Wednesday, December 23, 2009
my malaysia trip was quite an experience. although we didnt do much that we've never done before, the change of environment was good. and i drove in malaysia for the first time ever! haha first time ever i drove at 120 km/h also, that was quite scary :p we spent 2 days in some resort in malacca. it was a huge place, the only way to get around is by driving. seriously, if you tried to walk you might walk yourself to death. it basically comprises some theme parks (like escape, big splash, that kinda thing) and some recreational stuff. so we paintballed (targets, not people), went go-karting and horse-riding, and visited some of the theme parks. the highlight (for me) was our fishing trip! well it is a fishing pond but! we caught something. my friend marcus tells me its a peacock bass. it is pretty tho, and the first fish ive caught, ever. i was pretty freaked out when i reeled the line in and saw the fish on it. i yelled and thrust the fishing rod at my mom and ran away. not my proudest moment, but in my defence it was a big shock seeing a real fish on the line after mostly 2 hours of getting my bait eaten by conniving fish and reeling back an empty hook. after much tussling and screaming, we managed to release the hook a little, so when we dropped the fish back into the pond (to prevent it from dying) it managed to swim away itself. that was a relief, we were starting to panick about causing an innocent fish to die so painfully in our hands. we hadn't actually thought about what to do if we actually caught something. (such faith in our fishing skills :p)
i have to say the resort was pretty impressive. animal-wise. lol i mean like they have many animals which you can really get up close to, because the animals are walking around all the time. like the elephants let you ride on them, the horses are at the horse riding area, the tiger is always lying somewhere for pictures. im serious, they have a real tiger. and we stood right behind him for a picture lol. first time ive ever been so close to a tiger :p the first time i saw it i actually thought it was a fake. because he looked so perfect! his coat was all glossy and shiny and his eyes were omg scaryy. and he was so still i thought it was a fake. but hes prob just sedated :p anyway at night all the animals have to perform in this animal parade where they basically walk and do tricks. i felt kinda sad for the animals coz they life looks like it sucks :p they have to be up really early to do all the rides and everything and at night they still have to perform. if they were human and working im pretty sure they'd be raking in some big money, for all that time they spend working and being subject to rough trainers and keepers.
in the resort we stayed in a 'villa' which is essentially just a small bungalow. it was very comfortable tho. we even had our own 'pool' which looked like a really big tub to me. but it had clean water, so nothing to complain about. so while the more adventurous members of my family ventured out to explore the theme parks, the rest of us stayed in the pool and sunned ourselves :p i came back with a pretty impressive tan!
after 2 days of resort-living we ventured out to the big city! haha we took a 4 hour drive to KL. i literally felt like i was returning to civilization. at the resort, you have to drive 20 mins to get to the nearest town (which is very small btw!) to get sth to eat. otherwise, you can eat bad food at the expensive restaurants in the resort. being in the hotel in KL with restaurants at your doorstep was like coming to a pool of water after being in a scorching desert :p and shops, the glorious shops. there literally was NOTHING to buy in the resort. seriously. you might find a souvenir store if you are lucky and drive long enough. so when i talk about a change in environment, i have to say it really is quite a drastic change in environment. i didnt even realize that going to KL was like going back to singapore, i was too preoccupied being overwhelmed by the sight of proper buildings and shops and signboards that are not telling you that its 20km to the nearest town.
we stayed in a hotel connected to a mega big shopping centre, so KL was all shop, shop, shop and eat, eat eat. for all the shopping we did, i didnt buy much. but i did get a pair of awesome jeans =DDDD and the hotel was really comfortable. and they had a lounge where there's always food :p tea time snacks in the afternoon and cocktail hour and finger food at night. and all free =D even the alcohol and internet service. so we did spend quite some time there. i was glad to be back though. even though theres no room service bringing you all manner of things at all times of the day, and free food anytime you want, theres truly no place like home.
since we've been back, ive been mostly slacking out, watching movies i missed during the school term, and actually reading for leisure rather than out of need and stress. while thats all been enjoyable, ive decided that the next holiday i have, i am going to keep myself busy. i think its better for both mind and body :p
to end off, christmas is here once again, so to everyone, have a very very merry christmas and an awesome new year :) make the most of whats left of the holidays!
a star fell from the sky;
10:11 PM
Friday, December 11, 2009
is it that in life you dont always get everything you want, or is it just you and me that doesn't give me everything i want?
im tired. its been far too long, and i dont wanto waste anymore time.
im terribly scared of waking up one morning at 43 and realizing i should have walked when i could.
where do we go now?
a star fell from the sky;
9:54 PM
Saturday, December 05, 2009
my last post said november is here lol. well, the end of 2009 is officially here now! its december. 2009 feels like its flown by lol. the sems get shorter and shorter (not literally), the holidays fly by faster and faster. and we. are officially. getting. OLD. lol i only realized how old we are when i realized we're older then ALL the contestants on singapore idol. i still rmbr a time when we were so young we automatically assumed that everyone was older than us. but thats not true anymore. all those 17 year olds make me jealous :p and of course, another reminder is when you accumulate so many memories, with so many people, at so many places, that sometimes you cant keep track of them anymore. when you see someone on the street and actually have to stop and think where and how you know this person (once of course, you've actually figured out who this person is :p). can you imagine what we'll be saying at 40?! lol.
but no, i wld not want to go back to when i was 17. sure, it was a great year, but being 20 is so much more fun =D thanks to all my wonderfully sweet friends, their best wishes and the cakes and presents! many thanks especially to my most dearest joanne and jovena for their very pretty cake and present (as always!), stevie for the sweet card and present, my awesome sisters for their cute presents, the dennings for the cake and twister night, everyone for their best wishes, and of course my dearest, for a great time =D
so, the rest of december. much slacking, much sex and the city, and much fun =D lets go and make the most of whats left of 2009 =D
love, remind me.
a star fell from the sky;
10:24 AM
