Finally its Over!! 3/5/08 Sat

4 yrs of stuying at NUS... Finally its all over (assuming that i pass all the modules this sem which i think i will). Looking forward to a well deserved break!!

CNY KL Trip 8/2-10/2

Went to KL over the cny long weekend as we had some hotel vouchers expiring soon.... so got to clear them.

Day 1:
Left home at 9am on 2nd day of cny for KL, reached KL hotel at 245pm.... almost 6hrs which was really long.... probably bcos the roads were kinda busy, many spore cars and malaysian cars from different states, had 2 pitstops, and probably due to the slowdown caused by an accident involving some cars along the way. Surprisingly no police roadblocks .... probably they were in a cny mood too....

After checking in to the hotel, went for some KL Noodles at chinatown.... While waiting for the food, a police landrover suddenly stopped next to us... there were 2 policeman... 1 went to issue a summon to the illegal durian seller in a white lorry, the other went to tow this blue car that was parked illegally. Poor driver of the blue car, think he will get a shock of his life when he find his car missing...

Durian seller kena summoned.... Wanted to buy some durians actually....haiz

KL noodles

Blue car kena towed away

Hotel room at Ancasa

Day 2:

Went to visit Dad's friends in the morning, then suddenly they decided to head to genting to gamble.... My shopping trip turned into a genting one...haiz... Split into 2 cars and I was driving my dad's car.... Had a hard time catching up with the other car..... think they think i can drive very fast... In the end I gave up following them...which was a good thing cos they eventually slowed down to wait for me..... And yes Genting was flooded with pple.... And cars. Unable to find a parking lot, we headed to the Genting hotel... And I learned a new tip to find a parking lot in no time from my dad's friend.... Just tell the hotel staff at the front door that u are staying in the hotel and ask for valet parking abt RM6 per car and u get a parking lot straight away....cool.

Anyway genting was the same old genting.... last time i went there was probably 3 or 4 yrs ago....same thing.... nothing special... went in to the casino to take a look... and its always the banker that wins....wonder why

Candy Floss

Enjoying the cool breeze

Day 3:

Left the hotel at 11am sharp after breakfast.... Headed staight for spore to beat the traffic jam expected at the 2nd link.. The roads were really crowded.... its like travelling on the CTE.... there wasnt any traffic police, i guessed they realized that the roads were too busy for anyone to speed and a police road block will cause a severe traffic jam... Even the rest points along the highway were full of cars....

After witnessing all the bad driving skills of malaysian drivers such as tailgating, roadhogging, speeding, driving on the road shoulder, we reached KL immigration at 245pm... Then the traffic jam at spore immigration.... Reached home like 5pm...

After 4 days of holiday its back to sch again.... Argh......

On the 2nd link bridge where the jam started... Mostly spore cars... Thought I was in spore already
KL immigration

CNY Reunion Dinner 6/2/08 Wed

For the 1st time in my entire life (if i remember correctly), my family ate out for the cny reunion dinner. Usually we have steamboat at home and I will help out with the preparation of the food and wash the dishes. So this year its more relaxing. Had dinner @ Peach Garden.... It was not too bad but a bit expensive. Our slot was the last "shift" at 8pm. The previous "shift" was at 6pm. But most diners from the earlier shift had not left yet when we arrived at 8pm... So got to wait for them, wait for the tables to be cleared and so on.... Started dinner at 830pm and I was starving. One thing i noticed was our table was the smallest with only 4 of us... Most tables had at least 10 pple.

Yu Sheng... Not bad but i think the sesame seeds was excessive


Trying to entertain myself while waiting for the food

Sharks Fin

Abalone

Snow Fish

Noodles

Dessert

Hungry look

A Unique Birthday Experience 28/1: Happy 25th!!!!

A very unique birthday celebration with my family this year. Headed to kranji, lim chu kang area in the afternoon to visit various farms. Seen these farms on TV before, but today is the first time I went there for a visit... Feels like a kid all over again...haha. Went with my parents, sis and grandma. After that, birthday dinner at Mouth Restaurant @ Chinatown.... Decided to take some photos of the food. My first yu sheng of the year...Yummy!!

Thanks Dad and grandma for the angbao (Will come in handy for my golf lessons.....heheheh), Thanks Mum for my new shoe, dinner, cake.... Thanks sis for the present which I have yet to decide what will it be.... kekeke....

Anyway, the farms' next. The initial plan was to head down to Kranji mrt station and hop on to the kranji shuttle bus to the farms, but we couldnt find the mrt station and somehow we ended up driving right to the doorstep of the farms. Very ulu area, feels like in malaysia.... But passed by that place b4 during my army days. Quite a few tour buses and cars at the farms...

Fish Farm.... Some worker there trying to catch a fish.
Kois

Dragonfruit farm

Poison Ivy... Vegetable Farm

Goat Farm.... Tasted goat's milk there... Its similar in taste to cow's milk
Hungry goats...
Cute goat posing a pic for me

Lazy goats sleeping

Its hay.... Goat's food

Nice goat

Bon Appetit!!!