Weekend @ Pulau Aur

Zonghe & I went back to Pulau Aur for our diving trip over the past weekend. Along with Mike, Kat & David (who's doing advance course), we had lotsa fun there! =)

We left on Friday evening abt 7.30pm at GE Building for the bus pick up- the bus was packed! There were abt 18 Open Water Learners on board too. And another group of leisure divers like us.

We arrived in the jetty at abt midnight and the ferry took abt 4hrs, reaching Aur at about 4.30am. Lights out at about 5am and we woke up the next morning at about 9am. =)

After a nice breakfast at the Diver's Lodge, we went out for our first dive at abt 10am. Lunch was served after the dive... yummy roasted chicken w sambal chili, cucumber, carrot n corn. =) We went for our second dive after lunch at about 1.30pm.

Donuts were served for tea break. Yummy donuts freshly made... We ate it w peanut butter n also hershey's chocolate sauce. ;) Sinful! ;)

Third dive and the last for Sat was at about 5pm.

Zonghe went for night dive at about 7.45pm- pitch black. I didn't go for it, cos not prepared for night dive yet. Didn't bring along a dive torch either. Zh borrowed one from Mike.

Dinner was BBQ seafood n chicken n all. =) We ate together at abt 9pm after the night divers come back at 8.45pm. All went for night dive except Kat n I.

We spent the night playing 'Saboteur' in the room and lights out at about midnight too.

The next morning we've to wake up at 6.30am cos first dive at 7am.

The current was v strong for the first dive, so we aborted dive and went back to rest and have breakfast. The second dive for Sunday was at 9.30am.

We left the island (with our packed nasi lemak) at about 12.30pm. Bye Bye Aur...

After a nice nap on the boat (Samudera) we arrived at the jetty at about 5pm. Stopping over for a short break, we boarded the coach at about 5.30pm and left for Singapore.

We reached the RiverWalk at about 9pm at night. Had dinner then home sweet home. =)

Tiring but v fun weekend! =)

Thanks to Friendly Waters - Dave, Jack & Matilda! A trip well planned. ;)

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Came across this page while browsing the USP main pages.
http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/alumni_network/index.html

What a pleasant surprise. haha...

Happy Weekend!

Weekend has passed, so quickly... But it was a funfilled weekend... Here's what we did:

Saturday

Woke up early to go to the wet market together. Bought a lot of fresh food for the BBQ at night. We bought lotsa prawns, fish, chicken, pork and also mutton. =) Then we went to NTUC to buy lotsa fruits- grapes, strawberries, cherries,etc... =)

Then Zonghe's mum cooked her famous Mutton Rendang and fry bee hoon for the evening. Zonghe's dad invited his colleagues over for the gathering & also my family over to visit us. =)

Zonghe & I (plus Zongneng & Liyan), we were busy BBQ-ing for everyone. There was a light drizzle so the party moved back upstairs. We continued cooking downstairs. =) It was fun & everyone loved the food we cooked. haha...

We ended the evening playing cards together- Saboteur & also this add-up-to-99 card game. There were the 4 of us + my brother (who stayed over) & Uncle Daniel's daughters- Jazlyn & Shenise (hope I got the spelling rite)...

Shacked out for the night, but it was fun! =)


Sunday

Zonghe's parents drove into Malaysia- sending our granduncle, who was in Singapore, home. We cleaned up the house - vacuumed & mopped the floor, wash the kitchen & iron the clothes. =) It's fun to do housework together with Zonghe. =)

We went out to the NLB Book Sale at Expo together with Zongneng & Liyan. We had lunch at Malan La Mian, which was quite nice, before heading in to shop for books. =)

Zonghe & I bought 3 books (total = $6 only)- one on California (history & buildings), another book on the Artic Wolves (the author spent 10 yrs with the pack) & a book on snorkling & diving in Bali- various dive sites & specialities there. =)

Afterwhich, we took the train out with neng & liyan- we happened to bump into each other at the exit ;). They were headed to Plaza Singapura. Zonghe & I went to Bugis, shopped around Bugis Junction, and then went to Bras Basah. Afterwhich, we took a walk down Funan- get some supplies- printer ink, camera battery, etc..., then we walked down further past clarke quay area to raffles place. We went to Baikohken (details below) for Ramen (Zonghe googled for the best ramen in Singapore & found this place). After trying, we found the ramen to be really good. The soup is fresh & flavourful. The egg was nicely done & v tasty. I'd the butter & corn soup while Zonghe had the original one. =)

After dinner, we took the train home, reaching home about 8pm, exhausted, but fun. =)
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More photos from the wedding

Photos from Wedding Dinner =)

99S23
My Hwa Chong JC Classmates!


