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Though they have legally registered their marriage,
but tomorrow will be the real big thing.

To Haslinda & Yixiong,
I am really so happy for you both!

Hurhur and myself took some time off one evening last week to run, and he needed to train for his upcoming IPPT as well.
And goodness! it was no joke to resume back running after I stopped a couple of months back, and my stamina deteriorated, like completely.
I tried to push myself for this random run, and the max i could do was 11 minutes before I totally stopped to take a break. boohoo.

In my opinion, it is the most dreadful part trying to regain back your momentum, but i must endure!
As long as the momentum is back, I know it would be much better but for now, i suppose i will hang on to the fact that,
"no matter how much you dread it before you start running, you will feel GREAT after the run"

* I got this top from that I thought would be versatile, and can be a sports wear or a casual outdoor wear. But i like it sporty!

And an outfit of the day – Comfortable, simple and fuss free.

*This long tunic collar top like from is absolutely up for many styles. It can be easily paired with a leggings and you are good to go!
Match it up with the pumps, accessorize it with a scarf and it is one look that you can be most comfortable in.

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As continued with the previous entry,
this is day two of my Krabi Escape!

One thing about Cha Wan Resort is that the breakfast is not the standard buffet selection you get in most hotel/resort stays,
but it has a breakfast menu that comes with three different sets of breaky- American, Continental, Local, and you would need to place the breakfast order the night before.
No worries if you happened to forget about it, you can just head to the restaurant in the morning and order still, just that you probably have to wait a lil for it to be served.

Well, the special thing about placing the breakfast order the night before is that you can specify the timing you want it to be served, and where as well!
Yes, either at the restaurant or YOUR BALCONY! woohooo!
Loved this service of theirs and it was an amazing feeling to be greeted with a table of food early morning when you opened your front door..

This was exactly what we were greeted on the first morning.
A set of continental and a set of American breakfast.
 

happy happy me! Love breakfast at balcony <3

<3

We were actually prepared to head out prior to breakfast, as we had an arrangement with the Tour Agency for a Full-day of activities!
Like i have mentioned in the previous entry, we booked a tour on day one after consulting this agency along the road outside,
and i must say that I was rather impressed by their arrangement and the price that we paid was rather worth while (after bargaining though :p).
Will definitely go back to them if i visit krabi again!

The agency is called:
AONANG APRIL TRAVEL & TOUR
159/29 (Next to Krabi Resort) Moo 2, Aonang, Muang, Krabi, 81000
Tel: +6675 638347,  +6675 661270,  +6686 7438329
Email: [email protected]
Look for ARPORN Kongmag ( We called her ar-porn)

They do not only do tour, but remember I said my friend mentioned it was a fixed rate of 600 baht (taxi) for airport transfer?
We got a slightly cheaper rate, and paid 500 baht (Taxi- actually Arporn drove us to the airport hahaha) when we left the resort for airport.
So if you are thinking of going to the airport from your resort in Aonang, you might want to contact her too!
Her command of english is rather good, so no worries about communication.

 
Waiting for the tour bus to arrive after breakfast.
Hurhur got this cool ocean park waterproof bag on Day 1 and he loves it the minute he saw it.
It comes in many different loud colours, and in sizes (litres).
But he didn't think that it was a need, so we actually took our time to check out the different shops,
and I think we visited about 10 shops or more to compare prices (muahaha), and the best price we could get after bargaining is 400 baht (SGD$16) for the 10 litres bag.

Hello morning.

Trying to tie my hair with my lil camera, pasted a mirror screen protector on the BACK of my iphone cuz i think the front would make the screen difficult to see.
And hurhur thinks i'm trying to be funny!

Our bus came at around 9am in the morning and went round the different resorts to pick people up.

Stopped by an area for toilet break!

After travelling for about one half hour, here was our first destination, monkey cave & temple.

the temple on our right.

It was quite awesome, there were so so sooo many monkeys just running around you just like that.

