I am back after neglecting my blog for 5 months and 8 days. I have been busy for my wedding since last year after the proposal. Been busy pulling my hair thinking on wedding idea and working on my wedding preparation for almost 1 year. O.M.G! But now finally settle down... I would never believe that the journey of wedding preparation is so much fun and, of course, need a lot of effort too. No pain, no gain. Luckily I have my loved one to fight together. ^_______^
Hereby sharing my wedding blog: http://www.mywedding.com/cheehowconnie/index.html
I hope this would give little help to those who are in the mid of preparing their wedding.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Cambodia Trip Day 1: Sunset @ Phnom Bakheng
[7th October 2010]
It suppose raining season in Cambodia in October. It suppose a cooling weather due to raining. But, it was super hot when I first touched down. The weather is burning hot compared to Malaysia/Singapore. I wish I can hide inside the hotel room right now, but anyhow I have to queue up like other tourists and clear the custom.
Few weeks back, we made our choices between Cambodia & Myanmar and ended up we decided on Cambodia. We love nature! We love backpack! We love to explore! We love the culture! So here we come, Cambodia! First time, we took Silk Air.. ^.^ The package included air tickets + accommodation + personal tour guide + food + entrance fee looks reasonable for us, thus we signed up the package.
We stayed at Cozyna Angkor hotel. It is 3 star hotel with comfortable environment to stay in. Everything is well maintained. The staff here is friendly and they could chit-chat with limited English. The swimming pool is big and it links with beautiful garden.
Lunch at hotel. Before going to Cambodia, my friends advice me not to drink any water with ice cube. Canned drink or bottle drink is the best. Even advice me to brush teeth by using mineral water but not tap water. Thus I'm quite careful in the way choosing my drink. By the way I think they are trying to improve their hygiene. So far, there is no problem if drinking ice water in Cambodia. Under the super hot sun, how could resists myself from drinking ice water? :P
Tour guide fetched us to Le Artisan D'Angkor Center. We have the chance to view the beauty of Khmer art. It is also a training center. Young people are trained in the tranditional craftmanship.
Next we toured around Spider Market. Many kind of souvenirs can be found here. There are much much more to explore. You able to try local stall food here.
We got to reach Phnom Bakheng before sunset. The tour guide leads us up to the Phnom Bakheng which situated inside the forest. You would not get lost as it is only one way path. Just follow the crowd, then you will find the temple. History about Phnom Bakheng can be found in wikipedia.
Look! The crowd in Phnom Bakheng. Everyone is trying hard to "crawl up" to the temple and waiting for the sunset. Why I say "crawl up"? Most of the temple in Siem Reap has a very steep design in staircase. It has a very large gap between steps. Therefore I only able to reach temple by "crawling up" using my both hands and legs.. ="= It is adventurous activity and this needs a lot of arm and legs mucles. I was kept praying for not falling down for each step I conquerred. :P I know it will be nightmare for me in the next day as my mucles sore. >_<
The sunset is nice yet short! It's worth to spend so much time on crawling up the temple. Love it!
The way down the mountain is pretty dark with no light in the forest. It is quite eerie if walk alone. Sometimes you would scared by the little kid who squat near the cliff. They are begging for money. This scene is quite common in Cambodia. Many people are adviced not to give them money. Once you give to one kid, another kids will follow you. Therefore we only can sympathize without giving any help. This always a bad thing for me.
This is our dinner before end of the day. It's Chinese cuisine. Everything taste good to us. By the way the portion are more than enough for 2 of us.
We have to rest earlier that night as tomorrow would be another adventurous day for us. Angkor Wat, here we come! ^.^
It suppose raining season in Cambodia in October. It suppose a cooling weather due to raining. But, it was super hot when I first touched down. The weather is burning hot compared to Malaysia/Singapore. I wish I can hide inside the hotel room right now, but anyhow I have to queue up like other tourists and clear the custom.
Few weeks back, we made our choices between Cambodia & Myanmar and ended up we decided on Cambodia. We love nature! We love backpack! We love to explore! We love the culture! So here we come, Cambodia! First time, we took Silk Air.. ^.^ The package included air tickets + accommodation + personal tour guide + food + entrance fee looks reasonable for us, thus we signed up the package.
We stayed at Cozyna Angkor hotel. It is 3 star hotel with comfortable environment to stay in. Everything is well maintained. The staff here is friendly and they could chit-chat with limited English. The swimming pool is big and it links with beautiful garden.
Lunch at hotel. Before going to Cambodia, my friends advice me not to drink any water with ice cube. Canned drink or bottle drink is the best. Even advice me to brush teeth by using mineral water but not tap water. Thus I'm quite careful in the way choosing my drink. By the way I think they are trying to improve their hygiene. So far, there is no problem if drinking ice water in Cambodia. Under the super hot sun, how could resists myself from drinking ice water? :P
Tour guide fetched us to Le Artisan D'Angkor Center. We have the chance to view the beauty of Khmer art. It is also a training center. Young people are trained in the tranditional craftmanship.
