Chai-Ying

Apparently those with ample internet access have neglected the blog. Tony lol.

Debbie and I are back sooooon! June 12! We are both are sooo ready to come home =) I'm done with living out of a suitcase and have ants crawl out of my keyboard. Yay! Debbie and I are currently in Brunei, though we haven't seen each other since Singapore lol We talk to each other over the phone sometimes, but I'm pretty sure Debbie avoids calling me because she's afraid of my grandma picking up again LOL.

Anyways, I've thoroughly enjoyed my stay in Brunei =) I can't seem to upload any pictures, so I'll just do it when I get home. The Brunei heat is damn excruitiating but the copious amounts of chicken rice + chilli (hold the chicken), milo ping, and jackfruit was well worth it.

Damn a huge bee-monster just flew in. ttyl.

JapaneseTokie

hey just a quick one to say bye to everyone, and thanks for following the blog! i'm currently in tokyo heading to seoul (where hung is right now) next week. my friends are sleeping since we got home at like 7am so i have some time to do a last blog =(

it was nice to see everyone once again in singapore before i left, had some really good memories and fun times, and never would have thought that i would actually miss a place that i thought would be some small rural farm town with dirt roads (singapore), but i really do, and for my friends at home, prepare yourselfs, im going to be talking about singapore for ever.

anyways, i dont know what else to say other then hung hope you had fun in seoul and have a safe flight home (i am a little envious since i want to go home so bad), Chai have fun with the jungles, dont get lost okay?!, and Debbie is MIA since no one has heard from her but i hear she is in Miri, hope you have fun! dont get into arguments with random people since im not there!

Goodbye everyone, i hope you enjoyed our blog, and who knows maybe we can continue with a Edmonton blog.

HA who i am kidding its going to consist of : "ah i need to work again" "ah edmonton is so boring" "ah i want chicken rice"

Sayonara douche bags. (Jk i love you all)

OH and yes i do miss the other 3, i seriously have moments in which i would think that i would be having so much more fun if they were here. =( .

Debbie

Chai left today, we woke up and went for breakfast, which we probably only had like 3 times this whole trip and then went back to grab her bags and sent her off. Tony comes back to Singapore today, I believe he has arrived and is just on his way back to campus.

Just as a quick update, the last week we went to the theatre to watch 17 again, which was cute, I enjoyed it, though some parts were kind of weird. Everytime we've been to a movie here it was at Jurong Point, but for this one we went to Lot 1 and discovered the chairs are so much more comfy in that theatre.

Oh Chai's family was here as well and we hung out with them for a bit. on Saturday they came to campus and walked around, then at night we went to Wala Wala one last time. Different singer that day but still good. That night it rained like crazy, we were on our way home in the cab and the rain was coming down so hard that you couldn't even see but the driver was still going 80!! Speaking of rain, I hate it.

Sunday I think we went toVivo City, and then Chai left to go eat dinner with her family while Hung & I ate at Carls Jr...it was delicious. Then at night and we had a movie night with Hung & Jimin at the guys' dorm- we watched Slumdog Millionaire- good but too hyped up. On Monday we went to Pulau Ubin, biked around and then chilled at Tampines Mall for a bit to grab something to eat and played at the arcade. Then we went back to campus to wash up and went for dinner at Sakae Sushi with Chai's sister and Sean, and after dinner we went to Staff Club.

Tuesday, Chai & I spent the whole day packing and realized that we brought a lot of unnecessary things from home. It took awhile, but I think we are both within the weight limit for our luggages, hopefully. That night we went to Pho Hoa at Holland for Sean's birthday then went back to Chai's Aunt's place for a bit. After that we went to ADM to meet/say goodbye to some exchange students and had another movie night, The Classic- a Korean movie that the guys really liked but not so much the girls.

And that's about it. I'm at the guys' room right now, Hung & Jimin are packing. I'm eating McDonalds and Tony is on his way back. I'm leaving tomorrow morning to KL, where I will be meeting up with Donna then we're flying to Miri together. I'll be staying with my godfamily for a bit and then go to Brunei.

I can't believe we're all leaving Singapore already, it took us more than a year to plan and it went by so fast. And ditto to what Chai said, "What happens in Singapore, stays in Singapore" .. well most of it anyway.
<3 The Unit

Chai-Ying

This will be my last post from Singapore =( I'll be leaving for Brunei tomorow!

Debbie and I "finished" packing today and i think our luggage is overweight. Too much shopping is bad. I wanted to puke on my luggage because I was hoping my stomach acid would disintegrate some of my belongings and make my luggage lighter. Too bad i'm not too good at inducing vomit lol.

