❝ Documentation of my life. A homage to faded memories. ❞

BOXING DAY !!!
Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 // 00:01
IT'S BOXING DAY !! XD
Alas ! I have been struggling not to peek at my gifts [;


Okay , I have all my wrapped presents in front of me . Hehe . Goanna open it now [:

Gimme a minute .. [ AFK ]

I'm back ! [ Okay , Lame ] After opening all my presents . Haha . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GIFTS GUYS !! I SIMPLY LOVED IT !! Okay , I'm goanna share what I've received for this year's Christmas [: -----

Karen , thanks for the pillow and the MYUK pouch . I really needed a pillow ! Haha . I've got famous amos cookies from Peilian and a box of chocolates from Wenjie [: Hey , you guys want me to get fat issit ? Haha . Just kidding ! I loved those ! [: And I got a Mickey mug from Joanna and a cute Japanese mug from Aunt Elsie . Right .. I don't think I'm goanna use any of those . They're so pretty and with my butter fingers , it'll definitely ' piank ' one day .. So .. Kitchen isn't a good place for them . The display shelf rather . Haha . Okay .. I got a Mickey snowglobe from Tangjie [: Hee . Thanks , I loved that . Also , I got a cute paw handphone accessory from Keqi [: Loved that too . I'm goanna use it [: AND last but not least , roy got me two necklaces that is sooooo freaking cool ! A sneaker and a pair of shades . Omg , I really needed that . Wearing that tie too often . Haha . So .. Thank you , once again . Hope you guys liked the gifts I had for you [: I love boxing day !

BUT , I still had a mundane X'mas this year , though ]: Anyway , I hope all had a wonderful Christmas ! [:


MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
Posted Thursday, December 25, 2008 // 17:12
MERRY CHRISTMAS !! XD

Okay so .. I haven got the time to blog cos I was so busy buying and wrapping gifts for X'mas . Haha . Anyway , on Eve , Roy , Cheryl , Wenjie and I went to watch Twilight , AGAIN . HEE . It's my second time watching [: Roy had to run off earlier so we exchanged our gifts first . After the movie , we went home first .

Suppose to meet ealier at Cheryl's place . But many ppl aren't able to make it so we cancelled the first meeting . But we planned another one cos many can make it at night . So we went to Cheryl's house like 12am . Haha . Watched a horror flim while wating for Catherine , Jun Hao and friends . So at around 1am + , most of them came already . We had like .. 8 ppl ? Ya .

We finished he 2 bottles and we went to 7-11 to get more at around 3am . I PUKED AT CHERYL'S HOUSE [: Haha . I drank like 3 diff types of alcoholic drink .. The combination sucked . Haha . And , sorry for stinking up the place . HEE [: And the ' Vodka , GIRL ' was arrr .. Everyone didn't like it . I swear I'll only drink ' Absolute ' from now on ..

I went home like 6am + in the morning . My stomach was so quezy after puking .. So I got home to rest . I WOKE UP AT 3PM TODAY [: Haha . I'll be having dinner at home soon . Anyway , had fun last night and thank you everyone for the gifts . I'll open them tonight , after 12mn . HEE [:


Bon Voyage , Miss Sum ! / TWILIGHT
Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 // 10:42
Yesterday , Cheryl and I met up with some of the guys and we went to the aiport together to send Miss Sum off to Hong Kong . Sad . We just came back from HK and she is going there now ]: Take care , Miss Sum [: Goanna miss you so much .

Headed home to rest first . Cos my sis and I wanna catch a late night show . Hehe . Yea , we wanna watch ' Twilight ' . Okay , I thought my sis was crazy at first . She just watched ' Twilight ' earlier in the afternoon and she wanna watch it again in the night . Haha . But after the movie , I know why [:

So my sis and I went to get the tickets for the 9:35pm show . Her friend was joining us , so we bought another ticket for her . Managed to get good seats because I think few ppl wanna watch a show so late . Anyway , we went to shop around for Christmas gifts while waiting for her friend . After we met up with her friend , we got some popcorns and we entered .

Okay , I totally LOVED the show !! XD Not goanna reveal anything about the movie . Just in case ppl who hasn't watch the show pops up at my blog and I'll become a spoiler [: But I think that ppl will enjoy the show more if they had previously read the book . IDK .. Just a personal view . Some parts are not really elaborated in the movie and you'll have to read the book first to understand .. Many many parts from the book are also not shown in the movie . But yea .. How can you squeeze 434 pages in 2 hours .