Next we toured around Spider Market. Many kind of souvenirs can be found here. There are much much more to explore. You able to try local stall food here.
We got to reach Phnom Bakheng before sunset. The tour guide leads us up to the Phnom Bakheng which situated inside the forest. You would not get lost as it is only one way path. Just follow the crowd, then you will find the temple. History about Phnom Bakheng can be found in wikipedia.
Look! The crowd in Phnom Bakheng. Everyone is trying hard to "crawl up" to the temple and waiting for the sunset. Why I say "crawl up"? Most of the temple in Siem Reap has a very steep design in staircase. It has a very large gap between steps. Therefore I only able to reach temple by "crawling up" using my both hands and legs.. ="= It is adventurous activity and this needs a lot of arm and legs mucles. I was kept praying for not falling down for each step I conquerred. :P I know it will be nightmare for me in the next day as my mucles sore. >_<
The sunset is nice yet short! It's worth to spend so much time on crawling up the temple. Love it!
The way down the mountain is pretty dark with no light in the forest. It is quite eerie if walk alone. Sometimes you would scared by the little kid who squat near the cliff. They are begging for money. This scene is quite common in Cambodia. Many people are adviced not to give them money. Once you give to one kid, another kids will follow you. Therefore we only can sympathize without giving any help. This always a bad thing for me.
This is our dinner before end of the day. It's Chinese cuisine. Everything taste good to us. By the way the portion are more than enough for 2 of us.
We have to rest earlier that night as tomorrow would be another adventurous day for us. Angkor Wat, here we come! ^.^
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Sentosa Flower Festival
I have not update my blog for some times. I'm almost putting all of my times on preparing my wedding. I think this is the most forgiving reason for not updating my blog that frequent. =P Well, I still passion on photography as usual.
My bf & I went to Sentosa Flower Festival as this is the chance that I can practice my photography skill. Moreover I never attend to this festival at all although I have been in Singapore for more than 2 years!! ="= The Sentosa flower festival held during Chinese New Year. This year this event drops on 3rd - 13th Feb 2011.
We walked to Sentosa using boardwalk. This is a new walkway connected between Sentosa and Vivo city shopping mall. It takes about 10 - 15 minutes walk. There is travelator along the walkway for convenience purpose. As usual, $1 will be paid at the entrance before entering Sentosa Island. You can either pay by cash or Ezlink card.
The scenery along the boardwalk is attractive especially at night. There are a lot of sculptures and art design along the walkway.
I know normally people love to capture flowers in day time. But I am kind of people specially love the peaceful of night. ^.^ At night, I no need worry about sun-burn when shooting under the hot sun. I never worry of crowded people too. Nevertheless I love night time!! ^^
Singapore Universal Studio - A place which I can play like a child. I wish one day I able to get free ticket or maybe someone can sponsor me to let me "be a child" for 1 day. =P
The decoration in flower festival. All the animals are the animals from Chinese zodiac. There are 12 in total - Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.
Thanks to those workers who planting / designing all these flowers. ^^
My bf & I went to Sentosa Flower Festival as this is the chance that I can practice my photography skill. Moreover I never attend to this festival at all although I have been in Singapore for more than 2 years!! ="= The Sentosa flower festival held during Chinese New Year. This year this event drops on 3rd - 13th Feb 2011.
We walked to Sentosa using boardwalk. This is a new walkway connected between Sentosa and Vivo city shopping mall. It takes about 10 - 15 minutes walk. There is travelator along the walkway for convenience purpose. As usual, $1 will be paid at the entrance before entering Sentosa Island. You can either pay by cash or Ezlink card.
The scenery along the boardwalk is attractive especially at night. There are a lot of sculptures and art design along the walkway.
I know normally people love to capture flowers in day time. But I am kind of people specially love the peaceful of night. ^.^ At night, I no need worry about sun-burn when shooting under the hot sun. I never worry of crowded people too. Nevertheless I love night time!! ^^
Singapore Universal Studio - A place which I can play like a child. I wish one day I able to get free ticket or maybe someone can sponsor me to let me "be a child" for 1 day. =P
The decoration in flower festival. All the animals are the animals from Chinese zodiac. There are 12 in total - Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.
Thanks to those workers who planting / designing all these flowers. ^^
Saturday, January 29, 2011
New Year Dinner @ Asmara Middle Rock Bar
31. 12. 2010
On that day, we celebrated last day of year 2010 and welcome the first day of year 2011 together. He have made a reservation at Middle Rock Bar, Bishan Park. In such special day, we decided to order set dinner instead of ala carte.
On that day, we celebrated last day of year 2010 and welcome the first day of year 2011 together. He have made a reservation at Middle Rock Bar, Bishan Park. In such special day, we decided to order set dinner instead of ala carte.
The environment here is just nice for dating and also a great place for friend's gathering. Of course, sometimes I wish to have some private times together with my bf. Just he and me. I think he understand me well, therefore he choose that night to have such wonderful dinner with me.
Our first dish of the night - Prosciutto Di Parma Con Melone. It is appetizer. I love the taste! The appearance of the appetizer looks yummy with luscious rock melon wrapped with thinly sliced parma ham. It served together with zesty apple spaghetti & my favorite cranberry.
