Book: "Monday Morning Choices" by David Cottrell

I read this book, "Monday Morning Choices" by David Cottrell, recently and though that it's pretty good! I guess it falls into that kind of self-improvement & motivational category. Just want to share a tiny portion of the book.

Character Choices

1) The No Victim Choice --- Don't let your past eat your future.

Do I accept total responsibility for my success?

2) The Commitment Choice --- Be passionate enough to succeed.

Am I committed to paying the price of success?

3) The Values Choice --- Choose the right enemies.

Do I accept that there will be enemies who oppose my values?

4) The Integrity Choice --- Do the right thing.

Will my success be accomplished without a sacrifice of my integrity? 

Action Choices

5) The Do-Something Choice --- Don't vacation on "Someday Isle".

Will I attack complacency and do something daily towards success?

6) The Persistence Choice --- Learn from failure.

Will I hang in there, beyond failure, long enough to achieve success?

7) The Attitude Choice --- Take the enthusiastic approach.

Will I take a positive approach to the unexpected twists and turns of life?

8) The Adversity Choice --- Conquer difficult times.

Will I attack adversity, regardless of what happens along the way? 

Investment Choices

9) The Relationship Choice --- Connect with success.

Will I invest time in building positive relationships?

10) The Criticism Choice --- Embrace tough learning.

Do I accept criticism as valuable feedback?

11) The Reality Choice --- Face the truth.

Am I true to myself and all those around me?

12) The Legacy Choice --- Give your gift.

Do I share the gift of my experience and knowledge with others?

I know this sounds real cliche, but this is just the tip of an iceberg. The book provides great insights & reading it felt like going through a lesson about life! Good read if you are simply bumming around & feel a little lost in life.

What I think of Love & Relationship

Would you rather be single and spend lonely, empty nights by yourself or be attached to someone who doesn't bring out the best in you and only provides you with momentary happiness? To be honest, I would choose the latter anytime because it sucks to be alone. It sucks to not have somebody constantly on our mind, hoping that we are on theirs at the same time and it sucks to be siting around, wondering when is the "right" one going to appear.

But really? Is that what we really want? Maybe... If we're just searching for a short term relationship or simply a companionship, I'd say go ahead... But of course that is if you are game enough for the little heartaches & wee-hours-sadness that might tag along. Else I think we should just leave when unhappy. 

Seriously, what is more important than being happy in a relationship? & don't get me wrong, by that, I mean the happiness of our partner. I used to believe in trying so damn hard to please our partner & hope that they will be happy, that they will not leave us. But at some point of my life, I realised that this is all wrong. We shouldn't have to try so hard, in fact, we shouldn't even be trying because they should be happy when we are happy, just like how I'm happy when "she" is. That is what love is about. To me at least...

The woman (or man) that we love should not have to change a great deal just to please us. Yes, changes are inevitable. Actually I'd call it compromise rather than change. But if you find yourself compromising so much to a point that you feel like you're losing yourself and yet, happiness seems to come knocking a little too less often, then I think it's time to leave. Because we all know that history is just going to keep repeating itself, over & over & over again...

Just my 2 cent worth. I'm a noob when it comes to relationship or love issue. But one thing I'm 100% sure of is that the girl I love does not have to do a thing to please me. All she has to do is be happy, & I'll definitely be much more happier than she is. Regarding her source of happiness, it'll still come down to me because a man got to do what a man got to do, right? Ahahaha... Peace.

I wish someone had given me a box of "happiness" for Christmas

"There's nothing worst than not experiencing life for the fear of what it may bring."

I watched "The Great Gatsby" recently & I must say it's a decent movie. Made me realise how true love and obsession is just a thin line apart. To be honest, I don't even know if Gatsby truly loves Daisy or is he just obsessed about being with her. I think it's the latter cause... Watch the movie yourself to determine. Hahaha!

It'd been a while, "old" Christmas

"... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on." "... Because I've moved on."

