June 10th, 2010 by sixpegs

Hello guys! Time really flies when one is having fun!
I am now approaching the 6th day of my 8.5 days Tokyo trip.
We haven’t really been following our itinerary properly (that’s v bad)!
But we have been all over the place and ended feeling really tired almost every single night.

On Buttons’ birthday on the 7th, we had an “All Music” Day.
I researched about the various places that are suitable for music geeks like him and we went to them one by one!
We chanced upon a couple other really interesting music places too.
This is us at Ochanomizu. Nothing much there except lots and lots of guitar stores! :p

And this is Buttons in music heaven. Hahaha!
And also a couple other pictures of us cruising around the neighborhood. :)
And if you’re loving the green top drape I’m wearing, you can go look it up at Challures!

We then headed over to Ginza for the huge Yamaha building that Buttons is obsessed with. Hahaha!
Ginza is totally amazing! So many huge labels over here and they all got their own individual buildings.
TOTAL MADNESS! Too many brands, too little money! Haa.
We were there from afternoon till night.

As it was Buttons’ birthday, we decided to eat something good!
So we went to this restaurant along the main Ginza stretch. But sadly, I think the food was just so-so.
Bleah! Disappointed.
But oh well, we had a private space for dinner and it was time well-spent! :)

I hope you enjoyed your quiet and simple birthday celebration, Baby! <3

On the next day, we got up at around 1pm. (!!!)
I know, we’re super jialat. ALWAYS SLEEPING! Hahahaha.
Even the housekeeping lady had to call us to ask us if we still want our room made up. :p
That’s just really bad. Heh!

But this day was a fun-filled one because we met up with the first couchsurfer from Tokyo!
I met her at the Couchsurfing website and Hanako was really great company!
I would recommend Couchsurfing to everyone all travellers because
it is the fastest and easiest way to get in touch with the locals!
And travelling around with the locals is always different and special because they know the city inside out! :D

We met up at the Hachiko exit where the statue of Hachikō still waits patiently at the same spot.
If you haven’t heard about the amazing story about Hachikō, it’s time to find out more about him here.
Faithful dogs. <3

And this is the amazing Hanako. She was really friendly and spoke really good English!
In fact, she can speak great Spanish as well. This girl has travelled half the world and has so many good stories to share.
It was a pity that this photo is so blur! (urgh) But fret not! We’ll be meeting again on Saturday. Can’t wait!

She brought us to this place where there is free wireless (YAY!) and great great udon! I love udon! :D

She brought me around Harajuku and Shibuya area as Buttons went back to his music stores. Haha!
Hanako knows exactly where everything was and it was such a joy hanging out with her. :)
We then had dinner at Kabuki-cho – the area where all the “interesting” actions took place.
There are vendors selling pornography and hentai comics all over the place.
You can have a teppanyaki place right next to a pornography video rental store. Hahaha!
But it was fascinating indeed. Hanako did her part in telling us more about the businesses going on at Kabuki-cho too! :p

And a picture of Buttons with Hanako. What a nice picture!
I am a better photography obviously (hahaha how shameless!) :p

We were later joined by Kazu and another designer friend of theirs for some drinks!
They brought us to the local gay district which is just a 10 minutes away from Kabuki-cho area.
The pictures were a mess because the flash wasn’t on. But aiya, you get the picture! :p
It was a great deal of fun!!

On our 5th day, we headed out to Shibuya again because we loved the place too much.
We checked out Omotesando area near Harajuku as well.
That place is amazing too. Everything looked lovely there and the people there were all attractive and nice.
You can find the Agnes B Voyage, Burberry Blue and Black label around here as well! :)

But before all the action, check out Buttons’ geeky setup in our hotel room!
Who the hell would bring so many equipments on a vacation right!!!
Yes, this is m boyfriend for you. Workaholic. *snores*

And this is us on our 5th day in Tokyo. <3
I am loving my red scarf!

Trying to look mysterious – fail.

Lunch was at Yoshinoya – good for paupers like us.
But to be really honest, the food here isn’t too bad.
A LOT better than the Yoshinoyas found in Singapore if you ask me!
Value for money definitely. Aiya, beggars aren’t choosers. Lol!
Poor Buttons looks tired here. Either that, or he is still sleepy. Heh.

We took the train to Harajuku and started our shopping.
And this is us at our first coffee break at Harajuku.
Fat (me) and unfit (Buttons) people need lots of breaks! Hahaha!

