Pay if you wanna see photos

Now let me tell y0u the reason why you can't view the pictures in this blog, those that I'd uploaded to Photobucket and not using the blogger one...

(click to enlarge)

Okie, just wait patiently until 22nd of July.

Else, you pay for the price to me upgrade it to Pro.

Sekian, terima kasih.

=p

(Will upload my photos to Flickr for the moment)

Tamu

I volunteered to go to the Seria tamu with my mother today and:

- no one believes that I'm her daughter because she has bigger eyes and fairer skin tone....

"Eh? Who is she?"
"You guess."
"Not your daughter kua...."
"WHY NOT?"
"Cos don't look like you lar! Look like father eh I suppose"

Hai... Thank you aunties and uncles for all your bluntness, my mum now feels really disappointed. You could have said I look like her sister instead to make her feel young what. Don't know how to do business one.

- I look younger than I am because I was asked whether I'm still schooling or working?

Next question those uncles and aunties asked after confirming that I'm my mother's daughter was.. "Still schooling?"

LOL! Do I really look like I'm still studying? For God's sake, I had started to work since 17 and I can almost say that I never had "free time" after that. I was either working, or studying.. or doing of them. I don't remember having a break "job hunting" because I don't mind what my job is as long as I have income.

I was once a general clerk in a workshop, a waitress being paid B$1.20/ hour, sales person who stood 9am - 10pm during all those ojipala PC fair or expo. Then later some other random job and finally a teacher....

And I'm thinking to take some part time jobs again "school" starts. I don't know why, I just don't really like the idea of being a tuition teacher. But then again, if I'm desperate for money... rubbish collector I also don't mind.

=)

- I learned my talent of "Interrupting Conversations" from my mother... Hmmm.

I stood near her at one of the stalls, the owner was busy with another customer and my mum kept asking, "Eh, how much this? Got beans or not?" and so on...

I was like, "Now I know where I pick that bad habit from. YOU!".

Yes, ask any of my close friends and they'll agree that I love to interrupt. I cannot tahan people discussing on topics which I can't contribute my brilliant ideas and will get bored soon after. Thus I'll terus cut in and say something really random.

But, that only happens when I'm with my "gangs" lah.

- I also got my "老实不客气" genes from her...

, which is pretty bad. I saw her entering to the areas of those stall owners and really help herself lor!

Me: Eh Ma, how can you just go in there?
Mum: Aiyah... nevermind lah. We very close liao one.
Stall owner: A lor. She andang like that one. Nevermind one, we biasa already.

-__-"

She saw some fresh fruits and asked the owner if its sweet. Then the auntie just asked my mum to take one and try it herself, and my mum really picked one and ate it. She then took a plastic bag and put in some into it and asked for the price.

The owner then said, "No need lah. I belanja your daughter."

You know what my mum did? She went behind the counter, opened up the "Money Tin" and put $5 into it and took $3 out.

"Eh, I pay you $2 ah."

o_O!!!

Go XX! Boo DY

Totally random.

The title above is the personal message in my MSN nick now. Yeah, I'd been busy updating the whole XX vs DY drama and obviously, I'm rooting for XX.

Go find out what I'm talking about if you have no idea who XX and DY are.
If you're interested that is, or have too much time to kill.

I'm waiting for Atul's picture for our gathering last week so I can edit them and blog, hopefully by tomorrow can finish lah. I know I have been lazy in updating, replying comments and messages. Still adapting bah. (ALASAN!!!)

I just received a call and I think its confirmed that I'm going back to "school" this July. Err... Any idea if I can skip orientation? Anyway, I skipped ITB's 6 years ago. I was never active in any of those school activities because I need to work to pay for the school fees, unlike those who could get money just by attending lessons. (Yes, I'm a sour grape. Try you juggle around school and work for 2.5 years, I see if you still can relax and chill about it) Just that never knew 6 years later, the same thing is repeating nya...

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By the way,

Anyone getting Go! but wanna sell off the Dell XPS?

(Prefer Dell because of the specs. No Macbook or Acer please.)

I need a laptop. But I'm not willing to spend so much on it because I have very limited budget so yeah, if any of you or anyone you know is subscribing the broadband but not thinking to get the laptop, I just wanna tumpang saja.

Email me @ nonnie.king@gmail.com

Win-Win situation what?
You get to pay less for the monthly payment and I get to buy a cheaper laptop.
You happy, I happy. Everyone happy.

If any of you want to sponsor me a laptop I also don't mind one.
Hahhahahaa. *cough* You read me Jeff? *cough*


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Wanted to post this up long time ago liao.

This is done by a 12 years old girl.

And this,

is by a 6 years old little girl!

Can you note the difference? I was truly amazed by my primary 1 student when I saw the details she colored on her paper.

• Eye Shadows. Checked
• Blue cons. Checked
• Rosy cheeks. Checked
• Lipsticks. Checked
• Even eye brows also thickened!

6 years old okay. 6 YEARS OLD! How did she know all these? I was teasing my Primary 6 girl when I saw how "clean" her model's face was, but I myself is pretty bad in coloring. I can never get a nice skin tone on my drawings and let alone the details.

Maybe the next time I see her (the 6 years old) drawings, it'll be a woman with LV bag, Jimmy Choo's heels, Burberry's trench coat and a fully botox-ed face, which no one can tell.

Super cute bag!

Cool hor?

It's a Not-For-Sale merchandised product

My colleagues pushed me to "runding" with the Jollibee staffs whether or not we could get (for their kids).. Don't know why everytime I'm always the one ended up with this kind of "task"? My skin thicker is it? Anyway.. thick skin also got benefit one.

Because, I was the only one who get this bag!

, as a token of appreciation for helping out. LOL.

Hungry now.
Gotta go makan and read comments in XX's blog again~

I love Thursday.

SG - Day 3 & 4 (Eat, drink, shop and fly)

Sorry for the delay of this post. School holiday was over and I'm still adjusting to waking up at 6.15am and sleeping at 12am. Anyone knows the best way to sleep early without rolling on the bed for an hour? Don't tell me Music therapy because I sayang the battery and I'll end up singing in the middle of the night too.

