♥Diaries of Caroline♥

♥Wednesday, December 30, 2009♥

Spending Christmas in Thailand with 4 other families

Last year, we spent Christmas in Hatyai and Koh Samui with Uncle Danny and Uncle Ks's family. This year round, more people joined us. Guess it was just too fun last year that they also wanted in..haha..The new comers were Uncle Sam and Uncle Ke Min's family. We left around 7am in the morning and plan to meet up with Uncle D, S and KM at Gopeng for breakfast. Uncle Ks didn't joined us as they were already in Thailand since a few days ago. Since Genting was very misty, uncle KM did not manage to have their breakfast with us. Hence the 4 cars met up near Bukit Kayu Hitam to do their car insurance + exchange $$.

Thick mist when we passed Genting

Lunch at Gopeng (famous for this mee) simply delicious!

Uncle KM's family was new to us as we have never met them before (except my dad lah of course). Uncle Sam's family went to Chiangmai 3 years ago with us. After settling the departure and arrival cards, we head off to the Duty Free centre. Bought few bottles of red wine and 3 boxes of Vella as well.. It was for the whole gang alright, not only for us.=P

You can see the Vella box between me and my mum

(look at Ben, he's super delighted when buying them) =D

After getting all the stuffs that we need, we headed for the border and straight to the chicken rice shop while on the way to Hatyai. Never failed to eat lunch there every time when we go to Thailand. That shop was famous as the King/Prime Minister even visits that shop. Thus it had to be good ain't it..lolz=) After meeting up with uncle Ks's family at the hotel, we headed off for dinner. The restaurant was packed that we had to sit in 2 separate tables (not next to each other). The daddies and mummies in 1 table while the youngsters in another table.. Situation in the youngster table was quite awkward as we don't really know each other well and have not been seeing each other for quite a long time..There was more of silent moment than laughter and giggles compared to the other table..We are just simply too shy..haha =D

After dinner, we headed back to the hotel to prepare ourselves for Kiss Channel. We celebrated our Christmas eve there same as the previous year. Had wine again..Drinks too expensive that we have to bring ours in..lol=D Thought of going to church but the masses there are all in Thai..so no point going cause I will not get what they are talking at all. This year was better than last year cause we manage to hear English songs that we know how to sing. Maybe cause we went back too early last year..This year we left around 2am. After leaving the place, Ben said he needed to do his task which was 'taking a pic with a trans'. Hence dad drove to the train station cause that's where they always meet up at night..We saw one waving at us across the road, and we just told dad 'let's just go'..So eerie man..Goosebumps!

Christmas Eve at Kiss Channel

Transvetite performing her song (she/he had a really good voice which can really shout and was able to sing in 2 diff voices as in female and male version) lol

This guy was cute when he sang the 'Sorry Sorry' song

This girl was just too open-minded (cause she was always revealing her assets) haha

Lighting up the candles at 12am on Christmas!!

We Wish U a Merry Christmas!!

The next morning, woke up early for shower and packed our stuffs as we were leaving for Koh Samui. Had breakfast (roti canai) nearby before we left. It was a 4 hours drive to the jetty. Stopped by at Nakhon Sri Tammarat Tesco for lunch before heading to the jetty. Bought a dozen of Chang beer,few bottles of spy and bacardi and a beach ball. Since we couldn't book the ferry ticket as we need to have a Thai bank acc which was impossible, we waited for an 1/2 hour before getting on to the ferry. Actually it was suppose to be 1 hour but since the ferry at 2pm had some space, we went in. Three of the cars went in first. Then came the buses and lorries.. Then Uncle Danny's car came in which then left Uncle Sam's car waiting on the land. He was quite worried cause he was the only one left there. Fortunately the guard allowed him in cause there was just enough space for his car to fit in (due to uncle D and Ks car was parked bumper-to- bumper) Lucky him!

Answering call from mum

Hatyai hotel

Mum found these bikes in the basement

Hanging around while waiting for the ferry to come

The youngster's played UNO to passed their time while the dads played Cho Tai Ti. It was a 1.5 hour ride to Koh Samui. Once we reached there, we headed to our hotel in Chaweng Beach. Dad called the hotel to confirm our booking but the person in charge told us that they have already let our rooms out to others. Argh..how to find 9 rooms in one hotel during this peak season lah... So we decided to just looked around for hotel that are not near to the beach itself. Most of them do not have 9 empty rooms or they are just too expensive per room (rm 500++). Dad and Km found one which was quite deserted but still looked ok. It was just a plan to stay there for a night before looking for other hotel the next day as it was getting late already... and It's better than having no where to sleep at all..

