We had lobsters again today!! And it was really awesome.. The meat is so sweet and chewy.. argh can die.. I swear upon the square neon pink moon that you have NOT eaten seafood until you have eaten seafood in the beach in the middle of Vietnam. We visited Quang Ngai town today and went to the market. There is like a million things to see la.. very interesting.
oo.. and i finally went in the sea today after the bloody visit that mother nature has imposed on all females in the world has ceased. and it was really cool..Its like a huge swimming pool with waves ( crappy.. that IS the sea. nothing too poetic bout TAT)somehow its not as beautiful as redang or lang tengah or perhentian but it has its charm. I bet my mum will love it here man..
Random : I have received really nice compliments from the locals here in Vietnam bout my height.. apparently they dun think that my height is freakish.. They say that i look like model/actress la.. Waliao eh can fly la!Some random guy even wanted to take a picture with me.. creepy but damn flattering.. In the land where i have always felt like an overgrown clod, its nice to feel 'pretty' tall. Gam En ( Thank you) Vietnamese ppl for making me feel pretty without taking into consideration my alien-ish height.. ( ahaks emo sial)
Anyhoo- Hanoi tomorrow! and i cannot wait.. i miss my frozen yogurt.. i think i want to try mint!
PS : I know i sound like a travelling ceeder rather than a workin one according to Alvin.. I promise the ancient AIESEC Gods ( ok this is not brand aligned.. disclaimer ah) that i will work my butt off in the next 3 to 4 weeks.. of course i am dying to go to halong bay.. Anyone??
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Quang Ngai - day 1
Trang had to leave for Hanoi today :( as there is no flight back to Hanoi on Sunday and she cannot skip another Jap class ( YES she is Jap literate.. cool rite?) I decided to stay on with her family to visit Quang Ngai. According to Trang it has a even awesomer beach than Danang. That alone is enough to make me stay on. On the way to the airport we stopped by at the local market.. I loved being at the local market cos you can get a glimpse of local life.. I like :) After sending Trang off, we drove TWO and A HALF HOURS to Quang Ngai. But really its cool cos we passsed by many villages and the things to see is endless that i couldn't sleep.. Read : Carmen cannot sleep.. that alone is enough to justify how awesome the view was.. Example of awesomeness : We were stuck in a traffic jam behind a herd of cows.. You will never experience that in KL or Singapore la!! I saw farmers using all kinds of traditional tools to farm.
So after we reached Quang Ngai, we went down to serious business! FOOD!! Its seriously crazy la! we had KING CRABS!! Not only does it have the furry thingy to justify its kingliness its HUMONGOUS!! super besar celaka babi! Its like the babi of all crabs la.. Food was awesome as usual but in abundance as usual as well. Random note : had a humongous lunch as well .. Had this kinda abalonish shellfish and loads of other stuff. ( There goes my diet man.. 000 random note 2 : I think Danang and Quang Ngai is making me start to actually like seafood.. horrors)
So we ate till the sun set and the moon shines upon the ocean ( that was trully a beautiful sight) oo as for the beach, i kinda prefer Danang as its cleaner (less rubbish that is) but that is just my first impression. Let me try it out and will comment boutit agian tomorrow.. I shall now continue to pay attention to Minh about the history of Vietnam.. he is teaching me Vietnamese too.. lalala
So after we reached Quang Ngai, we went down to serious business! FOOD!! Its seriously crazy la! we had KING CRABS!! Not only does it have the furry thingy to justify its kingliness its HUMONGOUS!! super besar celaka babi! Its like the babi of all crabs la.. Food was awesome as usual but in abundance as usual as well. Random note : had a humongous lunch as well .. Had this kinda abalonish shellfish and loads of other stuff. ( There goes my diet man.. 000 random note 2 : I think Danang and Quang Ngai is making me start to actually like seafood.. horrors)
So we ate till the sun set and the moon shines upon the ocean ( that was trully a beautiful sight) oo as for the beach, i kinda prefer Danang as its cleaner (less rubbish that is) but that is just my first impression. Let me try it out and will comment boutit agian tomorrow.. I shall now continue to pay attention to Minh about the history of Vietnam.. he is teaching me Vietnamese too.. lalala
Danang - day 2 and a half