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Continue....

Our Breakfasts
48's Lo Bak Gou


SL's western breakfast
(sikit till kasian...)


My Ayam Pangang~

Yeah, I was famished after vomiting the night before so I had a super heavy breakfast. Those are not fried rice, its plain rice with curry sauce. Not bad leh.

There won't be much pictures for our day 3 because we're all busy shopping.. not for ourselves, for other people. Shopped for the fat guy, his mom, my mom, my dad, my friends.... So most of the photos you see will be food pictures.

Yakun's toast and eggs


My Crispy Chicken from Shihlin.


鱿鱼羹 (Cuttlefish soup)

Okay, the cuttlefish soup might not seem very appealing to you but it is damn delicious. The vicemilli inside had a very nice texture, not soggy and not too hard. And the crispy chicken, I keh-kiang said yes when the kokochai asked if I wanted chili powder. Its nice, but too spicy. Made me chew and drool, sweat and still wanted more.

I have always wanted to go Taiwan for long long time and eat from Shih-Lin-Ye-Shi from one end to another. Then go Wu-Fen-Pu, 101, Ximending... Hai. I wanna go to Taiwan ah!!! Eh? Can see concert in Taipei Dome also wor. Sigh.... When will my wish come true?

Our Dinner

Thank God for having SL in our trip because I really carried those shopping bags till I wana pa-lan-ting (fall down) liao. For our first stop, I bought myself 6 books of Kindaichi comics and had to carry it till end of our shopping trip. Later I went to Lucky Plaza and helped my colleagues to buy 5 bottles of perfumes! Not those 15 or 20ml one okay, those big big 80ml bottles one.

SL would help us to carry out shopping bags and let us shopped freely without worries whereas he just sat there and waited with all other mens with baby strollers or their wives punya bags.

Big bags, small bags

(SL and 48 passed me theirs to let me pose like hardcore shopaholic)

Because of the GSS, there's damn many tourists lah. Even all those branded stores macam pasar ikan! I went into one of them, hoping to get myself a wallet so I went to one of the counter. There's a China (as in real Chinese who speaks with strong China accent.. No offense, but I find that kinda accent annoying with the tongue rolling thing..Okay lah, Faye Wong is acceptable because she's cool) lady.. or auntie who stood beside looking at wallets too.

So I talked to the tall, cute and cleanly shaved sales assistant that I wished to have a look at a certain wallet. He took it out for me and I had a quick look at it, but I didn't like the compartment. So I put it down and wanted to look for an alternative. And... the China lady beside me quickly said in her annoying tone, "I wanna see her one!".

I find it a bit rude and continued. Soon I realized whatever I wanted to see, she will checked it after me demanding the sales to take it from me. So yeah, I hilang mood and left the place after that. I wonder what happen if I told the guy that I want to buy whatever pieces she's holding in her hand, will she fight with me? Of course I will kalah lah, I where got so much money to act-seh.

Enough of shopping drama.

Getting ready for Clark Quay

No! Are you crazy? What makes you think that I would go out with two braided tails? Its just my shortcut way to create curls in my hair lah but it didn't work.

Us posing in our hotel

with my towel and SL / my jeans

We all wore our new dress because we wanted to. Hahhahaa. I was a bit concerned with the length of my dress and 48 reassured me that no one would stare at us, even short till can see butt also no one cares. Hahhahaa. True true. I felt really comfy with what I was wearing because unlike in Brunei, those people in Sg don't give a -toot- with other people's dai-chi (matter).

Why ah? Is it because our population here in Brunei is too small that's why subconsciously everyone thinks that everyone is connected. So must stare like sakai and scan in brain who this laki or bini this is. Somemore is obvious stares from head to toe lagi!

Your hair is yellow in color? Asian don't wanna be Asian, try to be angmoh.
You're wearing sleeveless? Ah meh.... So sexy let guy see, rugi ah!
You're wearing short skirt or pants? If got molested you find yourself one.
You're wearing make up? Gatal eh.
So late liao still outside the street? Must be doing something bad. Must tell your parents!

At MRT station

Not much people liao so felt more comfy when smiling

We left the map in the hotel room and made a few wrong turns but its okay, in the end we still reached Clark Quay. Sibeh happening man.

(Sorry, crappy night mode because I don't have a tripod)

Saw those GMax and G5 Extreme Swing ? I so wanted to try it out but I was wearing pretty short with my newly bought $10 wedges. Again, 48 have acrophobia and I didn't ask if SL will wanna go try with me.

My newly bought wedges

Nice or not? $10 only leh~ And it does feel comfy

We sat by the riverside and had a look at how it works first. After seeing them being tossed and flipped up in the air, all of us had "jelly legs" (脚软!) and 48 said if I'm going to take that ride and she's looking from down there, she's so going to cry. Hahhahahaa.

So we just had icecream and hot balls by the riverside having wind blowing on our faces and watching people from the opposite shouting.

We saw the queue was long and decided to join in

Our green tea with red bean ice cream!

Very nice okay. Really worth the wait lah.

Our hot balls

Er.. just deep-fried flour balls with butter something?

It was on Friday when we went to Clark Quay, so you can imagine how happy was everyone. TGIF mah. In Brunei, I only have TGIT and TGIS (Thursday and Saturday), the eagerness is split into halves.

I remember fat guy telling me that at first he thought he'll feels happy for having two "weekend" and now all he feels is having two "MONDAYs"! What to do? After one day of rest on Friday, Saturday have to potong-steam, go working for the whole day again...

Note: Instead of Saturday and Sunday, Brunei's weekly offdays are Friday and Saturday. Alang-alang one. Unless you're working for BSP or Shell-contracted companies or banks lah.

We walked aimlessly around the area and I told them I wanna pass by, just pass by can liao, M.O.S. I'd read about it from blogs, heard from other people so I wanted to know how it looks like from the outside.

