Its year 2008!

In the blink of an eye, its already year 2008! I really thought 2007 passed really quickly, and they say it feels fast because it was a good year..well maybe! I made 3 resolutions for 2007 and at the end of it, i have to admit, i managed to only fulfil 1 of them lol. They were to learn to play the piano, learn the cantonese language and get my scuba diving license...the latter was the one i succeeded in. For 2008, i hope to master my beef steak and probably start learning to cook some other things! I went to Carrefour yesterday and bought ingredients for my experiment number 3. The rib-eye steak turned out pretty good this time! What i lack now is the sauce...something good you can dip into for that yummy taste. Bought some linguine and pasta sauce too, will cook it when i feel like it! That shall be my specialty number 2.

Went to Batam last friday with Jit Hwee, Kheng Siang, Chin Seng and Valencia and gang. Nope we weren't there for what you think, Batam has more things than that! We went cable skiiing! Its really way cheaper to ski there than the one in East Coast ($80 whole day plus ferry 2ways compared to east coast's $25 per hour). We were there all the way from morning to mid afternoon. It was embarrassing because after so many hours of trying...i couldn't manage 1 whole round standing on the board. But that wasn't the hard part. The hard part was starting off and holding on while the cable starts pulling you. Most of the first timers like me had to drink water after plunging into the water...but it was all fun and exciting. There's also another difference in Batam as compared to East Coast. You get a free motorcycle ride if you fall off your board far away from the starting point. And yup i took the motorcycle a total of 5 times that day. Cable skiiing is a really tiring sports, my whole body especially my arms are still aching from the activity that day. But you have to try it at least once in your life, for the adventure! For the fact that you only live this once!

When i finally decided that i was too tired to continue and drink more water, i left with Jits, KS and Seng. They wanted to explore Batam and try out their reputed cheap seafood. You can hire a cab for around $25 and it'll bring you to any place you want. That was what we did and our first stop was to get a foot reflexology at some massage parlour. It cost like only $10 for an hour, only 1/3 the price here in Singapore! After the massage, we went to The Golden Prawn 933 for some seafood. The 4 of us paid $70 for the whole meal which was well...ok...reasonable...not shockingly cheap. After dinner, we toured around before we ended up at the Mega Mall opposite the Batam ferry terminal. And there, we walked around and bought some donuts before we went back.


4 of us at Golden Prawn


The crab i chose








Ah Seng scooping prawns


All our food still alive


Yes they charge by weight of course


Jits with his coconut


Seng with his coconut


KS with his coconut


Butter prawns


Chilli crabs, couldn't take the rest of the dishes after eating this




There's A&W there!

Thought of spending the new year at home initially but at 10pm i was still the only one at home. So i went out! Went to meet Valencia and gang together with Weijian and his gf Jiamin at Loof where there was a party going on. We couldn't see any fireworks from there though..only the tips...so i didn't bother haha. Had fun nevertheless before Weijian, Jiamin and I left because we booked tickets for National Treasure! The whole theatre at Great World City was surprisingly empty with only a handful of people other than the 3 of us. I didn't mean to play light bulb that day..Weijian's friend couldn't make it at the very last minute and so i had to be one last night.



Wishing all a very happy new year! May all your wishes come true this year! Make realistic resolutions and fulfil them! Cheers!