Hong Jin & Janice

Pei Yun & Prof Teo

Adeline & Liyun

Gals from 99S23- Felicia, Qunhui & Ruyi

Zonghe's Band Frens

Zonghe's NOC Frens + Dive Frens

Grace & I

Hong Jin & I

1st March In

My mum & dad

Zonghe's mum & dad

Zonghe singing 'Grow Old with You'... =) Really nice! So so so so so so touched!!!

Getting ready for our 2nd march in. =)

Zh's DHS Band Frens

Us... A little Drunk...

A wonderful conclusion to the dinner & a new beginning for us!

Weekend back home

Zonghe accompanied me home on Sunday, at about 4pm, to spend time with my family. =) Everyone was home, Gorsk went for training at the Khatib camp, and came back around 6pm. Even Sia uncle came over to visit, and we went off to buy some durian together. =)

We'd dinner together, then we sat around in the living room with the newspapers spread on the ground & opened up the 12 durians we bought! =) All of us were eating except Gorsk & Bibsk. haha, both of them don't eat durian; the rest of us love it! =)

Our family bonding time was through board games! Drrsk, Junsk, Zonghe & I we were playing board games together - Catan, Scrabble & Saboteur (along with Gorsk & Bibsk). =) My dad joined us for 1 game (he was a saboteur & saboteur won in that round!). =)

We left close to 10pm, tired but had a v fun-filled evening with the family. The Monday Blues were kicking in a little as we headed home... haha...

But nonetheless, it's really nice to see everyone back home. =) We should do this more often! =)

Back from Mauritius!

Zonghe & I spent our last 8 days in Mauritius for our honeymoon!

Mauritius is a really beautiful place with crystal clear water & clean beaches.

We spent our time just relaxing on the beach, did some sea sports such as glass bottom boat tour (where we saw a huge sea turtle thru the glass), we also did canoeing, paddle boat and diving - I had 3 dives while Zonghe had 4 dives. It was expensive but the experience was wonderful. We saw a lot of Moray Eels & Sea Urchins, lotsa fish- esp Zebra fish, etc... We also saw a v pretty Lion Fish, clift-hanger starfish, a big octopus which was hiding in a hole, etc... Zonghe took quite a bit of underwater photos too. ;) One of the highlights was this bright luminous yellow fish with pulpy blue lips. Super cute, but no photo though.


Octopus peeping at Zonghe.


Moray Eel, they look scary, but pretty harmless actually.

Nudibranch...

We stayed at Legends, which was a very 'feng shui' oriented hotel. It was quite new- the place very clean and neat, staff are v friendly too. Throughout our stay there, we had very good food with very good service. ;) As we were on full board - all meals inclusive, we would take our lunch at the different themed restaurants there. We enjoyed the BBQ & Grill, Pizza & Pasta (La Bastide), etc... Dinner had different themes too, though most of the time was french cuisine. There was also Asian, Indian & Mediterranean buffet on separate nights.

We went to visit the Royal Botanical Garden & Port Louis on the Saturday that we were there. Port Louis (the capital) was quite pack with their locals, they've all come out to shop too. ;) We didn't managed to buy many things, just some t-shirts for the family and some spices. Zonghe bought a packet of salt back home. haha... Mauritius Salt.

In our honeymoon package, we had 2 excursions - one of which was the Catamaran Cruise-cruise on the east coast. It was a very relaxing cruise and we were really lucky to spot dolphins too. Was so excited to see dolphins in the ocean- they came up to the surface for just a bit, then they disappeared. But v cute. ;) We stopped by one of the island, where the beach had really fine sand. The current was strong, hence the water was very clear- the current took away all the sediments. We even did para-sailing there. It was really cool. ;)

The other excursion was to Coco islands. It's a v small island near the airport, so we rearranged it to be on the last day of our trip. [Legends was up north while the airport was down south, near the east coast- travelling from one end to the other took about 1 hr 15mins.]. Coco island was also owned by Naide Resort (the owner of Legends) and it's a very beautiful place. Very fine sand too. It was surrounded by lotsa corals- a protected area. We did snorkeling there and it was really beautiful- lotsa pretty corals and lotsa fish! Lunch was served at the island, BBQ lunch and it was really sumptuous!

And after which, we went to the airport early, before 5pm. We repacked our items, refresh ourselves a little and rested at the waiting area before checking in about 7.30pm for our 10.05pm flight back to Singapore. We arrived the next morning at about 9am Singapore time (5am Mauritius time). Zonghe's dad, mum & brother came to fetch us at the airport and we went for breakfast together. It's great to be home. We'd home-cooked lunch & dinner too. A good nap in the afternoon and a good rested sleep at night. ;)

A wonderful honeymoon and a great start to our married life together. ;)