It was only 10.30pm when we're there. The aircon damn syok lah, even from outside can feel the cool breeze liao. Then we looked up and saw a banner writing complimentary entries for HSBC card holders!

I know I make right choice for having credit cards with HSBC. Hahhahahaa.
Go Singapore also got advantage. Since the entry is free (before 11pm), so we went in lor. See see also song. (Remember, I'm very sua-ku)

Er.. Us again?

Before the staffs put the "Reserved" sign on every single table

We're early. In fact too early. People only start pou midnight one. So didn't get to see much chio girls dancing, but did saw a lot of pretty Singaporean ladies lah. But not the boys though. Also got see a lot of young teenage boys (like just turn 18 one) dressing up like young-bengs. Working shirt with a black coat, and a fancy scull brooch.

Our drinks, SL belanja

Then... we changed venue for second round,
hunting for supper.

Nonnie's camwhore theory #1:
The one nearest to the camera always ended up looking like pighead.



Night mode

when the camera was placed still on the table

After having bad experience of me puking after drinking, this time they're more careful. I didn't vomit this time because I still had room in my stomach, meaning.. I didn't stuff myself during dinner time. True that my face will turn red after 2 sips but, I still can walk and talk properly one.

Our snack platter that cost $45

The chix wings and the yam thingie were really delicious lah!

People must be thinking that SL is one lucky dude

But, the truth was.. He was our kuli.
Hahhahaha!!!

That almost ends my last night in Singapore. Followed by 30 mins of packing and 48 figuring how to stuff all her things into her luggage and backpack without exploding.

She asked me to buy one but.. but.... Hello, she's living in Tasmania... sibeh cold there of course need that lah. I'm staying in Seria, Brunei Darussalam. Summer all year round. Plus my house aircon only on after 8pm. Think my feet not smelly enough ah?

Her other happy bought

Its not because she likes the bag then she bought it, its for another reason...

The size looks okay to you right? Wait till you see this

Damn big okay!

We're joking next time she can just put pillow and blankie inside
to bring her baby out next time.

Our flight return home was at night so we still had a day left to walk around and shop more. First thing of course eat breakfast lah.

Our toys from ordering kid's meal

LOL! Three adults ordering 3 sets of kid's meal. Well, andang muka-tembok plus no one knows us one so scare what malu? As long as we're not rejected (like how Pizza hut rejected me! Humpph! Stupid Pizza Hut didn't let me order my kid's meal) can liao. Don't you think kid's meals are the best? Just right portion with all your favorite food together in a plate.

Spinach tofu

Prawn Roll


Fried Calamari


Us at the Fountain of Wealth

Angry lor. That time we wanted to ask an Indian guy to help us take photo one. Sekali I hadn't even complete my sentence then he didn't even look at me and walked pass me. I just turned my head and said very loudly, "Yes! That's very kind of you!". In the end some Chinese uncle helped us take.

Rushed back to hotel ready to go to the airport

SL testing his toys before dumping them to the bin

Iwan came and went to the airport together. Malu lah, he paid so much for us and we only gave him a Thank You card. Even our last meal together also that guy paid. Its like he has a sensor or something. No matter how also cannot snatch over the bill!

It was still early when we arrived the airport, around 5.30pm. The counter hadn't open for check in yet so we headed for dinner first.

Our food

Love the Samsui Ginger Chicken that Iwan insisted that we must try because that's their signature dish. It tasted like those Hainam Steam Chicken (chicken rice) and the grated ginger sauce, BEST man!

Us at the restaurant


At 6.30pm when we came down...


Freaking long queue....

And they HAD TO upgrade their system during that time.
>.<


Our luggages (All 3 of us)

Still okay lah. Because we saw some 3 Malay ladies with 4 trolleys full of baggages topped up like we had. And thanks to them for clogging the whole line.

Since the line was really long, 48 then decided to go to Terminal 3 to check in first and meet up again at the entrance. Again, thanks to our "status", she nearly missed the flight again because the officers didn't quite get our travel document. Yellow oh Yellow, we need you.

Finally at 7.50pm, we're done checking in and meet up with 48 again

One last group photo
Again, Iwan has the biggest smile.

I wanted to hug Iwan but that silly guy only wanted to shake hands... -_-"
Then SL and 48 said, "Aiyah.. let her hug lah, later she cannot sleep ah..." Hhahahahaha! Stupid friends. Gave him a tight hug, asked him MUST TAKE CARE! and nearly cried, waved him bye and cannot tahan seeing him behind the glass doors.

2 hours later, back in Brunei and lost my Simpur keychain because someone broke the zipper of my luggage. And SL's one felt really wet.

Sigh.. RBA, sorry to say but.. I feel Air Asia is better than you!
At least they never lost my luggage and broke my bag!

SG - Day 2 (Camwhore/ Eat/ Puke all I can)

Sigh.. I have no idea why I what nonsense also want to take photo and blog, and you all like it..!
There's... I think... Urm... 50+ photos in this post. Go take Eye-mo and moisturize your eye balls now. And, if it takes long time to load the photos, I'm sorry... your internet sucks.

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After 7 hours of snoring in our little room, thanks to SL's mobile phone with ring volume set to the max (also his kind n sweet colleague who text / called him WHEN HE'S ON VACATION!!!), we all woke up at 9+ am... despite of feeling all worn out after one long disastrous day.

So yeap, we took our sweet time getting ready (Eh, one toilet, 3 person.. of course have to wait la) for our next destination. SENTOSA!

*cough* People never been to Singapore bah, of course have to be sakai where also want to go mah - points self *cough*

My uncertified tour guides

I was lucky that I went to SG with my best buds, minus the Fussyness (because she's going to take long time drying her hair, picking an outfit and... I don't even dare to imagine the amount of time we need to wait for her when she's shopping!) because I was so carefree.

I just leave everything to them.
Where to eat? Don't know wor, I've never been to Sg what..
Where to go? Don't know wor.... I'm clueless.
How to go? Hah? What? How I know wor....

