Tanjung Sepat - Melaka

  Made a trip to KL at the beginning of March 15 and spent a short time in this small town called Tanjong Sepat which is near to the coast of KL. How we managed to get there... without my friends in KL, I wouldn't know the existence of this quaint, lovely small town which houses a small Chinese community.

  It is easy to walk around or cycle around this small town. There is good food and amicable people everywhere. Seems like there are runs organised in this town as well.

I discovered real good coffee here!

This is the best coffee I have ever had in Malaysia and they actually take orders online and ship to overseas.

This is the coffee shop which serves Kwo Zha B coffee. We can contact the source of coffee online and order via email kwozhab_3coffee@hotmail.com.

There is also a lot of other stalls selling bak out teh and buns.

This used to be a seaside seafood restaurant that has closed down. We had expectations of a seaview restaurant when we reached this place but was disappointed.

After a morning of bak kut teh, buns and coffee, we continued our road trip down to Malacca.

I have been to Malacca so many times and I believe most Singaporeans do as it is the famous food haven in Malaysia. There is the Chicken ball rice, Assam and curry laksa, chendol, satay celup and many others.... Typically i just head straight to the chicken rice shop right at the start of Jonker street and slowly eat my way down. Chicken rice balls is the highlight and it's usually the appetizer since we eat it at the start.

Next one I would go to is the laksa and chendol stall. It has the best assam laksa I have ever had. And the chendol is also fantastic.

This is the chicken rice stall right at the start of Jonker street.

The sago with coconut and gula melaka                                        Assam Laksa

We had satay celup for tea.. It is simply dipping all kinds of food on a satay stick into the boiling satay...

We also spent some time walking around Malacca, time for us to digest our food.

The different thing about this trip was our Malaysian friends brought us to some dodgey streets to try the cockles. It was my first time. If you ask me to go again, I wouldn't be able to remember which lane was it. But i was a good experience and the cockles, clams and bbq squid was delicious!

Our last stop was the duck noodles which I don't I could remember where was the shop as well as the night was late and dark by then.

This was a fun time with my colleagues and I am grateful to my friends for bringing me around. This is a beautiful memory in my heart.

Hokkaido

We visited Hokkaido during the month of June in 2009 and it was the tulip season! The weather was beautiful and temperature was cool but not cold.

Love the beautiful red tulips!

The serene Lake Toya

Tanjung Pinang

wow, it's been 1/2 year since i updated this blog.

What have I been up to for the past few months? Basically it was just work and work at my new workplace.

But the past week has been slower, thanks the to retreat at tanjong pinang. i took some photos with my hp, didn't turn out so well.

Mauritius

Pere Bay

Waiting to set sail for the dolphins!

Some pictures taken in Mauritius.

Casuarina tree along the beach.

In March, I was actually in Mauritius! Cannot believe it, I was there working for about a week.

My favourite beach is the Pere Bay, where the waters are really clear and blue. The next best thing was sailing out to the sea. The sea was so blue, it's like watercolours. It was supposed to be a dolphin viewing trip but unfortunately, there were no dolphins that day.

I was completely sunburnt. But it was a very rewarding trip, with God's blessing over the work I was doing there, as well as a good break.

Mauritius is a good place to relax. There are many beaches but I guess is expensive because Mauritius is really far from Singapore, it is already near South Africa.

Majority are hindus and they speak french, some english and their local language. They serve all kinds of food, Indian, Chinese, etc so meals were not a problem for me. The good thing was I had 4 days to travel around on my own because of the 2 public holidays I had there. I stayed at Labordonnais, which is in the heart of the city but far away from the beaches.

I am finally back in Singapore for good!
Managed to clean up my room, bought some furniture and did plenty of exercise!
But still I think I did not shed much fats because I ate so much.

Dim sum with boing and gang was great at Imperial treasure today. I had so much, dumplings, porridge, etc etc. After that was drinks and snacks at Muddy Murphy's. It is a nice Irish bar with very original decorations and woody feeling. The next time I shall bring along a camera. :)

Tomorrow shall be taking a break at Bintan. Too bad Banyan Tree was full, have to take Angsana as a replacement.

I think I better plan my time wisely for the next week. After one week's of rest, I feel like I have been sleeping too much.

