一辈子

还有3天，我将会成为他的合法妻子了。 这是我的决定。。 没有人逼我。。

可能是到了迟婚的年龄吧。。 有无限感慨。。 无限期盼。。 常常眼张张的看着他，他就是我下辈子要生活在一起的男人。一个才认识没到3年的人。。 就快变成一个你要对着的一辈子的男人。 好奇怪。。 好玄！

请麻烦大家祝我们好运吧！我嫁人去咯！

3 more months: I’ve been busy for this.. :)

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the Surprise 30th Birthday Party

Background: Honey told me about a Charity Dinner to attend with the Theme “Stars of the Night”
Date: 4th December 2010
Venue: I-Lotus
Attendees: Family and Friends

The Cake

The Table

Heart Shaped Candles

The Entrance

Surpriseeee..... was all i heard..

 

The Guests...

Toast...

Laughs..

Family...

 

Friends

Honey...

 and Presents … I am glad I am 30!

Thank you very much Everyone! It will be different without anyone of you who attended the party!

My Laos Breakaway: Day 3 Vang Vieng – Luang Prabang

It was rainining heavily in the morning! we felt so lucky that it didn’t rain the day before. We had breakfast at the guesthouse’s cafe. and the auntie finally got “BUSINESS”. I still enjoy the excellent view of the river and mountain! I wish i could stay for another day!

The Journey to Luang Prabang begun at 9am and we arrived at Luang Prabang at 4:30pm. THe journey was so long and i had real car sick. It wasn’t as bad as i thought, swallowed some ginger pills, I could hold my puke through out the whole journey by keeping my eyes closed. But during the short break, i forced myself to puke a little. Sitting beside me was a thai guy who works in phuket and was there for a short holiday. There were few times he fell asleep and knocked his head against the window. I wanted to laugh out loud, but i worry i will puke if i open my eyes. Sitting behind us were 3 Spanish gals, sitting in front of us were 2 filipino gals. The road is quite windy and very dangerous! Most of the time i was thinking wat if accident happened and we fell into the cliff. During the 1st Toilet Break (2hrs), it was Open AIr toilet too, and there was a car sick Mat Salleh laid down on the road. Today I manage to remember “Hong Nam U Sai?” – where is the toilet?  and “Kop Cai Lai Lai” – Thank you very much.

Got a tuk tuk and we checked into VanVisa Guest house with 20000kip. Vanvisa guest house is a very authentic look guesthouse. the room and the door is so special and u really feel like u lives in a lao house. Auntie Vandara is a very nice lady who speak good english and have a frenly and broad smile.

A little bit more about Vanvisa Guesthouse:

I read about Vanvisa Guesthouse after my stay, and i realised the old aunty who always sitting at the corner watching us is a Luang Prabang Royalty. Her name is Lady Bua. Lady Bua and Auntie Vandara is the co author of Food & Travel Laos. Lady Bua was also one of the Chef for the Royalty. If i’ve read this earlier, i would had bought the book and get autographs from them and take a picture with both Lady Bua and Auntie Vanvisa.
Lady Bua’s picture
About the Book

We walked about 5 mins to reach the busy street of luang prabang, where the night market is. We climbed up to Mount Phousi (sounds like Pussy) hehe.. and visited the Wat Phousi. The climb was a bit tiring, few hundred steps up. 20000kip for the visit. We were there for the sun set. And guess wat!! I met the Japanese uncle who encouraged me to do the river swing the day before. Once i saw him, i told him “I did it I did it!!”

the Sunset was good but a bit under expectation. and also met a few thai photographers up there who were waiting for the sunset. exploring in Wat Phousi is interesting too. It was the first time we exploring a Wat in Laos, and their buddha statues are quite unique- standing up with 2 hands facing the front, and everywhere u see white, black, gold snakes . there are 2 spots in Wat Phousi where there are imprints of Buddha Foot.

the night market is interesting, is so long and big. Most of the vendors are the Hmong People (Natives from the mountain), they took tuk tuk from their village. At about 10pm, u see them packing up quickly cos they have to catch the tuk tuk back home. The goods there are selling are mostly tshirts, coffee, house lights, jewelleries and scarves. I bought a v nice pants tat nite. We also saw children (below 5 yrs old) playing with frogs while waiting for their mums to go home.

