A Holiday with a Mission - My Shopping !!!!!!

It was this much of clothes that I buy during this trip......

Although there were not many sales going on in HKG, but there are still some shops that sale items are good bargain..... and for those who going HKG. Never miss Giordano Concepts. You can never get the items in this series back home......

......oh and this many pairs of shoes.......in Zhu Hai

:>

A Holiday with a Mission – Cheongsam in the making !

A message came into my mobile phone while I was on my way back to Macau to catch the flight. As the ferry was shaking gently, I felt asleep naturally. So when the message came in, I ‘open’ it with my blurry eye…….

Who is this ? I thought to myself the first moment I saw the pic……

Ha ha ha !!!!! It my evil twin in Shanghai at that moment tailoring her cheongsam…..

She look like a little gal in the self-taken pic !

Ha ha ha !!!!!!

A Holiday with a Mission – Tissue Paper

Upon arriving in HKG via ferry from Macau….. there are student volunteers who stationed around the immigration hall helping those Chinese pple to fill in the immigration form… We must have lookd to goon –do (awaken juz from sleep in the ferry), they wanted to take away our passport to help us to fill in. I got irritated as they didn’t even ask you properly before taking away your document. So, I spoke to them in PERFECT English and then they realised we are not china Chinese and let us alone.

While some are doing the form filling, some gave out packets of tissue papers. It must the earlier incident about HKG tour guides abandon a ground of Chinese tourists along a deserted road after they refused to buy anything from the shops that the tour guide brought them there. News broke out in Asia and the tourism board was embarrassed and so I think this is one way to ‘warn’ the tourists as all advices are in Chinese.

Telling you to compare prices among shops. If one shop is exceptionally cheap than the rest… beware or report to the tourism board, etc, etc….. And a list of numbers they can call in the event of emergency…..

Good stuff !

A Holiday with a Mission – Sai Kung

Alvin grumbled he never had a chance to go Sai Kung to have seafood whenever he went HKG. So this time, he ‘die die’ also have to go.
So, we go lor…. By the economical way !

We asked the hotel concierge how to go and they are very nice to teach us how to make our way there like a Hongkonger…..without a car.

First, u take the MTR to Choi Hung (aka Rainbow) station. Then u exit the MTR station to take the Siew Ba (mini bus)……Before exiting. Look out at the directional signs in the MTR to see which exit u should take…. The directional board will read ‘Minibus Terminal (Sai Kung)’. Then you take that exit.

After exiting, you will see a line of minibuses, ask the driver before u board. The bus should reach Sai Kung terminal…. Just tell the driver,

“I want to go Sai Kung, the Hoi Sin Kai (Seafood Street).”

And pay HKD 7.50 for the journey, terminal to terminal…..sit right to the end.

The bus driver drove the minibus like racing car climbing uphill and going downhill…. No one really get off or get in along the journey and we reach Sai Kung very soon.

So after got off the bus, go towards the left and u will see many yachts parking in the sea of darkness… walk in straight and u see streams of light and this big signboard and you know you are there !

You will see many restaurants and people asking you to seat down to eat at their restaurant. Dun bother about them, keep walking in… until you see…..

Further up another one,

These 2 are always frequented by the Hongkongers themselves. That’s what the hotel concierge told us as they personally been there. There are actually 2 more atas restaurants with the same names much earlier you will encounted before seeing these 2 more humble ones…. Keep walking in and you will finally see these 2 humble ones…

We settled for ‘Chuen Kei’ and you got to pick all the live seafood you want. But funny lor, I want to eat sotong, but they dun have leh……

Alvin picked and picked and we moved on to sit at the table. Then, a waiter came and ask us how we want to seafood to cook and these are the end product……

2 plates of prawns instead. 1 plate being fried (in the pic) and another plate steamed.

As we ate, we began to wonder how much this meal will cost us….. So I told Alvin, ‘If they really want to cheat our money, we also got no choice. How are we going to justify they charge correctly as they will tell you it’s market price. Anyway, we are here for the experience. They won’t have much chance to cheat us again.’

