Thursday, March 25, 2010

Footage of my king

Cant resist uploading this here... My king enjoying his moments :)


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Home Sweet Home

I am finally back! Theres no place better than home. Been back for about a week now. But its busy busy busy till now. Believed that it will still be busy for another month. Lots of things and people to catch up on as well as errands to be completed before the next trip. What a change it is.... after 3 months of doing nothing and minimum walking. It is suddenly back to hectic schedule and plenty of walking around. My legs actually sent disstress signals for the first few days. Must be getting old (haha)

Let me just explain the lapse in the updating the blog. Its all because that theres no internet connection after leaving US. Was out there try to inch back to Singapore, which took about one and a half months. When we got back to SIN it was already the third day of Lunar New Year. And the most torturous thing was am back in Singapore waters but cant step on land for 2 days as struck at anchorage. So i did the next comforting thing... getting everyone to call me on my mobile. Hearing it came alive with voices of close ones was heavenly!!! Mao managed to get me off during the first crew sign off and i spent a good fulfilling 4-5days at home before getting back onboard. Delayed for another week in SIN water before heading to Kaohsiung, Taiwan on our popo ship. From there we would bid farewell to popo ship for four months. On the last day, i got up excitedly to finished the last minute packing. Waited patiently for half a day before Mao came back at close to 8pm after tying up his loose ends. We sent all our heavy luggages down for loading into the boat. Got our backpacks on our back, took the ancient lift and headed down. Mao said we have to go to the CCR (Cargo Control Room) to say our goodbyes.......... so back we went and struck we were again! Cargo not moving... and so we cant move as well. Popo ship not willing to let us go! Jesus Christ.... we have to get the boys to upload our luggages and spent another reluctance night on board.


We spent a night in Splendor Hotel, Kaohsiung. Went to the night market and have a feast the very moment. Too much 5-star food on popo ship, so we cant controlled ourselves when we sighted the delicious street food. Yummy yummy :p That night we slept on a real king sized bed :)




Took the high speed train to Taipei the next day. It took about 90mins. We spent two nights in Howard Green Garden Hotel. It was more eating and walking around. Went to Ximengdi, Shilin night market and Taipei 101. At Ximengdi, we went to the Modern Toilet Restaurant where they used toilet bowls as chairs and bathtubs as tables. Even the utensils are shaped like toilets. Mao found it all very fascinating. Too bad we forgotten our camera at the hotel.
Took the four hours flight back to SIN and we busied ourselves opening up the house. But its finally Home Sweet Home! :)