I love these quotes ! -

" You're like my personal brand of Herion . " - Edward

" I never really gave a thought about how I would die . But dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go . " - Bella

Especially the one from Bella . LOL . Overall , awesome movie .

We sent her friend home and my sis and I headed home too , after that ..


A days work at roy's mom office
Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2008 // 21:19
The morning was cool . I had to wear a jacket before I got out of my house to meet Cheryl . Today , we're going to Aunty Espy's office to work .

We went to Roy's house and his mom drove us to the office . We were kinda early and we went to get some breakfast . After that , we had our job briefing and we started pakaging the diaries . Exactly what I did 3 years ago . We completed the eight hour job in just two . LOL . So we had an early lunch .

We lingered for like one hour in this pet shop , admiring their rodents .. So .. We were having this thought about raring a hamster .. But we left eventually with nothing . Okay , we went to this ' Mr Prata , Est 2005 ' [ That's what the sign board says . LOL , 2005 also must put . ] . Anyway , I got this bowl of Mee Siam for $3.60 and the number of mouths I ate from that bowl could be easily calculated with my pair of hands .. The serving is damn small can ? Finished our lunch and we went to Ben n' Jerry and we headed back to office .

Job done . So we got to shread office documents that was dated back to the 98' , which is ten years ago ? LOL . I guess if they didn't hire us , they will not have anymore office space .. The amount of papers to shread is scary . Haha . Anyway , we shreaded till like 10 full garbage bags . We sneaked out and went back to the pet shop again . Haha . We got two hamsters in the end XD

Went back to office and did the bedding for the hamsters in their new cage . We packed up and we left . I wanted to keep those cute little things in my house . But they would turn into gourmet over night .. LOL . To my two bitches at home [:

I'm so freaking bored right here now ..


A days
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Cape No. 7
Posted Saturday, December 13, 2008 // 13:59
Went to watch ' Cape No. 7 ' at Cineleisure with Karen and Peilian ytd . Omg , the weather soooo hot can ? Haha .

We went to the box office to get our tickets first . After that we had lunch at Pastamania . We decided to walk back to Takashimaya because there was nothing at Cineleisure to shop . First place we went was Kinokuniya . Since I'm rotting at home this holiday , I might as well get some self-enrichment books to self-enrich myself . LOL ! Karen bought this ' Japanese Phrases for DUMMIES ' and I bought the french version . Teehee [: I have nothing better to do larh . Anyway , we got our books and we went to get our Hokkaido ice-cream XD We wanted to try different falvours , but we all ended up having ' sea-salt and caramel ' . Sounds weird ? Taste good . That's my favourite flavour besides ' milk tea ' [:

After we got our ice-cream , we walked back to Cineleisure to catch the movie .

The movie's really hillarious and touching as well , at the ending . Overall , nice movie . Haha , Peilian decided to buy the Cape No. 7 pakage after the movie and we walked back to Takashimaya , Kinokuniya to get the pakage . Settled our dinner there and we went to Sembawang . Karen and Peilian wanted to get the OST for Cape No. 7 . But it wasn't on sale yet . Got my scrape book for the HK trip and we headed home .

Haha , I'm so addicted to my DUMMIE book now XD Okay , I'm goanna make some watermelon sago now [: Au revoir !


My 6D5N Trip to Hong Kong !
Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 // 15:42
I'm back from Hong Kong ! XD


Went there with Cheryl , Wenjie , Roy , Kyrene , Aunty Espy and Aunty Elsie XD We had HELL LOADS of fun there and I don't wanna come back so soon . Sigh . SO SADDENING ]: I would like to post more pictures but my comp is DAMN laggy and I am DEAD TIRED . Haha . You'll know why ltr on . I'll post some pictures anyway . Most of pictures are not in my phone either .

Day 1 : 4th Dec 2008

Met Wenjie and Cheryl at Admiralty MRT station . Took a train down to Changi and we ate our lunch at T3 . After that , we met Roy and his family and we checked in our luggages at T1 . We took off at 1645 and we landed in Hong Kong at 2000 plus .

Temperature was 19*c at touch down time . Was quite cold alrd . We took our shuttle bus to Shangri-La hotel . The hotel was totally awesome ! Best hotel I've ever stayed . The bell boy got our luggages up to the 14th floor and we went up to our room first . Still remembered our room number : 1409 . Haha . By the time we settled in , it was like 10 plus alrd . It was real cold and we had to put on our jacket whenever we got out of our hotel . We decided to walk around our hotel area to familiarise ourselves with the place . Went to have deserts first . Ordered this Watermelon Sago at about Hk$15 / SGD$3 . Damn good [:

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After that we walked along Park Lane . But it was like 11pm plus and most of the shops were closed . We then to McDonald to rest and have a bite . Headed back to the hotel after that . Took a bath and went to bed . The worst night I had throughout the trip . Not used to not hugging a bolster . Haha . Fell asleep only after 4am . The rest were so asleep and it was dead silence .. I was the only one awake . Omg , that feeling sucked alot .

