Fish Leong <<今天情人节>> Concert 29 Dec 07

First time got free tix for a concert! Had 6 some more... The pre-concert feeling was v different from all the other concerts that I've watched though.. wasn't excited at all, felt like I was going for a movie instead.
Stage setting was by far the nicest I've seen; more unique and aesthetically appealing. Perhaps Fish's songs are the more lovey-dovey and slow type, seems like her fans are the same genre - damn quiet and boring! I'm not saying her songs are boring, but the ambience was really quite dead, unlike those of Sammi, Jacky Cheung, Jolin, Grasshoppers, etc., where the crowd was already screaming like mad way before, during and at the ending of the concert. Even the few of us were just giving courtesy applause...

Due to Fish's not-much-stage-antics, the performance was enhanced by stage props, acrobatic acts from China, some cheesy cheerleading acts and lotsa balloons... Her voice was good though! Clear and pitch perfect. She sang lotsa familiar and nice songs.. <<分手快乐>>, <<如果有一天>>, <>, etc... Quite touching when she sang <<勇气>>... 阿信 from 五月天's guest performance was great! Rockish and explosive.. seems like it garnered the most screams and applause that nite ha...Me & Zozo actually turned to each other and said 'Now this is what I call a concert!' in unison...

Anyhows...This concert had also 为 my crazy concert spree this year 制造了一个完美的句点... Don't think I'll be this crazy in the near future... yet. Heh.

My No.10

Christmas Bliss

How was your X'mas? =)

Had a simple yet v sweet n nice dinner on X'mas eve... No.10 cooked pasta for me hee.. went for my fave supermarket-ing to get all the ingredients.

Felt like a princess hee... Thank you No.10!! *Hugs*

The Day Before Tomorrow...

Just came back from grocery shopping at Carrefour... there are sooo many Carrefours here! Damn crowded too... The gals spent 600+ dirhams on their stuff! Stocking up their inventory, since we have a car to deliver the things back. Machiam war coming haha...

Soaked up the sun by the pool day this morning... then B cooked noodles for us, then watched dvd again... Another nonsensical show - this time its 'Dumpling' by Yang Qian Hua.. People eating foetus to regain youth n stuff... Yucks...

Cooked our 'last dinner' in DXB together... Yummy... Tmr R&R till we leave for the airport at 8+... Should be reaching SIN ard 2+ pm. Quite dry huh, duno wat to type liao... waiting for them to watch dvd again....

It's Your Turn Too, Shir!!!!

She's always teasing us for being older, when my bday is just like 2 days earlier than hers... so, welcome to the club! Ha!

Last nite all of us cooped together in Tek's room to watch the thai horror movie 'Alone' while waiting for 12 midnight. The show was about a pair of Siamese twins who later got separated and 1 of them died and yada yada yada... not a very scary show but its nice to watch together... I mean, how often do you have time to watch dvd together nowadays?

Anywayz, Tek cooked Dukbokki (Korean ricecake) for our lunch.. its nice but quite spicy.. Then we went in search for Spice Souk to buy dates (which is the famous local product here btw) but it was a disappointment... Proceeded to Spring Bamboo, a Chinese restaurant, for dinner. Food was not bad, service ain't that good though. Chilled at this Holland-V alike place after that and then cut her cake from Baskin Robbins at home.. Nice cake but v jelat... n looks like shit haha!

Later gonna watch dvd again... 2 more days to home... Suddenly I feel my 16 days here are so short. Hmmm... Post vacation blues beginning.... Cham...

p.s. Have loads of photos but gotta give me sometime to upload =p

26th Birthday, Dubai Style

Actually did nothing much lah, just wanted to make the title more seh, or rather I can't think of any thing heh... Spent my day at Mamzar Beach - have to pay 5 dirhams to enter. Not too bad, clean sand and sea but I very much prefer Jumeirah Beach.

Then went back to the apartment and prepared for the nite. Had Italian food for dinner.. its mushroom soup was nice! Had seafood spaghetti as usual... Yumms! Then we went to this chillout place at Jumeirah Hotel named 360 (deg)... Kindda special coz we were 'chaffeured' to the spot via a buggy. Cool place with nice house music... a little like Cafe Del Mar... V v cold though, coz it was by the sea but the night view was magnificent...From our table, it was Jumeirah Hotel on the left and Burj Al Arab on the right. Only bummer was we weren't allowed to bring my cake in, so we cut it back at home instead.