1) Get my documents done for new job.
2) Read up the information for new job.
3) Buck up on quiet time.
4) Catch up with ex-colleagues.
5) Catch up with Charlie.
6) Recce wedding venues.
7) Finish reading my story book.
8) More exercise!

That should be about it. :)

Shanghai

Shanghai trip 26dec07-29dec07

Restaurant at old town and xin tian di

Oh my, today is already the 7th February... Time flies. my last update on my blog was during my 2nd month od work in Hong Kong, now is already the 7th month! I had nicholas coming over, baoying, huiling and friend... and Yen in Sydney with me. It has been fun and interesting.
Hong Kong was really cold for the past week and I am so glad to be back in Singapore for the CNY. Just came back from JB actually.
So many things happened for the last few months, I went to Sydney for my work, Shanghai for holiday. It has been a roller coaster ride in the office. New honda accord!
I have not even had time to think of the resolutions for the 2008.
Well, at least I have booked my wedding package, next thing is the venue and date.
2nd thing, work i guess shall leave it as it is... nothing fascinating and I don't wish to think about it too. BUT praise the Lord for a good appraisal and increment. Lord, thank you so much for your providence.
If i continue to travel, I don't think I can take up my masters yet.
I need to shed some fats, I am getting fatter! Targetting 2-3 times of exercise a week.
I need to seek God more and let him take over my emotions. I think my heart has been controlling the mind too much, sometimes the the heart rules the mind and then before I know it, I start spouting nonsense in front of people... No way. God, please take over the steering wheel of the emotional driver before she does anything rash. God, please help me to be a wiser person. God, let the Holy Spirit show me revelations! Lord I want to know more of you and your Word.

A month in Paris

Black and White Paris...

I had the opportunity to stay in Paris for a month when I joined a new company and it was a memorable time there. Stayed in Saint Cloud hotel for that month. It's a 3 star hotel though, basic but good enough for my month's stay. The hotel is accessible via the tram from La Defense metro station.
Saint Cloud is a lovely commune where it is supposed to be one of the wealthiest in Paris.

The very first day I arrived in Paris, I settled down in the cosy little hotel and took the tram then metro to downtown Paris. I headed straight to Notre Dame and it is the MUST visit tourist spot for anyone who goes to Paris.

Somewhere along the street in Paris.

Like any visitors to tourist, we are entirely soaked in the rich culture and history of this european capital. There are so many museums and the most famous one is of course The Lourve.

I took many pictures at The Lourve and there I found the Mona Lisa portrait. There were also Monet, Leonardo and many many others which art lovers would spent many hours walking, admiring and indulging in perfection of seemingly never-ending number of paintings.

I love Montmartre.

This was the other museum I visited.

Versailles

Couldn't have missed going to the vineyards. I made a day trip to Champagne and visited the Moet and  Piper Heidsieck vineyard. 

This is already my 2nd month in Hong Kong... I have been working on a project here. It has been challenging... Different working culture but people are generally nice. I think it is not the customers that I find difficult to handle but rather, the colleagues. A new company means I got to relearn everything, the software, the functionalities, new business requirements. This risks management was certainly not easy but i guess it is still manageable now...
I guess it is to be able to swallow the pride that now i don't know anything and I got to learn everything again, to regain the creditbility in the new company of colleagues and bosses.
I didn't really expect myself to be so unadaptable but i think age is catching up. I am no longer fresh from school. People have higher expectations from me now...
And the most challenging thing to me, is to be able to handle the emotions while I am away from home. I miss my family and friends in Singapore...
I have been praying that God will make me a stronger person, give me wisdom to learn new things and protection against politics in the office... Well, God has been GOOD :)

Musee d 'Orsay

Versailles...

Versailles...

Champs Elysee

Champs Elysee

My ROM on the 16th June 2007 :)

Patong Beach

The beach again...

Jesline & Aaron ... we were ahead of them.

Where the River flows...

Where the river flows...
After the water rafting, we were brought to a water fall.

Phi Phi island from the plane. It looks really nice, just that my camera didn't capture it properly. And too bad, there wasn't enough time to explore this island.

I was away in Phuket from 14-17 April. It is a very happening place with streets and streets of shops selling clothes, bags and shoes. The place is clean, beach is clean and flooded with tourists and friendly Thais.

We even went water rafting and elephant trekking. I have always wanted to try rafting! Didn't really plan for it but a friend suggested so we went ahead. And we even went for massage every single day.