The Purple Rose

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Andy and I decided to go for a short getaway after 6 months of work and all the *shits* that had happen... We have been thinking to go either Phuket, Langkawi, Tioman, Bintan or Batam... So in the end i decided Bintan... I touched down from Johannesburg and he touch down from Hong Kong, we both had 3 offdays so we went for a 3days 2 nights getaway to Bintan... and of coz Andy is the one arranging everything.... from the ferry tickets to the accomodation =) We departed on our first offday on the second ferry at 9.20am... but we woke up way early than that because of our jet lag... walked to Elias Mall for breakfast came home took our luggage and off to our journey... Took a cab to Singapore Cruise Centre... we are still way too early... we went out to the side of the centre for sunrise.... it was beautiful...=)

after the sunrise, we finally get to clear the custom and go in to the departure hall... shopped a bit in dfs while waititng for boarding to start... boarding starts at about 20 minutes later. pop my seasick pill, fill in the immigration form, board the ship and off we go to BINTAN!!!

the ferry to Bintan from Singapore takes about 55 minutes.. didnt actually sit in the cabin... went outside and shoot pictures, coz i am vainnnnnnnn=) and of coz how can we miss the sea breezeeeee...

upon reaching in Bintan, the hotel bus came to pick us up and send us to ther airport... weather was pretty good on the first day we arrived in Bintan, checked in to the hotel, put out luggage, change into the bikini and off we go to the beach... was very upset when we check on the sea sports... they only left with the surfboard and the body board available for this monsoon season, which mean no jetski for me... sob... so we just walked around the beach, shoot some pictures and off to swim...

had our lunch at the poolside bar,and went back room, had shower and went for go-kart... hmm..go-kart is so not my thing lo... and god knows why...=( after go-kart which is about half an hour later, went bak to hotel and had a nap before dinner... that night, we had 'Selera Nusantara' (Indonesian Cuisine) in the hotel restaurant, it was a buffet but everything is so oily... but unhealthy food always taste good...

after dinner, we went bak and had an early rest... the next day woke up at about 7.30am, had our complimentary breakfast,went back,continue to sleep and took the shuttle bus from hotel to pasar oleh-oleh... a small town where they sell souvenirs and have slightly cheaper massage... we went for an hour traditional massage and bought my fridge magnet... dapao our dinner and went back hotel at about 2pm...got change and went down to the beach for some photo shoots and after that we decided to try the body board since the waves are pretty rough..i'm glad tat andy had fun with the body board but he assume that he drank 8 litres of sea water...=)

after our swim in the sea, we went to the swim pool to swim a while before going bak to the room... was a tiring day for us after all the fun, we went back had our dinner and sleep all the way till the next morning at 9am... woke up, had breakfast and went back continue to sleep just before we check out...

the last picture we took in the airport...=)

I Do Love You <3

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

It's Zurich again... Loving it... again it's always known as a hibernate station or bored.... went to Jungfraujoch (pronounciation: Yung-frau-yok) this time, its known as the top of the Europe...it was really fun throughout the journey because of the great accompany of coz...=) The trip to Jungfrau takes about 4 hours on the way up....We met at about 7.30am in the lobby and walked to the tramp station to get a tramp to the main train station in the city... its about 15 minutes ride from hotel to the train station... reaching the train station we walked towards the tour bus.we reach the tour bus at approximately 8.15am... the bus left Zurich at 8.30am heading towards Luzern to pick other tourist....we reach Luzern at about 9.30,picked up the tourist, and head straight to Interlaken (the town where Jungfrau is...)... some of us bought our souvenirs, some bought Swiss watch and chocolate tasting.. as for us we grab the 40 minutes stop to snapped a few pictures as souvenirs...=)

the above pictures is a picture taken in interlaken with the back view of jungfrau... We then depart to the train station which takes us up to jungfrau... from the train station to the top of jungfrau took us about an hour ride..

on the way up to jungfrau the scenery was superb... the ride was an hour, we spent an hour shooting pictures... throughout the ride, there was a few stops due to the single railway.. and again its a golden opportunity for us to get down the train and shoot more pictures...