And i must say these monkey were completely aggressive and not a single fear for anything, eg. humans.

spotted one rubbing his….

cute!

hurhur and i decided not to spend on monkey food to feed them because the monkeys will totally crowd around you and climb on you after spotting food on your hands.
so we spent the time watching monkeys and at the same time, applying sunblock to prepare ourselves for the next activity.
But there was this really drama one that came jumping up on hurhur's leg and climbed to his body then hands upon hearing the opening of the sunblock cap,
and just bit on it refusing to let go!!!

Gosh, it was quite a frightful sight and hurhur had to threw the sunblock to the ground before he climbed back down to know that it was not food.

managed to capture a shot of that cuz it was truly hilarious albeit scary.

just within seconds- the teeth mark!
I think everyone ought to visit the monkey cave if you go to Krabi to probably have a close-up experience with the mammals!! heh ;p

We signed up for two activities – white water rafting and ATV for this tour,
and monkey cave was a threw in for the entire tour group.
I was so excited for the next activity which was White water rafting as it was my very first time!

This was the only picture i could get because i need to keep my camera after for the afternoon.

White water rafting is like this!

Hurhur and I coincidentally met two fellow Singaporean friends during this tour,
and we grouped together for this activity, and of course, an experienced coach at the back to guide us.

It was fun, but probably i was seated at the back so It didn't feel as challenging as I expected it to be,
and the distance we signed up for (5KM) was a lil short, lasted for about 20 minutes or so.
You can choose to go for the longer distance (10km) but that would be at an additional charge definitely.

Cool, lunch was next and we didn't know that we had included in the tour package!

 
All cooked instantly, and the whole portion just for us two. – Fried eggs, sweet and sour chicken, tom yum soup.

YUMZ!

We had lunch first because part of our tour group signed up for elephant ride and went for it.
By the time they came back for lunch, we headed off for our next activity -ATV, and it would be my FAVOURITE activity outta the whole trip!
ABSOLUTELY FUN & THRILLING!

Same again, no cameras allowed (yes they wanna sell us the pictures taken and printed, and we bought them anyways for keepsake).

and ATV is this!
UBER FUN, and i love it!!
If you are not afraid of getting sticky, a lil wet, muddy, i would really recommend you guys to try this there!
It is exactly like the picture above, you would ride one each and explore the forest!

ATV was the most expensive activity outta all in fact.
Arporn provided us with the price, for just 2 hour of ATV cost 3300 bhat (SGD 140) per pax, best price was 2800 baht (SGD 110)/
Hurhur and i chose to do white water rafting (5KM) + 1 hour of ATV, and managed to bargain the price to 2200 baht (sgd 93) per pax for these two activities!
We both felt that it was worth the money, given the activities and the transport, meals etc.

We reached back Aonang around evening 6pm, and instead of thai food today,
it would be Italian food since the whole place is filled with italian restaurants and we wanted to buy pamper ourselves too.

We settled for this restaurant  which looked pretty popular after observing for both day 1 and 2.
Can't remember the name of it but the above picture shows the place.

refreshing coconut to share.

carbonara for me, and it was goooood!!
definitely as good as what you can find in those known italian restaurants in Singapore.

A pizza which was equally delicious.

The entire bill amounted to 430 bhat (SGD 18), and tell me, where can you find such delectable food at this great price in Singapore?!
Definitely worth the money once again, and you truly feel so pampered and eat like a king there. ;p

We tried out a fruit smoothie stall, and boy…… the mango smoothie that we ordered, used ONE WHOLE ENTIRE FRESH MANGO to blend it.
oh dear oh dear..I really love krabi.

Love it love it love it!!

Passed by these people who sell the paper latern by the roadside at night for 100 baht (SGD 4.50) and we decided to get one to try for the first time.

Not gonna tell you what we wrote!! :p

And a new experience

heh, and one thing i will do in Thailand apart from massage is to get a hair wash at the end of the day,
Influenced hurhur on our previous thailand trip, and he likes it too! So we both went searching for a salon to get our hair washed for the tiring day.

 
Found it!
Hurhur and i got our hair washed at 100 bhat (SGD 4.50) and 200 baht (SGD 9) respectively.

