Pictures from Bintan 2008

The 300th entry!

~23th Dec 2008~

In the hotel room
Posing
"Catching" the "holy light"

The ghost of Christmas or should I say 'spirit of Christmas'

At Pasar Oleh Oleh, waiting for dinner (at the same place as last year)

One of the frogs my cousins and brothers spotted

Girls

Me and my cousin (Rona)

~24th Dec 2008~

At breakfastOn the hotel room's bed

A blue & white & fishy Christmas

On the van, to Laguna

Lobby of Angsana Resort and Spa

Girls @ Female locker room

The special toilet's doors

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Our Villa

Taken from the second storey, the living room

Taken from the second storey, the backyard with private pool

The living room (take 2)

Taken from the second storey, the living room (take 3)

The "sitting room", on the second storey

The backyard

The private pool

Cousins and brothers playing in the pool

Taken from the first storey, The 7 cousins

The 7 cousins (take 2)

Taken in the sitting room at the first storey, Acting "regal"

Our stereo system, with my brothers

Cup noodles on our heads, doing the Indian poses

Singing Christmas songs

My brother, doing the robot dance

In the KTV Lounge

Me, singing.

Our presents

With my presentMy cousin (Rona), Little Emmett and I

My brother, posing with sunglasses

The 7 cousins (take 3)

The 7 cousins (take 4)

~25th Dec 2008~

Me and my cousin (Rona)

The beach

Doing the Jump

Acting Emo

I <3> Alice, written by my cousin (Rona)

Carlisle, written by my cousin (Rona)

Emmett, written by my brotherJasper, written by me

Me with 'Jasper'

I am a Cullenist

Staring into the "well of future"

PS: Credit to the photos goes to my cousin. Some of them are mine though.

Bintan trip 2008

23th Dec 2008:
Ate lunch and my father sent us to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

Waited for my cousin's family and more cousins : 2 adults, 7 "children". Soon it's time to check in. This is the first time my brothers and I are going overseas without parents.

The water was very choppy that day. I'll still shuddered when I think about it. The whole 1 hour plus boat ride was a horror. My cousins loved it though. Saw a lot of people vomiting. I was very queasy. There was this personnel walking up and down, giving out tissue paper and bags.

Like what the captain said "you can all breathe a sign of relief" when we were reaching the terminal there.

Travelled to Bintan Lagoon Resort. Checked into our hotel rooms and changed for swimming. Love the hotel room, very nice and romantic.

The 3 girls stayed in one room, the 3 guys in another, and the rest in the last room. I love the en suite very much, with its full-length mirror and bath-tub. Too bad I didn't have a chance to use it.

We didn't swim for long as it started raining.

Went to Pasar Oleh Oleh for dinner. To get there, we had to take 7-seater car. It drizzled while we were having dinner so we went indoors to eat.

24th Dec 2008:
Had hot dog rolls for breakfast at first, but since there's free buffet breakfast provided, we went there to eat.

Checked out of our hotel rooms and we went to Laguna for a short "trip". There's supposed to be a presentation of Angsana Resort and Spa but since we didn't have enough time, we went back to Bintan Lagoon.

Checked into our big villa (Angsoka 06). It's really grand and beautiful. All the times we came to Bintan, we stayed at the small villa. So, this is really a great change. It's very expensive though, a $1000+ per night.

The whole day was just raining away so we missed out a lot of good things. My cousins and brothers played with their water guns at the private pool while I stayed indoors. Even my uncle's golf session was cancelled.

There are 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 "sitting" rooms, 1 large living room with TV and stereo system, completed with a private pool.

We watched all the DVDs I bought there. 4 to be exact. First was Get Smart, Mama Mia, Kung Fu Panda and 27 dresses at 1+ in the morning. We also watched Good Luck Chuck on HBO.

Sang Christmas songs with my cousins and got wild, we were dancing and running around the living room.

My uncle booked KTV from 10pm to 12am. This is my first time going to a KTV and sing. Sang Christmas songs and other songs with my cousins. I usually don't sing in front of people.

The songs were sadly outdated, they seemed to update the song list last in 2004.

Countdown to Christmas at Bintan's time and exchanged presents. My cousin got my name and I got hers. Fate, my brother called it.

I got her "Little Emmett" the bear. I got a dragonfly necklace from her.