So they're always the one holding the map and figuring the route, where as me being the eng-eng-boh-tai-chi one just stood there (as if it was none of my business) and pose and took pictures.

I said I was lucky because I know if I went with Bobby, I will certainly be the Commander-in-charge with a congested mind . My fat guy is HOPELESS in navigation! 24 years of living in BSB (Bandar Seri Begawan), he still managed to take wrong turn, and/ or even missed a turn and text me "Bi... I'm lost. Give me another 15 minutes ya". *puke blood*

I thought this is cute

If the wordings are too small for you, here...
It says,

"School is like a lollipop.
You only enjoy it fully when it's gone
There's a garden in every ..... (I don't see a thing)"

Us in the MRT, on our way to Vivocity

48 and I have a lot of similarities in our character and taste.. but one thing that differentiate the both of us (other than our skin tones.. duh) is that, when she's hungry.. she keeps quiet. But when I'm hungry, I'll make sure everyone knows!!!! Ask Bobby and he'll tell you that I'm a complete different person when I'm sleep / hungry... I evolve to... MISS GRUMPY / CRANKY!

Our breakfasts

SL's "You-Mian" (Oily Noodles)

My Beef Noodle Soup


48's Porridge


Our expensive hot drinks... A dollar plus per SMALL cup!

Even Universal's smallest cup size is bigger than that. And its only 50cents for hot drinks like that in Brunei for most kopitiams.

What? Singapore's water mahal is it?
Or the tea bag or Milo / Horlick powder?

Wo-Teeaah
(I know if I put Wo-Tie, non-Chinese will pronounce it as Wo-Tai)

The skin thick till... can compare with Iwan.

Saw that in someone's blog

and I MUST TRY IT!!!

Gotta love this sign


Us at Sky Park

As usual, SL is not inside the picture because he's the one taking the picture.
He forgot to bring his mini-tripod so boh pien lor.

Both of them were wearing sport shoes and I was the only one wearing my beach sandals so they didn't join me kaki-ayam and walking around the warm water.

We took the Sentosa Express (S$3 per person) to get to Sentosa island and the trip only took like 4 minutes *cue* You gotta get in line, hop, tick-tock tick-tock *Okay, very lame*

Giant ball of flowers


Er.. View from the monorail?




48,
not knowing SL and me still on the platform taking pictures



I love the color of this monorail...
So blue and happy~ Eh wait, that sentence conflicts.



Again, me camwhoring while SL looking at the map

48,
with my Piggie ella-ella and eating my sausage

Ya, I didn't eat the sausage straight away after I purchased it because I was still feeling very full that time. So if I have to rate, I think I'll give it a 3 out of 5.

The crunchy part (french fries) was nice. What I didn't like about it is the bread wrapping the sausage. Don't know leh, it just made me feel that the bread absorbs a lot of oil and make it a bit.. 腻. Maybe because I wasn't expecting I'll be biting something soft and lam-chi-chi out of it kua?

We had problems taking group photos lor. *short hands*
The one taking the camera always ended up looking like a swollen pig head soaked in water for too long.

This is us, with me holding the camera

(So I was the only pig head there)

This is us, with SL holding the camera

So he's the pig head.

This is us, with 48 holding the camera

Can you see the reflection of her hands holding the camera on her shades?
HAHHAHAHAHA!!!


This, is by far the only successful camwhoring photo we had of ourselves,
I think lah.

I took one mah~

Us posing at Siloso Beach

I'm at the first S because my name is S.Chin
L for S. L_ _ _ _
And 48 pushing the "S" again, err... for Shane? or Si-Pat?

Another one


Random shot

I took the above photo because I wanted to show you guys that that cheh-cheh (kakak) or auntie was wearing thin stilettos on a beach, together with her super 90s dress and even her pose also like those K-box punya 80s pirated MVs.

Erm... Sandy beaches, coconut trees, sarong flying in the sky and one piece swim suit?
Ring any bell?

48 at a convenient shop

waiting for SL to finish his shoppings.

Know what SL was buying? Shorts and cap.
When we're leaving our hotel room, we re-confirmed with him already about the jeans he was wearing. "You sure you're gonna wear jeans that to SENTOSA?". Hahhaa. Scare his leg hairs kana us see till rugi is it? Hahahhaaa.

Teens playing beach volleyball

We went to Sentosa on Thursday and on Saturday, they had a "Beach Volleyball Tournament" so we saw a lot of youngster walking in groups, looking all tan and healthy holding a volleyball..

Sigh, I miss my volleyball time.
Could have make it to the school team if I was born few months earlier.
Bai-bai yick those girls with limited skills getting to the team just because they fit the age range.

I had my first Ben & Jerry's here

Yes Iwan, we don't have Ben & Jerry's in Brunei. And also Baskin Robbins, Starbucks, LV, Gucci, Burberry, Old Chang Kee, J.Co, Krispy Kremes, A|X, YSL, Din Tai Fung.. Not even G2000.

But I can bring you go buy ratan bags, eat cheap kolo mee and nasi katok, and show you our Shell station here lah.

Peacock

Does it look dead to you?
Because 4 out 5 people asked me, "Eh, dead already one ah?"


Us, camwhoring at Dolphin Lagoon

Sick of seeing our camwhore-moments? Yeah, I guess so..
Because even the pink dolphin see also 反肚 (belly-up) liao.

Sexy Pink Belly

I wonder if dolphin can have naval piercing or not..
Since they have to show their bellies so often, might as well pimp it a little.

Eh, I'm only joking okay. Don't so serious bah.


Ugly Tattoo

Random photo.
I just thought that the tattoo looks really ugly. Those two Chinese words are "Ai Ren", lover in Chinese. Erm.. It just looks like some mischievous kid from Primary 2 took a marker pen and write it there mah. I'm assuming its an artwork from an amateur tattooist who was too lazy to download Chinese language packages.

The auntie is smart though. Instead of tattoo-ing names, she chose a very general word which can applies to all her boyfriends, girlfriends and husbands.

Anyway, more dolphins for you.

