the trip

It has been a truly memorable trip with zj, victor, gwen, davis, kim wee and derek... But it didn't start off well after we finally finished buying all the groceries for our 3 days 2 night stay... The boat ride was a ride of a lifetime indeed! The slight sway of the boat as it travels thru bumpy waters was expected in the early party of the ride, as the boat moved out of singapore waters... But it jus worsened as we enter indonesian waters... The smell of the puke around us became more intoxicating and the sound of puking was becoming unbearable... I felt like puking as the shaking became more violet and all I could do was to cling onto zj's arm and pray that it will all end soon... Derek was damn funny with his entertaining reassures like 'the last 10 mins gonna be the worst and the worst will be soon over' etc.. hahh somehow it helps a bit la.. Luckily, Davis had the foresight to buy motion sickness medicine before we boarded the boat...

My legs were practically shaking when we finally reached shore and it was a tedious wait to get our passport stamped... to make it worse we din realise tat we got to fill in the departure section of the immigration card as well so gotta fill it up, taking up more of our time... But finally we boarded our bus to Nirwana Gardens... It was a peaceful ride but the scenary was dreadful cos it started pouring heavily... And I understand why Bintan is underdeveloped-- it is filled with swamps!

Anyway, our hotel and villa were truly luxious and worth the money... there's aircon for sure, comfy beds and more than enuff space for everyone... but the villa is the more well equipped one, with all the cooking equipment prepared... =] we rested for a while in our room and soon started preparing for dinner... Spaghetti! The cooking were mainly done by davis and gwen... I jus remember washing most of the plates hahah but in the end everyone had a good first meal... oh we tried to explore the main building of Nirwana Gardens but then it was a disappointment cos everything except the gym cost money and it's raining so damn heavily! the garden paths were all flooded lo... sigh hahah all the mahjong sets were snapped up too, much to our dismay... so all we could do was to be couch potatoes and the tv set was really haywire, cant watch the shows properly =p

The second day was the best cos the sun was up by the time we woke for the buffet breakfast.. the intercontinental spread had its variety but too much carbo already so i was soon full... the funny thing is i ate sunny side up but discovered there's omelette only later... asked zj to help me get but i said scrambled egg instead so we had no omelette hahah poor zj had to eat all the sunny side up and the scrambled egg that i cant finished hahah =p

The next part of the programme was to suntan, swim and play in the pool! we changed into our bikinis and swimsuit then lounge by the pool on those pool chairs... tat's wat i call relaxation hhaha zj and i went swimming later and then lazed at the jacuzzi section... the highlight of the day was the water polo game with the french pple who were holidaying there too... i cant really participate cos the pool is 1.5m and it's kinda too deep for me... The french won in the end so we're really paiseh hhaha

The time spent at the pool ended with us sipping mocktails at the pool bar, which is right in the middle of the pool... zj and i shared mango colada which was really yummy and thirst quenching hehe... we played ball in the pool again and suntan for a while before returning to the room to shower... our skin was damn red by the time we settled for pizzas for lunch hahah painful sia!

Our mahjong set arrived as we prepared lunch but we only played at midnight... zj, derek, kim wee and i went to play archery and rifle shooting...it was damn fun la! archery was obviously hard cos need a lot of arm strength to pull... But as for the rifle shooting, i surprised myself by hitting down at least one can everytime i fire hehe amazing man! all thanks to the careful guidance of the staff there hehe zj and i went to gym before showering and returning to the villa to prepare the bbq...

we bought too much food for the bbq and it was quite tricky to set it up without the bbq pit... but victor miraculously got the fire up and soon we were roasting hotdogs and chicken wings... but i really hate the smoke and stayed in the house most of the time... we had potatoes witj sour cream, fried nuggets, eggs as well... i was so damn full man,,, the fun begun with the mahjong game cos i won 8 times! it's like majority of the games lo there was once when i was zhuang 3 times cos i won 3 times in a row.. if only i got such luck in studies man hahah we slept only after 4am, after watching a damn lame mummy show hahah woke really late the next morning, where the rain descended again... but the boat ride back was much more peaceful this time... phew

bintan again

The 10m range... where I shot down lots of cans! hahha

You're looking at a 'Markswoman'

Bintan 2

My first attempt at Archery!

