To Na Chang and home..

The train is at 6.30 am!! my oh my, i gotta pack and everything. the schedule sounds nice, island visit, snorkelling, kayaking, teambuilding, mud-bathing..i hope they'll be some beach volleyball too.

three teeth officially removed today. yes, 3! the second one was hard..really hard. the dentist had to move from my right hand side, to my left hand side for her to actually make it happen, to pull the tooth out! my right mouth was numb up until my nose, so i didnt feel a thing, couldn't even tell whether the tooth was out or not. first experience was scary i tell you, i was a bit shaky right after, but the 2nd time wasn't that bad. 3 teeth some more. yes, 3! 2 required for the braces, and one is the wisdom tooth..i survived!!

i guess i won't be able to enjoy the meal that much during the family day..ohh..im sure the food is gonna be good. yum yum..but i will make sure i eat everything i can once i get back to kemaman for training..they say food at awana kijal is good. and i'm gonna eat nasi dagang, keropok, nasi lemak lauk ikan..aah best nyer :D...and last but not least, a chance to meet the person i miss most at this moment!

OMG!

I can't believe ive got myself into this.. I'm getting myself braces, and the dentist just removed 2 of my teeth. Oh, dear God, what an experience..of course it wasn't hurt at all because of the anasthetic, but i have half an hour to go before it starts to go off..i saw my teeth, my beloved ones. they served me well for the past 26 years..and i have two more to go! wishing myself all the best! if everything goes as planned, i will get braces put on me on June 11th.. :-S

saturday was nice..did some shopping and walked to Saigon Tax. Rain when I was on my way, I stopped and had the chance to take some pictures. it was nice actually, although my mood was not really on its path last week. walking and shopping actually helped a lot..hehe. apologize to you-know-who, who had to put up with my hormone imbalance. ;) I dont feel like putting up the pics now. later maybe. adios!

tomorrow

i hope tomorrow's weather is gonna be nice. i'm planning to walk around the town :)

Window shopping....

last weekend was merely abt price-comparison on Vietnamese silk i intend to sell in malaysia..the conclusion is..it's cheaper by USD 1.50 per meter at shops along Hai Ba Trung Street where i'm located now..so nx time i dont hv to go as far as Ben Thanh market. Can get same stuff at the local market at HBT even. good news..

secondly, i watched football. the only good thing abt it was Chelsea won! ive never had a team..am neither a football fan..but last saturday i just decided to vote for Chelsea..just because i dont like MU..haha..good pick though! altho the game was a bit boring...i like watching sports for the sense of belonging to a particular group, and the excitement during a match. oh how i miss watching college football with my longhorn friends...with papa john's pizzas on the table, vanilla coke, and that cinnamon sticks...good old days..

thirdly, i still cant decide where to stay!!! i'm so mad at myself for being so undecided..it's been a while since i thought about this and i STILL cant decide..oh well, i'm so confortable here maybe..but i need to decide soon!!

To golf or not to golf..

i know i know...doesn't look like a pro at all..haha. ppl here play golf during most weekends. so i'm thinking now whether i should join them. i tried it once during the HSE workshop, hmm, i think i wasn't that bad, well compared to the other ladies first-timers. i'm pretty sure the guys will be picking on me the whole time we're on the course. plus, the last time i played golf, my back hurts, my arm hurts..what else..even my wrist hurts. i must have got all the technic wrong.


the only good thing is that i get to learn thing that was never familiar to me, that has never caught my attention before..

so next would be talking to my friend who's been here longer than i do and see what else can be done around here. a she. so i'm expecting better tips from her...

this weekend Tran is taking me shopping at Saigon Square. can't wait to learn more Vietnamese and get on a motorbike ;).

A day by the beach..

Aren't they cute? these are my nephews and nieces. 5 out of 12 ;). the first picture, it was hard to know what they were looking for. anyway, we totally had a blast at Pantai Mak Nik, close to Kuala Kemaman. the kids just enjoyed being in the clear sea water (well, me too actually..haha). we built sand castles, buried our feet in sands, and just sat by the beach waiting for the cool but fierce wave to smash us in the face. miss the bunch! miss being a kid!

