Luck be with us.

I had a plan to blog about the first day of the cruise.

But this will have to be a filler post instead cos I'm sitting here taking my flu meds and drinking warm water.

So I have to sleep early tonight and not over work my brain.

Bullshit.

I'm actually making an excuse. 

Hahahha. I'm really taking my flu meds, but I just want to kick back and listen to Youtube songs and plan my upcoming vacations. :X

Heheh. Yes, I am going somewhere. No, I am not telling you where.

I'm so blessed and so lucky.

Btw speaking of lucky, Cs' dad won a lucky draw prize today: a new Samsung Camera! Gawd I'm jealous. Haha not really lah. But you know, before I met Cs, I never realized that its possible to win lucky draws. He's my lucky charm.

I won my company annual dinner lucky draw twice. Lucky me. :)

Back to my flu. I feel so bad for people who have to listen to my sniffling in the office. Before you say ewww..lazy bitch fucking go to toilet to clear it out, allow me to explain.

I DID!! I WENT TO THE TOILET SO MANY TIMES I'M SO TIRED!!

In my defense, I woke up (very late) and went to office without knowing how bad my nose was. Haih so no meds with me. I just had to hold tissues to my nose and go to the toilet often, and wish 5 pm would come sooner.

OK enough of that. 

The cruise trip was fun. Besides eating a lot, we watch shows, drink a lot (alcoholic drinks), and just soak up the atmosphere generally. 

We (Cs and I) went to the deck (top floor) every night to lie there looking at the stars, drink in hand, and talk and laugh together. It was very relaxing. Well deserved vacation. 

Some more the trip is so affordable! Everyone should go! 

First day welcome party on the pool deck. We didn't swim in the pool. Initially wanted to but that place is never empty. Maybe about 12 am when there are less people around, but you would have to be very confident with your body, or very intoxicated (not wise) to use the pool. Hahah. Both of which I'm not.

I'll write the long version soon. :)

There's no place like home

I am back from holiday. I'm tired. Felt like a week is too long. Maybe cos its just in Penang and Thailand. If it was Europe, different story. Heheh.

We spend the past 3 days in Penang eating a lot of char kuay tiaw, assam laksa, kueh chap, bak kut teh and so on and so forth. 

I also spent the first four days on the ship (cruise) eating waaaaayyy too much. Nothing to do? Eat! That was Cs' motto. I hardly eat supper past 9 pm at home, but the past week, it seems that I ate SO MUCH FOOD especially at night, and even till 1am.

I know I know. Nobody forced it down my throat but with everyone else eating, I can hardly sit out and decline everything. Hahahha my very kind friends Nifer, her hubby Tomato and Wai Tjun fed us so much food. Plus the cruise food.

I'm missing cup noodles. I had that for dinner earlier. So comforting. :D

Ok update more tomorrow.

I'm tired.

Chose a random photo just so this post won't be photo-less.

OK I'm tired.

Btw that photo was from a colleague's wedding dinner months ago. :) Spot me. Those are all my colleagues on the same table. 

Laters.

Updates x123456

I want to update my blog but don't know what to talk about.

I shall just write whatever pops into my mind (not the best idea).

The Voice winner is Danielle Bradberry btw. Blake wins again. She's the youngest winner ever. Love her, she's kinda awesome.

We have haze in Malaysia again. Every day it is stuffy, humid, and SO HOT. We hide in air con rooms every day. When you go out, you can smell smoke in the air. At least we are better than Singapore or Johor.

I saw this very apt photo the other day. Wait I go find. Found it:

Hahahha it is kinda apt.

I'm drinking herbal tea cos everyone else is sick at one point or another, including me. I had cup noodles for dinner last night and this morning cos I just can't be bothered to cook. Its way too hot for that. I go to the supermarket and look longingly at the ice-cream. Didn't buy. I'm online everyday so this one not counted. I'm watching the Voice instead of other dramas. And lastly, I have a husband to accompany me. Hahah

Thing is, we quarrel more often only cos its too hot! He's outside working, driving around, enduring the jams, carrying boxes of stuff in this heat, and I'm in an ice box. But point is, he is much more irritable these days (don't blame him), and when we get home, I don't want to cook cos its TOO HOT! Hahah. Not funny but I'm used to the "hahahh" get used to it.

Moving on. 

Love Cs' new phone - S4. Takes awesome photos. No need to edit. So unlike my iphone. Boo sama dia. Imma change my phone as soon as my contract ends. :D Which is soon in Aug. I got my iphone 4 as a birthday present from him. 

