no. 11

to mark the final leg of poly….

cuzzie’s 21st birthday

attended nicholas’s birthday on the 3rd oct at pebble bay!

intended to celebrate godma’s birthday there too, so i ordered a cake specially for her. was told to help make birthday cards so i did!

nicholas’s card.

godma’s card!

was one of the first few to arrive! happy cos i hate going into a crowd. helped to set up the place.. apparently there was gonna be about 60 odd people..

decided to take some photos before everyone hogged the birthday boy.

slacking while waiting for people to arrive..

birthday boy with his deco

i’m always amazed at how people can take photos like these w/o putting their arms round each other

i still can’t reach his height! and the irony is that my hands are round his shoulders. need to teach bro to be a gentleman

with popo!

and godma was sick so she didn’t go for the party. ))= MAJOR disappointment.. so in the end i had to send the cake to her house..

ta-dahhh!! godma’s hermes cake!

nice right! she was so happy when she saw it..

real box, fake box!

went back to the party and they were playing some balloon games..

who can stack the balloons. haha. apparently my sis and bro were playing and they won!

the next game was the newspaper game, where you’ve to fold the paper and stand on it..
mel and i were asked to play the game. OH THE HORROR.

awkward photo there!

don’t say there’s no unglam pic of me.. hahaha

we NEARLY won.. hahaha but we still got prizes.. the last game involved acting, kinda like charades… since all the people where were dancers.. well.. it was.. interesting..

his bdae cake! i’m so bias so i’m gna say i prefer the hermes cake.

i’m taking a bite off some of the cake i took from godma. muahaha

family shot!

wrap up was funny cos the security guard came in and just turned off the damn air con. see that’s the problem with condos. 10 or 11 pm, everything off. wonder why the people in the condo pay maintenance fee! can’t even do whatever they please, plus we weren’t noisy..

penang trip part 5

this will be the last part of the penang trip! (=
well apart from the swimming photos..

Day 6

it was one of the maid’s birthday today, so we went to celebrate by going to one of the nearby open air restaurants for breakfast..

Bali High.
they serve dimsum, and my aunt’s real funny. she goes there only cos she likes the way the food is served. old aunties pushing trolleys around with trays of dimsum.

we ordered TONNES of food. 8 people.. hmm..

prawns wrapped in beancurd skin

hagao!

siew mai.

chicken feet

some really cute prawn in the hagao skin. i have no idea what’s the difference.

pork buns!

lor mai gai!

and who wouldn’t order egg tarts when there’s dimsum!

porridge with lucky green things.

after brunch, we took a slow walk back..
called cheng ge again and this time, we went to the khoo kong si clan!

the clan is the biggest and richest in penang, owning a lot of shop houses and estates.

there’s a big temple in the middle of the ‘parade square’, with all the tiny shop houses around it. i wouldn’t call it weird, but there are guards on the grounds, and they all have ‘name tags’. those guards are decendants of the khoo clan, and it’s their job to make sure that no one touches or spoils the items on the grounds.

one of them actually scolded me for poking the pictures. haha.

following that, we headed to the perenakan museum, where they filmed the little nonya.. i never followed the show, thus i didn’t have much interest in the house.. but the guide was really good (compared to that eric in jeans and slippers..). he brought us on a tour and explained every thing to us and even entertained our questions. really sincere too! looked like the chinese version of the inspector in “pink panther” the movie. with a moustouche!

so the nonya’s would spend their lives making nice bead shoes, just to show their prospective mother in law that they’re wonderfully awesome. idk, i guess if they’re good with their fingers, they’ll be good in the kitchen and in bed?

glass ornaments for the dining table. the more you have, the richer you are because it’s imported.

the wedding bed!

super old school radio

the courtyard leading to other parts of the house

stiarcase. gold and more gold!

dining table setting. i wouldn’t be allowed to eat at th etable for sure i’m so clumsy!

the servants table in the kitchen

food cans in all shapes and sizes!

went back to eat more chendol!

went home to rest for a bit..

isn’t he the cutest thing!

coco trying to kiss me again haha!

after resting, we went to gurney plaza to do some last min shopping..
went to a&w despite knowing my uncle will bring us for dinner..

curly fries!

on the last night, grandpa flew to penang.. cos bro and sis had h1n1.. this was the reason i couldn’t go home when i was in singapore. homeless for 1 week and moved houses 4 times!

this hawker centre looks a bit like lau pat sat..

worst nightmare ever. OR LUA.

char kway teow!

char siew noodles.

sambal stingray!

i had a hard time ordering this.. )= never knew it’s so difficult! i asked for stingray and they said it’s sold out and due to the huge communication barrier i felt so so fustrated! but finally ordered it after some kind soul told me what stingray was in chinese..

so serious..

idk why sk must pose in every single photo.

uncle nat and i

i don’t know who took this pic BUT WHERE IS SJ?

went home and showered.. us 4 girls had a very happy time chatting and laughing and we slept at 4am..

