Phuket: First Holiday Trip with Dear and Family

Finally, my long-awaited well-deserved holiday in Phuket! It was my first holiday trip with Manfred, and his parents! :) It was wonderful trip with good weather, fresh seafood, great bargains and lotsa fun!

Highlight of the trip was tour to the neighboring islands. Included in the itinerary were Maya Bay, Phi Phi Lay, Viking Cave, Monkey Beach, Coral Bay, Phi Phi Don and Khai Island.

Ride in the speed boat wasn't easy though smooth. High tide and strong wind made our journey jumpy and cold. The weather was cloudy with slight rain in the morning.

Our first destination was Phi Phi Lay, where our boat stopped by for snorkeling activities. It has awesome lagoon, and water was so clear that you can see the fishes swimming around you.




















Awesome lagoon view at Phi Phi Lay

Next we passed by Viking Cave and visited Monkey Beach where all the monkeys dwell. Dropped by for monkey feeding and photo taking. Thereafter, we went snorkeling at Coral Bay. The view of corals was really breathtaking.















Monkey Beach















Snorkeling in Coral Bay

Heavy rain poured down just about when we were to leave for lunch at Phi Phi Don. Fortunately, it was bright and windy when we reached our last destination, Khai Island. Beautiful white sandy beach with blue sky water. God has blessed our journey. If God is with us, who can be against us? AMEN!















Beautiful view at Phi Phi Don















White sandy beach at Koh Khai

Next day we visited Kata View Point where you can see all three beaches -Patong, Karon and Kata -from top, underwater world and National Park.















Phuket view from Kata View Point -BREATHTAKING- *gasp!















Underwater World

The trip was fulfilling, yet relaxing. Most importantly, we all had good recharging break and come back feeling refreshed! And, I and Manfred had crafted our first holiday trip memory :)




















Aren't we lovely and loving ;p

Happy Birthday Heru

Sushi Tei Dinner

Lately I'm craving for good Japanese food. I'm not really a big fans of Sushi Tei, but l0ng queue at Vivo City's outlet aroused my curiosity. What is the difference between this outlet and others? I peeked on the menu and it's exactly the same menu as other outlets. So what makes the queue in this outlet is exceptionally long? So we decided to check out the restaurant.

Our first dish was tuna, salmon and scallop sashimi. The sashimi was really fresh! Moreover, they all have indescribable smoothness and sweetness that melts in the mouth. Marvelous dish! My favorite was the otoro! Manfred loves it too!















Otoro, Salmon belly and Scallop sashimi

Next came Gyukaki, raw beef which we had to cook ourselves. It's a good concept as one can choose the level of rawness that he/she prefers. The meat was fresh and the size of the cut was excellent. The sauce could have been better though.















Gyukaki

This is one of Manfred's favorite -Suki Nabe. The soup was very rich in taste -sweet, sour, hot and spicy! It has generous amount of fresh prawns, fishes, chicken meats and vegetables. Carrots were very sweet too.















Suki Nabe

Dessert was vanilla chocolate chip ice cream wafer. I just love this dessert! Don't ask me why -perhaps it just reminds me so much of my childhood ;p















Vanilla chocolate chip ice cream wafer

Total bill churned out to be $98+. Value for money? Definitely no, but the dinner worth the value. And most importantly, we both had wonderful dinner :)




















Satisfied happy couple :)


ps. I figured out that the queue in this outlet is exceptionally long because it's weekend in Vivo City! ;p

Crave for Romance

Lately both of us have been bogged down by our targets and deadlines. I can't really recall when was the last time we had good quality time together. Now everytime we meet just to end our day. Conversations are mostly accompanied with complaints and whines :( Words like 'tired', 'pain', 'sianz' colored our chats.

What do we lack of I wonder? R-O-M-A-N-C-E

It's no surprise that we have not been spending time with each other, although we always spend time together. Forget about the romance part, we barely make time for each other. The only time we made was rest time.

This is the downside of our career :( We spend so much time with friends and clients, yet we have to sacrifice time with our loved ones. But this is no excuse. There is never enough time for everything if we ourselves did not take effort to create time.