Dolphin doing a dental check

No lah, she was demonstrating how to make dolphins open their mouths

Dolphin jumps through the hoop


Dolphin kisses the ball


The volunteers who got the chance to play with dolphins...
*jealous*

Are you all surprise why didn't I volunteer?
Because.... of my "monthly-auntie"lah! Grrrrrrrr!!!

Fat, next time you bring me there again and I MUST GET KISSED by the dolphin okay.
No, your kiss doesn't count.

Nonnie at the entrance of Underwater world.

Nothing too exciting inside. I thought the KLCC Aquaria seems more interesting, to me lah. Maybe because I already hilang the sakai-ness looking at the marine life inside the moving walkway underwater tunnel in KL kua? Sharks and sting rays all look the same don't they?

But this is something really interesting that Aquaria doesn't have. I think?

SEA - ANGEL!!!

(Non-sensical Made up intro... Don't believe what I wrote in the above photo ya)

It does look like an angel okay. Having two wings, flapping in the water and horns on their heads. Very very very tiny angels though. Read more here.

Then our next destination,

Sentosa 4D Magic

Us in the funny 4D shades

Very cool lor. Really made 48 and I screamed and laughed like idiots. And, its super cold when the fan was blowing. That's SL second time watching the exact show so.. he's well-prepared. No fun liao.

The Sky Tower

which we didn't take because 48 has acrophobia. And.. we already had one in Jerudong Park which seems much higher and, this ride cost $12 leh. $12 just for panoramic views at 131 metres above sea level across Singapore...? I think I'll just wait for the Singapore Flyer with Bobby.

Bummer.
Bobby has acrophobia too...... Sigh.

Us, again.. at dunnowhere.

Randomness

We completed our Sentosa trip at around 3+pm. Shopped a little at Vivo again, headed back to our hotel, took a quick shower and rest a little before meeting Iwan.

Hahhahahaah!

What? One full day out under the sun wor, of course have to put on a mask to nourish our faces mah. We bought the masks together in Miri Watson. SL bought the most.

Then we met Iwan up at Orchard shopping complex, which SL had a number of text-exchange with Iwan asking where in Orchard? Because initially we thought that Iwan was giving us a general location saying Orchard, we didn't know there IS a shopping complex name Orchard bah.

Again, Iwan belanaja-ed us Sakura Internation Buffet, which served better Shark Fin soup than Imperial... and also they're more generous in the salmon sashimis. Just that I really ate till cannot walk liao. I did took photos but most of them look over-exposed.

After dinner, we walked aimlessly around Orchard (actually was looking for Lucky Plaza one, my colleague asked me to buy her perfumes there. But closed liao that time) and my kaki cannot tahan anymore, thus we just choose a random place to have a drink lor.

Iwan with his signature chin-up-big-smile pose.

I so wanted to dip my feet into the jacuzzi you know.

By the way, the name of this bar is BALCONY. And I'm assuming its way better than the Balcony in Miri, since ... the Miri one.... a lot of... Bengs and Lians and policemen raiding. I've never been there, but from the pictures I saw from stalking people's punya facebook albums.. I thought it was over-rated?

Ugly photo of both of us

Both of mouth power up together can swallow an elephant

My first Singapore Sling

that 48 said I must try, since its my first time to SG
-_-"?

I wish we could sit on those comfy bed

But that's the smoking zone... and none of us smoke

48's killer heels

It nearly killed my feet

I had to take it off after an hour of walking around in Orchard because it was bloody painful. And I chose to walk around without shoes. Yeap, I kaki-ayam-ed around Orchard all the way back to the car park and it felt good, my feet felt good, because no one cares and no one stares!

But Iwan kept asking if its really okay, takut my feet kana something tajam.
Well, its time to prove Singapore is very clean kan? So I was doing a test with my feet lor.
LOL! The result? Not bad not bad. At least my feet didn't kana any shattered glass or durian shell.

Oh by the way..I think I ate too full or what. Once we reached our hotel, I puked it (the food I ate at Sakura's) all out! And SL was wondering how could I puke till so comfortable without struggling or making shudders. Yes, I didn't even make that disgusting "Wuuuuuu-Yeeeeeek" sound when puking, its just came out all by itself!

Experience Puker, I am.

Related Post: SG - Day 1 (Let's Roooaaaaaaaar with me!)

SG - Day 1 (Let's Roooaaaaaaar with me! )

My holiday by far has been really, really, REALLY! unproductive. Everyday just sleep still I wake up naturally, then turn on my PC, chit chat in MSN, blog-hopping, brush teeth, wash face, glue my face on the monitor again, napping, dinner, shower, surfing, TV then sleep.

Sounds like heaven, right?

Can't wait to meet the girls tomorrow, and also my fattyness.

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Last Tuesday SL and 48 came over to my place to plan our itinerary in Singa-land. Few hours crashing in my room, we only took like 15 mins listing the places we wanted to go and the rest of the time..... 48 checking her email and us busy surveying a new mobile phone for her because Shane rosak her old one. SL chatting with his friends, 48 playing my out of tune guitar and me.. I can't even remember what was I doing.

Them in my imaginary room

My room "cannot-see-people" one.. So I had to simply PS-ed the above photo.

Until like 3.30pm, I asked if anyone wanted to "tea" and SL answered, "Finally! I thought no one want to go...". Cheh, want to go tea then say mah.. as if I am the worm in his stomach.

Because I'd been wanting to eat fries for loooooooooooooong long time so we went to Jollibee just for the fries after our usual french toast, half boiled egg and teh-c in Universal.

Practicing our camwhore moment

SL said that I always over-PS-ed his face till it looks too silky smooth so there, the above photo is the original one, with my acne scars exposed and my usual sibeh ugly hair (malas to put hair mousse bah.. Wanna save money) and yeah, our gigi very pretty and white hor?

Very, very unhealthy...

Then, I don't know why we went to OGDC again.

The fishies, terrapin and 3 eat-full-nothing-to-do boliau-lang

Err, Grinch... that pool ah, why always look so dirty one? I know there's a sign saying "Under maintenance" but, but the sign has been there for months liao eh. And why the fishies seem to get lesser and lesser? The big big one hilang already! You eat ah?