We cruised around for a while before we had a second coffee break.
Hahahaha. I’m freaking weak. Can’t walk for long! :x

And to end of this post, here are a couple pictures I snapped on my camera.
Oh! A couple of you guys asked me about my camera. It’s an Olympus EP-1! :D
It’s really gorgeous and all these pictures are taken on the pinhole function. Pretty aye?
As for the iPhone screen protector, I went back to the shop and grabbed a couple.
I also took a few that are black with colourful polka dots! That one is totally adorable also!!
I will show you guys more when I am back in Singapore okay?
I only have around 6 of the red polka dots ones that I am using now. Yup, will update on this soon.
Meanwhile, enjoy the beautiful Tokyo city right here! Sayonara! <3

June 6th, 2010 by sixpegs

That’s us looking tired and sticky after a the flight and a long day of cruising around town.
The area we’re living in (Ikebukuro) is a super happening place with lots of malls and great eateries after nightfall!
I’m really thrilled about visiting Harajuku tomorrow.
It’s Sunday, and that’s the day where all the cosplayers come out to play.
And above all, I am most exciting about the shopping! :D
Do look out for the Sunday Advertorials up tomorrow at 9.30pm!
And I will be back with more updates on my Tokyo adventure with Buttons.
Tata for now! <3

April 20th, 2010 by sixpegs

YES YES YES.
Buttons & I just booked our tickets to visit Tokyo, Japan!
I am SO thrilled because it’s my first time there and I cannot wait to get my ass there.
It’s Tokyo HELLO! I love it.
I have given myself 10 missions to fulfill when I’m there.
I really cannot wait to go there. ♥

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March 22nd, 2010 by sixpegs

As you all may have already known, I was in Phuket over the weekend.
It was a sponsored trip by Andara Phuket Resort (thanks so much for the generosity).
The trip is totally amazing!!
As a matter of fact, amazing would be an understatement to
describe the kind of service and hospitality we received when we were there.

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March 20th, 2010 by sixpegs

I am now seated comfortably on my bed in my pretty Pool Penthouse Suite!
I’m staying at Andara Phuket Resort over the weekend and it has been TOTALLY awesome!
In fact, even AWESOME is an understatement.
This place is so incredible that Buttons & I will heave a sigh of admiration everytime we step into our suite.

But all these didn’t start without some mega drama though -
we missed our Singapore-Phuket flight on Friday. (URGH!)
It was supposed to be taking off at 8.35am but we only woke up at Buttons’ place at 7.50am.
We managed to reach the airport check-in counter just 15 mins before take off,
but we weren’t allowed to board (obviously) the plane anymore.

I WAS SO, SO, SO DISAPPOINTED AND MAD AT MYSELF!

Well fortunately, we got 2 tickets for the next flight to Phuket leaving Singapore at 8.35pm.
That’s 12 hours of time loss! 12 hours is nothing when you’re doing many other stuff,
but 12 hours in this amazing resort is DEFINITELY something.
*sigh*

Oh well, anyway.
Buttons & I have been trying our best to make up for the time loss!
And this short one day odd has been totally fabulous for us!

Here is just a shot of us taken at the Kamala Beach.
More pictures coming up when I’m back in Singapore! :)
But honestly, I SO don’t wanna go home. Mmm.. But I really miss Maliboo.
Hahaha. Alright, hope you guys are having a good weekend too. Bye!

December 20th, 2009 by sixpegs

The trip to Bangkok was shiok shiok shiok indeed!
My mother always ask me why I like to go Bangkok so much.
Well, it’s because of the cheap beer, great food and massages and all the amazing things to shop for there!
And this time with Buttons, it was really a great deal of fun too!

We reached there on Saturday night and immediately went to meet Button’s friend, Samuel at Siam Paragon.
It was kinda embarrassing because Buttons and I were dressed super shabbily,
and we were dragging our luggage all over the place in Siam Paragon.
Freaking looking like we’re ?? people!

Samuel brought us to this cafe called Greyhound Cafe in Siam Paragon.
What else can I say?
Buttons and I fell in love with the food there!
I hereby conclude that Buttons and I have been eating rubbish food for the whole of our last Bangkok trip.

The food there was really good.
Presentation was fabulous too!
They like to compare it with P.S Cafe in Dempsey Singapore,
except that the service and price there is much better as compared to P.S Cafe.
I love the Light Tom Yum Soup served with raviolli & Iced Milk Tea.
The ice cubes in the Iced Milk Tea are actually tea cubes!
This is a great place if you like fusion cuisine.

