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Sunday, March 30, 2008

boring sat

was quite a boring sat.. most things din go as i hope to. even poor daddy's car stopped working. think the car too old..breaking down le..
nothing much today..no sales either. all i did was work..simple dinner with parents..a run.. n the day is over. sigh.

anyway, here's the pics n another review of the veg makan places i went recently..

1) left: fried tom yum bee hoon frm our fav hangout @ fortune centre (2nd floor)
very nice..i like it.. the tom yum taste is strong enough..
with the lime...n chilli padi! =)

2) right: tom yum (again!) beehoon soup.. @ Chinatown Yi Xing veg stall beside the Macs (lucky chinatown)..
a lot of ingredients.. good for ppl who dun like alot of veggies ..cos mostly are tasty mock ham, fish etc. overall pretty innovative ingredients mixture..

3) right: xin chow bee hoon frm yuan xiang veg stall near my house.. quite good. xin chow bee hoon is one of my all time fav.. since non-veg days.. and this veg version is as good. though im not a fan of mock char siew, but the whole dish is yummy!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

short long weekend..

tue already..the long weekend flew past! friday spent working as well as a nice chill-out dinner with parents..n then a nice walk @ east coast park...
sat n sun was 2 full-day courses... 830-6pm..really intense.. but was quite fun...made lotsa friends.. learnt lotsa stuff.. but gotta prepare for the exam next sat. eeww. i can't remember all the muscles and bones names ... urgh.
these few weeks coming up is gonna be really challenging..need to make a few big decisions.. hmm.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

posh gym n me


ooo, it's already 2 weeks since the phuket trip. hmm, not many stuff happened though. mainly work..more work.. and a few nice catchup sessions with family.. yup.

as requested by some friends for pics of the nice veg food for review..here u go..
these are frm Green Connection near Ministry of Manpower.. (Angus Street) was a nice dinner with parents, brother n his dearie Grace..
the "Chicken" Rice set was as the last time...very nicely presented.. mum love the rice..
dad had the tom yam fried rice.. not bad either..
my fav tom yum beehoon!

yum.. i m having a tom yum craving these days...issnt it ironic that i din get to have tom yum in thailand.. cdn find any veg. tom yum u see.. =)
there's also creamy pasta, mala noodles.n mango rojak..
i like the place..very windy n a great place to take ur time..catch up over a yummy meal...

yesterday was a quite a fun day..
second half that is...first half was just work. =I
won a complimentary first free visit to Fitness First Platinum .. n got to bring a partner.. so i thought i bring my mum!
was our first time at such "posh" gyms u see..so we were really quite excited.. haa. very "suaku" i know..
not being used to poshy places..we were quite amused by the HUGE restroom with endless high tech lockers... powerful strong showers.. thick towels.. a 'workout' attire to change into.. n needless to say.. the numerous, humongous n complicated machines to work out with. haa.
wanted to take pics of the place..but i think it's not allowed. =( i think we amused the regulars there with our "oo"s n "aa"s n "check this out!"
a great view for sure.. overlooking the flyer, sea, IR in the making etc.
free drinks @ the members lounge.. it was so shiok.. haa.
i wan a membership. i need to be rich. i wan to be rich now dammit.
=P

hmm.. talking bout makin money.. income's been pretty "volatile" lately.. doing sales jobs, aint exactly the "stablest" choice but what to do..
for those we don't know.. im doing 2 jobs which are "sales"based.. 1 which involves door-to-door.. n the other 's insurance advising for Income.
the door2door one is a really eye-opening experience for me.. though it's been months of it, i still get disturbed by the HUGE differences in ppl's attitudes..there r sooo nice ppl around.. n there are those that u just wanna throw their shoes off the building after they slam their doors on you...n these are already the best of the worst cases. =P