So in all, we ate away HKD 865 (aprox. S$ 173) ……

With tummy so full, we strolled slowly back to the terminal to take the minibus back to Choi Hung MTR station.

A Holiday with a Mission - Wing Wah

We never failed to buy Wing Wah whenever we went HKG. Not only the traditional yellow egg roll is nice, we discovered the Gui Ling Gao is equally good !

However, since we struggled to carry back 10 tins of egg roll and 6 cans of Gui Ling Gao last Dec, we decided not to buy any this time since Tiger Airways is only giving each passenger 15 kg baggage.

So we didn’t bother to find any Wing Wah shop in downtown HKG while we shopped. While we exited Mongkok MTR station one day, I chanced upon a Wing Wah outlet and so with my itchy leg, I walked into the outlet.


Me : Eh ! Got discount leh ! 1 tin of egg rolls only HKG39. Eh? Gui Ling Gao also on sale leh, 6 tins for HKD 32 only…

My ‘ang’ : Eh? Yah hor ?

Me : Got discount is it ? (in Cantonese to the salesgal)

Salesgal: (in cantonese) No discount. This is the usual selling price.


My’ang’ is having a lot of ???? in his head now.


Me : But the airport is selling HKD 50 per tin of egg rolls and HKD 15 for 1 can of Gui Ling Gao (in Cantonese to the salesgal)

Salesgal : (in Cantonese) Airport will generally be more expensive mah.

Me : And the airport is supposed to be duty free…… (in Cantonese to the salesgal)

Salesgal : (in Cantonese) HKG got no tax on goods ……


So you can imagine our embarrassment and heart pain …… The last trip we bought 10 tins and that’s HKD 500 as compared to HKD 320 if we were to get downtown. We have given HKG 120 more which means I can buy 2 more apparel…….

Ai yo…….. so heart pain…..

So in the end, we still lugged back 3 tins of egg rolls and 12 tins of Gui Ling Gao :> of coz at the downtown store lah !

A Holiday with a Mission – My Wedding Photography

So the mission to Macau was to take my wedding pictures !

I have always wanted to take my wedding outdoor shoot overseas and I thought it is so cool….. The weather must be cool so that one will be so enjoyable while doing all the poses, and not perspire with make up melting under the hot sun back home.

Europe will be an ideal choice but money is definitely a problem. You know, everything is 2 x more expensive against our currency. Finding a photographer who can speak English is also a headache. You can find one on the internet but you need to find the time to do it which I practically don’t have ! Next, I cannot do good make up…..

And so, after giving some thoughts, Macau is quite European as they are under Portuguese rule for many many years and it should be more economical. So, I got a trade friend who works for Macau tourism to do some recommendation and few days later, through her colleague who is a local Macanese, they recommended one which is more popular and with better comments.

So I email correspondence with the person and soon found that their package price is very reasonable MOP 4988 (approx. S$ 1000), which includes many many things…. Many friends I spoken too commented the package is very very reasonable and there is no way you can get so many things if you do it locally at that price.

They even provide both of us the gowns, make ups, accessories, etc, etc. In short, all you have to do is just to be there in person and probably a pair of black shoes for man.

And so, with the low fares and the hassle free photography package, coupled with excellent weather, we decided to go ahead and make it happens.

We arrive on a Sunday morning (12 midnight) due to flight constraint and caught on some sleep before going to the bridal boutique in the morning. We reach the boutique at about 11.30am and make our selection. The person-in charge went through the package again showing us samples of what we will get as mentioned in the package. We are also to see some sample pictures of the location we wish to choose. After that, I was put on to try at least 5 gowns and I was so tired. I shortlisted 3 pieces and finally chose a gold colour one. Because it has no can-can (will makes walking easy) and the colour is unique. A white or off-white will be too close to my actual gown.

Then, I settled for a green evening gown as the rest was a bit ti ‘can’ or the design too ‘kua chang’ for me….

And so this is how I looked in them…..

