Thursday, May 28, 2009 ♥
Last posted@9:37 AM
job hunting.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.yawn yawn
hunting for a job is tough
it's sian
it's frustrating
especially for an impatient person such as meself
good thing i have trip planning to occupy my thoughts
trip planning.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.faint faintx
planning a trip is tough
it's complicated
takes forever
it's FRUSTRATING
but it'll all be worth it - it better be
i should consider a future career as a travel agent
i have the urge to reprimand some ppl
♥ with love, meow
Saturday, May 23, 2009 ♥
Last posted@10:36 PM
visions imaginable 'two'
casualties of war
♥ with love, meow
Friday, May 22, 2009 ♥
Last posted@11:21 PM
visions imaginable 'one'
go where the wind takes you
♥ with love, meow
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Last posted@8:29 PM
Yesterday i brough buddie to sentosa with my brother, raymond, junior(ray's dog) kenny and sara. It was super great! Buddie's never been so far from home. hehe..and he was super excited and confused at the same time. we were in the car for quite a while and everytime we stopped at a light, he would have his confused anxious face on. SO CUTE!
So finally reached sentosa and got down to business. goal was to get buddie in the water to swim. and we did accomplish it somewhat...though we had ta force him in. and he looked so scared. after the first time raymond pulled him in against his will, he was scared to let ray touch him for a while after that - but he got over it. =D good thing he had junior there for 'moral support'. =D
that's raymond and junior
buddie was so cautious going in
crossed the sentosa bridge and climbed the tower
you have no idea how long it took to get this picture..they just wouldn't keep still!
good friendsss - buddie and junior / 'juju'
paddle paddle paddle
run run run
ok! that was a super fun day. =D buddie had such a great time i could tell. he was so energetic and happy. of course he woke up this morning and refused to move. refused to come to you when u call. refuse to even lift his head..lol. but of course he still found the strength to bark at the postman. oh well
oh...LOOK OUT FOR JELLYFISH AT PALAWAN BEACH!!!
♥ with love, meow
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 ♥
Last posted@12:56 PM
HI everybody!
"Guess who's back?
back again..
Cat is back!
tell a friend..."
I've been on blog strike for a few months now - don't really know why. but i'm supposing it's because life had been so mundane during the term - and also cause i'm lazy. =P
snake + cat = pig
(go figure)
Anyway, promised a coupla ppl i would start up again once summer break starts. so here i am.
i shall blog about my trip to NEPAL!!! the moment exams ended on may 4th(though i was pretty much in holiday mood WAY WAY WAY before that), we packed up and shipped ourselves off ta Nepal~~ which btw 'i'm in love with'..it may not be a garden city, definitely not clean and green, metropolitan or global bla bla bla yadder yadder yadder, but it has a certain charm. there's a surreality about being there which is captivating, seductive, enchanting... BUT that's just me (and i'm weird).
so let me not talk 'day by day', it'll take too long and i'm lazy --
Culture
Culture in nepal is extremely laid back - service is 'slow' (by singaporean standards), and a lot of the time ppl just sit around doing nothing, especially outside the main city. it's kinda cool. school also starts only at 10am and ends around 3 or 4 in the afternoon..same for office workers..crazy ain't it.
that's their table tennis table! with rocks as the net.
about the cows..nepal is apparently mostly buddhist and hindu populated - so u've got cows everywhere! roaming the streets (like they own it) they'll sit in the middle of the road watchinig the world go by, sometimes they'll just sleep there - ''who cares about traffic rite..cars dun bother me''. of course..because nobody there dares to hurt the precious beasts - god forbid we scratch their delicate hides much less smash them to mulch with our metal vehicles.. *rolls eyes.
Traffic
Traffic is miserable throughout nepal..mostly due to the fact that they don't have any kind of traffic rules - other than which direction of traffic generally moves on the left or right of the road. there are no traffic lights, no signalling, no 'who has the right of way' bla bla bla. even in the city centre! so ou can only imagine the chaos. The 'horn' is also used WAY too much. in singapore, if u get horned it means..."u're an idiot doing something stupid'', over there, the horn is like..a popular accessory of the vehicle, activated whenever for no particular reason, mostly to say, ''i'm coming whether u like it or not, so get out of my way''. did i also mention how annoying the horns sounds. it's all the TATA trucks..their horns have tunes...damn loud and they scare the shit out of the unexpecting tourist walking innocently on the side of the road..