These photos were from a family dinner last last week? There's another family dinner tonight. We be going to Peter's Special. I predict there will be lamb chops tonight and alcohol. Lamb cos its a specialty of Peter's. One of it anyway. It is good.

I thought husband and wife would have these "fu chi xiang" over time. Erm facial similarities. But we look nothing alike. Come to think of it, mum and dad look nothing alike too. Zzz..what you talking about mi?

I'm bored please. And I can't think of anything to talk about. 

Oh ya. Mum and Winnie came back from the cruise already. I asked hundreds of questions as usual. I'm that type. Gotta have all the information before going somewhere. But a part of me feels like "so no more surprise?" No lah I won't. I would much rather not be surprised than to get scammed or cheated. Meh.

Speaking of, you know I plan so much for Japan. But that day when we arrived at the airport, I still felt a little lost. Well, not lost so much, but its the foreign-ess of the place. No English and cannot read Chinese characters. But being a stranger/foreigner there, there's a sense of anonymity, which thickens my skin like nothing else.

So, 5 mins later, I am my usual controlling self. Hahahah asking questions in broken Japanese and English it seems. But oh well, we survived anyway! :D

OK bye. Update more next time.

Cherry Blossoms Overload

OK cannot put this off any longer. I have to get on with my Japan post!
My initial plan was to visit as many parks as I can during my stay in Japan. To see all the cherry blossoms. But because the cherry blossoms decide to bloom early (earliest in 10 years apparently), we cut out most of the parks in our plan.

Good too cos we had more time to do other things. The weeks before our trip, I kept checking Japan Guide for information and cursing at the same time, then finding out alternative routes we could go to check out cherry blossoms. I also liked reading the forum and seeing the other tourists who like me, are going too late to see cherry blossoms. Misery loves company! Haha. 

Shinjuku Gyoen. 

Have to buy ticket to get into the park at the machine. Forgot how much it costs. But not expensive. :) Was it Y500?

As soon as we got into the park, we (and all the other tourists and locals too) started taking photos of all the cherry blossoms.

Err yeah and other flowers too.

It seems like everyone is carrying a camera. And our S90 is easily one of the more "less high tech ones". Hehe.

Fallen petals. So pretty kan?

My profile pic. Hehe lucky shot turned out not bad. 

Quite a lot of people sketching/drawing. 

So I did my own version too with my ipad. Hahaa it was a bad idea btw. I had no mat. I sat down on a piece of paper (a map btw) and it was err smaller than my ass. So all the petals and dirt stuck to my stockings and skirt. Real smooth mi. 

This was on a weekday but there were still quite a number of people having picnic in the park. So nice. If I live in Japan, I would do that too. Such a nice feeling.

Everyone was all smiles, happily taking photos, eating and drinking in the park. Awesome view and weather. 

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OK I gotta go. I have to go do my nails. My "holiday" nails as I like to call them. Have you noticed that I always do my nails when I go on holiday? Heheh. 

Ok bye. 

In anticipation of next Sunday

As I'm writing this, I'm thinking of mum, Winnie, Janet and Angela. What are you guys doing? Its Sunday 2:13 pm. They should be waiting for check-in for boarding or on the cruise already.

Tomorrow they will be in Krabi. The day after they will be in Phuket. If you can't tell yet, I wanna go tooo.

Actually I will be. Next Sunday to be exact. Hahah.

That's why I'm so keen to know exactly what they are doing now.

We are going on Star Cruise Libra from Penang - Phuket - Krabi. Then staying in Penang to eat all the char kueh tiaw, Penang laksa, Penang prawn mee, and so on and so forth. Can't wait. Its been so longgg. Or so it seems.

Unrelated news but Lee Chong Wei (LCW) is playing now versus some guy from Germany. Sorry I don't know the name. Indonesia Open. I have learned that I cannot talk to Cs while LCW is playing.

I'm not really looking forward to the cruise; just more looking forward to go on a holiday. I'm scared I would get sea sick. Either Cs or me. So I'm praying for good weather so I won't have to get dizzy.

The last two times I went on a cruise, I did get dizzy. Not all the time. But it comes and goes, and I can't even walk straight sometimes. But that was in winter. Super bad weather. From Newcastle to Amsterdam. The other cruise was from Newcastle to Stavanger, Norway in summer.

Both cruises operated by DFDS Seaways. 

All touristy shots. I miss my jacket. When am I gonna wear you again bao bei? You kept me warm and snug for so long.. 

Hahah I'm bored. LCW is still playing. Woe is me. Oh wait. He won!! 

OK that means I'm free to go too. This photo was taken end of July. Hence no winter jacket.