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Langkawi Exploring- Day 2

Read about Day 1 first if you haven't already. =)

Day 2 is all about visiting the Bat Cave and mangrove forest, some fishing area, discovering DOLPHINS, snorkeling at some unknown island, eagle-feeding and Pantai Cenang.

While waiting for our boat captain

1. Bat Cave (meh)

Start off with the Bat Cave. The Bat Cave is really just a cave, a dark dark cave. All we could see was bats sleeping on top of the wall. Nothing special about it. The cave is attached to the mangrove forest (see picture).

Tip: There are people selling torch light at the entrance of the cage, don't buy from them. With or without the torch light, your view remains a bunch bats sleeping, period.

Journey to Bat Cave starts

After that, we were told to put on the life vest as we were heading to the deeper sea and the boat will be moving very fast.

2. Fishing Area (quite interesting)

Next stop was the fishing area where there is an area rearing fish with a restaurant. You can choose to buy the bread to feed the fish. Just buy one or two packets and share out among your friends.

Expect to see something like this

Sun-kissed skin, so hot, we'll melt your popsicle

The fishing village that looks like a scenery from Hang Zhou, China

3. Snorkeling at unknown island

Basically, the guy took us past the Kilim Geoforest Park and park the boat somewhere for us to snorkel. It was quite bad actually. The fish was so little, the sea isn't clear at all, and the stones were cutting our feet, some of us even bleed. We didn't stay long for the snorkeling, we didn't enjoy it anyway.

But, although Day 2 is starting to sound like a boring day, we did have something interesting, which is..... DOLPHINS! Yes, we saw dolphins! the guy told us that it is possible to see dolphins but that very much depends on your luck. Sometimes, when he brings tourists there the dolphins are nowhere to be seen. We were all super excited to see the groups dolphins jumping in and out of the water.

D O L P H I N S ! ! !

4. Eagle-feeding

If you don't already know, eagle is a huge symbol for Pulau Langkawi. It's like the Merlion to Singapore or the Eiffel Tower to Paris. The eagle feeding session was very much what we expected. The guy had some raw meat in a pail where he threw to somewhere near (but in a safe distance), then the eagles come and ate it.

NOPE. The eagles do not eat in front of you. Do you think they are like the cute little pigeons you feed on the road side? Eagles have their pride okay?

LOL that was entirely my own interpretation. But the eagles only come and snatch the food away, then fly to the forest/trees area to slowly enjoy the food (I guess). So although you can see them in a very near distance, it's only for a very very short while.

After finishing the island-hopping, we were all quite tired. But our day didn't come to an end, we haven't visited the famous Pantai Cenang how could we rest already? We headed back to our hotel to have a little rest, showered and ate. Then we left for Pantai Cenang in the evening.

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.

Yellow Beach Cafe

Address: Jalan Pantai Tengah, Pantai Tengah, 07000 Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia

Phone:+60 12-459 3190

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.

Back in the hotel, we had a little game and beer session.

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

-Lights off-

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Singapore

Countdown 2016 in Clarke Quay

*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!

First experience of counting down in Singapore was quite awesome. Everyone was so hyped and happy I felt it too.

1. One thing to note is that you absolutely won't see any fireworks if you are sitting in the restaurant areas. But if you just want to experience the atmosphere I would strongly recommend here. I later heard from my friends that it was super super crowded in MBS. I don't really like it when there are too many crowds so I think I'll just stick with here. Heeee :P

2. Another thing to note is that obviously you will go home after 12 midnight and hence the MRT Stations might be closed already. But no worries the LTA will issue notice of buses or selected sttations that will be operating for later hours so do check it out and see which one applies to you.

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DIY Christmas Cards with water colour

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.