Cruise: Phuket, Langkawi (Part 3)

As promised...

LANGKAWI!!! A very beautiful place.

The great eagle of Langkawi... Very majestic. =)

Langkawi's Underwater World! 4th pic shows the Chocolate Chip Starfish (that's what it's really called) and next to it is the very famous Seadragon.

1st pic: Stonefish, 5th pic: The penguins you see in "Surf's Up". Can't remember what that breed it's called.

Go Kart! So fast, so furious, so dangerous... ooh I like. =)

Here's how I compare...

Escape's Go Kart: I can jog faster than its maximum speed pls.

Genting's Go Kart: Woohoo! Fun! But still I don't need the brakes. =/

Langkawi's Go Kart: Like I said, so fast, so furious, so dangerous. I don't just need brakes, I need seatbelts man!

According to our taxi driver/tourguide, this is the slower of the 2 Go Karts they have (where's the faster one? Ooh scary.). It goes up to 60-80km/h, and it's an international standard race track we were racing on.

Lucky for us, there was nobody there, so we didn't need to queue at all. There wasn't even a safety briefing or what. I just got onto my go kart, put on my very loose helmet, and was trying to find my seatbelt but I couldn't find any. I asked,"Where's the seatbelt?" That man was like,"No seatbelts." Seeing my horrified expression, he went on,"Don't worry, it's safe." Me, still horrified. This thing goes up to 60-80km/h, it doesn't have seatbelts, and this man here tells me it's safe! :O This is a go kart, not a car ya know?

Obviously, I didn't dare go too fast at the beginning. There were so many sharp turnings and all, you can't go at max speed and not use your brakes. It was way too dangerous. Not to mention, we were not driving on those nicely cemented ground fyi. It was the kinda normal roads you get in Singapore. Imagine how painful it is when you skid and fall. And, we were already feeling the pain when we were driving. Because we were going really fast and we were close to the ground, stones would fly into our legs and face, and a couple of times, it went into my eyes, despite me wearing sunglasses.

But after a lap or 2, I got used to the stone-rain and the speed, and I went faster and faster. Overall, really really fun. Would like to try again. =) Those pics above were taken by our taxi driver. Nice man he is. =)

Cruise: Phuket, Langkawi (Part 2)

For part 2 of my cruise trip, I shall show you guys more pics of the things onboard the ship. Will show the pics for Langkawi and Phuket for the next entry. Stay tuned. =)

Our cabin!














The Lobby! So grand eh?
















The Lobby









Palazzo.

This restaurant is very very posh! There are only 7 tables inside. Kh and I came here for lunch on the last day of our cruise as we still had 90 dining credits left. We spent all our 90 credits here. That's how expensive it is. That's how much you'll have to pay for 2 plates of spaghetti (S$90) if you don't use your dining credits.

(fyi, we were given 200 free dining credits to use onboard)

It looks a bit messy here cuz we're sitting at an oval table.








Pic 1: There's about 5 different types of bread with 3 different sauces. I know there was breadstick and foccasia in that basket. Not sure what the rest are called. As for the sauces, the red one is anchovies, green is basil, and yellow, I think it's garlic butter? They're all rather tasteless.

Pic 2: Cream of Mushroom soup. I liked Campbell's more. =( I'm guessing this is the really really authentic Italian food, cuz I'm starting to hate it by now.

Pic 3: My Linguini Marinara. Fresh king prawns, scallop and clams. Suddenly, I'm starting to appreciate Pasta Mania.

Pic 4: Kh's spaghetti. Forgot what it's called. There's lobster and clams in there. The pasta is green in colour, and it's filled with sticky and greyish stuff. Honestly one of the worst things I've ever put into my mouth.

Kh said,"Just admit it, we have cheap taste." =(








Another nice corridor.















The Lido.





The restaurants are all really really posh. Well, we didn't bring our camera on some occasions as we wanted to visit the casino, and watch some performances at The Lido (no photography allowed). Hence, I only took pictures of the places we went when we brought our camera.

Anyways, for the gala dinner, Kh and I chose Noble House, a chinese restaurant. Balcony class ppl have the previlege to book this restaurant for free, whereas for others, they'll have to TOP UP (not pay, but top up) S$48 just to eat there. Here's why:

1st dish: Hot and Cold dish (prawns, abalone, and some fried fish thingy)

Kh chewed the abalone and spat it out, saying,"This chicken sucks!" I said,"That's not chicken, that's abalone." He went on to finish all his "chicken".... including the one he spat out...

The prawn was so delicious though. We wanted to order an additional plate of those prawns to eat after our gala dinner. But the waitress advised us against doing so as a lot of food will be served later on and we won't be able to finish them. She's right.

