Damn pissed off with work today!! Arggghh!!! Thanks god there is Gerald to hold my hand and give me a hug when I reached home...
Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Bintan Agro Resort_Nov 20-21,2010
We booked a 2D1N trip to Bintan Agro Resort from 20-21 November to celebrate both our birthdays in Nov. It's been a long time since we last went on a trip by ourselves. the last one was to Phuket in Jan 2010..so this trip was really a good getaway for both of us to rebond and spend some good time with one another...
Bintan Agro Resort is located in the south-eastern coast of Bintan Island. You have to take a 1 hour and 45 mins ferry from Tanah Merah to Tanjung Pinang followed by a 45 mins transfer from the ferry terminal to reach there.
We took the 8.50am ferry from Indofalcon and thus we set off to Tanah Merah about 7.15am. Parked the car, got our ferry tickets, went for a quick breakfast (coffee, tea, bread and eggs), quick smoke, went through the boarding gate and onto the ferry..the lower deck of the ferry is already full by the time we got on so we had to sit on the upper deck which is open... becoz it's early morning, the sun isnt scorching hot.. thanks god... and the sea breeze was damn good in the face.. not too bad after all..
On the ferry
After about 1hr and 30 mins, we arrive at Tanjung Pinang. The queue to clear customs was really long and it really took us quite a while as we were almost towards the last of the queue..Met up with the local staff from the resort who will arrange for our land transfer and after about 45 mins drive, we arrived at the resort!! Checked in and went straight to our room..
Our Junior Suite
View from our room
The room was big and spacious. Rest & relax for a while before heading out to the Asiana Bistro and Bar for lunch. Hubby ordered Fried Rice and I ordered Fried Noodles. His came with fried egg, satay and rice crackers and mine came with fried chicken wing and fried egg. Nice....
View from Asiana Bistro & Bar
While waiting for food
Nice Food
After that, we took a walk around the resort.. it's a nice quiet resort with a recreation centre providing some sea sports activities and day tours to nearby islands, 2 places to eat, 1 spa and 2 small swimming pools..good for people like us who are not planning to do much anyway. They spent quite a bit of work to keep the grounds green & tidy.. you kept seeing people sweeping the floor of leaves...clearing puddles of waters, trimming weeds etc.. me and hubby grew up in kampungs so we are quite fine with the whole rustic kampong feel to the whole place..
After our walk, we went back to the room and I caught up with some sleep.. getting a little dazed from not having enough sleep.. haha.. then we went to our spa session at Oceania Spa at 4pm Indo Time.. Hubby went for thai massage which was conducted at the outdoor beach gazebo at the beachfront (Nice!) and I went for the aromatheraphy massage which is conducted in one of the rooms with seaview.. but there isn't any point seriously since you can't hear the waves neither can you feel the seabreeze neither can you see the seaview as you are facing down?? Still prefer the spa at KTM resort. I signed up for a 90 mins sessions but most of the time seem to be spent on massaging my legs as compared to my shoulders and the indo lady that was massaging me didnt have a very good command of English so I never asked her to do more of my shoulders.. never mind.. at least we both had a massage
Stayed in our room for a while since we are not that hungry from our very late and filling lunch.. only headed out for dinner at the Sun Moon Restaurant and Bar at around 8pm coming to 9pm i think.. ordered steamed rice with baby kailan, oatmeal sotong and chilli crabs with beer! I had the chilli crab craving for a long time now and I am so happy that I finally get to lay my hands on crabs! The food is seriously good...and it's good to have a proper nice meal with hubby...
Our Dinner
Hubby with his food
Then it's back to the room for more beers and sleep! Woke up super early the next day because the sun was super bright and shining into the room at 6am in the morning.. gosh.. and I thought I can sleep late... duhz.. but anyway we managed to fall in and out of sleep until 9am before we headed out for breakfast.. breakfast spread was okay.. much better than the fried rice, fried beehoon and fried noodles plus bread at KTM. They have counters cooking eggs, fried kway tiao and roti prata, lotong, fried fritters etc etc.. at least more varieties.. had a good breakfast, confirmed our late check out at 3pm and stayed in the room till then.. (since our land transfer is only coming at 4pm and our ferry is at 6pm Indo time..). Checked out and headed over to Sun Moon for our lunch.. which is Sun Moon fried rice (very special) and sambal kang kong.. (another craving of mine)
On the way to Sun Moon
Me & hubby
During low tide
While waiting for food
Our Lunch
Then it's time to make our way home... the top deck of the ferry this time is packed with people.. maybe because it's night time and not so hot as compared to the morning or afternoon ferry but at one point I was seriously thinking the ferry is overcrowded man... but anyway we made our way home safety and by the time we got home, it is already past 10pm... home sweet home
Bintan Agro Resort is located in the south-eastern coast of Bintan Island. You have to take a 1 hour and 45 mins ferry from Tanah Merah to Tanjung Pinang followed by a 45 mins transfer from the ferry terminal to reach there.
