Australia: Here I come!

Okay, after much consideration, I've decided against bringing my laptop there since Rachel is and my bag is heavy as it is. I may still be able to update, but no promises...
CYA! =]

[Updated 22/3 - Pictures Added] A Long Overdue Update

[Updated 22/3 - Pictures Added]
Okay, its been awhile...

-21/3: Went to Visit Aris at NUH (no pics), had dinner with my family at 日本村
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there was this carls jr star walking around orchard...

when he saw we with a camera, he posed!

the bendy bus almost turned 90 degrees!

日本村... nice atmosphere

-20/3 : AJC Dance @ Victoria Theatre

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stationary motion

spin

line

leap/jump

heart

splitting movement

door

red dresses

red coma

(i just thought the background was nice)

finale

my dad n sis

view from the stage

-19/3: Went back to SA to pay school fees that I supposedly owe but have some how already paid for. Looked up Chin Boon and Sze Wee during their break. My parents changed car in the afternoon.

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chinboon, me, szewee

-18/3: Suppose to meet FCGUHD for movie but no $$... Picked up my dad from the airport at night

*no pics*

-17/3: Met up with backpackers to make Visa and Student IDs

*no pics*

-15/3: Met up with the backpackers to discuss our travel plans, look for bags and sample good food at the food fair @suntec

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huge backpack (or rather, just small rachel)

suntec food fair

-13/3: Booked tickets for Australia!!!! :) We're (Me, Rach, PeiXuan, YiHui, Jin Cheng) backpacking to KL, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney!

*no pics*

-12/3: Went for medical checkup with Nickolas and met with FCGUHD for sakae (lots of pictures)

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when everywhere else had queues of over 5 hours, this chinatown clinic had no queue and the entire checkup took a mere 14mins

px n rach @ sakae

everyone...

toufu

chawamushi!

peixuan blocking the art piece at citylink

one street lamp too many?

pj n px

pj n kl

carline n weiliang

px n pj AGAIN

timer shot :)

ERIN

bridge

drop by drop

timer again

wl n pj @ merlion with 'photo frame'

peixuan and carline holding up the merlion

SINGAPORE CBD and the MERLION

looking forward

the flyer and the ritz carlton

Well, that pretty much sums it up... my Vietnam trip report is in the post below :)

Vietnam! Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam Trip Report

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went to Pasir Ris park for Fund Fiesta (stayed for about 5mins cos there was nothing there)

The Tranquility of Pasir Ris Park...

the A380 as seen from the airport shuttle

Budget terminal shuttle bus

VERY budget terminal...

doesnt this look like some shopping mall in a shipping container?

boarding our Tiger A320 via stairs

still at the 'gate', waiting...

taxiing

take off!

changi

tekong

high in the sky

the view out my (tiny) window

the cabin

HCMC from above

river

going to be staying in one of those...

landing! flaps up

the airport

my uncle took a pic of me outside the terminal (look at the amount of people in the background and contrast that with the emptiness inside the terminal)

on the way to our hotel... (i wouldnt want to drive here... JAM)

POWER crunch

some statue

Ben Than Market

Dinner place

inside

and out

more...

traffic as we tried heading out for our day tour

hours and hours of farmland followed

some communist/socialist stuff

dirt road... (this is starting to look abit China-ish)

our first stop...Khao Dai Temple

some important pillar

view from the back

my sister

the procession @ noon

the 3 colours represent different religions.. Christianity, buddism and taoism i think

its HOT... look at everyone taking shade under the tree's shadow

this is perhaps the only place in Vietnam where you don't here the incessant honking from impatient vehicle drivers

we move off to more of the countryside for lunch and our 2nd destination

and we arrive at Vietnam's HCMC war tunnels

death traps

emergency hiding hole... barely large enough to fit

hammock in the forest

we get to enter the tiny tunnels!!! they are long and winding and very cramped, so much so that at some places you have to slide/crawl ur way around

everyone

on sale: preserved whole snakes with rats among other insects and scorpions!

bomb bomb bomb

a boat made from aluminum cans... vietnamise ingenuity

the sun ready to set as we return to the city

finally... real building in sight

the sun setting...

the view from my hotel room window

yelling and physically abusing a vending machine that stole our money! It later gave in and spit our coins out..

reunification palace

interesting windows

some important meeting room

my cousin's chipmunk... + antlers

resting

my mom and a vintage phone

OMG! there is a movie theater here

projector

helicopter!

some knobs...

