Turi Beach Resort, Batam

Just came back from Batam with Kai Ling. We stayed at a resort called Turi Beach Resort. So relaxing over there. Wish we can stay there longer leh. We took the ferry from Tarah Merah Ferry Terminal to Nongsa Ferry Terminal in Batam. Then we took a shutter bus to the resort.

On the ferry to Batam

The resort got two wings. One newer and one older one. We stayed at the older one which look like attap house like that. But still not bad lah. Haa..

our beds


us in the room


turi beach!

then when we were about to go out to walk walk, it rained.

omg, its raining.

lucky rain awhile only. Then its sunny day again. Heee

really relaxing

nice weather after the rain


the new wing. looks nice.


the old wing where one of the "huts" is ours.


us high up

we had lunch then rest for a while before we went canoeing for an hour or so. Quite tiring but fun. Very long never canoe liao. It was kai ling's first time canoeing. But she's a fast learner so no problem at all. Haaa.

waiting for our lunch


my fried rice


kai ling & her mee goreng

After canoeing we relaxed in the sea for while before gng back to our room to shower.

us having our mocktails

time pass so fast leh, time to go home liao. sianz lol..... oh.. before we check out, we went for our indo style massage. they screwed up our booking abit, so we got to rush abit when checking out. but other then tat, the service is still ok. haaa...

some fotos before leaving the resort

yeah, me too.

we took a taxi to batam center to shop abit before we head back to sg.

Pulau Redang

Finally, after so long.... Diving at Redang was one of my wishlist on 2008 carried over to 2009

No underwater pictures.... As I said, i couldn't get the underwater case for my camera.

Nevertheless, I took some pictures of the island.

The diving was fantastic. We went for total 5 dives. Saw lot of fishes n turtles... Damn nice diving spots.. Wish i could stay there another few days to dive.

Everything was great for this trip, except for the long bus ride. Really damn tiring and boring.

otw to redang


eric & me


outside our room


beach just by our resort


chilling out


our resort


beach volleyball

sunset pics

sunset pics

laguna beach


lol


diving is the best.. workin sucx


otw back to mainland malaysia


hee... sianzz back to reality

Redang... Here I come

After waiting for a year, finally, I am going diving at Redang. Later I be meeting 2 of my friends at Golden mile later at 8+ and will be taking a 10+ hrs bus ride.

I guess the itinerary will be something like this.

Thursday nite to Friday morning
Transfer to Redang lagoon resort. Rest at resort. Have lunch or brunch.

Friday
Afternoon 2 dives. Dinner.

Saturday
3 dives. Breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Saturday night or Sunday early morning
Transfer back to Singapore.


I couldnt manage to get the underwater housing for my Fujifilm camera. So guess, I could only take fotos of the bus trip, the island and maybe the boat. But no fishes and coral reefs. What a waste.

Angel & Demons

We went to GV Max @ Vivo to watch Angels & Demons. Not bad, but I prefer watching the Da Vinci Code. The story plot was not as capitivating and exciting. The whole movie mainly focused on the few churches and you can roughly guess what going to happen next by following the story. For example when looking for "FIRE", you be expecting someone being killed using fire, and water someone being drown.. Something like that...

But the story book should be more interesting lah. But too bad, I have given up on books already. Haa.. I haven even finish reading the Da Vinci Code that I bought at Changi Airport last year during my business trip to Ho Chi Minh City.

Dinner @ Geylang

Kailing wanted to try the frog leg porridge at Geylang coz she heard one of her friends Tingting mentioned. So we went. I wasn't sure where the store was and whether I been there before. Lucky, there was Google. Heee...

From the numerious sites that wrote about the different frog leg porridge stores in Geylang, we came to a conclusion that the one at Lorong 9 should be the nice. The store is called Lion City Frog Porridge. Not cheap though, but the porridge and frog legs are good. We ordered one Kung Pao and ginger frog. Each frog costs $8. And we also ordered porridge for 2 pax. So altogether $8 + $8 + $3 = $19. The Kung Pao frog was spicy and sweet. The ginger one was nice also. But I think the Kung Pao one nicer.