We took the 8.50am ferry from Indofalcon and thus we set off to Tanah Merah about 7.15am. Parked the car, got our ferry tickets, went for a quick breakfast (coffee, tea, bread and eggs), quick smoke, went through the boarding gate and onto the ferry..the lower deck of the ferry is already full by the time we got on so we had to sit on the upper deck which is open... becoz it's early morning, the sun isnt scorching hot.. thanks god... and the sea breeze was damn good in the face.. not too bad after all..
After about 1hr and 30 mins, we arrive at Tanjung Pinang. The queue to clear customs was really long and it really took us quite a while as we were almost towards the last of the queue..Met up with the local staff from the resort who will arrange for our land transfer and after about 45 mins drive, we arrived at the resort!! Checked in and went straight to our room..
The room was big and spacious. Rest & relax for a while before heading out to the Asiana Bistro and Bar for lunch. Hubby ordered Fried Rice and I ordered Fried Noodles. His came with fried egg, satay and rice crackers and mine came with fried chicken wing and fried egg. Nice....
After that, we took a walk around the resort.. it's a nice quiet resort with a recreation centre providing some sea sports activities and day tours to nearby islands, 2 places to eat, 1 spa and 2 small swimming pools..good for people like us who are not planning to do much anyway. They spent quite a bit of work to keep the grounds green & tidy.. you kept seeing people sweeping the floor of leaves...clearing puddles of waters, trimming weeds etc.. me and hubby grew up in kampungs so we are quite fine with the whole rustic kampong feel to the whole place..
After our walk, we went back to the room and I caught up with some sleep.. getting a little dazed from not having enough sleep.. haha.. then we went to our spa session at Oceania Spa at 4pm Indo Time.. Hubby went for thai massage which was conducted at the outdoor beach gazebo at the beachfront (Nice!) and I went for the aromatheraphy massage which is conducted in one of the rooms with seaview.. but there isn't any point seriously since you can't hear the waves neither can you feel the seabreeze neither can you see the seaview as you are facing down?? Still prefer the spa at KTM resort. I signed up for a 90 mins sessions but most of the time seem to be spent on massaging my legs as compared to my shoulders and the indo lady that was massaging me didnt have a very good command of English so I never asked her to do more of my shoulders.. never mind.. at least we both had a massage
Stayed in our room for a while since we are not that hungry from our very late and filling lunch.. only headed out for dinner at the Sun Moon Restaurant and Bar at around 8pm coming to 9pm i think.. ordered steamed rice with baby kailan, oatmeal sotong and chilli crabs with beer! I had the chilli crab craving for a long time now and I am so happy that I finally get to lay my hands on crabs! The food is seriously good...and it's good to have a proper nice meal with hubby...