Tata truck - the horn sings..
but i must say, they have extremely talented drivers over there who are able to weave in and out of traffic like it was nothing...they can be driving through cars with a foot of leeway and not ever bang or scratch another vehicle..it's amazing. =P if think u're a good driver in singapore....try going over there and drive...i predict imminent and eventual Deafness..or 'deathness'.
Also, don't ever count on exceeding 100km/hr on nepalese 'highways'. when we were on our way to kathmandu from pokhara, we saw the sign which said..kathmandu-190km. so mum dear was calculating in her head...+x-=..."oh so that should take like 2 hours?" XXXWRONGXXX 'u think we're traveling on the north south highway?!???'..it took 5 hours..
Nargakot
ok. enough bitching. All the stuff with traffic and cows...really wasn't unpleasant at all. it was intriguing and interesting. =) so anyway, we spent our first night in Nargakot which is about 2 hours from kathmandu on highlands..slightly higher than cameron highlands. so it was awesomely cold.. Nargakot is prized for awesome sunrise and sunset views, because u can see the mountain ranges in the distance. hehe. it was great~~though...couldn't really see the mountain clearly due to fog..and clouds.
but the first sight of the snow capped mountain - even if it wasn't crystal clear...i can't explain the feeling..closest i can find..is that it was magical..mystical, and so utterly thrilling..could stare at it for days on end.
walking around the hotel compound
puppies playing with a dead rat..tsk tsk.
sunset:
sunrise:
Rafting
went rafting on our way to pokhara. felt so incredible bad because the group of ppl who were supposed to be on the same raft waited 2 hours for us to get there. but we really didn't know we were late..or that there were ppl waiting. haish. PAISEH! none the less..we put on our gear and got on the raft =P 3 hours of river and rapids..so fun!!! *squealllll** it was a very hot day but the water was so cool, everytime it splashes you it was like sooo 'shuang'. so we all got seriously tanned and burnt but didn't feel it..that's the best way to get a tan. =D
stopping for lunch..
my only complaint is that i didn't get to jump into the water when everybody else did..because my parents didn't want to..and i wasn't about to jump in and float around by myself while everybody else was in their hehehaha groups.. haish...just one of the 'wet blanket' moments of the trip..how i wished that my bro was there...or like a couple of friends..rar rar rar.
super super super want to do rafting again!!! more violent rapids would be cool too. heard in winter the water level is higher so it's more exciting!!!
Pokhara
Finally reached pokhara. nice little town =) popular tourist destination cause of the view of the ANNAPURNA HIMALAYAN RANGE. which is like a subset of the whole thing. hehe. went to our hotel which is called 'fishtail lodge' (named after the fishtail peak in the range - cause the peak looks like a fishtail - obviously) Funny thing about the hotel was that it was separated from the 'mainland' by a narrow portion of fewa lake, so everytime ppl wanted to go to and from the hotel to the main area of pokhara, they had to get on this raft thing and the guy would pull u over..haha.
birds eye view of our hotel - fishtail lodge
erm..guess who..
Locals collecting water and bathin at the lake
the next day we went aero gliding!!! another super highlight! was awesome....plus i found my pilot hot. but that's beside the point.
in my gear..it gets cold up there..
meandering river with flood plain (so geog..)
terracing
back at the hotel it started to get really really windy. blew all the dust in our eyes so we had to stay in the hotel. but good thing we did, because the wind also blew all the clouds which were covering the mountain range away! lucky us...we got quite a clear view! and it was...MAGIC again.. sighhh.. took a million shots. can't wait to go back in december when the skies will be clearer..that's right! i'm going back in december!!!
Departure
oh well, soon it was all over and we were going home..departure at kathmandu airport is sure...'secure'. they body checked us like 3 times!!! touched me and everything...*shiver* they had dogs sniffing around, and even after putting our bags through the scanning thing, they still insist on MANUALLY checking...emptied out everything, empty plastic bag also suspicious. i guess they dun trust their machines.. omg..the lamest thing then happened - they loaded us on a bus to get top the plane, so we all got on, and the bus then drove like 10 metres?!?!??! cause the plane was like right there!!! so i dun understand why the din just let us walk...everybody was like sniggering and laughing to themselves. =P
the sky was awesome from the plane..i finally understand when they say 'pillars of clouds'.. was like heaven up there (or at least how i imagined heaven ta be)
home sweet home.
well i plan to go back for trekking in december
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♥ with love, meow
