So near yet so far...

As counted, its another 51 more days till I land home sweet home.

FIFTY ONE more days, SEVEN more weeks, ONE & A HALF more months.

As the number gets smaller, my anticipation grows bigger. It helps with the milestones i've set before myself, the arrival of Sarah, Christmas, New Year, Conference, Aunty Susan, Shaun, HOME.

Yet sometimes, when I look at it, it still seems so far away. OMG. I cannot wait for the day till I say, its good to be home. :)

Home is where the Map is.

When You miss home... This is what you do....

STREET VIEW YOUR HOUSE ON GOOGLE MAPS! hahaha!


Woah. Its mega cool please! I mean I knew you could satellite your house, but the street view thing is just awesome. My aunt's house even has the maid standing outside?!? hahaha!

How fascinating...

The place where I grow up. I miss me little childrennnnn. :(


Can't wait to head back to church! hehe.

Dorky enough :)

戀愛中的女生真的都是呆子!

Am watching the show Devil Beside You, once again for like the 712381237917 time. And I just never get sick of it. haha. Loves it.

Loves this line from the drama too. Doncha think so? Every girl in love looks like a dork. Why? Cos they're just forever sitting there daydreaming their lives awayyyyy...... Thinking of that special someone.

hmmmmmm... :)

<3

我愛你... :)

Surf's Up!

Tired as I am right now, I shall still blog so as to not let my blog die off ONCE AGAIN. haha! Knowing very well that once I procrastinate, its the end of the blog again. hehe!

So Eunice and I can finally strike off another thing on our To-Do List here in Hawaii. Well actually, more of 2...

1) Watch the HUGEEE waves at North Shore
2) Watch a surf competition.

Killing 2 birds with one stone/trip I guess! ;)



Billabong Pipeline Masters 2009

Headed over to North Shore's infamous Banzai Pipeline with Joel, Adam (joel's friend), Mariah (joel's dog) and Eunice yesterday to watch some huge ass 'pipeline' waves with tons of professionals surfing through those pipes.

Just look at the size of those waves...!

Joel and Mariah. His love :P

Left at 6am because the drive there was a long long one. About an hour away. (yes, i sat in the car with a lab sharpay behind me for 1 hour) haha. And arrived to a crowd of at least 2oo people lying on the beach watching the already started competition.

In all honesty, I expected the waves to be muchhhh bigger because they were like 50ft (15m) on Monday, but still, it was nonetheless, BIG. They were at least... 30ft yesterday. Still not that bad! lol.

The Stunts are just MAD insane!

With crystal clear waters and surfers gliding through the pipes it was really a beautiful sight to see. And the anticipation of seeing if each competitor is able to get out of the pipe before the waves 'eat' them up was kinda cool. It's a pretty awesome sight actually. Hard to put in words, but I must say, its a once in a lifetime thing to see...! DO COME TO HAWAII IN THE WINTERRR! :)

These guys are photographers that have to swim out to sea just where the waves and surfers are without the help of any safety equipment or anything. Its just them, their camera and their flippers battling those waves! Now who said being a photographer is an easy job. It's definitely no easy feat alright!

Although I still dont understand how they count the points, haha, it was just fun oogling at cute surfer dudes running past us! lol! uh ohhhh! :P



The Sting

ookkk. Update on my sting.

Its kinda gross now cos its healing and itching quite abit.

But i read online and its ok, so I should just pray that I won't get any permanent scars on me legggg... :(

Don't worry dear navy boy. I'll just have a battle scar you have to deal with looking at for a long long long long time. hahahaa!

RELAX LA :P

Ok Verena Lin, This post is for you.

I WILL BLOG LATER. I just uploaded pictures and I shall Blog about... NORTH SHORE LATER!

Waves that were 30ft, Cute Surfer dudes and MEGA AWESOME PIPELINE WAVES.

If you don't know what I'm talking about... Watch this. hahaha!

You scarred me beautiful

Ok. This post is going to be image heavy and it shall start on a not so happy episode of my life but nonetheless, it was quite a dramatic day... hahaha! Of course I gotta blog about it.

