Taiwan Holiday - Day 1 ( 27th Jul 09)

We finally went for the long awaited trip to taiwan... have been talking abt this trip with Mr Ong for the longest time... because of Jetstar offer for cheap tix, we book the tickets on impluse and went for it... and we love it!!!

Day 1:
we arrived at Taoyuan Airport in the evening of 27th Jul.
1st item we bought is a bottle of Coke fr the vending machine.. it cost only 25NT.

As our hotel is in situated right smack in the middle of Ximen Ding, we then took a coach by Guo Guang Ke Yun to Taipei Bus/ Railway Station. Fr there, we made our way to Ximen Ding. Our Hotel is Rainbow Hotel.

Once the luggages are in the room. We went right down to the the street below to have our dinner!! We walk and eat at the same time.. its just like pasar malam in SG but Taiwan's street hawker is the BEST... besides food, there is lots of shopping.. and its madnessly cheap!!!

We tried the Chou Dou Fu aka Smelly Bean Curd, but just after 1 piece, we threw it all away.. cuz the after taste is like long gang water lar... horrible.. Mr Ong say its not nicely done...

We also tried Chong Zhua Bing aka Spring Onion Prata.. its so much more nicer then those Indian prata we have in SG...yummy

Next was the mini jumbo ice cream cone!! only abt 70cents lar... Mr Ong digs it too...

I had my fav sweet potato mini balls.. they are damn QQ lar... love it to the max...

also tried tried Turkey Kebat the taiwan style.. not too bad..

of cuz we did not miss the Famous Ah Zhong Mian Sian... its super nice lar... so so so much better then SG's version.. and its cheap too... its deserves 5 stars!!

Liverpool vs SG (26th Jul 09)

another late post...




caught the Liverpool vs SG when they came down at the National Stadium... i thot they have closed it down for renovation since like forever since they announced? haha nvm them...







the trip was with Betsy and Andrew as well.. difference is that there are 3 Liverpool fans!!! hahah


My fav player FERNANDO TORRES was super!!

he scored the 4th goal magnificantly... i'm glad he signed another 4 yr contract... and kudos to DIRK KUYT, who made a gd team with Torres...


The final score was 5-0..



hmmm if my memory did not fail me.. someone once said that SG football is working hard and will go to World Cup in 2010 right?? hahaha i hope that fella eats his words.. muahaha... in fact half of the SG team is foreign talent??? muahahah....

Man U vs Malaysia (18th Jul 09)

another post dated post..

went to our neighbour to see them compete with Man U... along with Betsy and Andrew.. Betsy is the only Man U fan on this trip.. muahahaha

The Malaysia Team put up a pretty good fight...final score was 3-2 to Man-U....

the atmosphere of all the fans were great!! close to 100,000 fan (inclusive the Malaysia Team)

It was also priceless to see Van De Sar let in the goal and he cld not do anything to stop it...muahaha

Highlight was went the recently bought- ex liverpool player Michael Owen came into the game and scored the winning goal for Man-U...hahahaa

Malaysia BOLEH...!!!

the Dim Sum breakfast @ Genting was great too...yum yum...

NDP 2009

(Some back dated post)

Went to the NDP 2009 Rehearsal on 25th July 09.

The theme was. NDP is held at the floating platform at Marina Bay.
My 2nd time watching the rehearsal @ the same veune and its FANTASTIC!!
Show was colorful and meaningful... sound system was fabulous too... love it...

Something interesting is that they incoporated pole dancing as a small segment.. and the Presidential Gun Salutes are done on a floating engineering device... which makes it closer to the audiences..hahaha love it...

Went with Mr Ong this time.. :)

Counting Down

Counting down to 24th July 2009 which i will offically hand over the staff pass and say bye bye to the end of work life.. and welcome to a loooong break to re-charge.. =)

Lindy's very exciting to-do-list (hubby included)

• 13th Jul: Watching Monday Afternoon Movie: Transformers!!
• 15th Jul: Farewell Dinner with KJ Team
• 17thh-18th Jul: Overnight Mahjong with Betsy & Andrew
• 18th-19th Jul: Double Date to watch Man-U vs KL team trip in KL with Betsy & Andrew
• 25th Jul: NDP rehearsal show @ the floating platform!
• 26th Jul: Liverpool vs SG team @ National Stadium!
• 27th Jul - 4th Aug: the long awaited trip to TAIWAN!!!!! ooh lah lah~~
• 6th/7th Aug: Prawn Fishing with SH crazy bunch =)
• 8th-16th Aug: open for booking!!
  - dinner with PF gang
  - sicssors-cut curry rice with the gers
  - mahjong session with the munchies
  - bbq cum mahjong session @ mummy's place
  - more home-cook dinners
  