On the other hand, for the groom….. they given him many Victorian style, with big ties and matching vests, long tail jackets to try on…. I found Alvin so hilarious in them and he was very uncomfortable with them. He found the design very o-bit which I thought so too…. Finally he settled for a normal looking black jacket with faint white vertical stripes on it……

They did some alterations whereever needed and we are not to be seen until the next day… ha ha ha… reporting time 11.30am…. So by 1.30pm, we are free on our own. So, we visited Wynn and the new Grand Lisboa which was not ready 2 years ago.

We decided to go and eat ‘zhu pa bao’ and you can imagine my horror when it was closed when we are there. Many people like us was also disappointed and hang around the stall staring at the signboard. Apparently, they are said to be close for renovation for 7 days but there isn’t any sign of renovation going on….. We then went over to try the imitation one and definitely, I tell you, IT WAS NOT AT ALL ANY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL ONE. The pork chop was drier and not as tasty and fragrance.

The next day, we reported promptly at 11.30am at the bridal boutique. We are the 2nd couple and there was already a couple doing their make up when we arrive. They took longer than needed and we have to wait for at least 30mins before its our turn…..

The make up artist did up my make up within 20 minutes and I can change into my gown – with my hair in curls. I am so not used to my make up as I felt it was overly done and I even joke I can go Sands to perform that evening…… Alvin commented he will died of heart attacked if he is going to see me in this state at night :<

With my hair done up, I felt even more drama……. Fifi said take photo must be exaggerating mah….so, I was game and gone ahead with it !

While the make up artist is doing up your hair, your ‘bao mu’ will moisturise your hands and shoulder with lotion, brush powder on you to give you the flawless look and I felt like a princess with so many people surrounding you to ensure you look pretty.

Finally I’m done !

And we had some time to wait while the first couple to come back and so we decided to take pictures which waiting…. The lady in black specs is the make-up artist.

And if you have notice between the pic when I try the gowns and this one, my boops grew.... 2 layers of padding, of coz will grow bigger lah !

Soon, we left for the first location ‘xing xing gong yuan’ with green colonial houses. It was one location with the most shoot. We felt so awkward and laughed so much when the photographer directed us to do the poses. We felt the some of the poses was very o-bit and was wondering did we make the wrong choice ….

Next was the lighthouse and we added 1 more location as Alvin like ‘xing xing gong yuan’ while I like the lighthouse. The last was the St. Paul’s Cathedral which I felt it’s a must. It’s an icon of Macau and if you dun take your pics there, why go all the way to Macau ! It was also the most stressed location as many tourists stared at you and took pics of you ! We felt so embarrassed and we keep asking ‘are we going to finish soon?’

See how happy I am what the day shoot is done !

All in all, it takes 2 hours only. We had 1.5 hours break and we were famished by then, so, we had some food but too much until my tummy bloated and I was worried I couldn’t fit into the evening gown. So, we decided to walk around in my casual wear but heavily make up with o-ba-san hairdo.

We are back by 5.45pm and was prepared for the night shoot. Alvin decided to go casual and he wore jeans which I thought was good too. And I look quite ‘Ye Shang Hai’ with that green flower on my head.

We thought we had to take the car again but no ! You actually walk to the location. It was just 2 mins walk away ! It didn’t take longer than 30mins and we are done for the day ! Yay !

We can go back to the boutique to view the pictures and make our selection the very next day. That’s how efficient they are ! The photographer already know where exactly you are to stand and what pose to do and that’s make the photo shoot very fast. If there are no indoor shoots by any couple, they can actually do 3 couples in a day. As they caters many HKG customers, that’s explain how efficient they are.

When viewing the pictures the next day, we could help but laughed at our obiang poses. We are still satisfied with many of the pics and we had no problem choosing 38 pics of them. I added 2 to make it 40.

And to relate more, after our arrival in HKG, our hotel was situated to a street full of bridal boutiques and after a good check out, we concluded that Macau was not o-bit or old fashion afterall. Coz, in HKG, those brides and their gowns, grooms and their attire, and the pictures and poses they had on the pictures and in the boutiques, are identical to Macau. Probably, that’s their likes of exaggerating, drama and European or Victorian styles as they are under British and Portuguese rule for so long, naturally the influence is there.