Then it's back to the room for more beers and sleep! Woke up super early the next day because the sun was super bright and shining into the room at 6am in the morning.. gosh.. and I thought I can sleep late... duhz.. but anyway we managed to fall in and out of sleep until 9am before we headed out for breakfast.. breakfast spread was okay.. much better than the fried rice, fried beehoon and fried noodles plus bread at KTM. They have counters cooking eggs, fried kway tiao and roti prata, lotong, fried fritters etc etc.. at least more varieties.. had a good breakfast, confirmed our late check out at 3pm and stayed in the room till then.. (since our land transfer is only coming at 4pm and our ferry is at 6pm Indo time..). Checked out and headed over to Sun Moon for our lunch.. which is Sun Moon fried rice (very special) and sambal kang kong.. (another craving of mine)
Then it's time to make our way home... the top deck of the ferry this time is packed with people.. maybe because it's night time and not so hot as compared to the morning or afternoon ferry but at one point I was seriously thinking the ferry is overcrowded man... but anyway we made our way home safety and by the time we got home, it is already past 10pm... home sweet home
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
一切掌握在你手里
小时候，因为身体的一些缺陷，被同年龄的同学给排斥，给他们取笑。那个时候很伤心。不知道人家为什么要怎么说我。我妈当时跟我说，别人要怎么说你不要紧， 不要去管他们。别人的嘴巴是他们的，他们要说什么随便他们。不要因为他们所说了而影响你以后的生活。命是你的，生命也是你的， 你要怎么过是你自己的事，跟别人没有关系。
其实有一些事发生时好像是一件很大的事，那个时候很生气很伤心，可是过后就会发现其实没什么。人要看开。不看开的话，一切都很重要，生活永远都难过。佛学说生不带来，死不带去，一切要放下放开，亲情， 爱情，金钱等等。我没有那么伟大。我放不下我的父母，我的家庭，我的爱情，还有我的孩子等等。太多太多的东西，抱住不愿意放下。所以我选择了珍惜。珍惜现在所拥有的一切。至少到我走的那一天，虽然不能带走任何东西，至少我拥有过，我有回忆，我也给了别人回忆。人生原本是那么简单。
其实有一些事发生时好像是一件很大的事，那个时候很生气很伤心，可是过后就会发现其实没什么。人要看开。不看开的话，一切都很重要，生活永远都难过。佛学说生不带来，死不带去，一切要放下放开，亲情， 爱情，金钱等等。我没有那么伟大。我放不下我的父母，我的家庭，我的爱情，还有我的孩子等等。太多太多的东西，抱住不愿意放下。所以我选择了珍惜。珍惜现在所拥有的一切。至少到我走的那一天，虽然不能带走任何东西，至少我拥有过，我有回忆，我也给了别人回忆。人生原本是那么简单。
Monday, November 22, 2010
Birthday
In the past birthdays are meant to be celebrated for myself. After I became a mum, birthdays have taken on a brand new meaning. Birthday meaning birth - day: is the day my mum gave birth to me after going through 9 months of pregnancy and hours of labour pain. From this day onwards, my mum began her never ending job of taking care of me and worrying for me. So every birthday is much more symbolic than mothers day. Thus all my birthdays will now be celebrated for my mum, who gave birth to me on the very day known as my birth - day. Just like I told Gerald on his 1st birthday, this is the very day I gave birth to you.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Sulky Gerald
He is all dressed up and waiting by the door to go out
But we continue to dilly dally and the boy got impatient
Haha silly little boy.....
But we continue to dilly dally and the boy got impatient
Haha silly little boy.....
Friday, November 12, 2010
New haircut
Basically got sick of my hairstyle so i am going to walk into a hairdresser today and get them to give me a new hair style and a brand new look. Hmmmm wondered how it is going to turn out.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Playgroup search...
Time really fly.. Last year I just gave birth to Gerald and now he is 18 months and going to a playgroup soon! After which he will be going to nursery then kindergarden then primary school.. wow..
Anyway I am clearing my annual leave for this week so I got a couple of things on my list to do.. brought Gerald to the polyclinic for his last injection and a development checkup.. Of coz everything is okay... hubby is on leave yesterday also as it is his birthday.. so after Gerald check up, we went around looking for a centre near us that offers playgroup classes which Gerald can join next year 2011... as we were too late yesterday, all the centres were closed so this morning, I went to have a look again while classes are going on together with Gerald and my mother in law. Preferred the one at blk 32 as compared to blk 8. But we'll see..
He will get the chance to socialise with other kids and learn how to play as a group which is good because at home, being the only son, he is always by himself.. need to learn how to share, give and take... I believe it will be good for him...
Anyway I am clearing my annual leave for this week so I got a couple of things on my list to do.. brought Gerald to the polyclinic for his last injection and a development checkup.. Of coz everything is okay... hubby is on leave yesterday also as it is his birthday.. so after Gerald check up, we went around looking for a centre near us that offers playgroup classes which Gerald can join next year 2011... as we were too late yesterday, all the centres were closed so this morning, I went to have a look again while classes are going on together with Gerald and my mother in law. Preferred the one at blk 32 as compared to blk 8. But we'll see..
He will get the chance to socialise with other kids and learn how to play as a group which is good because at home, being the only son, he is always by himself.. need to learn how to share, give and take... I believe it will be good for him...
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Saturday, November 06, 2010
I'm back!
Haven't been able to blog for quite some time now..(last blog was in Feb10..OMG).. but now I 'm back...hopefully with the help of a iPhone 4.. it will encourage and enable me to blog more often in the future... I am actually quite keen to keep this blog going because I want it to be a record of Gerald growing up...not so much for people to see but more of the things that happened in my life and in our life.. so we can look back and remember some things that we might have forgotten 10 or 20 years down the road... after all I have been writing my blog since 2004! That's 6 years running!
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