Today is 31st December 2007

2007 is coming to an end. It's time to do a recap & summary for the year. What have I achieved this year? Did I manage to fulfil what I wish for? Has this been a good & fruitful year?

I managed to complete my Diploma successfully and got myself a better paid job and is able to gain experience relevant to my future career path. I got myself a wonderful boyfriend to share the ups & downs of my life and hopefully, he will be the one who will walk with me through the rest of my life till death do us apart.

The most memorable event of the year is the wedding of my sister. The day went on smoothly despite the blazing sun threathening to melt down everyone of us. I believe we all have a great time. This is the 2nd time I saw my Dad in tears, happy tears as he walked my sister out of our home. The dinner was great, food were nice and people had fun. It's just like a big reunion dinner for our relatives. Of course, I wouldn't be able to escape being asked the question of the year-"When will it be your turn to get married?" I believe I wouldn't be able to escape that question during chinese new year or any other family gatherings next year.

There's many events to look forward to next year. A new addition to our family, my new goal to fufil so that I can embark on a new journey toward my future, birthdays & anniversary & maybe more weddings?

Lastly, to conclude. This year has been pretty pleasant though with some hiccups along the way. At least everyone I care about are safe and healthy. Nothing more I can asked for.

*~*~*Maybe 2008 be a even more fruitful year*~*~*

3 days in Bangkok

Singapore, 0515hr, Tuesday
What the h*ll! We were supposed to be in the airport at 5am. We overslept! Two of us were rushing. Luckily, we had everything packed and ready to go. Traffic was good. No jam. We managed to get there in time for our flight. Phew...

Bangkok, 0930hr, Tuesday
Finally~~ Arriving in Bangkok. We found our guide waiting. Riding a 45min coach jounery to our hotel.Dropped everything, took a quick shower. So anxious to start our day. Shopping~ I looked around our surrounding like a curious child. I find certain things fascinating. I saw pink cabs, blue cabs, green cabs, red cabs, motor-taxis,& Tuk-Tuk. Pink cabs.. I wanna ride in 1~ Our mode of transport on the 1st day were Tuk-Tuks... It's an experience for us. Quite a bumpy ride. The traffic is scary. The way the people ride & drive. Gosh! It's a wonder that we didn't see any accidents. We shopped around the street markets looking for cheap bargains. Seems like the thai version of our pasar malam. Back in the hotel after a day of wandering and shopping. We have another long exciting day tomorrow morning.

Bangkok, 0630am, Wednesday
Rise and shine. Woke up even earlier than on work day. Don't wanaa waste time sleeping on our precious trip. Breakfast. Coach was outside waiting to pick us up for our half day city tour. We went past the Royal Palace, Royal Temple and the pier where we would be taking a swim, ah.. no, boat across the river to see more temples. Temple of Dawn. Their temples are so grand and magnificent. Ours are just too plain in comparison. No surprise though because theirs a Buddhist country unlike ours. I liked the boat ride but it's kinda short. The weather was very good, too good that it can burn. Back across the river we went to see more temples. There's this 32m tall Golden Buddha. Kinda hard to get it into the picture. Almost have to kneel to the ground to fit it in. We managed though. Picture turned out..Nice. No more temples after this. It's to the Gem Gallery Gems.. A woman's favourite...Hmmm....The guide was teasing my Baobei to buy big diamonds for me. Well, he didn't get me big diamonds though. He got me something else. (Please don't rob me...They are all bargain gems.) A simple square amethyst ring(my fave) and a ring with my birthstone, peridot. No. They are not proposal or engagement rings. He's just pampering me. The rest of the gems are bit pricy. I wanted to get pink gems but they don't have simple designs that I like. A drink at the Gems Gallery's coffee lounge marked the end of the half day tour. There were coaches outside that would that us to various places. We boarded the one going to MBK(Mah Boon Krong). Another round of shopping began. The 2nd day of shopping.. :p Far more items than the 1st day.Scary. We dropped off our 1st round of shopping goodies back in the hotel and went off for a 2nd round at the market. Pratunam Market. Owww... Tons of bargain items on sale. Shop & shop. Back to the hotel. So warm and tired. But happy.

Bangkok, 0700hr, Thursday
Breakfast again. The pancakes were yummy. As we had bit more time before the coach arrive to take us to the Safari Park, we took a walk round the corner to A&W. Something that had ceased to exist in S'pore. He bought me a cute A&W bear. :p It's a long jounery to the Park as it's located at the outskirts of Bangkok. As we were nearing our destination, I found the scenes around familiar. The kampong days... There's crop fields and zinc roofs housing. Seems so peaceful and relaxing here. Ideal retirement place? Maybe... We rided into the Safari in the same coach we came in. You can drive your own vehicle in too. Both of us were amazed. It wasn't what we had expected to see. The number of animals and birds, the space. It does look like the African Safari. There's no barricades separating the different species of animals(other than the dangerous predators). It's a beautiful sight. It's a pity that we couldn't get better pictures taken because that d&mn window wouldn't open...Argh! We saw the feeding of the tigers. A keeper fed the tigers in a cage on the back of a jeep. The tigers were on the cage, leaning on the cage. We were like... Wah! Something we most probably wouldn't see in our own Safari. Lunch was disappointing. The food was simply plain. After lunch we went for various show. There's the orang-utan boxing show, sealion show, dolphin show, cowboy stunt show and spy war show. We got wet watching the stunt show. They used real explosives for the show. A dynamite was threw into the well. Exploded and water splashed 2storey high, hit the roof and fell like heavy rain onto us. The warning sign did warn us that the 1st 2rows will get we. But we were sitting on the 4th row... They used explosives for the spy war show too. This time, we got smarter. The sign said the 1st 6rows will get wet. So, we sat on the 12th row. Hah.. Lucky us. The explosives used were so strong that we felt the heat even when we were so far away from stage. Pretty interesting as it's highly impossible to see thes kind of shows with explosives in S'pore. Oh, I had a photo taken of cute polar bear kissing me. Just pure luck that Baobei had taken this picture. It's hard to have chance like that. So cute~ I love the photo. But the lighting is bad. Photoshop will do wonders for me, I hope. Back to town where more shopping continued. :p We spent most of the $ leaving some for transport.

Bangkok, 0500hr, Friday
Got up real early as coach will be taking us to airport at 6am. Awfully early. Yawnz... Reluctantly to leave Bangkok. So relaxing. No worries... Sigh...

Singapore, 1200pm, Friday
Home sweet home. End of our lovely trip. Looking forward to the next holiday...

*~*~*It's a beautiful trip, especially when you have a wonderful travelling partner*~*~*