Sunday, July 29, 2007 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts, Holiday

Today, Huppy and I decided to book our honeymoon… After discussing when would be the best time - the month of October was it!

*August - I return home to UK for 1 month.
*September - I will be going to HK for about 9 days, then returning to Singa for Maggie and Daniel’s wedding.

For our honeymoon we are going to Koh Samui in Thailand… 8 day trip staying in a beautiful hotel then a villa (well, it looks fantastic in the pictures on the internet!!!) - to experience the differences in areas and traditions etc.

The first 3 days we will be staying at a hotel at Bophut beach - it’s a small paradise in the north of Koh Samui in between Maenam and Chaweng. It’s houses are said to be built in the pure Thai style, out of tropical wood, which gives it the charm. There are small restaurants at the edge of the sea which provides tranquility and a taste of local Thai food.

Then for the remainder 5 days, we will be staying at a villa at Chaweng beach - A 7 km long beach in the North-East of Samui. The most well-known and developed, but also one of the best!! We’ll see how it compares!!!

Really looking forward to it, esp. some of the stuff we plan to do! E.g. the spa treatments, going to a kick boxing event, shoot at a shooting range (well, I may chicken out!!??), The big Buddha, the grandfather and grandmother rocks located on South Lamai beach, nightlife and bars…. Basically, chilling out and spending some quality time with my Huppy…

Thursday, July 26, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

For those who know me - I don’t cook… actually, I don’t want to cook…. Not because I don’t like it… It’s because I have no time and my cooking is basically crap… I generally don’t have any idea of taste nor do I like to think about what dishes to cook.. I find it so mind-boggling to think of different dishes every single day! I’m perfectly happy eating the same dish at every meal… C’mon, I love bland foods!!! and I don’t really like msg… (monosodium glutamate, that is!!)

But today, I have no excuse! I have plenty of time! So today is officially my first cooking day as a Tai-Tai (a house-wife!).

I woke up early with Hupps, to take Maggie to school (7am)…. She teaches and the schools here start at 7:30am…. crazy!!! Then it was off to the wet market to buy the ingredients…. Came back home to take a short nap but ended up waking at 10:45am!!!

The dishes I “plan” to cook are below…. Usually, due to errors - a little improvisation is needed!

Dish 1: Steamed whole fish with ginger and spring onion
Dish 2: Stir fried chicken and onions in soya sauce
Dish 3: Pak choi with garlic
Dish 4: Steamed egg sprinkled with spring onions

Result:
Dish 1: Mum added fermented soya bean sauce for taste… I managed to crack the plasticy plate due to the immense heat!!!! oops!!! :p
Dish 2: Turned out the best…!!! Tasted good!
Dish 3: Over-cooked the veggie - but hey, still ok.
Dish 4: Added too much water into the egg… Also forgetting that water will also go into the dish due to condensation (I steamed the beaten egg in the rice cooker)…. Turned out watery….

Final verdict:
All the dishes were finished!!! Couldn’t have been that bad! Maybe I’ll cook curry tomorrow?!?!?

*** The soups in the picture were cooked by Mum….!***

Friday, July 20, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

Life moves on….

Over a week after the tragic event…. We have adapted to our new environment… Many things have changed, but we are determined to get thru this together….

Here is another new chapter in DnA’s life….

Monday, July 9, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

Today is the day that Dad passed away…. Without a word - he left this world…. We will not be sad.. but we will remember all the happy memories that we have shared with him….

“We are happy that you were able to spend your last days with us and share our weddings… Loving you always…. You’re always a winner in our eyes….”

Sunday, July 8, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

During the morning, chilled out a bit and then a hairstylist came to do my hair… well trendy!!!

Dressed up in our Chinese outfits to conduct the tea ceremony to our relatives - look closely at Dad in the background dressed in blue.. so happy!!!

Then it was preparation for the evening reception…. Another fantastic day to remember…

Thursday, July 5, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

What a mission!!! Due to the high security of UK airports and wild weather conditions, the flight from Cardiff was delayed… which meant we missed our connecting flight to Singa!!!

We eventually caught the cardiff flight to amsterdam…. We managed to get a transfer, the earliest being the following evening, but flying from amsterdam to bankok, then to singa…!!

Finding a hotel was a mission that evening, but managed to find somewhere close by…

Due to the evening flight…. we had a tour in amsterdam…. visiting the windmills and general sightseeing…

Time for our flight…. arrived in bankok only to find that our luggage may not be on the same flight!!! But after some queries, we were assured that the luggage was on the same flight to singa… yippee….

Arrived back in Singa a day later than originally planned…. luggage all here? Oh no, one piece missing… Thank goodness it wasnt the luggages with our wedding gear! All ended well as the missing luggae was found and returned the following day! (it was lost in transit in bankok!!)

Sunday, July 1, 2007 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts

Rather a good night’s sleep…. Woke up at about 7:15am.. and yip, I still have time to blog!!!

Am I nervous - Nope!! Why should I be? Cos I am in good hands!! I mean, Hupps has done well in organising so much.. similarly, same with my family…. Maze with our wedding cake, Ansy with the photos, Sis & Mum with the general running of things, Kobe with the driving and chauffeuring, and Gav-boy with the editing of our music!!! *Hugs* to you all…

Am I excited? Yeah, ofcos!!! Now gonna just chill out.. watch a bit of TV!!!

*** Summary of day****

Was absolutely fantastic… Best day by far xxx