Iran from the air

After staying for 8 hours at beautiful Doha, we setted off to the airport once again to fly to Tehran, the capital of Iran. Tehran is also a beautiful and I still have lots of fond memories of there.

As per what we thought it to be, Iran seems like a place of deserts and sands.

But we caught this amazing sight of snowy mountains~ These mountains were tall and they were all capped with snow.

Look at this one! It's so tall that it is poking into the clouds. Again, it is a snow capped mountain.

We arrived at Tehran after about 2 hours flight from Doha. We got stuck in the airport for awhile because the 3 non-singaporeans were stuck in there doing the visas. -_-"

And the Iranians were very pekcek with us at the customs because the custom officers took a bloody long time to check our passports. I think they are not used to having non-Iranians visitors ba. I mean who in the right mind will go Iran for tour? So we waited for a long time in the airport.. zzzzzz....

Finally.. we arrived at Tehran and this is what we saw when we exit from the main doors of the aiport.Snowy land!

Most of us who are seeing snow for the first time were very happy to see this the first thing we step onto Iran's ground. yay~ Snowy land! Beautiful yah? Who would expect to see snow in a place like Iran?

Beautiful Doha

This entry will be an eye opening experience for you guys if you haven't visit middle east before.

10.02.08 (1+am) - Yay.. we are setting off to Doha for transit.

Group photo but not everyone here is going Iran lah~ Hahaha.. Alot of them were family and friends here to send us off. Especially the 2 malay guys. They got many supporters sia!

Me: Hmm.. what should I order?

YH: Say Cheese~

hahahah what a stupid photo lor. It was taken inside Changi Airport.

10.02.08 - We arrived at Doha at about 7am Doha's time. It was a beautiful morning and Doha greeted us with a smile~ Doha is BEAUTIFUL!

Hello Doha!!

YH!!!! I want to kiss you!! But YH don't want to let me kiss her.

They are mad~ hahaha!! From left, Nizar, Nai ba, Jiang da and Kanglong.

Look at their number plate! Can you translate the numbers into their writing?

We waited for some time for the Movenpick coach to come pick us up to its hotel. Movenpick hotel was situated in somewhere like our CBD area. The buildings in their 'CBD area' were beatiful and glistening. They reflected onto the mirror like, crystal clear lake and the whole scene blown us away! We were like,"waaaaa....."

WELCOME TO DOHA!!!! Look at the beautiful lake! It reflected the modern buildings like a mirror~ The CBD area is still under construction because I can see that 70% of the buildings are still building. I think that after the construction is completed, the whole place will shine like a golden city~

The sunshine was warm and the weather was cool, the sea was crystal clear, the roads were clean and the people were nice!

Closer look on the CBD area under construction.

Beautiful Movenpick Hotel

I am here, can you see me????

YH taking photo of the hotel.

This is the lobby. Although this hotel is small. It is super luxurious. Apparently, the Doha people has got very high living standards.

The beds are super comfortable! It's those kind of bed that you will fall asleep in even though you are not tired. It is THAT comfy. The pillow is very puffy and soft that your head practically sinks into it. I love the bed! I want to buy that puffy pillow! Too bad I didn't sleep on the bed.. I only lied down for awhile because I spent alot of time exploring this hotel and Doha.

The kitchenette~ In every room, there is a little kitchen with this electronic stove and basin.

In every room, there is also a HDTV. Woot~ Even in SG hotel, alot are still using those normal CTV lor but this Doha hotel has got HDTV in all rooms~ Sooo cool.. That is Falzi posing with the TV.

After checking out the room, let's check out the other parts of the hotel like... the swimming pool! It's an indoor swimming pool on the 26th floor

Is this beautiful or what?? Hahaha, some people commented that this pool is prettier than even the Shangri-la hotel pool in SG.

Another view of the pool. Wish I got my swimming costumes sia~!

Lying by the pool. That is the Arabian Gulf outside the window. Nice view. Awww.. So lovely!

The view below, Arabian Gulf. Never do I ever ever imagine Doha to be so beautiful. To me, middle east is dusty and sandy like a desert.

Another view of the blue blue sea.

After visiting the swimming pool, me and YH decided to go for a dip in the Jacuzzi.

The jacuzzi was also on the 26th floor and it also faces the sea. The pic above was taken by someone else in the men's jacuzzi. I did took a photo in the lady's jacuzzi but i think this one is nicer. Anyway both the jacuzzis are the same.

This is life~ So comfy... This was taken before I dipped into the jacuzzi.

After the jacuzzi, we went to try out the steambath and the sauna also but we stayed less than 5 minutes in both of them because we cannot stand the heat. hahaha.. I never tried steambath before and the steam almost suffocated the both of us.

After the jacuzzi, sauna and steambath, we were feeling like princesses sitting on this golden couch.

After all that fun, drinking orange juice was pradise~

Having tea and cookie was paradise to YH too.

Like I said, the living standards in Doha is high.

