Sniff Sniff Christmas 2013

Driving to office on Nov 6, after the long weekend break to be greeted by this gorgeous Christmas tree...

#1 for my Christmas'03...time flies, does it not?!!!

The deco's still on-going...

Guessing the theme's became a routine, since I first started working here in 2010...

Curry House CoCo Ichibanya

We arrived at Shinjuku after a 85 mins journey from Narita International Airport via N'EX (Narita Express). Ohayo, Tokyo! Here we come...excited... 

Okaerinasai (Welcome Home) for the locals & Yokoso (Welcome) for the visitors

First thing first, we headed to the Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center at Shinjuku Station to collect the tickets for our Hakone package booked online. Next, it would be locating our hotel, BEST WESTERN Shinjuku ASTINA Hotel Tokyo. We were lucky enough to be volunteered by a kind Ojiisan, who accompanied us all the way from the station to the doorstep of our hotel UNDER THE HOT SUN.

We were too early for the check-ins, thus decided to wonder around while hunting for our first meal in Tokyo. Despite being an adventurous foodie, I suggested to embark our gastronomical journey by the humble and hearty Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, an all time favorite of mine.

恋上紫阳花 Falling In Love With Ajisai

“夏日炎炎，细雨绵绵”是我对咱6月末之行的初步想象。

因为工作关系，每每被问及“什么时候到访最理想？”，很官方的回答将是“X国，一年四季常年如画，无谓吉日良时。” 当然，卖梦的本人，并没有那么肤浅啦！一般都会很专业地通过简而精的谈话来给建议。。的确，除了地点，旅伴，旅费之外，天气确实是许多人的主要考量。而身为赤道国之女的我们，对于夏天，还真的没有北国的朋友们那么迫切期待。

重游日本，是个很impromptu的打算，大概是在为咱的男人庆生的那一天开始萌芽的想法，后来再因一时之气，做下的决定吧！老实说，到登机的那一刻为止，心里还是很忐忑的。。毕竟6月末是“得闲死，唔得闲病”的非常时期。。说到这一点，真的很感恩我那超赞的团队，尤其是他。。虽说马不停蹄的提前把文件案子敲定，我不在的那个礼拜，都是由他们来扶持与跟进的。。大爱！！

进入主题，紫阳花或俗称绣球花Hydrangea macrophylla。。印象最深刻的，就是若干年前，我家小妹的毕业典礼，指明要来一束绣球花，寻花数千里条街，好不容易捧着一束由她最喜欢的紫纸包裹的绣球花，为她人生的新旅程碑，送上万二份的祝福。

绽放。强罗公园 Gora Park

在准备箱根Hakone的旅程时，意外发现6月末是紫阳花开始绽放的季节。。让我精神抖擞，兴奋不已！到了箱根，真真正正的让我重新认识这迷人的紫阳花，也突然领悟了一个道理。

GoGoSsing Korea on Jalan-Jalan Travel Magazine June 2013

谢谢Jalan-Jalan 旅游杂志

把我们的5天4夜首尔-釜山自由行

发表在他们家的2013年6月号。。１２页哦！

特别鸣谢：漂亮旅游记者嘉雯

Many thanks to Jalan-Jalan Travel Magazine 

For featuring our 5D4N Seoul-Busan Free & Easy Tour

On their June 2013 Issue..ㅋㅋㅋ It's 12 pages!

Special Acknowledgement: The Pretty Travel Journalist Kah Mun

Say Annyeong to Pororo the Little Penguin

뽀롱뽀롱 뽀로로 (Porong Porong Pororo)...
Yay, Pororo the Little Penguin's in town!

Excited when first told by Ms. V on Wed that Pororo and friends're coming to Mid Valley. On Fri, while enjoying my Star Trek Into Darkness, her sweet pic with Mr. Pororo popped out on my whatsapp screen. "Ishhh...beh tahan!!" Sat's locked down with a full day of work and a wedding dinner...Finally early on Sun morning, despite the dizziness and blurriness from sleeping at 4am, we kia su-ly headed straight to Mid Valley for a long waited reunion with Pororo the Little Penguin  and friends.

"Omo...Why you took so long to come and see me?! Oso-wa, come come, take a pic together~"

5D4N Krabi in January 2013

启程前，对这一趟旅程，没有特别兴奋，或如往常般充满憧憬。也许是因为最近出走的频率稍高（续11月的仰光，甲米/卡比-万象-曼谷可是“马不停蹄，接踵而来”的逢周末出游)，兴奋指数自然降低。加上，去年夏天的香港澳门自由行留下的黑斑迟迟不愿退下，艳阳，海风，沙滩的魅力顿时大减，甚至有少许却步。拍拍胸膛，主要的原因还可能是对团友们的陌生，咱5人当中，只有一位是大学同窗兼老友，而另三位是她“更老”（青梅竹马）的小学同乡。幸好，咱的8字还算蛮和，5天4夜下来，大家打成一片，而他们细水长流的友谊与爱情，也值得以卡比十五的明月，对酒当歌。

Korea Winter December 2011 Day 1

Yes, call me a Procrastination Princess Queen and many will agree with both arms and legs! Here you go, my one year belated post on the "4S Rejuvenation Trip" to Korea in winter 2011.

Why 4S?

I would say, it's one of the best Sauna & spa + Skiing + Shopping + Sharing trip I've ever had, plus, it's SPONSORED...(hey, it's a WORKING TRIP ok!!!).

Day 1

Every journey begins with a smooth flight. I'm not being biased, and not because of my love for BLUE, Korean Air indeed deserves my two thumbs up, from the friendly smile of the stewardess in dragon-fly-ribbon and light BLUE uniform, the yummy food, the hospitality, the state-of-art inflight AVOD (Audio & Video on Demand) system...everything and anything on a KE flight puts a smile on our (Niuniu's & my) face...and it's super important when you're trying to rejuvenate after weeks of crazy wrap-ups before the trip.

