We spent the day at Sentosa. The weather was lovely.

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Quick and simple hehe. I used those large sized pita breads, added diced tomatoes, dried herbs (basil, thyme, parsley) as I don’t have fresh ones, pepper, some parmesan cheese (just a little bit for the taste since I don’t really like my pizza to be cheesy), olive oil, baked for 10-15 mins et voila! It’s thin and crispy and one isn’t enough

This week is exam week, hence I’ve been busy with revision and with some freelance stuffs. So how are my days like nowadays… I try to wake up at around 7am and go for a morning jog. Waking up late would shorten the day and make me feel even more lazy. So yeah it’s better to be a morning person. After I come back we’d have breakfast in the balcony if he hasn’t gone to work yet. Else it’s breakfast alone with my cat hehe. I love the fresh morning air. Morning is usually pretty short. Sometimes I’d study in the room with the TV on from time to time, sometimes it’s in the balcony. It all depends on my mood and on the weather. I take a nap in the afternoon, then starts preparing dinner after I wake up. Yeah I try to cook everyday. I love watching those recipe shows — Jamie Oliver, Nigella, Food 911, Take Home Chef etc etc.

I don’t think I posted pix of the new place yet. So here are some. We moved in about a month ago. The curtains were not yet installed at the time those pictures were taken. Friends asked me how married life is. Well it’s great, so far everything is good!

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We’ve been back since last week and I’ve been very busy ever since.

Overall, our honeymoon was great (but too short)!! We spent 3 nights in Hua Hin and another 3 nights in Bangkok — I regret not going to Bangkok first!! Hua Hin was much better than Bangkok. Bangkok was just not my type of place for a relaxing honeymoon — too crowded, busy, noisy or maybe I’m just a beach person and prefer a slow pace of life!! We took a private car from Bangkok airport to Hua Hin and the journey was almost 3 hrs — cost about 2400 Thai Baht for a single tip (about $100).

Hua Hin is a quiet and peaceful beach place. The people were really nice and the resort (Let’s Sea Al Fresco Resort) was one of the best we’ve ever stayed during a holiday. It has a total of 40 rooms, it’s romantic and quiet, the bed is comfortable (this is very important to me), the interior design is modern and the reception people are very friendly. Breakfast isn’t buffet though (I would have preferred buffet for my breakfast). You can choose from a few sets (american, thai, healthy, low cholesterol sets etc). The beach isn’t crowded but definitely not as beautiful as Mauritius beaches. We didn’t do any sea sports, so it didn’t really matter.

We rented a motorbike during those 3 days — we paid about $40 total. The husband rode us around despite having no license! I think there were many other illegal tourist riders! The motorbike was really useful as it allowed us to explore Hua Hin on our own. We went to mountains, elephant park and simply rode from places to places etc. He enjoyed riding.

After our 3rd night it was time to head to Bangkok. Bangkok was totally the opposite of Hua Hin. It was my first time in this big city. The hotel that we were staying at (The Elegance Suites) wasn’t nice (pictures from their website look nice though). After our 2nd night, we decided to check into Sheraton hotel where we rested and enjoyed our last day of our honeymoon. I loved their dinner and breakfast buffet!

So in Bangkok we visited those famous markets (MBK, Chatuchak, Siam City etc). I didn’t do much shopping though. For sure I am not a shopping person. I’m still amazed how we ended paying $90 because of our excess luggage (10kg in excess). We also had to get 2 backpacks. One for tidbits and the other for the mua thai boxing set which we bought. We also visited Patpong night market. I’ve heard much about the boy girl show and of course I wanted to watch the show out of curiosity. Well, we ended up in the wrong place with lots of sleazy girls instead. We were like fools (we were the only ones at such an early hour - 7pm) sitting there for 20mins. They kept asking for tips, which we gave, but then we left after they kept asking for more.

Here are some random pictures out of the 800++ photos taken … loading time is loooong …

In Hua Hin: Let’s Sea Al Fresco Resort reception area

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We went to HDB Hub this morning to sign the agreement of lease and collect our house keys! I’ve lived in the West for 5 years, East for 1 year and now (soon) I’m gonna live in the North. We opened the doors of our new house soon after getting the keys. Our interior designer came to help us inspect the new place for defects. We found a few defects — the skirting wasn’t done properly and some stuffs like the door stopper and window screws were a little rusty. The master bedroom’s toilet door and the study room’s windows can’t close properly. Some of the window rubbers were also too short. We are submitting the defect list on Monday. Renovation can start on the first second week of March (hdb told us that it will take 2 weeks to rectify the defects).

Hazel’s two flatmates came all the way to our office to surprise her with a birthday cake with a childhood picture of her on it. Cuteeee! We were their accomplices and had to make sure that the birthday girl doesn’t leave the office until 7pm but most importantly, doesn’t suspect anything! But she did smell something fishy after hearing someone’s conversation haha.