Found this BIG spider in the toilet ( all of us were scared except dad who just smacked it with one hit and there it goes)

Playing with the lantern after dinner (round 1)

On the next day, we checked out and headed for another beach. It was less packed compared to Chaweng as the night life in Chaweng is more lively compared to this beach. After checking in, we left for island hopping around the Marine International Park.

Uncle Ke Min, his wife, and Uncle Sam's family

Me feeding the fishes with bread

The female enjoying the wind but not the sun

Beautiful island in the marine park

Mum + Dad

View of the lagoon itself from the top

Going down the steep stairs (almost 90 degrees) Thumbs up for mum who tried her best!

History of its formation

At the lagoon

Just lazying around in the water under the blazing hot sun

'Kayak'ing

Dinner by the beach

2nd round of lighting the tanglung up to the air

It was time to leave Koh Samui the next morning..Time really flies.. We headed for the jetty once we checked out. Unexpectedly there were many cars already queuing for the 2pm ferry. Hence only 3 cars made it for the 2pm while the rest took the 3pm slot. Uncle Sam had left earlier with Km to find out whether the other ferry company would have an earlier empty slot but due to no avail, it was even more packed..By the time they got back to meet up with us, the 2pm slot was already full. Although he took the 3pm slot, he still had Km's family to keep him company=) Nice one! He must have thought that if he left earlier, he would made it earlier but sadly luck doesn't seem to be on his side..=(

Teenagers playing their game

By the time we got back to Hatyai it was already 8pm. Dinner was just at the stalls near the shopping complex..All had dinner separately though..After dinner, Dad said there was a round 2 for Kiss Channel..It was quite unexpected cause we usually go once only, but since he has got friends that have just arrived and are going there, we just tag along..haha=D However this time round, only 2 families went (mine and uncle Danny's). The rest were either shopping or their kids got sick. Probably not use to taking Thai food.=( It was still fun although there were less people cause we played some game with uncle Danny's kids where the loser had to drink. Since Natalie was too small, she drank Sprite while the rest had red wine. She just loves drinking although she didn't lose...lolz..

Elephant in front of the hotel with red light on its tail indicating 'don't come near my butt'..lolz

Round 2 of Kiss Channel before we leave the next day

(get what i mean by being too open minded?) haha

It was an awesome trip for the 5 families =) Should do this more often or we might be strangers when we see each other again. haha ^.^

♥Saturday, December 5, 2009♥

The official beginning of 2 months of Internship =)

Sat the bus to Pathlab on the first day. I was kind of worried that I would be late and indeed I was since the clock there is 15mins faster..First 2 weeks is in the Biochemistry Department, then EIA, Haematology, and Microbiology/Serology.. There is no remuneration for this industrial training as they are only facilitating our training and we have to work on Sat as well..Argh..This means I only can wake up late on Sun=( Maybe they aren't paying us like what other business attachment would do cause we cant really do much there as most of department utilizes machines especially biochem and EIA (arnd 1 mil for 1 big machine k, don't play play).

The first day was quite boring as we were only reading manuals and looking at others doing work. We only learned how to arrange the tubes according to the barcode, route the tubes using the comp + sample manager, and put the tubes into the machine which test for glucose in the blood (only under supervision) on the following day. Can't really ask much from them if they are busy cause they wouldn't have time to 'layan' us or they would have to OT later on. Tues and Mon would be a busy day for them cause they have a lot of samples coming in from outstation. Some from Thailand, some from other branch and clinic. Most of the time we are just sitting down there staring at the blank wall and chit-chatting. Some even had the time to play BINGO..haha=D Hope I really do learn something during this whole internship or it would be a waste of time and $$. Today was quite boring and it is a half day work. Didn't even wear gloves today cause the only thing we did was packaging 18g of NaCl and wiping cuvettes.

Just this 1 piece cost a thousand!

Guess I don't have to explain what is this right??lolx

by the way, it is urine!

Looks like urine right??Hehe its not!!

It is serum=)

AIA 2010 New Year Kick Off

(after the half day work)

O yea, results just came out yesterday. I am disappointed but kind of expected already. Felt very sleepy during the Recomb exam and was sick on the day before but I still forced myself to study..Probably its true that one should be resting their brain when their sick and not further stress it...T.T But I am glad that I didn't fail..As for Physio, I don't know what to say cause my internal marks are not that good, so kind of expected that it won't be a HD. Anyway, it's all over and thank god for giving me good marks!