That sums up the second day and I would do a final entry on krabi in the next post.
Till then, hope you enjoyed this post!

I finally got together the pictures of Krabi and I am so excited blogging about this!

Am missing Krabi already and it is definitely another place that I wanna go back next time.
The entire place is rather similar to Phuket but it is less commercialized and cheaper,
but still, if you love more entertainment and crowds, Phuket would be the better choice.

Weather there was awesome!
Though it was hot and sunny, but it was dry and absolutely not humid,
definitely great for me in terms of the hair and the skin- not as oily after an entire day outside.

I got hurhur and myself these two bold coloured passport holders!

Krabi here we come!

Glad that we had the morning flight and it took about 2-3 hours before we reached the airport.

the ready-us to head off and explore the streets of krabi. <3

All donned in the perfect summer outfits from Love, Bonito.

The first thing we did after arriving was to change currencies and they had MUCH BETTER rates there then.
Shouldn't have changed the bulk in SG.

I asked a couple of friends about the transportation before I came to Krabi.
Many of them told me the same thing, which was a fixed rate of 600 bhat (SGD 25) for one way trip to your resort via taxi.

Hurhur and I decided to try our luck to see if we can get a better and cheaper alternative since it would cost the same if we sat the taxi upon reaching there.
True enough, luckily we did that, and we realised that there was a bus counter in the airport and we got our tickets at 150 bhat (SGD 6) each instead!
The thing I was amazed about the bus was that they will bring you right to the DOORSTEP of your resort,
given that there were about 8 different groups going to 8 different resorts in the same bus as us though.
Amazing and definitely worth the moolahs!

our bus tickets to Ao Nang- One of the main areas whereby tourists will visit and stay.

outside the airport

our bus!

bee <3

our resort was situated at the end part of Ao Nang in fact, so we were the last to get off.

 

The bus will have to turn right into this road, and you will be greeted with a whole board of hotel/resort names.
Ours was Cha Wan Resort and is recommended by my friend, Mark!

We saw this nice and modern looking resort and it might be the next one to stay if i visit Krabi again.

Finally we reached our destination- Cha Wan Resort (Thai Style Resort) at Ao Nang, a private resort.

The lil walkway to head towards the reception.

And more peeks of our resort and room! <3
The resort was indeed splendid and beautiful looking, but remember to bring insect repellent or something!
  
The walkway to the reception.

the rooms are situated in a bungalow looking building, with two resort rooms on each, first level and second level.

our room!
The room was equipped with a 29" teevee and a minibar, and there was also complimentary WI FI internet access provided.
But in my opinion, WI FI was a lil weak but manageable.
P.S: The reception area has a desktop for guest to use as well.

seems like it's a resort that many honeymoon couples frequent!

The toilet and the bathing rooms were separated.

The outdoor area just outside our room.

we can see the pool directly from our balcony!

We spent awhile relaxing around the room before we left to explore the streets of Krabi.
Timing was good, and it was about 3 plus in the afternoon, perfect for a bit of walk, massage and then dinner.

As our resort is situated pretty inside, one will need to walk out of this road to reach the main shopping area.

Taking a slow walk and exploring the different places along the way.

Passed by some pretty nice looking restaurants.

 
 It was bout 10 mins before we got onto the main road,
and there were roadside stalls there everyday during the 4 days we were there.
I love roadside stalls! Though many say unhygienic, but the food there is generally cheap and good!

settled for banana chocolate pancakes!! love the thai pancakes n crepes.

Coolios, seats to sit around the stalls and enjoy our pancakes.

It was so good albeit its oiliness. It tasted just like a roti prata actually, just that it was accompanied with sliced bananas and chocolate sauce.

Another of my favourites in thailand (not only krabi) are the 7-eleven stores.
They have loads of stuff and I love their CHEESE SAUSAGES, cost around SGD 1!
It's always a must have for me and i ate that at least once a day when i was in Krabi.
Not to forget, they have a whole range of drinks and juices as well.