Photo with Tom Cruise and Kate Moss!

Bintan trip

Lounging by the poolside hehe

Cooking our first meal-- spaghetti!

the giant chess set at Bintan Nirwana Gardens... My frens!

photos

Hong Bee and I at her birthday party... The function room at Hazel park's condo is really nice cos it overlooks the swimming pool like a clubhouse... The food rocks too!

Lihui and i finally meet up after so long! glad to see she's happy and optimistic abt life like she always do =]

moist lemon cake!

Really into the mood of baking recently... went to research a lot of websites and the http://www.joyofbaking.com and http://www.joyofcakes.com have a lot of delicious looking cakes! want to make everyone of them hahah but all i made was moist lemon cake which tastes really refreshing, with a hint of lemon zest =] it's baked specially for the pals i'm going to Bintan with tmr! hahah oh yea so here's the ever so easy recipe for moist lemon cake :


4 Eggs
1 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Self-rising flour
4 Tb Lemon
3 Tb Confectioners sugar

Oven Temp ~ 400F; Baking Time ~ 50 Min. Pan Type ~ 8 x 8 Square
Preheat oven - Grease and flour pan
Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs and sifted flour alternately. Turn into prepared pan.Bake at suggested temp, until toothpick comes out clean. In a sauce pan boil lemon juice and sugar. Remove cake from oven & immediately stick a fork in top several times to form. Pour boiling lemon mixture over the cake. Cool in pan.

results!

I can't believe it I miss it this sem! the leak out of results! haha what happens is that I worked from 4pm to 12am at Centrepoint Lancome on sat and at night, the website which released the exam reults well ahead of time spreaded like fire online... I was so tired from all the walking around on hells and serving the customers so I opted for the sack instead of the comp... Maybe it's good after all cos if I know my results i'll not be able to enjoy my bintan trip hahah let all the worries of the results wait till after xmas! hahah

Feeling rather excited about my bintan trip with gwen, davis, my bf, victor, derek and frens! hahah hope the weather will show mercy on us and not rain! Sunshine all day! we gonna do water sports like water ski, massage, cook! hahah it's like french trip all over again, without the restrictions of parents hahah a taste of freedom n independence heheh =]

Anyway, today i finally did my first sunday morning run and it's back at the good old track of Chinese High. I drove there and it's such a mistake cos it's so tricky to drive cos the bt timah road is full of windings and i dunno when to u-turn to get to chinese high... the funny thing is that when I was turning into the chinese high carpark, Mr Ram was walking in my direction, on the pavement... Such coincidence man... but he always look younger shavened hahah... so after i managed to park without hitch i went to run with my fren Shihan... the 30min was rather tiring cos i din have enuff sleep and we were jus going round and round... I drove shihan and jovian to eat breakfast later and it was a mistake to go all the way to Thomson! too far already and it was so hard to park cos must go parallel parking sigh... hahah the prata hse is damn ex too i only ate a cheese prata n a iced tea but it cost $2.70 =[ the worst thing is it started raining so heavily that I cant really see my way in the car... but somehow i was glad that i drove...

Oh at the carpark, i met this really weird driver who kept following me around! I tried to park at an empty lot and nearly reversed into his car cos he suddenly drove behind me... bloody idiot i put my hazard light on already lo... so i gave up and went up another floor though there were empty lots on that floor. to my horror, he was still following me! so i jus had to park somewhere first to let him past but i took a long time doing it... when he passed me he glared at me and i jus glared back... what the fuck... crazy idiot in a lexus... go die la!

For the rest of the day, I basically chauffeur my sister for her piano n violin class... but i did something drastic cos i parked my car near cck mrt and took the mrt to clementi to take the photos cos i got mrt concession... luckily i made it just in time to drive my sis to her piano class... felt so damn drained after all the driving lo... then still need to go and meet charlene at boonlay but i managed to catch some winks before going so it's not so bad... what a bloodly tiring day...