So that was it, my simple and nice little birthday celebration... Thank youuuu for all the birthday sms-es and wishes, sorry I couldn't reply to you yah...

Tomorrow or rather later's gonna be another bday celebration, for Shir. 4 more days to home....

DXB Day 9, 10 & 11

We went to Wild Wadi!!... Its entrance, that is haha... It cost 180 dirhams (S$80) each to enter!! Couldn't bring ourselves to pay that kind of money for things which are basically the same as the long-defunct Fantasy Island, and the only highlight was the 7-storey slide. In the end we sua-ed to Jumeirah Beach... The sea was so green and clear (but ultra salty) and sand was v clean n fine! The seabed was pretty high though - we ventured quite far out, which I seldom do so, and I could still have my feet on the sand. Nice weather, clear sea, clean sand, the Burj Al Arab was in sight.... My Heaven (beach).... had Yong Ji's Roast Goose which Tek brought back from Hong Kong for dinner... Yummm!!

Day 10 was all about the Desert Safari. Brought a few airsick bags that we goped from the airplane, just in case heh... Our guide drove us through the high sand dunes - up and down, up n down, not recommended for weak stomachs coz it was really bumpy! Ming turned quite green haha... Sand was reddish and fine and the whole landscape looked amazing, especially with the sunset which was right in sight. We were then brought to a campsite for a short camel ride and dinner and were entertained by a belly-dancer. Boy was it chilly at the desert at nite...

Finally visited Burj Al Arab aka The Sail, the only 7-star hotel in the world! Place was pretty majestic and security was very tight. Had to book our breakfast in advance, and the booking confirmation had to be checked by the guard at the gate. No phototaking in the restaurant... Our Continental breakfast wasn't really worth the price though, which btw was 220 dirhams (S$100) each... Most ex breakfast in my life! Served in individual portions, it was just normal stuff like bread, cocktail sandwiches, eggs, fruits, muesli, etc... The tea-set, cutlery and other misc items were quite exquisite and detailed.. To me its the experience that counts ba.. Ambience was great and service was good too.. Looks stressful to work there I think..

Had steamboat for dinner... too lazy to go anywhere else after the super full meal ha... 'Later' is gonna be quite a long day coz we are going to many places and most importantly, to celebrate the mark of Yours Truly's 26th year of existence!! Heh heh... =p

Day 8 in Dubai...

Today is super R&R day... stayed at home the whole day.

B drove us up to Abu Dhabi yesterday.. long drive, took around 3hrs... its supposed to be the capital of UAE, but it seems to me that Dubai is more capital-like though. We stopped at the Marina Mall, had our lunch cum tea at a cafe, walked around a bit then drive off again. Drove past Emirates Palace Hotel and to our pleasant surprise we could actually go in and take pictures. The place was so huge, royale and grand!!! V golden too... all the fittings, lightings and stuff were yellow-gold in colour. The garden area was v big too... could have explored more, if not for this irritating guard who came and shushed us in - "Kuikly kuikly" (Quickly quickly).. After that it was a near 4hrs drive back, coz of the jam. Btw, jams are so common in DXB and it can be real horrible... Then, all of us helped to cook with B as the Exec Chef at the helm and us as his assistants (I stir-fried 3 dishes!).. so nice and homely to cook together, then eat and talk at the table after that =)

This morning, we decided not to go anywhere after the long drives yesterday and also coz today is a weekend, so everywhere will be damn crowded n jammed - Friday is the weekend in DXB while Saturdays and Sundays are normal working days. Me, B and Ming went for a tan at the swimming pool at the roof top. Shir cooked us lunch, and then its dvd-ing all the way. Paused for dinner that B and Ming cooked, and then 3 of us are huddled in Tek's room watching some silly show. Tek is away on flight and Shir is going on one later - we basically entertain ourselves when they are away working.

Caught some fireworks just now!! 2nd Dec is UAE's National Day, so we can expect more fireworks these few days. Buildings here are all not very high except for those in the business district, so we can actually have a far view of it from our building.

Tmr we are going to Wild Wadi, which is a Fantasy Island-alike water theme park.

Back to the silly show now...