Kung Pao Frog


Ginger Frog


Porridge for 2


Putting them altogether


self taken, not bad right.... Hee..

After dinner, next stop..... You Tiao Da Wang (Oily stick king) !!!!!!! They moved away from their original location for quite some time liao. So we slowly walked to Lorong 27A which is the new location. At Lorong 27A, its no longer a store liao. The whole coffee shop belongs to them. And they also sell some other food, but the main business is still the you tiao lah...

Shao bing, you tiao & warm soya bean milk.
Simply delicious.

Happy 3rd Monthsary....

Its 12:23am......

Omg, time really flies...... Happy 3rd Monthsary dear!!!!!

CCK MOF dessert

We went to Lot 1 shopping centre at Choa Chu Kang for dinner today. At dinner at a store at the basement that sells Jap and Korea food. Forgot whats the name liao. Then went to this japanese-themed store on the 3rd floor to eat dessert. The name is Ministry of Food (MOF). The dessert is quite nice. Those who never try should go... Hee...

Our dinner, one suppose to be omelette noodle and one scrambled noodle.
But end up both look the same. LOL. The noodle sold at Taka basement is nicer


Kailing eating her omelette noodle


we ordered gyoza also. Not bad


MOF dessert. Nice!!!


The white balls are glutinous rice balls. Very QQ one. yummy!!


The green tea icecream in the middle is good too!!!


Mocha Imo (Green tea ice-cream with japanese sweet potato)
interesting and delicious!!!!!


little tips to eat this dessert.

RIP Lao Kim

This morning my grandauntie (lao kim) passed away.

Every first day of the Chinese New Year, our whole family always look forward to go to her house because she always cook a pot of curry chicken just for us. Even her other relatives also don't have. And her curry is very delicious. We always keep our stomach empty just for her curry.

Not only her curry, her new year cookies also very nice. Very small small, bite size, and yummy.

Im going to miss all these very much. And my lao kim, she is a very nice lady. She was quite close to our family, in fact I feel that she is like my grandmother like that, especially after my grandparents passed away years ago. We always enjoy talking to her because she was always smiling and very nice to everyone. Just by holding her hands, you will feel how heart-warming she is.

I really can't believe she is gone now. She was fine all these time. But it take just minutes for a person to just pass away. All of the sudden, heart attack.

Life is so unpredictable.

Rest in peace lao kim... We will always miss you.

Eben & Jasmine Wedding

Today 3rd May 2009 is Eben & Jasmine's wedding. I was the wedding car driver cum brother. Luckily the sisters were very civilized and nice. They never come out with those crazy ideas like pole-dancing, shouting from the void deck, wearing pampers or paper underwears these kind of things LOL. Thank god. Haha.... Then Eben and Jasmine house were not far apart also, so traveling time and distance was ok. So at least not so rush.

My job was done when I fetched them to the hotel which is Novotel Clarke Quay - the one just above Liang Court. That was about 2+ 3pm like that. I wanted to meet Kai Ling for a while since I got a few hours before the dinner and I knew I can't get any sleep also anyway. It would be so strange to drive the wedding car around. So I took the mrt instead. I met her at Queenstown mrt and we went to Queensway shopping center to look look see see awhile with her sister and boyfriend.

After that, her sis's boyfriend sent me back to the hotel and I went up for a quick shower. Then its dinner time. Dinner was quite ok. I ate quite a bit becoz I was always at the table and was one the the first few to pound on every dish. LOL. I even have the whole remaining bowl of desserts for myself when everyone else sitting at my table left.

So happy for the both of them - Eben and Jasmine. Wishing the both of you a blissful and everlasting marriage!!!!!!

the wedding car aka my dad's car

back view of the car

hotel suite ( Just married!!!!)

living room

the bed


food and drinks for the wedding couple


blur picture of the snacks


but guess what I found among the snacks? LOL.
Seems like a bit out of place leh this thing.