All in all, with optionals like extra pics, extra location, fake eyelashes…lotion to keep your make up tact and intact during outdoor shoot…. I paid MOP 5958 (approx. $1191) which I believe it’s a steal…….

It was fun plus tiring but at least we felt happier as we know no one knows us there so bumping into someone we know is almost zero. The weather (19 degree celsius) definitely play an important role to makes us felt more light-hearted when doing the poses. At least, we didn't perspire and make ourselves very 'pek chek'.

I’ll update more what I have when I receive the pics !

A Holiday with a Mission – Tiger Airways

This is the first time I’m going to fly on a budget airline ! I was excited !

I have heard stories about the strict baggage limit it has imposed, kiasu Singaporean queued way in advance for their seats as you are not allocated a seat number, pilots racing the aircraft on the taxiways, the squeezy legroom ….. those tigeress will prowl on you if you eat outside food, etc, etc, etc…….

Anyway, I was still looking forward to it !

Budget Terminal was located quite a distance away from the 2 main terminals. To be exact, it was located after the SATS Inflight Catering Centre. There was only 1 F & B outlet and it is Hans. Not too bad as it caters to western and asian meals and best of all, it’s 24 hours ! No worry of a hungry stomach if your flight is at 6am.

We checked in our baggage and it weighed 17kg. That’s means I can load the bag with 13kg of shopping…. Ha ha ha…… And I was caught by surprise that they give out handwritten boarding pass ! Not too bad in fact as I know another foreign budget carrier actually gives out a piece of paper, like receipt, as the boarding pass.

We had our dinner at Hans, just like the rest of the passengers. We decided to clear the immigration early to check out what’s in there. To my amazement ! You can actually do auto immigration clearance without queuing up in front of a counter.

They are MRT – like gantry located on the right side of the hall with double entry. You will need to slide your passport into a scanner to screen your data, within seconds, the gantry opens and you proceed. Next you scan your right thumb print on a little scanner, within seconds again, the 2nd gantry opens and you completed your immigration clearance !

There is 7-Eleven store, bookshop, DFS, some other little shops and coffee joints to let you pass the time. We bought some chocolates and a bottle of mineral water to bring onboard discreetly as we heard that F & Bs onboard are expensive.

We were able to walk to the gate 45mins prior to departure. Gates are spartanly painted concrete with not fanciful glass panels nor carpet flooring. No chairs to seat at the waiting area, instead, you queue to wait for the gate opens. The aircraft is just 50 metres away from you if you are 1st in the queue. But we didn’t walk to the gate so early lah. We browse in the shops until 30mins before departure then we go to the gate.

15 mins to departure, you are ushered to board the aircraft in an orderly manner…. You have to cross a little zebra crossing, climb the stairs to the door of the aircraft, greeted by smiling tigeress who are in black coduroy pants and a yellow ¾ sleeve t-shirts.

Seats in the front row are taken up first followed by the subsequent rows. As the seats are 3 by 3, you will notice people will always NOT occupy the window seat if they are in pair. Many a times, those late comers are ended up pacing up and down the aisle looking for some kind soul to stand up and make way for the person to take the window seat.

And we discovered beside row 1 which will give you the most legroom, row 12 and 13 will also give you more legroom as these seats are located at the emergency exits. You must be able to speak English then you can take these seats. And the only inconvenience thingy is that you cannot have anything below your seats on your lap whatsoever, during takeoff and landing. Other than that, you still can have your bags with you. Oh, there’s a catch ! There seats on row 12 cannot recline. So, the best of both worlds ? ‘Choop’ row 13 !

The plane takes off on time and that’s something I like. You don’t have to seat in the aircraft for long before its take off….. Probably it’s a big aeroplane, when it runs and pick up speed at take off, it wobbles more and the second the aircraft lifts from the ground, I felt a suction that pull me onto the back of the chair. My heart drops a little, like I’m in a roller coaster……. However, after which the flight is smooth sailing.

