on Wednesday, August 25, 2004
I am feeling mounting frustration with some people. Maybe, its my hormones or whatever but.........
*Yells " ARGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"*
Okay Carina...Breathe... I should go back for more pilates classes. I found it to really calm my nerves some times..Or kickbox my way out of the trench. Damnit.
Im sick and there is this nagging pain on the back of my head. I guess that gives me the excuse to sleep all day long. Not that i need any excuse for that. Im lazy and i admit it.
Ok this is what i have been doing "amid" the laziness: I have been trying to jumpstart a healthy and active lifestyle. To those folks who dont believe in exercise: TOO BAD. I have been trying to get to the gym but my schedule always crashes with my work out time. I have limited time to do my laundry since im not the only one who washes clothes in the family. Many are always wondering why im always doing laundry. I change clothes really often. Besides, i get a great satisfaction doing a load of dirty wash.
Someone logged into my Utopia account and changed the stats i had in there. Damn fucker! I hope i wont get Mehuled. I love my KINGDOM! I actually feel that i had better friendships with these people who live all over the world then some "friends" in Singapore.
By the way, im going to The Eagles' concert. Getting the cheapest seats at $99. Booking will be done these couple of days. Hope it wouldnt be out by the time i make the order. The seats are behind the stage but i dont really have a choice. Im cash low these days. Interested parties, Email me.
Carina
11:32:00 PM
on Saturday, August 21, 2004
Well im leaving again on a short trip! Am i considered a Jet-setter now?? HA HA HA! Anyways will be back in a couple of days.
So be good and hang in there till i get back. I wish everyone a great weekend. Have fun!
P/S:(1) Jacq, i am puzzled as to why i didnt see you in school even once after a year. Anyways classes start next month for me.
P/S:(2) Deity, i look forward to drinking with you too. I will try to remain sober. LOL ;)
Carina
11:47:00 AM
on Friday, August 13, 2004
*Yawn*
Im feeling extremely tired now. I slept for 2 hours earlier on but it didnt help at all. Blame it on exercising! LOL
Anyways i went for Pilates and Body Pump today at California Fitness. Boy was i tired!!!! Had Subway for lunch and rushed home to nap. Somehow i wasnt "energized" by the workouts. I felt so tired.
Made Saba Shioyaki and broccoli for dinner! Yummy! Ha ha! And now i have some time to kill. Would have met Yan for dinner if her husband didnt want to make a supplementary card for her. Wo hoo ! TIme to go shop shop shop girl! LOL
Tomorrow would be Boxexercise day! Some one pls shoot me!!! I dont think my limbs will make it thru tomorrow. LOL
Have a great weekend folks!
Carina
8:56:00 PM
on Thursday, August 12, 2004
A little something for everyone...
Sometimes we might have such high expectations of certain things and when it doesnt meet the level, we fall deeply into the gutter. We could try to set the expectation a little lower and adjust it as time goes by. That way, we wouldnt be too disappointed. It is true: We cant have everything. However, along the journey, we might find something that is pretty unexpectated. That it self would be the reward. :)
Billy Joel- Vienna
Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart
tell me whyYou are still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about
?You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and
onlySo many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to beBefore your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourselfT
hat you forfeit what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
But you know you can't always see when you're right
You got your passion you got your pride
But don't you know only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you?
Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
Carina
12:13:00 AM
on Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Im back to continue the sequel...My fingers were tired from the typing. LOL
The Saga continues...
On the third day, we woke up bright and early and went on a snorkelling trip. Our first stop was at this small island surrounded by the ocean in the middle of nowhere. As the group became friends with the Resort's family, we managed to get off with better service and our snorkelling gear was free!!! Wo hoo! I jumped into the ocean with the life jacket and caught a glimpse of the beautiful fishes with the gear. Next stop was the Marine Park where we had our lunch. I saw the monitor lizard as well. Pretty cool. We had a pinic lunch under a tree. Jeff bought a bag of bread crusts to feed the fishes. We took the bag, went to the beach and fed the fishes. They were everywhere and their fins were poking the hell out of me. In the end, my lunch and the current of the water got to me and i wasnt feeling so great. Then we island-hopped to do some duty free shopping. Got some postcards of the island. Thank God i got those since my pictures for the trip werent that great. :P Last stop was coral viewing. The uncle on board kept urging me to go into the water and snorkel. I was still feeling bad from the lunch and just stayed on board for more tanning session. Anyways the water was so clear that i stayed on board and looked at the corals. I managed to converse in minimal Melayu lang enough for him to understand me. LOL The corals were really pretty. Anyways went back to the resort and was thinking of going jungle trekking but the person in charge was out on a trip. What a pity. Qi was really looking forward to it. Sigh. So we ended up playing volleyball on the beach again. Gossiped a little and looked at the sunset. Breath taking. We went night fishing again but this time, we had no luck with the school of fishes. We knew they were eating the bait but we just couldnt hurl it up in time. Jeff was really dissappointed and it was getting really cold so we just went back to the cabin. Qi and me was a little sleepy during fishing and we ended singing Mandarin songs to keep ourselves awake. LOL Andrew got tired as well so he and Jas went back to shore first.
