Sunday 14 November 2010
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Sunday 30 May 2010
S'pore- Bintan- Batam (part2)
We spent our second day in Batam as what I've already stated in my previous post. This time, we boarded a way smaller boat from Bintan to Batam. Once we've reached Batam, we randomly checked in a hotel located in the town according to the taxi driver's recommendation. I didn't take any pictures of Batam simply because we spent too much time in the shopping mall rather than walking around and explore the island! I've to say some of the t-shirts in the department store are very very cheap and pretty nice too! (never compare this to Bandung) We managed to grabbed some really nice t-shirts ;)
Huang Sheng wasn't feeling well :(
Chong Wee playing with his new toy :D
Huang Sheng wasn't feeling well :(
Chong Wee playing with his new toy :D
After Batam, we went back to Singapore... As usual, shopping! sorry peee pole.. whenever I mention shopping, usually I will only snap a few pictures. :p (kosong sometimes :x)
From Orchard Road- Marina Bay Shopping Belt to Chinatown and Little India... hmm~ nonono, never enough.. but what to do? Poor little me got not enough SGD to burn, perhaps I should just stick with Indonesian Rupiah(spuluh ribu! dua ratus ribu! woah! sounds so kaya raya eyh~) ;)
owh! and yeah.. we stayed at a backpackers somewhere around Little India called Tresor Taverns. Not bad! reasonable price and pretty cozy place to stay, not to mention there are plenty of eateries around this area too! ;)
On our last day, we went to the Budget terminal, and this is my first time here. It's not as crowded as LCCT (of cause -.-) and it's home for the Singaporean budget carrier- Tiger Airways. We boarded our cute lil tiny ATR 72-500( Firefly) and off we go! Back to Subang Skypark.
From Orchard Road- Marina Bay Shopping Belt to Chinatown and Little India... hmm~ nonono, never enough.. but what to do? Poor little me got not enough SGD to burn, perhaps I should just stick with Indonesian Rupiah(spuluh ribu! dua ratus ribu! woah! sounds so kaya raya eyh~) ;)
owh! and yeah.. we stayed at a backpackers somewhere around Little India called Tresor Taverns. Not bad! reasonable price and pretty cozy place to stay, not to mention there are plenty of eateries around this area too! ;)
On our last day, we went to the Budget terminal, and this is my first time here. It's not as crowded as LCCT (of cause -.-) and it's home for the Singaporean budget carrier- Tiger Airways. We boarded our cute lil tiny ATR 72-500( Firefly) and off we go! Back to Subang Skypark.
Saturday 22 May 2010
S'pore- Bintan- Batam (part1)
ok, my blog is dead. DEADDddddd... I decided to post some of my past trips to keep it alive =p Well, I can't really remember the details of the trip anymore but I'll write whatever I can recall alright??? and yeah... sorry for not posting anything these few days as I'm currently working really hard to wrap up my last bit of work for this semester and off I go, back to KL to have some goOd rest. ;)
The balcony of my chalet
Simple right?
This is our bed <3Huan Sheng <3
The hallway
The one on the right is our room
As I said before, Bintan is a resort island. There is nothing much you can do here. However, you can choose to pamper yourself with a nice spa/massage or make full use of all the facilities in your own resort.
Since our resort is a bit "bahliah", we decided to hop on to the resort's "shuttle bus" to their sister resort to fill up our time.
We made a reservation for an hour foot massage in the evening and head straight to a restaurant in the resort for dinner.
Pretty empty
Bridge to the restaurant
XD sorry sorry.. trying to act cool.. heh
Wooden chalet! fooah! I love this ;)
Last year, I managed to grabbed some super cheap air ticket to Singapore both from Air Asia and Firefly. So basically, I flew Air Asia from LCCT- Changi and Changi- Subang Skypark with Firefly. You might be wondering why am I doing this? Wouldn't it be better to just stick with one airline?