The plan today was to visit the mountains.. Specifically bana.. So me and Trang tumpang-ed ppl's bus to Bana which was roughly 30 minutes away from Danang. Took a cabel car to the mountains ( which in my opinion was pretty ex.. but according to Trang its a new thing in Vietnam so the money is justified.. mm telan je la.. ) The mountains i swear is super beautifully AWESOME!! It's like a less developed , more natural, more rustic, colder and windier version of Genting.. Argh i am missing it already.. There was ONE and only ONE resort with rather beautiful lansdcaping and a temple.. That is IT! for now.. The view from up there combined with the chiiling wind is honestly breathe taking.. A place you MUST visit if you go to Danang. They are actually developing the area and I'm praying real hard to the purple monkeys that it will turn out more Cameron than Genting.. According to Trang, the French found out about the awesome mountains and the awesome weather up there and built some villas. Would love to catch a glimpse of the ancient villas .. Too bad the bus of ppl we tumpang-ed had to return to Danang for lunch. So we were only up there for a grand total of ONE hour. CELAKA.. but i would say that i am fortunate enough to be able to have been up there before..i super LOVE that place a lot, a lot , times one thousand hundred million times. Had a mild heart attack again when the guard at the cabel station won't allow us to leave with our party due to overload. And the next 'thingy(for the lack of words)' down is 90 minutes away.. Celaka babi how to balik to Danang la?? flying pigs?(random note : i seriously dunno how come there are 'shifts' for the cabel to run.. i tot it should be running continuously? one go up and one go down.. mebbe i am just too used to Gentings) lucky that Trang had amazing negotiation skills like her mum that we managed to sneak our way in.. fooosh..
Later in the evening it was the beach again.. its really a crazy weird real natural scientific -ish phenomena that the sea is crystal clear blue in the the afternoon but a kind of dirty green in the evening.. Ish identity crisis la this Danang beach nie.. ish ish.. but seriously its an awesome beach to give it justice (pics on facebook). not as awesome as the pulaus in the north east of semenanjung malaysia but i guess its rather a good compensation for me not bing able to visit the islands this year.
Lepaked at the beach at night. I love the beach at night!! makes it really intriguing and mysterious. Argh i love the beach!
Conclusion of the day.. love the beach love the mountains.. I am in heaven!! jangan jealous!
Later in the evening it was the beach again.. its really a crazy weird real natural scientific -ish phenomena that the sea is crystal clear blue in the the afternoon but a kind of dirty green in the evening.. Ish identity crisis la this Danang beach nie.. ish ish.. but seriously its an awesome beach to give it justice (pics on facebook). not as awesome as the pulaus in the north east of semenanjung malaysia but i guess its rather a good compensation for me not bing able to visit the islands this year.
Lepaked at the beach at night. I love the beach at night!! makes it really intriguing and mysterious. Argh i love the beach!
Conclusion of the day.. love the beach love the mountains.. I am in heaven!! jangan jealous!
Danang - day 1 and a 1/2
Woke up at the crack of dawn ( and i seriously mean crack, not a hole , a tear ,etc.. its the CRACK of dawn) --> translation --> uber babi early and prepared to go to My Son (ancient sites of Hindu inspired temples) Took an hour drive from Danang beach to get there.
I could see many a interesting sight as we passed by the smaller villages and you can catch a glimpse of life at the countryside. Saw some lakes with blooming lotus, passed by a funeral, saw cows ploughing the paddy fields, saw a village celebration and much more that is beyond word-ly description.
As for My Son, It was really interesting as you get to see all kinds of interesting structures, The most interesting thing for me is that 70% of its Buddha statues are headless.. Makes you wonder where in the world did the heads go? Did a very strong dog bit it off, or that they put in a steel rod into the heads when sculpting so that when lightning strikes,it strikes the head? Or its just the entrepeneurial spirit where they knock it off to sell and gain profit ( economics 101) I am betting a thousand million percent on human nature ! wanna take a bet??
We then headed back to the beach for lunch. ( Note : There is no mentioning about shopping here.. y? cos i didn't la!! FASTER CLAP HANDS!!)
Lunch was as interesting as a AVRIL concert i tell you.. We had LOBSTER.. Celaka its damn big la..
And what they do? They first 'MILK' it (Note : they drink the 'milk' Trang's father offered me some but no way in the land of flying blue neon blinking pigs will i drink it la) They then had sashimi lobster( which was by the way decorated VERY nicely-- pictures on facebook:P) The hotpot lobster ( steamboat in Singapore and Malaysian terms) super uber duper babi interesting la..
ooo later there is nothing else to do but to chill at the beach.. so windy so relaxing!! ARGH!
