HK 2011 DaY III

third day in hk is considered the slackest day.

visited the market near our hotel in the morning. mum was so fascinated with the bigger sizes veggie there.

and then.. the super wrong decision - to board this big bus.

it was a super wrong decision becuz it's soo bloody expensive and not worth it! bascially u can sit on it all day and it will intro the various landmarks along the route. and so, we sat on it for almost like an hour... but i wasnt listening to the introduction at all, as i was busy figuring out how the bus work and where shld we alight etc etc.

and the ride costed abt sgd30 per pax! that's like sgd120 for the 4 of us!! 120... how many taxi rides we could have taken with that money! grrr.. wasted the time and money on this stupid bus. really grrrrr.

munching on a choco beard papa in mtr. and that's my ali baba bag bought at the temple street market. :)

and then we went caught a movie. watched the arron kwok show - c+ detective.

and dinner was steamboat which wasnt all that good. the soup bases were very plain. but the drinks were unlimited and that includes beer. worth it if u are drinking.

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back to work again tmr. ultimate s.i.a.n.

can someone save me out of this sily cycle?????

SicK (LiTeRally)

back to work ytd and was coughing non-stop. night time went see doc again and was told fever 38.3d. and so, today on mc again. haiz.

really feeling terrible. have u tried

1) cough till ur throat hurts and ur stomach hurts as if all the intestines are about to burst out

2) cough till u can feel ur stomach opening up and the next thing is to vomit

3) to tahan and not cough (so as to avoid the pain in point 1) and have ur whole body shiver and tears rolling cuz of the tahan-ing

4) nose block by the wadever mucas that cannot be blow out

5) wanting to say something, but decided not to, lest u cough again and back to point 1

6) non stop coughing action

it's like there's a small ant in the throat.. but however hard u cough, it's still there... my throat hurts and my stomach hurts.. i dont wanna cough anymore!

kaoz.

this is killing me...

i want to GET WELL SOON!!!!!

HK 2011 DaY II

damnn, im on mc today and tmr. so wad diff is there b/w me and mr irritating now? gosh. but im really sick leh. 37.5d fever, sore throat, block nose and cough. and ytd nite cough till vomit k. so though guilty, cuz im expected to go back work today, i still have to take the mcs. well, no one at work will care if i die. so y shld i work so hard?

anyway, day ii in hk.

started off the day with a dimsum b/f at this super old restaurant....it was recommended by a book and din know it's soo old until we were there.

in the mtr to tung chung station, where we can take the ngong ping cable car to the big buddha.

on the ngong ping 360 cable car. it's a 25mins cable car ride that will bring u to the big buddha.

the super big buddha. it's soo big that i could already spot it when the airplane was about to land.

vegetarian meal. yumm.

then to the tai-o village ....

and night time was to the avenue of stars in tsim sha tsui...

and then dinner at cha cha ting :)

HK Trip ReVieW

im back!

concussed for the whole of ytd. down with cough and sore throat. lucky on leave today. phew.

well, some after-thoughts for the trip.

seriously, i think this trip's a flop. it did not turn out quite the way i had wanted/expected it to be. and i think the folks didnt enjoy as well.

there were too many factors which were overlooked, or rather, i wasnt even aware until we were there. really gotta consider more if u are bringing folks along. all in all, i think hk is not an elderly-friendly place.

1) limited escalators in hk mtr. their mtr are super big and most of the time, u have to climb stairs as there are no escalators. it only became a salient point when i had the folks with me. poor folks had a hard time climbing the damn long stairs. now i wonder... being a cosmopolitan city which is comparable, if not better, than sg, how come their mtr still soooo travellers - unfriendly? for god sakes, have more escalators/lifts lahhh!!!!

2) tonnes and tonnes of people again.. u better know where u want to go.. else be prepared to kenna knocked upside down by people..

3) we always complained abt the flaws with travelling with tour agencies - wake up early, no flexible time, follow tour group blahh blahh blahh.. so, i tot this time round free & easy will be good for us. but.. i was wrong again.

with tour groups, at least we dont have to worry abt transport. it's really bad to have to travel around hk by ourselves using the public transports. refer to point 1 again.

so, if u are travelling with folks, do reconsider tour groups. f&e may not be all that good afterall.

4) the super wrong and stupid decision was - to travel from macau back to hk. we should have juz fly back from macau! wasted on the time/trouble/ferry fare/transport fare for going back to hk from macau and flying from hk. dumbo me!!!

5) think i've over-estimated the folks. maybe, travelling is really not for them anymore. walk a while and mum will be super tired.. had wanted to bring them overseas and let them see more things, but i think the trip tires them out even more. haiz, guess no more next time.. except maybe, cruises.

yup yup. so, it was a tiring trip that went out of expectation. or rather, my planning is still not good enough. shld have planned until super precise and know exactly where to go and how to go so as to minimise walking distance. ha.

well, kidda disappointed also, cuz after so much effort and anticipation, no one seems to really enjoy the trip. haiz.

a word of advice for all u out there. travel while u can. cuz when age catches up with you, travelling is really not as easy anymore.

back to work tmr. uh-ohhhh.