Day 7
last day in penang.. woke up early to pack up.. after packing up i went to camwhore with coco

panda w coco!

joyce w coco!

uncle nat came to the house and waited for us.. haha he’s staring at coco so intently!

took a pic w my grand aunt..

so cute!!!! <<<3

panda torturing coco!!!

he can’t be bothered.. lol

then we left.. byebye millennium tower, grant aunt, aunty, grandpa..
uncle nat brought us for one last lunch..

my fav prawn noodles!!

noodles

had a nice time eating.. and then uncle nat dropped us off at the airport.. feels so surreal.. to go back and all..

had time to spare so we went to dfs.. bought quite some perfume.. oopsss

our airplane!

was made to wear masks.. haha..

I LOOK SO AUNTY HAHAHA

sat w kx.. crazy woman..

decided to have some fun..

drew on each other’s masks.. can’t really see here.. but she pulled the mask over my eyes cos apparently she drew eyes on the mask..

back in singapore on the travelators!

ohh that’s the last pic.

boo hoo

BUT I’LL BE BACK DON’T WORRY!
and when i’m back i’ll be driving there woo!

penang trip part 4

Day 5

batu ferringi!

first up some pics of coco!

lovelove

have to brush his fur daily and he purposely lie down like some dead dog, wanna be a rug, refusing to have his fur brushed!

so cheng ge picked us up and we went to the tropical spice garden!
it was more of a nature walk for us as we didn’t know a lot of spices..

start of the walk!

there were 3 paths, and we didn’t exactly follow them. we just turned as and when we liked, kinda fun but confusing at the same time..

in the middle of nowhere, an old machine. kinda like a sewing machine of sorts i’m guessing.. hahaahah

posing with joyce’s butty

we found this stream of water.. and we washed our hands and feet.. was bloody sticky and hot..

panda returning to her bamboo land

one of the pretty flowers we saw

group photo! took outisde the tropical spice garden. yea i’m wearing damn slack. 2nd home whatttt.

marv if you’re reading, this is for you! ahaha

went to the beach next.. waves were kinda crashing i guess

ahhh i love this pic!! kx’s damn cute.

after the beach we went to this jetty of sorts..

we took a nice stroll at the jetty.. (= sun was blazing hot..

and we had lunch at some ghetto-ish place.. penang laksa.. all of them ate except me haha! don’t like it. the amount of lucky green things they put..

went to the butterfly park after that. scammer. they ask which country you’re from. wtf.

spotted a nice blue butterfly!

i’m not a lover of insects, or pests, but some were really pretty to look at! nice colour blending, good for tattooing!

pretty red flower, full of nectar!

stupid girl go block panda..

mini pineapple-ish thing!

glow in the dark scorpion!!

the butterfly park was full of butterflies of all shapes and sizes.. there were loads of different insects and beetles! and reptiles. -gah- not my fav place in the world but it was a good experience!

man face beetle. was laughin at it. SO SAD AND UGLY!!

watched videos of insects in this air con room and slacked for a bit before going to see more exhibits..
okay many pretty butterflies coming up!

the cutest butterfly! looks like an owl!

me drinking caprisone (how to spell…) so old school!!

left the park and we drove to ‘the ship’. it’s a restaurant in the shape of the ship.. serves steak and seafood

after taking photos.. we left. HAHAHA DIDNT EAT THERE JUST POSE FOR PICS ONLY.

we went to the famous char kway teow stall.. as recommended by cheng ge..