I could see many a interesting sight as we passed by the smaller villages and you can catch a glimpse of life at the countryside. Saw some lakes with blooming lotus, passed by a funeral, saw cows ploughing the paddy fields, saw a village celebration and much more that is beyond word-ly description.
As for My Son, It was really interesting as you get to see all kinds of interesting structures, The most interesting thing for me is that 70% of its Buddha statues are headless.. Makes you wonder where in the world did the heads go? Did a very strong dog bit it off, or that they put in a steel rod into the heads when sculpting so that when lightning strikes,it strikes the head? Or its just the entrepeneurial spirit where they knock it off to sell and gain profit ( economics 101) I am betting a thousand million percent on human nature ! wanna take a bet??
We then headed back to the beach for lunch. ( Note : There is no mentioning about shopping here.. y? cos i didn't la!! FASTER CLAP HANDS!!)
Lunch was as interesting as a AVRIL concert i tell you.. We had LOBSTER.. Celaka its damn big la..
And what they do? They first 'MILK' it (Note : they drink the 'milk' Trang's father offered me some but no way in the land of flying blue neon blinking pigs will i drink it la) They then had sashimi lobster( which was by the way decorated VERY nicely-- pictures on facebook:P) The hotpot lobster ( steamboat in Singapore and Malaysian terms) super uber duper babi interesting la..
ooo later there is nothing else to do but to chill at the beach.. so windy so relaxing!! ARGH!
Danang - day 1/2
We arrived at awesome awesome Danang yesterday around 4. The view of Danang from the plane?? Heaven!!
But before we approached heaven, I nearly had a heart attack and went to the 'real' heaven.. Minh, my host brother wasn't allowed on board initially due to the lack of identification until the very very last minute( so last minute that i tot the plane is going to leave us!) I nearly died of anxiety la thinking we had to head back to Hanoi and miss the flight. Thank my lucky stars, moons, pigs, monkeys and whatever lucky beings that my host mother has awesome negotiation skills. We were allowed on board.. fooooish.. sigh of relief sial..
And off we flew to beautiful danang. We headed to the beach the moment we could relieve ourselves of our luggage.. the beach is nice. loooooong, blue with white sand. rather crowded though. There were vendors EVERYWHERE and you could just about get anything .
Had a humongous seafood dinner which was delicioud with a capital D. And that awesome meal was the end of day 1/2..
But before we approached heaven, I nearly had a heart attack and went to the 'real' heaven.. Minh, my host brother wasn't allowed on board initially due to the lack of identification until the very very last minute( so last minute that i tot the plane is going to leave us!) I nearly died of anxiety la thinking we had to head back to Hanoi and miss the flight. Thank my lucky stars, moons, pigs, monkeys and whatever lucky beings that my host mother has awesome negotiation skills. We were allowed on board.. fooooish.. sigh of relief sial..
And off we flew to beautiful danang. We headed to the beach the moment we could relieve ourselves of our luggage.. the beach is nice. loooooong, blue with white sand. rather crowded though. There were vendors EVERYWHERE and you could just about get anything .
Had a humongous seafood dinner which was delicioud with a capital D. And that awesome meal was the end of day 1/2..
Hanoi - day 9
Random facts
1. I ate SILK WORMS today! ok so its fried .. but so wat its still silk worms
2. Watermelons here are longish and not roundish
3. Oranges here are GREEN
4. The fishes sold in the market are so fresh that they are still swimming around.
5. Motor-ing on a rainy day is scary esp if you have even a speck of white on you.
Had my first company meeting today! And the first thing that occured to me was ---> awesome my first company meeting EVER is going to be in VIETNAMESE.. WTH! baguslah.. good game.
Luckily for me , Vinh ( the other AIESECer that I went with ) directed and translated some questions to me and I had a chance to speak. The outcome of the meeting was pretty good. They were interested in taking 4 interns, willing to sponsor aiesec hanoi room for trainings and were interested in being our partner! AWESOMENESS!! Go figure !
YAY my first company meeting - i declare a success.. i shall take it as a good omen for my future company meetings to come =p
Danang bay in less than an hour... ooooosh!!