Day 2 : 5th Dec 2008

Was 16*c in the morning . DAMN COLD . Haha . We met everyday at 10am and we went to try a typical Hong Kong breakfast .


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I ate this set ; bread with butter , 2 eggs , a bowl of noodles and a glass of cold milk ( The hotdog was added in de haha ) . I loved that breakfast . It was so good and it only cost like Hk$25 / SGD$5 and we settled both breakfast and lunch XD After that we went to purchase our very own MTR card / Octopus card ! XD Something like MRT card / ez-link card . We paid Hk$150 / SGD$30 for the card . HK$50 was the deposit .

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MTR card / Octopus card taken after we've purchase it [:

The MTR was SCARY . No kidding man .. There were god damn loads of ppl and the passengers in the trains were packed like sardines . We took the train down to Mong Kok where the famous ' Ladies Market ' was . We spent the entire afternoon shopping there and the stuffs there were really cheap . But you must know how to bargin as well . Haha . I got a purple converse shoe for HK$140 / SGD$28 and a billabong wallet for HK$90 / SGD$18 . Prices that you'll never find in SG . Got loads of presents too . Our hands were full of bags and we were so tired that we took take a cab back to our hotel to rest . After we rested enough , we went to have dinner at a typical restaurant nearby . Omg , I had this plate of damn salty noodles .. x.x Worst meal there . I felt like I was practically openning a packet of salt and eating it .. Went to ' Mens Market ' after that and I got myself some stuffs . Compared to ' Ladies Market ' , the price was cheaper but there were limited shops and lesser varieties . After ' Mens Market ' , we went to Preudential Shopping Centre . The sports shop was having a clearance sale and I bought myself a Puma jacket at only Hk$220 / SGD$44 !! OMG . I bought my Puma jacket in SG for $88 at Takashimaya .So happy [: Haha . We went back to our hotel to unload our bags and we went down to have coffee at Starbucks just 2 min walk away from our hotel and we planned where to go tmr .

Day 3 : 6th Dec 2008

Temperature was 12*c - 18*c . We had breakfast at the same restaurant as where we had dinner last night . Wanted to go to Victoria Peak today . But the locals said it was very cold . So we decided that we're not properly dressed and we shall go tmr instead . So we went to the Space Museum .

On the way , we even witness something interesting . A guy was actually tugging and pulling a middle-age woman and there were security guards there . The guy was shouting and ranting in cantonese and we don't understand a single word . After that , the adults told us that the woman was actually a theif . LOL .

Anyway , headed to Space Museum . Some videos were quite interesting . Other than that , the museum was quite small and there was nothing much . After that we went to the ' Xing Guang Da Dao ' . It was DAMN COLD there ! Cos the place was just beside the sea and the cold breeze was so cold ~ Took loads of pictures . The place was so beautiful , especially the scenery . We took a break and we had ice-cream . Haha . We're crazy .

Went to Apliu street after that and I bought DVDs !! Bought " Hei Tang Qun Xia Zhuan " , " Ming Zhong Zhu Ding Wo Ai Ni " and " Fan Gun Ba , Dan Chao Fan " at HK$15 / SGD$3 per box set !! The quality isn't that good . But who cares !? Being able to watch is good enough XD After that , we went back to Mong Kok and ' Ladies Market ' to shop for more stuffs . LOL . But Cheryl , Roy and I ended up buying nothing .. Cos we really had nothing to buy and I was like broke . LOL . The previous day at ' Ladies Market ' had already reduced half of my wallet size . Haha . We had dinner at a restaurant near ' Ladies Market ' . Had Curry Chicken rice . The serving was generous and I was hungry cos we skipped lunch , so I finished the enire plate [: Took a cab back to the hotel .

We had a bath and we went down to 7-11 , which was just beside our hotel like 2 min walk away and we got some sanwiches . We decided to wear as little as possible because we'll never experience this in SG . Haha . We all wore shorts , tee and slippers . So freezing cold . We watched TV and ate our sanwiches XD Went to bed after that .