That's me... duh

in the midst of pointing him, but soon realized I was in public

And this stupid Grinch will not let go of any chance to take ugly candid shot of me and post them up in his blog. What? Using me to get more traffic is it? HAHhahahahahaha!!!!

We're too late for the entrance so we could only roam around and took silly pictures.

Know why the one I demonstrated is wrong?
Because I wasn't the one who took the picture lor.

Then SL sent us home, and I started to pack and blogged (scheduled post) so that you guys still could read some updates when I was not around. Slept at around 12.30am and woke up at 4.30am to get ready. 48's papa came I took over his car and drove everyone up to BSB.

Reached the airport at 6.30am

One last photo with 48 in Brunei

Our (SL and mine) luggages

Remember that ah. We only had one bag each and our total luggages only weight 20.3kg. And 48's luggage alone already weight more than that...

Checking in

My first flight with RBA

Since we had nothing to do in the airport so I thought we could have checked in earlier. Se-ka-li.... my silly boyfriend wanted to give me a surprise but he was too late. What the fish right? Want to surprise people also be punctual mah, and also at least "kap" the plan with my friend first.

Made me feel sibeh dulan for not getting to see and hug him before I go.

Bah fine. Go makan-angin must have good mood one right?

After a few SMS with the fat guy, I turned around and saw this....

We're suppose to board at 7.30am but seems that not much people listen to the announcement nor read their boarding pass. I wonder if its them or their travel agent. They're heading for Umrah and they're late. Perhaps they very confident thinking that the plane wouldn't take off without them on board.

Saw this funny sight while an auntie was going through the scanning process.

I was laughing when I saw her taking her undies out from her Coach bag lah. Yes, I was pretty sure that its an underwear because it still had that red Triumph tag (women will know this) attached on it.

First of all, why did she put it in her hand carry bag? And furthermore, even if she had it in her bag, why must she took it out and flashed it?

Okay lah, none of my business mah.
Better keep your mouth shut Nonnie, later people felt offended again and sent you hate-comments.

Wait, one more thing to rant.

I thought we're not suppose to carry any liquid on board? Even if we do, we're suppose to keep them in a plastic bag and seal them and I'm thinking that there's a limit not to exceed, right? But what we saw was... those people queuing all had a packet of either Lemon Tea or Milo in their hands!

Well, if the authorities didn't make any noise, who are we to complain?
Should have bought a bottle of water and not hold my thirst until my meal came if its allowed.

Our Seafood meal

Just alright lah.
Mai hiam eh sai.

And an hour plus later, we landed!
Finally, took a deep breathe and smelled Singapore~

SL and I had 4 hours to kill in the airport because our initial plan was wait for 48 to arrive and took only one cab to the city. If you're wondering why we took different flight, that's because SL and I took RBA whereas 48's was "transiting" via Singapore. Yeah, she went back to Kangaroo-land liao.

So we went online for awhile....

Did some coloring....

Walked around and surveyed the price of iPod Shuffle and mobile phones for 48 while waiting for her. Our luggages? We just left it rotating at the conveyor belt and only picked them up like... 45mins later, after hearing those "Please do not left your luggages unattended" broadcast.

So we took our sweet time walking belt 37 and noticed, "Eh? Its empty"

We asked a staff who stood nearby and she asked if we took flight no. xxx and if we're from Brunei. We said yes and next, she asked us proceed to the "Lost and Found" department because our luggages got mixed up with those whose going for the Umrah!!!

Great.

My first flight with RBA then encountered such mishaps liao.
(And everyone said that I brought bad luck to SL since no one ever kana that before....)

The Lost and Found Department
(Bet most of you never see)

SL feeling pissed, waiting for his turn to lodge report

Apparently we're not the only people who lost our luggages. There's 20+ pieces of luggages lost and got one uncle who sat beside SL demanded that he's not going to leave until he's compensated for his lost.

We're told the latest we could get our luggages back was "Tomorrow Morning" !!!!!
Or maybe "This Evening".... earliest.

So having no choice, we had to head to get out from the terminal and got ourselves a new simcard, called 48 (whose still in Brunei that time) and told her our situation and asked her to join us at the hotel herself. We had to check in the hotel so that we could let them know where we stayed, hence they could sent over our luggages once found.

Never had walked out the terminal empty handed, feeling so light having no luggages to carry your know. The feeling was so odd. Even when we checked in, we needed no bell boy because there's NO LUGGAGES!!!

In our hotel room...

with SL still looking pissed, calling the L&F Dept

We called, and called.. and called, there was no answer at all, except for operator asking us to wait and the mellow waiting tone.

So I gave up and just left them a message, telling which hotel we stayed, our room number and contact number. And they called like, 20 minutes later telling us our luggages will be sent back to us between 1.30 ~ 3.30pm!

Hurray!!!!!

Aiyah... you all don't know how scary is it to stay in the same room with SL when he's in a bad mood. He looked so stern and I didn't even dare to make silly joke. Whatever he said I just nodded or made simple replies. Because I scared he bomb me, said I was the "Broom-star" and suay-ed him.

The last time I saw him so angry I think was in 1999, when he was the chairman and had to handle lots of ojipala matters in school, and no one listened to his orders... =p

(I think his colleagues saw more of his angry face than us friends anyway. Hor? - I know some of you are reading this and probably giggling now)

Us girls slept on the bed and SL had to sleep in this so-called "sofa bed"

Really very kasian lor SL. Not only he had to sleep on the floor, he had to help us (especially me) taking our shopping bags, took pictures for us and read maps...

48 even joked that we should order only 2 set meals and feed SL the leftovers...
Soi hor? Just kidding lah, we didn't do that.

My first meal in SG

Spaghetti with Black Pepper Chicken (SGD5.50)

SL's

Spaghetti with Oink Cutlet, same price

Oh oh, we only makan-ed after we got the call and finally felt relieved about our luggages. So we thought we could walked around, makan first while waiting for 48's arrival and our bags.