2 choices for the soups on that night. Without hesitation, we ordered each of them. First we have hearty french onion soup topped with gruyere cheese. It is a bit salty for me. It would be great if it is not that salty.
Second we have mushroom soup infused with truffle.
A glass of champagne each person to toast for our 2 years anniversary! ^_^
For him, a roasted beef loin served with roasted mixed root vegetable and Shellot red wine sauce.
For me, pan seared black cod fish and braised endive bacon, served with mash potato and asparagus fritter. The portion is just good for me.
Girls' all-time favorite!! THE DESSERT!!! No matter how full I am, I still can swallow any dessert that put in front of me. =P Our dessert of the night - Fresh fruit Pavlova. A taste with sweet & sour combination. Loving it!!! ^_^
The night is sweet when he popped out a question "Will you marry me?" and I nodded. ^_^ I am happy to be known as Mrs Tan now!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Christmas Dinner @ Chalk
My colleagues and I had been planned for year 2010 Christmas party one month before the actual day. We had considered whether to do it indoor or outdoor. BBQ would be always a top option as outdoor party. Due to our laziness, we ended up decide to have our Christmas party indoor. We choose Chalk restaurant as party venue and we celebrated our Christmas eve there.
Chalk restaurant is located at old school, Mount Sophia. It happened as a school before, but now it turns into restaurant. Means we had our dinner in classroom. The ambient is nice and suitable for gathering and dating. You never feel like you're in the classroom at all.
Address
Old School
11 Mount Sophia, #01-03
Singapore 228461
Telephone No.
65 6883 2120
First we warmed our stomach with a glass of beer.
We started our dinner with a plate of bread. Bread is always a great combination together with butter or olive oil. I prefer eat it with olive oil because it makes feel more healthier. Simply mental reaction. =P
Today's special is chicken salad and meat lover thin pizza. I love the chicken salad very much! It whet my appetite. Sharing is always enjoyable moment. I never say NO when share the food. And now we have 8 person shared 1 plate of salad and.. 1 plate of thin pizza. Hmm.. feel sorry for those who have big appetite.. =P
Every people order one main course. I choose to eat roast spring chicken Cardamon wild rice sauteed mushroom and fine beans. It is licking good! Others main courses such as seared duck breast, roasted quail and carbonara are also recommended for those food lover.
Soup of the day was mushroom soup. It was so filling for every spoon. Luckily it comes after our main course, else I don't think I can finish my portion.
It's time for gift exchange!!
We set a lot of rules on buying the Christmas gift.
- No food.
- No toiletry like tissue paper, but body lotion is acceptable.
- No jigsaw puzzle.
- No mugs.
So, no one break the rules! We got what we want! ^_^
It is never complete if no log cake in Christmas day! Last activity in our Christmas party was Christmas log cake. They all really puzzled with this 1kg log cake and wondered how to finish it after the dinner. Therefore we decided to cut the log cake into half and we eat the half of cake. The other half would be handled by one of our colleagues.
Christmas is meaningful when you have a bunch of friends celebrate it together. Laughter and joy filled the restaurant. No wonder I love Christmas so much! ^_^
Chalk restaurant is located at old school, Mount Sophia. It happened as a school before, but now it turns into restaurant. Means we had our dinner in classroom. The ambient is nice and suitable for gathering and dating. You never feel like you're in the classroom at all.
Address
Old School
11 Mount Sophia, #01-03
Singapore 228461
Telephone No.
65 6883 2120
First we warmed our stomach with a glass of beer.
We started our dinner with a plate of bread. Bread is always a great combination together with butter or olive oil. I prefer eat it with olive oil because it makes feel more healthier. Simply mental reaction. =P
Today's special is chicken salad and meat lover thin pizza. I love the chicken salad very much! It whet my appetite. Sharing is always enjoyable moment. I never say NO when share the food. And now we have 8 person shared 1 plate of salad and.. 1 plate of thin pizza. Hmm.. feel sorry for those who have big appetite.. =P
Every people order one main course. I choose to eat roast spring chicken Cardamon wild rice sauteed mushroom and fine beans. It is licking good! Others main courses such as seared duck breast, roasted quail and carbonara are also recommended for those food lover.
Soup of the day was mushroom soup. It was so filling for every spoon. Luckily it comes after our main course, else I don't think I can finish my portion.
It's time for gift exchange!!
We set a lot of rules on buying the Christmas gift.
- No food.
- No toiletry like tissue paper, but body lotion is acceptable.
- No jigsaw puzzle.
- No mugs.
So, no one break the rules! We got what we want! ^_^
It is never complete if no log cake in Christmas day! Last activity in our Christmas party was Christmas log cake. They all really puzzled with this 1kg log cake and wondered how to finish it after the dinner. Therefore we decided to cut the log cake into half and we eat the half of cake. The other half would be handled by one of our colleagues.
Christmas is meaningful when you have a bunch of friends celebrate it together. Laughter and joy filled the restaurant. No wonder I love Christmas so much! ^_^
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