Just a lil bit of randomness...

sorry i havent been blogging here. always have been wanting to find time to do it. but somehow im getting a bit lazy to blog. perhaps ive had this blog for too long. almost 2 years since i started it i think. oh well. either that or life is just getting a tad bit too mundane and not worth typing about. haha.

ok the last statement was a lie. because the past week has been so packed and busy and full of things to do i dont even know where to begin.

but i do know the reason why ive been having so much fun and things to do. its because he's back. i wish i could say back for good but sadly im nowhere near that. i still have a good ONE WHOLE YEAR to go before i finally dont hve to go to the airport and say goodbye. well, at least its only two more goodbyes to go. but a whole lot of waiting and waiting and waiting...

i guess if you asked me to sum up a long-distance relationship (LDR) in one word, it would have to be "waiting". i cant think of anything more appropriate. u just keep waiting and waiting and waiting. waiting for him to be back, waiting to relive all those sweet memories you've had when you two were together, waiting to have someone to hug and kiss, just waiting to know that he's gonna be there when you need him, when you want him, when you just need someone there for you...

honestly, i cant believe ive survived thus far. the past year has gone by so fast i sometimes find it hard to believe it has even happened at all. especially now that he's back, i find i keep asking myself how i managed to survive and how im going to survive the next four months that he's gonna be away.

but despite all the tough moments and difficult times of yearning and sulking and just being plain frustrated, it's worthwhile because i know that there's a future. if you ask me, a LDR is not worth enduring if you both know its not going to end up anywhere. call me a helpless romantic or even an idealist daydreamer, but if im not sure im gonna marry him, i wouldnt even bother with this LDR nonsense. there's just no justification for me to brave the so-called consequences of such a relationship when i know there's going to be nothing worth looking forward to at the end of it.

LDR definitely has its perks i must add. you really learn to appreciate the other person more and more each day. you being to understand how much the other person means to you. as you look back and smile on all those memories, you also realise how much he loves you. all the teeny weeny itsy bitsy things all count. the way he tries to make his time stretch when he's back with you and how he makes you feel loved and send butterflies in your tummy even though he's so far away.

i have to say ive grown a lot. ive learn so much from being in this relationship. and i couldnt ask for a better person to be in it with. thanks dear for always bringing a smile on my face. one week has already passed by so quickly, and its cause ure here with me. i know 4 weeks isnt a lot of time but thanks for trying to spend as much time as possible with me. really appreciate the effort. no matter how long ure back, it'll never be enough. so i promise to stop sulking about it. haha. *bigfatgrin

but most of all, i thank God for being the director and bringing him into my life. whenever i think of how we met, its incredible, and it definitely wouldnt have happened without God's fine tuning and planning. and i know God will be with the both of us, taking care of us when we cant be there for each other. teaching us to rely on Him more and also to love Him more and more. I cant wait to see what God has installed for the both of us!

:)

this just came in from aussie!
what more could i ask for?
except there's more.
heh.
a chocolate fondue kit (plus dark chocolate bits), dessert wine (for my sweet tooth), kitkats (not found in singapore!), tiny teddies (yay!), tim tams (double yay!), fresh white mushrooms (almost 2kg worth), 2 cotton on bags,
and,



LOTs OF LOVE.
(:



heehee.
guess who's back!

Post-camp Holiday

Ipoh - Penang - Ipoh - Tankat - Singapore
9th to 12th June 2006

Day One
Crossing the 8km Penang Bridge

Day Two Taking the tram up the Penang Hill

all squashed up in the stuffy tram

they have two trams running concurrently so you have to squrry across to the other tram in order to continue your journey up..

our lives depended on these ancient engineering technology..
The view from the top

the mums and the kids (minus me of course)..
if only flowers could bloom as nice as these in my garden..

View of the Penang Bridge from the top..

the invasion of giant leaf grasshoppers!
On the way back down..

it almost looks like some disney jungle trail ride..

a truly international effort..

Tropical Fruits Centre
Have you ever wondered where dragon fruits came from?

Well they're actually the fruits of a type of cactus plant..

i guess this is how they got their name..

ripe and ready to be eaten!giant bananas!

peppercorns - they start off green..the white ones are just shelled and the black ones are just dried with the skins left on

and this is where cinnamon comes from..the bark of the cinnamon tree

and this is a nutmeg! haha! im so swaku lahh..didnt know all these things..tsktsk


Looking for the famous durian stall
we came across this delapitated and abandoned house and my dad had to take a photo of it because he said it reminded him of those haunted houses you see in old chinese flicks..


this is some sort of peranakan kueh kueh..the parents claim they had it when they were kids..i only liked the black sticky gula melaka..haha..
the durians! there were "red durians" with the flesh being reddish..apparantly those tasted the best..sorry i forgot to take a photo..haha..too busy eating..

much needed bottles of mineral water..given free by the stall owners!

whats durian feast without a bunch of mangosteens?

Day Three

Visiting Fort Cornwallis

my dad's bad impersonation..haha

trenches

my dad and his own..hahaha..he wish..(click on the photo to enlarge it to see whats written on the signpost)

me in a teepee!

i bet my dad would have loved to leave me in there..

A salute to the people who made it happen..
interestingly..this reminds me more of a pirate's ship than a fort..

the ammunition galley..

the view from the fort..and the obvious reason for its position..

Two reasons why Penang is more interesting than singapore:


Day Four
Off to Ipoh

Buddhist temple built into the caves of ipoh..

Kellie's Castle
Seriously a place just for the tourists..like us..hahaa..we were the only few cars..save for two other couples..honestly..would the locals go there? haha..there was this car who drove in..but when they saw u had to pay entrace fees they drove off..hahahaa..oh but there were newspaper clippings at the "toll booth" stating that this was a location shot for Anna and The King..

the architecture a melange of the malay and english culture..

look closely at the shapes of the windows..reminds you of a mosque doesnt it..

a close up view..

check out the thickness of the mosiac tiles..imported from italy..they really knew how to live it up huh..and this is was only their toilet..hha..

the older wing..built before the WWII..but ravaged by the bombings..

my dad opening his imaginary door..

this is what i call deprived..goats also wanna take photo..hahaa

the primitive oven..

Peekaboo!

the chute they're peering into is a secret passage way leading into a nearby mosque..tsktsk..these paranoid english people..

Welcome to the new Wong's residence..

Let me open the windows and let the breeze in..hahaah

this was quite scary..where they are standing is on the 4th floor and there are no railings anywhere..so one false step and you went bungee jumping without the ropes..there were pieces of paper stuck on the walls stating that the management was not responsible for any mishaps..hahaa..disclaimer..

and here's my dad posing at the staircase leading up to the 5th level..which was another flat rooftop..the view was pretty good though..haha..oh oh! guess what this 5th level was used for!

Tadah! haha! i was so amused..tsk..these crazy english people..

the castle ruins..bare, boring and for commercial purposes only..hurhur..