Bombay/Mumbai

The trip to Bombay/Mumbai is worth mentioning cos
1. First time I am there
2. My good old American friend, Colin Mark Holmes is working there and it feels really great to hear from him that he is fine.
3. It feels so good to be near the himalayas again. The weather is not the same though.

The trip to mumbai sorts of trigger the desire to explore new places...Here it goes..

1. Took a tuk tuk to the train station Andheri. It costs abt 25rupees(Rs) and it is similar to the Thai tuk tuk... the usual horning and near misses along the road.

2. Took a train down south to a place called churchgate terminal. Cost abt 30Rs one way. The mumbai train is really notorious and not for the faint hearted. But I must say that it is really an experience. The train, though very out dated, cramped and very crowded. But it still remains as one of the most efficent and cheap way of getting around Mumbai. People of all shapes and size SQUEEZE into the train as one, and people would squeeze into the almost impossible space available on the train. If you are alighting, you better be slightly aggressive and fast cos everyone is pushing one another to get off the train..Must take care! And yes, I saw somebody climbing to the roof and inbetween carriages to hook up on the train. And there is also a drunkard hidding himself under the seat. NOW, I really know that the Singapore MRT is really not too bad after all!

3. At the churchgate terminal, continue your journey to a tourist place called Colaba by Tuk tuk again (20Rs)

4. Colaba is the tourist place where you can find cheap bargains in books (made in India), clothings and accessories. There is also the Colaba market where there are various sales of spices and fruits.

5. Poverty is very much visual on the streets. A lot of built up slums and young singlehood mother...Very much I like to chip in my five cent ten cents worth, but I know I must not...cos this will make them believe thet begging can get them round...And once you give to one, all the rest of them will come swarming to mi. The recipent may not benefit as he or she may be robbed after that...Believe mi, I had seen that with my own eyes in Nepal.

Enough of the mixed feeling, life still goes on, the earth still spins. Photography wise, lots of interesting sights to take of...enjoy!

Anyone want a cooking pan from my head?
Eer, I say again - which telephone line is unservicable?
On the Mumbai train. I am coming home, mama!
Believe mi, this is still not full yet on the mumbai train
Ladies cabin only - no guys are allowed..Interesting!

:)

aliying

Turn left turn right?

Ah Frey and Aliying

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aliying

Not blogging, I am

I am not blogging recently.....

So the next thing I tasked myself to do is to blog a good entry when I come back from Bombay on wed nite....

The drinking story will be out on wed nite....

:)
aliying, sleeping early to wake up really early tomo..

Drinking and dining this weekend

This weekend may seems to be a nice chillout dinner at East Coast Park with my classmates...but it seems that there is a even more evil plan to get some of us grooms-to-be to be drunk. We will see, we will see.

Met up for a beer with Efung and Jeffrey yesterday. Showed them to the Maple Bar along Jalan Jurong Kechil around Bukit Timah. A nice cosy pub with Kathy serving us the drinks. They also had Yakitori if you are hungry..definitely goes well with the beer there....Crowd wise, we are looking at executives chilling out after work, some middle aged uncles gathering together for a drink and 3 young punks in their T shirt and Berms standing at the entrance going in for a drink.

Five bottles of beer(SGD33.30) + 3 guys = nice chillout

We chatted alot, talking abt project everest b4 38. It felt so good to realise that the mountain is still in Ah frey's agenda. Initally thought that Full Ironman would be his main stream ever since the start of last year. Now looking ahead, we have two gay friends (Aliying and Ah frey)to climb everest(may not be that mountain, but at least somewhere close to it..) is something I had not done for the last three years alreadi... Kind of miss it...

Efung's Laos trip is very enriching too. Nearly missed his transit as he makes his way from new Bangkok to old Bangkok airport...haahah! Coming back lies more challanges and projects ahead for him....Overseas work next year,...cool stuff!

For the drinks portion, stay tuned!

:)aliying

Haze!!!

The haze is back!
Can smell it in the air, can see it with my eyes, can feel it beneath my skin....

When the real Sunny sun please stand up!

:)
aliying

A much better day today

Much better day spent by waking up early....

Wasted too much time sleeping even as I am not a strong believer of sleeping....Better else doing something...

Interaction with Zhou gong had always been very unproductive...

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aliying

Chong the photo Collage maker

Was doing this for the first time for Min's niece's 5th birthday.
Had always been wanting to do a photo collage and felt that it is a good representation of the live you had lived till now...easier also for the guest to have a general overview of the pic rather than flipping through pages and pages of photo album.

A bit of the hard work, but not too hard as some of the photos are shot by self.

