Rimba @ Pulau Sibu - 21 & 22 Feburary 2009

This trip to Rimba Resort on Pulau Sibu was organised by HuiXian for the JJC Volleyball group. Thanks HuiXian! Though it was only a 2 days 1 night trip, we really enjoyed our stay on the beautiful Island.

Rimba sent a mini-bus to pick us up at Newton. From there, it took us about 4 hours to reach Pulau Sibu which included a 20 minutes speed boat ride. The boat was fast and bumpy, we were drenched by the time we reach the island, but it was an experience not to be missed.

We were greeted at the shore by the friendly staff of Rimba who showed us our huts. After dumping our bags, we immediately headed for the beach. It was low tide and we could walk out to see the sea shore filled with corels and jellyfishes which were washed in by the waves.

Our lunch was simply delicious, plus the scenic view from our table by the sea, it was Perfect! All the meals were enjoyable, including our dinner with the lit candle lamps.

We went to the jungle trail behind our huts and walked to the other end of the island where we saw the other resorts and beaches. We walked around the coast before returning to our resort for snokeling. Just by walking out to the sea, we saw colourful corals and fishes such as clown fishes and blue tangs. You can actually reach out to touch them, if they don't swim away. We miraculously managed to guide a school of baby fishes close to shore. We guided them back out after a while. =) That night we lazed outside our huts and watched the sky full of stars.

The next day, we had our breakfast and lazed by the beach, while some went to snokel further into towards the sea where they had amazing view of the more corals and fishes. We lunch the island by early afternoon and had our dinner at JB.

I would recommend going to Pulau Sibu, if you like to relax and enjoy the scenic view. =)

KTV @ Top One - 1 Feburary 2009

This is my 2nd or 3rd time I went to a KTV lounge. I don't listen to English or Chinese songs, except when my brother blasted them in the room during our younger days or when he played the songs when we went to NTU together. Not to forget, my lousy chinese. =p

This KTV session was fun as we had many people attending and we had 3 rooms @ Bugis Top One! And, of course, there were many superb singers like KiaKhian and ShuYin. The others were also very good!

We ended the day with refreshing deserts at a store opposite Bugis Junction.

Jan Babies Party - 24 January 2009

This birthday party is to celebrate Brian, YewKuan, WeiMin and LiYong's birthday.

We started the morning with tennis and basketball at ShuYin's condo and we moved indoor to use the function room decorated by colorfully by the gang. We set up the KTV and had fun singing even though we had only retro songs. We played games such as musical chair, Pinata, Twister etc. We had Shushi, sandwiches and snacks contributed by some of the ladies.

We ended the day with the birthday cake and bursting all the balloons. =)

Family Malaysia Trip - 7 to 10 January 2009

It had been several years since my family when together to visit my relatives in Malaysia. This time, we had 3 new additions to our family, my dasao and my 2 nieces, Janelle and Janine. This was also their 1st visit back to Singapore after migrating to Australia.

We drove to KL to Uncle Peng Ju and my aunt's place. We usually came up once a year and stayed at the house when I was younger. Miss those days. After settling down, that we went to visit Nelson and Roslyn's place and, of course, their kids. Their house was 15-20 mins drive away. The next stop was Julian and Julie's place, about half hour ride, where we met Julie and baby Julia. Both houses were spacious and nice, not to add, new. We had dinner with Julie and Julia that night.

The following day, we went to Genting Highlands where my sister and I joined my dage, dasao and my nieces to the indoor theme park, while the rest of the family went to the casino. It was enjoyable to see the girls smile as their took the rides and played the games. My sister and I even went on rides ourselves on the 'scariest' roller coaster ride for kids. Ha. We left Genting in the late afternoon and had dinner with Nelson's family. We had all-you-can-eat satays, until you were sick of them. Janelle was continuously entertained by the boys throughout dinner.

On the third day, we went to the gigantic shopping mall at the twin towers. We sat and shopped, and spending our time on the 2 girls. Both Julian and Nelson's families joined us for dinner.

The last day, we headed to Joseph and Julie's place in Johor after lunch. Another new and beautiful house. We were greeted by Joseph, Julie and the 3 boys. The girls really enjoyed playing with all the toys and the boys. I enjoyed myself too! We had dinner nearby and mango at Joseph's place before heading back to Singapore.

Hopefully our family can travel once again up to Malaysia when my brother's family returns for a visit! =)

Pyjamas Party - 27 December 2007

This Pyjamas party was led by Qijun, with Ken, WeiMin and WeeKiat. There were alcohal, ice kachang, cakes, Wii, Majong, card games etc. The 4 of them managed to get a vacant HDB unit and decorated it with balloons, banners etc. Cool right =) Best part is the colorful invitation card they sent to all. The card is so special, everyone is different and specially for the receipant.

Everyone were supposed to dress up else they would be forced to dress up like Tarzan =) Well, the party was a success and thanks for organising guys!

Water Sports @ Batam - 12 to 14 December 2008

I managed to get a room for the weekend at Harris Resort Batam. I had no idea what was there to do, just it's affordable and something new, so why not. Mass invited my friends and wa-la 9 people were on their way to Batam.

4 of us went ahead first on Friday and were amazed by the large room which had a view of the pool. We looked for entertainment for the following day when the other 5 will turn up. We went to recce the resort and found high obsticle course, fishing, co-kart and spa. But we decided to go for water sports instead to cater for everyone. We spent the night at bowling at the candle-lit alley where all the lights were dimmed, followed by relaxing by the pool under the moon and stars.

The rest joined us the following day. After a hearty lunch at the restuarant and majong which they rented, we went to the water sport facilities. We had a package for para-sailing, jet ski, kayat and bananaboat for only S$50. It was very fun, esp. the bananaboat and para-sailing! The guys went to the pool after the water sports.

We ended the night with a buffet by the candle-lit pool with a life band playing for us and bowling. The last I remembered was people chatting on the bed beside mine. I fell asleep almost immediately after returning back to the room. Guess I was too tired. =p

9 of us were staying in a room 'illegally', however, there were 2 king beds and a sofa. I can't remember how the other slept, but I'm sure they enjoy the trip!