24th May 2010 - Monday
Thailand - Krabi Trip (pre-night)
::additional night at Changi Airport::
yes! flying off the next day morning. we have waited for so long, after all the counting down xD. our flight was at 6.35am on Tuesday morning and we have decided to camp at Changi Airport the night before, instead of taking a cab in the middle of the night. imagine we have to check in at 4.35am, what time must we leave house? and especially with all the midnight charges =S
so we have decided to take the last train down to Changi Airport. it was a real tiring day for me as i ended my work at 6pm, and i have rushed down to People's Association HQ for our 4th flashmob dance rehearsal together with Edmund, Ginnette and Xue Ni. and then we have to dump Edmund behind and request to leave early at around 8.45pm.
rushed home, bathe, have dinner, final checking and packing of my bags. meet Fazillah at our hosue bus stop and off we go to Tiong Bahru Plaza to meet Ginnette and Xue Ni.
took train from Tiong Bahru MRT.
OFF WE GO!!~
and yeah, we managed to catch the last train towards Changi at Tanah Merah. we reached Changi at around 11.50pm, we walked to Terminal 3 for our Popeye supper.. but it was still early and we were not that hungry yet, so we did some drawings/colouring with the crayons provided there.
such a big piece of paper, and we coloured until our hand very very tired!! lol.
in the midst of colourings.
YO! final product DONE!!~
we took a few group photos there before going over to Popeye for supper xD.
our group photo
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and next, pushed the trolley full of baggage to Popeye at around 12.30am. the queue at Popeye was terribly long, and there's only one counter opened with only one staff serving at the counter.
we queued for like almost half an hour before it's finally our turn to place order, we ordered 2 sets of 2 pcs meal to share together.
@ Popeye having supper xD
we spent for like an hour eating and then we made our way to Terminal 2 to take the free shuttle bus to Budget Terminal.
we took alot of silly photos while on our way to Terminal 2. LOL!!
beware of slippery floor. haha
i like this photo, Ginnette and me looked like we were dancing =D
L.O.V.E ♥
nearer and nearer!
Free Shuttle Bus to Budget Terminal > > >!!
very style & cool picture.
i love to pose with BIG ACTION!! haha
Bus to Budget Terminal.
just right ahead!!
flight timing!~
photo of despair?!
there's actually a shuttle bus behind and we wanted to pose and take a picture together with it, just when we set the camera in timer mode, and we stood down there for 10 seconds. the bus just zoom off all of a sudden before the camera snap the picture.
arghhh. and we ended up having our group photo with blank background. lol. the bus? GONE? and the bus was actually in 30 minutes interval!!~ and so we went back inside the Terminal and sat on the floor to wait.
@ Terminal 2 sitting on the floor while waiting for the bus.
haha. instead of wasting time down there, we on our music with speaker and practice on our flashmob dance. it was pretty hilarious to see people walking past us looking at us with funny looks!! haha. they must have thought that we were silly to dance at this hour xD
finally, the bus arrived after waiting for 30 minutes. we quickly grabbed hold of the chance to take the bus picture which we did not manage to get just now.
yay! finally with the bus behind!! hahaha.
board the bus at 2.35am.
BUDGET TERMINALEnjoy the Difference!
we reached the Budget Terminal at 2.50am. it was crowded with people. some were lying at the chairs, some were facing down at the table taking a nap while waiting for the time to check in.
the people!!
baggage weight.
we weighed our baggage + hand-held to see whether our bag had exceeded the 7kg limit. and besides Fazillah, the rest of us all exceeded the 7kg limit, with me exceeded the most by 1.5kg. oh my!~
it was written clearly that we'll have to pay $18 for every 1kg exceed. omg, i don't want to pay $27 just for that stupid extra 1.5kg!!! i was praying hard that they will not check our baggage weight later on!!~
and so, while waiting for 4.35am, we spent the rest of our time at the McDonald's. we bought Ice Milo, Ginnette and Xue Ni continued their knitting while Fazillah and me switched on our laptop to surf net xD
@ McDonald's... and we were pretending to sleep =X
finally, the counter was opened at 4.20am, and we quickly went over to do group check in. and thank god the guy did not check on our baggage weight xD phew!~
Checking in sooooon!~
our air ticket..
a piece of paper!~ really very budget!!
because.. enjoy the difference =.='''
entering the Departure gate!!!
toilet break!!
and now.... over at the Boarding Gates!!