1. I ate SILK WORMS today! ok so its fried .. but so wat its still silk worms
2. Watermelons here are longish and not roundish
3. Oranges here are GREEN
4. The fishes sold in the market are so fresh that they are still swimming around.
5. Motor-ing on a rainy day is scary esp if you have even a speck of white on you.
Had my first company meeting today! And the first thing that occured to me was ---> awesome my first company meeting EVER is going to be in VIETNAMESE.. WTH! baguslah.. good game.
Luckily for me , Vinh ( the other AIESECer that I went with ) directed and translated some questions to me and I had a chance to speak. The outcome of the meeting was pretty good. They were interested in taking 4 interns, willing to sponsor aiesec hanoi room for trainings and were interested in being our partner! AWESOMENESS!! Go figure !
YAY my first company meeting - i declare a success.. i shall take it as a good omen for my future company meetings to come =p
Danang bay in less than an hour... ooooosh!!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Hanoi - day 7& 8
ARGH!!! i am addicted to frozen yogurt!!
I had two yesterday and one today!!
ooo brace urself for this.. u will never ever be able to guess wat flavour i had yesterday!
jeng jeng jeng.
I had durian!!! Yah man durian frozen yogurt!!!!!! can u imagine??? damn nice la seriously :D
my side goal while i am in hanoi is to -----> try all the flavours for the frozen yogurt!
What i have had : strawberry, grape, mango, durian , some vietnamese fruit which i forgot the name :P NICE!!
So what have i done this two days?? nothing much actually.. doing some aiesec work at the house, eating..(ooo btw, trang made some vietnamese spring rolls for yesterday's dinner and it was fantastic!! according to trang , its normally made for special occasion.. in this case - ME!! so honoured sia!)
went to the aiesec office today.. really nice seriously.. its in an office.. ahhahah.. too bad no internet connection.. and bloody hell it was raining today.. have u tried siting on a motorbike after the rain where the traffic is a million times crazier than normal and some streets were flooded?? Well i have.. that totally contributes to hanoi-ising me la!! status : 30 % hanoi-an :P
OOoo.. i realised that i can apply for a grant for my envision conference in taiwan :D cool cool cool awesome! i hope we get the grant.. mebbe i should apply for grant from sao too.. mmmmm macam mana macam mana??
I super need to get my application done by today!!
y??
I have one company meeting tomorrow at 9 and also a flight to catch at 12 to DANANG!!! LALALALA.. tak sabar.. tomorrow is super damn exciting la!! cannot wait!!
so if i dun update tomorrow.. it means that i am off and flying away to heavenly DANANG BAY! and i won't be back till Sunday! Jangan jealous yer.. :D :D :D :p
I had two yesterday and one today!!
ooo brace urself for this.. u will never ever be able to guess wat flavour i had yesterday!
jeng jeng jeng.
I had durian!!! Yah man durian frozen yogurt!!!!!! can u imagine??? damn nice la seriously :D
my side goal while i am in hanoi is to -----> try all the flavours for the frozen yogurt!
What i have had : strawberry, grape, mango, durian , some vietnamese fruit which i forgot the name :P NICE!!
So what have i done this two days?? nothing much actually.. doing some aiesec work at the house, eating..(ooo btw, trang made some vietnamese spring rolls for yesterday's dinner and it was fantastic!! according to trang , its normally made for special occasion.. in this case - ME!! so honoured sia!)
went to the aiesec office today.. really nice seriously.. its in an office.. ahhahah.. too bad no internet connection.. and bloody hell it was raining today.. have u tried siting on a motorbike after the rain where the traffic is a million times crazier than normal and some streets were flooded?? Well i have.. that totally contributes to hanoi-ising me la!! status : 30 % hanoi-an :P
OOoo.. i realised that i can apply for a grant for my envision conference in taiwan :D cool cool cool awesome! i hope we get the grant.. mebbe i should apply for grant from sao too.. mmmmm macam mana macam mana??
I super need to get my application done by today!!
y??
I have one company meeting tomorrow at 9 and also a flight to catch at 12 to DANANG!!! LALALALA.. tak sabar.. tomorrow is super damn exciting la!! cannot wait!!
so if i dun update tomorrow.. it means that i am off and flying away to heavenly DANANG BAY! and i won't be back till Sunday! Jangan jealous yer.. :D :D :D :p
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