Alrights alrights. So everyone's been asking if I'm ok or if i'm dying or if I can walk. Answer is Yes I can. Even after being stung by a Portuguese Mano!war.

The blue colour was really pretty. Even in my state of panic, I noticed. :)

After abit of research, I realise, its not EXACTLY a jellyfish. More like some species similar to it. And its a really beautiful blue in colour thing although yes, its sting does hurt like hell. :(

Let me tell you about all that drama.


So we were at Lanikai beach (yes I must say it is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL beach I've ever been to in the world. EVER. So far anyways.) with Ping and Eun and I decided to head over to the water and dip ourselves in the translucent, greenish blue water that was just absolutely beautiful but FRIGGIN icy cold. Imagine waking up to a sight like this each day. Your private beach.

The houses around there cost 4-5 million bucks. I can see why....

Ping. :)

So anyways, after dipping in we decided to lay flat on our tummies at shoreline to just talk and let the cooling water seeping around us. *blah blah blah* and all of a sudden this sharp pain gripped my leg. Felt like some sort of needle just piercing my shin and my calf getting a whipping.

*SCREAMED LIKE HELL* and turned around and started yanking out the stuff stuck on my leg. It was like those korean people eating the squid and its tentacles just stuck to you. And not knowing it was dangerous I used my fingers cos I was in a state of panic. (Thank God I didnt get secondary stings on my fingers) and SPRINTED all the way back to Ping, who started washing the sting with water. Thank goodness the pain subsided and the swelling started but disappeared after awhile.

This is my wonder sting. Swelling. But its gone now. :) *click for clearer view*

Went over to Kailua Beach Park after to get the lifeguard to spray vinegar solution thingy on the thing. Told me it wasn't dangerous and that it was common in the area. So I'm alright! No fever or pain or vomiting or anything. Just that there's this super UGLY red line on my shin now. I hope it doesnt scar me for life! :(

Ugly ugly go away... :(

Ok but other than that, we had a really awesome day! The weather was just absolutely perfect and Ping was a great host in showing us the entire windward side with all the tiny islands and just absolutely amazing houses. If only I had that amount of moneyyy... Sighhhhh...


Thanksgiving & Black Friday

Realised that I didnt blog much after Thanksgiving. haha! Maybe it's cos I was just too busy packing away all the shopping that I had no time to blog about it. hehe!

So went over to Jamie's house for thanksgiving where her husband cooked a really nice turkey meal. Delish! And we just sat there for a time of fellowship and movie watching. LOVE ACTUALLY! :) Oh and of course discuss our plans for black friday.

Eunice and Jamie! :)

For those who have no clue what black friday is... its basically a HUGEEEEE sale that happens throughout the US starting the day after thanksgiving. Malls open at 6am. Certain big names like MACY's and Old navy opening their stalls at 3am. Basically, its shopping MADNESS!

So Eun, Jamie and I met at the mall at 6.20am. And OMGoodness gracious me. We were 'late'. The queue for our vice, Victoria Secret already had lines that were SNAKING out of the shop. It was about 100m away from the shop ok.

Look, The shop can't even be seen, but its past lego. lol!

Ended up buying massive bags of stuff for OTHER people. hahaha! And shopped for a whopping 12 hours!!! Believe it or not, but I have broken my record and my wallet. hahahaha!

Our shopping by 10am. haha!

LOVES!

A mini Revelation

So I was reading one of my friend's blogs and she had this short film up.

Its about secrets and why people keep them. The voids in their lives that make them do the things they do.

This film in thought provoking and I just felt compelled to share it. Maybe everyone should start sharing their secrets and filling up those voids in your life. :)

Le-dee-ohhh!

Woah. I know. I'm gonna be sounding really retarded. I mean REALLY retarded. But I have never felt happier listening to Singapore radio. Thank You God and Mediacorp for putting up the live radio on the net once again, so I'm able to get my dose of Morning Express and Car Tunes

It's just been the LONGEST time since I heard anyone talk about the jams on the PIE and AYE. Traffic Updates! lol. Gosh. This is sooooo funny! lol. :)))) hehehehe!