All Begins Here

20 January 2011

Good Morning. This is how Bich Duyen’s dining area look like.

Im hungryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

A cup of juice to boosted us up.

Vietnamese Chili

Banana.

Tea with milk

Our baguette and sunnies side up.

Morning view outside our hotel. I love it here because the hotel located inside the valley without facing the main road so it won’t be filled with all those busy noisy traffic out there.

The street outside our hotel.

The rubbish cart and the rubbish collector.

This is how it work.

Looked out the board above the entrance that’s how u can find Bich Duyen.

Met up with Quang, our tour guide from Saigon Hotpot (Saigon Hotpot is a group of university students who offer free tours of their native city.  All that needs to be paid is their transport costs to and from your meeting place and entrance fees where necessary.)

Here we are.

Buy ourself a ticket.

Loi Vao.

My pass.

Entered into a briefing room to listen to the history and structure of the Cu Chi tunnels before we start.

We were caught by our curiosities of why there are so crowded at that one spot.

Demonstration by the tourist guide.

He taught us how to hide ourself.

He’s gone.

He tried out himself.

Now u see me.

Now u don’t.

My turn.

I was so afraid that my flip-flop might fall into the hole.

Ok this is a false demonstration.

Why?

Because I might cause enemies spotted our hiding entrance spot by not covered with leaves and IT’S NOT TIGHT!!!

One of the many entrances to the underground tunnels.

Watch out!

It’s a trap.

A very small and narrow entrance.

fake entrance for confusing purpose

Women soldiers were usually tasked to guide the soldiers into the tunnels. So they played very important role when war.

Termite hole for ventilation of the smoke from kitchen

Saw a big tank.

Very big and scary when I was up there.

Gory places.

All the scary traps.

The military workshop.

This is how the process of rice paper are done.

Tags: Bia Saigon, Bich Duyen, Cho ben thanh market, chris chee, COOP Mart, Cu Chi tunnels, Cua Dong, Ho Chi Minh’s Central Post Office, Hoang Thy, Mailinh group, Nguyen Truong Nhat Quang, Nguyen Van Trang, Notre Dame Cathedral, Phuoc Hai Tu, Quan Com Binh Dan, Reunification Palace, Saigon Hotpot, Vietnamese Coffee Butt

19 January 2011

It was a lovely Wednesday to begin my Vietnam trip. All set and ready to go.

thank you Mr. Driver. (As it was a Wednesday, everyone was working so thanks to Mr. Driver who willing to fetch us to airport)

He got himself a set of fillet-o-fish

and for me, did some reading before head up to the plane.

our checked in online boarding passes.

it was a long queue at the boarding gate.

He always gets very excited whenever he gets to fly. (high-flyer betui)

Kesian that in here we didn’t get to pass through the sky bridge to get in like what we get in Australia.

Yay, after half year wait finally I am flying again. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Reached Lcct.

Me and my new crocs and my purple coasas cabin luggage, looks cool? *please say yes*

He always like to ask me to pose right in front of the arrival gate.

heading towards Lcct food garden. It was my 1st time there as I never know that Lcct had a food court there.

there were so many plugs for the travelers to do the charging.

I felt hungry after chatting online and updating facebook, so decided to tried the Nasi Padang.

cute plane they have.

Do you like this? Yes I do. That’s telling me :” you are way up in the sky”

Started my Twilight Saga: Eclipse using my Galaxy S. See a handy smart phone memang saved all my troublesome bringing my bulky laptop everywhere I go.

here we finally reached The international terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

i just couldn’t understand why are we two so lazy by not walking through the pathway but through the escalator.

Madness crowd that I’ve ever seen in my life outside the arrival gate.

Ga Trong Nuoc.

We need small change for the bus fare so I went to buy ourself a bottle of water in order to get small changes.

waiting Chris to find our bus 152

Fuh……..this remind me of our mini bus

our bus tickets. The bus fare costs 8,000 VND  per person.

have u ever heard of crazy traffic in vietnam??? Now that I’ve experienced it, it was MADNESS traffic that I’ve ever seen in my life. MAD!!!!

Vietnamese sitting by the roadside.

Tags: Ben Thanh night market, Bia Hoi, Bich Duyen, crazy buffalo, fillet-o-fish, Galaxy S, Lcct food garden, Nasi Padang, Pho Quynh, Saigon Beer, Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Twilight Saga: Eclipse

14th July 2010

Woke up and saw breakfast already prepared

Thank you Mr. B ♥

Ready to go.

