“Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.” ~by Og Mandino
Yeah, there are less than three days to go before departing to Turkey. Frankly, I am so excited about this trip as I have been looking for it long time ago since last year. My boyfriend had noticed my highly desire to travel to Turkey, therefore he bought this tour package for me as my birthday present for this year. Oh dear, thanks ever so much for your wonderful gift. It is great! You are really good to me… *sweet*
If you might not know, Turkey's culture has a unique blend of Eastern and Western traditions as it stretches across two main continents - Asia & Europe, on the World Map. Therefore, for the past few decades and even nowadays most of its civilization is being strongly influenced by the cultures of other countries nearby. It is an insoluble mystery country for me, or may be for others too, and I’m going to discover its fascination then. *wink*
I will try out the hot air balloon in Turkey, watch the Belle dance show, visit the Blue Mosque at Istanbul, the Troy at Cannakale, shopping at Turkish largest market – Grand Bazaar with more that 5000 stalls in there, see the cotton castle at Pamukkale and experience the unusual feeling when stepping through with our bare feet, try the thermal bath which is believed to have the power of healing, see the amazing and marvelous underground city with about 8 floors of deepness at Cappadocia…
I have been busy for these few days, rushing here and there in order to get all my stuff ready and packed properly. I just don’t want to miss anything that would be important to me when I need it in Turkey.
It is autumn in Turkey now and I believe the place is very windy too. Huh, it definitely reminds me about the weather in UK. From the map, we can see that Turkey is actually very close from UK. Perhaps, it takes only a few hours flight to get there. I miss the time when I was there (UK)… Anyway, I’m going to rest my blog for at least 10 days until I come back from Turkey. Take care & cheers! *grin*
小时候总是记不住哪一天是自己的生日，年年都得劳烦母亲大人提醒着，否则真不知道自己已经错过了多少个属于自己的日子。依稀记得母亲后来是这么教我的：＂八月十五是中秋节，你这小瓜的生日就在中秋节的前两天。＂所以一直到现在我都是这么记得的。农历八月十三是我这小妞的生日，一个属于我，可以让我不可一世的日子。哈哈～又开始瞎胡闹了。
我家那两位可爱的父亲母亲其实还蛮体贴的，他们都知道游子在外头过生日总不如在家里来得开心。独在异乡为异客，每逢＂生日＂倍思亲。不愧是我的父母，总是对我这个常年累月在外的游子的心情了如指掌。
父母亲早在两个月前就替我庆生了。当天一早，父亲就到相识的叔叔婶婶那儿买了一只家乡鸡回来让母亲炖我最爱的香菇鸡汤。闻一闻那浓郁扑鼻的香菇味，天啊！简直让我无法自拔。香菇鸡汤－是我的超级所爱哦！每一次回乡过年过节我都会向父母亲喃着要喝香菇炖鸡汤，母亲甚至还纳闷这么普通的鸡汤究竟有什么无敌魅力魅惑着我，让我对它如痴如醉呢？！其实也没什么啦。。。就特别喜欢吧了。也许它总让我想起家乡的味道，勾起我过往快乐的回忆吧。。。
这是我送给自己的生日祝福：小妞，又跨过了另一道生命的门槛，长大一岁了，要更懂得好好疼惜自己哦！！
爸爸，妈妈，老弟，小妹，谢谢你们充满浓浓爱意和暖意的生日祝福，还有小弟在电话里头的越洋生日歌。好开心，好开心，好开心，真的好开心哦！！\(^^)/
东东，谢谢你迟来的生日惊喜哦！下一次可不可以早一点呢？！因为我不想再生乌龙闷气啦。(^^)
金刚萧，你可是第一个送我生日寄语的人哦！！谢谢你多种语言的祝福。Q(^^)o
慧敏，谢谢你的陪伴，我也祝你有个美丽的未来！o(^^)o
To be honest, before I made up my mind to purchase this lovely red and white striped scarf from TopShop, I was a bit struggling on the decision. The price was RM76 (£12) and it was just a piece of cotton printed with simple design. Apparently, TopShop & TopMan marks up the price of their products because of their precious brand name - "TOPSHOP TOPMAN".