My next beach destination will be Nha Trang, north of HCMC. It's said to be 29th most beautiful beaches in the world. I googled the beach and for some reasons i'm not impressed with the pictures they have online. will update more on it. stay tuned!

Things I find fascinating in Bandung.

1. Shopping. Yup as most of you have heard, Bandung is a shopping heaven. Good that we were there on weekdays. the stores were far than crowded, thus there were no scenes of me grabbing a shirt from somebody else's hands..hehe. It's almost like the factory outlet in San Marcos, Texas only that the stores are smaller, by this road called Ir. H Juanda (or previously called Dago) and they are not really next to each other. you got to walk a bit to the next one. we only went in and shop at the first few outlets we walked in. Firstly because we ran out of Rupiahs, of course there's this magic plastic called ct card...but nope,..and secondly it was too risky to visit other outlets. the possibility for me to buy stuff just because they are cheap is HUGE! well, who won't buy a RM20 Nike shirt? or a RM30 cool Gap shirt. it's still cheap even after u convert it to US$. *sigh*

2. Jeans shops at Cihampelas St..wont tell much, but you can get a RM60 Burberry's jeans, boot cut, loose fit. the material is so soft that i put it on the very nx day. it's not so much abt the brand, it's the quality. i wish i had bought more. ;)

3. Ice-Cream at Cihampelas walk. I picked coned turquoise-blue colored icecream, combined with blueberry flavor...(i forgot what flavor was that blue one)...ohh so yummy. reminds me of Amy's in Austin. they are so good we ate it in the winter! at night..i still want them..help!

4. fresh milk in Lembang. at Cafe Sumur. the place was big and the menu revolves around milk and some local food. strawberry milk, mocha milk, milk + honey and eggs, etc etc etc...

5. tangkuban perahu. Subhanallah, awesome view.

6. sundanese food. yum yum. will post the food pictures later. we basically took photos of each meal we had..haha

7. the people: very determined, consistent, tak tahu malu utk mencari rezeki, and persuasive. wont go away until you buy! i find it annoying, but admirable at the same time. if they were given the same opportunity we had in malaysia..i'm sure they would be on the top. we malaysians, malays to be precise..are taking things for granted..dont you think?

8. entertainment and food in the bus! no need to stop at the grocery store to get mineral water, or bread or fruits to be munched while on the road. very convenient! and this kid sang a pop song that i could actually sing along. if u enjoy it..gotta give sm money of course ;)

9. jagung bakar pedas..sedap! in malaysia only got the buttered one..there in bandung theyve got 3 flavors: hot, sweet, and salty. innovative.

10. taman safari in Puncak. i actually enjoyed looking at the animals in the wild rather than in the zoo. they seem more healthy..hehe. white tiger was there..i enjoyed seeing the bulls, and the llama..

that's all i guess. hungry! i need food..later peeps..

Oopsie Daisie..

I have to apologize for the long silence...PMS, it was very thoughtful of you to sms me and asking if i was okay...i am :)...going back to malaysia was a blast, got to see him, some of my friends...and 2 babies: sha's and binx's... they are so cute! although i think i didnt have enough chat with my friends..especially maya...she was talking to me with her eyes closed..that's how limited the time we had..didnt get the chance to see whoda at all...i miss you gurl! i'm sure your new apartment is as cool as you! cant wait to visit and make a mess there...hehe..to husen, shawn, farhana, and kamarul, thanks for making the effort to meet up...others, hope we can hang out next time i'm in kl...

where was i? KL (2 nights)-Bandung (4)-KL(0.5) -Kemaman (2)-KL (1) then today i'm back in saigon...

let's talk abt what i intended to write b4 i left Saigon first..

Thursday April 26th was a trip to Cu Chi Tunnel: (btw, 26th was a holiday 'celebrating' the death of the first king of Vietnam)

"The Cu Chi tunnels, which were more than 250 km long and three levels deep, were important for the Viet Cong victory over the Americans as they allowed the Viet Cong to control a large rural area around Sai Gon. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience of what underground life in the American war was like."

yup, a little bit of history..i wanted to put more pictures, but irwan took them all. wl put them in my fotopages once i got him to send me the pics. will update the bandung pics too..

a reminder to myself: update fotopages (HSE, cu chi tunnels, bandung, picnic at pantai mak nik)