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November 16th, 2009 by sixpegs

I’m finally back from my Batam trip with Buttons!
It’s my first time at Batam and although I have to admit that the resort is not really that impressive,
the staff at Harris Resort are really very friendly!

The trip was really short lived but I really enjoyed myself with Buttons. :)
We were both really busy so this short trip was perfect for us.
You guys must be wondering why did we go on this trip suddenly.
It’s actually just a short trip to celebrate our One-Year-Old Friendship!
We met almost a year ago in school and this is just a small celebration to remind us of that day again.

Here is a picture of Maliboo just before I brought her out to the dog sitter’s place.
I really love my dog sitter Esther, always so friendly and trustworthy!
She lives really near Buttons so it’s very convenient for us too. :)

Here is Buttons and I on the ferry to Batam.
You’ll probably be disappointed if you’re expecting a lot of pictures in this entry.
I’m getting a little lazy with taking pictures lately.
Probably because I’m feeling fat, don’t really feel like taking pictures also. Bad.

I took my favourite mini suitcase on this trip.
When I first saw this suitcase, I fell deep in love with it!
When I saw it in the shop, the price tag on the suitcase stated “Runaway Suitcase”!
How cute, right? :p
I love running away!

And yes I’ve got a big bruise on my thigh. :x

I went for some treatment for my face few days ago at Phillip Wain,
and I got some really precious advice on how to take good care of my face.
To my horror, I realised that I’ve really been treating my skin in a really bad way.
So for the whole of my Batam vacation, I insisted not putting on any makeup except for drawing my brows and mascara.

As a result, I really looked quite horrible throughout the trip.

Here is a picture of part of the spa room in Harris Resort.
The building where the spa is located is actually really old!
But to our surprise, the spa itself is really nicely decorated and the service staff are all very friendly.
The treatment rooms were pretty and comfortable to be in as well.
So Buttons and I were really happy with the spa treatments we’ve received.
It’s really good too because they have a lot of couple treatment rooms available. :)

Pardon my messy bed.
I only remembered to take pictures after everything was over! :p

We totally forgot about booking our return ferry tickets on the first day.
And by the time we remembered on the second day, the earlier ferry tickets were all gone!
Buttons had to miss a dinner appointment with his friend and we had to spend around 3 hours doing nothing!
But to be honest, I am kind of happy that we missed the earlier ferries.
Buttons and I had a quiet lunch and had the whole 3 hours to ourselves,
we play badminton by the pool, sat around and chit chat,
and even went for a dip in the pool even though he didn’t bring his swimming trunks!
Hahahaha.

Thank god we missed the ferry.
I love my Buttons.

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November 13th, 2009 by sixpegs

I just booked a ticket to leave Singapore again.
But this time, it’s just to Batam for one day! Hahaha.

Buttons and I will be spending the one night at Harris Resort.
Initially, we were considering between going Batam or staying a night at Amara Sentosa Singapore.
Did a small poll on Twitter and everyone said I should go Batam instead since it’s cheap and away from the city.
My friend even said “Get out of the country whenever and wherever possible!”
How true. I very much agree!

Thus, we’ll be going TOMORROW!

I have never been to Batam before.
And when I think of Batam, all that comes to mind will be
middle age Singaporean men who go there once a fortnight to visit their “second families”.
I’ve heard some bad and good raves about Harris Resort, but hopefully it won’t turn out as bad as I would have imagined!

September 16th, 2009 by sixpegs

After all that drama from the previous post, I thought it’s time for something more normal for this next post.
So here is a very brief entry about my Bangkok Trip with Buttons.

WE LOVE BANGKOK!

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It was just a short weekend getaway & sadly we didn’t really camwhore as much as we did for the previous trips.
But the good thing is, when we were not taking photographs,
we were busy having fun eating and shopping!

We spent every single night over at Suan Lum Night Market.
And we’ve both concluded that it’ll be our favourite place in Bangkok.
Quite as awesome as Chatuchak and Platinum Mall,
but when it comes to the perfect place with good food, cheap beer & nice local designer clothes,

It just HAS to be Suan Lom!

Thailand is indeed the Land of Smiles, Cheap Beer & Me-Love-You-Nong-Times!

Here is Ben reading some random book in a random bookstore, can you see Tommy too?

