Dorinda Gym

While waiting for our boat captain

Taking pictures in the hotel lobby while waiting for others to be ready, the lighting was really good!

CEO of the hotel, heee =P

Yes I only get darker and darker and don't understand why people like tanning so much, all I want is to be 2 shades lighter

In the old old rented Wira, ants everywhere because a jerk left a can drink under the seat. We only found out on the last day while trying to execute the ants :(

5. Pantai Cenang 

Pantai Cenang as the background

All the leng luis surrounding me *blush*

Look ma, I'm flying

We looked like 'siao po' but who cares, BFF do crazy pose together =)

Group photo featuring the 'LANGKAWI' sign

Then the sun set and we were hungry so we decided to have our dinner here by the beach.


It's easy to recognise because there's only one restaurant there. There is also a yellow jeep right in front of the restaurant so you cannot miss it.

The yellow BEAST

The pizza tasted normal only and was quite pricey, we ended not full enough and ate a second round of Malay food near our hotel when we went back.

Took this picture from my friend, she said she was going to start a business with all these LOL

*Heads up first, no firework pictures can be found in this post. LOL basically we couldn't see the fireworks as they were all blocked by the building*
It was my first year spending New Year's Eve in another country so I thought to go out and see how Singaporeans celebrate it. Lyn and I decided to go to Clark Quay because we wanted to chill and still feel the countdown atmosphere.
Basically every restaurant or bar is full house and everyone is queing to get a place. It was so busy I feel bad for all the servers.

I found a place in Octopus and went straight right into it!

These props were actually given by the restaurant. They gave us a bag of countdown goodies which I thought was really a great idea. Kudos to Octopus!

Since I was small, I always have a thing for DIY stuff. Whether is it a handmade gift, drawing, sewing.. I never complain to spend hours and hours working on projects, simply because I enjoy them a lot.

Last year, I wanted to handmake some Christmas cards to few who have helped me at that point of my life. Christmas season is all about giving and feeling the love and joy in the air. I was fortunate enough to meet people who are genuine in helping me and made my life better at that time.

Hence, I drew these Christmas cards. I am not a very creative person so I usually just search on Pinterest to get ideas. I'll either follow completely or I'll modify a little.

You will need paper, water colour. The funny thing is, I didn't have water colour with me because they were all in Penang. Buying a new set of water colour didn't make sense to me as I have one set in Penang already and some more I'll have to buy with SGD. It's not excatly cheap. Also, I didn't use water colour very often, hence the idea to buy a new set of water colour was rejected. I then though, how about those colour pencil then can turn inbto water colour when dipped in water?

Bang, i bought one at $6 or smtg and my project was already on-going.

Enough stories then, please enjoy.

It was a bright and sunny day, perfect weather for outing that Lyn and had I planned. We met at Botanic Gardens and it was my first time visiting there. I was quite surprised to see so many people there. As in there are couples, group of friends, families with children even some on-going events.

The ticket is $28 for foreigner and $12-$28 for local residents. The packages vary so check their website out to get the info.

I thought putting these pictures into collage made them even prettier, yes?

Would like to try kayaking one day

Cotton-candy clouds

I'll be writing another post to talk about the scenery and stuff but this post is about
Why you should  MAKE FULL PREPARATION before going to Coney Island.

So to be exact, I went there on 6th December around 10am-2pm. I gotta admit I didn't put on any insect repellent (now while I'm writing and still itching, how I wish I could have read more about the place and sprayed myself with full coverage of insect repellent)

4th day- 9 Dec
On 9th Dec, I started to realize that I have red dots/marks on my legs. I thought it was mosquitoes bites so I told myself I must rmb to put on mosquito repellent the next day before I sleep. Few days passed and the bites didn't seem to go away. So I thought:

'Walao, these mosquitoes ah, why sooo poisonous wan? So many days d still cannot subside'

Still not suspecting any other things except for mosquitoes bites.

8th day- 13 Dec
Exactly one week after the Coney Island trip, the marks have gotten bigger and redder.


9th day- 14 Dec
This was when all the alarms rang, it has gotten so itchy that I woke up in the middle of the night to apply Tiger balm to ease the itch (didn't really help tho =/)

Red bumps with 'liquid' in it

All over both my legs

I actually counted and discovered that I have 26 of them all together

ewww, what is this....

I couldn't concentrate working while the bites itched like crazyyyy. Then I talked to my colleagues and showed them the marks. Different assumptions came up: Beg bugs, chicken pox, allergies... I didn't know what it was. So I went to see a doctor.

The moment he saw me he said 'sand flies' and asked if I've been to Coney Island lately. I was like:

'Wasei doctor! Why you so 'zhun' wan?'

Yeah so the culprit was the sand flies from Coney Island. Doc told me that recently he has gotten several similar cases, all suffering from the same thing after going to Coney Island. I was quite relieved that it wasn't beg bugs or chicken pox. He gave me a cream to apply and medicine for the itch.

Of course I asked how long does it take for it to recover, he assured me that few days later they'll be fine. But I didn't (forgotten to) ask him whether will there be any scars TT..... now everyday whenever I look at my legs, my face starts to frown.

'Please don't leave scars. Please don't leave scars.'

LOL I actually talked to my legs. So the moral of the story, don't underestimate the power of sand flies.

You don't really see them nor feel them, but they are out there.

Ready to pounce on each and every prey/victim that they come across. This is how my legs look like now, sad....


Please take note of the seriousness of sand flies. Not only when you go to Coney Island, but to anywhere where there may be bushes, forest or beach area. The sand flies usually fly low so put more attention on your legs. Wear long pants and put on the insect repellent.

Then, you can fully enjoy your trip. Play hard and be safe!