Hurhur being a great fan of milk teas, got himself this Meiji milk tea which he said it can be found only in thailand and it was soo goood.
Quite nice to just sit by the side, enjoy the drink and people-watch for a while.

We went strolling down the streets and the shops were a repetition of each other.
But what i love is that most of their shops sell really gorgeous bikinis!! <3

pretty bikinis!!

spotted: burger king

Restaurants by the sea.
Oh yes, the streets of Ao Nang are near the sea.

There were many tourist information booths along the streets actually, so no worries about booking for a day's trip to phiphi island etc.
We passed by this particular one with this "Similan" island outside and we were rather amused by it!
hurhur was totally giving THE look.

But i have readers that told me Similan is in fact a very beautiful island for snorkeling!

Spotted some lil girls along the way, awwww sweet!

As you walk further down, you will pass by the sea, and then mountains,
rather picturesque and I love it that there were all shophouses, with no high rise buildings, just like a lil modern village.

This place was rather far from our resort, but there were more ATAS shops there.

like mcdonalds..

by this time, we were kinda tired from all the walking and decided to take a break at the mcdonalds because i spotted CHEESE FRIES there!

Gosh, since when did macs have cheese fries?
I like it because there was no mayonnaise, but i didn't think it was that great because the cheese was rather salty. hmmm
And macs fries are always specially nice, but i concluded that it didn't really go well with cheese though.

Soon enough, it was evening and then night.
one thing i love about thailand is the road side night stalls, whereby you can find many great, unique and cheap food, as well as shopping stuff!

Krabi has a fair share of small bars too.

I was totally craving for Minced pork with basil leaf (my favourite!!) at any thai food place, but apparently we couldn't find any solely thai food restaurants.
All the thai food were accompanied with another cuisine, and most restaurants are "Authentic Indian & Thai food" together.
We were rather skeptical about it and continued to look for a thai place to eat until we saw this Jamai Restaurant that seemed the best fit.

The whole place was kinda rundown but i always believe these people cook great food.
But after sitting down, we realised that it was muslim! which means no pork and there goes my minced pork with basil!!! boohoooo.

Tired us just decided to go ahead anyway.

we ordered these- tomyum soup, green curry, minced beef with basil leaf (to replace my pork craving!!) and apple smoothie.
The tomyum and minced beef were good, but i know it might be too salty for some's liking.
Green curry was a tad bland, but the apple smoothie was absolutely refreshing! I could make do with another cup of that.
The entire meal cost us about  SGD$10 for two!

We took a slow walk back to our resort and reached back about 9pm..

look at how beautiful the resort was at night too..

THAT was our room (spot the staircase) staring at you above!

and we took a dip to end of our first day in Krabi. <3

There was this "tourist information" shop that we first enquired after we headed out to the main street from our hotel, and its called Aonang April Travel and Tour.
Apparently, the rates we asked about for trips to phiphi island and for activities were pretty decent (after bargaining of course, but the margin was pretty huge),
and we booked a full day of activities immediately with them for our next day.

Hurhur and I tried something different for this trip and it was the first time for the both of us individually as well.
Uber fun i must say, and do stay tuned for it!
 

This post definitely shows a very personal side of me.
But i am penning it down cuz i think it's definitely very useful in our not always smooth-sailing life.

I am currently reading a book now called "the secret of letting go"- by Guy Finley

Saw it amongst the other books at hurhur's place and i thought that could do me some help.
Frankly, I think i'm someone who holds on if I really think it's something worth, or something I have put my great effort in it till date.
Be it friendships, relationships, some form of business or whatever it is.

Perhaps It didn't seem like it through the eventful days which i penned down in words and gazillion pics here,
but this year till date hasn't been that well for me.
The most blessing thing I suppose for me now, is to be in love, and yes, to meet hurhur (thank you bee <3)
And like they always say, Love plays a huge part in one's life, or Love conquers all.
I didn't really think that way before that, but I couldn't agree more now.
It changes the road ahead, it sure does and no matter how the relationship turns out,
for what its worth, we just have to keep believing that..
we all will and have a someone there, someone right- not just a lover, but a bestfriend and a soulmate, waiting for us.
We just have to keep believing it.