2 hours drive to Philip Island so they have to take shift but better as compare to 4 hours drive to Great Ocean Road. 2nd Driver of the day.

Reached San Remo.

can you find this back in Penang?

As it is still early so alot of shops haven’t really open so we had our breakfast at Bakehouse.

kinda like this one.

The pastries

Awwww…….. ♥

Love is in the air ^^ Hahahahahahahah *wink*

Shoshweeeetttttt 1st peck on the cheek in Melbourne ♥

I don’t know why but we spent alot of time with the anchor

Arrived at Cape Woolamai

Parked.

It was suppose to be a surfer’s paradise but then it was winter when we arrived, that’s why we are the only one there.

trying to take a poo poo.

” Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now) ”

Koala Bear wanna be

Hahahahahaha she kinda fit that.

Yay! Didn’t want to get down to the beach as I afraid that the sands might spoil the boots that Kind jasmine borrowed me.

A candy shop besides A maze n Thing

the most awesome Maze and thing.

Do you realize there’s a invisible pipe connector?

keatttt daooooo…….

Busy digging gold.

I wanted to curi this mini gold digger back so that I can dig gold!

mini golf field for kids below 12.

entrance

The prices.

Common Optical illusion pictures on the wall.

Was feeling so dizzy in there. Everything was builted at a 45 degree angle.

The sink

the rubbish bin

MJ wannabe. so now we know MJ’s secret!

I became huge for a moment.

Ber-romance with the mirror

Why I am the only one who is not looking at the focus point?

The toilets

was shocked!

the corridor

I am very sure I wouldn’t want to eat this

neither this

This one doesn’t look fresh hahaha

This one too normal

Too cheeky hahahahaha

The shape of  Leslie and Chris

The shape of soo yee and me

Tags: A maze n Thing, Adrian Lim Chin Jooi, backwards clock, Cape Woolamai, chris che, Churchill Island, double whooper, grilled chicken burger, Hungry Jack, Koala Bear, Koala Conservation Centre, Kristo, lee soo yee, leslie kon, Penguin Parade, Philip Island, poncho, San Remo, Summerlands Beach, vivian tan chuu syn, wallaby

12th July 2010

It was the finale for the 2010 FIFA world cup. As from the beginning I have already supported the GREAT Spain will win the world cup and they had finally made it through the final round with Netherlands. Woke up in the middle of the night watch the whole game with Adrian Lim.

It was a long game. As usual, final what. What you expect! And Spain were playing Fcuking hard to get the title. see-ing Iniesta puts Spain on top of the world make me wanna had my tears of joy dropping down.

All this while, I have been waking up middle of the night to see every of their match. Now that they had finally won it, it worth all my beauty sleep and my mentally and physically support to them, IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!

They deserves it.

Heartiest breakfast.

All packed and ready to go.

Good morning people.

Sunrise in Melbourne.

the 1st driver of the day.

I wasnt aware when Leslie took over the 2nd driver place.

As I was sleeping in the car through the whole journey due to used up all my energy to support Spain the whole night.

and she is admiring the view.

garmin Nuvi Rocks.

Reached the petrol station at Port Campbell to filled up the car.

Stopped by at Room Six for our brunch.

day special on the board.

Even we were sitting inside and still we felt so damn COLD, so I cannot imagine if we were to sit outside that time how we would turned into.

The menu.

Had alot of hot choc. there. We had hot beverage all the time as the weather both outside and inside are way too cold for a cold drink. My 1st hot choc.

cappuccino

Hot tea

Soo Yee  Brekkie Special.

Chris  incredibly huge burger.

I am serious!! It is enormously HUGE! no joke.

Both me and Leslie decided to share a vegetarian pizza.

Even we shared still we could not finished whole pizza. we should have shared a pizza for four of us.

Tags: chris chee, Crown, FIFA world cup, garmin Nuvi, Great Ocean Road, Iniesta, lee soo yee, leslie kon, Loch Ard Gorge, London bridge, Muttonbird Island, Port Campbell, Razorback, Room Six, The Arch, The Blow hole, The Gibson Steps, The Grotto, Thunder cave, twelve Apostles, utomatic

9th April 2010

Got my immigration pass and passport ready.

was stuck in the line to pass the immigration check point for almost 1 and a half hour.

