I proudly present you my final post for the year 2005. Since mine is actually more like a quarterly updated weblog, so I would like to cover most of the events that happened in this period of time. Let’s start with October: the month that I digested all the books and tried some workbooks. November: SPM Examination. December: A relaxing month for me to drive around my hometown and observe everything in my lovely neighborhood plus other places such as Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. I’m not sure whether it’s my hundredth trip to the Penang or maybe KL, but one thing for sure, it’s my second trip to Singapore!
I arrived in KL mid-December, and spent a week there. I experienced many types of delicious food and activated my taste buds by visiting some of the famous eateries in the capital KL and its suburbs. Besides, I also shopped around for some stuffs there and observed some of the Christmas and New Year decorations in the capital. That was a great trip, but my Singapore trip was even greater. I spent a week in Singapore together with my family at the end of the month. We explored some of the main attractions of the city state, such as Sentosa Island, Singapore Zoo, Singapore Night Safari, the central shopping area on Orchard Road, Chinatown, etc. The Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari were the absolute highlights of our one week trip to Singapore. Both of the parks are stunningly beautiful and well organized. I managed to chat with some of the tourists and met a pretty girl which asked me to help her take some snaps in the Singapore Zoo! Exploring the trails of the Night Safari with hundreds of multinationals tourists was truly fascinating and exciting. I reckon none of you can imagine that I spent the whole afternoon in the Singapore Zoo and the whole night in the Night Safari. Unlike the local favorite zoo in my hometown Taiping, the Singapore Zoo and its Night Safari are two different places (entrance fees for the zoo and Night Safari are S$19 and S$20 respectively).
My dear friends, if you think the Christmas and New Year decorations in Malaysia are great, then you are probably wrong. Singapore is always adorned with the most beautiful decorations in the whole Southeast Asia during the festive season. I also managed to witness the Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s impressive ‘Earth from Above’ outdoor photographic exhibition along the Orchard Road (visit this: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/ ). I’m back to Malaysia on the 31st of December to celebrate the New Year in KL and will be in Taiping on the 3rd of January 2006! That’s all for now. Happy New Year!