Merry Christmas (:

"This is what every girl wishes they could say to their greatest heartbreaker"

This is a marvelous piece of work from the Thought Catalogy. I'd like to say these words to my heart breaker too, does that make me a girl? Haha. What a cold and windy Sunday, Brrrr... Suddenly feel so sick of all the lies people had told me, even if it's for my own good. Or was it to protect their own skin? I don't know, & better not to.

"I think you know how you broke my heart and how much pain you’ve caused. I was too scared to admit that you almost broke everything about me. I actually didn’t have time to think about your feelings when we broke up. I was busy trying to bounce back, living one day at a time. I’ve seen this a thousand times. I’ve seen how girls broke down after a painful breakup.We were friends and you know my story. I was the happy go lucky girl who didn’t believe in commitments, labels, promises, all those things they say about falling in love. I was skeptical about everything.

I built this very high wall to protect myself. I had all kinds of girl issues! All these things changed when I met you. I allowed you to affect me. I let you label me (as a girlfriend). I obeyed you. I agreed to your terms. I compromised. I settled. You became my life. My love.

I was so sure about us. I was so ready to make everything right this time. No more walls, issues, and setbacks. I was determined to never commit the same mistakes again. I loved you so much. I allowed you to be part of everything about me.

So when things didn’t work out, my world collapsed. From Day 1, I decided to fight for you. You were a lot to lose, like I told you, so I just waited. I believe I was never the clingy-needy type so I just waited for you on the sidelines, waiting for you to come back. But you didn’t. You moved on without saying a word. It was so hard for me to recover. I didn’t think I would still have a chance to be extremely happy. The hardest to let go were the memories: our laughter, our sweet nothings, our adventures, and misadventures. I believe we had so much fun together. The hardest part was accepting that you’re gone and we won’t have that much fun anymore.

I guess I really loved you too much that I forced myself to cut everything and just let you be happy. I let you move on. I just trained myself to accept everything wholeheartedly. I tried to be happy for you. Well I did become happy for you, in the long run. I was okay, in the long run.

Looking back, I still believe everything was worth it. I was happiest to be with you. I wouldn’t change anything. So I still want to thank you. Thank you for all our adventures and misadventures, everything I learned from you. Everything was worth every tear. And thank God I learned to get a hold of myself even if my world was crumbling to pieces. You made me realize that I still love myself. I also hope you find the peace, success, and love you deserve."  - By REJ TANAEL

Something about you

There is something about the way you smile that makes me fall head over heels for you. & there is something about your smile that makes the smile of everyone else seems absolutely bland.

Wow. Christmas & New Year will be over in less than 2 weeks. It'd been one hell of a year. Yes, one hell. Maybe I should write a post that summarises my entire 2013. Actually I can do it now. Workout, Taipei, heartbreak, Boracay, graduate & jobless. That's about it, short & sweet :D

And my New Year Resolution for 2014 is to not change a thing. Except to get employed. Or maybe know more people/friends. The rest are either too insignificant to be called a resolution, way too out of reach or not going to happen in 2014. Or is there something I should change to improve myself? Like workout less often or be meaner to people? Let me know! Peace.

Polaroids are the worst.

Polaroids are the worst. They remind you of all the beautiful moments which are over & gone, that the people in it are no long who they used to be and what makes it really evil and dreadful is that you can never bear to throw them away.

Passionate dream or Material dream

"Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period."

- Christopher Paul "Chris" Gardner

I've read & heard so many stories about people chasing their dreams and passions. Be it writers, bodybuilders or martial artists, these people have a goal in mind and commit 100% to achieving it. And this sets me wondering, "how come I don't have a dream so strong that I'd give everything to accomplish it?" Or did I just not have the courage to do so?