6RM a plate..

ta-paoed a packet for my aunt and she was so surprised. because this man didn’t allow my dad to tapao the previous time so i never got a chance to eat it..

we also went to a batik shop! no pictures here i have no idea why!
went home and bullied coco.. joyce and i wrapped a towel round his head and closed our room door.. so coco couldn’t get out of the room.. all he did was sit on the bed and sulk

we went for a swim after that! no pictures in my cam, but tonnes in sj’s cam! waiting for the pics. that will be an epic post!

that’s all for this post now bye!

penang trip part 3

Day 4

woke up in the morn and took our breakfast!
on the itenarary, grand aunt’s house, snake temple, fishery port (something like under water world), queensbay mall.

uncle nat sent us to his home and i saw grant aunt and aunty.

looks the same, still frail )= but i guess it’s all good for her so far.. it’s been years since she last stayed at my place

called cheng ge (our cabbie) and set off.

snake temple!

the beauty of the temple is that near by, there used to be a lot of snakes. and they were attracted to the incense smell, which in turn, made them drowsy. thus, the temple became their home of sorts, and tourists (like us) would be curious to see the many different snakes

was quite convinced the snakes were fake cos none of them were moving, and the scales looked like plastic. well, until the man plucked this snake off and then it started moving.

us poking the python(i think that’s what it is..) and i didn’t dare to carry it. :/

carefully placed, the snakes are on photo frames and tree stems and they just.don’t.move. really quite amazing. the 4 of them went into the garden while i just remained in the temple looking at the snakes.

left after about 20mins, and decided to head to the fishery port. after driving in circles, we found ourselves in an industrial estate, looking at skinny brown cows crossing the road. no idea why they’re there. one was even lying on the ground :/

headed to queensbay mall for lunch. oh my goodness that mall is HUGE. it’s more long than broad, so we didn’t have to worry about missing corners. (=

settled at “TGIFridays” for lunch. a change from the usual hawker fare.

ps: TGIFridays is opening at The Herren. would go check it out.

ordered wings to share and it came with celery and sour cheese. yum yum. (not the celery). goodness i could have eaten that all day long.

i know everyone enjoyed the wings i’m just not sure why kx had that face

we each ordered our own dish. i probably shouldn’t have. should have stuck to eating more wings. haha

chicken breast with mac and cheese

1/2 a chicken with nacho cheese and fries

more chicken. and garden veggies

chicken and shrimp with mash

after lunch, we continued walking. did a fair bit of shopping, and saw some really interesting products for sale. the girls decided to head for a mani/padi while sj would got for a foot massage. however… we ended up in this place..

a fish spa. (sj’s legs btw. too hair to be a girl’s)

we couldn’t stop laughing and shouting, thank goodness we were the only patrons. probably wasted 15mins wriggling and screaming. however at 19RM per 30mins i guess it was a good bargain. experience of a lifetime cos i’m terrified of fishes.

it was so so so ticklish! something possessed me though, because i paid another 19RM to let the fishes eat me.

these 3 people were bold enough to head to the spa with the bigger fish. :/ took me so long to get convinced that they were less ticklish. as for the size.. i just decided not to look at them.

fishies attacking my foot!

continued walking and shopping, and we decided to head to this old-school funfair we saw while going to queensbay mall. it was only a stone throw’s away so we walked!

was about 6pm or so when we went. (=

they had that scary looking ride!!!

we decided to sit in this spinning circle thing of sorts. looked harmless. it’d go clockwise, then stop, then anti clockwise.

oh boy was i so so so wrong i felt like puking whatever chicken i ate.

joyce had to help me! (k i know the pic is dark..)

anyway, feeling so awfully nauseous i decided not to take the scary ride. sj stayed w me.

we decided that the loud music played at the fun fair would be to drown the screams, making the rides seem less freaky.

and we were so wrong! we could hear kx screaming for her dear life. :/

then kx and i went for our mini roller coaster and she kept saying the ride wasn’t fun cos i was busy screaming, and i screamed for so long she laughed and couldn’t breathe.

sat on the octopus

it’s where people spin and go up and down and round in circles. the octopus tentacles would move up and down too, giving the illusion that the tentacles would hit us.

not that i realised, because i was too busy screaming i didn’t see the tentacles flailing.

sat on the world’s worst ferris wheel. it’d move, and stop and jerk. a sure way of making me feel worse. :/

walked round the stall games, they didn’t have cotton candy!!! )=

then cheng ge came to pick us, and he sent us to get bak kut teh from this famous stall. while joyce, panda and sj went to buy the food, kx and i listened to cheng ge’s life story, rather interesting.

he went to a uni in aus, and graduated and became an auditor for 15 years. he went to america to work and while he was there, he went to canada too. coming back he realised it was tiring, and thus decided to be a taxi driver, as it was OTOT.

the bak kut teh was damn good. (= no pictures sadly!

that’s all for day 4, this post is wayy long! (=

penang trip part 2

Day 2

woke up really early, at about 6, so we could catch the train up penang hill.. caught the lovely sunrise

it looks like we photoshopped ourselves right in.

we made our own breakfast..

