wHeN cLoWns bEcOme rOyaLtY - tRaNspOrt eDitiOn

our trip to phuket treetops arasia was first suggested when monkey saw a promotion advertisement in the papers.. for the price of $498 (inclusive of air tickets, lodging, limousine to and from airport, buffet breakfast, 60 minute body massage of our choice and necessary taxes), we get to enjoy the luxurious facilities of this boutique resort.. in my opinion, it was a very worthwhile and value for money trip.. you'll know why soon enough.. haha..

hmmm.. at the point in time when we were still on Singapore land.. we were still holding the identity of clowns.. haha.. i was so looking forward to the touch down as a member of the royalty.. to be precise, the queen!!! haha.. happily, we checked in at terminal 2.. and went on ahead with shopping!!!


we spent the most time at the cosmetics section.. walking around and thinking whether to get fragrance, or skin care products, cosmetics.. etc.. finally ended up buying some skin care stuff from lancome.. and got jasc her hypnose fregrance!!

ahah, it's been 10 years since i last board a plane.. and i had to run to the gate cos we spent too much time shopping!! almost missed out flight!! hahah..

we were not lucky enough to get window seats.. and i was separated from monkey by the narrow walkway between the two aisles.. nevertheless i was still excited.. haha.. nothing much la.. the flight was quite boring.. and i'm glad i did not get air sick during the flight!!!

when we touched down at the phuket airport.. we took quite a long time to queue to get our pasports stamped.. we were told that there'd be staff from treetops to bring us to the resort..

when we went out of the airport, we were greeted with many minivans, shuttle buses.. for a moment, we thought the 'limousine' was perhaps at most a mercedes vito.. however to our surprise.. we were led by a treetops staff to a mercedes E-class!

stunned.. were the people beside us.. they were holding expressions of awe.. haha i heard one of the travellers who was trying to squeeze into the shutlle bus exclaiming "phwa!"

and when all 4 of us were ready to hop on to the mercedes.. the staff stopped me and monkey.. he told us there is another mercedes ready for us.. a couple to a mercedes!! haha! oh my goodness! i was overwhelmed.. cos this was not what we expected!! definitely not to this extent! hahah.. *exhilarated*

we were having fun taking pictures and relaxing on our way to treetops! on our way to the resort.. wi realised the only mercedes were the limousines from the resorts like treetops, banyan tree and twin palm.. other vehicles on the road actually gave way to every mercedes they see!!!

right.. enough of the limousine.. haha.. this was not the only luxury we enjoyed of course.. the resorts were on the steep hills and we wondered how were we to climb all the way up and then down to the main entrance? or to the swimming pool and spa and restaurant?

no worries! cos there are 'buggys' ready to fetch us from our doorsteps any minute.. we could even call and state a time for the buggy to pick us up from our suites!!

there was once when it was raining.. and we were about to carry an umbrella along since the walk to the pick up pint was not sheltered.. alas! the buggy driver actually came to our doorstep with umbrellas ready to shelter us over to the pick up point!! very impressive eh?

their buggy also bring us to surin beach and will pick us up from the beach at the time we required..

and they'll stop over jus to let monkey scratch his butt? haha (i'm kidding la)

seriously.. their service hor.. mow-dark-teng leh!! hahaha.. at this point in time.. i'm so happy to be relating my experiences wahahahaha..

they also had minibus scheduled to bring us tophuket town and patong beach.. so much for worrying how we were to get to these places before we embark on our getaway..

on sunday when we were at phuket town.. there were tour guides stationed at the pick up point of our minibus.. for $2.50(for 4 ppl), we get to tour phuket town for four full hours.. we toured phuket town with the help of this!

erm, of cos with the guide driving la.. haha

the guide brought us to eat and shop.. haha.. and i bought myself some bags and tidbits to bring home!

hahaha.. i got a picture of tuktuks.. but i did not have a chance to ride on one.. nvm.. next time perhaps!

the tuktuks look different from the previous time i went to thailand.. they kinda look safer to ride in! haha.. i'm not sure about those in other parts of thailand.. red tuktuks are the most popular here it seems.. perhaps cos it's striking enough a colour to attract ppl's attention? hehz..

on the day of departure, we left with heavy hearts.. esp monkey, who did not want to return to his clown status..

unintentionally, we cut the queue of another group to be first in the queue for checking in.. ha, we did not notice there was a "please wait behind this line" notice on the floor and so we pushed our luggage right up just in front of the counter! for the rest of the time we just stood there and pretend we didn't know about it lor! haha..

