SeaSands in the Sun

 It's been a long time since I wrote in this blog (why is this a familiar line? haha). I guess with many other distractions I haven't been able to focus on blogging. Let's try it out again. The last post I did was in 2017! Was the concert of Ed Sheeran's Divide tour. That was a fun one. After that I managed to attend one more concert by..BLUE (!) Used to listen to them when I was in school and it was nice when they came to do a concert - all the old aunties screaming at *still* fit uncles..LOL what a joke, but it was certainly enjoyable to singalong and dance. I didn't know that would be the last live concert that I'll be going to till the Pandemic came upon us! Here's a short recap of the years that I haven't blogged about: 2018: Traveled to India, Germany and Hong Kong (yeah, I went crazy traveling and it was really great as they were different experiences. Perhaps I should blog about each destination (IF I CAN RECALL OMG THE MEMORY HAS DETERIORATED!)....

If you are ever in The Netherlands during Spring, you HAVE to visit the Keukenhof Garden. It's a massive tulip garden that will blow your socks off. It was soooo gorgeous. It is only open for a limited time (Spring). That's when the tulips bloom! Weather can be unpredictable. It rained twice during our 4-hr visit there.  Keukenhof is situated in Lisse, which is about 40min drive from Amsterdam. We stayed in Leiden the night before, so it was a shorter bus ride there. You are able to purchase the tickets online, and it comes with a  return bus trip (ours stopped at Leiden Centraal Station). They have luggage lockers which are cheaper than Amsterdam (understandable due to the lower usage of the station I suppose). The garden ticket + bus tickets were about EU24 in total. The buses that go to Keukenhof are easily identifiable by their obvious tulips murals on the body of the buses.  Enjoy the pics!

After years of talking about going to Europe for a holiday, I finally did! I'll try to post as many info as I can :) Our first destination was the beautiful Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 5th May - we arrived at Amsterdam Airport Schipol . It is also where the train station is. Bought a ticket to Amsterdam Centraal. They have really good public transportation and wifi. They have wifi on the train and also tells you the train stops till your destination. I loved it! What we did was store our main luggage at the lockers at Amsterdam Centraal (there are 2 sizes - large and small) - we stuffed both our bags in the small one for a lower price (sorry I can't recall, could be EU7 for 24hrs).  The gorgeous tulips and the symbolic I amsterdam signage at the Airport From there, if you need help, ask the policemen/women or the tourist information counter outside the station. The others will NOT assist you. I was taken aback, they basically say "they don't know...

I visited the beautiful Cambodia in early Aug '12.I spent ~10 days at a Children's Home and met wonderful, inspirational people there. Here are some pictures. Angkor Wat pics will be another post :) Sunrise.. early flight out from KL-Siem Reap Welcome to Siem Reap! Oh blue skies! Far cry from the hazy ones we have here The beautiful house I called Home for 10 days Good for biceps.. Water pump for bath time. You have to try outdoor baths (sarong provided at the background). It is an experience! The water tasted great Perfect poster in our house - best place to have conversations of the past, present and future The sun goes down.. The stars come up.. spent a short while here to get souvenirs Early to rise..to the morning market :D To the market we go.. Beautiful people.. they try to communicate even though you don't speak their language They mostly deal in US Dollars..Real are used mostl...

I went for a short trip to Bangkok at the end of July with my bestie, Summer. Also met our dear Maripasu/Karen there :D Went there for 3 nights and 4 days, but we only had 2 full days for sightseeing and SHOPPING! Air Asia.. I love the motif..The "kerbau"/buffalo/carabao.. :D First destination we went was to the Grand Palace.. it was a spectacular place. The weather was sunny and bright - we were very fortunate as the weather forecast predicted heavy rains.. We took the BTS (SkyTrain) from our hotel to the river boat cruise. The BTS is very convenient and cheap. I believe it's the best mode to travel around Bangkok. (In the BTS) our stop would be to Saphan Taksin We're here! There's a tourist river cruise that you can take. It only costs 250baht (~RM2.50, $0.80, Euro 0.60). On the way, there is someone giving commentary on the buildings we pass by. The ride is about 30 minutes but it feels short because we were having fun :) Sight...