A picture says a thousand words, let's check out the testimonial from a happy passenger:





Departure: 5 Dec 2011 KUL-ICN KE672



Mysterious Myanmar



20121113:
一啜咖啡，一个微笑，培养默契，整装待发。。
Sipping some caffein, Bon Voyage to our inaugural journey together...



20121114:
阳光斜照，慵懒的天气，纯朴的人们；
跟着一颗忘了时间的钟，扑上一趟与世隔绝之旅。。
Leisurely eagerly embarking on the 3 hours circular train to the suburbs of Yangon...
Say Mingalaba~ to my new friends from this city that captured time...



The Journey of Unexpected Discoveries: My Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter in Korea

The charming Land of the Morning Calm with endless new stories and new discoveries, even after 8 years of "annual pilgrimage". My heartfelt gratitude to each and every single person that I have travel along or rubbed shoulder with along this wonderful journey......m(^^)m

 Korea Go Go SSing!! v(^^)v

Inaugural @ Autumn 2004
"OMG, can't believe I'm here! Is this real? Oh dear, I read this before! Oh no, it feels like dreaming!!!" -- excitement from a somophore Korean Studies major.



Hong Kong Summer 2012: Falling In Love with M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e

与家人的第一次迪士尼之旅，一晚九百马币的酒店。。豁出去了！彼此共行的机缘与时光，最珍贵。。
Our first ever Disney adventure started with a magical stay at Disneyland Hotel...yay, it's RM900 per night...but hey, it's our INAUGURAL Family trip to Disney together...with the fragility of today's world, we really never know how long more you could spend with your loved ones...

长话短说，就这样展开了咱的公主之夜。。好好享受当下被宠的时光。。呵呵呵
To cut the story short, hence, we're enjoying being mum & dad's little princesses again...lalala poo poo~

从“迪士尼公共運輸交匯処”到酒店，大约7分钟，还有反斗兵团的专用巴士接送呢~
一抵步，便受到主人家米奇与米妮的热烈欢迎~
It took approximately 7 minutes for the Toy Story shuttle bus to chauffeur us to our eagerly awaited magical Disneyland Hotel from the "Public Transport Interchange".
We were welcomed warm heartedly by Mickey & Minnie.

Macao Summer 2012: Irresistible Gourmet Indulgence

Macau & Hong Kong Summer 2012: Accomodation & Transportation

Destination: Macao (2D1N) & Hong Kong (4D4N)
Date: 1-6 June 2012 (Fri-Wed)
Crew: 1Old2Big2Young
Weather: Hot & Sunny 28-30C (Drizzling on June 4)

Accomodation:
Macao: Casa Real Hotel (1N)
Hong Kong: Dragon Hostel (3N); DisneyLand Hotel (1N)

Transportation:
KUL-HKG: Cathay Pacific (CX720 & CX729)
HKIA-Macao: Turbo Jet
Macao-Kowlon: First Ferry

In Macao: Taxi & Bus
In Hong Kong: Taxi, Bus, Tram & MTR (Mass Transit Railway)

GoGoSsing~!!!

Bullet for the Trip (",)
港幣 Hong Kong Dollar (HKD): HKD1 = RM0.41 
澳門幣 Macao Patacas (MOP): MOP1=RM0.39

The Classic --- Coliseum Cafe & Hotel

在这10/1的周末下午，我俩相约，走入时光隧道，

缅怀着那个年代那些人们，有者饮酒畅欢，有人你侬我侬，窃窃私语的经典情景。。

've been curious about this place since summer 2007...

吉隆坡峇都津歌梨城大餐厅，１９２１年始营业。

The legendary Coliseum Cafe & Hotel at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, established since 1921.

推开这一道门。。回到那宁静的浪漫午后。。
the door towards the marvels of memory lane...

Ben's General Food Store

 It's Smurfday on a smurfy beautiful Sunday (to collect all my Smurf babies from Lynn)~

Along with the Doc., driver AD & bellboy JS brought us to the Ben's at Bangsar Village, 

  another smurfy 'brightidea' of thebiggroup.

Surprisingly, not many customers (yet?!!)...

一個寫意的午後 @Coffee Famille

XY的朋友強推 vs 泡龍的興趣驅使。。

 尋尋覓覓。。就在Kota Damansara, The Strand Sunsuria Avenue (Tunes Hotel為鄰)，
一個舒服的角落。。

Bon Voyage with Bak Kut Teh

It's time to bid farewell again, this time, bak kut teh's chosen, as it won't be available in the Kimchi Land.

There're a couple of yummilicious bak kut teh with reasonable price, but definitely not within the vicinity of our workplace. Suggested the PaoXiang @The Pavillion despite some doubts (many complains about the bad service, over-priced, stingy 'add sour service' etc.), since the other one at Jalan Imbi's also tasted so so with a 'tourists-price-tag'.

Bon Appétit at Levain

When HannHann first mentioned about her leisure xingfu breakfast there on a WEEKDAY morning at Levain, I was going to punch her drooling envy-ly. The first person I thought about was my dearest crazie 1/2French-1/2Korean sis Hyesung, and the way she dipped her croisant into the coffee...she would've love this place...

Happy 711 -- EVERYday's a WONDERful Day

It's a blue Monday again, a beautiful one -- 711.

EVERYday is a WONDERful day, smile for a GREAT WEEK ahead with yummilicious and pretty cuppa cakes from wondermilk~

 ^_____________________________^

Happy Monday!!