Day 4 : 7th Dec 2008

Temperature was 12*c - 19*c . We had breakfast at Delifrance , which was 5 min walk away from our hotel . After that we went to Victoria Peak ! We took a train down to Central . Central is like tyipcal Far East can ? Many foreign domestic workers were there , and I really mean MANY . While walking to the tram station , we saw a demostration going on . I think it's about the banks and the global financial crisis . There were many protestors and it was scary . LOL .

Walked to the tram station and we purchased our tram and wax museum tickets . Took the tram ride up the mountains for 10 mins . The view was spectacular .. We went to Wax Museum first . It was so much fun there . There was this ' Scary House ' in the wax museum and Cheryl , Wenjie and I decided to try . LOL . DAMN SCARY .. My heart almost came out . Haha . Took many funny pictures with those wax XD

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One of my favourite : With Twins ! XD

After that , 5 of us , Cheryl , Wenjie , Roy , Kyrene and I went to roam about . Our legs were tired and we decided to rest at Pacific Cafe . We cannot find a seat indoors so we went to sit outdoors . The wind at the top of the mountains was so strong and it was like 10*c ? Haha . Loved the weather . We got some hot chocolate and cakes .

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My favourite picture of all time ! We were so cold that we had to put our hoods on . Finished our hot choc and we went to make a wax hand . This can be found in SG too but it was much cheaper in HK . It was so fun and sooooo many ppl were watching us when we're doing the wax hand =.= We met up with the adults and we went to BK to grab a bite . After that , we left Victoria Peak .

We took the MTR to Causeway Bay and we had another round of shopping . After that , we had a big feast at a restaurant XD Went back to Preudential Shopping Centre . Bought a Puma bag at Hk$150 / SGD$30 and a Nike jacket at HK$180 / SGD$36 for my sister . I spent like more than hundred SGD on that sports shop .. But it's relly worth . The price there is so much cheaper compared to SG .. Took a cab back to our hotel after that .

Went to 7-11 as usual after out bath in shorts , tees and slippers . LOL !! We wanted to get milk and the 7-11 beside the hotel does not sell them . The 7-11 was very small and they have limited stuffs . So we went to the 7-11 across the road like 5 min walk . We were freezing and everyone around us were so ' wrapped up ' can ? And we were like ' It's Summer ! ' . LOL . And this day happen to RAIN and we were shivering . But it was so funny . Haha . So many ppl gave us the ' Why-are-they-dressed-like-that-at-this-temperature ' stares . LOL . But we eventually ran back to our hotel after we got our stuffs .. Really too cold alrd .. Finished our food and we went to bed .

Day 5 : 8th Dec 2008

Wasn't a cold day . Temperature was 21*c . But it was quite cool . Had breakfast at Delifrance again . This time , Roy , Cheryl , Wenjie and I didn't want to shop so we decided to split . Four of us shall go to museums while the rest shall go to shop . So .. We're on OUR OWN !

We took a map and we ventured ourselves . We decided to go to the Science Museum but it was only 11am plus and so it wasn't operating yet . So , we reluctantly went to the History Museum . But the History Museum was like so damn cool can !? Recommend to go . Spent a good 2 hours there and we went to the Science Museum . Nothing much there ..

We decided that we won't be returning the Octopus Card because we wanted to keep it so we went to Delifrance on the way back to the hotel to but some food with the card . Went back to the hotel to soak our aching feets and ate those stuffs from Delifrance at the same time . Haha .

After that we met up to go for Dim Sum . But the restaurant was closed .. SAD . So we went to have dinner at another restaurant . After that we took the MTR to Times Sqaure at Causeway Bay . Went back to the hotel and we took our bath and packed a little . After that , we went to carry out our Crazy Mission [; LOL . This was our mission :

Time : 12mn
Temperature : About 10+++*c
Attire : Shorts , Tee and Slippers
Mission : Walk to the 7-11 further away from our hotel , buy a cup of ice-cream and eat it outside 7-11 .

LOL ! And we did it !

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That's Kyrene , Roy , Cheryl and I in our summer attire , eating ice-cream at 10+++*c . Haha .

After that we went back to our hotel to get our Doraemon cards and stick some stickers we've got for the ice-creams . LOL !

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That's 3 filled ones .

Every Hk$40 spent at their 7-11 , we get 3 Doraemon stickers . Stick 10 into a card and we can change for a Doraemon character plushie ! We got like 30 + and we wanted everyone to have one so we shopped at 7-11 like mad . LOL ! We bought so many junk food to ton the night . We had frozen Dim Sums , Pizza , Sweets , Chocs and loads of chips . We wanted to fill 5 cards with 50 stickers . But we over bought and we ended up spending HK$300 / SGD$60 at 7-11 .. We got 59 stickers in the end ! We are short of 1 to fill 6 cards . This 7-11 guy was so nice . We asked him fo a sticker and he actually gave it to us ! Yayness !