And guess where SL brought me.

Yeap, temple.
(The start of my "Uncle Tour")

All you can burn incense joss sticks

This uncle very cool

When I said "Uncle", its not "Uncle Jan" punya Uncle...
He's really a middle-aged, semi-botak, wear stripe shirt and black pants uncle,

with a pair of bright red Crocs

and banyak-banyak buttons on it.


We prayed for smooth trip and good weather..

SL went to "Kau-chim" (The ask question, then shake bamboo sticks thingie) and I took my camera out and snapped. Out of no where, a security guard, 60+ years old ah-pek came to me and blocked my camera telling me off that I shouldn't be taking pictures in the temple.

(My one and only picture in the temple)

(Be grateful)

I told him I didn't see any signs outside saying "No cameras" thus I thought its okay to take pictures but the ah-pek continued to "ngiao" me, until I said "Okay, okay... I know already. I'm putting my camera back into my bag liao..", then baru he disappeared.

(ngiao - Chinese slang for nagging/ lecturing)

To be honest, I was actually quite tempted to take out my camera and test the ah-pek again. I mean, there's so many people in the temple yet he could spot me right away and disappeared again in a glimpse of time. See if he's going to appear again and "ngiao" me again. Hahahhaaa.

Me and my beloved Buddha

where you can popped in money in his belly

Then SL brought me to try this super bitter "gui ling gao", Herbal Turtle Jelly

The texture is just like "Cincau"

I know its good, clear body heat and cleansing the toxins in our blood and also cure skin disorder. But I couldn't help but asked SL, "Oi, I thought turtles are going extinct and we're suppose to protect them? "

Well, I did heard that nowadays they no longer use "Gui Ban" (fresh water turtle shell), only herbs because the turtle hunt is banned. Yeah!!!!

Really, Chinese eats the most absurd thing don't you think? Who was the genius who had the crazy idea of eating Turtle shell?

After "cooling our body heat" (eh, sounds very wrong leh..) SL brought me to another temple-ish shop again.

Gold till I could hardly keep my eyes opened

$2 for 4 gold plated paper and flower buds to shower the Buddha?


Errr.... Feeling lucky?


The weekly Buddhas?
(Monday to Sunday)


More Buddhas

"Uncle" right my tour?
Where got two youngsters at the age of mid 20s go temples and eat Gui ling gaos one?
In Singapore leh! Hahhahaahhaaa.
Bah, don't angry lah SL... I know its your "good heart" to bring me go "bless" our trip together one.

Finally at 3+ pm...

OUR LUGGAGES ARRIVED!!!!

Both of us finally could really felt relieved and laughed.
Stressed man you know.

The tag on my bag

And soon after 48 arrived too.
Finally, shopping time!!!

Us feeling all tired in Vivocity

@ Vivo

Told you guys something...

Only few hours in Singapore, I nearly fell down 4 times, and got hit by car 2 times.. NEARLY okay. No thanks to my walking speed.

One time was when I was crossing the road, the traffic light turned green so I walked lor... sekali, only reached half way then turned RED liao!!! Wah lao eh... Terror you know! Then the second time was me walking in a decent Singaporean speed liao, but a blind taxi driver wanted to turn in the junction when its clearly red for him!

Iwan told me, motor cyclists and taxi drivers are top in his enemy list when driving. Really, we even witnessed a taxi driver braked and stopped in the middle of the "yellow box" (junction) just to get a customer!!! Ganas!

As for felling down... err... that's because I walked too slow too. Not my fault what, the escalators in Singapore are all too fast, for me. Hehheheee. Nearly tripped and fell for the first few time. And stupid Iwan said that I should do more exercise. Kanasai.

Oh ya. I met Iwan...
(Should know him if you follow my blog long enough. Yeap, the generous guy who bought me my Whitie for my birthday, the guy who commented a lot but no long did that pasal he's working now.. damn busy and the guy who ranted a lot in his previous blog)

And he belanja us here,

That guy ah, doesn't even use his brain to order food one. Just simply hantam point point point at the menu nya. Order so much food liao baru tell us, "Its okay, I don't eat raw fish.. I don't eat this.. I don't eat that...", you say kanasai or not? Purposely want to make us fat one look thin for himself.

We're very used to order one dish and shared among us mah, but that guy ah... kept asking us just order what we want and if cannot finish just leave it. I tell you, if I have more chance to eat with him, I'm so going to nag him like a grandma.

And, I still think Excapade rocks!
Cheap and nice.

Then he brought us to Night Safari. And he himself had never been there despite of being a true Singaporean for 24 years, coming 25.

At the signboard


48 and I

Do you know we managed to take a picture with the signboard, which is located at the entrance of the road, right next to a junction?

My dear Abang Iwan just parked his car by the road side and hit the "double-signal"

Caught in the act


At the ticketing counter


Iwan fighting with us to pay again...

Sigh, really.
Next time I go Singapore don't wanna look for you liao Iwan. You scare me. You KENOT pay everything for us okay! Kanasai one. Make me look so kiam-siap.

I just thought the toilet looks nice


Us getting ready for our tram ride

Err, you guys won't be seeing any photos of lion, leopard, elephant, giraffe and so on because camera with flash is prohibited. Unless you want to suicide lah.

Too bad right?

There's a couple of time Iwan got freaked out in the tram when the Tapirs got really close to him. He was screaming like a girl okay, "Alamak! So scary!~" Hhahahahaa.

Then we're at the leopard shelter, he was hitting the glass (actually we all did because we wanted the animals to layan us) and talking and provoking the animals, "Hello! You're suppose to work and entertain now us okay! Wake up!"... Sekali when the leopard really appeared in front of us, he jumped so far away lah.

Hilang the machoness.

Prince Iwan and his Zebra

King Nonnie and her servant

At first I couldn't get up the zebra and Iwan dragged a chair from the table and let me climbed up. So sweet hor?

