A Patch of Blue Sky

“If there’s a patch of blue sky the size of your handkerchief, the clouds will hold their tears for another day.”

Her emerald green eyes darted towards the windows. She could not, however, catch a glimpse of the sky. The new houses  were built much higher than in the old days, when there weren’t many people around. And now, they started to eat the sky from the people who lived in the “Old Places“.

She sighed. It was the same as always. Well, not exactly “always”, but rather since they moved her bed there. Besides, she could not leave her bed. Not if she wanted to live a little longer.

She just closed her eyes, and thoughts of  blue skies rested in her dreams.

 

 

 

P.S Will not be posting much for the next 2 weeks or so due to foreseen circumstances. Of exams and such.

 

Fever (Cover version)

Definitely one of the best covers I can find on Youtube! (Song credited to Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell)

Note:  This ain’t the Peggy Lee version.

Singapore Flyer

We were too early for F1!

If I’m not mistaken, I went to Singapore a week and a half too early to catch the F1 Grand Prix! But then again… we saved on rocketing hotel rates and horrendous traffic jams. Anyway…

The Flyer, the Flyer. Even if you’ve been to Singapore a gazillion times, you need to ride this at least once. (If not, Singapore..nothing much to do le, unless you stay in Sentosa, and wait for the upcoming casinos and Universal Studios.. shopping’s expensive ><)

The Flyer is currently the world’s largest observation wheel, standing at 165m in height (30m taller than the London Eye) (worth to go now before another country starts competing and tries to build a larger one…. just be prepared to fork out some money)

I admit. 30 minutes of sitting in that spacey, air-conditioned compartment, whatever it is called..may get a lil boring. But at least you can say that you’ve been there!

30 minutes of taking pictures and admiring the city skyline.. and looking towards Indonesia and Malaysia

Beautiful for photos too. If you’re an avid photographer, you’d definitely want to be up there!

And what’s a trip anywhere without having fun? Guess, going up? or going down?

Mischief

G-Max (Singapore)

I’m sure you’ve heard about the G-max reverse bungy. they have one in Singapore at Clarke Quay, so if you go there, be sure to try it out! The price for 1 ticket is $40, for adults. It is cheaper for children below 12. And if you have a student card, be sure to bring it along as student price is $30 ($ = Singapore dollars)

Goodness… that reverse bungy.. my mom actually made her 3 children test subjects before she went up. I myself could not think clearly as we have been walking for the whole day. So, what the heck.. I just followed my brothers up.

G-max

Hah. There was actually another one next to it.. the swinging one. People were just looking, crowding round the reverse bungy, but no one dared. Until.. jeng jeng jeng… the Siews came So….

:D Launching in (n-1)s, (n-2)s, (n-3)s... seriously unknown wey!

So first, they strapped us in… and then the seats were slightly tilted backwards as the elastic chords were stretched.  I felt like a sitting duck >< because we had no idea when it would shoot off!

“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH….. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh………………. “

then,

“……”

“Eh? Finish liao ah?”

At that time, we were just hanging in mid air.. after the first few swings, it had lost its momentum. So we were just sitting  up there, looking around, and chit-chatting while slowly coming down. That thing, ain’t scary. -_-. The fun is in the anticipation while waiting to be launched, and in the first few swings. Then habis. $40! Anyway, experiencing a g-force of up to 5G, being swung up to 200m high… ok la.

After we came down safe and sound, my mom went. Cool eh? And people were looking at us when we came down.. probably thinking “siao lang” (crazy person).  But we brought in the business! After us, so many people came to try it out! Well, since Singapore ain’t going to have much thrilling rides, not before Universal Studios is done in Sentosa, give it a try if you’re kinda bored with just walking around, sightseeing and shopping.

Strawberries

Honestly, after coming back from Cameron Highlands, I felt rather sick just looking at strawberries. Towns there sell almost anything associated with it. Aside from food products, there are… strawberry umbrellas, bags, pens, pillows, straps, scarves, toys….. everything with  strawberry motives.

I admit… compared to other countries, our strawberries here are kind of sad… smaller, sourish, no kick la! At least we still have them though. Anyway, you really have not been to Cameron Highlands if you have not visited any of the strawberry farms. Not for the view, strawberry picking or that kind of stuff., but for the strawberry desserts! Yea~

Strawberry Cheese Cake

Waffle with Ice Cream (with strawberries by the side!)

Yoghurt with Fresh Strawberries and Honey. Highly Recommended!

Besides these there are also on the menu…strawberry tarts, strawberry juice, fresh strawberries with cream, strawberry sundae (must try as well!), strawberry muffin, strawberry coffee, strawberry chocholate drink.. just look at the number on the pictures.. there are 20 plus varieties to choose from! I personally really really liked the yoghurt with fresh strawberries and honey Indulge yourself! And after that, you won’t be eating strawberries for a while.

If I’m not mistaken, we went to the “Big Red Strawberry Farm”, which serves these desserts… and at a very reasonable price too, as you will find with other agricultural produce

Eat to your heart’s content