So as we are listening to Rain's "love story" and other k-pop (gee gee gee gee gee!), packing, sweating, eating chicken rice + mixed rice, drinking milo ping + iced-teh-c, Debbie and I are talking about our first days here at NTU. We wanted to go home on our first day (well i did haha), and now...i never want to go home. Unfortunately if I don't leave, i'm sure the singapore "gowerment" will come after me!

Hmm...you guys are probably wondering how many fights and incidents have occured since we've been here...well, what happens in Singapore, will stay in Singapore. Despite it all, I love you guys =)

<3

I honestly don't know if I will have internet access, so I'll try to update when I can!

Debbie

We're all finally done with school here :) well the other 3 have been done for awhile, I was the last one to finish.

So in celebration of Tony's last day in Singapore we went out for ladies night to Zirca on Wednesday, which I personally didn't like too much, and Rebel, which is connected to Zirca (all these clubs are connected to another one) and was SO much better. By the way, the guys had to pay $15 cover which is pretty good and got 2 free drinks, while us girls got in for free and got 5 free drinks :) the guys ended up ordering bottle service and it was a funfilled dramatic night which should be one to remember. Oh before that, we went to dinner at Fisherman's Whorf, I think that was the name, and we all got fish & chips. We also met 4 Singaporeans who are going to UofA on an exchange! They're sort of like us, 2 guys 2 girls.. though apparently the UofA exchange office isn't as friendly as the NTU one was to us, but I hope the whole registering process ends up well and we'll be sure to help out too.

The day after (Thursday), Chai & I woke up afternoon while the guys' woke up at 5pm... so we just chilled the whole day and went over to the guys' dorm for a bit. Then went to meet another exchange student, Aneesh, since he was leaving soon and it ended up being a late night. Today we had to wake up early and went for chicken rice lunch (Chai had noodles) at Yishun (?) with Jimin, Sauman & Charles before sending Tony off to Hong Kong where he will be meeting my godsisters- Doris & Donna! Sauman must think we're so tardy because everytime we are suppose to meet up we are late... sorry :( lol and it was sad saying goodbye.. not to Tony, but Sauman & Charles. haha if you guys ever come to Canada, you know where to find us :)

Me & Chai packed our "gifts" luggage, which is also the luggage that is staying in Singapore while we are off to Brunei and Malaysia, and while I think mines is still under the weight limit, I think Chai's might be a little over, but hopefully we'll get it to balance between the two luggages when we come back from our vacation. I think we're also one of the only ones left on our floor, everyone has moved out and went back home already.. it's so quiet now, but that means cleaner washrooms for us AND more vacant washing machines! Chai's family is arriving tomorrow so that should be fun :) I'll be seeing my parents at the end of May which is exciting too :)

oh and here are some ACTUAL pictures from what Chai was blogging about... none of this paint stuff =P

Our last in Singapore as a Unit :(

Bye bye Tonette. Have fun in HK... we will miss you...... (some more than others haha) <3

Toeknie

..HAHAAHAAA
best drawings ever.

Chai-Ying

ughhh debbie and i went to eat today, and i had this tuna thing. i think i'm having some weird reaction to it because my face feels realllllllly warm and its realllly red. i look like i'm sunburnt or something. crap. this is like the time I was in Italy and I had that easter cake thing and my face and ears went red instantaneously. To combat this, i have wrapped my head and face in a cold towel, hopefully that will help. On the bright side, I look like a mummy!!! =) On the down side, I'm a little early for Halloween. =(

okay so back to filling ya'll in on our singaporean adventure. Friday was the last of exams for Hung and myself, and I guess Hung thought it would be funny to go into my room and scare me when I got home. Hung walked into our room and Debbie happened to be in the washroom, so I guess he was just chilling out on her bed. She walks in and doesn't even notice him...Hung goes "BOO!" and (apparently) Debbie flipped out. Here is my artistic rendition of waht happened:

hahahah.

I was lollygagging after my exam and went to get an ice-blended mango drink to reward myself for all my hardwork this semester (HAHAHHAH), and I guess Hung got tired of waiting to scare his second victim, and got Debbie to call me to see where I was. Epic fail.

Oh to backtrack a little: the night before my exam, Debbie asks me (or I thought she asked me) if I wanted to go for Sushi after my exam. I thought it was a good idea and agreed, I thought we were going to go to Sakae Sushi on campus and was telling her we should get those cute little salmon sashimi things cause they are sooo good. This was Debbies reaction:

Apparently she said "Shisha"
(Shisha = Hookah).