How we got together wasn't as smooth as how a couple gets together,
and it was through some hurdles and problems but I'm glad we walked down the road together.
It would be much much easier if those hurdles would be just things, issues, but nah, it was related to friendships,
and those that we treasured as well.

I kept holding on to the treasured friendship and slowly, i just realised it wasn't the same anymore.
It didn't seem like i was really affected by it on the surface, and only a couple of closer friends knew exactly how was i feeling deep down inside,
but well, it was just sad to know that the friendship didn't turn our stronger than i thought it would be, or hope that it would be.
i suppose we all think that we are right, but i also realised, some things are just not right nor wrong,
People have different perspective on matters, and hence, perhaps some stuff doesn't deem right to one, and if so,
those issues should be put across definitely, to be improved and make sure one does it right the next time.
And the key is, because there is Love in friendships too.

People make mistakes, people don't always agree with one another, people have very different views,
and with a strong friendship just like relationship, in my opinion, that is how friends grow together, agree to disagree,
understanding each other better through happy times and differences.
So that each other would know how to walk down the road together, accommodating willingly with each other's needs,
and knowing what the person likes, and dislike, or what the person is sensitive about.
These are my views, so naturally, i held on but not letting go, expecting one to share the same point of view, but i guess not.
We all can have fun together whenever, but when problem comes, you know who your real friends are.
And perhaps things should just go on its course, there is only so much i can fight for something..
i did and there is only a need to answer to myself for that.

Life still goes on, i don't think people really care whether we are happy or unhappy,
and the more we should brace ourselves up and walk down the road happily and positively.

"Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered -
in every present moment – to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended,
diminishes our happiness"

think this book does help in opening your mind, letting you have a different perspective in life.
Happiness or how are we feeling happy every day is actually all in our minds, just how we look at things today.
Nothing can change that, or allow that, only us, ourselves.
I'm still reading, but i can already feel that i am starting to master the skill of letting go each bit of unhappiness effortlessly,
yes, the key is effortlessly.
Thanks bee for being there, and to those friends who were as well, you know who you are. <3

And I seriously believe i can do that, a lil pathetic to know i need a book to understand myself better,
but well, if it helps, why not right?! Geez.

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Nuff reflections of mine and on a side note, I just got a mailer from my NUS friend, Nalinah, (my hall mate back then),
asking if i wanna attend this fun-filled healthy event - HYPERJIVE (Mega 3 hours fitness event) with all my other friends!

I'm so glad that it's opened out to public because i always love going for such events whereby you can do all these activities (and not just eating, drinking, and movie) with your friends!!
I can still remember i used to go Singapore workout at the field with my parents back then and do the marching of feet action with clapping and "five five five" down, hahaha!

Well, a movie ticket cost about $10 already, so why not just replace the movie ticket for this event with friends or family together?!
Plus it's a healthy one, and i am sure you will feel good after the event cuz you exercise,
and it will be hilarious with the poses for your whole gang if most don't do kickboxing and yoga, but i'm sure it's gonna be awesome fun!!
NUS events are always super hype up, as what I have attended back then!
And you get to meet many NUS Hunks and babes. ;p

And oh yes, this event is accompanied with attractive goodies bags too!
Each goodie bag is worth $200, as what i know, items like:
-Shokubutsu items
- Ganier facial items
- Instant noodles
- SHAPE magazine
- Amore Beach bag
- Vouchers (frolick, botak jones, deuter, massage at sports physio etc etc)
- Lucky draw chance whereby there are 10 sets of Adidas water bottles and Iphone Sports Armbands are for grabs!!
- or participate in any of the exercise event and stand to win SKI 360 free passes & Jack's Place vouchers.

Any friends wanna go?!
It's this Sat!