there really wasn't much going on in the phuket airport.. so boring!! wan to sleep oso no bed, wan to shop oso not many shops.. wan to eat oso no money left! haha

by the time we got on board the plane, i was feeling a little hungry and very tired! i could have felt better with the food but too bad the catering was horrible terrible incorrigible.. i almost puked not becos of my history of air-sickness..

back in Singapore, back to being clowns.. haha the first moment i snapped, monkey yawned.. hahahaha.. so adorable!

where's the limousine to pick us up? where's our buggy? *slaps*

wake up!

wHeN cLoWns bEcoMe rOyaLty - fOodS eDitiOn

right when we reached the lounge of treetops arasia, we were greeted warmly with fresh flowers and a coconut each.. no worries about our luggage, they've been well taken care of by the concierge..

i'm not a fan of coconut drink in the first place, so i did not finish my drink.. it kind of tasted bland to me anyway.. heh, and it's too troublesome in my opinion to scrape out the coconut 'meat'.. nevertheless, thumbs up for the pretty flower decoration on the coconut! heez..

the first night we went to makan at patong sefood restaurant.. when we entered, there were so many westerners there la!! then we were like oh no, that's it.. tis place must be so bloody expensive! and true enough, that meal cost a bomb..

but then again, for the same price, we would never ever have the luxury of having such delicacy in Singapore! for approximately $40 per person, we had a fresh and huge lobster, and enormous tiger prawn each, along with other side dishes and drinks!

tom yum soup! how can we miss it when we're in thailand? haha.. the green curry is very yummy also! hehz..

i think the glass bottles of drinks looks adorable.. dun see them locally anymore! hahaha.. yumilicious dinner at patong.. looking forward to more and more good food.. at a cheaper price! ahahah..

the package for our trip included buffet breakfast at the resort and for bth mornings, i've unintentionally left my camera in the room! so erm, no photos.. but the food is great! there's variety and each day there are some alterations to the variety as well.. each person could request for 2 eggs, which ever way you like them to be done.. but 2 was too much for me haha so we each had 1 egg only.. i especially loved the cold cuts like smoked salmon and ham! scrambled egg and potatoes made an impression as well! hehz.. yummy yummy!

on the second day, we headed down to surin beach.. we had heneiken at $2.50 for each bottle and tom yum soup for 2ppl at $5..

this is how the eating place looked like.. and this lady was really friendly! haha.. while we were walking along the beach, she warned us not to go too far out if we're going into the waters.. and when it was about to rain, she brought us into the shelter and opened a huge umbrella to shelter us from the rain..

people of the land of smiles are ever so friendly and ready to help.. even their dogs are so courteous.. you know in Singapre, it gets on my nerves when stray cats or dogs keep circling around the table or my legs, or make noises while i'm having my meal? like they are scared i do not know of their existence, asking for some food? but the dogs in phuket are really polite! haha.. they do not terrorize and if they sense you are afraid of them, they'll stay far away until you've finished your food, before strolling over to see if there are any leftovers.. either that or they'll sit quietly near your seat, waiting for you to leave.. interesting!

we liked the eating place, so much so that we went back for lunch on our last day..

rememeber i said i'm not a fan of coconut drink? i take back my words.. i'm NOT not a fan of this coconut ar surin beach! hahahaha.. it's tasty! the cconut drink is sweet! and the 'meat' of coconut is so fresh! i did not have an easy time scraping the flesh of coconut fruit, but it was worth the effort!

the coconut, together with a tom yum soup and crab vermicelli, cost about $6.. the tom yum soup is clear one leh!! and it's so delicious!! spicy and sour shiok shiok shiok!! the tom yum soup here no fight ar! hahaha..

speaking of the crab vermicelli.. after we ordered, monkey was saying here in Singapore, when the menu says crab-something.. mostly it means using the crab stick as the major ingredient.. and so we wondered if it would be the same case in phuket.. haha

no no no!! real crabs! they fry the vermicelli with fresh crabs they caught from the sea! finger-linkin good! hahaha..

on sunday, we went to phuket town.. we drop by this place for some food.. my my so cheap! super duper value for money leh! haha

my camera did the food no justice.. they tasted so much better than what you see from the pictures! hahah.. we had this grouper(or was it? i forgot the type of fish la).. but i do know it cost more than $10 to pick one from Singapore's market.. and from normal zichar stall it'll cost more than $30.. but in at the restaurant we were at, we got to choose the fish (alive from the tank), and the method of preparation.. all at the price of about $15.. along with other dishes (beef, egg, vege, fried rice) and drinks.. about $10 per person.. cheap leh!