Quoted from Pastor Lawrence during Romance & Courtship Seminar:

You want a beautiful love story, write it. You want romance, create it.

Happy Career Anniversary

Time flies!

I have no idea how I made it here. But, all credits go to His grace that I didn't just make it here, I made it well!

Tough challenges. Difficult times. Low morale. All has passed. His glory remains.

HAPPY 1st YEAR CAREER ANNIVERSARY

ps: Happy Independence Day, Americans ;)

Autism Children Ministry

After 3months of prayers, countless signs and guidance, I decided to serve in Autism Children Ministry in my church, New Creation Church.

Over the past 10months, I have experience tremendous growth in my spiritual life. All these praise God for His guidance and Holy Spirit, also for Manfred who has always been by my side and guiding me back to Him whenever I'm down and lost track.

I have received so much of His blessings upon me and now I am ready to give the same blessings that I have received to others. It's said that we as children of God, when we rolled our sleeves and serve others, we magnify the glory of our Father, the Lord our God.

This morning was my first day of service. There were total of 12children and 15teachers.

I was assigned to a cute boy of age 5. He was bubbly, active and unique, none like others. As this is our first encounter, he was not very comfortable and open to me initially. However, after 3hours of good activities together, he started to open up and accepted me. Although I haven't managed to get him to communicate with me, he acknowledged my presence (which is very tough for Autism child)

How to diagnose Autism? First, the children are slow in speech. Second, they do not interact with each other. Third, they have short attention span. It's amazing to see 12 children play by themselves without acknowledging each other presence. Even when child A took away child B's toy, child B just happily played with other toys.

The aim of this ministry is to give the parents peace of mind to attend church and spend time with God, knowing that their unique beloved children are under good care of God's glory. The program for these children include playing, singing, snack time, arts & craft and praying.

Overall, I had great satisfying 6hours with my child and I faithfully believe that God will heal them. No autism is too great for God to heal. Amen!

Ronald's & Ari's Birthday Party

Had great fun with my great friends celebrating Ronald's and Ari's birthday party today @ Wheelock Cedele Depot.















The birthday boys ;)

It has been ages since the last time all of us met up for outing. Oh well, hat's how it goes when we have entered the work force I guess. Everyone is now busy with their own stuff, company functions, activities, work, girlfriends/boyfriends etc.















See everyone happy faces :)

Nevertheless, I managed to get everyone out and glad that all had great fun!















So fun!

Ari specially mentioned to have the outing organized more often ;)















Yummy healthy mango cake




















Happy Birthday My Friends :)

3D2N Cruise Challenge

Finally! I managed to hit my 3D2N Cruise Challenge in the short 3weeks time.

I'm so excited and proud of my achievement.

I'm also, surprisingly, on target with my EDP qualifications and also my year end targeted income goal.

All praise God!

Also thank Ivy for her 'wake-up' slap ;p

Beware! It Bites!

One sting has claimed two lives in Singapore this year. It shows how deadly this tiny sting is, yet many of us are still underestimating it. Dengue cases are reported at its highest level this year, with total of 2,868 cases for the first 6months, doubled the number for the same period last year. 293 cases were reported two weeks ago, and last week it hit the epidemic level with 401 cases being reported.

Dengue can cause dengue fever and dengue haemorraghic fever. Dengue haemorraghic fever is a more severe form of dengue which can lead to death if unrecognized or not treated properly. One of the common symptoms is sudden onset of fever accompanied by intense headache, body aches, joint pains, nausea and development of skin rashes. More serious symptoms include severe bleeding problems, such as gum or nose bleeding and bleeding into the skin or internal organs, along with evidence of plasma leakage. These severe bleeding problems normally present in dengue haemorraghic fever.

Presently, there is no specific treatment for dengue fever or dengue haemorraghic fever. Infected patients will be given fluid injections and frequent blood test monitoring to reduce complications of the disease. For more severe cases, blood transfusions may be required.

I urge every one of us to be more alert and responsible for our own actions. There are many things that are not within our control; however, there are some things that we can decide to have. Friends, we have the ability to create a healthy environment for us and our family to live in.

It is now the matter of choice. What is yours?

Asset Builder Launch

As of 8th Jun'07, AIA has terminated the plan for CPF investment below $10K. Now, min. investment value for CPF is $10K.