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This year round, more people joined us. Guess it was just too fun last year that they also wanted in..haha..The new comers were Uncle Sam and Uncle Ke Min's family. We left around 7am in the morning and plan to meet up with Uncle D, S and KM at Gopeng for breakfast. Uncle Ks didn't joined us as they were already in Thailand since a few days ago. Since Genting was very misty, uncle KM did not manage to have their breakfast with us. Hence the 4 cars met up near Bukit Kayu Hitam to do their car insurance + exchange $$. Thick mist when we passed Genting Lunch at Gopeng (famous for this mee) simply delicious! Uncle KM's family was new to us as we have never met them before (except my dad lah of course). Uncle Sam's family went to Chiangmai 3 years ago with us. After settling the departure and arrival cards, we head off to the Duty Free centre. Bought few bottles of red wine and 3 boxes of Vella as well.. It was for the whole gang alright, not only for us.=P You can see the Vella box between me and my mum (look at Ben, he's super delighted when buying them) =D After getting all the stuffs that we need, we headed for the border and straight to the chicken rice shop while on the way to Hatyai. Never failed to eat lunch there every time when we go to Thailand. That shop was famous as the King/Prime Minister even visits that shop. Thus it had to be good ain't it..lolz=) After meeting up with uncle Ks's family at the hotel, we headed off for dinner. The restaurant was packed that we had to sit in 2 separate tables (not next to each other). The daddies and mummies in 1 table while the youngsters in another table.. Situation in the youngster table was quite awkward as we don't really know each other well and have not been seeing each other for quite a long time..There was more of silent moment than laughter and giggles compared to the other table..We are just simply too shy..haha =D After dinner, we headed back to the hotel to prepare ourselves for Kiss Channel. We celebrated our Christmas eve there same as the previous year. Had wine again..Drinks too expensive that we have to bring ours in..lol=D Thought of going to church but the masses there are all in Thai..so no point going cause I will not get what they are talking at all. This year was better than last year cause we manage to hear English songs that we know how to sing. Maybe cause we went back too early last year..This year we left around 2am. After leaving the place, Ben said he needed to do his task which was 'taking a pic with a trans'. Hence dad drove to the train station cause that's where they always meet up at night..We saw one waving at us across the road, and we just told dad 'let's just go'..So eerie man..Goosebumps! Christmas Eve at Kiss Channel Transvetite performing her song (she/he had a really good voice which can really shout and was able to sing in 2 diff voices as in female and male version) lol This guy was cute when he sang the 'Sorry Sorry' song This girl was just too open-minded (cause she was always revealing her assets) haha Lighting up the candles at 12am on Christmas!! We Wish U a Merry Christmas!! The next morning, woke up early for shower and packed our stuffs as we were leaving for Koh Samui. Had breakfast (roti canai) nearby before we left. It was a 4 hours drive to the jetty. Stopped by at Nakhon Sri Tammarat Tesco for lunch before heading to the jetty. Bought a dozen of Chang beer,few bottles of spy and bacardi and a beach ball. Since we couldn't book the ferry ticket as we need to have a Thai bank acc which was impossible, we waited for an 1/2 hour before getting on to the ferry. Actually it was suppose to be 1 hour but since the ferry at 2pm had some space, we went in. Three of the cars went in first. Then came the buses and lorries.. Then Uncle Danny's car came in which then left Uncle Sam's car waiting on the land. He was quite worried cause he was the only one left there. Fortunately the guard allowed him in cause there was just enough space for his car to fit in (due to uncle D and Ks car was parked bumper-to- bumper) Lucky him! Answering call from mum Hatyai hotel Mum found these bikes in the basement Hanging around while waiting for the ferry to come The youngster's played UNO to passed their time while the dads played Cho Tai Ti. It was a 1.5 hour ride to Koh Samui. Once we reached there, we headed to our hotel in Chaweng Beach. Dad called the hotel to confirm our booking but the person in charge told us that they have already let our rooms out to others. Argh..how to find 9 rooms in one hotel during this peak season lah... So we decided to just looked around for hotel that are not near to the beach itself. Most of them do not have 9 empty rooms or they are just too expensive per room (rm 500++). Dad and Km found one which was quite deserted but still looked ok. It was just a plan to stay there for a night before looking for other hotel the next day as it was getting late already... and It's better than having no where to sleep at all.. Found this BIG spider in the toilet ( all of us were scared except dad who just smacked it with one hit and there it goes) Playing with the lantern after dinner (round 1) On the next day, we checked out and headed for another beach. It was less packed compared to Chaweng as the