I should be typing my essay which is due in 2 weeks!! but i needed a break, so what the hell.okok..dont say i didnt warn, but its gonna be a long post! heh
My annual leave ended last week, a little fast but it was fruitful! first up, spent the first day just lazing at home and catching up with whats on tv and stuff, thinking of what to post for my reflective question (1 due each week!!)
2nd day of AL, lazed half the day, headed out to meet kevin n karen for dinner, which was really late, but oh wells, kev was super excited with the fact that we were heading to play l4d after dinner that he was like..."faster eat!! its 9 already!!" so yea...speaking of which...i kinda miss playing it!! oh no..better not get addicted!!
3rd day spent at the Zoo. Yes, 4 overgrown kids at the zoo! haha, met jak, charmaine and janet at AMK for lunch before we bus down. I must say, for a weekday, it was pretty croweded, but then again, it was the pri/sec school holidays, so, expected. After spending a day under the sweltering heat, headed to PS for movie and dinner, think we practically stink up the entire cinema! haha, but the most annoying thing about the movie, the couple behind place their bare feet like on our head/arm rest, so basically, if i turned to talk to my jak, i'd see a feet first! we got so annoyed that we raised the arm rest in the end. stupid inconsiderate people!
After the movies, rushed to carrefour to buy last minute stuffs for my trip to vietnam!!
First time flying alone overseas is simply fun!! wished i had the money and time to do it more often =(.. waited at HCM airport for like 30 mins for zena, turns out that girl was stuck in early morning traffic (it was friday, and i arrived at 0850 their time). scared me half to death, thought she overslept or something! breakfast was traditional roadside sandwich which was really delicious, the three layered pork ( san cham bak or smthg like that) with over easy eggs in a baguette. She brought me around the city, it was madness!! the heat was just unbearable!!! met her roommate hoon kiat, he joined us for lunch, brought me to another road side stall to try out their noodles, fantastic!! walked in the sweltering heat, decided to stop by fanny's (their version of like, say, haagen dazs, basically an ice cream palour kinda thing) had extremely good ice cream, and its back to walking in the heat to banh tienh market to shop!! =D.bought bags, some clothes for the younger bro and mom. got karen's beef noodles!
Dinner was at zhi cha (their version) , not too bad though most of the dishes we wanted were sold out =( so zena brought me to a road side stall(yet again, but i dun mind, it tasts wayy better!) to eat their beef steak..omg..just thinking of it now makes me want to fly there for more!! it is so thin and tender, its filling but doesnt make you feel too full kinda thing. hitched a ride from her other roommates in a cab, headed to some arabian kinda pub thingy, nice chill out place, they drank and sesha-ed. there was even belly dancing, but the girls only kept dancing to one particular song, which began to annoy us but oh wells..
the next day, took a 4-hour long bus ride to mui ne resort (beach resort) for a nice getaway. the china kid behind kept singing and talking, i have no idea where she got all that energy from cause our ride was at 7am in the morning!!!! we blasted our ipods but still cldnt drown out her voice ..sigh... the drive there was alittle nerve wrecking cause, for those who have been to vietnam before, you'd know that even with traffic lights, they just drive with not a care in the world, the only comforting thing is that they're driving at 40-50km/h!! hahaha!! and the reason why they horn at you is to warn you, but still manage to siam you! imagine in SG, one would probably get "the finger" from the driver if you jay walked on a busy roundabout! (yes.. HK and zena made me do tt)
so anyways, our room was directly outside the beach, not a seaview from the room but well, its just "open door and your at the beach!" kinda room. the view was pretty, rented bikes to cycle around, ZENA GOT A BIKINI!! yes..you heard me right!! hahah..but its really nice! speaking of the bikes that we rented, we got conned la!! someone stole one of our bikes while we were lounging at the poolside!! and we paid approx in SG 133..like what the hell, its not even BMX material can!! meals were all provided with the package that we bought, it was not bad. the comforting thing at night when you sleep is that you could hear the waves crashing in, somehow, it was very soothing.
next morning, we lazed in the room instead of heading out. left mui ne at approx 12 noon, reached HCM at 6pm?? headed to benh tienh to look for HK, then walked around abit, went to the night market thingy for dinner. met her welfare coordinator ben and his gf, plus the rest of her roommates, had shells (a motherlode of them) for dinner, and personally not a fan of shells, the way they cooked it, it was awesome!!!
headed to acoustic (their version of timbre) not too bad, though i feel it should be open -aired cause the loudness is magnified in an enclosed area! drinks were damn cheap..her indonesian friend wanted to get to know some girl, its damn funny, shant go into details. so my last night was pretty fun. unfortunately, my flight was at 7 am in the morning!!
oh wells, back in SG, back to reality, though it was a quick getaway, it was good! unfotunately, had to head to sch after i got back..and then its back to work again..sighhh...
but my last weekend was pretty good!! kor managed to get rooms at Crowne Plaza at Changi Airport. it was really nice, room with a pool view, 2 king sized bed!! awesome toilet that overlooks the room! sighh..i wana live there permanently please!!!..too bad all good things must come to an end. now its really back to the harsh reality of life =(