the dish above is the spiciest beef i've ever tried.. my goodness! the waiter was asking if we take hot stuff and monkey was like yeah yeah of course! and so he recommended this dish.. so bloody spicy!! it's like beppu ramen 8chilli! haha..

and we're supposed to eat the beef with the ice-cold vege you see above.. some of the vege i dun ven know what's their name.. haha you're supposed to take a bite off the vege, followed by a piece of beef.. the cucmber kinda made the beef not so spicy.. but the other vege actually enhanced the spiciness! they made the spicy taste linger in your tastebuds for a longer period of time! despite the spiciness, i ate quite a bit.. cos i thought it was so interesting, never try be4 wan ma..

in the end we couldn't finish all of the beef la.. too spicy, not cos we were too full.. haha..

and i had to pay the price of a 'spicy' stomach and 'spicy' asshole that very night.. hahahahaha..

we also tried bird's nest at phuket town.. i duno, they all taste the same to me! even if u give me lousy quality bird's nest, i doubt i can tell the difference.. this cost about $8..

for dinner, we decided to stay in the resort's mom tri's boathouse restaurant.. alot of travellers suggested to not eat here cos of the steep pricing.. but due to the bad weather and our laziness, we went ahead anyway.. haha..well, you could say perhaps we felt rich enough to spend like royalty.. wahahahaha..

ice coffe thai style! not a fan of coffee, so it tasted okie to me ba.. i wasn't very hungry.. so i only ordered a side dish.. there's complimentary basket of assorted bread.. haha luckily i did not order too much.. if not i would not be able to finish all the food! haha..

the breads were fresh, and very tasty.. hee..


here's the side dish.. prawns!! hahaha.. prawns prawns prawns! i think during my stay there, i had more than 25 prawns leh! haha. from brakfast right through dinner..

monkey ordered some spaghetti.. hmmm.. shan't comment much.. i dun like it.. hehz.. total cost for this dinner was about $12per person.. i didn't had much in the first place.. hehz.. so i did not feel the food were so expensive..

the best part of the food hunt in phuket i feel.. were the roadside stalls! this one at patong we tried was selling glass noodles.. we stood there watching the whole cooking process.. it was not unhygenic at all! in fact it was perhaps more hygenic than some local stalls we have here leh! for $1.60, we get a huge packet of it.. and we wished we had bought more!! yummy!

i have a short clip on the preparation of the glass noodle.. haha..



another roadside stall we had was at surin beach, roasted chicken.. such tender chichken! no time for photos cos we were rushing for time.. four of us shared a chicken leg which cost about $2.50.. definitely worth! i can still remember how it tasted like leh!! hahahaha..

during our flight back.. the food catered on the plane sucks!!! hahaa.. not bcos i had too much good food during my stay in phuket.. hmmm, perhaps it was a sign we're turing back into clowns? no more living like royalty liaoz..

my goodness.. what kind of food is this? plain rice with spinach, carrots and vege petti? huh hmmm huh?

there's also chicken lagsane.. but it also tasted bad.. disappointing! *shakes head*

i wanna stay in phuket!!!!! *cries*

wHeN cLoWnS bEcoMe rOyaLty

Introducing the clowns who become royalty..

monkey as the king, and dabee as the queen..

want to know how magnificent is this palace of theirs?

or how they spent their 'royalty' times from 24th to 26 june 2006?

how about the tons of finger-licking good foods consumed within such short timespan?

oh and yes! does shopping ring a bell?

do check back laterrr~ it's gonna be a hell loads of photos and videos..
*wink*

just yesterday, i asked him a question.

soccer more important or me?

i noe i noe.. it's a silly one.. i can even imagine wh telling me he'll slap the ger if she ever asks this qn.. and i bet he'll say his answer is of cos soccer.. wahaha..

but perhaps that's becos he's joking.. or he has not met that special one worth anything under the sun..

indeed.. my 'him' replied that soccer is more impt, cos world cup only once in 4 years!!

haha.. i know he dun mean it.. but i can't help feeling disappointed with that answer.. you see.. females are such ironic beings.. i know the answer, yet i wanna ask.. i know he's joking, yet i feel put down by that answer.. i know everything is but a silly matter, yet i'm so upset by it..

on a lighter note..

we were on our way out of cine after our movie when we met a senior, with her partner.. i only managed to catch a glimpse of the partner, who's rather big sized.. then he commented..

i bet her partner is filthy rich.. cos he freakin fugly.

yeah, that's him.. again, i know he was just brushing it over like a layer of dust.. and so i commented..

by ur standards, you must be thinking u are damn poor la?

well, and guess wat?

i got a 'yes, i'm poor' as a reply..