YH: The cakes like not bad leh.

Me: Check out the price la.

YH: Ok.. hmm it's Qatar26.. divide by 3.64 to be USD and times 1.4 to be SGD.....$10 lor..

Me: SURE OR NOT? Where got so ex one?? Let me calculate.. *press press my hp* Wah lau, really is $10 lor. What the hell.

A slice of cake in Singapore's hotel is about $7 only..

Super ex. Lucky our drinks were complimentary.

We did go out of the hotel for a walk after our high tea but like I said, everything was under construction so I did not take many photos and anyway we didn't dare to wander too far. If Ang finds out. She will kill us.

But according to Nai ba and Li lao shi, they walked to the seaside and the water was very clean and cool. Aww... must be a very nice place to swim.

Beautiful Doha. An eye opener for me. Maybe you might want to visit Doha a few years later. I believe it will be even more beautiful.

N82

I almost forgot to announce that I have bought my phone!!! Yay~ So happy lor. I bought it last week on 28.02.08. It is an N82 from Nokia. After much research and consideration, I decided to buy N82 instead of my initial N95. The reasons are:


- N82 got lens cover but N95 don't have. Once the lens is scratched, the camera is gone.
- N82 has got Xenon flash but N95 got normal flash. Xenon flash are stronger and can spread the light further than N95.
- N82 and N95 has got almost the same functions, both cameras are 5mp.
- N82 is cheaper by $70
- N82 is not a slider, reduced the chances of having a spoilt slider (spoilt sliders are very ex to change)
- I dunno what the N95 package includes but N82 package has got ear piece, usb cable, TV output cable, 2gb memory card.


However, N82 has got only 2gb memory while N95 has got 8gb but that is ok because I don't store mp3 or games in the phone. I already got a mp3 player anyway.


My N82 is white colour and it has got a metallic surface. 2 year contract is $598 and with the $100 voucher, I paid $498 for it.


Pretty? hahah.. my god.. its nice lor.

Valentine's Day Present

I want to blog on my Iran trip but it is a massive mega entry and I am spending time to edit the photos. So that entry will come in later. Meanwhile, I just want to blog this Valentine's present I recieved. This is the only Valentine's present I recieved this year lor.

A pink rose! It's my favourite colour some more. Though it is not an expensive present, I think it is a sincere gift. This rose was hand made from a long pink ribbon and according to the giver, it took a long time to make because the material of the ribbon is very slippery.

I think it is very well made and very pretty. Don't you think so? Aww...

Bad Mood

I don't know why but I seems to be always in a bad mood. I know it's bad to keep having bad moods and think of bad things. Unfortunately, my brain is so full of bad things. I think they are clogging up my brain nerves and hence I cannot think properly.

Why is it that other people can live happily and not think so much?

Again I know that many people told me not to think too much but it is not something I can control. Sometimes I wonder if it's the brain that is controlling me or me controlling my brain.

It seems apparent to me now that all these times, my brain is controlling me. My brain want to bring out the unhappy thoughts, I cannot stop it. I wish I can just take out my brain, put it on the table and use a scissors to cut out all the unhappy memories. Since I don't know what is making me unhappy, I will cut out everything lor!

Haiz.. I think I am a burden to everyone around me....

I am back again~

I am back in Singapore in one whole piece. :)

First thing first, I want to declare that I will blog whatever I want in my blog and type whatever I want to type. Nobody will affect my decision on what to type so don't tell me what to do... If not happy then don't read lor. I didn't force you.

(recieved some nonsense msg on what to type in my blog so I think I should declare this.)

I haven't got time to do up the pictures yet cuz the internet at home is down. (dammit) So I am just writing something here first to let you guys know that I am back safely.

How was the trip? You might ask.

I want to tell everyone that it was FABULOUS!

Many will think that Iran is a war torn country and there is probably nothing much to see but that is SO SO WRONG! Iran is really a beautiful place. It looks like Turkey or Persia. The people there are fair skinned and has got dark features. In fact we agreed that the women there are very pretty. They got big round eyes and deep features. The guys are cute also. You will know what I mean if you see the photos.

We visited the snow mountain. It was SO BEAUTIFUL! It's the first time in my life to see snow and it was snowing so hard that the snow flakes were pratically hitting my face. If I stand outside, I will be covered in snow in about 2 minutes. Everyone was ecstatic to see snow and all went mad. QY went mad and threw snowballs at everyone. YH told me that she doesn't want to go back to Singapore le. She want to stay in that snow mountain forever. Hahaha.. I miss that snow mountain. So pretty... breathtakingly pretty. I didn't really walk on the thick snow cuz my shoes will get wet but I saw QY they all stomping and keep falling down the the fluffy soft, knee-deep snow. So fun~

Overall, this performance trip was better than the Indonesia and Taiwan trip. The Taiwan trip we didn't even get to go out much and there is nothing surprising to see in TW. For the Indonesia trip, we spent most of the time performing...

