as I've expected, but we did managed to get one of the nicest mango yogurt I've ever tasted in my life! And it's at a store call 'Mango Mania'.)
Ref:
Batu Caves
Mango Mania
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