Happy (advanced) Birthday Kelvin!!

Happy (advanced) Birthday Kelvin Xiong!!

went to meet the guys for dinner at PS Kopitiam as usual. after which we head to school for our GBE lesson. having a surprise on hand, we waited patiently for the time to quickly pass. after lesson, we quickly gathered the guys to the back of the classroom and presented a A4 paper box to Xiong and told him notes were printed for him. he was kinda shock as he's the only one who have it, but he bought our story and opened the box to supposedly take the notes out. much to his surprise he opened the box and found his favourite Johnnie Walker in it! hahah! everyone was glad and amused to see his surprised expression and reaction! =)

after the birthday song and during the warm wishes!


the happy bear!


groupshot in class!
(from left to right - Jenny, Seth, Me, Glenn, Jeffrey Jerrain, Kelvin, Mike, Alan)


Kelvin with our lecturer! whom is also his neighbour! =)

our lecturer then helped to take a group photo for us before he took a photo with Xiong. After which we left school. Some of them went home while our Circle of Trust headed down to Boatquay Mansion to have a couple of drinks to celebrate Xiong's birthday. As everyone were tired and they had to work the following day our session ended early at about 12midnight. =)

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Beary! Hope ya have a fantastic day filled with lotsa fun, laughter gifts and love! May your hopes dreams and wishes all come true!! *hugs* =)

our Hoe Garden, fried sotong and chicken wings!


with Xiong the birthday bear! oops! i meant boy. hehe!


with my favourite Da Jie Jerrain!


the gd bros since their poly days! Kelvin and Jeffrey!


My Da Jie and KorKor! Jerrain and Mike!


the games time!


Our Circle of Trust!!
(from left to right - Kelvin, Me, Jeffrey, Jerrain, Mike, Alan)

Tango's @ Holland Village!

Tango's @ Holland Village!

after class today, took a cab down to Holland Village, Tango's for supper and had a short drink with Jerrain Da Jie and Mike Korkor! =) the cab driver was pretty funny and entertained us throughout the journey. anyway been reading bout this place in Jerrain's blog since a long time and been wondering whats this place like! And finally today she brought me there! Had our favourite Oyster and Hoe Garden, also my favourite Calamari which Da Jie kept pronouncing wrongly! hahaha! Shant spell it out here though. Only for Mike and me to know! hehe! anyway had a great time chatting before we decided to call it a day and went home. :)

Tango's @ Holland Village!



our food and drinks!


Me with Mike Korkor!
(i just realise our hands and arms in the same position sia! haha! no wonder we're bro and sis! LOL)

The 3 of us! bros and sis! =D

Its called Mindset!

Its called Mindset!

something i chanced upon in my email and find it really good and true, thus decided to share it here! =)

Pulau Dayang Trip! 8 - 10 May 2009

Pulau Dayang Trip! 8 - 10 May 2009

8th May 09 (Friday)
Bf came to pick me up and we head to his bro, James place to get the diving gears and took a cab down to Newton Circles to have dinner and to meet the other divers. After dinner, we split into 2 groups and boarded our minivan that brought us into Malaysia and drove right to Mersing Jetty. As it was the low tide season, we had to take a speedboat which brought us to our actual boat and made our way to Pulau Dayang.

in the minivan on the way to Mersing Jetty


in the speedboat and on the boat on the way towards Pulau Dayang

9th May 09 (Saturday)
Upon reaching, we went to our rooms/bunks, and was suppose to nap for awhile before our morning dive. But due to lotsa noises around, and lotsa snores that echoed through the room, i ended up not slping at all! faints~
it was then our morning dive, we got prepared and headed down to shore to have a shore dive. the water was cold and the cold wind was blowing...i was almost freezing!~ adding on that it rained heavily during the 1 hr of nap time! After the morning dive, we came up for breakfast before going for the next dive with the other divers. we were the only first batch of super 'ON' divers tt went before the sun even rise! haa! spend the whole day diving, eating and diving and eating again. we skipped one of the dive to rest as bf wasnt feeling too well and thus we took a short nap before exploring the island and snapping photos! anyway the day ended with our course almost done, and we were close to be advanced divers! we did the Deep Dive and went to 32.9m deep!, Underwater Navigation where we had to estimate distance with the amt of fin kicks, using the compass, and also via natural reference. Also we did the Peak Performance Buoyancy test and the most scary one for me would be the Night dive! quite a scary experience for me since im quite a timid person, but i was quite surprised i wasnt exactly scare at all, but rather curious bout what im gonna see and encounter! =)

in the morning before out first dive! =)

shots taken of our bunks/rooms, the toilets, volleyballers, napping divers and the surrounding during the rest time we had when we skipped 1 dive! =)


during one of the surface interval


camwhoring while bf is napping


taken after bf woke up from nap, and we went to explore the island! =) our footprints, the blue sky, the sandy beach, the mudskippers, the mouse/rabbit like stone structure on Pulau Aur, the huge shell and the love we share! =)


the cute kitty of Pulau Dayang!

10th May 09 (Sunday)
i finally had a gd and peaceful slp the night before, probably cuz i was simply too tired and drained from the whole day of diving, to the point i didnt hear any snoring or noises and i slept all the way through til the morning call. woke up and went for our morning dive where we did our Drift Dive! after which im officially an Advanced diver!! followed by breakfast and the final dive for the trip was a leisure dive for us! after which washed up and packed up before we left Pulau Dayang. took the boat back to Mersing Jetty and boarded the minivan again which brought us to have dinner at Kota Tinggi before heading back to Singapore. Upon reaching Singapore, some of us headed to have Frog porridge for supper at Geylang before finally going home. =)

taken before leaving Pulau Dayang



while in the boat on the way back to Mersing Jetty! Tts our new diving friend, YiLi, Me and Bf! (We're the 3 tall ones of the group! and i must say, she is really tall for a girl! almost same height as my bf!)


Groupshot onboard the boat!


the cool clock tower at Mersing Jetty


the plantation, trees, sky, scenery, view and road. taken while on the way to Kota Tinggi


Having dinner at Kota Tinggi!


Groupshot at Kota Tinggi! (there were many cameras, thus everyone didnt know which to look at. will try get the better ones taken by the other cameras soon! =))

anyway didnt really take a lot of pictures this time round, didnt tk the Mersing Jetty as well, as i've taken that during my Pulau Aur Trip from 6-8March09, adding on that there were no divers with us tt brought cameras tt could go underwater, thus there aint any underwater photos for me this time round. *sad* but i was still happy at least i have some really nice shore and jetty photos, and on top of that im now an official Advanced diver who have lotsa beautiful memories of her dive trip to Pulau Dayang. =)