Tibet June 2006....

This post serves to be a completion of the other pictures that I've not posted for the June2006 trip to Tibet. Friends have been asking for pictures! And here are a collection!

Seen here the infamous prayer flags of the Tibetian region. Basically the wind will carry your prayers whenever the wind blows. More Here



By writing names of your loved ones, your prayers shall be delivered everytime the wind blows!



More of the blue skies, Minor tweaking done here. Ascending to ~5000m above sealevel to Namtso Lake - One of 3 holy lakes in Tibet. We were suffering from altitude sickness....headaches/breathlessness. etc.





Along the roads to any touristy sites, tourist-attractions aglore! Locals egging tourist to pose with their wares, even taking pictures with the locals. Tips are a must, and they'll get rude if you try to bargain! Here we have Wenhui with a baby lamb! Would that make a nice dinner? hmm..



This was shot at the edge of the Namtso lake itself, and again, plenty of horses and yaks for tourists to pose/ride with...for a fee of cos!




This was shot on the way to Namtso, quite number of site prayer sites littering across the vastlands.



Toilet with a to-die-for view!! "dry-cleaning" services included!! Free of charge!!







A series on Tibet would not be complete without monks and temples, here we have monks just outside Tashilunpo monastary/temple.




A building within Tashilunpo. The broad building contrast with a lone tourist at the corner.

Vast buildings with white walls are common features in Tibetian architecture. Black framing of the windows are to reflect away evils and bad luck.



Coca-cola or Pepsi-cola?












Along country roads, hawkers would set up stores selling fruits/drinks/tidbits. Here we have a family selling watermelon. We gave their kids candy and one can see the joy on the girl's face...but boy looked suspicious as he chunks down a Snickers



Back to Lhasa. Pasar Malam style stores selling every imaginable items. Here a shop selling soley horseshoes!






The final meal in Tibet before heading back to the equator. Han/Tibetian cuisine ain't exactly palatable..hence we tried their version of KFC!

Gold Class!!

Planned the first outing to the most exclusive movie screening in SG! Gold glass @ Vivocity! Booked central seats for Wenhui, Huiqin, Winnie and I for Curse of the Golden Flower.

The seats were truly luxurious!! Better than 1st class airline seats! We were pretty on the dot, hence had little time to enjoy the lounge. We appeared quite mountain turtle as we didn't know food was served right insite the theatre!.

The perennial rain + the air-conditioning brought out tightest snugs of the gold class blankets. The blankets were lovely! HQ wanted to 'stunt' one home leh..hehe.

The show was alright, shan't post any spoilers here.

Next went shopping around, haircut at Team, followed by Spa at Wellness Village and wonderful portobellos at Spaggadies!

26 Degrees

Its a yearly event, consecutive days of rain in december. Wooooo....other than the traffic jams, i'm loving every minute of it. One gets to play in the rain, jumping into puddles, driving and splashing onto the kerbs, skidding (safely) on tiled floorings.

More interestingly, the temperature in my room dropped to below what I see when I turn on the air-conditioning!

~19th December 2006

Fwahhh!!! Gwahh!!!!

Went to Kazu, Cuppage shopping center last Saturday to celebrate the birthday of Wenuhui's Mom.

Kazu is a Jap restaurant specialising in yakitori (japanese 'satay').

Man..we tried almost every exotic stuff... one of the first dish was a gooie looking white stuff like mini intestines of some kind. I was told put it in my mouth without breaking the 'satchet', and when it melts in my mouth....heaven! Was told by Tiong Kiat (Wenhui's bro), that it was some sperm of some seasonal fish...hmm..fish sperm!?!

Wenhui has turned to non-meat dishes for reasons attributed to disgestive well-being. She could only watch the rest of us chunk down the ox-tongue, pork belly, chicken heart etc while she chew on her ...fish.....







How boring normal fish looks next to the other yummy animal 'parts'. Take a good look at the next picture and guess its origin before scrolling down!








I thought that this was like chicken satay......I put it in my mouth...and *bling!* : I reached the 7th stage of heaven. Man, I never knew chicken tasted that good! Or was it chicken? I asked Tiong Kiat who ordered all the dishes...this was...one of the most 'cruel' food.. --> Foi Grois (I think the pronouciation is 'Fwah Gwah'). And rightly so....u just wanna go Fwah!!! Gwah!! after eating it. Yum yum. This picture was the second stick that we ordered.....

The 3rd dish worth mentioning was Horse Sashimi...yes..HORSE..马!
Never tried, and tasted one piece totally raw and cold...almost tasteless and forgettable. Then I was told to mix it with sesame oil and some radish/ginger garnishs etc....then 2nd piece was.....you guess it...Nth stage of heaven! More of these and I'll be lost and never be able to get back to Earth....

Thanks Tiong Kiat for the marvelous treat!

JazzyJeff - ZoukOut 2006: Were you there?

What a Night!

Bought the cheapest tix possible $28 at Zouk some moons back with LokeYuen and Roland. Didn't prepare much for the day as I was having a photoshoot at SP guild house in the morning and covered June's solemnisation in the afternoon. Picked up LY and RG + a couple of his friends (Aragon? and Sophie) at the entry to Sentosa and headed to Beach carpark. Taxis were streaming in and out, and cars were everywhere! And it was only 8:30pm!

Beach Carpark - Ministry of Sound:
Found a lot easily (heard that by 11pm, no more lots!). Groups of party-goers were having mini discos out of their car boots with booze lying everywhere. Lugged a bottle of JD and Jose Cuervo to the entrance of Siliso beach and check in first with LY and RG while Sophie waited outside with Aragon.

Jacks, Jose & Eon:
After circling a round within the ZoukOut compounds, we went out to start the boozing. Eon, a friend of LY, was there to join us. After a few card games and the fav "clap for every '3'", everyone was 'getting there'. As feared, ice was running low and we still had some hard liquor left. Ice had ran out@7E too! Alas, I initiated pouring Jose down out throats directly...*evil*. Only Eon and later Aragon was on about it.

没有酒量，只有酒旦 - EonWhat a 'profound statement'. Man, what a character! We rocked into the compounds of ZoukOut. Electronica/live band/Mambo sets were all amazing. I sprined my left elbow in the midst of it...yikes. Then Jazzy Jeff came on at 2am. Having heard him in ZoukOUt 2004, I knew that he is the most interactive DJ of all. This time with an Emcee rapping ocassional to Jeff's beats, it was a lethal combination. Jeff was scratching while mixing every sort of beats imaginable. From Retro numbers to house anthems and down to a medley of Michael Jackson 80's hits, Jeff's mixes never went more than 2mins per track, this kept the crowd on their toes throughout!

The Z monster
By 3am, we were getting tired, wandered deep into the main arena as Ferry Corsten had just came out. Though the numbers were good, they were sort of predictable, the usual progressive house music, similar to each of the 'main attraction' of the past ZoukOuts. By 330pm, we were staggering out the compound and heading off to our vehicles..