So that night, we went to this super pricy Persian restaurant in Clarke Quay to experiment with some Shisha. After a delicious meal of various types of meat and okra, we migrated to the "front patio" of the restaurant to start. I think we got an Apple flavoured one, everyone else seems to think it was Apple Cinnamon. It was only about $20, so it wasn't too bad. AND we got to watch some realllly awesome belly dancing/sword dancing/dancing on chair business. (SOMEONE demonstrated his belly dancing skills at the club later on...) Hung and Tony got the hang of Shisha really quickly, but it took Debbie and myself a little while to learn how to do it properly. We were total noobs, as everyone else that was doing it was so pro. But we finally got the hang of it! Sorry guys, I don't have any pictures but here's another artistic rendition of Debbie doing some Shisha:

Shisha.

Hmm so after that, we went to meet some friends at a popular club down by Vivo City (kinda by Sentosa) called St. James Powerhouse. Apparently the place has 9 bars that are connected. Neat hmm?! We stayed at the main club for the majority of the time because we had no idea there were 8 other bars until we went exploring! Haha. The place had good music to begin with and then lots of Tony-music to follow...it was alright. HAHA Oh man, there was this one guy that was sooo...out there. HAHA he was soo out of it and was dancing all over the place.

Hmm what else what else, Tony spilled beer on me TWICE. Hmm what else....oh! Tony and Jimin got on a platform and started dancing with a bunch of girls, but were asked to come down because the platforms are apparently strictly for girls. Good effort though.

Oh! There was a super awesome Mexican style club(as per Tony) that we finally got into. Well it was more of a problem for the guys, the age to get in for guys was 23 and for girls 21*. In the end, the guys just ended up walking past the bouncer dude. Sketch lol. We saw a lot of the NTU kids that we knew and had a blast! That particular place had really good music too! I would like to put it out there that whenever we hear a Bollywood type song, we always pretend we know it and go nuts. For what reason, I have no idea.

We finally left the club, and by the time we got home and got settled it was about 5! The guys had to get up early and catch their flight to KL, so they had to leave at about 8. I wonder if they got any sleep =/

So come Saturday, the boys left for KL early in the morning and Debbie and I went to the mall to look for a new pair of glasses for myself. My glasses broke earlier in the week for whatever reason, ugh. I have been wearing contacts all week, I don't know how you contact-wearers do it. Anyways, I got a pair and they will be ready Tuesday =)

As you guys can tell, I have no pictures from Friday night because they are all in KL with Hung. So...I hope you enjoyed my awesome pictures that I drew on Paint. HAHA

P.S. I love you Debbie, don't be mad =) HAHA.

Chai-Ying

HUNY are in KL for a couple nights and we all webcammed. here are some glorious snapshots:

silly boys, they couldn't even stay away for a full day.

har har.

(yea, my webcame has some superweird yellow line. sometimes its green and blue. i think the color depends on how my webcam feels)

Mr.Nham

***WARNING: prob very similar to what you have seen on facebook. i was forced to do this***

Thanks guys, you guys are awesome. I am not a big fat liar! I went to sleep somewhat early! sheesh.

ANYWAYS so here i am posting for all you guys god, better appreciate the work that we all put into this because its not that easy to blog because of the stupid formatting hahahaa. okay okay lets see,

SO starting from where Debbie left off, at the Escape theme park, Seriously it was on the other side of Singapore near the airport which is probably a hour and half train/bus ride to get there, but we did not have high expectations anyways, Debbie was dammed excited to go on her flippy upside down rides, but HA they were having maintenance done to them. burrn. Anyways it was like a billion degrees (hot and humid for the next 300 years)that day and we managed to go on some flying ride thing where you lay down and fly like superman its pretty sweet cept its meant for kids, anyways Chai was having a mild breakdown about going on the ride because she was worried that she would get sick, ahahaha, thankfully Hung was able to pressure her into doing the ride and guess what, she was FINE, what a big baby. *tear*


Next we went on the swinging ship, you know the one you see at WEM but the non-upside down one for kids, oh man, this was honestly the best and funniest ride I personally have gone on in a while. We decided to sit midway and across from us was a family, the ride started and seriously I cant even explain their emotions as the ride progressed, they were all huddled together as if they were going to fall of the ride any second and the little kid, every time their side went down he would scream/cry...as would the rest of the family who is now like holding on to each other. Oh man we could not stop laughing... hahahaha damm