HK 2011 DaY I

hohoho.. blogging from macau's hotel now :)

coming back tmr.. emo...

anywayz, pics time!

sunday morning... at the airport waiting for departure..

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yau ma tei mtr.. the nearest station from our hotel dorsett seaview. the hotel room is reaaaal smaaaall and it's not exactly near to the mtr. so, not recommended.

to the wong tai sin temple..

bubble tea!! so many cute cute bb tea shops there!

our dinner for the day. claypot rice.

my fat boy in action!

 

stay tuned!

blogging from changi airport budget terminal now....

im so tired.. i wanna sleep!!

back in a wk's time.

see ya all!!!

:)

just read from papers that on average, we drop about 100 strands of hair each day.

i suppose im within that range?

so, im still quite safe eh :)

counting down.

2 more days

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heavy downpour now.

what a correct time to rain.

good night!

it's hot.. hot.. and HOT these days...

mr irritating was on mc last thurs and friday. and then he's on mc today. and he will be on mc tmr and wed. thereafter, he will be on leave on thurs and friday.

woah. 1.5 wks not in office.

apparently, he's down with some illness (he wants to keep it secret and so boss did not reveal) that if cannot be treated by medication, he'll have to go to a specialist. o well, not as if it's the 1st time that he's visiting a specialist. that time he also had prob with his neck and leg. and now, somewhere else.

and the amazing thing is, when boss asked him to cancel his leave on thurs and friday and to come back to work, he said he'd already booked a tour.

so serious till mc 5 days (not counting wkend), yet still can go on a trip.

quoting ms tpl - 'i dont know wad to say'

but instead of stomping feet, i want to bang table!

all boss can say is that he's covered by mc, and she can do nothing about that. she said she'd spoken to him a few times already and that the big bosses are aware of his attitude and it's not going to be good for him when it comes to appraisal and promo period.

but every month, he's still getting his pay, right?!

really give up.

what have i done to deserve such an irresponsible colleague??????

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i'll be going hk and macau this sunday with hubb, mum and dad! believe it or not, this trip was booked in nov last year. kekeke. super way in advance huh.

though been to hk b4, mum kept complaning that there are so many places in hk that she did not visit. true, cuz that time she went, it was only a 3days trip and we only went to a few places.

hence this time, 7days for her to really visit HK and macau.

airfare + hotel is about $600+/pax. plus the money for food/transport/entrance fee/spendings etc, i speculate it'll be abt $1.6k/pax.

on hindsight, it's really kind of bo hua and silly to go HK, cuz with that money, we could have visited shanghai or even korea.. at least it's a new place that we all havent been before.. o well.

in anycase, juz pray for me that there will be no shit for the remaining 4 working days.

So looking forward :)

GE 2011

stayed up all night ytd to catch the 1st hand results of the 2011 GE.

1) sincerely salute and thank the residents of hougang and aljunied, for successfully bringing in more alternative voices

2) salute mr low t.k. he has shown me what a real leader is like - pple follow where u go, and continued to support where u left.

3) sorry for mr chiam s.t. but then, it might not be a bad thing for him to take a back seat and have some well-deserved rest.

4) glad for mr szeto. y.b. sorry to say, but to me, he's always a suicide pilot put up against mr chiam in the vie for potong pasir. after 2 failed attempts, he finally succeeded. 2 failed attempts = 10 good years. how many 10yrs are there in one's lifetime? perseverance do payoff.

5yrs before the next GE. Half a decade, not a long period, neither is it a short one. 5 yrs later, i'll be 31yrs old. what will i be like then? happily married? children? house? career?

que sara sara.

1 YeaR and 1 Day

today marks the exact 1yr and 1day that i've been with the current dept.

yea. time flies huh.

despite all the complaining, im still there.

to tell the truth, after 1 whole year, the thought of leaving never did leave my mind.

i've been thinking and thinking and thinking... but juz no courage to take that move... yet.

there's nothing good here, except for the fact that i no longer have to come into contact with customers. period.

but if i leave now, wouldnt that be very stupid of me? i've survived, or rather, im still riding through the toughest period where we are really short-handed. but come july, when one comes back from maternity, life will be a breeze then? so y should i quit now that the 'breeze' time is coming?
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and, there will be a major re-shuffling in july. y should i leave now and not wait and see if i can benefit in any way from the re-shuffling?

well.. that's me.

always procrastinating and wait and see how and see how and see how..

until im stuck in the same co for coming to 4yrs already.

loyalty.

how much is a kg worth?