The tigeress can definitely speaks better and address to passenger better as what Fifi had relate to me. They didn’t rush into making the announcement and speak mandarin properly and not like a bullet train. Their announcement was definitely clear and loud enough at the correct decibels.

We arrive 10mins earlier and the landing is smooth with not a lot of shaking…… As usual, you will walk to the arrival hall…..

And so, where did we go ? Macau !!!!!!!

We have a mission to complete !!!!

You know what, we got the tickets so cheaply that we couldn’t believe it ourseleves. We paid $280 for 2 return tickets with all the airport taxes fuel surcharges included. It was really a steal !

Before I post on the mission, let me share with you on the return flight.

Macau airport has imposed a very strict rule on the quantity of liquid you can bring onboard. Each bottles of liquid cannot be more than 15ml and must be packed in clear plastic container sealed into a ziplock bag if you wish to carry them onboard. Otherwise, you can jolly well check them in as your check-in baggage.

And we bought so many things in Hong Kong (yes, we went shopping in HKG) that we are so worried we will go overweight. Luckily 2 bags add up to EXACTLY 30kg, no more no less…. 30.0 KG, not even 1 gram less or 1 gram more…..

This time around, we misunderstood the signboard and joined the wrong queue. By the time we realised, we are already at the back of the queue and we are left with no choice but the last row of seats. Lucky I have my mp3 otherwise, the whole flight duration will be the toilet flashing music …….. Less legroom now but still bearable
So we are left with no water and the pathetic airport does not sell chocolates or chips and we have to buy them onboard the aircraft. A can of coke cost $2 and a choco bar cost $2, Pringles at $3 and cup noodles at $4, sandwiches at $5. Not too bad I thought. Some restaurants in Singapore already charge you $2.50 for a can of soft drinks. Moreover, how hungry can you go for a 4 hour flight? So, a cup noodles should be enough to stop the hunger pangs if you are really that hunger.

After all, the budget airline experience is not too bad and we are sure to take one again if there is such fantastic offer !

The Heart Walk

Despite a very busy week to try to complete as much task as I have to before going on leave, I had not forgotten we had signed up for a walk on last (last) Saturday, though I have a flight to catch that evening, with packing not done half yet.....

There were supposed to be 4 of us….. but ended up only 3 went for the walk. Feifei had to help a colleague to flag off a overland drive holiday and so she woke up the earliest. 4am !!!!!! *** Yawn ***

Fifi woke up at 5.30am and apparently her Mimi wanted to come along, but Fifi decided not to wake her up instead. Luckily, auntie never come. Otherwise, we would be running after her while she walks. At 70, she is fit as fiddle and I really salute her as she walks faster and can walk longer than many youngsters. One of them is me…… And also, I think she would not have allowed us to play cheat…..

The Walk was scheduled to flag off at 8am…. Fifi and me happened to be on the same train and we had to walk about 500m to the park from the MRT station. We are late but nevermind, I thought we could have just simply join the walk immediately and end the exercise by 9am. But to our BIG DISMAY, the Walk was not flagged off at 8am….instead, there’s what aerobic performance, VIP (MP) giving a speech and a warm – up session …… by then, the sun was already shining brightly and the heat is felt…… Both of us were so lethargic and were grumbling all the time……

Finally, Feifei came after her flagged off and were surprised it had not even started. She thought she can ‘siam’ the Walk and just collect the goodies bag.

Eventually, it began at almost 8.45am and the Walk was supposed to be 3km, but we take short cuts, cut over the field, cross the bridge. I think we did 1.5km in the end……

And then, it was time to collect the goodies bags. It was totally insane of the organisation to keep the people waiting in line with some under the hot sun, delaying the giveaways which I simply do not understand why and what they are waiting for. And I thought they had to wait for the VIP to come and flagged off the goodies bags :< Fifi and me kena-ed again from Feifei. She accused us of bian-ed her again which we innocently denied this time…….. The Walk wasn’t a big scale event from I seen from the mass of the crowd, luckily a lot of CCs and grassroots clubs organised groups to come of the event…… Oh well, at least we perspired a bit and gained some healthy Vit D on a Saturday morning. We had teochew porridge for breakfast and strolled to People’s Park (new) Market for some shampoo shopping by Feifei, who was also being peer pressured to buy a fantastic deal of a dress at $28…. Heehee….. After this I rushed to my hair salon to give me hair a new coat of colour as I flying off in the evening to carry out an important mission !