*smiles* silly him..

i headed to town with having burger king for dinner on my mind.. as suggested by monkey.. but when i reached town, he changed his mind and off we went to taka for dinner at pasta cafe, the one opposite mos burger in B2..

I dun really like the atmosphere, cos it felt like i was being watched every second.. dipping my calamari into the sauce, shelling my prawns.. probably cos there wasn't many people dining there, so there seemed to be too many waitresses standing around and watching people eat.

anyhow, i thought for the price, the food's not bad.. at least for the pasta i ordered..


i had sambal marinara pasta ($15.90) - seafood(prawns, mussels, baby lobster, sotong) with pasta stir fried wtih sambal sauce.

monkey had the o-so-boring and i-jus-dun-like-it carbonara ($12.90).. i dun like cream sauce pasta, always make me feel so sick and tired of my food.. hahaha..

he ordered calamari ($6.90) too! it's nice! better than those at spageddies..

wahahah.. another good food dayeee~!

for our 22nd monthliversary.. i got a surprise from monkey!

my favorite dark chocolate! from Godiva~ ahahaha i'm so so happy when i saw him holding the paper bag and then handed it over to me!! haha.. the chocolate truffle is heavenly!! hehz..

he told me, the best temperature to taste chocolate is at 19 degrees.. put it in my mouth for about 30seconds, before slowly chewing it to let the melted chocolate coat my taste buds..

hehz.. 'nuff of godiva.. we went to paragon's din tai fung for dinner they next evening!

you see.. i'm the kind who sticks to the same dishes if i think they are tasty enough foe me.. so naturally xiao long baos and pork ribs fried rice are the must order..

well, since we're not the only 2 having dinner (there were his 2 buddies as well), we ordered more! haha..
thsi sour-spicy soup wasn't spicy at all.. but sure it's tasty..

dumplings! haha.. anything with fresh prawn is fine with me haha..

ya ya.. and i had this prawn dumpling noodle soup! no no, it's not the same dumplings as those above.. well, even if they are the same i'll still order this! i love prawns! haha..

we really are so willing to spend on food.. when by rite we should be saving up to start my car lessons.. wahaha.. haiyowey..

Bee's almost-weekly good food hunt! Stupid bee forgot her camera.. so the photos were taken by bee's hp..

Bee and Monkey went to this japanese restaurant in Shaw House.. Hoshigaoka Saryo


The decor is simple, tonkichi's still more professional..
Bee thought the menu has rather limited choices, prices are almost the same as tonkichi's.. average of $25 per person..

they have promotion though, every 2nd and 4th wednesday of the month, there's 50% off all sushi.. and on wednesdays, a bento set comes with free salmon sashimi..

Monkey ordered one of the chef's recommendations, Tenzaru Set ($17).. Cha soba was edible but not tasty.. tempura was alright, the sushi's quite nice..

Bee chose Sashimi Bento Set($22.80).. The rice came in a star shape! haha..

Sashimi overall not bad, very thick and fresh.. the egg's abit too sweet for bee, the chawanmushi so salty!! but it's the first that has ginko nut in it.. the sweet soup tasted weird to bee.. the miso soup is good! not too salty, and it has lots of tofu and seaweed!

Bee's very very thick salmon sashimi!! yummilicious!

Salmon was fresh, but not of very high quality.. for it's price (and the fact that it was complimentary), it was sufficient..

Healthy dinner~ haha.. at this rate, bee and monkey will become very very poor, and then no moeny go spend in phuket le!!!

the amount spent on good food over may and june so far is about $500.. how can? haha.. shall stay home more often.. or eat cheap and good food liaoz!!

A lazy Saturday afternoon..

A simple lunch prepared by monkey..

At his place leh!! The first time he cooked at home.. FIRST TIME!! haha.. he used to cook at my place, or friends' place..
I've never felt so loved and peaceful for a long time..

jus lazing around in bed waiting for food.. hahaha..

yummy! my monkey can cook! haha.. i want more more more!!!