I bought quite a lot of clothes this time round.
And I’m proud to say that I’ve been more careful spending my money,
getting things that I really love even when it means that the clothes are more pricey.
But then again, in the Singapore context, our buys are really dirt cheap!

Buttons got some really awesome tailor-made business wear as well.
It’s at this tailor called Manhattans, you guys have to check them out if you wanna get good tailors!
Great quality & they managed to do up the 3 shirts and 2 pants
Buttons ordered in merely 6 to 7 hours.

We are really very impressed!

We’re all happy kids! :)

And not even us, even Maliboo is totally in love with her new bed -
brought back all the way from Bangkok by us!
Look at how shioky she is lazing around in that cot!

I’ll be going for a session of Botox for my jaw muscles this coming Thursday.
I know some of you might be thinking “WHAT THE FUCK!”,
but I thought it’ll be nice to see how a couple shots can do to those jaw muscles.
I have the habit of teeth grinding since young & always chew on my right side.
So over time, the right side of my face is more defined than the left.
I’ve also always been complaining of a wide face & always hated frontal shots,
so I thought I’d just give it a try since opportunity presented itself.

Apparently, Botox is not only for wrinkles and crow feet lines!
Look at this picture below that I found online – the wonders of this lil jabs!

It’s just a 5 minute thing & the effects will fade away after a year or two.
Plus, it’s being sponsored by the generous Atlas Medical.
And I even get paid to do it, so why not?

I’m very excited about it & promise to do up a nice coverage on my blog
to share with you guys how the process is like.

Here is a youtube clip to show how the Botox procedure is like.

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Buttons and The Teng Company’s performance @ Supperclub tomorrow too.
It’s for the OMY Blog Awards & I’ll be there to watch the performance as well!
So if you’ve nothing on tomorrow, just head on down to Supperclub after 10pm.
Whisper the password “Next Generation” at the door to enjoy free entry!

So many things coming up, I can’t wait!

August 17th, 2009 by sixpegs

It was Addie’s fabulous 50th birthday on Friday.
So I went Taboo with Michelle to be part of all that awesomeness.
HAHAHA.
It was a great great deal of fun!
& we finally get to meet up with Jeremy, Benjamin & Duncan to party.
These guys are a huge deal of fun to hang out with!
Denys joined us later in the night as well.

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YIPPEEDY FUN!

Sunday was a another day of great fun!
My cousin Desmond organized a dirtbiking trip at Pengerang, Malaysia.
It’s a place called Tristan Park.
It was my first time biking & I’m totally totally thrilled!

We met up early in the morning & took a ferry at Changi Ferry Terminal.
Buttons & I were late because we simply love sleeping too much! :p
We shall let the pictures do the talking.

It started with us gearing up with knee guards, elbow guards & gloves.
Following that, we were taught how to work the bikes.
There were a couple different kinds of bikes & they’re all operated differently.
I, as a brand new noob, took the easiest & smallest bike! :p
The protective gears were all really important!
If not for the full face helmet, I think my nose would be gone by now.

Alright, after the short introduction,
we got onto the bikes & practised at the trail near the workshop place.
Went for out yummy & CHEAP lunch nearby,
AND HEADED OUT FOR THE REAL DIRT TRAIL!

THE REAL DEAL!

I fell down twice in total.
LOUSY ME.
The first time happened when I wanted to avoid a huge pithole in the ground.
And I rammed right into Button’s (who was in front of me) bike.
The second one was BAD!
I saw a HUGE rock in the way and wanted to avoid it.
But unfortunately it didn’t happen fast enough
& my bike went over the rock and lost control.
Fell flat on the bike & bruised my knees,
accompanied by scratches on my tummy, arms and shoulders.
(T_T)

I went home with a HORRIBLE pain in my forearms as well.
I think they overworked & thus decided on the strikeback!
It was so painful I cannot even sms or type properly.
Thank God they’re SO MUCH BETTER now!
(All thanks to Buttons who kept rubbing ointment on them for me)
:)

Here are a few vain pictures of Desmond & Buttons on our ferry back to Singapore.

It was such great great fun.
Buttons is already looking forward to the next trip there!
As for me, I think I better concentrate on my muscle aches
& hope they recover soon!
*limps away*

June 24th, 2009 by sixpegs

Hello everybody, I’m finally back!