HAHA CUP NOODLES and honey stars..

the tram! just like on brochures..

kx taking notes dutifully..

the train was really cramped up cos many people squeezed in and i felt so so so nauseous. they were all talking so loudly all i wanted to do was sulk. HAHA and that’s what i did.

the tracks were really steep

train track cross roads

train swapping station!

YAY WE REACHED THE TOP!

spotting the penang bridge. (=

it was about 9am when we reached and there were quite a lot of people.. decided to take photos at the top

no freaking idea what the sign says

wanted to walk, but being lazy we made tonnes of excuses, and anyway “the canopy walk was closed”. checked out david brown’s cottage, it was supposed to open at 9am, but doors were still locked.. so we stood outside for a bit and then i decided we should just climb into the house anyway. we’re on a holiday, risks are much more fun, and what’s the worst that could happen right?

up in the cottage!

the view was simply breathtaking.

seeing the city skyline i know why i was asked to stay till night, to watch the night lights. (=

nice blue cloudy sky!

haha me taking jump shots. it was a rather old english garden with a long pond

the path leading to the house

tentage in the garden

the cottage! the inside of the cottage was rather cosy and a lil dark, a really nice comfy place. but we decided to sit outside cos of the lovely weather. the down side was that there were many ants and we could not stop trying to kill them

effeciency at its best, i went to take our own menus

ordered our food.. it was about 10am then i guess.. long lovely slacky day..

bread pudding with custard. YUMYUM.

sj’s beef stew. a really huge portion with fluffy pastry.

kx’s apple tart. i love the pastry:/ okay i love eating dough.

kx’s garden mushroom salad.

happy panda w her food!

my creme brulee! yum.! but the bowl was so damn tiny. for the price i paid i expected it to be huge!

enjoying our food yumyum

joyce’s chicken cutlet with saussage, ham, tomato and goreng pisang. yea we’re all wondering why there’s goreng pisang (fried banana).

after drinking our soups, eating salads, main course and desserts, we bummed around and refused to move. people who came later than us left, waiters kept looking over their shoulders to see when we would leave too.

actually i can’t remember what they were doing because…..

yea i fell asleep HAHAAH the ray of sunshine kept shining on my face. and i was so tired.

kx watch out ah. put tissue on my head and still pose. omfg.

more stupid pictures

i know they ordered scones and tea because in the camera there were pictures. haah

there was thick cream! wooo!! yummy scones it’s been really long since i had them. remember eating them in australia.

paid the bill and left the place.. it was about 1 i guess? we sat there for 4 hours! wonderful.

happy couple yo!

while walking, we saw a few road side stalls selling stuff like grasshoppers made of coconut leaves. or something.

quite cute huh! kx panda and sj bought a few.. and came up with a video.. being so creative, they called the grass hoppers ‘xiao chao’ (little grass).

happy homies with their grass hoppers

there was henna painting too! and being me..

ta-dah!

took the tram down, and cabbed to gurney plaza (near my aunt’s house). walked a bit, shopped.. saw A&W and we went nuts.. curly fries!

happy human with food

coney dog

walked home after that and saw this..

worst car plate ever.

the cheating couple!

dont know how joyce can stand kx rolling on her

decided to camwhore with coco. he got a nice har cut looks like a westie!

ahhh damn cute!

joyce looks envious here haha

happy panda and happy dog

joyce being a bully

uncle nat took us out to eat prawn mee.. yum yum

someone’s REALLY happy with her noodles

ice kachang.

chendol. not as nice as the one in penang road..

okay that’s all for now! day 4 tomorrow or something!

penang trip part 1

okay finally uploading pictures from penang trip. it’s still too huge for me to send over.

spent 7 days in penang with the crazy people.
happened to meet a nice taxi uncle and he drove us all around town.

and of cos, thanks to my aunt and uncle

Day 1

sj picked me up and we went to the airport together… being awesomely effecient… we had this..