We then settled down in a BBQ restaurant along the Mekong RIver. the BBQ steamboat tasted wonderful and the eggplants tasted so good, normally we don’t like eggplants!! i miss the soup!! had beer lao there too, and we did a cheers there in the chinese way… “YAMMMM>>> SENG!!!” this attracted the Lao group beside us. and they also yam seng with us. haha.. at the end, we joined their table. and we did the Laos’ way. “Sennn… Dem…”. they told us they just “Sendem”, they don’t Sennn… Dem…. but we are so used to our Yamseng way, so we still sennnnnnnnnnn demmmmmmmm.. with them.  hehe.. one of them – Song, is a tour guide, he speaks good english. Manage to get some tips from him regards to the next day’s tour.

Walked back to Vanvisa guest house, singing loudly on our way like crazy ppl. we lost our way back and turned few rounds around tat area. hehe.. the Guest house’s has a very nice resting area, which allows us to play with the traditional music instruments and had a great chill out there.

At night i felt a bit sick, i guess it was the bbq and my undried hair. There wasn’t any drinking glass in the room, so i use a supplement container as glass to have my Panadol Active. GLad that i felt excellent the next day!

Chapter xx+1: Learning about Life

Most of the time we just have to learn to accept that life doesn’t follow what you want it to be.

I look up at the sky, I can see a blue and bright sky above me. I should feel happy for the weather, I should feel happy that I have lots of lovely people around me and they do like me, I should feel happy that I am doing things i like to do if life…  However, life just not always go in the way you want to be, especially when things have to deal with another party.

I haven’t been blogging for a long time and kind of running out of words, but I would like to share what I’ve learned for now in short.

1. See what is painted for you to see. Do not look for what is behind the scene.

2. Do what you think you should do for the best of what belongs to you.

3. Nothing is perfect, accept what is not perfect.

4. Do not always expect things go what you want it to be.

5. Do not try to be an detective if you are not, it drives your brain crazy and will cause serious headache.

Life List #54 Meet Louis Koo 古天乐

It was back in Dec 2007, when me and family visited Shanghai. I was browsing through his website and found out he will be in Shanghai during my visit!

I was sooo excited about it. But my schedule didn’t allow me to go to the place to meet him, and the tour group was leaving to Su Zhou on that day. I didn’t persist, and hence i missed the chance. 

But as long as u have the heart, you can still achieve wat u want! wahaha.. and It happened Last December when we had another family trip to Hong Kong. I insisted not to follow tour this time, booked ticket, booked hotel and was about to leave Brunei. I didn’t have too much hope on this, but once again checked his Schedule, and there were only one event during my trip, so i know i can’t miss this chance anymore..

I went to Google Map to check on the location, omg..

Prat Avenue to K11So near to my hotel? definitely i can find my way easily and conveniently!!On the 20th December 2009, while my family were having fun in Ocean Park, I left them at about 3:45 to see what i want to see.. took a bus, took Mtr, and I reached K11 at 4:20, 10 minutes before the Opening Ceremony. A tall and Young security in charge was standing near the entrance to the the Yamano Saloon. I asked him what time it will start and where the toilet is, he answered me politely. After toilet, i waited near the entrance to wait for Louis Koo. A lot of media were there waiting already, there are also other actresses there. There was a guy who was holding a pen with a lot of Louis Koo's DVDs. So pro! i didn't even have a proper thing for him to sign..The crowds

I waited for 30mins, and everyone started to cheer. Oh my, he finally came in from the emergency exit, he look just as charming as what I saw on TV.. A lot of ppl screamed for his name, some holding the electronic board with his name on it. But being the first timer, i don’t dare to scream for his attention, i was just enjoying my view quietly

Detail News: http://bbs.sg169.com/user/script/forum/view.asp?article_id=24792336

After 30mins, he was about to leave, he saying goodbye to the rest. I asked the Security IC if I can take a photo with him, he said i should ask him and he can help me to hold the camera. The guy with the Dvds asked him for autograph again before he left. I quickly walked to him and asked him if i can take a picture with him. He nodded his head, i was like “kill me!”, he then looked at me, and our eyes crossed finally, but i couldn’t look into his eyes any longer, *Blushing*. then we took a picture, the priceless picture!

