Naturally sweet and have a happy-go-lucky attitude.
The world is full of fun and wonder! Although
i can be naive at times and quite aloof to
my surroundings i know how to have good
clean fun! Most people see me as cute and very
gentle by nature and it is most likely true.
I have a great outlook on life and try
not to let things get to myself.
I made many arrangements to have a short holiday trip to Phuket. It was a different experience as I was not a beach person. I do not know how to swim, dive and playing water sport. However, my intial holiday was to go Bangkok for shopping and relax. Due to many happenings in Bangkok, we decide to go Thailand but different city, Phuket. Many friends encouraged me to go at least once as the islands were very magnificent and beautiful. And i went there with dear on 4 Feb.
I went half day city tour on our first day. It was not as scenic as I expected. We were sent to the seafood restaurant for our own lunch. After our lunch, we went to the local warehouse which sell all type of t-shirts. I thought that these places which the tour guide brought us, should be expensive. I realised the clothes which were sold were more cheaper than the street stalls. Then we went to Cashew Factory with a local shop which sell all the local snacks. After which, we went to the a place where there were elephant rides, monkey shows and 4 wheel drive. These were not paid in our package and we merely waited the rest of the tour mates finished their rides. Dear and I sat at the TV, waiting Captain America in Thai language. Last stop was souvenir warehouse. I exit the place without any purchases again.
THe tour guide kept pushing us to buy other tour packages from him. He kept reducing the costs whenever we rejected. He finally gave up on us when I told him I had booked from website before I reached Phuket. I only bought a massage package, 2 hours of Thai massage from Oriental. I had read this place while i was searching for information about Phuket and it had good feedback. The massage was good and we arranged another round with free pickup from our hotel.
Our hotel was not as what i had expected. We went sent to another building because ours were the economy room. Lucky the building was two block away from the lobby and it was 5 minutes walk. Room was pretty disappointing. At least it is clean but there were many mosquitoes.
We went Phi Phi island on the next day. We had a hour of speedboat ride to Phi Phi island. It was quite bumpy and i didn't vomit (because i ate my motion sickness pill!). It was a torture for me at first but I get used to it soon. It was fun and wet ride! We went to the "The bench". It was really beautiful. I can walk on the fine sand with the sea. It was a super sunny day but i did not mind it (because it was really scenic view!).
We went to the monkey island to feed the monkeys. Stand in the water to prevent the monkeys attack us. Fun and close way to see and feed them. =)
We went to two more island. One was our lunch and we had an hour plus to eat and walk around. They offered buffet which was included in the package.
Next, we went to an area for snorkelling. It was not a good experience as i could not swim. I nearly swept away by the current.. Dear could not see because the mask was not equip with degree. He got a small cut due to the corals. We forget the flippers which we rented. End up i feed the fishes. =)
Next we went to another island. Honestly i forget all the names of the bench. Their names were quite similar... 2 beach chair with a big umbrella cost us 150 baht. We went for a drip in the sea and it was awesome to dip in clear blue sea. The tour guide offered us free flow of soft drinks and fruits. It was like we are very VIP feeling.. However, we still bought a icy bottle of beer. Hot sun + icy beer = awesome
The tour ended. I like the feeling of relaxing at bench, dripping in the clear blue water. I bought a photo of us at the end of the tour.
On the 3rd day and last day, both of us shop at Jungcelyon which was 5 minutes walk. It was a super duper big mall until we were lost for two days. We managed to catch 2 movies (the most expensive seat - sofa seat). It was not a bad experience as the sofa can tilt into semi-lying position. As for shopping, almost everythings were expensive except the supermarket. I bought most of my items from there...
It was quite a relaxing trip. Unlike bangkok, we usually rush here and there to cover most areas. However, we simply stay around our hotel area. An unforgettable experience was the Phi phi island and the crossing of road. There is no traffic light and we had to jay walk in a crowded pack road. It was scary and yet fun experience. There is not much Singaporeans. Most were Caucasians and made me felt that Im in not in Thailand. =P
It was a long time since I wrote something here. I was totally busy with works and assignments.
Dear was sweet to give me a surprise when I was having lesson on 6th Jan 2012. A bouquet of roses was delivered and the half of the class are asking if there is any proposal ring. Of course, there was none. Only some pretty pearl as decoration.
I went to the Titanic 100 year anniversary exhibition at MBS museum with dear few days ago. I persuaded him to go with me despite the expensive admission tickets after heavy discount (for a local).
The exhibition show many real displays which were found under the 12000 feet below the sea level. It also show how luxury the first class stateroom is. Despite it was 100 years ago, it was totally too luxury in this current years. The plates, the cutlery, the facilities and the menu... It was way too far-stretched.
This exhibition also reveal the name list who were saved and lost. Each person entitled a boarding pass of a REAL person and I checked the name list which realised this person was under the lost list. It mean she had died due to this tragic accident.