The ten days UK trip has been a great experience for me.
From the very first minute to the last – awesome!
For one, it’s my first time on the plane alone.
Ahem, I’m finally big girl now.

HAHAHAHA!

Here are some of the pictures that I haven’t posted in the previous entries.
Quite a handful of them, plus some new ones from the last few days.
Hope you’ll love them!

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The journey back was quite bad though.
I got a seat next to this really really REALLY fat African guy.
& I think he took up like 1/5 of my seat as well.
When the person in front of him reclined his seat,
this guy cannot even extend his folded table!
You can IMAGINE how HUGE he is!
Oh well, but I think I lied on his arm when I fell asleep.
(quite comfortable)
HAHAHAHA!
& I think the ticket back sort of gave me a hint that the trip is going to be a torturous one already.
Look at my board pass! It says PMS!
LOL.

The trip has been fantastic.
So good that it has made me withdraw almost all my fortune from my bank account.
So the balance is like super unhealthy now.
HAHAHA!
I better make more money now!

ROAR.

June 19th, 2009 by sixpegs

This entry would probably be a little too boring for most of you.
The sad thing is I haven’t been doing much of the “exciting” things here in Reading.
It is a pretty and quiet place though, & somewhat nice to stay in with Buttons.
Play frisbee, do groceries shopping etc. HAHAHA.
Yes we are feeling very domesticated. :p
I’m looking forward to the weekend in London though, I hope all the museums will turn out really awesome!

Here are some of (my favourite) feet shots while I was on my way out to town centre to meet Buttons after his classes.
Oh! New pumps from Primark!

My dearest Sinsin dear commented that the pictures from the last two entries are way too big!
So for her sake, I’ve resized the photos for this one.
I’m sorry if those pictures had caused you discomfort too! :p

Irritating Buttons!
I asked him for a picture and look at his stupid face.

So I gave him the dissed face to show him how awful it can get.

Hmm now, this is MUCH BETTER!

We had English beer in one of the pubs around here in the afternoon with his music department colleague, Matt.
English beer rocks because it’s straight from a tap & it’s not fizzy at all.
Great for gulping I’d say!
But what Matt said was true too – it’s dangerous in a way, you can’t gauge when you’ve had a little too much. :p
After drinks, we headed out for a nice dinner with his two other female friends who came over to teach in Singapore in April.
One was attached to Deyi Secondary School & the other in ACJC.
Although I didn’t have much to add to all the experiences teaching here and in Singapore blah,
but I’d have to admit that it’s quite insightful and rather entertaining to watch the teachers rant about the educational systems, students, etc.
HAHAHAHAHA.

I’m loving my

June 17th, 2009 by sixpegs

The days in UK has been awesome since the last time I blogged.
We visited Windsor castle, one of the oldest castle around, yesterday.
It’s really beautiful & what I liked most about it would be the Doll’s House – really exquisite & gorgeous!
The architecture of the castle was awesome beyond words!

Button’s colleague here brought us around Royal Ascot area & showed us around the districts where the rich and famous resides.
We went to check out Eton College as well, one of THE outstanding school here.
I’m not as thrilled as the rest of them (who were all teachers)though,
but I’m really amazed by how gorgeous the school buildings are here.
Why aren’t schools in Singapore made like this?

What I find most beautiful about this neighborhood though, is how all the doors are all different here.
I find them strangely attractive.

June 14th, 2009 by sixpegs

GREETINGS FROM UK!

After 14 horrible hours of flight & 3 lonely hours of transit at the Dubai airport, I’ve finally arrived at London yesterday afternoon.
Honestly, I still cannot really quite believe that I’m already here right now!
The feeling is totally indescribable – everything is happening way to quickly to take it all in.
But yes, I am here in UK now safe and sound & is with Buttons already.

The weather here has been really fine for these 2 days & everything is fabulous!
Buttons took the chance that it is weekend now, and brought me around quite a bit.
We visited some of the malls around Reading last afternoon & had a wonderful day trip around London earlier today.
We even took a ferry all the way to Greenwich and check out the freaking cool Royal Observatory Museum place where can actually stand on the Greenwich Meridian Line!

ZERO DEGREE LONGITUDE!

WAY COOL!

Anyway, here are just a couple pictures from our day trip around London today.
It is just a really broad overview of the bustling city, & I reckon we’ll be going back again next week.

I’m REALLY poor & can only travel pauper-style. HAHAHA.
Will make the best out of it anyway! Am sure there will be tons of fun doing it pauper style! :D

This is one of the gorgeous parks where people just laze around in the sun, Greenwich.