Snail and Louis Koo

Before he left, i gave him a RBA’s pen, which i got from the plane *oops*, and told him i am from Brunei. I was so happy after that and called my sister who were leaving Ocean Park that time. she said “Congratulations!”… -_-”

As soon as i get back to hotel, i started to show my picture on facebook and i realised actually there are a lot of Louis Koo Fans out there! wahaha.. don’t get too envy k!

Mission Accomplished!! Life List checked!

My Laos Breakaway: Day 2 Vang Vieng April 2008

Good Morning Vang Vieng!

Baguettes Breakfast in Laos Style

We knew It was gonna be a wet day, so we rented a Wet Bag at 10 000 kip a day to keep our things. Had a quick breakfast beside the wet bag rental place, cos we were almost late!! First they drove us to pick up another few more guests via tuk tuk, then to the starting point of the cave visit. It was only 2 of us at the beginning, I tried to relax in the tuk tuk’s hammock, it was so bumpy and it would cause me motion sickness eventually.

Me posing in the truck

the Tour begun and we had Gabriel* from UK and his darling Ah Man from Thailand with us. We visited the Elephant Cave, there is a stone which looked so much like an elephant. Then we walked across a village to the other caves. During the walk, Ah Man stepped into cow’s dung! “is it warm?” I teased her. we also saw some piggy around, and among all the quite run down houses, we saw satellites were installed and a house with LCD monitor computer. and not long after, i also stepped into a pile of Cow’s dung!

the Story of 3 Little Pigs

 

Elephant Cave in Vang Vieng

Me and Ah Man with our Special Umbrella

BBQ Vege, The Lunch Provided by the tour operator

 The caves were not nicely paved, is quite a challenge to get in and we had a deep walk into the cave. We saw crystals formed in there, limestones, and a corner where u can play music by beating the limestones. When we were in the cave’s end, Boon (the guide) asked us to turn off our torch. Wah! it was completely dark! i nvr been into such a dark room before where you really can’t see anything even u have ur hand right in front of your eyes. he told us a super long story. Ah Man cried because she was too afraid or maybe she felt something? mmm..  we had lunch then, they bbq some meat and veggie for us. Houseflies flying around and Surprisingly we didn’t get stomach upset after that. We visited the other cave, and we walked about 15 minutes and Boon told us no one had ever reach the end of this cave! its the longest cave in Vang VIeng, and people walked in for 1 day, also can’t reach the end. So we turned back from there!

We then walked to the water cave, changed to our bathing gear and start to explore the cave with a tube! I almost got drove away by the current at the beginning. with a headtorch, we started to explore, The experience was great and i enjoyed every moment of it. It felt like you are in SUnway Lagoon but you can’t see whats down under your butt. We just follow the guide and keep moving in. The water was so cold and i kept sneezing in there. THere were few times when you have to get off the tube and walk across the stones and continue tubing again. Thanks god we wore our knickers in there, else we will have a “Fantastic Foot Massage”. When tubing into the cave, we were actually go against the current. but when we tubing out of the cave, we could simply follow the current and get out of the cave. however we still have to beware of the walls.

Tubing in the Cave

After tubing, we had a Long walk, i think probably an hour? walked acrossed the padi fields, corn fields and visited villages. During the village visit, we saw kids swimming in the river, ducks mating and old ladies carrying big Tree trunks! A question was brought up about where are all the teenagers. According to Boon, teenagers work in the mountain during the day! Everyone we met, you can heard sweet and soft voice saying “SABAIDEE” to you. We Sabaideed the whole day!

the long walk to Namsong River

At last about 3pm, we arrived at a tuktuk with kayak on it waiting for us. After a short drive, we arrived at the Nam song river. Bye to Man and Gabrielle, we started to kayak down the river. Kayaking through the river wasn’t tough, we enjoyed seeing bars playing loud music and tourists playing river swing, tubing there. after an hr kayaking, we stopped by a bar and attempted to do a river swing. 

At the Namsong River

Louis tried it first, he waited for aboout 40 sec holding on to the swing b4 swinging. He said he wanted to enjoy the view! haha… Now my turn, i was really freaked out. its so high and its so scary, I wandering at the departing area for around about 20 minutes. there were a lot of tubing people gave me a “GO” sign. I really wanted to do it!! but i was so scared lah. I wouldn’t know if i can hold on to the swing or not. and its so high up there. A japanese uncle talked to me and encouraged me to go.