Good news are there will be no more mortality charge (pure investment) and funds will be purchased at bid price with ONLY 3% initial sales charge (down from usual 5% sales charge). Also, investors are now entitled to unlimited fund switch!

What's more?

Investors are entitled to first day MAN-U cover exclusive to AIG. Offer period until end Jul'07.

Hurry up friend! Don't miss this chance to grow your money! ;)

New Hairdo 2007

APLIC Taipei -Day 6

Last day in Taipei -FINALLY. My whole body is aching :(















Posing with our newly bought clothes :p















Best colleagues :)




















Look at the amount of TaiYangBing and Mochi we bought!

GoodBye Taipei -I'll be BACK!

APLIC Taipei -Day 5

Last day of APLIC -Closing ceremonies + Free & Easy!

Walked from Xiao Ji Dan all the way to Zhong Xiao Dong Lu -the center of shopping district like Orchard Rd. We walked underground of Zhong Xiao Dong Lu MRT all the way to SOGO.

The underground mall is full of shopping area. More interestingly, the mall name is in descending manner from shopping mall 7 all the way to shopping mall 1! Unique indeed





















Last day shopping at WuFenBu -a wholesale place in Taipei. The price is more than reasonable -only $4each! *speechless! But what amaze me more was seeing how Ivy shops -30mins in the shop and she swept away 25pcs of clothings! Oh well, all she got is money anyway :p

Ended my day with 6pcs of new clothings and 2accessories :D

APLIC Taipei -Day 4

Second day of APLIC -morning session + 3workshops




















Xu Feng and Moi

Spent the evening visiting XiMenDing :)




















Duck Tongue -Ya Shi Tou




















Duck Heart -Ya Xin *yummy!















The famous Ah Zhong Mee Sua @ XiMenDing -lovin' it!




















XiMenDing

APLIC Taipei -Day 3

First day of our APLIC seminar -morning session + 4workshops















Main Hall

Dinner was at TaiNan restaurant -recommended by Ronald Koh. Food was delicious indeed -contemporary fusion style.















Reminiscing the past

APLIC Taipei -Day 2

Up to YangMingShan early afternoon. Fresh air, beautiful scenery, friendly locals :) Breakfast was the famous local ginger-sweet-potato. Hot and yummy! *slurpp..















Moi and Ching




















Er Mei Pai :p




















The famous flower *forgot its name















Breathtaking view

Lunch was taken in the area -with the famous local chicken. Meat was juicy, but not very tender. Ivy reasoned that the chickens in the area run around a lot, thus their meat are muscly -_-'




















Nice view -minus the gate

Next destination was sulphur mountain.




















Look at the sulphur smoking















Reaching the sky *bwahahaha

After visiting the sulphur mountain, we decided to dunk ourselves in the real thing -sulphur spring bath!




















At Tian Lai, outside the spring bath location

That ended our day in YangMingShan.

Night trip was visiting the famous ShiLin Night Market and eating all the local foods! Honestly, none was really fantastic -my personal opinion




















PURPLE Sugar cane + ginger -interesting!




















The BIG sausage -it's HUGE




















We conquered ShiLin! Yeah!

APLIC Taipei -Day 1

6D5N in Taipei for Asia Pacific Life Insurance Congress (APLIC). Left Singapore early afternoon and reached Taipei ard 6pm.

First evening was steamboat dinner at MK King and KTV at Party World.















Taipei Fullerton -Lobby















Taipei Fullerton -Fullerton Room















Steamboat Dinner at MK King

Found this cute pig in front of restaurant selling pork rib.




















See the pig on left corner?




















Cute piggy!

Manfred's Birthday

THREE birthday celebrations for my dear this year.

First celebration was simple Japanese dinner in Tampopo.















Me and Dear















Tiramisu specially prepared by Akemi-san. Totemo oishii ne! Arigatou!

Second celebration was dinner with Manfred's gang at Garuda restaurant.















The hunks




















The pretty girls

Last and most important -home-cooked dinner celerabtions with Dad and Mom! :)















See how happy Dad and Mom are? :)




















Happy Birthday dear!

May your wish come true :)