BON VOYAGE!!
we quickly made our way to Gate 1 which was right at the very far end. it was really very very far, we walked for super long then reached Gate 1. haha.
it was 5am when we reached Gate 1 and we have like one hour to wait before we can board the plane.. ahhhh!~ it's all about waiting and waiting... =/
with our plane behind!!
Group photo xD
Fazillah sleeping on 2 chairs!! lol.
like some homeless kid!~
TIGER AIRWAYS!~
and... finally we were able to board the plane at 6.05am.. KRABI, HERE WE GO!~ so lucky, i'm able to have the window seat again!! haha. this was my first time taking budget airline. indeed, the seats were rather cramped, but i'm still okay with it xD
waiting for the plane to take off!!!
anyway, the rest aleady fell asleep while i'm the one still wide awake. there's a small delay and when the plane just took off at 7am, i caught this super nice sunrise!! too bad the rest was sleeping!! haha.
sunrise!~
and soon, i fell asleep too. it was a one and a half hour flight journey!! so excited, we will be reaching Krabi soon xD
and so... my actual Day 1 post will be on my next entry... SOON!~ which i don't know when can i actually finished editing all those photos.. TOO MANY already O_O
Budget Terminal slogan: Enjoy the Difference!
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*Day 4Labels: Candilicious, overseas trips
23rd May 2010 - Sunday
Malaysia - Malacca Trip Day 2
my stupid alarm woke me up at 6.30am. went down for hotel buffet breakfast at 7am. we have to eat early as our meeting time was at 8.30am. the variety of food was considered not that bad for a small hotel.
and they served donut too xD
after breakfast, we went back to our room to rest and pack our stuffs and of course, for some toilet break =X. going to check out soon!! Ahhhhh, why couldn't i spend a little more time in the hotel!!! i checked in like around 9++ last night, and now going checked out at 8.30am. not in 12 hours loh!!!
our messy room!!
trying not to waste the time.
took some photo with my mama. she trying to act like some model xD
barang barang.
waiting at the lobby for the organiser to check out for us =X
Map of Melaka City
the nice tour guide and me ^.^Y
loading our bags into the bus.
and next, the bus took us to some sightseeing place in Malacca. finally i got to visit Malacca historical site. first place, the tour guide brought us to the Christ Church which was built in 1753. wow, over 200 years of history.
the Christ Church Melaka.
cannon!!!
signboard!
next, we walked up a very steep slope, up to the St. Paul's Hill. while walking up, we bypass a few other tourist attraction place.
walking up the slope!~
Gallery of Admiral Cheng Ho
Galeri Laksamana Cheng Ho
Democratic Government Museum
Muzium Pemerintahan Demokrasi
taken from the top view.
the view was beautiful!!
finally, we reached the top to St. Paul's Hill after climbing countless flight of stairs. it was built at 1571 by the Portuguese. the statue of him is actually without his right palm.
Statue of St. Francis Xavier.
behind of the statue was actually St. Paul's Church. but it was no longer in use. the church was formerly a chapel for the Portuguese and it was named as "Nosa Senhora" - Our Lady of the Hill. but after the Dutch colonised Melaka, the church was renamed to St. Paul's church.
anyway, the St. Paul's church turned into a burial ground and graveyard after the Christ Church was built.
the ruin of the St. Paul's Church.
and off we go downhill back to the ground floor. we saw Porta de Santiago which was also known as A' Famosa.
Ruins of Fort A' Famosa.
Porta de Santiago, or Gate of St. James, is solely remaining gateway into the fortress built by the Portuguese when they conquered Malacca in 1511. it was now erroneously called the A' Famosa.