2nd dish: Shark's fin soup. It's such huge bowl. We were a little bloated by now already.

3rd dish: Vegetables with scallop

4th dish: Cod fish with egg white

5th dish: Pork ribs

6th dish: Mango cream with pomelo

7th dish: Chef's dessert

NDP'07

Went to the rehearsal yesterday. I've got the tickets cuz 2 of my cousins are performing. Anyway, don't expect anything much from this year since it's held at Marina. The stage is so tiny, so that's a huge disadvantage by itself already. It's quite boring in fact. I dozed off halfway... Yeah, believe it or not, I really did. Even under such hot, noisy and uncomfortable conditions... But well, I guess they've already tried their best to make this as good as possible. Love the pyrotechnics, the use of the riverwaters for extra space, and of course the fireworks.

Pic 1 & 2: The simulator for Asha. What an embarrassing job. =/

Pic 3: Juz B & Sheikh Haikel

Pic 4: Tang Quartet

The Red Lions

I think this is one of the more interesting parts of the show. zzz
5th pic: the cannons!

7th pic: the Chinook almost on water!

8th pic: members of the elite force repelling down the ropes

9th pic: super fast speed boat. way too cool.

The use of water space... Guess that's Sang Nila Utama's boat, and "floating" jellyfishes.

Cruise: Phuket, Langkawi (Part 1)

I shall let the pics do most of the talking...

1st July 07: My 21st bdae, 50th-mth anniversary, onboard SuperStar Virgo













A surprise gift from StarCruise. Found this on our cabin's dressing table.











Spotted a Chinook on the deck! Must be on its way to Marina Bay.












The Parthenon Pool! Aw man, we missed Monday night's poolside BBQ dinner!











The Aquaswim pool.
Free for all balcony class ppl (that's us). I tried it, it's quite fun. Like swimming against the current. But it's very tiring!






We also tried the suana and steam bath which is all located in the changing room. It's HOT HOT HOT!!! I like the steam bath more though. It makes your skin feel smooth. =)

Well, I thought the changing room would be like a bathroom ya know. Didn't expect to see lockers (water and towels provided inside), sofa, tv, suana, steam bath, showering rooms, massage rooms, dressing tables equipped with hairdryers, shampoo, soap, ear butt, moisturiser and so on. Now, this is what I call a spa!






Neptune's Wet and Wild.
Children's play pool.













The ice-cream bar! We had Swensens chocolate and coffee ice-cream here and we took the picture below from our seat.










This is how high and how big the ship is. The view of the dock below from Deck 12. Highest floor is deck 13.

The Captain's Bridge!

It's very high-tech!

The helicopter landing pad!












Deck 12 corridor. Look how grand it is! At the far end you'll see the entrance to a bar (pic below).









The Galaxy of the Stars bar.
We come here quite often to drink/listen to live band, and for Bingo, gameshow or just to relax. Great view from here. Better yet, it's only directly above our cabin! One reason why we don't get late enough to miss their programmes.








Will post more pics soon. =)

Happy Birthday to ME

I'm back! First and foremost, I'd like to thank ALL who wished me a happy birthday and/or given me gifts. I really appreciate it a lot.

Especially to the following people:

To Ms See and Ful, thanks for making the trip to Settlers to accomodate my busy schedule though Ful, you were not feeling well. And thanks for the presents too.

To Pris, thanks for the Guess wallet (now that's another strike off my wishlist! =) ), for driving to my house just to pass me the wallet before I leave for my cruise, and for coming down to visit me at Settlers too. That's so nice of you. =)

To Amy and Jf, thanks for coming down to Settlers (again to accomodate my busy schedule), for the wonderfully planned birthday surprise that totally caught me offguard (I forgot it was to celebrate my birthday. Thought we were just meeting up to chat. =\ ), and for the lovely presents!

To my family members and Jeremy (sis's bf or should I say.. ahem.. fiancé) for the sumptuous dinner at SAFRA and of course the very nice birthday surprise. Really wonderful presents. And a great big surprise from Gerrie. 1. You didn't buy me anything from Watsons. 2. You got me a Roxy bag. Unbelieveable. And yes I love it. ^__^

Last but not least,

To Kh, for the all-expenses-paid cruise trip, for the 50th-month anniversary gift, for a Converse jacket which I've wanted for so long, and for all the effort made into planning all my birthday surprises. =) A great big THANK YOU to you! =)


Alright, I shall blog about the cruise trip soon. Lotsa pics to share, lotsa things to say. Will need quite some time to get it published as I'll be having lectures and work almost everyday from now on. =(