On second thought, I did have many dreams. I wanted to be a lawyer when I was young, probably due to some old time Hong Kong drama, haha... But I lost it when I got exposed to Science at Primary 3. It was when I decided to be a scientist because science then, was so intriguing. I mean it still is. However, this time round, I can't remember when and how, and the next thing I know is that I've begin my chase after the material "dream" that keeps us alive. I started living or working with the ideal of securing a job, earning big bucks, travel the world, buy nice cars, watches, find a girl, get married, start our own family and live.

Confucius once said, "choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." Seems like I'll be working for a long time. Hahaha! Maybe not, I might just find a job I love, hope is not yet lost! Haha! Well, what I'm really trying to bring across here is that I truly admire those who are not stuck in this rat race, those who live for their passion regardless of how much they are getting paid, as long as they're happy. But I guess if you are working for your passion, it's more likely that you'll succeed, right? Oh, one of my dream is to be a basketball player, but it's far too unrealistic, hahaha!

For now, & the many more years to come, I'll just have to work hard, so that when I have my own children, I can afford to let them be exposed to all sorts of extra curriculum activities, in the hope of them discovering a passion they'd die for. Letting my children live a dream that I do not have, maybe that's one sensible goal that I can work towards at the moment (:

On the 7th day to Christmas

It's kind of cold tonight. I went for a mini shopping trip by myself earlier on. I mean the kind where you roam around the mall, going into random shops just because a single item in it caught your attention. & of course not missing stores like Uniqlo, H&M, picking stuffs off racks just to try for fun. & don't you love shopping on weekdays? Queues to fitting rooms are almost non-existence. Thinking back, it'd been months (or was it years) since I last did this. I don't know, can't remember. Well, I'd been told to learn to enjoy my own company, guess I'm still trying to figure out how it's done. But one thing I do look forward to doing at night is sipping my chamomile tea while listening to folk/rock music... Alone.

I regret choosing the similar venue for our Christmas Eve celebration as the previous year. The memories, still so fresh... Sigh. Oh ya, this is a bad point of spending nights alone. It makes you cogitate, starting from something in the near future, to the ones further away, sometimes to the past but eventually links to everything. Take tonight for example. I thought about Christmas Eve, and it brought me to the previous Christmas Eves, and then it linked me to future festivals like Valentines' Day, Chinese New Years & birthdays. I guess this is what people meant by "same same but different" ( :

True or false: unhappy or stressed people seek comfort by eating. Because I seems to be feeling all ravenous lately. 

A night person I've become

Sometimes I feel like posting stuffs about my life, like what I did on a particular day, etc. But a part of me doesn't want to because it's pretty pointless right? Oh dear, why am I acting all sensitive? Haha...

My sleeping time is so screwed up these days... Sleeping at 2 am feels so normal. & when I said "sleeping", I did not include the time spent turning & tossing on the bed. So it'd normally take another 30 to 45 minutes before I actually doze off. And my wake up time? Gosh, I don't even feel like waking up until late morning. I really should do something about it... Soon. 

Anyway, had a tough time looking for a place to dine at earlier on. Potential places are either closed or too crowded. I rarely queue for stuffs. Or should I say that I only queue for special individuals, rarely for myself :D

Ended up here. It's somewhere
along Arab Street.

Nicely decorated, normally
described as "indie", which I'm not
too sure how does "indie" fits in as a
word that describes how a place
is decorated. I'll use it anyway.

If you noticed, I really like to play with
Depth of Field or Selective Focus
when taking photos :D

Food tasted alright (had pizza and rösti.), but value for money? I'm not too sure. Oh well, I fully understand that cafes aren't exactly the best places for dinners. Coffee was decent I must say...

I was a morning person, until I realised how peaceful nights actually are. How the darkness made me feel so calm. & the harmonious, hazy folk music playing at the background seemed to fuse in so immaculately with the silence of the night. But what really "converted" me was knowing that you too, would be awake at this unholy hour. That by staying awake at night, you and I, we'd be sharing the night.

