Wings,Sausages or Prawns??

It has been awhile since we last BBQ. Instead of the usual dinner outing, this time round we decided to do a BBQ @ East Coast. More work but well....definitely worth it! Even Jess mama managed to come!Woo Hoo..a pity Uncle Toh's STILL not back....









TABOO TIME!!

Hot..hot..hot!!!

Oh gosh!!the weather is sooo hot can?Way too hot for my liking...Argh!!!

I'm finally reading the last book from the Twilight series. I'm sort of taking my own sweet time to finish, as much as i wana be done reading it, but smehow i dun really wana finish...know what i mean?hurhur! I'm such a sucker for such books can? I'm not exactly proud to be reading this series while on the bus but...but.....Edward.....

~~Then he turned back to Jacob."But if you ever bring her back damaged again - and i don't care whose fault it is; i don't care if she merely trips, or if a meteor falls out of the sky and hit her on the head - if you reutrn her to me in less than the perfect condition that i left her in, you will be running with 3 legs, do you understand that, mongrel? ~~ Owwww.....

HOT!!Air con pls....~~

Its Fri~

Met up with my 'shy' dearies ytd, wanted to go Pump Room for dinner + drinks but damn,didnt make any reservations so ended up at Indochine instead. It was my 1st time there thou, really nice...dun mind gg there again...bleah!

ONE is good?

Unless u are an only child, if not u will never in ur life understand the agony of being one. The impression that ppl always hv abt only child is that they are so 'lucky', ya rite. No doubt that all the attention will be on us, parents will give us nothing but the best, 'sharing' is not a common word heard. But all that comes with a great price. If u think that only child will hv all the freedom in the world,wrong. Only child will hv everything their way,not exactly.

Since young i wasnt allowed to do alot of things.I lost count of how many birthday parties i missed, how i need to convince my mum for days before i could go for a 1 night camp, in fact i wasnt allowed to express my emotions freely either. After i grad and got myself a job, i wasnt allowed to stop wking. Ok dun get this the wrong way, my mum wasnt abusing me but she juz felt that one shd not take a break and do nothing. And there goes my stop wking to complete my degree plan. I never knew what independence & freedom was till now. And the worse part, pressure from the ppl ard(in fact only relatives), higher expectations coz our parents only have ONE. You know how smetimes when u have siblings, u can sort of push the blame? If the other one doesnt go back for dinner, did not contribute to the family, scolded the mum or is juz being plain unfilial, its OK. But smehow to an only child, even small matter such as talking louder to ur mum or said smething inappropriate is a good enuff reason to put us to jail. I'm definitely not complaining abt my mum here and i duno if i'll get strike by lightning for saying this, but at times,i'm really glad that i have my own plc. Despite staying alone for the past 9mths,i hv no complains, the thought of staying at my mum's plc never once came into my mind.Doing things my way,being responsible for myself,it juz feels so good.

I duno how true this is but i feel that parents with more kids tend to be more 'chill', more 'relax' and probably less sensitive, i really duno. At least that seems to be the case for Toh's parents. With my mum, smetimes i really gota watch wat i say coz i dun wana be saying the wrong things and trust me that's all it takes to cause a drama. Over the yrs, i learnt to keep quiet and if anyone is to ask how i can do 'selective listening', yes, i learnt that since young. Ppl or relatives always think i'm so 'guai', so quiet, always listen to mummy,i can only say i was taught well. Bleah!

Take this evening for example, i believe i might have said or given an inappropriate reply to my mum. To me, its really juz a harmless, straight forward reply but i'm sure she's thinking otherwise. I duno how things will be in the next few days, probably my late grandpa will come scold me, my aunties will start telling me i shouldnt have said that to my mum, my mum refusing to talk to me....seriously, i've seen worse kids who did worse things to their mums. So for now, I, THE ONE, will choose to believe that i'm still safe.

Victor & Tammy Won!

Ok...this entry came alittle late but anyway!Always enjoy watching The Amazing Race and ever since Rob and Brennan from the 1st show won, i havent really had a fave team. So woo hoo....go Victor and Tammy!

Noi Noi~~

Hanoi is pretty, weather's perfect! Ave temp is abt 22-27D.C...NICE!Uncle Toh and me spent 2 nights there. Btw the flight from HCM to Hanoi was abt 2Hrs lor!Can u believe it? Its like travelling from Spore to HCM can?!*snore*

Our hotel is in the Old Quarter which is also the main town in Hanoi. They have got this mega pasar malam that's open every night till 1am?Not exactly impressed by the stuff they sell but its always nice to juz walk ard.


Uncle Toh keeping himself 'occupied' while waiting for our flight

Hanoi here we come!







Another gentle reminder telling us that we're in Vietnam...bikes,bikes,bike!& yes, the endless honk-ing



Uncle Toh kept wanting to try the food from the roadside stalls..no choice but to say I WILL TRY.*i survived*


HALONG BAY consists of a dense cluster of 1,969 limestone monolithic islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation, which rise spectacularly from the ocean. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves. Hang Đầu Gỗ (Wooden stakes Cave) is the largest grotto in the Ha Long area. French tourists visited in the late 19th century, and named the cave Grotte des Merveilles. Its three large chambers contain large numerous stalactites and stalagmites (as well as 19th century French graffiti). There are two bigger islands, Tuần Châu and Cat Ba, that have permanent inhabitants. Both of them have tourist facilities, including hotels and beaches. There are a number of wonderful beaches on the smaller islands.










The climb up was terri-gible can??45mins of climbing up the stairs juz to get this view...priceless!
*Going down the hill wasnt much fun either -_-" *


SHAG & i look like shit~

Halong Bay