Love Chase

Awesome room with an indoor pool (:

..... and a little peak hole! That's the shore below our feet during low tide.

















We spent all our time swimming and lazing around the pool since there is nothing much to do there. The sea is too dirty for anyone to step foot in.

View from the bath room! We changed and went out for a walk, took some photos and went for dinner at a Japanese Restaurant that is overly priced /: There are no F&B outlets located nearby the hotel and it left us with no choice but to dine at the hotel restaurant.

















I shall spare him the embarrassment of putting up a GIF of him smiling while sitting on the buoy and then overturning cause he lost his balance.







My self drawn luggage tag ^_^

Compare and contrast the difference between low tide and high tide. It sure as hell looks icky without the water.. /:

My verdict for the trip: A 2d1n stay is way more than enough, and I got this deal off at a cheap price. I like the Grand Lexis cause we get an indoor pool to kill boredom (+++point), and the place is really nice. I wouldn't say the rest for the other resorts though, and the beach is known for being filthy so it really would be a real bore without any other entertainments. It's a nice place to go to for the experience but I probably wouldn't return there again.

Shots from the Olympus:







He is going to kill me for this shot.






So! I just returned to Sg today after spending my New Year in Vietnam, which I have been planning to visit the whole year round (more on that next time). I love time spent with family overseas. I've also realized that I did fulfill another of my 2011 resolution of traveling more. This year, I will go on to explore even more places on my list, and to take better photos hopefully. School is starting soon.. which would mean having more to juggle. A whole new school term without any familiar faces again.. I don't even want to think about it.

How was your New Year?

xoxo

A year in review

I'm trying to write all of these down but my pen wouldn't flow as fast my thoughts, but even then, my thoughts are incoherent and I am incapable of writing anything good. I am bursting at the seams from the overwhelming pent up emotions. Let this be the most honest review spoken from within.

2011 has been a complex year, and the second half has been filled with too much anguish and extremities. There hasn't been a night without nightmares or quiet moments without tears. From being in the happiest place on earth, to making the worst mistake of my life, to starting uni and having the most major change in my life . Looking back at last year's review, I was so full of drive and love and I had the world in my hands...makes me weep reading those words that were brimming with happiness cause I can barely remember how that feels. I am thankful that I kept my word on being a better person, even if it means improving in minuscule ways. Before this is going to sound like the default speech given onstage by celebrities, I really have to thank each and every person that is still with me on the ride, especially those who went all out to tide me through the worst period of my life cause I probably might have already ended my life if it weren't for you guys.

I have never had the habit of setting typical resolutions but I am sticking to my yearly belief of becoming a better person in any way at all. To refine my thoughts, deeds and actions, to curb my temper and to continue to be honest with myself and the people I love. This time round, I am adding a new resolution for myself: To have more self confidence. To learn to accept compliments showered, to learn to acknowledge my strengths, to deal with pressure, and to believe I am able to accomplish things that I set foot on if I work hard enough for it. I've never really felt that I have serious esteem issues till I've been told and reminded countless times that I just can't see myself the way others see me.

Second half of 2011 has whizzed way too fast, it feels that I've been subconscious all these while. To sum it up, I've been trying real hard to focus on being happy, working hard and partying even harder over the weekends. Otherwise, I sit curled up on my bed and just cry for hours. It hasn't been easy living with a heart that feels too foreign and heavy, but I count my blessings and I give thanks for all that I have and learn to get back up.

I'm a little tight for time considering that I have a couple of loose ends to tie up and a luggage to pack for my trip tomorrow. Still unsure of how to feel about leaving on the 31st for somewhere new...still wishing and wanting to spend it with a certain someone like the previous years. I'm quite excited to be counting down in another new foreign land and to have a new place to add on to my travelogue.

2012, please just be good.

Happy New Year to each and everyone of you (:

xoxo

Live for today, we'll dream tomorrow

This year's Christmas is a far cry from the last, or any other previous ones, but I'm relieved I didn't spend my days crying my heart out. In fact, I had one of the best X'mas with people whom I spent 7 years, and some 13 years, growing up with partying in our very own little private space and had the time of our lives together. These people are those whom I'd lay my life down for without a second thought. The father and I had a little heartwarming talk when we had some time alone, and it hurts seeing just how much daddy has aged. To the greatest man of my life, I love you even though you will never see this but I will safeguard you with all that I have. I promise an even better celebration next year, babies (:

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas!

xoxo