Supposed to post this in the travelling blog, but kinda lazy to do the entire transfer......so read it here for the moment k.

Its a pretty interesting trip this time round, although we didnt visit too many places (tight budget...hmph) and my appetite somehow went on vacation....but nonetheless, I still had loads of fun. Especially the shopping, ah!

First day
Very chaotic start for a trip...my dad's flight was 2 hours after ours, so we went to the airport tgt. After I've checked in, we realised that he actually brought the wrong passport, the expired Singapore passport instead of the new China passport (both same colour). In a flurry, he and my mum rushed home to look for the right passport.

Still couldnt find it when I boarded the plane....feeling abit guilty to leave them behind. Kinda dampened our excitement....fortunately, he managed to find the right passport in time (its actually in his luggage all this while) to board his plane.

Okay, enough of the rubbish....here goes the pix!


Welcome to Taipei!


2nd thing to dampen our spirits......all the $1000 dollar notes I got are expired!


Taipei government just changed their currency, all thousand and five hundred notes shall be exchanged @ a specific bank before 31st July. I reached Taipei on 7th Aug. Damn.


Coach from airport to Grand Hyatt Hotel...only NT$145. An hour trip (cos traffic jam).


Stunned. Its raining. Typhoon on our very first night. (Huimin's sis, Carol said we brought the rain....huimin had sun-burn two days before we arrived...)


The proof ----- Huimin's sun burn mark.


Second Day
Its raining, man! Helluluva....


Its not my first trip to Taipei, but I'm still not used to their big big biiiiiig mrt stations....


Starting to drizzle when we stepped out...


@ Raku. Charcoal-stove bbq & steamboat.....lookatthefood.


Free flow and free flow and free flow of haagen daaz & Meiji ice cream!

-some other pics which are from Huimin's cam I'll post in newstation-


First stop after our heavy meal.....五分埔！

They're stocking up A/W 07 stuffs now, clearing away all the S/S 07 stuffs.....almost every shop are stacking their sales item outside their shop. Selling @ NT$100 - 390.


Happie girl....she overspent! Tsk tsk tsk....


I bought this for Hj......the salesgirl here very nice. (and pretty)


We bought the most from this shop....not only their clothes are nice, their sales are very attentive and helpful, not to mention, gave us so much discount that their casheir had to fork out the outstanding amount from his own pocket..........

Strongly recommended, get the address of this shop from me if you're interested. They have a variety of cutie sweet dresses, layered tops, basic camisoles blah blah blah.....all of fine quality. We even went back again on the 2nd last day to get some more stuffs. =)


Which is probably why we ended up like that....


Oh.my.gosh.


"No! No! Take it away! It hurts!"

to be continued.....

Now using Huimin's lappy...finally can upload my pics!

Anyway, just a peep on what I've been busied with for the past 3 weeks......

As I've earlier on mentioned, Zicheng's cousin's cafe @ New Cathay is really good. Name's Indulge, cafe prices, big plates and big portion of food...the king prawns, the chicken chop, the kebab....try it out yah.


Met up with these chicks for dinner...


Wennie....I'm missing you already! Though i shouted at u on the phone...roaming, u know, cant talk long.....*bleahz*


Hey u two! No whispering behind our back!


And then...the dreaded day. (now past)

Gwen's last day!!!! *Waaaaaaaaaailllll *


One of our models got this for her....isnt it sweet? Awww.


Suprised.


It may look simple and ahem, even cheapskate, but its full of our best wishes and effort!


I'm missing you, too. A last hug to the most mercutio-witted senior I ever had.




Pics of Taiwan to be posted....soon!

Now at the Airport. Its 1133 am.


Dad mistook his expired Singapore passport as his Hong Kong passport and is now on the way (cursing and swearing and sweating as he goes....) home to retrieve it. Mum's with him; cursing and swearing as well. -_-''" I'm gonna miss them lots.....

I'll be back next Monday evening, just in case if anybody misses me, my intnl roaming is on........give me a call as and when you like, I'll KILL u for that. Its ex u know!

Pretty busy with work lately, its going to the extent of eating into my personal life. But gosh, I'm even beginning to enjoy this fast and breathless pace of life! As usual, the workholic genes.

Now that Gwen's gone, most of the time is just me and Giena in the office (lets not count the management ppl lah). All the projects are all cramming up, yesterday's coordination work was so jammed up - we could hardly rest. There's lots of exciting project however...we got cruise ~ airplane ~ hotels ~ ... and Vodka!

Speaking of all these travel stuffs, I'm leaving for Taipei next Tues! So excited really....well. I promise to get stuffs back for you guys...just that it might not be really expensive cos I'm on tight budget. I havent got my pay! *Sobz *

PS: Not posting any pics cos my comps down and now using my office's comp.....

Going...


