Get together..

Are you married? Do you have kids? Where are you working now? These are some common questions that we asked whenever we meet up with some schoolmates or college mates of ours if we happen to meet up or bump into each other.. I know sometimes we do run out of topic to ask but then again.. It’s nice to still keep in touch and just have fun together.

We had organized a gathering for all my MGSians schoolmate last Saturday. I really do hope that I can meet up with more of them whom I have not seen since we left school. I have not much luck though as many of them couldn’t make it for the event. Nevertheless, it was a nice outing. Thanks to those who attended.

The leng luis.. Don't we look like we're posing for some Ms Malaysia photoshoot?... haha

After dinner, we went to this club called "The bed". What did we do there apart from dancing? Taking pictures.. hehe.. :)

Say OooOOooo....

Somewhere... over the rainbow..

This was what I saw on my way to work this morning... Nice! What a good start for a Monday Morning. :)

Dooms day...

My heart broke into pieces when I found out something drastic happened to my baby....

What can I do?

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I can't cry..... I can't scold...

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I can just keep quiet.... and send her to the 'beauty parlour'

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Please mourn for her...

Some pictures of her..

Good old days...

Met up with YK and SW last Saturday in Ipoh.. The same old gang during high school. All of us were there except one.. Faye.. She “FFK” the last minute.. hehe…
It was a good session. Hope to do that again.. Miss you guys so much! Muax muax!!

Siem Reap – Day 2

The whole day was dedicated to visiting temples and that’s also the main purpose why we were there. To be honest, after visiting all the temples, I find that all temples looked quite the same and I can’t really tell which is which. The reason there were so many different temples was because it was built by different kings at different era. The walls of the temples were all drawn with pictures depicting the life they have at that time. Most of the temples were being built in the city called the Angkor City.

The entrance to the Angkor city…

The first temple we visited was Bayon temple.

Some interesting spots in this temple are as below:-

Am I in a maze? So many pillars..

The smiling face with thick lips.. Meant to being good fortune..

Kissing my forehead?

And then The Elephant’s Terrace…


After lunch, we headed to the temple made famous by Tomb Raider ->

Ta Prom Temple.

I like this temple the most compared to the rest. It’s because it’s still in its original state.. Most of the other temples were all restored except for this temple. What is so special about this temple are the trees and roots all grown from the rock and creeps against the wall.

Look at the tree behind. It’s grown from the rock of the temple.

Look at some of the ruins of the temple..


This is the roots of the tree seen earlier in the above picture…


Kate @ Tomb raider


What can you see from this shot?

What am I doing now?
Shoving his ass… hahaha..

One interesting picture in this temple is this picture on the wall of A dinosaur.. That means it really does exist in the olden days.. else.. how will they know there’s such an animal and drew it there?

Last but not least, we went to Angkor Wat.. the most famous temple of all..

Climbing to heaven.. there are 36 steep steps to reach the top part for prayers for the king and they called it the heaven..


To be continued.....

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A break from my Siem Reap Trip details.. Practising for my dancing exam next Saturday.. Will be taking the Cha cha dance and the Samba..

A sneak preview on my Cha cha practising session....




How's it? Good? I'm just a beginner k.. :)

Siem Reap - Day 1

Upon arrival at Siem Reap airport, we were greeted by a representative from the hotel which I’ve booked. He then fetched us to the hotel to check-in.

I’ve read from forums saying that the air is very dusty in SR. Therefore, I’ve prepared mask for us to use there. Here comes the Ninjas from Malaysia. Yeehahh!!

Below are some of the snapshots taken along the way to our hotel.

After checking in, the tuk-tuk driver fetched us for lunch. We'd requested the driver to fetch us to someplace where we can eat cambodian food at a cheap price. He suggested his cousin's place. So we had Khmer food for lunch.

Khmer Curry @ $4

Angkor Beer @ $2.50

After lunch, he fetched us to the old market to do a bit of shopping because there's no where else to go. We did not go to Tonle Sap because of the weather. It was very very hot. So we just walked around the market.

After an hour walking aimlessly, we decided to go somewhere where there's air condition and to relax a bit. Guess what will that be? Massage of course! :) We went to try their traditional massage - Khmer Massage @ $6 per hour. Not too bad.

The massage was superb... After the massage, we went to meet up with our driver again and then off we went to purchase tickets to visit the temples the next day. The entrance fee is $20 per person for 1 day. With these tickets, we were able to catch the sunset at one of the temples for free. So off we went to our first temple in this trip. I can't really remember the name of this temple but it's situated on a hill top and we had to walk up for about 20 minutes.

We didn't manage to catch the sun set because the sun was blocked by the clouds.. So we just sat there for a while and take pictures. :)

After that, we went for dinner. We went to have fried rice at a very cheap price near the pub street. One plate was $0.6 and the place is clean. The food was quite tasty too. What's next then? Drinking again. There's not much to do besides hanging out at the pub street and get a few beers.


There goes my first day at Siem Reap. To be continued......

I just got back from Cambodia yesterday. I went to Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Siem Reap is famous for all its ancient temples and it’s made famous by the movie Tomb Raider staring Angelina Jolie. Ever since that movie, the place expanded from a very small village to a very touristy area. Tourism is their main source of income in this small town.

In the next few entries, it will be focused on the places I’d visited. I did some research on the internet and made all the hotel bookings and arranged the driver by myself through e-mail. You can find different types of hotel accommodation depending on your budget from USD5 to USD 150. I chose a medium range budget hotel at USD17 per night as I know I will not spend much time there. The place I stayed at Siam Reap is the “Golden Temple Villa” and it is rated as one of the best budget hotels by the Lonely Planet.

As recommended by the forumers at Tripadvisor, I booked Kim Soryar as my tuk tuk driver and he recommended one of his friends as the tour guide. I had no regrets and was lucky that I had booked them. They are really nice people and I managed to make friends with some of their friends as well.

My Humble little house

A snapshot :)

Sweet Red Rose

I was browsing Friendster and came across one of my colleague’s blog. All her entries are about her adventures in the UK. And this suddenly brings me back to memory lane and I miss UK.. (*sob sob*)

Something suddenly hit on me… Did I choose the correct path? If I didn’t choose this new path, I will still be in UK, exploring & working. Earn some money to make my bank account healthier. Or another option I can do is to do contracting. I can choose to do contracting and travel as well if I did not choose the new path.

I should stop thinking that way.. Be optimistic rite.. Hmm.. This new path that I’ve chosen… ermm… I’m not learning much at the moment.. maybe it’s the timing. I need to wait for the opportunity to come and learn. I’m not saying that this new path that I’ve chosen is not good.. It has a very bright future ahead but I just need to wait and learn more so that I can stand alone. Just imagine that I’m now only a bud. I need time, sunlight, lots of water and fertilizer in order to bloom to become a very beautiful flower.

Feed me some water… Feed me some “vitamins” so that I’ll grow into a lovely red ROSE like this!