I'm back from Maldives with a nice tan! The beach is just sooooo nice! Clear blue water... clear blue sky... and super HOT!!! I can get myself burnt in just one day! There are not much activities there in Kani as compared to Cherating, but lazing by the beach was good enough! The chalet was nice although there are some insects hanging around all the time. Food was ok. GOs were friendly.. Excursions are not necessary unless you've too much to spend :P I don't even have to take a boat out the island to see baby sharks, rays, sotong, etc... you can see all of 'em here! Just have to keep myself calm when they swim by...

More pics here...

I'll be flying off to this place tonite! woohoo!!!

Friday

Took the 6:45pm aeroline coach right after work on Friday nite, reached Singapore around midnite and hopped in to a cab to check in at Hangout Hotel. There goes my Friday nite.



Saturday

Got up early in the morning for breakfast before taking the MRT to Orchard Road for my shopping spree. The Singapore sale is on! People are goin goo-goo-ga-ga over the sale but somehow, I just couldn't find anything nice and worth spending! Meet up with Mah for lunch at Paragon before dragging Charles to be my shopping companion cum guide for the rest of the day. Seeing the crowd, I just got tired after a while...

Had a quick dinner at Bugis and ordered Katong laksa. Tasted quite nice but not up to Charles expectation. Well, he's a local, should know better I guess.. :) After dinner, we went over to Clarke Quay to meet up with my friends before going over to Boat Quay for another round of dinner :s Eating there was expensive and the food were just so-so!



Sunday

Packed in the morning to check out and moved to kura-kura's place at Pasir Ris. The journey was long as she's staying at the other side of the world :P After dropping off my luggage, we went to Marina Square for lunch and also shopping. Had herbal roast duck and roast pork at Dian Xiao Er restaurant. VERY NICE meal! Highly recommended place but make sure u go early or after peak hour, or else it'll be a long Q! After dinner, we meet up with Charles again for picture session... ya, holding the dream board for another dream :P :P We were posing stupidly at the Esplanade while the group of musicians performing nearby in conjunction with the art festival. Nice performance!



Enough of picture taking, we headed over to Geylang for our dinner.. frog claypot porridge! Yummy... hehehe.. the nite ended young as I need to go back to kura-kura's place for cocktail session :P and not to forget, my pisang ambon!! This time the kura-kura mixed 6 types of cocktails.. they all taste good ;) *two thumbs up*



Monday

Last day in Singapore. Got up early as kura-kura needs to go to work. So I was kicked out of the house by 8:30am and went over to Joanne's place to check out baby Arron! He's cute and chubby! haha.. and their new home is really nice and exclusive!



Hangout there for a while before going back down to Orchard road to meet omie. Had our lunch there and also some last minute shopping before catching the bus back to KL at 3:30pm...


I had the one on the left, fried prawn mee.. yummy :D

I'm back from my short break to Club Med, Cherating! I had a great time though it's a lil pricey for just 2-nite stay. Drove to Cherating on Friday morning and the journey took us 3.5 hrs, thanx to the new east-west highway. We managed to make our way in at 2pm as we can't go in anytime earlier unless we pay for the lunch, which costs RM150. Crazy!

Inside Club Med was nice. Lotsa monkeys (my "relatives") hanging around and we just have to be careful not to attract those monkeys or else will be like me, lost 2 bananas! The monkey stole the first banana during my breakfast. Thought of taking a banana back to my room but on my way back, the monkeys surrounded me, making some really fierce sound that I've to just throw my banana away before they start attacking me! #$@#!! GOs (Gracious Organisers) from all over the world were friendly. They're really paid to have fun there! It's hard to tell which country they're from. The people there thought I'm a Korean too.. haha.. can't Malaysian go Club Med Cherating??

I tried archery, bungy bounce, trapeze, pool exercise, pool games, dance, etc. Fun, fun, fun... I even get to play the drum with the Filipino band there. They sang mostly slow songs.. so I can handle the drum pretty well! haha.. Bungy bounce wasn't as scary as Trapeze but I got headache after that! I felt dizzy before I can do the somersault but I just don't wanna give up! So I forced myself and managed to do two somersaults. Sigh.. me weak. Headached the whole evening after that :( Can only try Trapeze the next day but it was much more exciting than bungy bounce.


Legs shaking while climbing up the ladder with Nickelback's Savin' Me playing in the background that sounded something like "I'm falling.. I'm falling..." and screamed all the way swinging from the platform. Too bad I couldn't curl my legs up on the bar! It was too tiring... I almost have to let go my hands after hanging there for some time! Great experience!