I gave in eventually as my desire of possessing it went wild!
There was another navy blue scarf with the same pattern, but it was completely sold out when I happened in the shop yesterday.
Left: I bought this see-through army styling scarf from one of the accessories shops recommended by Fikar in Rochor Centre. It only costed about SGD4. Huh, it was a great deal!!
Middle: Another feminine scarf with sweet purple-white colour... SGD10 from Singapore as well.
Right: I was attracted to its striking blue when I did my shopping during my vacation to Sydney, Australia at the end of last year. It was AUS$10 per piece, quite a fair deal. *wink*
Left: We bumped into Bernard & Dominic at mamak stall yesterday morning before we caught out with Chan. I used to see their photos on Fikar's blog and this was my first time to meet up with them (as well as to Chan *grin*). Bernard is one of Fikar's deaf friends and both of them kept "talking" by using their sign language during the time. Dominic & I had no idea what they were talking about. Dominic is a very nice looking and friendly guy who came far from KL to visit his friends in JB during holiday.
To Bernard & Dominic: Nice to meet you. (^^)
Middle: We were having our lunch somewhere in Bugis. I had lotus ribs soup for my selection. Yummy! Yummy!
Right: We spent our time at Bugis market after lunch. Chan & Fikar were having their sour plum drinks while roaming about the place.
Having fun with these amusing sunglasses. *wink*
Since we happened to be in Singapore yesterday, so we decided to try out the fish therapy which had been strongly promoted in Singapore TV programmes and also magazines. We wanted to experience this unique exfoliation done by these Garra Rufa fishes which originated from a hot spring near Kangal in Turkey where they were first discovered for their healing power. Fikar & I couldn't remember about the exact location of this fish spa center but indistinctly recall it should be somewhere near to the Bugis Junction. So, we tried to look around at the place for quite some time. We had even ran into a fitness center - California Fitness opened by Jackie Chan, coincidently to ask about the place.
Finally, we reached Kenko Reflexology & Spa, a place that we had been told by somebody that it did provide the fish spa, at China Town. We were so excited and quickly popped into the spa center. The receptionist greeted us with her warmest smile but next, the words fell from her red lips was not the news that we liked to hear - the fish spa only available at Marina Square and another Kenko branch near to the Singapore Flyer. Oh goodness, we spent a lots of time in finding this place and finally the truth was we had came to the wrong place. I was a bit upset.
But anyhow, we didn't have much time to proceed to Marina Square or even the Singapore Flyer as I gonna left at about 7.30pm to meet my boyfriend at WestMall, Bukit Batuk. I left only two hours to spend with Fikar & Chan. So, we quickly moved to our next destination - Pasta De Waraku in Central, Clarke Quay.
Placing order...
Which should I order for my dinner? There were so many choices here and the bright colours of the dishes displayed on each page of the menu tempted me everytime.
Chit-chating while waiting for our dishes to be served...
Ta-da, here was my lovely dinner - Seafood (mussels, prawns & squids) with wafu tomato cream sauce.
Hmm... It was delicious indeed. *licking*
Fikar ordered Scallop & Mushroom with Japanese-style soup for his choice. He had sore throat yesterday plus a little bit flu, therefore, he tried to avoid any spicy food for his meal.
Chan had this black black stuff - Spaghetti al Nero di Seppia (squid & black squid ink with wafu sauce) for his dinner. Oh my god, Chan's teeth and even his mouth was dipped with squid ink entirely. He was more like a vampire who just done his bloodsucking. *giggle*
It seemed to have certain functions to go on to celebrate the Mild Autumn Festival (中秋节) at Clarke Quay.
Beautiful day and night sceneries by the riverside at Clarke Quay.
See what had we done again... Silly jump for photo shooting. *yock*
One, Two, Three! Jump!! *yahooo*
View more photos at here.
Yeah, there are less than three days to go before departing to Turkey. Frankly, I am so excited about this trip as I have been looking for it long time ago since last year. My boyfriend had noticed my highly desire to travel to Turkey, therefore he bought this tour package for me as my birthday present for this year. Oh dear, thanks ever so much for your wonderful gift. It is great! You are really good to me… *sweet*