insurance... it's a necessity..certainly serves to benefit people and something so important that, sadly many only realise it after someone close gets very ill or die. the huge difference it makes whether u r insured or not.
i think it's a great job because u can help others get protected, u can provide help when they need it the most etc. .. but i guess the tough part is convincing people the importance of it.
some seem to think, that doing this for a living is purely for "making money" sake so i will prob get a high risk of losing friends.. as warned by some close friends...sigh.
as i tell most of them, i dun like pestering ppl on the streets, n dun enjoy forcing ppl to get smtg they aint interested in.. so i just do my best to inform my friends that im in this field, equipped with the knowledge, and if they do happen to want it anytime, i m always around.
though im told that if i dun go around chasin people n stalking people in the malls etc. i will be income-less... honestly i guess i will just give up my dream to gym membership. =)

anyhow i think i need a more stable income.. or at least 1 stable income... i still wanna do insurance advising to help ppl that wants it.. but i can't do with 2 unpredictable pay jobs. this is tough. sigh.new plans are needed.

with metta..

Sunday, March 09, 2008

thai thai (2)..the beloved children...











more photos..taken during my revisit to the Khao Lak orphanage i was at last year sept.
i so wanna bring them home.. =)
see the previous post for more photos of the holiday ya.

thai thai..










here are the photos taken during my entire thai phuket trip.. check out the previous blog for the write-up.. =)






really miss that place already..badly.. and that english guy too..hee. bradpitt-type of hot!.... should have taken a photo..dammit.


Thursday, March 06, 2008

massage..pad thai.. kaa..

sawadee kaa! back.. *aww* i wanna go back already! hee.
just to quickly sum up how the 5 days had been...

1st day in phuket... arrived @ bout 4+ thai time.. by the time we reached our hotel...was bout 5plus 6! went for dinner at a nearby chinese thai kopitiam...OMG. THAI FOOD!
went on to shopping! honestly..i LOVE our hotel... within 5 mins of walking in 2 directions were 2 good shopping paradise! haa..but we din really buy much la..more of window-shop..
ended our day with THAI MASSAGE! only 200baht (8+bucks) ...i miss that already!

2nd day... left for Patong Beach... went there once with bro.. (that time was more of adventure fun)..this time more of leisure checking out the place.. nothing much as expected.. scandalous sleazy place.. all those ham sup ah peks n desperate men.. spent a night there @ a 3star new hotel.. found it too pricey though... but over @ Patong..everything's expenive! the pad thai's triple the normal price n definitely not as nice ....

3rd day.. woke up for a jog @ the beach with dad.. damn it's really tough to run on sand can.. =P
but the view was great.. the sound of the waves.. smell of the sea.. really a different running experience!
checked out to return back to phuket town~
2nd half of the day was more shopping in town! haa.. went to the huge hypermart @ Tesco.
ended the day with me n mum going for manicure~ n massage again! hee.

4th day... parents left for spore le... while i left for Phang Nga (another province) to visit the children at the orphanage where I spent the month of Sept2007. 3 hours ride...smooth ..fast n scary though.. hee.
was sooo happy to see the children all well and great.. went to the market nearby to buy groceries for the children.. there are so many things i wanna buy for them...but can only afford some.. sigh.
anyway .. had to leave at 5pm to make my way back to Phuket.. did some quick shopping (half hour!) when i reached.. was already 10pm and i was kinda tired.. went for my last massage for this trip! =) the last night was kinda tough.. i din wan it to be over.. sobs.

the whole trip was really a good break.. i LOVE the pad thai.. i LOVE the massage.. and i LOVE it that i could speak a little thai..enough to converse and chit chat with the locals... (thus..the cheap bargains i manage to get...hee)
i really like the people.. so friendly and warm.

oh yea.. unluckily..my return flight was delayed for 1+half hour! TIGER AIRWAYS..sheesh.. but.. at the end of it.. i got to know this reeealy cute guy.. an English..here in Spore for the first time.. only 2 days here though.... hope he enjoys his tour here.... i wonder if i will see him again *sigh*... haa.

tired le.. will upload pics tomorrow.. =)

with metta....