happy mooncake festival

almost a year from the day i came over to sg
it feels like a week ago
in fact is a year ago my last mooncake festival celebration with family
no mooncake, no candles, no lanterns this year....
but thanks Glenda who had dinner with me
it was a rainy day
i walk out to the mall under the rain
and finally it stops on my way back
time to start celebration after raining
i saw kids playing downstairs with friends and family
reminds me what we just talking about that day
i was meeting my cousin last weekend
we saw a lot of stores selling lanterns
we mentioned about what we use to play last time
she has the chance to go back for this festival
but i don't have the chance
that's too bad
but i have no choice
at least im going home after this
we were saying that lanterns have a lot of design nowadays
even with light and music which you just need to use battery
it isn't as dangerous as we use to play in the past
and they have all different types of cartoon faces of lanterns
it was too fast to accept the truth
we are getting older now...lol
in my next few years
im will need to celebrate all these festivals alone
no more family days
no more celebrations
everything gonna be myself alone in sg
this is the truth since i choose to leave my home
since i choose to be independent
but i believe all i did its worth to sacrisfy what others having in my age
it means a lot to me
and i learned to appreciate more
i think i have grown up after seeing all i've seen in this period of time
whatever in the past no longer important
the most important is what's next in my future
i just need to look forward
and i believe its gonna be much better if i willing to work hard
the hard time gonna be the past
and there are a lot of good things coming towards me
what im doing today is just to get a better life for my parents
but of coz what we do is for ourselves as well
this festival just reminds me of a lot of things
i miss my family and my friends so much...
anyway HappyMooncakeFestival to all

with love
Yvonne

i wanna go home

its been a month i didn't go home
im so excited for this coming holiday
because i have planned everything so well
oh yeah!!
im not gonna waste my holiday this time
i wish i can spend it all fully
i can't wait to see my parents
my room, my car,...everything that's waiting for me!!
and of coz my friends..........
who are going to spend time with me for the trip
going to Malacca where i have not been in the past 20 years
and Cameron Highland where i have not been there for so many years
im so excited!!!!!
can't wait anymore....
but sigh...there is another HKG turn tomorrow
its gonna be a very busy and tiring day
ish....i don't care anymore
as long as im going home.....
here i come....Ipoh,Kl,Malacca and Cameron!!
what else i have??
sing karaoke with siau huey, cousins gathering, eat mooncake,...
eat mummy's cooking, meet whoever necessary,....etc etc.....
will update you guys for all my trip photo
gonna take a lot of pictures....yippee!!

Athens~Santorini 11-13sep

yeah...finally my turn to be here -- Athens
everyone can't wait to ask for the tour once we touch down
wasted some time to ask for everything before we go for our rest
and we decided to go out after a short nap
we took the shuttle provided by the hotel to the town
we have no idea where is the tourism agency we talking about
follow the wrong way and get back to when we alight from the bus
it is just opposite of the pick up point
and you know what??
is raining and it is very cold
none of us are well prepared
im in a t-shirt and a jeans
OMG!! and i have been walking around with this attire
end up we settle our bill and went for our lunch which Tim recommented
the food are all delicious but with a higher price
its worth i guess??
at least we all satisy...thanks Tim
lunch follow by sightseeing
we keep walking down to the street which none of know the way
and we just keep going by our sense
ya...we sense it and we were there
they decided to go to the museum instead of acropolis
maybe next chance when i get to go Athens again

this is taken in front of the museum entrance
im not so sure you can see from the photo
there were something underneath

and this is acropolis...from far....
some of us decided to catch the last shuttle
and we left earlier because it was too cold to stay any longer
feeling excited for the next trip...Santorini....................

get up early morning
took a boat to where we wanted to go
look at everyone's sleepy faces...lol
it was a long journey...about 6 hours to get there
we spend this 6 hours by doing nothing
it was a boring and tiring journey *-*

this is Amelia from Indonesia
we are going to do the same flight to Manchester after Athens...wu-hoo

the first stop -- Paros
finally got a chance to step out
so must capture some photos...hehe
oh ya...this is Eva from Indonesia too

finally here we are.....Santorini...here i come.....
i would say it is a mysterious island
because where we alight is just the port
we still need to get up there which is more like a mountain
so is an island or a mountain??

doing some stretching after sitting for 6 hours...

woo.....i love the sun and the beach.....

but i think is a bit too cold to swim

we rented two cars to drive around this mystery island
but of coz before we need to check in to our villa before we started our journey
jom mari....lets go!!!!!!!!!!

villa Asteras....our rented apartment


such a comfortable and nice view in front of our room

im lovin it....hahahhaa

there are shops just nearby

which is so convenient

everyone is hungry
we decided to grap something before we drive off
this is a kebab shop
it was great........yummy!!

our first destination -- Perisa beach

which is so called a black sand beach

wanted to grap some black sand but im lazy to wash my hand...hehe

suppose to be heading to the red beach
found a nice place so just stop by to take some nice pictures
this is our big family...whahahahaha....
the 7 of us who are here for the tour
from the left :-
Jessica, me, Daniel, Eva, Andy, Amelia and Javier
you can feel the strong wind here
is like you gonna fly up with the wind
wow...and it is so high when you look down
what if......???.....

the red beach with red rocks moutain

i guess this is a church

we never go forward to find out...sob sob

the stones and the sand are all in red colour

stop by again while we heading to next destination -- the Light House

yeah....my turn to be sitted in Smart

yup...this is the light house





time to leave

we need to catch the sunset at the other end of the island

Oia...the best location to view the sunset from the island

while waiting......

and it was so cold when it almost come to the night

hehe...thanks for Javier's jacket
somemore wanna scold me:"already wearing jacket...still wanna complain cold.."

that's all we can see

because the sun has been covered by the cloud

that's too bad....>p<

drive back to the villa and going for dinner at Lithos
which recommented by the owner of the villa
and they have decide to go for club after dinner
which me and Eva decide to sleep....hahahaaa...
ya....call me lazy worm.....

the only night view of Santorini i have captured

second started with breakfast and shopping




time to check outbut we can't find Andy

since we are waiting why not taking pictures??
hehe....and my sun tanning time....wow!!
oh ya...in the mean time
we were verbally fighting over and forcing each other to finish the very big cans of beer

we are suppose to go Ancient Tera which is on top of the mountain

where we are too lazy to walk there so just look for a nice view and take picture

ya...this is the best view we discovered

we don't have a chance to ride on it around the island

so just borrow from someone and capture a photo

this is the other car we rented

gonna say goodbye to him soon

we drop by a wine museum since we still have some times

that's the owner of this wine museum

someone who loves painting

so it has became a art space now

but still he selling wine which develope by himself

let's take a look at the art space and his wine

wine tasting time

2.50 euro for tasting 3 types of wine

and the rest of us are taking picture again...

this is the view where i find out after i secretly captured Eva

time to go home

we need to catch the time to reach the port

so we will not be late for the boat

is another 6 hours

but thanks god

they play some shows during the journey

so that's not too bored like the previous one

and we bought s lot of snacks earlier...whhahahaaaa....

snacks time.....

here is the end of our tour

it was a great and fun one

time flies man....missing everyone and the tour so much

anyway thanks for the accompanied for this trip

hope to see you guys soon....

Santorini...a great place to visit...

visit once if you have the chance

i think it can be a great place for your honeymoon

you may consider....

or bring your family along

it's a relaxing place to visit too

hope you like it!! =p