After several stops, we finally reach the top of europe... we started off by going to the lower outing of the mountain which is about -5 degrees which we still could manage carry outselves glamourously... but it was the top of europe that we are talking about, so we went around in the station itself, going to the ice palace which is really slippery...

we then walk all the way to the other end for our top of europe... it was -15 degrees... instead of snow, its ice! walking on ice isnt easy... its slippery and anytime u can slip... wind blowing harder than u could even believe... every part of ur body gonna drop off...especially the ears... we didnt spend much time... *snapped* *snapped* and off we go... by the time we can step in to the building we are turning in to purple... can u imagine how cold was it?? so please please people.... the best time to step to jungfraujoch is definitely on a summer...

we spent about 2 hours up in jungfrau...it was really a good experience with good company...it will be even better if its summer....

Goodbye Jungfraujoch...till we meet again...=)

I Do Love You <3

Monday, October 19, 2009

I finally got trained for A330... and its time to fly back to Australia after half a year of break away from Aussie..and its also time to apply for a Optus line... i had this 4 days Perth and its time for me to go sightsee away from the city... my first sightsee in Perth was about 10 months ago with jeremy within the city... because of the usual short stay tat we normally had, so we decided to rent a car to drive to Swan Valley...out first stop was Caversham Wildlife Park... and as usual.. we are there just to see the Koalas and the Kangaroos...=)

Koalas are one lazy animals...they can sleep for 18 to 20 hours per day...the rest of the 4 hours they will eat and sleep... they should be glad that they are born much mor glamouros and better looking than dis!!

We left the wildlife park about 2 hours later and head to the chocolate factory for free chocolate tasting before walking to the Lavender farm next door...=) it was summer, the lavender didnt really bloom... they only left a few 'almost dehydrating lavender' outside the restaurant in the farm..

Since they wasn;t anything much to see, we drove to a nearby winery, lancaster winery for wine tasting... It was so hot in aussie during summer, we didnt dwell long there and left to hunt for food... went to this very nice garden called Lily of the Valley for food..but too bad after lunch time they only serve scorns and tea because it is tea time... so no maincourse for us...

isnt it beautiful... it is so definitely myera's dream wedding garden, i'm so sure that she will lurve it...after snapping a few pictures we drove back to town... just before town, John brought us to this very nice pizza shop, Lil Caesars... the pizza is real good, or am i just hungry? =)

I Do Love You <3

Saturday, October 17, 2009

It has been A year!!

I Do Love You <3

Sunday, October 11, 2009

It has been 2 months since i went back home...now having direct flight from Singapore to Miri is much more easier for me to go home... This time home most of my friends are back to studies... But there are still my families and buddies in Miri... Met up with Kcassidy after 4 years... Went to look for Siew Fung in Parkson then had coffee with Kcassidy in Starbucks while waiting for Siew Fung to go SOHO together... Went SOHO for about half an hour before meeting Vin and WeiWen for drinks in Al fresco... It was my first time drinking with them... and yea it was pretty happening that nite... *>.<* Before heading to SOHO we went to pick Shauna up from home... OH NO... tell me about it.... but im glad we did click quite well...

