Girls talk

StreSS buster!

Probably (MUST BE) the final holiday trip

Well at least for my single life, insyaAllah.So for now MUST save $$ and save and save!
Our intention was to visit Taiwan. Just Taiwan.
We already signed the Taiwan Muslim package in Natas but to our disappointment, it was a no-go as we were the only ones who were interested. It was about $1.5k.
So after much thought, we decided to join the Okinawa- Taiwan tour with the DJs.
Not the first time cos for Korea we did the same too.
I had no idea where is Okinawa but after some browsing saw that it was an island off Japan.
Knowing Japan (after the Tokyo Narita trip), I liked the country instantly.
It's so clean and beautiful and the people were so nice.
The men usually had better eyebrow shapes than mine.
Even the drivers at Tokyo.
But, Okinawa is a lil different.

Our bus captain was generally older.
The island boasts the longest living people in the world.
Mainly cos of the way they live.
They are not money or profit driven.
The island made up of 20% of American air base.
Our guide Hiromi (she's so talented), they wld buy the land from the local people.
Hence, they need not work for the rest of their lives.

Let's go back to the beginning.
We had to transfer from Taiwan to Okinawa.
Luckily the journey was an hour only.
We had gathered at the baggage claim area to wait for everybody and made our way out.
We saw a welcome banner and thot nothing of it.
Then we saw videoman as well.
Woa what a reception eh.
No itinerary for the 1st day, not even dinner.
Settled in Miyako hotel which was NICE!
Oh another banner upon arrival at the hotel.

2nd day was looking forward to the tour.
Kinda boring (heh!) from the itinerary but enjoyed the Dolphin Show.
As well as the Aquarium.
3rd day was best! Walked quite a bit in the cave at Okinawa World.
Eh the videoman made his appearance.
That's when we found out that we were the 1st big Muslim group to visit Okinawa.
They had only 2 stores that sell halal groceries.
About 9 restaurants agreed to serve halal cuisines so they gave these 2 stores a clean-up.
Till they had to order more from the mainland.
Aaaah no wonder the videoman came.
That's not it! We even made it to the national news! Yeah! hee.

Which was shown in the Gala Dinner (the dinner with the DJs).

Main highlight for me basically, I love the outlet mall!

We went to the one at Narita and I got a COACH bag back then.
And this time around, I was more into checking out MJ but ended at COACH again.
How can one resist a 50% + 30% discount!
So in the end they left me alone in the store while the lady settled my purchase.
Tedious cos she needed to fill a slip which was stapled to my passport.

As for the Taiwan trip, I knew we missed quite alot such as Hot Springs and the high speed rail.
They were not included in the itinerary.
But I shopped quite a bit at Wufenpu street.
Fengjia and Shilin mkt had not much for me.
Mainly clothes. And their fashion generally influenced by Jap and Korea.

Our plane had to pass by some fighter jets. Cool hah.

Meals were so good! Eat till ur stomach's full to the max. Plus expanded.
Can spot my triple chin coming? :(

I like this aquarium!
It's really in your face!

Nakijin Castle remains... The spot where they peep who's coming their way.

Great Wall of China?? In Okinawa.

Sis with salt ice cream! Masin? haha.
It was yummy actually. 

One of the airbases.

Windmills? Spotted even when we were in the planes! Seriously.

Regret not buying ALOT more from GAP!
I bot a top under S$20!
Oh it rained quite a bit.

Can't believe we din even go in here.
American village.
We were wasted at Jusco Aeon.
Managed to find my fave doraemon corn sticks.

Moving on to Taiwan. Our 1st hotel was on the 30th storey.
After the guide repeated on how frequent they have Earthquakes and that the last one was just a night ago.
Gulps. Mom just cldn't sleep.

Formosan Aboriginal Village.
Endured the cable rides and the souvenirs there.

Just see how steep and high it was!

Hah no more trips ar...

So FUN!

If only this is real, work wld be oh so fun!

Oh SHREK! Where r u? Come rescue me from this dragon! hee

Don't fall now..

Look to the right!

Checking the left!
Coast clear ar?

Ultra cute!
Thanks to gila-gila partner. hehe

G I R L F R I E N D S

 No monday blues today! Gotta meet up with the GFs after work.
For the long overdue bday dinner.

Altho it was brief, we had alot to catch up as usual.
Glad that our frenship is more than 15yrs old. Alhamdulillah.
And thank you.

The super belated bday girl treated us to BBQ chicken.
My first time there.
It was relatively okays.

Just check out the mash potato!
Dono y it's upside down tho.
And the gravy was in that hole!
Hee. Unique.

Keep Walking

 The day I looked forward to finally came and almost gone now!  p e n a t altho I enjoyed every bit of it.

But if I penat he sure more penat eh.
Cos he sent me home still need to do his chores before finally settling for the day.
Truly happy today cos met him aft 2 wks of not being irritated by him.
And I got all the items that I needed as well.
Got my MAC, the gift, Jibbitz and all of his stuff done. :)

Even happier when I got the items with discts!
My jibbitz gg on sale at 50%!
Luckily managed to get 2 same diamontes from the mixed Jibbitz.

Sadly I din get to see Neil this time ard at his autograph sessions but hey!
Saw this signed copy (even with the smiley and the year on it) at Prologue.
Hesitated to grab initially. Furthermore an ang moh guy was browsing this exact copy.
The rest didn't come with the signed year ( hee I know!).
So went to Kino and got disappointed instead cos the signed copies were like none!
He even curfew our date till 7pm and we had dinner at 6.30pm, 313.
Being the bestest bf in the whole wide world, he sacrificed his precious chores time (abit only kan) and decided to walk back to Ion just so I cld grab the signed copy. hee.

Wait! Haven't finish. When I made payment at the cashier, I got a 20% disct!
Happy la seh. :)

And we as per curfew, left town at 7pm.
12 to 8pm...pancit.

PS - Tangs (got human jam thanks to Tangs reno) - Ion - Kino - 313 - back to Ion
Walked and walked till u cld see my obvious vein almost popped out.

By the way, bro had pimped our Wira. The wheel felt like daytona's.
Macam real je nak drift. 

So Long now

 Langkawi, Sydney, Bangkok, Bali, Japan and Taipei... Some of the countries I left him to...hee

So probably no more trips. Been nagging to save $$ instead.
I can't wait for the weekend!
Sunday come quick please.

I miss you Old Man...
miss ur burik. hee.

Uncle Rasid has pasted his pic on our wall.
Here comes the noise!

Becos even the Sweetest choc expires one day...

I had drafted two entries in early June but it encountered some probs. So in the end I decided to just trash them away. And yeap. So now back to reality. Back to the stressful SG. Was away to Okinawa and Taiwan for the past eight days. It's been a wonderfully tiring trip! For the first time ever, had to do a transfer from Tao Yuan airport to Naha airport. Felt like transferring of mrt only twice the risks! Risks of taking off and landing. Thankfully it's only an hr journey away.
The journey home last night was a head throbbing one.
The turbulence was pretty bad that the cabin crew had to belt up twice!
We went through a rough area according to the Captain.

Anyways had snapped over 600 pics.
Will update more on the trip soon.

But for now here's one of the nicer pics snapped! Ehem.

At Taipei Grand Mosque.