I was deeply affected by this tragic. This is one of history that I am interested. I did watched how the crew find the sunken ship and how they came to recover the items. At that exhibition, we paid to watch a documentary which further tell me how they develop their plans and actions.I could see the existing ship current look as they were soon to be eaten up by micro bacteria under the deep sea.
I also impressed by the famous movie- Titanic. It seemed that most of the facts were correct. I remembered that there were an old couple who do not want to separate and die together when the ship sunk. There were a group of musicians who were playing the music to calm the people who unable to escape from the ship. There was a man who use gun firing to prevent other people to aboard the life boat. These were the REAL characters in the ship. When i was walking through the exhibition, these movie images appeared in my mind.
The only disappointment things that i felt about the exhibition was too pricey. A photo taken at the place could cost $25 to $35. A small millimetre square of coal which was found inside the titanic cost $150 as a souvenir. A replication of the plate cost $39. It seem that this exhibition was meant for riches, not for public.
I had been missing away for a month in this blog. I was super busy with my working life and my studies.
It is not a easy task as I previously think. Working 2 - 3 days per week and go school 3 days sound easy life. One Chinese teachers thought it was a very easy task. They were thinking no need to work for 3 days and just attend school. How life is so comfortable?
I really want to debate with them. But I chose not. I am tired to debate how hard my course is.
I believed that they are envy. I was sponsored and paid for attending the course. (of course i had to sign a working bond and had to fulfil a certain result.) We had different language version course studies, different course time and the era we took the course were different. Nowadays our education government had implemented more modules than previously. My course is not the standard normal course, it was FAST ACCELERATED course. It mean USE 3 years of course works and lesson to turn into 15 months course. Time is short and with many assignments. I had hard time to deal with it.
I showed my assignment question to my newly full pledge teacher. She told me it was easy to do lesson plan for performing arts and why am I in stress? However, she apologised after she read the assignment question. It was not as easy as during her times.
Self and Social Awareness became a MODULE! Ironically, how to teach these when we adults are not self and social awareness?
Dear and some colleagues did ask me a question. Why am I so stress with my diploma course? Ironically, i had not been so hard-working in my studies. It seem that I want to work well as I am no longer as young as my classmate who were mostly 11 years younger than me. I felt that I do not have time to waste my time and i really want to achieve well.
I am overwhelmed with the course lessons and the amount of works and assignments that i need to accomplish within a term. The course lessons are not as simple as i think. Till now, i only able understand one module. That module is a pretty common sense topic. I show my assignments questions and dear think the whole course is simple - no level of challenge compare to his university course.
We had a good talk on the bus when we were on the way home. Eventually, we had a heaty debate.
I was telling him that I'm very stressed with my course. The amount of assignments and the date dues are too close and fast. Imagine that i had 2th week of lesson and i need to complete 2 group assignment with PowerPoint presentation 2 weeks later? It haven't include the meet up for brain-storming and the documentation of what we do. Lessons are 7 hours for 3 days and i need to work 2 days (plus assignment at work). Beside i have compulsory 1st aid course on Sat for 3 weeks.
He think that my diploma course is level of challenge is easy and think i should able to cope with it well.
Perhaps my time management for past two weeks are weak. I need better time management with so OVERWHELMING events and social activities.
I do not have much time online for past two weeks. I realised that he had been blogging again. I start to worry for him. If he blogged, it is usually good news or he was too stressed / troubled with problems.
He is feeling problem. He is worried our finances if we want to marry. I had been hinting him that I'm not young anymore if we want a child in future. I'm amazed that I'm going to hit high-risk age group for mother if we want a baby after marriage & housing issues.
Housing in Singapore is pretty expensive. Half a million dollars for a flat in a partial-mature area in Singapore. He is worried our combine income as i earn lesser than him. My income for this job is not as high as other jobs that i used to work. I do worried as this income is barely enough to support myself and my family. How to cope if i had a house with dear and i cannot imagine the life with a baby? The cost of raising a child is not cheap in Singapore too.
Today is 1st Oct. It is no longer a children's day. It had been change to first friday of Oct.
I am not blogging for quite a while. I am pretty busy during last month, Sept. I confirmed to be a staff of my company and i was sent for orientation in my new school. Every day seem to be a tiring day and i do not have time to write or blog.
This coming Oct, i will be ever more busier.
School will be starting on 5th Oct. I will be having 3 days school classes and working 2 days. Beside this, I need to attend 3 lessons on my Oct saturday for first aid course. I was stressed not to break the reputation as no one actually fail first aid course in my workplace..
Many events like Grandma's birthday, friend's baby shower and gatherings. Even my best friend is complaining that i have not been meeting her for a while..
More and more events, course and lessons. I need a light n compact planner organiser badly..