Lindy's very exciting to-eat-list (to curb the home sick feeling of local food and mummy's comfort home-cook food)

• mummy's red wine chicken, curry chicken, 'ngioh hiang', soups, fried chicken wings, basically all food she cook ill eat!!!
• popian + bbq sting ray + fr lavendar foodcourt
• bedok 85's bbq stingray, bak chor mee, oyster omulette, bbq chicken wings, hokkien mee
• Sakura Japanese Buffet @ Orchard
• Wasabi Teh @ Far East Plaza
• fried wan tang (w black soya sauce) @ Far East Plaza
• the famous Mellbern (shd be this spelling) Crab @ Ang Mo Kio
• TP biz park's Fish & Chip.. i miss the uncle's entertaining "cutlet 1" voice and the way he places all his money in an orderly manner
• Curry Rice and the soup of the day @ kitchener road
• super huge mug of Sugar Cane @ Chomp Chomp
• Dim Sum buffet @ Peach Garden, thomson plaza
• Bak Ku Teh @ Balestier
• Manhantan Fish Market's Seafood Platter
• Roast Pork/ Charsiew @ Bukit Batok (his fav!)
• Katong Laksa
• Thin Crust Pizza @ Timber

highlight in red ones are some food that i have eated, and alot more to eat till the list completes, the list does not include those that i have missed out...tats why the list sure wil get longer...

As for Lindy's list of things to buy, i only need to buy some daily contact lenses and make another pair of glasses will do... cuz most of the items either he got it for me else can wait till we get there then buy.. hehehe....

so excited!!!

Taiwan here i come!!
Michigan here i come too !!!!

Updates~~

Married life has been blissful so far...

staying with in-laws so far have been great till date..

life pretty much is still goes on the same.. =)

have also gotten use to ppl calling me 'Mrs Ong', 'Mdm Say'.. muhahaaa

and i have handed in my resignation yesterday and is serving my notice till 24th July 09.. after which i work on our 'list of things to do' + 'list of food to eat' + 'list of things to buy' before we leave for Michigan..

My 'list of food to eat' is growing and im afraid i might not have time to complete in time..hmm looks like got to prioritize what to eat..of cuz home cook food will be on top of the list.. mummy have started to cook my fav dishes whenever i go home for dinner... hmmm wat will she be cooking this sunday?? heheh yummy yummy...

cant wait to start leaving in a totally new and foreign environment..

the thots of living there, making new frens and doing nothing but housework is all so exciting for me...

this is truely a looooong break cum honeymoon for me =)

Thank you thank you thank you!!

now that the whole wedding saga is over... i also have more time to go thur the after-events..

Of cuz my most grateful thanks still goes out to the band of brothers and sistas: Andrew, Ah Yeung, Ah Zhui, Hanrong, Guo Feng, Dinesh, Betsy, Anqi, Michelle, Felicity, Ruifan & Lynnette.

Without you, the wedding cld not have gone thru so smoothly..

Thanks to the lovely sistas who came up with all the gate-crash games that really imprint the memories in my heart...
i enjoyed preparing the colorful bra sets with the super huge grapes as nipple snacks =)

Thanks to all the sistas who have assisted with the weding gown train.. i know its quite heavy and fluffy and big..

Thanks to all the sistas who all dressed like fairies that lit up the whole event even more =)

Special thanks to BETSY!!
tks for heading the gate-crash committee and coming out with the meaningful games.. and also been the Emcee for the evening.. my dad really had a great time with your entertaining hosting...

Thanks to the macho brothers who played the gate-crash games in true red tide spirit =)
Thanks to the brothers who helped out in all the logistics and actual running of the wedding rececption.. without you it will be chaos..

Special thanks to HANRONG for being the Emcee of the night.. your presence is greatly appreciated..

Special Special special thanks to ANDREW & GUOFENG. thank you for going all way out to get the flowers fr Taka.. it meant alot to us and my mum totally loved the flowers to the max =)

And to all the guest who attended the wedding dinner, Mr Ong and myself is thankful for all the well wishes & the gifts given...

As this chapter closes, no amt of words and thank yous can express my gratefulness for you sistas and brothers... the beautiful memories will always be in my heart, always...

To my beloved Mr Ong... without you planning the whole wedding and making sure all details are covered, ill not be here... i will be panicking like hell.. because of you, i know i am in good hands.. thank you for making this wedding a prefect one... muaacks muaacks...

Moving on the the new chapter of married life.. i can foresee lots and lots of blogs coming up... watch out for this space.. =)