Damn, the weather is just getting more and more extreme at the moment. In the morning it can be so bloody hot! And the next moment, it gets dark and there's thunderstorm ahead. It's no wonder that more and more people are falling sick under these conditions.
Apparently sometimes, with all the weather swings, comes mood swings too. Weather just gets so madly hot that sometimes it gets you all irritated. And damn i hate the feeling.
Well I know for sure for the whole of next week, I'm most probably just going to be staying in the office during lunch time. The weather is just too terrible and it's annoying to be sweating under my office wear.
Sunday, April 26
Thursday, April 9
Yayy to shorter week and a long weekend ahead. Tomorrow will be having our monthly cousin's gathering over at Faith's. Up to date, the plan to have them monthly has been pretty successful. Last month was during my bday, this month good friday and probably next month is another gathering during Elaine's birthday since it is another long weekend.
It's been great bonding time for us as well as the kids. And now Faith, Elaine, Chris and I have also started to hang out together every sunday while waiting for the kids who are all in the children choir now. And it's a good thing to be in touch with them, cos they are really a bunch of fun relatives I have.
Thanks to them, I settled fine down here. Thanks to them, that I always have family love too. That's why I guess I'm lucky to have stayed here in their midst. Guess, our family trait/characteristic of being close to one another no matter how distant the relation is, is still present in our generation.
It's been great bonding time for us as well as the kids. And now Faith, Elaine, Chris and I have also started to hang out together every sunday while waiting for the kids who are all in the children choir now. And it's a good thing to be in touch with them, cos they are really a bunch of fun relatives I have.
Thanks to them, I settled fine down here. Thanks to them, that I always have family love too. That's why I guess I'm lucky to have stayed here in their midst. Guess, our family trait/characteristic of being close to one another no matter how distant the relation is, is still present in our generation.
Wednesday, April 8
Does cheap air tickets neccessarily means that it's going to be a cheap holiday ahead? How about lodging, travel trap places, transportation, shopping? Dont they also play a part in one's travel consideration? Or has ticket price become the main factor of going to a holiday?
Sometimes I wonder, even if we do want to travel all over the place, dont we consider how much we are going to spend? Why go to the extent of travelling all over the place over cheap tickets rather than planning ahead and spend on 1 great destination which will require long holiday period and at least time to spend and really explore the place inside out.
I am not a person who is very very keen on many many small/short holidays. I have always preferred long travel plans. I think the upcoming Europe trip has been one of the shortest amongst the long holidays I have. Places like China, Hong Kong deserves to be explored in 1 week. But ask me to go to Penang, Genting, Bangkok, Redang, Hong Kong over weekend within a year, I think it's a waste of money. Once or twice are okay but too many is just too taxing on the wallet and the time. And truly, can we learn anything at all about the place in just short 3-4 days?
I guess to me travelling is all about immersing with the culture and I really embrace them and try to adopt some of them. Most of the time these things that I adopt are generally the food, though. Like after coming back from the US, i learnt about the mexican food and tried them all out. After spending more than 2 weeks in HK and China, I also adopted their way of cooking. Basically, my Chinese cooking skills got honed while I was there home-staying at my uncle's place. In my 3 weeks in Australia, I enjoyed the country life so much so that I am having plans that one day when I can, I will migrate there and live in the country! It was much fun being close to the nature.
Well I'm sure though Europe is gonna be like a really short trip to learn about each place, at least I'm hoping to learn a little something from the European. I'm kind of pretty excited about my long upcoming break! Although it wont be like when we were in uni, where 3 months were really a bliss, I am pretty sure, the 2 weeks would be enough to get me in a high mood. But of course, I'm dreading the visa process as usual. Hopefully it's a 5 year long kind of visa.
Sometimes I wonder, even if we do want to travel all over the place, dont we consider how much we are going to spend? Why go to the extent of travelling all over the place over cheap tickets rather than planning ahead and spend on 1 great destination which will require long holiday period and at least time to spend and really explore the place inside out.
I am not a person who is very very keen on many many small/short holidays. I have always preferred long travel plans. I think the upcoming Europe trip has been one of the shortest amongst the long holidays I have. Places like China, Hong Kong deserves to be explored in 1 week. But ask me to go to Penang, Genting, Bangkok, Redang, Hong Kong over weekend within a year, I think it's a waste of money. Once or twice are okay but too many is just too taxing on the wallet and the time. And truly, can we learn anything at all about the place in just short 3-4 days?
I guess to me travelling is all about immersing with the culture and I really embrace them and try to adopt some of them. Most of the time these things that I adopt are generally the food, though. Like after coming back from the US, i learnt about the mexican food and tried them all out. After spending more than 2 weeks in HK and China, I also adopted their way of cooking. Basically, my Chinese cooking skills got honed while I was there home-staying at my uncle's place. In my 3 weeks in Australia, I enjoyed the country life so much so that I am having plans that one day when I can, I will migrate there and live in the country! It was much fun being close to the nature.
Well I'm sure though Europe is gonna be like a really short trip to learn about each place, at least I'm hoping to learn a little something from the European. I'm kind of pretty excited about my long upcoming break! Although it wont be like when we were in uni, where 3 months were really a bliss, I am pretty sure, the 2 weeks would be enough to get me in a high mood. But of course, I'm dreading the visa process as usual. Hopefully it's a 5 year long kind of visa.
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