Still remember this one from our Vietnam trip? -YES! KISS NUMBER 2, the dead fish kiss.

June 9th, 2009 by sixpegs

I know this is totally totally insane.
I just booked a ticket to UK last night.

And I’m flying there tomorrow night,

ALONE!

May 25th, 2009 by sixpegs

The Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh trip has finally come to an end!
Although it was just a short 4 day trip,
Buttons & I had such a great time there.
The short break was much needed
for the busy Buttons before starting work proper.

Check out the rainbow outside the aircraft window.
It looks like a big, warm

WELCOME TO VIETNAM! ?

It is the first time I’m travelling with Buttons.
Being a paranoid myself, I was pretty worried that we might end up in disagreements and big fights!
But fortunately, we didn’t & it ended up really well on the contrary!

We REALLY dig the Vietnamese rice noodles (Pho) because it tastes good with practically anything!
I’m like a super noodles person – SUPER LOVE IT!
So the first meal is at this growing Pho chain in Vietnam called PHO24.
What a good name because we can really eat it 24/7!

We stayed in the backpackers’ area called Pham Ngu Lao.
This street is littered with budget hotels, hostels & lots of eating places.
Buttons & I fell in love with this place right away – mostly because of the wide variety of food it offers.

AND GREAT COFFEE TOO.

What a colorful & bustling city Ho Chi Minh is!

We checked out the famous Ben Thanh Market on our first day there.
To my disappointment, this place sells mostly souveneirs & textiles (which I am not interested in).
The market is like the Chatuchak Market in terms of its layout, but WAY smaller.
The aisles are narrow and it can get really crowded at times!
I didn’t take much pictures there because it’s not exactly very pleasing aesthetically. HAHA.

Buttons LOVES getting souveneirs and little gifts – maybe that’s why all the vendors loved him!
There are a lot of budding artists there & they are damn good at duplicating famous art pieces!
Great place for people who loves cheap and pretty art pieces.

For a camera whore like me, I fell in love with the vibrant colors of the streets.

AND THE CHEAP BEER OF COURSE!

Our days there were pretty much only made up of feasts and beer blasts.

Oh! And we took a little tour around town on Cyclos on the second day too!
I’m really bad at bargaining so this is not exactly the best city for me.
I heart how friendly the Vietnamese are though.
While on the Cyclos, there were occasional Hellos, waves & smiles from the locals.
Those friendly gestures definitely warmed my heart a little.
The Cyclo rider commented that I look Vietnamese too. You think so?
HAHAHAHA!

That’s Buttons & I at the Reunification Palace in Ho Chih Minh City.
Huge palace with lots of pretty rooms in there.
Nothing much other than that.
Even the very-cultural Buttons thinks that it’s over rated. You can imagine.

Just look at Buttons yawning in one of the pictures below!

B O R I N G .

We continued trekking around town & went to the War Remnant Museum next.

And now we’re talking because this place is really freaky.
All you can see from this place are pictures from the Vietnam War – tons & tons of them.
I can feel that the Vietnamese are really quite against the Americans.
The war ended in the mid 1970s.
Doesn’t that mean that the second generation of these people are still living around us in Vietnam?
They described in details how gruesome & ruthless the Americans were during war.
And together with the photographs on display, they really made me a little sick in the pit.
My deepest impression of the museum was the dead foetuses on display.

But to be fair, I thought the whole view on the Vietnam War was a little one-sided.
Oh well, why do people go to war? Sigh.

ALRIGHT. NEXT UP!

We haven’t forgotten about our dear friend Tommy.
He is the luckiest tomato ever – to be able to travel from USA to Taiwan & now Vietnam.
In just a matter of days, Tommy will be heading to UK with Buttons.
LUCKY HIM. *frowns*

We FREAKING love this French Restaurant called Au Pare on Dong Khoi Road.

Day two was fabulous although we were all thrashed out towards the end of the day.

And cheap beer will never fail to make my day.

HURHURHUR!

Buttons & I set foot on the dusty Vietnam streets in our super Vietnam Nationalists attire on the 3rd day. :p

I love the red and yellow star on their national flag.

SO PRETTY!

We visited the American Army Market & got some pretty good buys there!

I’m loving my 3USD vintage spectacles & Buttons his 12USD old clock.

