I met up with AshleyTheMonkey, QueenKanch and Nadia for a quick dinner just now
We simply spoke about weddings, funerals, crazy people, and… dreams.
Ash was telling us how she used to dream about a girl for months at a time
Like she knew her life, what she did, how she was student and how she thinks she lives in SS2.
Me: That is quite weird, how you dream about a same person you don’t know, for months. Ash: Yeah man.
Me: Maybe she really exists and your energies connected but you just never met. Kanch: Maybe she died and her spirit is trying to get into your dreams.
Ash + Me: What the fuck wei KANCH -_-
Then Nadia told us her dream about some talking puppet that was trying to tell her that her cat was trying to convey a message to her.
Ashley told them how i used to be able to control my dreams till i was about 10 years old.
I told them my dream last night: I dreamt that i was trying to keep these three baby monkeys in a box, but one would keep escaping. So it was damn tiring – catching one monkey, putting it back in the box and finding out another one had escaped. I spent the whole night chasing monkeys.
Since we’d all contributed to a ‘my dream’ story,
Kanch, of course, had to shoot a one-liner that made everyone stop in their tracks.
And i thought since i’m blogging about Cebu these few days,
i’ll post up some pix that i took with the Blackberry Curve 8520.
The Curve 8520 comes with a 2.0 MP camera.
Not that i’m fussed about how high the MP is.
I’ve stressed in previous posts how i get annoyed
when ppl judge a camera’s capability from how large their picture can be.
Why??
Unless you plan to blow that picture big enough to cover your wall,
or you publish your photos,
you don’t NEED the MP to be so high.
If anything, it just takes up additional memory space.
Even with my compact digicam, i lower the size down to 1024 pixels wide,
because more likely than not, it’s just going to be used to upload on to my blog.
If anything, i’m more fussed about the picture quality and how the auto functions adjust to different lighting conditions.
Ok, rant over :p
Anyway, i thought i’ll share some pix i took with my Curve
(i still haven’t given it a name yet, suggestions? :p)
and they received no editing whatsover.
In fact, i’m even linking the Twitpic page where i uploaded them immediately
wherever i was at that time which i thought was pretty damn cool
So i all i do is snap a picture with the Curve,
upload it unto Twitpic using the internet browser
(can go online anywhere i am in the WORLD )
and it’s available to anyone who’s following me on Twitter.
Not bad right?
I know i still can’t forget this pictureNiki Cheong twitpic-ed in Bali
-_- Made me want to cry.
But it’s okay.
I’m going to be back there in two weeks,
and i’ll make sure i’ll twitpic pictures of Bali sunsets too!
MWAHAHAHA
+ + +
If you’re addicted to twitpic-ing like me,
Xpax is gonna launch the first prepaid Blackberry program.
It’s not launched YET but you can pre-register at xpax.com.my!
As more often than not, the night before flying off somewhere was
a flurry of working,
passing out in front of the computer,
waking up in a mad rush,
packing like a bind person on crack,
and rushing to meet Cheesie on time!
Made it unto the plane,
and i must say,
it’s been some time since i flew a comfortable airline
Seats were comfortable!
Plush and holiday-colourful!
AND
There was FOOD.
No nonsense like trying to sneak food unto plane!
It takes 5 hours to fly to Cebu:
KL > KK = 2 hours
Transit in KK = 50 mins
KK > Cebu = 2 hours
I was starving when we got on the plane cos we didn’t have time to grab food
And breakfast was served right away *CHOMP*
I was reading before i ate
but promptly passed out after eating
After transit in KK, the pilot alerted us to Mt. Kinabalu on our left
So i stared at it in wonder,
thinking about the time i was right at the top of it
More food while flying from KK to Cebu
As we were approaching the island,
we looked below and got super excited at how beautiful it looked!
For the first night, we decided to stay in the city before moving to the Hilton that’s at the beach the next day
So we stayed at this super budget place which is still fairly new – Granprix Econotel Cebu.
‘Twas only 1,200 pesos a night = RM42 per person
Taking taxis around Cebu is fairly easy,
most taxi drivers run on meter so we didn’t get cheated
And most of them, due to the Philippines’ strong Catholic society,
had rosaries, Santo Nino and Mother Mary figurines in them.
Which i found rather interesting to snap.
Cebu City grew from a Spanish settlement,
and is dubbed “Queen City of the South”.
It was already an important port for centuries,
before Ferdinand Magellan landed on the island in April 1951.
Traffic jam in Cebu is fairly bad
Not as bad as Jakarta or Bangkok,
but still enough to mention!
These group of boys were SCHO CUTE when i lifted my camera up to snap them,
they immediately broke out in poses.
Most definitely got their inspiration from a black rap group!
I must say that you cannot expect to shop in Cebu
There was nothing in the malls that interested me
(me, the person who can shop in any town/city?!)
and we didn’t stumble into any markets selling clothes like in Jakarta or Bangkok
I kept on looking out for bundle shops,
but didn’t spot any :p
First evening, we went to check out SM Mall
cos it was getting dark.
Tried some local food and i find that in overall,
food in Cebu tends to be slightly salty.
Not in a bad way, just more salty than usual.
We had some fish in soup, minced meat,
bitter gourd, etc.
We walked along the road near our hotel after dinner,
to looksee at the locals preparing food.
A lot of people were staring at us -_0
I think it was fairly obvious we were tourists!
Before going to Cebu, i tried googling for great bars, restaurants and shopping spots,
and Z Bar was one that kept on coming up in my searches.
Located next to The Tinder Box, Z Bar was designed by Kenneth Cobonpue
(who has fans like Brangelina)
We had some pretty great cocktails there,
before leaving to call it a night.
Next day, we had lunch at this roadside place which was really cool
(but i forgot the memory card in my cam -_- so Cheesie has the pix)
Before checking into the Hilton Cebu Resort & Spa
Super lush and pretty!
These pictures required no colour editing whatsoever.
Our room
I, then, of course colorized the room how i always do – holiday style!
The gorgeous view of the beach on our left:
And inland on our right:
More to come! I’ve already edited pix of all the tourist spots we went to,
and the BEACH, so patienceeeee
I edited like over 100 pix today -_-
Feel damn pei
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This trip was made possible by Malaysia Airlines.
It’s the only airline available to fly from Malaysia to Cebu, Philippines; with 2 flights a week.
POB had his birthday celebrated at Somo @ Mont Kiara last night.
He didn’t choose the place tho, Samantha did, and none of us would tell him where we were going,
much to his irritation
Forcing POB to drink the femes Tokyo Rush
At one point, i accidentally knocked over my own pint of Guinness with my handbag
and its 3 quarter contents splashed all over the place. “My shoes!” wailed Jinny “My Guinness!” wailed i
POB got a really cool present – Ah Hoong drew the outlines of a vector art piece for him,
and everyone contributed by painting it in.
If you didn’t know, Ah Hoong was part of the team responsible
for all those amazing Zouk flyers that were printed in its earlier years.
Lots of good things have been happening lately!
A half-page spread on me came out in The Star yesterday,
alongside Fashionation from Singapore, and Bryanboy from the Philippines.
I had totally forgotten about the interview which i did earlier this year (thank you Robert!)
and ’twas Daddy who emailed me asking, “Why can’t you give the newspapers a better picture than that blonde crewcut of yours?”
0_-
It was Kevin Yeoh’s Birthday yesterday,
And PassedOutBen’s birthday TODAY!
(and i have to rush off to his surprise drinking session NOW)
Just wanted to blog real quick about Chic POP,
the FIRST fashion flea market we’re throwing at Zouk KL
