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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Diving.... wooohooo

I am finally going diving again after almost a year of no achsion. Last dive being tioman. I finally put together a Manado trip with "tie ge", 12 to 17 May, over the Vesak long wk end. We were actually suppose to go Aur this long wk n but it was called off and well...we decided money was better spent going manado for 6 days. :)) i is very very happy!

Some people have been asking me where is Manado...it is in Indonesia, north sulawesi...some maps might help?
I am very looking forward to this trip. I am a little apprehensive though...wonder if i will sink (ahem...getit getit...sink?) into slight depression or be in a stoning mood whilez i there. Diving reminds me of that person whom i do not to remember and manado was a location we were always talking abt...and making it one of our diving expeditions. I is scared i will start thinking and start feeling all heartachy about the whole episode.

BUT.... i must say i will enjoy my trip...i WILL definitely force myself to enjoy it lor...come on...it's manado!

We will be staying on Manado island itself, at NDC....nice spa-like resort....massage thrown in some more, we are arranged for the deluxe rooms, i saw the pic i scared worrr....so nice...sure x...but surprisingly it was reasonable...and if it really looks as the site shows it does, it's probably one of the best hotels i've stayed while on vacation? I will tell u all if the website bluff or not when i get back.

diving will take place in Bunaken sites mainly...i will try to get a trip to lembeh, must maximise since we are there rite??

According to dive guides, some of the highlights we can expect to see include colourful soft corals, frogfish (i likeeee), mantis shrimps (my eyes not so good...sure miss one lor), reef sharks, barracudas, trevallies , jacks, ghost pipe fish...critters and other macro stuff...which i am sure to miss. Ohhhh so exciting!

Coz of this dive trip i have to get the following 1) a better wetsuit (ie. long, less tight, and warm) or a thermo top so i can just wear over my shorties 2) underwater casing for my nikon 3) a loaned BC (rental expensive there)

Further inspired by this trip...other trips are in the books already... heee...
1) Bali - to see mola mola...they are so silly-looking...and actually not ez to catch lor....nearest i think only bali have. So this one...must try to do in Jun/ Jul. According to a dive shop contact in Bali...this period sure tio one lorrr.... hmmmm....wonder if there's $ back policy?
2) Maldives trip - scheduled for Apr next year. Apparently u go there...you get to see everything...hammer heads, tunas, dolphins, mantas, eagle rays, whale shark...etc etc...basically the dive of your diving career will be in maldives.

3) Sipadan - Kapalai resort...an fren went...and came back with a video of hammerheads...they saw at abt 40+m .... sheesh... -_-

Thursday, April 27, 2006

More little get-aways

I met THE MAN many times while i was out of action...things are good...we still talk a lot...we talk everyday. We do some funny things and sometimes i wished i could do so much more for him. But our situation, does not allow it...well...live and let live... :)

We've read the papers together, sat silent in a car, admired a decade old stuffed duck, shared loads of food on binging trips...all these things though not earth-shattering moments, i will remember. they were NICE moments...moments i wished i had a built-in webcam to capture then and there...maybe when its not really yours, you tend to think better of it and treasure it more huh?

I have been analysing why i am happy just to have things the way they are ...i mean we are not together and will not be together but we share this sentimental thing. I never used to be able to accept a guy, with whom i have this thing with, as a friend...i usually want more.

Maybe i've mellowed. I no longer pursue...i let matters lie... things are better left unsaid...and well... we are happy the way we are, that's the most important.

It's safer like this...no one leaves and no one gets hurt. Such a wonderful arrangement. If we were together, i would be putting myself at risk of being heart broken...yet again.

No expectations, no heart aches and no frustrations. I think i am in a win-win situation.

W - for Winda

I spoke with my "idol"....who else but Ms winda! She is absolutely the best...a celebrity with no airs worrr and such a fantabulous sense of humour... ha ha...how it happened...it was a lonely wednesday night, after chasing some Gilmore Girls episodes, Season 1 disc 4, i decided to take a brave step and add winda to my msn... she is nice! we talked for a while...we love the same things...shoes, cats (no...this did not get covered in our conversation) and TV serials... hur hur hur...

It's nice...to know people through blogging :)

I think i will starta "Windamania" - fan club of 2006? our first objective would be to raise some funds for our royal highness' graduation holiday .... do i see any hands?? hur hur hur...

And i thought things couldn't get any worse...

I swear I must have been jinxed. Browsers could not work (despite the fact that i could download my outlook mails, msn and do my torrents)... my MP3 player had sound distortion problem and err... i had a bit of an adventure with MH with setting up my new DVD Rom, ahem....

So the reason i was MIA for so long...1) i was plain lazeee 2) i had many things to do and think abt...but now i forget... hmmmm....simi ah? 3) I couldn't browse :(

The problem was actually pretty straight forward...my PROXY....and those singnet technican idiots...proclaimed that NO...i needn't set/ config anything new since my package upgrade...NO NEW SETTINGS....this was the answer i got when i called them once i found out the problem. So being the trusting person that i am...i believed. i did every other thing i could do...scanning for virus...deleting adware/trojans...cleaning up ... updating my windows...uninstalling shit...resinstalling shit....consulted 10 people at the very least...this went on for more than a wk.. i almost gave up...but i called singnet's tech help again...after a 45min wait...the tech guy no. 2...brought me through many things that i already have done...then finally...after prompting from me that the last thing that i did was to UPGRADE MY BROADBAND PACKAGE... then the browsers went dead...then TG no. 2 told me to try setting proxy to fol.singnet.com.sg.. voila...the browsers and virus updates all started coming on lor... I could even almost suspect that that was the problem but TG no. 1 must insist NO 2 times lor...WTF? i think singnet hire me...also better...i could have almost solved my issue if i only knew this secret proxy lor...idiots.

KNN....these people wasted good time and brain power giving consumers the WRONG answer and sub-standard solutions...i am totally cheesed.

Well, a good thing that came out of it was i cleared my PC...and everything on it now is as updated as updated can be lor... -_-

MH oso helped me get a DVD writer/reader Rom...heee...and silly dell cover design couldnt accommodate the edge-to-edge tray...so what we did...we improvised...we cut the cover...heehee...

See huh...the edges of the cover cut and jagged heee...
the other side looks better...cz we had practice!
Well anyway i had PC 101 w MH...it was educational...here is my RAM...:)
Now i tell u about my MP3 player...sound distortion...went down creative service ctr...made a bit of noise...lo and behold they agreed to replace a new set for me...! wahhh...and my player's warranty over liao lor...heee...i was sort of hoping they quote me an exhorbitant repair fee then i have reason to buy ipod...but well ok la...may as well...while in the shop this caught my eye...i THINK better than ipod video.... and reviews say BETTER than ipod lor...*droolzzz* i wan leh... :P 60GB...can watch video, download pics from memory card...got laylio...can play MP3s...wahhhh i dono wat to say. only thing i don like abt it...the screen...the viewing angle not good la.
So now with a faster download speed and functional PC...i am finally whole.... i rest now...later tell other stories...