Going...


Gone!



Gwen left us.........for now. Lets pray that she cant find a good job and gallop back.

I've finally finished Harry Potter, within 2 days.

And now, I'm so lost...... for those that havent finished reading the last bk, I don't wana spoil ur fun so please click the x at the top right hand corner now.








Okay, let's begin. I've got so much to say!

U know what, I've been trying so hard to avoid all print and electronic news on H.P, cos I know that there's lot of rumours about who and who going to die, who and who blah blah blah......but this is really not what I expected.

Mad Moody died, Hedwig died, Bathilda Bagshot died, Fred (Omg omg omg...arghz) died, Dobby died, SNAPE (yesh!) died, and sob, Tonks and Lupin. I knew they will disappear from the story somehow, after the part where Tonks gave birth...

That's the downside of the last episode --- I hate it when the this kinda supposed-to-be children stories become so adultishly realistic. To play fair, some of the bad guys in the previous chapter turned out to be not-so-bad. Sweet. *v*


K enough of that.
My mum and my sis are now here with me, tgt with my mum's 2 good friends. After their Malaysia trip, there's this very obvious tension between the 2 aunties....apparently they had some major unhappiness over @ K.L and they're trying to pretend nth happen cos they're still stuck with each other for the next 3 days.

Tml the three masked ladies are going to Indonesia for a day trip. Sounds bad.

There's worst to come, I guess. Anyway, there's lots of farewells coming up. Chloe's already got transferred; I'm missing her help already. Gwen & Charlee will be gone by next wed; Wennie's returning to Brisbane on Mon; then my mum. The thoughts of the taipei trip does spirits up my mood......more or less lah.

I really hate goodbyes.

Cheerful item of the day


One of my fav. game. Thank u Gwen for lending me the DS.lite for so many days!!!!

Was busy with P.W-Ace Attorney too. Love this kinda game...tho I'm always stuck @ the X-exams. I love the way Pheonix Wright batt his eyelash and stares fiercely up when he slams his desk @ court!

Spilled out all my complaints to Hj just now...feels so much better now, although got nothing done. Well.......its kinda hard to voice out certain things, sometimes I really am amazed by those self-centered people around me...amazed by their ability to show their unhappiness and pissed-off point.

I'm also amazed at how some people can say sweet nothings so carelessly...


Today is Desmond's birthday.

I noted it in my organizer and even paste a cute sticker on the page of July shouting "Take it easy!". Ha.Years back, this day used to be such a big deal...sending him a birthday msg seems such a big deal. *smilez* It will take me days to muster courage, to think through all the consequences and get mentally prepared for his reply....which, as usual, the same ol' 3 words.


"Whu r u?"


Then I'll start thinking...did he really lost his hp again? Or he didnt bother to save my contact?

Is the glass of water half full? Or half empty? Yeah, well... *sad grin*

Last year, I switched off my phone the entire 15th July. Wennie's advice. A good one. I'm not obsessed with him anymore lah, but it kinda became a habit, u know, like for example u used to like Andy Lau, now u become a big fan of Linkin park, but u'll always remember Andy Lau's songs, catch abit of his news now and then... ...


*


New colleague, Chloe. In training under me and Giena, since I'm sitting closer, usually I'm the one telling her the stuffs, procedures blah blah blah. Feels kinda wierd cos I'm still a green horn!

Misses Evelyn. >,<>

I try not to say the wrong things.
I try not to do the wrong actions.
I try not to spoil the day.
I try not to force plans my way.
I try not to provoke.
I try not to hurt.
I try not to jeer.

I try my best to accommodate to everyone.
I try my best to laugh at the right time, the right topic.
I try my best to stay out of the way.
I try my best to contain my anger to myself.
I try my best to be a good friend.
I try my best to help.




If you're thinking " Yah right. ", you hate me.

There may be a problem with you, not me! Cos I tried my best, and did you even try?



Know what? We went Settlers' Cafe @ Holland V. last sat.


One of the games....loads of fun!


@ Breko....the bt panjang clique.


The girls and Mr.Onlooker.


Did you see the bunch of guys in the background? Omg...we kept rolling our eyes and laughing (secretly) like mad on their topics.............kidults are so funny manz!


Was he trying to smack zc?


Wipe that cheeky smile off, buddy! It makes you look like imitation Mickey.


Last pic before Zc rush off for next gathering....tired guys.


Who's who?


Minru left.......well, good luck for her future endeavours (I really mean it!), and hope she comes back for part time ~ ha.


Our farewell present for her, Mayday's stuffs specially wrapped up by Claire aka charlee.


Please note her "I Love Singapore" Shirt. I asked her why she want to wear it, she told me that she was attending this farewell ceremony for the old National Stadium......oh and btw, so National Stadium's gone for good issit? Someone please update me.