Okay, many of you may already know that I love to try out new stuff. Yes, one of my reasons for doing this is to have different kind of experience while travelling. However, many of you may also know that I'm just only a student, a very poor student indeed... :( so, the ultimate reason for this is actually for the sake of saving money! It is essential for us to understand the price structure before we purchase anything. BE a SAVVY consumer! One of the differences between flying both airlines is actually the amount of airport tax that we are actually paying. I was surprised to realised that although Air Asia is a budget airline, but they are not using the Budget Terminal in Changi Airport instead of Terminal 1. On the other hand, Firefly is one of the few airlines operating from the Budget Terminal. This means that if you are flying from LCCT to Singapore, you are actually paying cheaper airport tax unless you choose to fly from the more convenient and comfortable Subang Skypark( higher tax) with Firefly or even private jet. Well, if you are flying from Singapore to KL, the price structure is the other way round. Since Air Asia is not utilizing the Budget Terminal, passengers are expected to pay higher airport tax, whereas Firefly passenger can pay cheaper airport tax because they are using the Budget Terminal. HOWEVER, Air Asia does not charge the so called admin fee like Firefly. So, please compare and spend your money wisely base on your budget, purposes and needs before you purchase your air ticket. Alternatively, you can also fly other airlines from KLIA like MAS or Silkair. I guess Tiger Airways is actually the only airline at the moment operating both LCCT and Budget Terminal. Confusing? Well, there is always another travel option which is equally or some say better way to travel to Singapore, like coach bus(consider these few: aeroline/ Odyssey/ Five Stars).
Few of my buddies from Penang- Chong Wee, Hui ling and Huan Sheng decided to join me after knowing that I'm going to Singapore ;)
As I've no bloody idea why am I going to Singapore AGAIN, -.- I decided to spend my 1st 2 days at the adjacent Indonesian island of Bintan and Batam and the last day in Singapore. Once we've reached the city state's airport, we immediately took a taxi to the ferry terminal in Tanah Merah which took us only around 10 minutes from the airport.
The Tanah Merah ferry terminal is where we board our ferry to Bintan Island. There were heaps of Singaporean boarding to Pulau Bintan as it is a very famous destination for them to seek some relaxation with whole lot of resort accommodation awaits them.YES, you can simply use SGD dollar instead of Rupiah in this resort island but I guess it's still cheaper to pay in Rupiah though.
Since we're pretty tight in budget and there is nothing much to do in this island, we decided to go further south to seek for cheaper accommodation. We came into this "resort" (sorry, can't remember the name, pretty simple but cozy place to stay) and picked two chalets. (who said it's a budget tour?! O.o)
The balcony of my chalet
Simple right?
This is our bed <3Huan Sheng <3
The hallway
The one on the right is our room
As I said before, Bintan is a resort island. There is nothing much you can do here. However, you can choose to pamper yourself with a nice spa/massage or make full use of all the facilities in your own resort.
Since our resort is a bit "bahliah", we decided to hop on to the resort's "shuttle bus" to their sister resort to fill up our time.
We made a reservation for an hour foot massage in the evening and head straight to a restaurant in the resort for dinner.
Pretty empty
Bridge to the restaurant
XD sorry sorry.. trying to act cool.. heh
We took a few pictures from our quiet resort at night. Hah! This is what I called kampung feel~
Wooden chalet! fooah! I love this ;)
The next morning, we woke up before dawn to capture some pictures as the scenery was magnificient!
From balcony:
From balcony:
Sunday 16 May 2010
眼泪
天真?人就是天真。我们就活在这虚拟世界里头。生活中的选择就是如此的不完美,但这也正是生活的真正涵义。减轻生命的包袱,放弃一些烦恼,放弃一些利益,你便能轻装上阵,就会与快乐结缘。快乐其实就这么简单。
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Sunday 18 April 2010
Easter Break 5
What's next?
After we've done conquering the southern tip of the North Island, we decided to drive to the West Coast to pay a visit to New Plymouth.
stopped and took some photos while travelling to New Plymouth
emo Ming
By the time we've reached New Plymouth, it's already pretty late and all of us were exhausted. We cooked a simple dinner and phiewww~ off to bed!
The next morning we didn't manage to walk around New Plymouth simply because we have to rush back to Auckland before 2pm to return our car. However, we still managed to stop by a few places for some photos. ;)
small poo vs big poo
Chun Ming refused to look at me -.-
He was pretty emo the whole day
stopped by another beach. It was soo windy~
took this picture before our lunch
took this after my lunch
Guys, I just enlarged my pictures due to a few complaints saying that It was too painful to view some of my pictures. So here it is. better? throw me more feedback ok? ;) will post my video for skydiving later when I'm free.
tata, and happy mama's day! :))))))))))))))) UMA!
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Easter Break 4
Once we stepped into the city of Wellington, the city feel is back again.Wellington, a lovely city which is adjacent to the sea. My friend Chun Ming loves this city so much that he couldn't stop praising every single bit about it. Well, I love this city as well especially Cuba street which has heaps of fancy restaurant and the ambiance of this place is just simply awesome!