AN ITINERARY.! yes the spelling’s awfully wrong cos i can’t spell itinerary correctly.. still cant though but i’m trying!

see! i planned the thing and sj created this doc. haha.

the obligatory shot.

after going in, we had some really gross and overpriced breakfast.. still had time so we walked into many dfs’s..

happy charbby! yea man shorts and slippers!

my trolley pusher

went onto the plane ond omfg guess what!

the reason for advert. HAHAHA!!

on the plane! with some retarded person sticking out from the back.. gross..

air stewardess in training.. lol

no idea but kx wanted this shot..

the future mrs, with my luggage.

uncle nat came to pick us and we had lunch at new world hawker. yummy food but i didn’t eat much.. then he sent us to aunty anna’s place..

LOL face..

slacked the whole day, just resting.. watched legally blonde in the 2nd living room and had dinner with my aunt and grandaunt..

kang kong, chicken curry and yong tau fu! yum yum~~

caught school of rock after that.. i still can’t stand jack black..

sunset. lovely!

‘group meeting’ to plan day 2’s timetable. boy are we so effecient!!

Day 2

woke up and went to the fort cornwallis. it’s where war took place. rather interesting..

exciting!

saw a mullet(of sorts) and a cap so we decided to take pictures! k i love this picture. it has joyce and i laughing 24/7.

LOOK AT KX’S FACE HAHAHAHAAHAH WHY SO SERIOUS DARLING?

saw horses.. 2 to be exact.. poor things, under the sun..

tiny horses!

and i don’t know why but it’s 5th leg came out. looks.. different from the human one..

teepee’s…!

saw a nice huge swing..

and ugly goats..

wlked around and saw this.. boat like structure. no idea what’s this for..

reached the top of the fort.. and they took jump shots..

this was the best one. all jumping but it’s blur!! kinda artistic though..

walked to the blue mansion.. for all the days, we called it cheong si fatt.. it’s actually cheong fatt si.. si fatt means butt in cantonese..

an interesting.. signage..

after about 30mins of walking.. finally!!!

the blue mansion!

it was a bitch, really. hated that place. paid 12RM, not allowed to take pictures, tour guide(eric) was a mofo. worst tour guide ever! wearing jeans and slippers. grrr!!!

cabbed to new world park (again) and had lunch at a little cottage..

happy panda

after lunch.. we went to the pet shop.. no pictures.. :/ and then to the famous chendol stall! again no pictures with me..

went home and then out to dinner with aunty anna to ocean green seafood restaurant..

SATAYYYYYYYYY

sharksfin..

yummy spring rolls.. was already quite full at that time..

crab..

there was also fried rice.. but i didn’t eat any as i was already stuffed…

walked home and we sang a lot of songs.. made a lot of noise too.. went to level 19 and played pool and had a good time. windy night..

after that we all went to sleep..

okay more in the next post!

floral day part 2

more pics from shar’s cam!

fridays are such good days to relax and muck around!

HAHA UNGLAM!

charbby

photo of the year i swear. this is… priceless.

WOW (boobs)

present from company. baby blue scrap book. lovely.

another photo of the year.

tintin and i!

prawning

went to prawn with bro and nigel. they had their last paper (prelims) today congrats! haha

momsy fetched us to the bird park. that’s where the prawning place is. lovely! just beside ah yat seafood.

caught many prawns.. was supposed to prawn for only 3 hours, but since no one was there, we prawned for 5 hours, the other 2 hours, for free! lovely uncles there.

our catch! combined with this old man’s catch. he gave us his prawns..

the uncle

they just had to arrange it this way! there was over 40 prawns in total. yumyum

da tou xia

hehe. (does anyone get the joke?)

the two fish that the uncle caught for us. pomfet i think? bbq-ed right on the spot! it was flipping like mad i felt a bit.. sad for it. :/ but who am i to say right? would be quite a hypocrite..

it was a really fun day! we slacked at the pond for so long because there were hardly any prawns left, and we were all restless

lunch and random stuff

i think my heart just stopped beating.. )=

had lunch with panda joyce and sihui that day..
went to some jap place inside taka food basement.

butter corn!

some weird porky thing haha!!

crab cream croquette. YUM YUM.

omu rice with bacon and yummy cream sauce

i can’t really remember what this is.

while runnign errands that day i came across this in spotlight!!

SO SO SO CUTE! CATS AND DOGS! would love to buy this and make it into a nice blanket.

look at the way my maid arranged the fruits for me. so cute.

during the fire drill. kel and i decided to take a pic. HAHAH. we took the lift so we wouldn’t have to walk down 14 floors…