Chronicles of Cambodia 4: Tonle Sap Siem Reap

Ming was eliminated in the final elimination of Malaysian Dream Girl and next friday would be the Finale. I was also at the final photoshoot where the girls finally had what they wanted; a male model named Ricardo. LOL

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To those who realized i blogged about the first day on Siem Reap, lol you are sharp and that simply shows i am freaking aging -_-!

Anyway the next morning was mainly on Tonle Sap. Initially we were suppose to take a ferry from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap via the Tonle Sap lake but after realizing that it would cost a whooping 40USD per person, we scrapped the idea and took bus instead.

Jasmine’s Lodge does provide us complimentary breakfast everyday and though it was just a simple one, i really missed eating their bread and egg. And at the same time franctically waiting for a place to sit

Hmmm the picture is blur for a reason. Not too sure where did i even focus. Breakfast consist of bread, fruits and egg … and also a cup of tea or coffee.

After that Siya our guide who was waiting downstairs greeted us and ferried us in our personal van to Tonle Sap.

The journey to the lake was about 20 minutes from Jasmine Lodge and upon arrival, our designated boat was already there waiting.

People living by the lake or on the lake have their lives revolved around the lake. The houses are on the lake, so are the schools, police station and not forgetting their only basketball court. The people here spend most of the time on tha lake rather than on the land. They are raised on water as well as die on the water. They even have a cemetry which is a site which is on the other far end of Tonle Sap.

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Genting Trailblazer 2008

I am finally back … back in the blogging world, LOL. I have so much to write but so little time to do so. When i eventually have the time, i am either hibernating like a bear or in front of my tv. Can’t wait to get back to track with all my work being piled up every since Deepavali. Speaking of Deepavali, my parents got back from Japan on Deepavali’s day itself and YES they got me another Hard Rock Cafe shirt, hahahaha. In my previous entry i did mention that i was hoping for something else, i mean it’s Japan for heaven’s sake. An Aibo would be good enough or even a PS3 but nooooooo, i got a shirt instead. Not one but 3 shirts, hahahaha. Anyway i am happy with the shirts, i was actually expecting nothing judging from their tight schedule.

The second week i had much more time for myself, so much so that i lost track on the dates of the 2 things that i was really looking out during this break. One was my Singapore trip and the other was Genting Trailblazer. Earlier i thought i would be in Singapore first before heading to KL for Genting Trailblazer which was wrong and it was the other way round -_-”

All photos in this entry is courtesy of William. Thanks a lot man !

Knowing this at the last minute, i had to find transport to KL cause flight tickets would cost a bomb especially booking it less than a week from the date of departure. ChenSeng aka ItchyHandSeng was kind enough to give a lift. But that lift lasted from my house to his house and not to KL @_@!

“Eh you know how to drive or not ?”

“Aboden. Why ?”

“Ok then you drive all the way to KL, i am tired”

@_@ OK lorrrrrr

Angeline aka Dolphin also tagged along. On the way we stopped at Autocity for early dinner and the food was terrible. We carried on from there on and reached by 11pm.

On the day, we left for Genting, Zila was kind enough to use her car to ferry us up. Upon reaching we were greeted with millions of goodie bags …

…. ok maybe not millions but it was really a lot. After collecting our goodie bags and room keys, we went to check out our rooms. We didn’t expect the room to come with 2 queen size beds. It was seriously big and it was a bargain for the price we paid.

William and i were given the number D40 If you can see the cards on the shirt, it’s actually a holiday card which has a value of RM50 in it and we were free to use it at any shops or stalls that accepted it. William and i combined together with Zila and Ida, so we had RM100 to burn on that day. Oh i forgot to mention that we arrived a day before the challenge itself.

Thinking what can we do with 100 bucks, we roamed around Awana to do things that we wouldn’t usually do, or probably too kiam siap to spend on it.

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Photohunters – Wrinkled

The four days i was on Redang island, my skin on my hands and my feet were temporarily wrinkled. Being in the water for a long time definitely gets anyone’s hands to be wrinkled. But it was a good trade off except when it came to walking around on a crescent-looking-man-made island when both my feet were badly bruised because dead corals were scattered all over the island -_-”

I don’t really have a picture of me having wrinkled hands or feet but i think you get the drill

On a side note, i have totally forgotten about the burst shots that were taken on Redang island and it’s finally done. Credits to David for stitching them up, lol

The file is size is huge so it might take a while to get this running, please be patient

Have a great weekend everyone

Redang – Laguna Beach

Yes it’s Redang themed entry yet again …. and this time around, some of us journeyed to the otherside of the island to get to Laguna Beach. Since i was zombie-fied when i was there during the first night, this time around i made sure i was all charged up to see what Laguna Beach was all about.

Only four of us went over as the rest were pre-occupied with shark-sighting and canoe-ing. So Dolphin, LeeMay, WIlliam and I left right after returning from snorkeling.

Midway through, we came across this rocky-pebbley area which is usually covered with water during the night. We walked over it and it wasn’t easy balancing around. The rocks reminded me of Nipple Island. The only difference was this time i had my slippers on

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