A lingering trace

I've finally clicked on my Google Chrome after 5 months and all I see are traces of her. I'm not too sure what she did in the past, I think she synced her Chrome with mine, anyway, the theme, layout, which includes the bookmarks and shortcuts on our Chrome are the same. Or should I say were, because I've changed the theme, removed all her bookmarks and imported mine, since I've decided to switch over from Firefox due to the Android phone which I'm currently using. Tough decision, but I guess it's a matter of time (:

This song is simply beautiful. I know it might say something like "This video contains content from VEVO. It is restricted from playback on certain sites". Just click on the "Watch on YouTube". I promise you that you won't regret it. You know I seldom make promises, but this one, it's the real deal. No noisy EDM whatsoever, just pure goodness to the ear & soul ^.^

So, Zouk Out 2013 is finally happening tomorrow & Saturday! Y'all ready for it?! Well, I sure am! Oh wait, I'm not even going. Ahahahaha! Peace :D

Happy Birthday Sophie!

Mini birthday celebration. Happy birthday Sophie!

Birthdays are always the best opportunity to show appreciation to friendships :D 

There say friendship is not about who you've known for the longest or understands you the best, it's about who will be there for you when you need someone. But I happen to have friends who stayed tight for the past 11 years, understand me more than 99% of people I know and will be there for me when I need someone. How blessed (:

Lastly, I'd like to thanks Mr. Goh, the boss of the night, for his generosity :D

Memories Like Thorn-ed Roses

Some memories are like thorn-ed roses. Beautiful to look at, painful to hold (:

So today is 11/12/13 huh... I still remember spending 11/11/11 at Beijing, 13/12/11 at Desaru & 10/11/12 at Batam. Hate it when I'm sentimental like that, hahaha!

2014 in 20 days. You ready?

A back view that seemed a little too familar

Walking out from the gantry, my eyes picked a familiar figure off the tens of beings moving steadily through the station. She was queuing at the ATM machine which I have probably used for over thousands of time by now. Just the back view, but was suffice for me to tell who it was. I was uncertain at first, but the bag, t-shirt and hair (well the hair looked a little different though) seemed a little too familiar, almost like it was a permanent fraction of my mind. & like the person I know, she was busily chatting with a guy, her friend I presumed.

I continued my journey without saying hi. & I do not know why. However, after walking approximately 20 steps from where I last saw her, I had this urge of seeing her 1 more time, 1 more second, a second that might have lasted forever. I turned back to until she was within my line of vision, not too close, but enough to trigger some memories. Of us that is. Then I let out an almost non-existent sigh, not of sadness but relief, before walking off. I think she is doing well. I think, because I did not ask. Or rather did not have the courage to ask.

“Tomorrow Will Never Come"

“You will always be waiting for tomorrow if you don’t start living for today. You will always be waiting for the next big thing to come: the job, the degree, the partner, the house, the time to travel, the money, I could go on. Once you get into the mindset of perpetually waiting, you’ll also fall into the habit of not being okay with things as they are. Because more likely than not, you will get most of those things, and when they come, you won’t enjoy them because you will only be looking forward to the next thing.

You may want to retaliate with, well, there’s nothing to be happy about now, but you have to learn to make it for yourself. You have to learn to see it. You have to learn to be grateful and gracious and enjoy the very simple things. You cannot expect life to deliver to you what you feel you deserve. Because everybody deserves the best and not everybody gets it handed to them, so many times, you have to go and get it yourself."
- The Truth About Everything by Brianna Wiest.

Boracay Part III (End)

I'm at the stage where my day won't feel complete without at least a cup of coffee too. & sigh, need to go through another eye surgery soon... Oh well, there is no escape from certain things in life. Especially those we name shit.