Budget First

In a few more hours, it's going to be my 1st time to take the budget airline which you have to run onboard, 'choop' yr seats and pay as you eat.

Hee hee.... more tasks to be achieved....

Update soon....

See ya !

Titoudao

No one wanted to watch with me..... and finally I found Ms Community also interested and we actually agreed to go and watch together.

I dun know what the hell the story is about, except it is about a true story of a once-famous wayang singer...... anyway, ah beng was also in the cast and that's the more reason to go....

Both of us were busy and didn't really settle for a date to watch....

One fine day, I received an invitation for boss. It's from the Chingay committee and they are hosting all sponsors, helpers to watch Titoudao.... A ha ha ha.... boss cannot go as he is out station. So, I as given the tickets instead..... Eh? How about Ms Community ? She was also given tickets by her boss and we 'ding dong' up down who's going to use who's ticket.....

And so, both of us finally watch Titoudao together ! But seated separately.... Ha ha ha.... he colleague is going with her so I got to also made our manager to go with me.... Ha ha ha....

No regrets ! It was a fantastic play !

Picture compliments from Sistic Website

There are only 6 actors and actresses but they have to play so many roles. All of them actually learn how to sing hokkien opera and speak in hokkien ! Well, ah beng can speak hokkien is nothing surprising but to sing opera is definitely a challenge. They not only sing but can do all the hands flipping, legs drifting, the circling, etc , etc , like a seasoned opera actor/actress.

Beatrice Chia is a surprise and her evil mother-in-law role is fantastic ! One of my colleague told me today that she was pregnant. Wah.... I must really salute her !

And the best part is they actually brought the backstage to the front stage.... you can see them putting on their make up, change clothes throughout the show. When they are doing the wayang, you can really feel you are watching a real wayang show, except that you are sitting, not standing, in aircon comfort and not in the open air.

Titoudao is actually a male character in a opera play and was played popular by this real-life wayang actress in the 60s and 70s......This play tells her real-life story when she was a kid, how she grown up, survived & learnt wayang, married and endured the evil mother-in-law, etc, etc.... There was criss-cross between her story and the wayang play but you will not get confused. It was heartwarming, comical and funny.

I strongly encouraged all to give it a shot and watch it as you will not regret ! It's not the usual play you have watch. Only one of its kind, in Singapore.

The play has been extended to 31 March at Drama Centre.

Go get your tickets now !

Earth Quake 'Refugees'

Just as I mentioned in the earlier post that we dun know where to hide when we evacuated from the office building during the earthquake on Tuesday.....

We actually walked to the back of Suntec along Nicoll Highway. We thought this is the safest (at that moment) rather than standing below the buildings like those 'gooh do'....... See, we are still so happy and cool about it and my colleagues still can posed for me !

For many of those office workers who smoke, it's really like TGIF for them. They can all gather and smoke 'officially' at least for now...... haa haa haa......

Lao Niang's management was good as they still give her a memo to tell her what to do the next time should such incident arise.... CHOY ! Who want to experience again ????

Maybe, I should heed Lao Niang's advice to hide under the table since I got a BIG 4 ft long table..... but hor..... if the building want to fall down, it won't give you a warning leh.....

building : your attention please..... I'm going to fall in 5 minutes' time... Please come out under the table and evacuate the building immediately....

??????

Earth Quake !!!!!

2 days ago, amidst pile of work toppling over my office desk, I dragged a stack of new office floor plan into my boss room at about 10 mins to 12noon.......

me: can I discuss wif you on the layout ?

boss: can can.....

me: u see har.......

while I said this, I opened up the A3 sized floor plan. As I lift the paper, I felt I swayed backwards........

colleague: YAH YAH !!!!!! Did you guys felt it ? The window 'pak' pak' seconds ago....