WOW a real type writer!

a different view

lunch at some famous place... Pho!

getting lost

relax!

prison break anyone?

we got lost and sort help at this samsung store (perhaps the only place where they understood us)

a cool tiny phone (its length is about the width of my phone!... but its FAT cos its a slide phone)

dinner at some other fancy place

returning home!

Airport

Vietnam 320

Eva 747

Garuda 737

Mandarin

lunch at the airport...

my ride home...

the aerobridge being withdrawn

Tiger (its VERY late) landing as we (jetstar was 10 mins early) were ready to take off..

goodbye Vietnam!

the horizon... sort of

an expensive can of 7-up

sky high

a relatively empty flight... (look at the comfy leather seats! they beat tiger any day..)

its so empty... people take entire rows to sleep

some island as we turn to approach changi

the singapore CBD! (can you spot the singapore flyer?)

east coast

bedok

expo

simei and tampines MRT stations

touch down

a foggy window thanks to the singapore shower

Terminal 1

we got into a new Kia cab.. and the ride to Bishan cost us a whopping $27!!! Next time, I'm taking the train...
---End of Trip Report---

Random Events in the past week

08S25 ppl - Recognize her? She was from S22 and was the one who pushed Nickolas down during our first interclass captains ball game. She was also one of the high-pitched screamers who... "AHHHH!" Met her at NUH, while visiting ariz and Rio.. (they got into a motorcycle accident. Rio in ICU, ariz just resting)

was attempting to fix Jr's harddisk... after 8 hours of repair and 6 hours of formatting, I gave up.... [was watching TV (Are you smarter then a 5th Grader?) while repairing]

saw Mr and Mrs Ong at Wistma... (Mrs ong is the lady in black)... me n PX went to talk to Mr Ong later

the DHL balloon... (on a side note, yihui's skate stuff are being delivered by DHL..)

IT fair @ Suntec... Sony booths

ZOMG!!! uber thin OLED TVs!!! (only 11" prototypes, but still...)

Sony Gallery

Esplande MRT station had a crack in one of its glass panels... o.0

I got an inflatable surf board from Sony! :P (junwei found sony staff distributing them at the sides)

Anw, I bought the following at the IT fair...
-HP Photosmart All-in-one C7280 printer
-HP Ink
-Kingston 4GB SD card
-Sanyo Envelope rechargeable batteries
-Aztech HomePlug 85MBPS Network Shit

and got a spin on some OCBC card instant lucky draw thing... for which I won some pathetic beauty voucher... -.-
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Also, I'm going to Vietnam tomorrow... will be back with an update next Wednesday... :)

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Leap Back

okay... sorry for a week long delay in updates... been busy and lazy, but I'm free now cos I just quit my job! :D :D :D (well maybe getting abit too free... im starting to get bored)
24 Feb

went to meet the guys at shaw after work... jw went to BIBI&BABA to buy his PJ uniform
BIBI&BABA sells ALOT of school's uniforms, including SAS, raffles, ACS.. etc

jw went to far east to cut his hair...

waiting to go somewhere...
28 Feb
MY LAST DAY OF WORK!!! :D

went to annie's house and saw the hawker centre opposite the stadium had burned down o.0

a closer look
29th Feb [LEAP]
followed yihui to the airport to collect his pay, then we went to the esplanade...

the roof! (Can't believe I've never been up here before)

looking at the world below

an obstructed view of the magnificent Singapore Skyline!

move a little to the left and you see CRANE CITY! (aka the future Marina Bay)

light is fading away...hiding
---OTHER STUFF---
ohh and in case you've been living under a rock and didn't know, rachel made the headlines!

The article is not available online cos Straits time made their online shit cost money

1/4 Singapore Flyer

the flyer as seen from a bus on the ECP

cool license plate! (and nice black thingy as well)

is it just me or does the sign say "17 4"?

For those of you who don't know, thats my CT! (use your imagination and you can guess what kind of lessons we've had. also notice the bleach manga and probably overdue library books on the shelf) :P [taken from his blog]