After we had a couple of drinks in Al Fresco, we went to Thai Bar, hell NO!!! i seriously thinks Malaysia have to benned smoking in club, is not about the thing with smokers, but its about my hair smells after club... and normally after club ppl will be dead for a while after we reach home which cause the bedsheet smells like the club too... But i do enjoy the moments there and definitely will cherish every single seconds that night... and again, as usual fun times is always very little... its time for me to be the good girl and stay at home with the family... spend the other entire 5 days with my family..i love mummy's cooking... and am missing it now..Sobs... daddy did tuna shashimi for me and mummy cook my favourite 'mummy's chilli crabbie' for me... (gosh tat makes my tummy grumble a bit..)

i left miri very early in the morning... i just hate the feeling of leaving homea nd have to get back to work again...holiday is always short, but again if i dun drag myself bak to work, there is never a comfortable holiday...

i miss home... i miss mummy's cooking...i miss everyone back there... i shall be home very soon again..=)

I Do Love You <3

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Hasn't been out with all of the girls for long now... and tonite we finally made it... it is rare now for us to go clubs together, unlike training days anymore.. it was Wednesday nite where we normally will go O bar or Double O to grab a few drinks before leaving for other clubs, but tonite since we are all out, we headed to Butter Factory first, crowd was alright but the bar has a long queue, so change of plans, we headed to Double O while waiting for honey Myera to join us, It was really hell hot... We had our drinks and went to Attica @ Clarke Quay... Tall angmohs and drunken white mans... Chichi and I dislike the most, in the end we went to Geylang and had our DimSum and came home for an early rest...

I Do Love You <3

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Was called up for a 6 days Johannesburg-Capetown.. and it actually disrupted my A330 training and the reason behind, GOD knoes why!! Anyway it was my first time to South Africa and lucky me actually had companion to go out for sightseeing, as normally people said 'Johannesburg is a hibernate station'...and its not cheap to go out for sightseeing... We stayed in a Casino Hotel in Johannesburg..And as usual, all Casino Hotel are normally very beautiful... Be it, Seoul, Melbourne or even Johannesburg...

On the first day after touched down in Johannesburg we had a power sleep and had dinner within the hotel at Spur...It's a steak house and their Pork ribs taste quite good... After our dinner at Spur my seniors are nice enough to bring me to tour within the casino... and we end up sitting infront of the slots machine for hours...why hours? because the other name of a slot machine is called a 'One Hand Bandit'... thanks to my determination, i finally got bak wat i lost and a bit of taxes to the casino for me sitting infront of the slot machine for hours tho i had an early morning tour the next day..

according to the tour guide, this is Mr.John...hmmm (long john??) well i dunno whether its long o not but i am pretty sure it is QUITE a length, coz he looks pretty similar to those guys in Lourve, Paris...=) only tat he is dressed in such a way coz the casino is still expanding...=) There is this other fountain outside the lobby which i'm quite impressed of...

looks like a trojan with the horses...i'm in lurve... the next day we woke up at 6 in the morning and got ready for our tour at 7am.. it was a half day tour to Pilanesberg Park (the safari) and to Sun City (not the Miri one)...the journey to the Pilanesberg Park took us about 2 and a half hours including breakfast stops and fuelling stops... I will skip the pictures of the animals in here... we didn't get to see any of the Cats family coz they normally come out to hunt at night, so wat we saw was only zebras, elephants, giraffe, wild beast, deers, antelopes, crocodiles, hipopotamus, wild boars and some rhinos...

Looking at animals in the safari has the different feeling than looking at animals behind the bars in the zoo.. this is one of the pictures where the elephant family came out to hunt for branches... We had our lunch within the safari too... they decorate the place with animal's head and there are places where they sell every souvenirs but fridge magnet!!

shortly after we had lunch, we left for SunCity... Its about 10 minutes drive away from Pilanesberg park... and again, the entrance of the hotel is a beautifully made welcoming fountain, SunCity is something like Genting Highlands in Malaysia but it is much more elaborate...has its own theme park, zoo, crocodiles farm, golf coast, shopping mall and hotel... The hotel room per nite cost more than SGD9000...WTF!!?!

South Africans just have the thing with fountains.... Walked around the place for a while and we head back to the hotel, we reached hotel at about 8pm and there we go again had dinner in the hotel and continue with our slots machine....a few more pictures to share from SunCity...

I Do Love You <3