We, apart from one of my cousin and uncle and auntie, slept in the master bedroom. The guys on the bed. The girls on the floor on mattresses.

Slept at 4am and woke up around 9am.

25th Dec 2008:
Had the free buffet breakfast again. Went to the beach a while to take photos.

The waves was huge and we were saying that today will be a bad day to go home.

Still raining away, what a waste of the pool. I don't really like swimming in the rain.

Packed up and went to the lobby to wait for the bus to take us to terminal.

Surprisingly, the weather turned good and the journey home was quite smooth. I took 2 "anti-nausea" tablets this time since 1 apparently don't do its job and I slept a little.

Our parents were there, waiting for us.

Went for dinner at Sushi House at Kallang Leisure centre. My stomach wasn't feeling too good and I was really tired.

The food is not too bad though Sakae Sushi is nice.
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It's good to be home. I like it there but it's always rushing here, rushing there.

The weather was real bad this year. Therefore, no BBQ, seldom time for swimming etc. All we can do was to stay indoors and watched TV.

Hope to go back next year to get a Polo Tee. I wanted one but my parents were not around and I didn't have much money. There's always next time though.

I must find a time to make use of the bath-tub the next time. A perfect waste of a perfect thing.
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Luckily, no bad news about Twilight stuff these few days I'm not in Singapore. I hate it when something sprang out of nowhere and caught me in surprise.

I'm sad and angry that Twilight did not make it to the number 1 spot during its the opening weekend in Singapore. IP Man got the spot!? What the...

I watched it twice with my friends and cousins and brothers.

Apparently, the 2 weeks of sneak peeks of Twilight got the most money but because sneak peek is not included in the final box office earnings, Twilight got the 2nd place.

Ah well, Twilight makes money. That's what is important.

PS: Will update the pictures soon.

Going to make this entry short and sweet. Will edit it when I return.

Watched Twilight again yesterday. The whole theater was full again, mostly teenagers girls and guys.

Looked like twice's the charm. This time, I didn't laugh as much. But this may be due to my cousin not with me. Or maybe, my tolerance for the movie has increased. Regardless, I enjoyed the movie better this time because I concentrate on the words and expressions instead.

I caught many little moments which I didn't do so during the 1st time: Pattinson's smirks and smiles, Reed's expressions, the words, etc. Although, it's a pity I didn't catch the one moment. Ah well, I'm getting the DVD anyway, plenty of chances to watch it.

I still laughed when Pattinson said "Hello", the whole theater laughed too. I still cringed when I saw the Quiluete tribe wearing the wolf hats.

Will update this entry when I return from Bintan.

Have a wonderful, twilight-y Christmas.

Christmas song for the year 2008

Here's the Christmas song for the year 2008.

The banner below is done by me.

(Sing to the tune of Deck the Halls)

Stream the tree with black, red streamers,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Fill the tree with snow and sparkles,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Feel the tension, anticipation,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la

Tis the season to shout "Twilight!"

Fa la la la la, la la la la

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Replace those baubles with some apples,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Holly garlands with black laces,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Stringed some crystals on the huge wreaths,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la

Don we now our Twilight-themed shirts,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

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What's those presents under the tree?

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Tulips, Ribbons, Chess sets too,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Let's us gather round the candles,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la

Come and let's sing yule-tide carols,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Written by: Adrielle SSK

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The song title is "A Twilight-y Christmas". The lyrics are mine.

The inspiration comes from Twilight season this year, what with the publication of Breaking Dawn and the movie-of-the-year : Twilight movie.

Christmas and Twilight saga, what a wonderful combination.

Updates on Christmas

Christmas is coming, again.

Anyway, yesterday went to Centre Point. I needed some Christmas spirit. My mother and I ought a Simont pendent each. Surprisingly, they are not too expensive.

I wanted to buy a Simont pendent this Christmas, but thought the better of it during the last few months. Books are so much better. But since, I can't find any books I wanted in Borders, I decided to go back to buying a necklace.

I found a new way of doing banners for Twilight! This time, it's no longer just adding words to pictures. I can do the banners in layers. I already tried it out, and the effect was great. I'll probably post some here next time.

This Christmas, I won't be in Singapore. Off to Bintan, this time without my parents. Hoping to have fun all the same.