Since we love mama nature so much, we decided to park our car somewhere around botanical garden and ride a cable car to the CBD. The botanical garden is a nice place to chill especially with your love ones. hmm.. too bad I've no choice but to travel with these two monkeys : ( The CBD is a place where you can find whole lot of people wearing business attire, restaurant, bars and I personally feel that this is a better place to shop compare to Auckland. ; ) Lastly, we ended our trip in Welly by paying a visit to the Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand. ;D
The Beehive
Cuba St
Wellington Botanical Garden
view from top
inside the cable car
Wellington CBD
shopping arcade
Lambton Harbour
Te Papa
inside Te Papa
yo, really busy these few weeks. will upload my skydiving video SOON. ;)
tata.
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Easter Break 3
On the second day of our trip, we woke up early for breakfast and be prepared for our ultimate goal of this trip- skydiving.
Once we reached our destination, they showed us a few packages. We decided to picked the highest altitude which is 15,000 ft which comes with t-shirt, DVD and photos. Trust me, skydiving is a cash burning activity, this whole package cost me 499NZD! YES. please slap me. -.- This cost more than my return air ticket from K.Lumpur to Kolkata + Columbo. aduiiiiii...... f**k it, can't be bothered, I guess this is the only time I will jump off the plane. After paying the fee, we're all set to go.
yes.. yes.. my name.
20 minutes of plane ride + 60 seconds of freefall + around 4 minutes of parachute + dvd with video and photos. BoooOth! bye bye 499NZD. I don't care, I just gonna do it this time! Well, I have to admit that while travelling up to the sky, the view of Lake Taupo was stunning! ekhem... of cause, you will be able to realise only if you are calm enough during that 20 minutes ride. Once we've reached a certain altitude, the dive master gave us no time to ponder at all as he'll be pushing you to the door. At the same time, the cameraman hanging at the side of the door smiling happily waiting for u to FALL!
syok-ness
adrenaline rush!
Supa man!
The magnificent view of Lake Taupo
The end of freefall.
Overall, it was a great experience. If you want to ask how was it, I would strongly suggest you to give it a try, then we can share our experience later on. ;)
After skydiving, it's time to say bye bye to Taupo. Our next destination is student city, Palmerston North!
As usual, we will stop by and take some photos whenever we see something interesting. ;)
took some photos with our ride. :)
front view
he is a darn good poser
arh! satu lagi
kacak vs hodoh
last photo of Lake Taupo before we depart to Palmy
While driving from Taupo to Palmy, we pulled over at Tongariro National Park. It's not as green as other parts of New Zealand as it is sitting at a volcanic plateau. I've tried the world-renownedTongariro Alpine Crossing last year and it was pretty amazing and I would strongly recommend this 18.5km track to everyone. : )
See, it's brown in colour
sorry mate, a bit childish =P
Mt Ruapehu i guess
Right after National Park, we reached a small town called Taihape around 4.30pm.This time, we decided to try our luck again for bungee in Mokai Gravity Canyon. We have to rush before it closes at 5pm, therefore, our next Malaysian F1 driver-Ken Chan (Ipoh mari) has no choice but to accelerate to the max in order to get our ass there on time. 0.0
Ken's proved that he qualified to become our next F1 driver
It was 4.50pm when we reached Gravity Canyon and we thought that we won't be able to make it again. However, one of the crew member told us that they can fit us in as their last 3 customer of the day. Since it was already pretty late, after paying 120NZD, we head straight to the bridge and 1,2,3 BUNGY!!! one big leap and enjoy!
the bridge
once u reached this platform. NO TURNING BACK
Curious what kind of force make us so eager to burn more than half a thousand to jump twice in a day?
Itulah dia!
After skydiving and bungee. I'm quite sure that I won't go for skydiving anymore unless someone willing to pay for me simply because it is just too costly! whereas I think bungee jumping is way cheaper and I love the feeling of jumping off the platform :) I would love to do more jumps in other places in near future :)
We received our certificate after our jump. : )
Once we finished our jump, we continue our journey south to Palmy!
The Square
Palmerston North is a small and pretty town with some great restaurant. If you want some pizza in Palmy, there is a small restaurant located at CBD called Pompeii. I'm pretty sure everyone in this town knows about it.
tsk tsk.. this is what he loves to do after dinner
Right after dinner, we met up one of my long lost friend, Ching Xiu who is currently studying in Messey University. Ching Xiu brought us to her university and a petrol station which serve yummy ice cream. woo!
On the next morning, we went to Woodville which is not far from Palmerston North for......
THIS!
wind farm
aisheh~
he is always cute
We spent around 20 minutes taking photos of the wind farm and off we go to the capital of New Zealand, Wellington! :D
to be continued...
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