Sunday, February 6, 2011

Happy Bunny CNY!

兔年快乐! Yeah...it's my bunny year! =) Hope this bunny year will bring me some good luck...hehe! Don't know why didn't really feel much CNY mood this time around...perhaps been too busy with work right before new year...didn't even have time to buy any new clothes. =.= Anyway, it's still great to meet some relatives and friends during this festive season. CNY celebration is pretty much the same year in year out, this is even more obvious when it's recorded down in my blog...lol! The only difference is that everyone turns one year older. :p

Feb 2 (Wed): 除夕团圆饭 

Steamboat for reunion dinner. I was the one who arranged everything on the table...nice? :p Bro's US friend, Evan came all the way to experience how we celebrate CNY here.

After meal work out. :p

Feb 3 (Thurs): 大年初一

Lunch with paternal relatives at 姑妈's house. 

The entourage at our house.

Feb 4 (Fri): 大年初二
All-England team house-hop to 7 houses. :p

1st stop: Lunch at granduncle's house in Chai Leng Park.

2nd stop: 五姨婆 5th grandaunt's house at LipSin.

3rd stop: 四姨婆 4th grandaunt's house.

4th stop: 三姨婆 3rd grandaunt's house.

Lou Sang

Group picture for our all-england team. :p

Gathering with 5C1 classmates at OldTown autocity.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

First Month of 2011

Finally got a short break this CNY to update some long-overdue pictures. So what have I been up to in January? Started work, then work, and more work. :p

Jan 14: Malaysian-American Alumni Partnership Penang roadshow @ Bagan Bar & Restaurant.

Chilled in the office for 3 days and off to my first job at Gleneagles Hospital. No training no nothin'...just do it. :p We were stationed in the family waiting lounge at the day care centre. 

Jan 20: DimSum with family on Thaipusam day.

Jan 22: Aunt and cousin came to Penang from Kuantan...dinner with them.

Jan 22: Celebrated dai sou's birthday as well.

Second job @ Robert Bosch...had to work late hours but wasn't too bad coz the team was pretty cool. :p The messy table shows how hard we worked...lol! Had lotsa snacks in our room in conjunction with cny mood. :p

Our office on a Saturday. Working on weekends...not surprising for audit. :p

Friday, February 4, 2011

Posh in Phuket

Happy CNY!! Haven't been able to blog much lately coz i've been really busy with work for the past 2 weeks. Audit is really a no-life job...been working throughout the weekends and getting off work after 12am everyday. Feels like you start losing your life when you start making money...kinda sad huh. :p I'm trying to keep my life alive by doing what I enjoy...blogging...hehe! :p But it's gonna take me forever to upload all my travel pics coz I hardly had time to work on it. Anyway, here's our next destination after Bangkok...Phuket!

Even though this was my 2nd trip to Phuket, it was quite different from the first trip in 2008 with my family. :p Main reason...I wasn't the one who made the ground arrangement...haha!! For this whole trip, I was in charge of booking the flights and I let him make the ground arrangements. Phuket was a big surprise because I had no idea that he booked this posh villa...very thoughtful and sweet of him but I was shocked when I found out how much he spent for this. Anyway, thanks bby!

Dec 13 (Mon): Bangkok-Phuket

Took a cab to Bangkok Suvarnabumi airport early in the morning to catch our flight to Phuket.

Bye Bangkok...Hello Phuket!

Our luxury triple pool access villa...The Baray Villa @ Sawasdee Village...niceeee~~!! 

Checking in. 

Had Thai food for lunch before exploring the hotel.

Nice nature-themed surrounding.

Living room on the ground floor. Cool interior design with in-villa jacuzzi connected to private garden pool. 

View from the private garden pool.

Bedroom on the upper floor. Arabian and Thai style design.

42" LCD TV with Mac Mini, wireless keyboard & wireless mouse.

Main pool for all 14 villas...the Oasis bar at one end. Very nice pool but the water was kinda cold.

The design of this pool is inspired from the word "Baray"...means the Man made Canal. All 14 villas will be on the canal likewise the rich community in the small luxurious water village. :)

Night view around the hotel.

Exclusive entrance to the 14 villas. :p

Dec 14 (Tues): Kata Beach

Daily buffet breakfast in the hotel.

Could have taken the free shuttle from our hotel but we decided to walk to the beach instead. 

The beach!!! Kata beach was much nicer than Patong beach and it was pretty crowded with lotsa angmohs. I found out a way to differentiate Europeans and Americans...Americans-surfer pants, Europeans-Speedos...lol! 

Dec 15 (Wed): Phi Phi Island Hopping
Even though I've already been on this island hopping tour before...we decided to go for it again this time around coz I knew this would be something different for him. The weather was burning hot for the entire day...good for him coz he wanted to get a tan but not so good for me coz I became 'Khai the Thai'. =.=

We were the first to be picked up and it took us about 2 hours to get to the port coz all the other people were late...dumb dumb. 

Traveled on the speedboat throughout the tour.

Approaching our first destination...Maya Bay.

Maya Bay still pretty like 2 years ago. =)

Most of the tourists were ang mohs. I guess they're all here to escape the freezing weather.

Love the sea color. =)

Clear waters for snorkeling.

Pit-stop for lunch.

My island...Khai Island. :p

Sleepy head...no stamina. :p

He was worn out after one whole day of sun tanning. What's worse...punctured tire on our way back...had to wait beside the street while the driver changed the spare one.

Western food for dinner after a long tiring day under the hot sun.

Dec 16 (Thurs): Chillax day
Was supposed to have a phone interview that day but was postponed so had the whole day to relax and utilize the facilities in the hotel. :p

His food vs my food...haha! :p

Food again. :p

Dec 17 (Fri): Last day in paradise

Last breakfast at the Baray Villa.

Lucky us...it only started to rain as we were leaving Phuket. 

Gameboy...nerd. So focused on his game that he didn't even know that I was taking this.

Dinner with family at Double Good restaurant after coming back from Phuket.