Year 2011 Part One

Year 2011 is now the past. Last year was an average one for me.
Let me sum up my year 2011 with pictures!

I had my last semester of school. I remembered being really uptight because of my FYP. All I can think of what I was busy with from Jan to Apr 2011 is FYP.






Our FYP meeting room. The room where we had alot of memories of Prof making us learn... in a harsh way. Lols. To say the truth, I had a tough time coping with his remarks. Sad hor! I wanna say, Science really doesn't make sense to me! Haha! My FYP report was 97-page long and it took me alot of energy and time. Omg. Can't imagine how I survived FYP.







Taken in 2011. Me in NTU shuttle bus.








We were in our final year, Year 4 and we were so tired of any usual brand of coffee or tea to keep us awake. Hence, Simba bought these expensive teas from our school's 7-11 for us to keep us from sleeping during lectures.







CNY 2011.












2011 was also the rabbit year, our year!








Valentines 2011.
Simba's gift for me: A polaroid camera.





I remembered being extremely happy that day as we were about to ride the bum boat like tourists! It was on the 12th Feb 2011 that we went out as CNY falls on the 14th! And on the 13th, I need to go to grandma's to have reunion dinner.






In the bum boat.












My valentines' gift for him was a Audio Technica earpiece.

From Universal Studios (29th May 2011)

29th May 2011. I have finished exams!
My 1st time to USS on my 3rd year anniversary with Jun Wen! Love it. I was so thrilled!

From Universal Studios (29th May 2011)

From Universal Studios (29th May 2011)

From Universal Studios (29th May 2011)

From Universal Studios (29th May 2011)

From Universal Studios (29th May 2011)

So cute! Made me feel like going once more to USS!




I went travelling too. Went to Hainan Island for distant relatives visiting!
Cousin and I in uncle's van in Hainan!



Hainan cousins.



Cute Hainan cousin.



Remembered their houses to be so museum-like. Everything looks so vintage!



The chickens in the kampong.











Remembered the Initial-D road. Lol. The road that is narrow and has many speeding and drifting vehicles.


Remembered the mobile photo wedding studio.






My 1st time to a plantation. Cool!






Continue with Part Two soon. I'm feeling so exhausted now!
My list of things-to-do in 2012:

1. Braces. No more excuses to keep myself from getting my teeth straighter and healthier.
2. Sessions of Diamond Peel. I heard it is really good! (5 sessions will cost $400. Omg!)
3. Increase no of times to go to the gym. Sad to say, I have gained about 3kg ever since I started working. I used to boast that I have never really gained much weight since poly. Somehow, when I looked at myself in the mirror, I really didn't see much difference. Lol. But when I stepped on the weighing machine in the gym every week, I still see the heavier weight. Oh no oh no! Time to slim down!
4. Go to Korea to spend winter.
5. Buy Dad a iPad2 for him to start learning a computer.
6. Buy more cameras (which is kind of impossible). I decided to have a new hobby, which is collecting cameras. I know u are scolding me siao by now.
7. Take Mum and Dad for a vacation. Expenses fully paid by me. (OMG! Maybe 2013!)
8. Save more than $1,000 per month.
9. Work harder!!
10. Treat my secondary school friends to dinner in Feb (1st pay treat is postponed to Feb! Sorry guys, I was still in debt to my parents!) and on my birthday!

:D

Insect and Butterfly Kingdom

Happy New Year!

Our Outlet.com.sg voucher at $39 per pax entitles us to a visit to the Insect and Butterfly Kingdom with free bird feeding, a tea set and a mocktail at the Skybar on top of the visit to Underwater World!

This is the 3rd consecutive weekend we went to Sentosa! Lol.
The 1st was for Underwater World, 2nd for Capella and now this!










We thought Skybar meant the Skybar on the rooftop of Micheal's Hotel, not the Tiger Skybar near the Tiger Skytower! Hence, we took a pretty long time to figure out where the entrance of the hotel is. This is the location near Micheal's Hotel.






There were many cute characters to accompany visitors for photos.
Humpy Dumpty! Simba said we looked alike. Lol! Sometimes I think although he doesn't deliberately tease me, he would say things that indirectly did!