When Nicole saw it, she went "wah" and then straight away, went back to her seat to watch the animated series, Mr Bean.

Kids shall be kids.... ha!

aliying
P.S : Photo frame courtesy of IKEA and photos copyrights of aliying, Darth Vader and Destinee78

Just my luck

This is a dated movie which I watched last night. Sum up the story in one simple sentence - The girl is very lucky and the boy is very unlucky. They kiss each other and swap the luck with one another. Then they kiss one another and swap it back again...And again, and again.

How lucky is lucky? Striking jackpot every time; 4 taxis waiting for you everytime you raise your hands; everytime you step out of the house, it will be sunshine; your dry cleaning clothes come back to become a sexy no from Sarah Jessica Parker.

How unlucky is unlucky? Your key broke when you open the door; you got splashed by a puddle of water when a taxi when passed you; your umbrella fail you big time in a torrential thunderstorm; you drop the lightblub when you are fixing up a new one; You come home finding that your place is flooded; You are sacked by your manager for something stupid.

The show is unbelievably and amazingly lucky and unlucky. Sometimes, I wish that all men and women are made equal in terms of happiness, health and luck. But, in the reality of life, we got to admit that this can never happen. Some people are indeed luckier than others. Some people are happier than others. Some people are more contented than others. How abt that small little thought of mine? If I am unlucky today, I am sure that the cycle will be over and good things will come by mi soon? That is when Mr Murphy comes round the corner for a sneak attack on you!

Wait long long hor~

Just felt that in some points of my life, I am really in my down times - to an extent that my friend asked mi to go Bugis Kwan Yin temple to pray pray. The whole 9 months of mahjong had been money out of the tray, not in the other direction. My spiderman figurine fell from the top of the ceiling, comprain comprain and more comprains from myself. Sign....why I cannot be smooth smooth steady steady....To tell you the truth, I struggled quite hard for some of the down times....Trust mi.

But in spite of the downs, had I ever looked at up times? I am in the most pink of health(if you disregard the occasional crazy drinking at times - got to blame Ah-Frey for that!), I am blessed with all four limbs working normally, good eye sight. I got good Hakka Yong Tau Foo to eat, decent job, able to run, financially coming back on track and clearing outstanding accurs. A new home, upcoming wedding and the support of Min by my side throughout the years.

I guess at the end of the day, being self contented is very important. A pinch of luck does enhances the daily lives - Treat it as an entitlement, not a privilage.

:)
aliying

Will be reaching Singapore Sun morning

Will be reaching Singapore Sun morning...then the things to do list starts.

1. Visit Natas Tour
2. Finish up Nicole photo frame
3. Celebrate Baby Nicole birthday
4. Project Holiday

:)
aliying

Disneyland b4 30...can it be achieved?

The map of Disneyland. Yes, I am planning to go there at the end of the year. Had always wanted to fulfil this childhood dream of mine to visit the place. I would not say that I am a hard core disney fan(you don't see mi carrying a mickey mouse bag, using a mickey mouse handphone, using a donald duck wallet)...But you know what...there is indeed a piece of mickey in my house - a 2000 piece mickey jigsaw puzzle done up by Huimin years ago. :)

But the thought of going to disneyland had always lingered in my mind....at least must do it once. DO it good, do it once! I may be a man, but I have the heart of a small little boy at times.... ahahah!

Hope it will be a dream come true at the end of the year...stay tuned!

:)
aliying

Do I love him or hate him?

Sometimes, I wonder.....

Do I love him or hate him? Too much is no good, too little is no good too....but everyone is different... how much is balanced?

:)
aliying

Needing all the help I can get from my friends and family

The wedding is really coming nearer, day after day...
How do I know that?
1. The event manager of the hotel called mi to go for food tasting...
2. The executive in charge of the wedding card called mi to finalise the wedding card design.
3. Jeffrey asked mi if I need any help(brw, he is my chief planner for the wedding) b4 he whizz his ass to Rockhampton, Australia for his one month long reservist training.
4. My mother is sitting at the kitchen table counting the no of cards that she needs to notify her friends and relatives.
5. I had yet to pass the photos to my youngest brother, Yingsheng for the video presentation clip.
6. I had received strong response from our friends who would be gracing the ceremony. To all my friends, thank you for your support! Colin Mark Colmes from India, Eizac from Sydney and Olivia from Perth.
7. I had started to plan for my honeymoon.
8. I had started to flip bridal magazine to think abt what should I wear for the actual wedding day. (Finally my time to ponder what to wear had come!!!)
9. My anniversary with Min is coming next month
10. Huimin eldest sister, Huili asked"how many kids do you want???" Eer.....

:)
aliying

I am hungry!