night life in Chaweng is more lively compared to this beach. After checking in, we left for island hopping around the Marine International Park. Uncle Ke Min, his wife, and Uncle Sam's family Me feeding the fishes with bread The female enjoying the wind but not the sun Beautiful island in the marine park Mum + Dad View of the lagoon itself from the top Going down the steep stairs (almost 90 degrees) Thumbs up for mum who tried her best! History of its formation At the lagoon Just lazying around in the water under the blazing hot sun 'Kayak'ing Dinner by the beach 2nd round of lighting the tanglung up to the air It was time to leave Koh Samui the next morning..Time really flies.. We headed for the jetty once we checked out. Unexpectedly there were many cars already queuing for the 2pm ferry. Hence only 3 cars made it for the 2pm while the rest took the 3pm slot. Uncle Sam had left earlier with Km to find out whether the other ferry company would have an earlier empty slot but due to no avail, it was even more packed..By the time they got back to meet up with us, the 2pm slot was already full. Although he took the 3pm slot, he still had Km's family to keep him company=) Nice one! He must have thought that if he left earlier, he would made it earlier but sadly luck doesn't seem to be on his side..=( Teenagers playing their game By the time we got back to Hatyai it was already 8pm. Dinner was just at the stalls near the shopping complex..All had dinner separately though..After dinner, Dad said there was a round 2 for Kiss Channel..It was quite unexpected cause we usually go once only, but since he has got friends that have just arrived and are going there, we just tag along..haha=D However this time round, only 2 families went (mine and uncle Danny's). The rest were either shopping or their kids got sick. Probably not use to taking Thai food.=( It was still fun although there were less people cause we played some game with uncle Danny's kids where the loser had to drink. Since Natalie was too small, she drank Sprite while the rest had red wine. She just loves drinking although she didn't lose...lolz.. Elephant in front of the hotel with red light on its tail indicating 'don't come near my butt'..lolz Round 2 of Kiss Channel before we leave the next day (get what i mean by being too open minded?) haha It was an awesome trip for the 5 families =) Should do this more often or we might be strangers when we see each other again. haha ^.^ ♥ comments (0) \| back to top ♥ ♥Friday, December 18, 2009♥ Test driving to KL with the new car=D Mum adjusting everything before she takes off Lunch was at Colosseum near Sogo (a very old place but yet many customers) Bernard's chicken chop Mum's fish Mine=) Buying curtains in Petaling street (didn't know they were quite expensive) ♥ comments (0) \| back to top ♥ ♥Saturday, December 5, 2009♥ The official beginning of 2 months of Internship =) Sat the bus to Pathlab on the first day. I was kind of worried that I would be late and indeed I was since the clock there is 15mins faster..First 2 weeks is in the Biochemistry Department, then EIA, Haematology, and Microbiology/Serology.. There is no remuneration for this industrial training as they are only facilitating our training and we have to work on Sat as well..Argh..This means I only can wake up late on Sun=( Maybe they aren't paying us like what other business attachment would do cause we cant really do much there as most of department utilizes machines especially biochem and EIA (arnd 1 mil for 1 big machine k, don't play play). The first day was quite boring as we were only reading manuals and looking at others doing work. We only learned how to arrange the tubes according to the barcode, route the tubes using the comp + sample manager, and put the tubes into the machine which test for glucose in the blood (only under supervision) on the following day. Can't really ask much from them if they are busy cause they wouldn't have time to 'layan' us or they would have to OT later on. Tues and Mon would be a busy day for them cause they have a lot of samples coming in from outstation. Some from Thailand, some from other branch and clinic. Most of the time we are just sitting down there staring at the blank wall and chit-chatting. Some even had the time to play BINGO..haha=D Hope I really do learn something during this whole internship or it would be a waste of time and $$. Today was quite boring and it is a half day work. Didn't even wear gloves today cause the only thing we did was packaging 18g of NaCl and wiping cuvettes. Just this 1 piece cost a thousand! Guess I don't have to explain what is this right??lolx by the way, it is urine! Looks like urine right??Hehe its not!! It is serum=) AIA 2010 New Year Kick Off (after the half day work) O yea, results just came out yesterday. I am disappointed but kind of expected already. Felt very sleepy during the Recomb exam and was sick on the day before but I still forced myself to study..Probably its true that one should be resting their brain when their sick and not further stress it...T.T But I am glad that I didn't fail..As for Physio, I don't know what to say cause my internal marks are not that good, so kind of expected that it won't be a HD. Anyway, it's all over and thank god for giving me good marks! ♥ comments (0) \| back to top ♥