And 48 insisted she climbed on the zebra herself without the chair. (I actually had an ugly photo of her showing her butt while having a hard time climbing up, but I thought I should save her some water face)

SL was the only one who didn't climb up the zebra because he's afraid the zebra will "lamp" if he climb up.

(lamp- Chinese slang for collapse)

All 4 of us

Them checking out the trails and I did nothing but took photos

It was a really fun night and we had walked all the trails in Night Safari!
ALL.OF.THEM!

We only can see limited animals while on the tram whereas when we're walking, we felt even closer to the wild animals. We saw hyenas and wolves, and stupid Iwan tried to imitate their "Ah-woooooooooooooooooooooooo".

I guess those animals just malas layan us stupid humans thinking, "Humans really have no life man. Spent so much money come in and see us, try to sound like us yet make a fool out of themselves. See, another silly human trying to get our attentions. *yawn* No life"


We did heard the lion roaring from far and we thought it sounded like those fake dinosaurs in Jerudong Park last time. Oh oh, and Iwan threw the porcupines stems and branches just to see how pointy their spines are. Wah lao eh, putting our lives in danger kan?

Anyway, we're all damn sua-ku there lah.
And... most of them are really smelly.

We left the night safari at about 12am and that guy still sibeh semangat wanted to bring us go makan supper. We all low-batt cannot layan him anymore because, hello.. I woke up at 4.30am and had not showered for more than 24 hours.

I was in such bad shape and looking like hantu, where got energy makan again?
Sleep also no time liao.

And.. we all snored that night.

Ambuyat

Last last week I played tour-guide bringing Chin Kang and his beautiful tall and thin wife , and also 48 who'd long forgotten most of the things around BSB.

Everything seemed so interesting to them, including the LEGCO.

Oh, we're at the immigration because 48 needed to pick up her new passport so that she could went down Miri and also for our Singapore trip.

And when we're chit-chatting in the car reminiscing the past, Chin Kang named a few specialties of Brunei and suddenly thought of some sort of food which only can be found in Brunei. And he himself had forgotten what's the name.

"Is it Ambuyat?", I answered...

After few minutes of conversation, I'd decided to bring the 3 of them go try out Ambuyat since none of them ever tasted it. Text Atul where's the best place for ambuyat and she recommended Aminah Arif.

The deal was, we tried ambuyat earlier (at 5pm or so) and if none of us could take it, we still could go to some other restaurant and had dinner. Wait! I'm not saying that ambuyat is not nice, just that not everyone can take it mah....

So we ordered meal for 2 pax, just to be safe.


The package is not bad, at least for $16 we're having fish, meat, veggies and "salad".

You have no idea how kasian the waiter was being asked silly questions by 4 ignorant Cina. He asked us how would we like the fish to be cooked, rebus, goreng or ampap..

And we HAD TO asked what ampap was...

Tell you one silly joke.
When I was in Secondary 5 doing my Bahasa Melayu Kertas II, there's a section asking us to 'Buat-ayat' and one of the question was "Merebuskan", if I'm not wrong.

I thought 'rebus' means "hit violently" because it does sound like it's not a good thing to me. So my sentence was something like,

"Ibu Ahmad merebuskan ia kerana dia telah mengagal ujiannya."

(I know, a lot of grammar mistake. What can you expect from someone who only get a C6 for BM? Buat ayat means simply hantam to me most of the time)

If you don't understand Malay, the sentence I constructed means...

"Ahmad's mother boiled him because he had failed his test"

Normally I would used the old trick by constructing the sentence like this...

"Siti tidak tahu maksud perkataan "Merebuskan" dan soal cikgunya"

, because.. sure correct one mah! But the thing was there's more than one word that I didn't understand so I could only use the trick once.. Hence I ching-chai buat the ayat lor...

I'm sorry Cikgu Hasnah.
=(


The above chopstick-like bamboo thinging is called Chandas, read it from Mr. BR's post...

I'd heard a story from a friend saying that his nephew split the chandas into two thinking it's Chinese chopsticks for dimsum! Hahhaahaa.

Ulam, or.. I should say.. Salad?

Ambuyat

" Ambuyat is made from pouring hot water into ambulung or better known as sago. Sago is derived from a tree trunk, believe it or not. "
Read more here.

Looks like glue right? Those home-made glue that our mother made from starch.
And it does taste like glue too... to me lah.

Daging Urat Tumis, Ikan Ampap and Sambal KangKong

Err.. what's Tumis by the way?

So each of us was feeling a little adventurous and wanted to try out the original flavor, meaning no cacah. It wasn't my first time eating ambuyat but I still can't get used to the texture of it. I have no idea whether I have to chew it, or terus swallow it.

Miss Mau said that she loves savoring the taste of the dip and ambuyat in her mouth by chewing. Oh oh, read here for her coverage on Ambuyat.

48 and her glue, I mean.. ambuyat

To be honest, we even had problem rolling the ambuyat with our chandas while we saw how our next table neighbour managed to roll one big blob of ambuyat on his chandas.

Mine

In the end, the 4 of us couldn't even finished the ambuyat meal thats designated for 2 person but we swept all the dishes clean la.. Only the ambuyat cannot. Sorry lah, I'm still a n00b in eating ambuyat, or I haven't realized the beauty of it.

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I miss her.

(That's 48 looking silly in my oversized shades...
it was too big for her that she couldn't even use her ears to support the shade)

I miss the muo-qi we had that most of the time we could save a lot of saliva in explaining because we instantly get what each other was trying to say.

I miss our shopping session where we would pick the same thing most of the time... It could be a bad thing too, because I realized I bought more things when I'm with her, thinking that.. "Finally someone who understand and have the same taste as me!"

I miss wii-ing at her house, laughing like orang gila when watching the intros of Rayman Raving Rabbids, we love silly games. I always kalah to her when playing Wii Sports. Come lah, if we're playing the real thing I where will lose to you one.

Quick quick ah!
Come quick October so that I can see her again!

Well, getting to see her twice this year is already a bonus liao.
But, she's the only person that I won't get sien with bah even if I'm seeing her everyday.