At nite, they'll have a theme and it's up to the guests if they wanna dress up according to the theme. The first nite was Oriental nite with belly dance and also some other great dance show. The second nite was Elegant nite with some comedies and dance. After the show, GOs will usually get everyone to the dance floor and start dancing ;)

Wanted to get a good tan but time was too short. I'm not even half burnt! Wasted... have to check out before noon yesterday. So we've to packed our stuff and check out before going for our last lunch there. Joined the pool dance for one last time before leaving though.. hehehe.. love it! Took pics with some GOs before we leave... it's sucha heartache to leave the village. Driving back to KL was tiring and sleepy! With the rain, I've to drive even slower... till I got bullied by a bus driver. Logged a complaint today! Hmph! Reached home around 7pm. Sooooo tired and slept till 10am this morning :D

Overall, Club Med is a fun place to be, provided you join ALL the activities there and go all out to have fun! Else, it's not worth paying so much...

My site is finally up again! I really hope that it'll not screw up after few days (again) *fingers crossed* So, what has been happening around me lately? Lemme see where to start...

Yesterday was my mum's birthday! Couldn't find her a nice present.. so just brought them to Marmalade at Mt. Kiara. I just love that place.. nice and quiet. There's also a corner for kids where we can just dump the monsters there to run around. They loved it too!

Back to my Singapore trip.. I went to Singapore last Thursday to attend my friend Joanne's wedding. It was a simple wedding. Friday morning, we gathered at the Registry of Marriages (ROM) to witness the ceremony. Wedding vows... exchanging ring... kiss the bride... done! Lunch time.. hehe.. wait, more like brunch coz it was only 11am. Proceeded to Legend Fort Canning for lunch and after the lunch, we had few hours to shop around before the dinner. Well, I packed all my stuff out from morning till dinner coz I know it'll be too rush to go back and change. So, we went over to a friend's place to freshen up and get ready for dinner.

Dinner at Raffles Hotel's Royal China Restaurant. Simple dinner, 4 tables, no shouting and yelling "yum seng" and no drunkards after that. Got Joanne a crystal from Swarovski and guess what? She got each of us back a crystal from Swarovski too! Luckily it wasn't the same design... I almost got the wedding bell for her! phew... there goes my Friday.


Saturday, moved over to kura-kura's place for my last night in Singapore. Whole day of shopping and entertaining kura-kura! Well, she can only see the puteri beruk once a blue moon! So, she should be glad and happy! hahaha.. we went to Suntec City, Orchard Road, etc etc.. and I got my dress from Esprit! Woohoo! At night, I meet up with Mah and had dinner at Pasta Cafe in Takashimaya. I had assorted seafood linguine with white wine *yum yum* After dinner, went back to kura-kura's place and she mixed some really nice cocktails for me. Too bad, I couldn't finish it all.. haven't been drinking much lately and so my level of alcohol intake has decreased. I got the "kick" after a glass of Screwdriver and Sheriden and so I only managed to taste a bit of Passion and the Plum wine. Wasted! Don't wanna drink too much coz I'm afraid I'll miss the bus tomorrow!

Sunday, had breakfast at Kaya Toast and bye-bye.. took the 12pm bus back to KL. Stucked in highway and reached KL around 6pm+. Tiring...

I'm back from my short vacation! Been snorkelling for the past 2 days but nope, didn't get sunburnt! The first day was terrible as I had my lunch at 10am++ and the snorkelling trip was at 2:30pm. After the first stop, I got hungry.. and I started to feel drowsy.. (puke) sigh, puked while the rest still snorkelling! Luckily I brought a plastic bag! Else... pity those snorkelling down there! hahaha..

Second day was much better! I ate a lot in the morning.. and I brought along some bread, in case I get hungry again! Island hopping the entire day.. tiring but worthwhile!

The entire trip? It was ok.. Arwana Resort wasn't that nice although it's very new. Nothing much to see and nothing much to do at nite. We took at boat ride at nite to go over to Perhentian kecil, where Bubu Long Beach is located. That place is much more happening than ours! Going on a boat ride at nite was dangerous but thrilling. Went back to resort around 1am! Good experience... Besides, we saw a two-headed baby turtle!! Not sure if he can survive and grow like other turtles...



Still feeling a bit like floating while blogging! Luckily tomorrow I start work at 11:30am! Can sleep a 'lil longer!!