It’s so easy to go Macau from Zhu Hai. Like I mentioned in previous post in Zhu Hai all we need is to go over to GongBei port and walk to the immigration thats it. Don’t need to involve any transportation at all just your two feet.

After came out from here

Hello MACAUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Met up with our tour guide Miss Chong.

And start receiving all the messages like this.

Macau is a sin-city I guess. Too much casino here.

Everything in Macau look so Portuguese. This is called Portas do Cerco.

Saw an Esprit Outlet. There are alot in Hong Kong and I always thought Esprit in Hong Kong will be much cheaper than here but it prove me so wrong. It just the same like what we can get here. Deyammmm…..

How does the bus in Macau look like.

Their school uniform

and I guess this is the primary school uniform??? or different school got different uniform there?? I don’t know

Normally people go Macau they will certainly visit the St. Paul’s church and I don’t know why.

Spotted a boutique name Fatima and it reminds me of Farhana haha

In Macau they drive Toyota Corolla as taxi

Even the road sign board also in a very Portuguese style

Here we go

This is how the back of  The Ruins of St Paul’s Church look like

The Front.

Family’s shot.

went into the Crypt

Alot of Jesus statues in there

Paintings hanging on the wall

The Ruins of St. Paul’s (大三巴牌坊) refer to the façade of what was originally the Cathedral of St. Paul, a 17th century Portuguese cathedral in Macau dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle. Today, the ruins are one of Macau’s most famous landmarks. In 2005, the Ruins of St. Paul were officially enlisted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau.

Timeline

Cute doggie

and there’s a dog fight.

And beside the church it was a Na Tcha Temple 大三巴哪吒廟 is a Buddhist and Taoist temple in Macau dedicated to the worship of the deity Na Tcha.

The temple became one of the designated sites of the Historic Centre of Macau enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

and the Old Macau City Walls was made out of  clay, sand, rice straw, rocks and oyster shells. The city wall sections are now part of the Historic Centre of Macau UNESCO World Heritage Site also.

Friendly guide.

This are a few houses in Macau

a small road side stall selling books and newspaper like we always saw it in the movies.

Aha! Caltex in Macau

Golden Dragon Casino

Hotel Golden Dragon

It’s a buffet lunch this time Woahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Fuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yay!!!! Buffet.

1st round

2nd round

Actually I start to felt full but I still go for 3rd round. Yada yada yada I know I am greedy indeed SUper greedy

but you know the food in Villa Picasso *mmmmmmuaaaahhh* Delicious! or maybe just because for the past few days all the food I ate are always the same? Probably.

I realize in Macau they used to parked their bikes under the flyover and in Macau there’s alor of motorcyclist as well

we stopped at a Souvenirs shop to get our souvenirs bought and bring back home fresh.

Orient Arch 东方拱门

The Statue of Guan Yin, a blend between the traditional images of the goddess Guan Yin and Holy Mary. This Guan Yin statue looks sad and what according to my father was because Guan Yin feel sad to see all those people who came over to Macau just because they are all gamblers 赌鬼 hahahaha lameeeee joke.

The buildings in Macau all very Portuguese-ish nd the road are all quite steep.

Here we reached A-Ma Temple 妈阁庙 one of the oldest and most famous temples in Macau. The name Macau is thought to be derived from the name of the temple. It is said that when the Portuguese sailors landed at the coast just outside the temple and asked the name of the place, the natives replied “媽閣”. The Portuguese then named the peninsula Macao.

And I tend to like taking pictures with ROCK hahahaha WTF!

The blessings.

I like how the buildings structure in Macau look like

even a lamp pose also look nice to me. So vintage.

The famous Koi Kei shop.

Tags: A-Ma Temple, Cathay Pacific, Cybernetic Fountain, Esprit Outlet, Golden Dragon Casino, Gong Bei port, Grand Lisboa, Hong Kong International Airport, Hotel Royal, Koi Kei, Macau, Macau bridge, Macau Sky Tower, Na Tcha Temple, Old Macau City Walls, Orient Arch, Portas do Cerco, portuguese egg tart, Senado Square, Sunday Cone, The Gondola ride, The Holy House of Mercy, The Ruins of St Paul's Church, The Statue of Guan Yin, The Venetian, Tsingtao beer, Turbo Jet, Vasco da Gama, Villa Picasso, Wynn hotel