WE’RE SUPER UBER HAPPY KIDS! :D

@ Thien Hau Pagoda Temple in Cholon (Chinatown)

Stupid cyclo riders on our 3rd day attempted to cheat our money.

DAMMIT.

We thought they were just being really nice helping us with pictures & stuff.

Buttons & I bought drinks for them somemore. NBCB.

They brought Buttons & I to this massage place in town WHICH WAS SUCH A NIGHTMARE!

The place (called Sunflower in Clamette Street) looked empty and bare.
And we were instructed to strip & wrap ourselves with just a piece of white cloth.
We were then guided to beds that were just separated by white curtains - like those in hospitals!
The curtains weren’t exactly very shut properly & I was feeling really uncomfortable because there are men walking around.
Worse thing is, the massage REALLY SUCKED.
Seriously, I think I can do a better job than the masseur.
She really got NO FREAKING IDEA where the muscles are & is ALWAYS massaging the wrong place.
She cannot speak English for nuts.
And honestly, the massaging is more like caressing!

TWO WORDS – FUCKED UP.

I couldn’t take it anymore so I asked Buttons how his massage was while we were still at it.
And I wasn’t surprised when he commented that his sucked too.
It was the worst massage I’ve ever had and it ended before 60mins (it was supposed to be 60mins!)
But good for me too since it sucked so bad anyway.

As we were changing up, Buttons told me that the way the masseur touched him was really suggestive.
Rubbing him way up on his thighs, making him really uncomfortable too.
She was more like touching him more than massaging, & even asked him who am I to him sneakily!
And it didn’t helped at all because his masseur is this fugly old Vietnamese woman with really CMI makeup. (HAHAHA!)
& he added that the masseur asked for tips!

I WAS REALLY FUMING WHEN I HEARD THAT!!!

Expensive massage – NEVER MIND.
Fucked up ambience – NEVER MIND.
Massaging is like fuck – NEVER MIND.
Try to be funny with my boyfriend?! – N E V E R

May 25th, 2009 by sixpegs

HELLO SINGAPORE!

I am back from Vietnam at last.
The trip has been a really fruitful one for Buttons, Tommy & myself.
I am a little tired now from all the travelling, but here are some pictures to show you a bit about my trip!

Stay tuned for more tomorrow.

May 12th, 2009 by sixpegs

We are going to Vietnam!

The trip has been confirmed.
This is the first time we’ll be leaving the country together & we are both thrilled.
What’s more exciting is we are actually leaving next week!

I have always enjoyed travelling, and I hope this trip to Vietnam will be as fruitful as it can get.

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This time, Benjamin & I will get to travel with Tommy the Tomato too!

Tommy the Tomato is actually just a stressball I get from donating blood.
I gave it to Benjamin because he found it cute.
But after Benjamin brought it along with him to USA last year, it has became our little travelling gnome.
Just like the one Amelie had with her father, except that ours takes the shape of a tomato.

Look at where Tommy the Tomato had travelled with Benjamin!

And even visited Marilyn Monroe on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame!

:)

I’m feeling excited for Tommy the Tomato & ourselves.

Hello to Vietnam soon!

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February 12th, 2009 by sixpegs

I wasn’t really prepared for the weather there.
And it was really quite chilly in Taiwan now.
Rather wet and humid. Approximately 18 to 20 degrees.c daily.
I went there foolishly with only a shawl and
had to end up buying ugly looking jackets from Taipei.
And they are frigging thick!
I don’t know how I’m gonna wear them here.
(T_T)

We lived in ?? area and it is a really busy area.
Lots of young people there and funky shops too!
I really loved this trip because we’ve traveled to different parts of Taipei,
and experienced the difference in the city and suburban areas.

My favourite, however, has got to be ??!
We got there on ??? and the atmosphere there was terrific.
There are lots of street performers there.
And the entire coastline was littered with
hawkers selling delicious Taiwanese snacks.
It was a pity though, that we didn’t get to take a boat over to ????.
There is supposedly an ??? there, and the sunset view on it is allegedly superb.

Here’s a picture of the sunset I’ve captured.
Trust me, it’s so much better in real life :)

There are people selling ?? at that area too.
One is supposed to write one’s wishes on it, and let it fly up to the heavens.
It is such a nice and idea, isn’t it?

I cannot describe how much I love the mood at ??.
Families everywhere.
Lovely couples everywhere.
I actually teared when I heard one of street performers sang

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