Pinocchio!
Lol. Simba is most like Pinocchio since he always lies! I've been persuading him that he couldn't take spicy food but he presses on with his idea that he can. When he really really can't.





We bought an ice-cream at the Stick House that cost $6.50. Omg. Everything at Sentosa is there to sell at an incredibly high price! It is Hazelnut ice-cream with milk chocolate and almond topping. To give justice to the ice-cream, I must say it tasted great!
Really love this photo since it emphasizes the ice-cream and blurs out Simba. Hahahahahaha!









The Stick House is just beside Imbiah Station.






Finally after asking for directions, we finally knew that the Skybar is the Tiger Skybar, not the Skybar in Micheal's Hotel.
The Skybar is located high enough for us to get some of Sentosa's sceneries.







The mocktail cannot be chosen but luckily, it tasted okie. Not fantastically great but good.
The lemon wasn't for enhancing the beauty of the drink but was really for adding to your drink. (I didn't know that so I actually didn't add any lemon to my drink before.)












My colleagues said my hair is quite bright, and I looked quite different with it. I remembered asking for a gold color but my hair turned out to be copper. Well.. I think I like it despite the mistake.





Nice cup.






That's him against the scenery of Sentosa.



And we went to the Insect and Butterfly Kingdom after that.





:D







That's a hut with many butterflies on top. To say the truth, I was pretty freaked out as butterflies kept flying around us. Although the tour of the nature was supposed to be relaxing, I broke out in cold sweat. Lol.






Behind the enclosure was this butterfly. It was moving its wings all the time and Simba used the high-burst mode of the camera. The high-burst mode was meant for capturing moving objects and this is so cool! Of course, after that I will find 10 to 15 photos of the butterfly. When I move from one photo to another, the butterfly's actions can be captured. U will see its wings flap as u look through these photos.






This photo didn't require any zoom. The butterfly is so used to visitors that when u point your camera at it with a minimal distance to it, it doesn't fly away and instead poses for it. U can see the details of its wings so clearly. I'm so impressed with Canon IXUS HS 230.












Thank you Simba, the photographer! Lols.
He was careful enough not to perturb the peace of this butterfly. It was stretching its wings as if it just wakes up.

Its wing pattern reminds me of a tiger.






And it was time for some bird feeding. We had 2 tickets but I didn't want to feed the birds despite much assurance from Simba. He assured me that these birds won't harm me. But I was so afraid of their touch. Lol.
The staff gave Simba two handfuls of seeds.
He was advised to stretch out his hands filled with seeds and the birds will fly over to him.





He didn't succeed. No birds flew to him and he approached this bird which was sitting on the noticeboard.






It worked. This bird went to his palm.






The staff held up a cup of drink and one bird flew to him. Hence he passed his effort to Simba.






So cute! It looked into my camera!







The seed in its mouth.






Soon after, it flew away since Simba made a big sudden movement. He held out the bird to me and I let out a loud shriek. Lol. Poor bird!



And this time, as if he had enough practice, he began to attract the birds.







He stretched out his entire arm horizontally and placed a few seeds on it. And wow, 3 birds flew to him.
His arm reminded me of some long thin wire line where birds perched on.






He then feed these birds with his left palm. They gathered together to have a feast.





This bird is so big and heavy. It is a peacock right?
It is so fierce. It rejected anything from Simba and flew from place to place to avoid him.










Then he placed a seed on his left shoulder. The bird hopped over his neck to reach the seed. I wondered if it gets ticklish.





Poster mode. Captain Hook is here.








He placed a seed on his thigh and shooed the birds to go on it. Lols. But none of them understood him. Hahahaha.











And after the birds had enough food, they flew off.
Simba still had some seeds left and wanted to attract this big white parrot to fly down. However, it was screaming high up there without giving any response to him.






On our way, he threw some seeds onto the ceiling hoping that the birds up there will catch them with their beaks. No such luck. Hahaha. This is not a circus.








Inside a cave, we get to view insects such as the diving beetle, rhino beetle and stick insects.
Not showing the photos here to freak u out.











Some exhibits of different species of perserved butterflies.





And here is our tea set (included in the $39 voucher) from Sarpino's Pizza.
The set includes fries, a slice of pizza and a can drink.







:D
This pretty much sums up what I have from our trip.
See u soon guys!