After that we jumped over to the log ride and as you read before, the sky began to drop and the ride shutdown. We then just grabbed something to eat, got our free pass to the park, and decided to head over to the new mall that just opened up Tampines 1, (pronounced Tam-pine-ees)

...Asia+new+mall=hell

seriously this mall was so ridiculously packed that i didn't even know where to go, they were like letting people go on the escalators in sections since at the end it was so full and there was no more room for new people, my god, and the new Uniglo or what ever which is some store like a Japanese H&M had a line that apparently was about 45minuites to get in, screw that crap. so we left and crossed the street to another superly packed mall called Tampines Mall or something like that. I don't know what we did after but I'm assuming we went home and slept. god i hate packed malls.

That Sunday Hung and I let the girls decide where to go since we did not want to stay in due to the limited amount of time we have left (I ONLY HAVE..4 DAYS LEFT IN SINGAPORE, AHHHHH). And we ended up hitting up the science center, which was pretty sweet but we only had 2 hours or something like that to get through the whole thing. Chihung like stayed at each station for like ever and had to analyse it and fully understand the meaning before they moved on, oh man, Debbie and I just looked and moved on, But while waiting for them we decided to take part in this interactive puzzle thing with the workers there, damm it was pretty much like put all these cubes into the box (the box being too small so you would have to put it in at certain angles), we didn't do too well, after a few tries the kid who was working there thought we were dumb foreigner's and offered us the answer, Debbie decided to comment that probably not a lot of people got the answer but apparently according to the dood, a lot of people do, bah. BUT we redeemed our selfs when he offered us a different puzzle game and got the answer in like a few minutes! WOOO.

Yeah, that was that, and we went to some IMAX movie "Sea Monsters" or something, and it was normal, but debbie kept persisting that the chairs in the theatre had to move and such, but they didn't Hung however offered to shake them throughout the movie. ahahaha priceless.

CHICKEN RICE at Jurong East Blows. but its Chicken Rice. WOOOOO I LOVE IT!!!


The following week i had two exams and we didn't do much. But Thursday night we all got together in our dorm to figure out where we going the next day, Options were Tioman Island in Malaysia, Bintan in Indonesia or Pualu Ubin in Singapore.
Originally we were supposed to go to Tioman and the travel agent we were talking to via email would book all our stuff for us like transport and ferries and etc (its a long crappy trip to Tioman, need to take a bus, cab, ferry all that junk) but Chai was too sketched out about the travel agent so we cancelled it, Chai and I were busy trying to figure out where we could go while the other 2 where busy reading their damm Buffy the Vampire crap. ARGG lol. SO i found this place called "Shady Shack" where some dood named Lobo had built a few shacks on the beach beside his residence and we could live with him, but we were to sketched out and opted for a more should we say commercialized one lol, the Yasin Bungalows at Trikora Beach, Bintan, Indonesia.

First things first man, it was situated in the middle of no where which a few huts and such built in the water, wow so nice. There was nothing to do there but watch the tide come in and out (which was awesome have you seen a tide come in and out? its ridiculous the place will look like a dessert and then a few hours later its an ocean again, SWEET).

So we didn't do much there but just hangout play some chess, eat, drink, and relax before the exams. It was really sweet cept that hung and I got like 50 billion ant bites all over our body, BAH couldn't sleep that night. damm Ants or what ever gave us the kajillion red dots all over our body. Oh yeah the bug nets over the beds had huge holes in them too, wonderful..
Our friend Bob

We opted for the 2 storey bungalow that was situated just off the beach thing, and had the bare essentials, such as manual flush toilet, no hot water, and 2 lights, but come on we paid like 50bucks (which was apparently $400,000 rupiahs) between us 4 for it, ridiculous.

I woke up for the damm sunrise (waking hung up on the way) but it turns out it was damm cloudy, BAH, but we still got some sweet pics none the less.

Attack of the hair, We call it Medusa, It comes out when ever strong winds are present, and has a life of its own, it indeed is quite scary..Beware.


After we came back we all had exams and began to study/cram/youtube or what ever we did, and are almost done! I don't know what the others did today but I went out to go eat with some friends at Yum Cha Dimsum - EH its mediocre food, but yeah...

Chinatown and Downtown, New and Old, its pretty nice.

PS-We still have A LOT of bugs in our room, now with the ants, there are fruit flies everywhere and these things, my god, I may have eaten one, i chewed something crunchy when i was sleeping in the middle of the night, AHH DAMMIT



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