She rushed to boss's room.....

me: AH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boss: Cannot, cannot... very giddy .... I must sit down......

me: AH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EARTHQUAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My sister brand's Director came over, and told us so clamly to evacuate.....

Our poor pantry anutie dun know what is going on and was made to 'run' with us.

Best part, we still can take lift... hee hee.... hey, my office on the 41st floor okay.....

We thought we were quick, many were quicker ! A lot of people were gathering downstairs.... and we dun know where to run to.... everywhere surrounding us are tall buildings.

Apparently, there is a 6.3 earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia.

We hanged around for about 15mins and decided to go lunch.

We still can joked about the whole incident and my colleagues actually thought her contact lens moved, that's why her PC monitor shaked.

We returned back to office at 1.30pm, thinking everything is okay and back to normal....

At 1.50pm, while packing brochures for courier, my windows 'pak pak' again. And the floor shaked again.....

Oh my god ! It's more serious this time and we ran again for the 2nd time.

This is such a horrifying experience. In fact, this is not the first time I'm experiencing this. However, I cannot imagine if it's a real earthquake.

What are we suppose to do ?

M.I.A

I'm going to MIA for the next 2 weeks and so.....

Why ?

Because .......

1) tomorrow is a business partner's travel fair and we are going to help out to push our product and it's a whole day event so, I will be dead beat then.

2) I'm going to sleep early, 11pm for the next 5 days because I am lacking of sleep and it has taken a toll on my body......

3) because of lack of sleep and eaten too much and too late for the last 2 weeks of CNY, my skin suffer... especially my face because all signs of unhealthy is always written all over my face ..... hormone again imbalance.....

Why am I so 'kan cheong' about my face since I am plagued with such thing since teenager ?

5) Because I'm going Macau next weekend to take my wedding outdoor shoot...... and that's explains why I will not be online for the next next week.

And that's explain why I so 'kan cheong' about the whole affair.

After the trip, I will be stressed to the brim (maybe even overflow and kill many many brain cells) due to the upcoming travel fair preparations and the office moval.......

And so, I'm going to start the whole process of lack of sleep, hormone imbalance, congested face skin all over again.....

If I can.... I will steal a few minutes to update while during lunch break in the office ....

Hee.......

Cunard - QM 2

My boss was invited to board one of the grandest and luxurious cruise line in the world today when it docked at Singapore. So, he brought me along. Yay !

Cunard cruise line docked at Singapore as one of the port of calls for its round the world cruise. The ship is Queen Mary 2. It was gorgeous !

Most of the passengers have already disembarked shopping happily in Singapore while we board the ship for a ship inspection and a sit-down lunch hosted by Cunard. My boss and me were a bit worried initially that it is going to be a buffet lunch (I’m terrified of mass buffet) but luckily it wasn’t !

We have to go through strictly security too as we proceed to Pasir Panjang port to board the ship. The ship was simply marvellous. How nice if you can spend few days to a week or so on the ship. Unfortunately, all cabins are taken up and so there wasn’t any cabin inspection except we managed to peep into the cabins while the Housekeeping is doing their jobs.

Here are some pics that I’ve taken onboard to share with you.

It was a 4-course lunch and the food served was yummy. Some of the young waiters are quite cute to look at. The wine was good too.

Overall, it was such an expensive cruise and I believed I have to wait till I am 60 years old then I can afford to tour in such ships, just like the average age of the passengers onboard this current ship….. duh…… so boring……

Moving Office

And so, it’s confirmed. Chopped, Signed, Guaranteed !

I’m moving office AGAIN !!!!!!!

This is the 3rd time I’m moving office since I begin working and it’s in my 2 time to move in the current office since I joined in late 2004.

The move is definite as the current landlord is increasing our rent by 95% and this is way too much for us. So, we have to find a new office space, plan the move, renovate, coordinate the move – all within the span of 45 days. :>

Phew………

So, where are we heading ?

Somewhere in Chinatown but not right in the heart of Chinatown. We are near majority of our business partners but not too near for their comfort.

I promise, you will like my new office.