Ancient train and aeroplane!
well, after all these sightseeing places and the blazing sun almost melted all of us. lol. finally, somewhere we were all looking forward to.... air-conditioned shopping mall xD. there was quite a number of shopping centre nearby.
Malaysia's First Eco-friendly mall..
still under construction!! hahaha.
Singapore also have Eco-friendly mall... at City Square Mall!! hahaha.. anyway, we were given 2 hours to shop there. there's so many shopping centre, we decided to choose Mahkota Parade because it looked the biggest to us. and i bet it must be real cooling inside xD
ahhhh.. WE NEED AIR CON!!!!~
we had a light breakfast at the McDonald's there. most of my father's friends went there for cold drinks. everyone was real thirsty after one whole morning under the sun.
most of the shop was not opened yet as it was still quite early. and i came across Bosco Wong signboard outside one spectacles shop. i think he's the spokesperson for that shop. xD
Bosco Wong.
i was walking randomly around when the "&" tee shirt attracted me xD. so after much consideration, i dragged my mama into the shop and i bought that tee shirt. anyway, 2 for RM50, so i bought 2. the white tee is for my brother =D
i bought 3 pairs of socks as well. 3 pairs for RM10 xD
2 t-shirt bought at Radioactive shop @ RM50.
3 pair of socks at Radioactive @ RM10.
and we spent the rest of the time inside Yee Hai CD/VCD/DVD shop. definitely not me who brought them here. my parent and all their friends totally into the shop. they bought alot alot of karaoke vcd back. yea, of course all their era type of songs lah. those oldies!~ hahaha
there will never be a day you see them listening to the modern pop star/singer songs! that day will never come hahaha. my mother was even complaining to me that nowadays songs are damn noisy!! lol. =/
the shop that we spent 1 hour at!!
massage chair!
and just right outside the shop, there's a few massage chair stationed outside. it's only RM1 for a 5 minutes massage! haha. so nice, there's massage chair provided inside a shopping centre. hahaha.
and after that, we went back to our bus and we're on our way to the Nyonya Makko restaurant for our lunch. it's just a 30 minutes bus ride to reach the place. the food there s0-s0 only, not really that delicious!!~
our Nyonya Lunch.
after lunch, we were brought to Yong Sheng Food Gift Shop. it's some kind of shop that sell alot kinds of biscuits. Malaysia got alot this kind of local biscuit shop, i realised all the Malaysia tour, they sure bring us there to boost their business. it's like one of their trend already =p
after that, it's another temple visiting. anyway, i went to this temple before on my previous Muar trip. haha. so not much pictures taken there.
YAY. Y^.^
had a quick tour at the temple and quickly went back to the bus. the weather was really terribly hot!!! next, we had a 1 hour 30 minutes ride to reach our next biscuit kind of shop again. lol. my mother and friends continued their karaoke in the bus.
Malacca Town!!
anyway,everyday i came this shop. it's a MUST for me to buy that Crispy Seaweed Cracker. it's a MUST BUY!!!! my favourite seaweed cracker and it can only be found in Malaysia!! T_T why Singapore don't have!!!!!
the moment i stepped into the shop, i quickly grabbed it and dumped inside my mother's basket!! haha. it's like RM14.25 for one packet. pretty expensive!
and finally, our last place in Malacca. dinner at Cathay Restaurant. and the food there was superb. i totally into the food world there, lol.
anyway, there's this food wrapped with bean curd skin. i have no idea what is wrapped inside, but the wrapping itself looked like a frog leg to me =S. i asked around what was inside, but no one answered me. ='( some say is chicken inside, some say it's only bean curd skin.
i totally have no idea.... so i choose NOT TO EAT IT!!! haha.
anyway, their best food was the mayonnaise sauce prawn + cracker and the fried ketchup fish!! hmmm yummy!~
and so, after eating, it's home sweet home. took an hour ride to reach the Malaysia Checkpoint. and we're so lucky that there's no jam at the custom!! haha. phew!~
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Krabi Trip: Pre-night @ Changi Airport
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