On the last day, we took the ferry and got back to Mersing. We had lunch at a local coffee shop and tried to find cabs back to JB. There were no cabs available and for a mere moment, it looked like we wouldnt be able to come home that day. After about an hour, we finally found 2 cabs to take us to the causeway. The situation at the immgration over at JB was HORRENDOUS. I didnt imagine it to be THAT bad. Everyone was pushing and screaming. ARGH! Cutting the queue etc. When i got back to Singapore, i let out a sigh of relieve.
IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME.
Today, i met up with Qi, Huey Ling and Elaine and signed up for the VIP membership to California Fitness. It is a temp pass to try out the place. Then we had sushi at Meridien. Wasnt great but it was fun though. Then we went to PS because they wanted to go to Spotlight. Guess i would be seeing them again on Sat for some Boxexercise! Rock on!
Good night everyone.
Carina
11:49:00 PM
on Tuesday, August 10, 2004
My trip started on Friday night. Met Wenqi, Huey Ling, Jeff, Andrew, Jas, Anne and Desiree at the train station and caught the bus to Malaysia. Stayed at Compact hotel in Johor Bahru. The hotel was pretty close to the Causeway and to my surprise, the room rates were pretty cheap. Each person only had to fork out around RM 30. The room was spacious and clean. Great view of the causeway. After checking in, we went to get our seafood dinner. Dinner was medicocre. Not the best i had but i cant complained much. After dinner, Andrew decided to bring us for Roti Prata. I thought he was kidding but we ended up sitting inside some alley square and tasted one of the best non oily prata. *Yummy*
Woke up bright and early on Saturday morning. Qi kept nagging at me to wake up and i kept telling her " 5 mins more alright?" LOL After much unwillingness, i finally got up. We ate breakfast and took a cab to Mersing, Johor. That was where the jetty was. The ride was about 1 .5 hours. During the ride, i saw many plantations and passed by the outskirts of several towns. I gotta say that i love the charms of small towns. Anyways when we got to Mersing, we boarded the speedboat to Pulau Tioman. Being on the speed boat was similar to a roller coaster. It was really fast and we got to the island in 45 mins compared to 2.5 hours if we took the ferry. I told everyone that i suffered from motion sickness and i was pretty worried that i would puked. Thank goodness i didnt, although the lady sitting next to Qi looked like she was going to gut it out any moment. LOL Jeff asked me how i felt after the ride and i told him that the boat was going so fast that i didnt have the time to feel the swaying. LOL I did get some sea water splashed on me though.
Alighted at the jetty and walked on the wobbly wooden platform to Idaman Beach resort. We checked in and went to the rooms. The shack was pretty small but it was "beachy". The cabin was located right infront of the beach and the whole resort was pretty "Kampung-styled". I love that charm of it. The beach was fabulous. Crystal clear water with white sand. It was indeed paradise at my feet. Qi, Huey Ling and me decided to play beach volleyball even though the sun was scorching hot. The sand was red hot and my feet was burning up. Everyone was running to the water to cool the feet every 5 mins. LOL We played with some folks from Singapore as well. Then when the heat got unbearable, we just went to take a dip in the soothing water and sun tanned for a while after. Dinner was home-cooked food by the family who ran the resort. The whole gang head off to the small surrounding area to check out other resorts and small shops. After looking at the other resorts situated on the hilly areas of the island, i felt that we got a better deal. We went back to our cabin and Qi, Ling, Jeff and me went for night fishing on the wobbly jetty since we had tons of unexhausted enery. Jeff just attached some hook with bait on some fishing line. No rod at all. Nevertheless, Ling caught 2 baby squids, Jeff caught a small red snapper and i caught nothing. LOL Qi caught a baby shark with that "suku" method and we were all excited and were jumping around on the jetty. LOL The shark was still alive and it looked like it was going to attack us any min. Some guy came out to the jetty and saw the shark and informed the whole kampong i think. LOL A school group from Selangor came out later and caught a bigger shark but they couldnt hurl it up as it was really huge. The sky was clear and the ocean was calm. The stars were out in full force, and without the city lights, the sky looked amazing that night.
*Continued tomorrow.........................*
Carina
11:19:00 PM
on Friday, August 06, 2004
Carina
12:28:00 AM