[WORDY POST AHEAD]

So we'll be heading to Ariel's Point today! We met with yet another situation for this Ariel's Point adventure. We received a call from the organsier at 9am on Wednesday, inquiring about why didn't we turn up on Tuesday (previous day) for our trip? We were like "dafug? Didn't we book Wednesday?" So we checked the receipt and indeed, it wrote Tuesday. So please double check everything cause shit happens, & a little way too often there. Anyway, they said we could join the Wednesday trip if we paid an additional of 500 Peso (S$14) each. Of course we didn't agree, so we decided to head down and get things sorted out after shifting our stuffs to our second hotel (One Crescent Place). Fortunately, the person in-charge was there and was nice enough to let us join without additional charges (although I think it was also partially due to the rage displayed by one of my friends over the phone, hahaha!)

Ariel's Point

We booked the trip from Boracay Beach Club (the sole location for booking to Ariel's Point) on the first day of our arrival. It costs 1,600 Peso (S$45) and the meeting time was 11:00am at Ariel's House (by the beach at station 1). The package includes a buffet lunch and free flow of drinks (rum, coke, beer and mineral water) throughout the trip. By that I mean while on the boat going to Ariel's Point, at Ariel's Point itself and the journey back. 

It was a gloomy day and the journey there was cold and treacherous... The boat was pretty exposed (open concept), so waves came crushing in once in a while... Be sure to consume medication for sea sickness if you are prone to it. And do bring along extra clothes to keep yourself warm in case of chilly weather.

So it's basically free and easy once you reach there. Everybody leaves their stuffs around, I guess it's ok to have some faith or trust, haha... You can go snorkeling, kayaking, and cliff diving! Beware of the jelly fishes though, they string! I highly recommend this trip to Ariel's Point. Even if you don't have the guts to take the leap yourself, watching people stand at the tip of the plank for like 20 minutes, trying to summon every ounce of their courage for the jump can be pretty entertaining too. Furthermore, you get to meet & talk to people from all over the world!

Forget about the 3, go straight to the 5 metres. If you feel that it isn't much of a challenge after trying, go for the 8. The real challenge comes at the 15 metres. But if you know me, you know I'd say just do it since you're already there, do not leave the place thinking, "damn, I should have done it!". With that being said, do ensure that you have a good form. Maybe practice a few jumps at the 8 metres before taking on the 15. & of course, you don't have to do it if it's really out of your game (:

View of the 8 & 5m planks from the 15m.

The cliff jumpers!

On the way back. Damn it was freezing.

The journey back was worst... We met with a mini storm. It was pretty cold so we decided to have some rum with coke to keep ourselves warm. Played some drinking games with people we met there. Then I fell sick. The rest is... Not worth mentioning. Except for the care and concern from my friends, big thanks to y'all! Hahaha! 

Oh ya, there is a pretty famous cafe called Real Coffee & Tea. It's located at level 2, near Sea World Diving Center at Station 3. I couldn't exactly provide any rating since my taste was off due to my illness. But it's worth a go since its reputation is all over the net. I'd be glad to receive some feedback of the place as well.

And I really should recommend the 2nd hotel we stayed at, One Crescent Place. It's located at Station 1. Beautify place with superb customer service. Actually I'm not too sure cause the boss happened to be around when we were there. So... Figure yourself, hahaha! Seems pretty new, in fact they were renovating the rooms on the top level during our stay. Cosy and nicely decorated with decent breakfast. & they even have a "mini-library" at the hotel lobby!

I guess that's about all I've got to share for this trip. The rest is for you to experience and explore, else it wouldn't be an adventure, would it? (: nevertheless, feel free to ask me anything (by "anything" I mean anything, doesn't necessary have to be related to Boracay, ahaha! Okay, just talking trash). Wordy post, but worth a read! In fact every damn entry on this blog is worth a read! Hahaha! Peace.

Boracay Part II

We stayed at the Sheridan Villas during the first 2 nights of our trip before shifting to One Crescent Place. Sheridan Villas was alright. Level 1 consisted of the living room, a kitchen and restroom while level 2 was the bedroom & another rest room. Nice place, friendly hosts, just that we were there at the wrong time. Due to Typhoon Haiyan the entire island was experiencing power surge here & there. So it was wake up call for us when the AC went off in the mornings, haha...