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That's us at 7-11 sticking those stickers XD

But we didn't know it was random and we cannot choose our characters . LOL sad . After that , we microwaved our dim sums and pizza and we ran back to our hotel to make sure that our food don't get cold . Haha .

We packed our luggages real fast and we gathered in our room to eat . Ended up having a ' slumber party ' . LOL ! Reading magazines , gossiping about celebrities , talking about ' shuai ges ' .. Haha . And Roy was so funny larh . He knows very little about entertainment gossips and news and he was talking nonsence and crap , making us laugh XD

Day 6 : 9th Dec 2008

Wanted to ton the night . But we fell asleep at 3am plus and we woke up at 5am plus , going to 530am . We were so late .. Cos we need to meet at 545am at the hotel lobby . Rushed and we managed to check out on time and we took the shuttle bus to the airport . Managed to see the sun rise behind the mountains at the airport ! It was so nice ..

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That's the sun-rise we witness [: Taken outside HK's airport after we alighted from the bus .

Checked in our luggages and we took our 0915 plane back to SG . Back at Changi , we took a cab home .

Sooooooooo tired . LOL . Only slept for 2 hours . Realised that we didn't go Disneyland ? LOL ! Kyrene didn't want to go , Roy and I hate rides and we decided not to go . Didn't really regret cos I really don't take rides and it will be a waste of money . The only regret I had was not able to try authentic HK dim sums ]: SAD . Also , to those who like to shop for clothes , this isn't a good time to shop for clothes in HK or other countries that experience winter . Everywher is selling winter wear ! It would be usless to buy right ? COS CANNOT USE IN THIS HOT AND HUMID SG ! LOL . So I went home without a single piece of new clothing [:

OH YES ! My lips cracked so bad and I had a heat rash or wadever .. Not used to the sudden weather change ]: The humidity difference is quite high .. Humindity in SG in the afternoon is 80% while humidity in HK in the afternoon was only 40% plus . My skin cracked too ! GRRR . So sad that the 6 days ended so soon ]':

Okay , I'm goanna sleep now . Finally ..


@ HK
Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 // 14:47
Hey , I'm at Hong Kong's Science Museum now using their free internet service . Haha .

It's been so COLD here ! OMG . My lips cracked and I had a cold rash . Had loads of fun anyway . Will be returning tmr morning alrd . Alrights , going to eat my Dim Sum now . Be back to tell you guys more [:


I'm Going to Hong Kong !
Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 // 16:21
Last post before my Hong Kong trip XD

We went to Roy's house ytd to bake some cookies for his mom . The first batch of cookies were a little out of shape . Haha . But the rest were great .

So .. My luggage is almost ready . Only those stuffs like toothbrush are not in it . And my luggage is real small , or at least , when compared to theirs . Haha . I look like I'm going on a 3D2N camp to Sentosa . But I manage to get most of my stuffs in it with tiny spaces left . The winter jacket took up half the space of the entire luggage . See how thick it is ? But I did bring an extra hand-carry bag along . Just in case I shopped like mad . Haha . I've checked on the weather conditions in HK recently and there were like so huge fluctuations . Previous day was 13 - 20 DC and yesterday it rose to 17 - 22 DC . I seriously don't know how cold is it there . But I hope it gets reeeeal cold =D

The worst part of this trip is , I haven fully recovered from my flu ! GRRR . I'm still having running nose and a bad cough ): Hope I'll get better soon man .

I'm sure goanna enjoy my trip and I hope everyone are enjoying their holidays as well (: Happy Holidays ! Toodles ~

Be back by : 9th Dec [:


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Hi, my name is Samantha. I love travelling, reading and meeting people from different walks of life. This is a documentation of my life and my travel adventures. In a way, it is a homage to faded memories of mine. The memory span of a human being is short, hence the existence of these memoirs. Because fifty years down the road, I want to look back, smile to myself and say: "I've lived my life with no regrets."

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2006
Brisbane, Australia
2007
Taipei, Taiwan
Bintan, Indonesia
2008
Hong Kong
2009
Melbourne, Australia
2010
Bintan, Indonesia
2011
Vienna, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
2012
Bratislava, Slovakia
Styria, Austria
Carinthia, Austria
Paris, France
Frankfurt, Germany
2013
Auckland, New Zealand
Bangkok, Thailand
2014
Tasmania, Australia
Seoul, South Korea



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