Think I will take some time before I can blog the photos because I am waiting for the photos from other people. They have got more photos and I didn't take any photos for first 3 days. Hopefully by this week I can get the photos.

Bye Bye Everyone!

In about 3 hours, I will be going to the airport! Then I will be taking an 8 hours flight to Doha which we will wait for another 8 hours to transit. Will you miss me when I am gone? Hee Hee...

I won't be updating for another 8 days or so~ And Chua told us not to take photos on the streets of Iran so no choice. I will take photos of the theatre then... We were not allowed to wander about on the streets alone too.. Don't think we will get to go out much.

See u guys in another week lor!

CNY Questions

Just saw BX blog about relative's questionings. I got alot of those also leh.. hahaha... But hor, I very atittude. Every year ask the same questions not sian meh?

1) If they ask about career, I will give them my namecard.

2) If they ask about bf, this year I got new answer,"Erm, I got 4 bfs, which one you refer to?"
My aunt answered me,"That one lor.."
I replied,"I treat them all the same, you want to see which one I bring let you see lor..."

hahaha..

Think most of the times, my relatives will leave me alone. They will ask me when I am performing etc but I never see them come watch so I dunno why they ask me. :P

Last Minute Cancellation

Have I ever mention this in my blog before? I think so. I think I did.

Yday, I was having the conversation at home with my parents. (Dammit, reached home at 12+am yday, rehearse till almost 11pm and went to take winter clothes from Susan) My mum was saying that my aunt is not coming to our place for reunion dinner tomorrow.

Me: What?! (Apparently my father already knows about it cuz he got no reaction)

Mum: Cuz your uncle need to work so they can't come.

Me: But we already bought all the ingredients. If they dun wanna come then they should inform us earlier or at least they should come without uncle. How can last minute cancel?

Father: Yah la, we bought so many things and plan that day to rush home and cook. If I know they not coming we can go out eat. Now too late to book at any restaurants.

Me: So what was your reaction when they told you they not coming? Did you give them a good thrashing and tell them don't do such stupid things again?

Mum: No la..

Father: Your mum won't do this kind of thing. I will scold them when I see them.

Me: Wah lau.. Lao ma, if I were you, I would have said something like,"What the hell?! You think you can just say you want to come then come and want to cancel just cancel? You make me buy all the things to prepare for the day and now you are telling me this? You'd better come or you DIE!"

Heck it's CNY, I will still curse.

Father: Your mum won't say that kind of thing. She will just say," ok lor.. nvm lor."

-_-"

Apparently, I am not like my mum. I think I behave more like my father.

Me: I won't easily let them off like that without a good scolding lor.

Mum: Ya, I still remember that time you gave Tian a good thrash when she last minute say she can't meet you. hahah so funny.

Haiz.. I cannot tolerate people who last minute cancel appointments. I already prepared and save the time slot for you and you say you don't wanna come? I will scold that person upside down lor. I know of a few people around me who are like that so sometimes I let them taste their own medicine.

Stupid May also say wanna go GZ with me in the end she never go. I also very pekcek but since she forfeited her air ticket money, I let her off. Bala also last minute don't wanna go GZ. For him I got give a good thrashing lor but Bala is stubborn. Think he will remain like that.

That reminded me of the topic of empty promises. I think if you can't do it then don't say it. All talk no actions, what kind of loser is that?! Especially MEN. They like to talk all kinds of nonsense which they don't intend to do. Then after some time, they will remove the mask on their faces and show you what kind of shit they actually are behind those sweet talks.

Oh yah, ESPECIALLY TAIWANESE. They are good at that. All talk no actions. Like I said before. What kind of government will raise what kind of citizens. Look at Taiwan gov. Sucks lor, all talk only. So the citizens are the same. They followed the example of their government.

So now, I don't believe in anything a men or a taiwanese said. It's all crap.

Disclaimer: Don't try to flame me if there are Taiwan fans reading this. It's my personal view on things. Don't need to try to correct me or declare your love for Taiwan. Thanks!

Lousy Day

Today has been a lousy day. I don't know why but I have been quite unahppy today. Maybe it's because something not that nice happened that it reminded me of another which made me unhappy and it again linked to another unhappy thought.

I think my unhappy memories are like nodes connected to each other. One unhappy node is connected to 5 other unhappy nodes. Once one unhappy node is activated, it will activate another 5 unhappy nodes and so on. So now, I feel very unhappy cuz all my unhappy nodes have been activated.

Haiz.. once again, I wish I am better off dead than handling all these things.

I am going to Iran this Saturday, a total of 10 hours flight plus 8 hours transit. I think I will be so dead tired by the time I reach there.

Many people have warned me that Iran is dangerous and there are terrorists etc but I fuck care lah. If I am destined to die there then just die there lor. Everything is destined mah and I doubt if anything will happen to me. Normally people wish to have long life will die early while those who want to die will have a long life. I think I will have a long life lor. Hahaha~So apparently I am going to have a safe journey.