Breakfast. I know doesn't look appetizing, but was alright for me :D

From the previous night.
View from this shop that sells tasty crepes and alright churros!

We decided that day 2 will be water sports day! Oh, 1 thing I must mention about White Beach is the extremely high level of touting. Every 8 steps you take, there is bound to be someone asking if you want to play water sports, buy sunglasses, hats, waterproof pouches, or some wood carving thing. So live with it, hahaha! Don't worry about negotiating/bargaining since there are so many of them around.

Moving on, we managed to get a deal which consisted of flying fish (something like banana boat, just that the float literally flies off the surface), helmet diving and island hopping at 2,000 Peso (S$57). Helmet diving was alright, good experience I must say, but too boring for me. They actually provided a CD with a video and some photos of us underwater, pretty hilarious. Island hopping includes lunch (which took damn long to be served) on an island and 2 snorkeling trips somewhere. The current was so strong and honestly, there wasn't much to see... So I wouldn't recommend this, especially if you aren't into snorkeling, or afraid of large amount of fishes (not that there were many to begin with) :D

Island hoppers!

Where is my lunch... I need to lie down, so hungry...

Did not have fun for this one.

It should be around 3pm when we went back to Boracay island. Headed back to our hotel to wash up, played some card games, had instant noodle before heading out again. We had Yellow Cab Pizza for dinner, which I recommend trying. It was good! Roamed around looking for clubs and pubs when we realised that it was still too early for parties. Shall not elaborate much on this part cause it really wasn't much, haha! The point is that parties start at around 11 - 12am... There are still pubs with acoustic live bands and some road side vendors to check out though. Lesser touting at night, and the land breeze at night... Chilling! Oh, we had this Reyes Barbecues for dinner on day 1 and all I want to say is... "Try at your own risk" :D

Ok, I'm craving for pizza now.

That's about it for day 2, stay tuned for the final installation of our Boracay trip!

Grad trip to Boracay!

Hello, it's a boring Thursday afternoon. I found a packet of 2-in-1 instant coffee and mixed it with a 3-in-1 instant coffee. The result? Kopi ga-dai or fucking sweetened coffee. Haha, sucks!

Ok, back to topic. So the 5 of us decided to head to Boracay, one of the most beautiful beach in South East Asia. Trust me, this is not an overstatement & its reputation definitely precedes it. This place toss Kuta of Bali and Phuket of Thailand right to the back! I guess we can skip places like Batam & Bintan, they are un-ranked on my list, hahaha!

 A quick summary: we took the Singapore - Manila - Caticlan - Boracay route. In other words, we flew to Manila from Singapore, transit to a domestic flight to Caticlan then boat to Boracay island!

The Departure Situation - Singapore

Here comes the story, our domestic flight from Manila to Caticlan got cancelled on the day of our trip, and we couldn't book another set of tickets because 48 hours is required to process the credit card payment. So we figured that life itself is an adventure, and decided to only purchase our tickets when we reach Manila! We flew with Tiger Air and departed at approximately 2am.

Picture with Spongebob before moving out.

The "Scam" - Manila

Touched down at Terminal 1 of the airport at around 6am in the morning. We were supposed to purchase the transit tickets at Terminal 3 but got "scammed" when we sought assistance from a guy in uniform. Some airport security I think... He told us Terminal 3 doesn't open so early and that we should head to Terminal 4, which offers a wider range of airlines to Caticlan. So we gullibility believed him and boarded a taxi, which I believe belongs to his acquaintance. It cost us 300 Peso (S$8.50) for a 5 minutes ride to this travel agency which again, I believe is somehow affiliated to them. The travel agency tried to sell us air tickets at double the price of what airlines would've offered. If I never remember wrongly, it was around 7,000 Peso (S$200) each. How ridiculous... Fortunately, we managed to reject their offer and took a cab at 150 Peso (I think) to the real Terminal 3.