For public, you are welcome!
You can contact my friends at:
Nalinah @ 82391685 / Fangli @ 98581643
Email: [email protected]

Sign up online if you want too!
Http://nusaerobics.wordpress.com

 

I got to know Alexa through an event, and she's definitely one of the nicest people around.
I can remember vividly how we sat at the busstop together with Carrie during our first meet up and we had a long talk while waiting for hurhur to come.
Though it was quite a rush at our recent meetup, but it was great to see ya once again Alexa!

we did a speedy manicure together at Pink Parlour and this was her favourite nail colour. 
i very much love it too, such an elegant colour. <3

i tried a new shade that was in stores that day, a pinkish coral shimmery tone, nice!

Pink Parlour is the dedicated nail place i usually go for nails in fact,
and i must say apart from brazilian waxing, pedicure and manicure will be their next forte.

Hurhur and I arranged a date night out last friday, and i met him after my manicure to head to Holland Village for dinner.
Brought him to one of my favourite italian restaurants - Amici ,  in Singapore, and it still is.

The place isn't huge to begin with, a lil cramp, but i guess that sums up its coziness in a way.
We were seated at this row of tables near the entrance.

Being a huge carbonara fan, i never fail to try every carbonara everytime i go to a new italian place.
For Amici, i think it's really delicious and I like it that it's not too salty as compared to some.

The pizzas are good there too, but they are known for their thin-crust, so if you are not a fan of that, better stick with pasta or mains!

The award winning Tiramisu at Amici. it was better when i last went, think it shrunk a bit, and it was not chilled enough this time.
Nonetheless, do give it a try if you love tiramisu!

Hurhur and I had a good one half two hour dinner,
before we made our way down to visit my friend's, Angelina private tasting at her newly opened chill out bar!
It's really nice to see how these friends slowly realise their dreams, and congrats!
Definitely an achievement and you have my support!

The bar is called The Studio Cocktail Bar (or see their facebook page ) and is somewhat different than the typical bars.
I must say the place is real cosy, and the unique concept is there- A bachelor's living room.
True enough, the entire place doesn't look like a place you can buy liquor shots, but it is! Awesome stuff.

The place.

Chilling out at the studio, love the photoframes!

<3

They serve cocktails and liquor, perfect for a weekend chill out or after work chill outnight.
Nachos, chicken wings, and calamaris are a must-try! Completely home-made

the young capable lady boss- angelina! <3

and our partners <3

THE STUDIO COCKTAIL BAR
778 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD,
SINGAPORE
TEL: +65 6396 6345

Last but not least,
Two shots of us to end the night sweet and nice. :p

please ignore the messy fringe! time to trim it myself!

***

The next day was an eventful day as well.
My aunt was back in town and she loves Royal China the moment I brought her (after poot's recommendation),
and always crave for dimsum there whenever she's back.

* wearing tiffany blue structured dress, perfect for Brunch with my mom and aunts!

the best dimsum i have eaten till date.

love the cosy tiffany blue concept.

Nuff said for this place, because it's not the first time I have blogged about Royal China! heh
if you have not tried it, you have to!

ROYAL CHINA
#03-09 RAFFLES HOTEL ARCADE
1 BEACH ROAD
SINGAPORE 190673
TEL: 63383363 (RESERVATIONS REQUIRED)

Just like the above, another friend of mine opened a new coffee house right at the hustle bustle Upp Thomson Road.
I took the afternoon out and decided to go for their soft launch and enjoy a cuppa coffee with friends!

it's called .

The two very friendly lady bosses!

Homely is definitely the word to describe the place,
and one of the best things (im sure we all love it) is that they have plugs and spacious tables,
for you to gather with friends, do some work together etc.
But of course, the BEST thing is their very rich and delightful coffee, all prepared and brewed by the boss!

Didn;t manage to snap a good shot of the coffee, so try it guys!

 
poots and her momsie!

<3

HABITAT COFFEE
233 UPPER THOMSON ROAD,
SINGAPORE 574355

Here are two more outfits of the day, More pretty dresses coming your way.

*Glam it up with a simple dress without much accessories and you are good to go! you can find this dress at too.

*How about a weekend maxi dress with vintage flora prints at ? Definitely very victorian looking prints that they have!