I need to eat breakfast to fuel new energy for the rest of the day.

I need to make a new pair of specs cos I lost mine recently.

:)
aliying

My house is warmed up...

To my friends,

Thanks to all for taking time off to make it for the house warming...as I am typing this, daniel and thomas are still playing mahjong. Luckily, Huimin is winning money...hahaahh!

All of us, I think, had a good time eating, drinking and catching up with one another...my place is kind of difficult to find...but you all still made the tremendous effort to come for the class outing...thanks!

Thanks for all the vouchers given to mi and Huimin as gifts...that really helps... :)

Attached are some photos of the house warming...Indeed, the house is really warmed, thanks a lot, guys and gals!

:) aliying

My house is starting to warm up....

Info:

Will be having a class gathering at my house coming sat..details are as follows:
where : my house
when: 7pm
what: finger food and drinks on the house
who: my NUS classmates
why: just another class gathering
how : by car, by LRT, by cab, by bike

1. Do's @ my house
play mahjong
Drink, but not excessive
Make yourself @ home @ my house
everyone is strongly encouraged to have fun @my house


2. Don't @ my house
No food is to be wasted
No drinks are to go down the drain or hold it till the beer mug gets warm
No disturbing of my neighbours with loud music
No holding back to have fun


:)
aliying

Looking back at Time

was backup-ing my files when I came across this photo that I had taken this year. Left to right was Jerry, myself, min and youtian. This was taken somewhere in June when my house was just ready.

Looking back, I had known them for half of my lifetime alreadi...since I met them in Swiss Cottage sec school. I strongly remembered that the first time I really met them was in a Swiss Cottage Leadership camp. I was introduced to Jerry and youtian by Ben and Daniel. THose days, I really hated the prefects cos I was always late for school. As a consequence, I had to do corrective work like pick up litters and do other coolie job.

So when I came for the leadership camp, I was thinking...ok lah, just another camp..suffer and go, simple as that.

THen came the hardship during the camp. I must say that it is always through hardship that you get to have great friends who would stand by your side when you are in need. Jerry and Youtian are exactly two great people that fitted into the pic.

Looking back at time, I felt great and privilaged to have a chance to meet these two friends..

Looking back at time
aliying

Devil wears prada

Went to watch the show with Min on Fri...I am sure everyone is writing about the above mentioned show...but here is my critics...*wah lau, you tink u movie critic ha!*

1. Nice
Just thought that this movie is not too bad to catch it off the silver screen. Alot of meaning behind it. Alot fo times, people got too overwhelmed by material stuff...To the extent that they forgot to slow down, take a deep breath and ask themselves - what are you looking for in life?

2. Fashion
Even mi enjoy the fashion segment. If a non fashion geek like mi can enjoy armani and valantino, then everyone can!

3. Andy
She is such a sweet character to Nick...you lucky guy!

4. Good acting
Kudos to Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway for their excellent acting skills... Sharp and absolutely devil-ish..

5. First time to The Cathay
Good seats, screen and surround sys.. alot of SMU undergrads and Yuppies hanging around...

:)
aliying

The pirates of the Carribean at the wine bar

20 glasses of Tequila pop, 10 jars of long island tea -















Kudos to Efung (first left)who came late because he is covering the Singapore China soccer match as a photojournalist















Myself and Min














Capt Jack is in Zouk wine bar!!!














Wat is happening on my right?? (Jingyi, Chin Chew and Afrey)















Efung, Myself and birthday boy, Afrey

Wat a nite! It had been a while since I had been to wine bar, and I must say that I had a really good time there. I guess the pic best explains the gathering. Nearly "Home sweet home" without realising that("Home Sweet Home" is coined by my friend Afrey, meaning that you are totally drunk and that you cannot recall how you made your way back, and the next thing that you will do is wake up in the next morning either on your sofa bed or near the toilet)..I woke up on my sofa bed...heng ha!

OMG!! This should not be happening to mi...in the younger days, these amount of alcohol won't even get mi to 50% drunk...My alcohol tolerance is on the declining side and this is simply putting mi in an disadvantage for my coming wedding....

...but who cares...drink first, "ta" first, then think later....

Good time, good chat, good laugh and good fun.

:)
Aliying

I am back!!!

I am back in Singapore alreadi!

Need to blog...perhaps more aliying and afrey show?

Stay tuned as aliying and afrey go for their much awaited Zouk long island tea with yuppies all around us tomo...

:)
aliying

I am back!!!

I am back in Singapore alreadi!

Need to blog...perhaps more aliying and afrey show?

Stay tuned as aliying and afrey go for their much awaited Zouk long island tea with yuppies all around us tomo...

:)
aliying