There are basically 2 airlines, the Philippine Airlines (PAL) & Cebu Pacific, that fly to Caticlan. Cebu Pacific was cheaper, but sold out, so we settled for PAL, which cost around 4,800 Peso (S$140) for the 8:15am flight (earliest available). We bought our Philippines SIM card (by Globe) while waiting. I think it was 400 Peso (S$12) for one with unlimited data (which was almost non-existent) and 700 Peso (S$20) for unlimited data plus 100 minutes talk time? Can't really remember... Anyway all of us bought the 400 Peso plan. I just had to stay connected, don't ask why :D

Our domestic flight! Small & cosy plane.

Enjoyed the view to Caticlan!

It took around 1 to 1.5 hour, not too sure, kind of knocked out half way through, haha!

Caticlan to Boracay Island

There are some fees (inclusive of tricycle ride to ferry terminal) to settle once you reach this place, can't remember how much though... Anyway, the tricycle ride should be fast, like 5 minutes to reach the ferry terminal. You'll then travel by sea for around 15 minutes to the legendary Boracay island! The time should be around 10:15am if everything went smoothly. You can then take another tricycle ride to your hotel from there. Price varies among places. We paid 150 Peso (S$4) each for 2 tricycles to station 3. Anyway, at the end of the trip, I found out we got scammed cause it's actually possible to squeeze 5 people with all the baggage in 1 tricycle for 150 Peso. @#$%! Hahaha!

Wah, silky hair floating all over

The beach that I know I must return to some day.

This is real!

Checked in and went to D Mall at station 2 for lunch. Had some burger at a restaurant next to Share Tea. Yes, they have Share Tea! Hahaha! D Mall is basically the center of White Beach. Plenty of shops and restaurants. Food ranges from 150 (S$4) to 350 Peso (S$10) but it really depends. You will survive if you are a carnivore but don't expect much from the food. If you do not know what to eat, go to the one with the most patrons, should be a safe gauge, hahaha! Will touch on this in another post, this entry is getting too long...

Dark clouds... No worries, it's always windy
up in the sky, so the clouds move
along pretty quickly

This is called Willy's Rock!

Just feel that this photo is upload worthy, cause it's taken by me
:D

So we basically explored the beach, went to book our Ariel's Point trip at Boracay Beach Club, tried the infamous Jonah's Fruit Shake & Snack Bar (yes, it's good, go for it!) and finally headed back to the beach in front of our hotel to swim under the setting sun. And not forgetting drinking by the beach at night with the company of great friends & music by the live band & the occasional sound of waves clashing the shore... Damn! These are what I call moments that take our breath away! Haha! That's about it for day 1. Stay tuned! Peace.

Just another random post

Was scrolling through my Instagam and was staggered to find how fast time had passed. Approximately 5 months had flew by since Taipei, 6 months since my birthday and 10 since Valentines' day. And I didn't even blog about Taipei. In fact I didn't even blog that much during that period of time. What was I doing? I have no idea. Maybe I should briefly blog about my recent Boracay trip soon before those memory fades away, together with the hands of time...

Went for teh tarik just now and something stupid happened. We "unknowingly" left without paying and nobody stopped us. Funny thing was that we stood around the road side of where we sat, chatted a little before walking off leisurely. It was only after 2 traffic lights before my dear cousin realised that we had not paid and of course, being a honest and upright chap, he offered to turn back to make payment. - Did I sound like I wouldn't have done the same? Of course I would :D

Sigh, gloomy December, making me all moody. Oh wait, "it's not you (December), it's me". Haha... ( :

Those Eyes

I see her eyes when I close mine. Those bright & enchanting eyes, like a diamond among the starry sky.

Those alluring eyes. I miss, & not miss them at the very same time, for I see those eyes when I close mine.