The bouncer offered me a cigarrette and I started to smoke. I told my self i have to do it after i finish the cigarrette. the cigarette left only the bud, i knew its time. my head was abit drowsy, hold on to the swing and i squarted a little, and i left the platform. I screamed so loud that i think the whole Vang Vieng knew i did the swing. THe experience was great and really scary, i swinged for 3-4 times and dropped into the river. During the drop was scary too… it seems like the fall tooks forever b4 it reached the water! I screamed all the way!!!After the swing, i wished i could tell the Japanese uncle that i did it!!

Craziest thing i’ve done

We continued to kayak. River, mountain and people, are all we saw. The kayaking ended at 5:30pm.

At nite, we settled down in a nice western restaurant. We had Morning Glory, Pattai and American Style Lamb Chop. Morning Glory is actually Kang Kong.  While eating, we saw Jon (the spainish guy we met on Bus yesterday) walking by. After dinner, we explore the town again and bought a “Tubing in Vang Vieng” Tshirt. Bought the ticket to Luang Prabang the next day at 105000kip via mini van from the same place we rented our dry bag. and exceeded budget again! We arrived to the guest house b4 the gate close that nite

A hike to the Eagle’s Nest Peak

Last Wednesday Honey came back from a tiring hike at Tasek Lama. He tried the new route to Eagle’s Nest (Bukit Sarang Helang) and he was exhausted after he went to the peak and went down to the valley again. Just out of curiosity I asked him why everybody call it the Eagle’s Nest?

Because there really is a Eagle’s Nest on top of the Peak!

Out of Curiosity again, i decided to follow Honey and CL there on last saturday. The route started from the small little path behind the Tasek Lama’s Reservoir.. the route is quite steep and the weather was so hot!! CL went very fast after the first 10minutes i couldn’t see her anymore. Honey has to slow down to make sure I was still following.

After 30minutes walk, Honey pointed at the other side of the hill, “See! that’s the eagle’s nest!”

 -_-” Sweat! After taking this shot, i continue the hike. I know if i look at it longer, i will turn back. After more ups and downs.. I reached there in 15 minutes time! I thought it gonna take me another 30 minutes.. this is the Eagle’s Nest, a huge nest! Its a dormant nest , and it looks like it has been there since long long time ago.

 

AFC Talentime 2009

Last Sunday, It was the AFC Talentime again.. Remember we won the Traditional dance category last year? Click here

This year’s theme is Bollywood, we shared the 1st prize with another team. Check out the Video, not bad for a 3 weeks preparation huh?!

 

The Sapphire Team

Snail and the King of Pop

Although I’m not a big fan of King of Pop – Michael Jackson, but i feel sad for his departure.

Being a 80s baby, we grew up with his Mtvs. Michael Jackson is the 1st Artist from the Western Countries I knew. I remember when i was in Primary 2, my friends gave me some flash cards of his.

In 1996, We heard that Michael Jackson might perform in Brunei during His Majesty’s 50th Birthday. and Entrance fee is Free of charge, yes Free of charge. Yeen, she is a big fan of MJ, she was pondering if she should go to KL for holiday or stay back. But she decided to go to KL because the concert wasn’t confirm yet.

The concert confirmed few days before the concert. My mum wasn’t too agree to let me go, but i insisted. It was kind of cloudy on the concert day, and my mum brought a sunshade to school for me, she said i can use it as shelter from the rain.

There were too many people, so i stood quite far away. although i can only see one small blink blink object going around the stage, but i enjoyed the concert very much! and definitely Bruneians are very lucky, how many people on earth get to see Michael Jackson for free?? 

Man with Sidebun = Elvis Presley, Gril with Curly Hair and a mole on the lips = Marilyn Monroe. Curly long hair man with sun glasses = Michael Jackson, the icon we will always recognise.. The man who taught us to unite, who taught us to care, the man who entertains us.. Gone forever but will always be remembered.

After watching the MJ’s Memorial Service, me and honey both felt the pinch.. in fact i felt the pinch on the very first day, and honey finally felt the pinch after watching the Memorial Service.  We love you Michael.. Rest in Peace…

One of my Favorite Mj’s Videos.