Thursday, December 25 @ 6:41 PM
Day 2, brought uncle to vivocity because they have a Timberland store there. He's really into timberland, in fact my dad and another uncle also loves timberland. Its in the blood.

We had lunch at food republic, the food there is expensive and after shopping around we zooted off to queensway, ikea and anchor point, where uncle bought both of us a billabong wetsuit or wet top to be more specific.

Then on the way back, we popped by westmall.
3 shopping malls in an afternoon have definitely taken a toll on my legs. Even cycling isnt that bad with my legs.





@ 1:13 AM
24th midnight

Merry Christmas to all! I brought my uncle, or ber-chek as we affectionately call him, to orchard road on christmas eve. it was packed like shit and it was raining. And shops were all starting to close or were already closed when it was ard 10pm++
Which was why we went home at 11pm. And not after the countdown as planned. It was too boring to carry on. When orchard road gets boring, it really IS boring.


photoss

outside tangs, still raining



inside tangs, still raining.


paragon's christmas tree

heeren's not so glamarous celebration



overcrowded and with many playing with the spray can. siamed as far as possible because my camera and speedlite is in direct fire!

Day 2: queensway shopping centre? need to play host to our uncle and cousin from KL this whole week. Revision for week 1 tests??
im addicted to cycling=D





Tuesday, December 23 @ 8:32 PM
Yesterday a friend introduced a different route to cycle. Its the town of Pendas, 40 km away from home, right across the tuas. new route, new enthusiasm.
And it ended up as our second hardest ride to date and we didnt even complete the entire journey. We stopped 6km short of pendas because we were afraid we couldnt make it.
True enough, on the way back we had to climb this pair of hills and my brother ended up dismounting and pushing the bike up the hill. that's how much the ride cracked him! then shortly his tube punctured and i fixed it right on the spot. Yes, i FIXED it. Its my 2nd time repairing a punctured tire and im really getting a hang of doing it skillfully.

Anyway we came into singapore today and had lunch at Street, a hongkong cafe @ IMM. Dinner at home. A more exciting day awaits us tomorrow.
My grandma & uncle coming down to JB and then singapore tomorrow. This uncle of mine haven been to singapore for like over 20 years, hence the visit. We gona bring him to orchard road on christmas eve. Let him in on the sights and sounds and lights of christmas in orchard.
Frankly i've never been to orchard on christmas eve too, so god knows what it have in store for us!


@ 8:32 PM


Thursday, December 18 @ 12:33 PM
Spent the last 7 days in KL. Shop, shop, shop. Eat, eat, eat.
That's about all we did. And visited almost everyone blood related who resided in and around KL.
Took tons of photos with my new flash! so let the photos do the talking.


Day1

No plans yet, so we slacked ard at home. Home here belongs to 5th uncle's family where there are 4 cousins too

failed attempt by bryan's photo taking


not failed but not really there neither

Day2
vegetarian day for cousin's family so we followed suit as well. lunch and dinner at vegetarian restaurants. went to playground at night. played ice and fire, damn fun 3 of us wore green, color confusion + dark surroundings. ended when cousin fell on the slipperly grass i think. injury at both knees, nose, lips and cheek. poor thing.

Day3

This is one of THE 2 days of the holiday. Lao Kor treated us to morning dimsum, followed by visit to xiaojiu and wujiu for lunch. last petaling street at night! the visit to wujiu's place will be a very fruitful one because he'll give us loads of stuff that he has no use of anymore. Branded watches, branded shoes, branded money clips..
the 3 oldest guys out of only 5 in the third generation
After dimsum
Group photo
@ xiaojiu's place. his son is super smart and adorable
wujiu's son, Ivan. playing his wii. We later played too, very interesting
petaling street cum chinatown cum chi jong kai. land of the fake goods!




dinner at this place. too pricey. after that we met up with wujiu and he brought us to shops he frequent so many times until he's more than a regular. because of him, we have 30% off anything we wanna buy, we bought a bag and wallet; both paul smith.

That's the bag, mini cooper

Tested the power of my flash


5th uncle came to fetch us back again (he dropped us off chinatown) and we went to meet him at a hawker stall that sells food on sticks that needs to be steamboated. 'Lok lok' they call it.

Day4
this day is hardcore shopper's day. breakfast @ a downtown wet market and at 10am plus we're already at Lot10. still early, shops still closed, we went to pavilion 1st, and spend like 2 hours there. Its a supersize mall and its not really targeted for us kids. after that its sungei wang for half a day. crazy man.
pizza for dinner. mahjong and vodka for the night.



Day5
Went to the curve, ikano and ikea. its all joined together. later walked to 1u and bought new year clothes.
homemade cheese fondue





as usual, i stayed away from all this preparation! too many cooks spoil the broth=D


Day6
slacked at 1u. brought my cam there, so we took some shots while the 2 moms went into the Effective Herbs store. how can we stand such a shop!?

Vacation's over. Need to study for tests on the 1st week! but how? im still in holiday mode..