Is my name... My day job is not a journalist. And I don't run a travel agency. I travel a tad more than an average person does, that's cos it's what I do for a living. For the time being at least. Envy me not cos the job glitz goes just as far as the does, in between, it's (*7%!#@@?). Just another job, that's what I mean. But I love it and I love it, and I'm grateful. Anyhow, welcome to my weblog. In here, you'll get, if not little, scanty info on my globetrots and travels. Do not expect detailed accounts, nor travel-guide type facts and figs. Just some idiot-proof, Info-Sharing-101, you could find handy if you're looking up destinations, I've been to, myself. Feel free to indulge, heed my advice, dump it, comment, pop your queries or judge me, for all you fancy. All info are true at point of publishing, unless stated otherwise. Hmmph, just one advice. I share cos I'm naturally nice like that, but I'm not always, always right. Don't say I didn't warn you.
What say u...
Been There.Done That.
[maa-lee] Capital city of Maldives. Group of atolls in Indian Ocean.
Location: Southern Asia, South-southwest of India.
Flight time: Approximately 6hrs from Singapore Changi Airport.
Climate: Tropical; hot, humid; dry,(November to March); rainy,(June to August).
Ethnic groups: South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs.
Currency: US$.
RecommenD-O-Meter: MUST!MUST!MUST!GO!
*Down Under*
Brighton Beach, Melbourne. South of St Kilda. Bright and strikingly colored bathing boxes, line the beaches.
These bathing boxes, used also for the storage of clothes and sometimes small water crafts, are private change rooms. Found mainly on Brighton and on the beaches of the Mornington Peninsula.
*Down Udder* Christchurch, Nz. Mt Hutt, opens from early May until late October. One of the longest seasons ski resorts in New Zealand. The road to the mountain base is not for the faint-hearted but once there, you will experience world-class skiing, and breath-taking views. Elevation is 2075 metres, with 365 hectares of ski terrain.
*Almost -ous*
"Fame costs, and right here is where you start paying." Driven by that fame-ous motto, a group of talented youths attended the New York High School of Performing Arts, to uncover the true price of FAME.
Running Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Venue: The Aldwych Theatre, London.
Travel: Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Nearest Rail: Charing Cross RecommenD-O-Meter: If u're into dancy-disco-jiving,this musical is rhetorically, RETRO-rical! It's an Ultimate Ah GO!GO!
*Delhi*
- Sarojini Nagar Clothes,ethnic footwear and accessories. Factory rejects, baring labels from Zara, MNG, Miss Selfridge and Style&Co...Good luck with the rummaging though!
- Delhi Hutt Bric-a-Brac. Cheap and bargainable ornaments.
*Sweetdreams my LAX*
*Istanbul*
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for an excerpt from a travel memoir by Tom Brosnahan. If I could have his dialectology, those will be my exact words too.
*Shopaholic and Sister* We did not kill each other.
*Shopaholic in Manhattan* What do shopaholics do in NEW YORK? Go figure.
I speak Graphics.
Pictorial Therapy.Trigger Happy.Visual Feasting.Eat ur Hearts out.
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Please... This is NOT a travel guide. So read and heed at your own risk. I will not be held liable for your holiday plans that go bust on you and neither should any part of this blog be excerpted without prior permission. Like I've mentioned, I'm usually nice, but I'm ONLY, usually nice.
So I haven't been updating. Cos I have been away. Not for work this time. I've been on leave since I got back from New York. And following a series of some really happy thought hormone-inducing happenings, I was on a get-away-from-all-things-else holiday. Not exactly what I had planned up a year ago with beloved team girl, Jamz, well it wasn't even what I had planned up just a week before we leave for our holiday. But a get-away it was...now trudge along... Flight finally took off after a slight delay. Based on the Commander's announcement, it was merely ATC. That wasn't exactly my first time on a different liner besides SQ, but if I have to be totally honest, I was having a tiny ,tad reservation about the condition of the plane, a 48-seater, that bears proud the Malaysian flag, somewhere near the cockpit window. I saw, with my own eyes, and Jamz's, that they had manually turned the propeller. Having had a full-load, and the unusually loud whirring of the engine/s, it didn't help ease that throbbing discomfort I had in my guts. I said a silent prayer. And for the rest of the 40mins, I kept my hands, to myself. But my head keeps falling off balance. And my heart, did I mention, skipped a beat, too many times! Don't mind the hair, I'm just glad we made it to the ground, safely. Alhamdulillah! At the airport, we were greeted by Shawn, a blonde, white South-African who had seeked refuge from the rural, Kampung-Laut life, after since 9 months ago. He had came, seen, and decided to stay for good. He took us on a 20 minutes speed-boat ride, without the engine stalling. So....the place is darn Gorgeous, No? Ok perhaps...picturesque...and DELIRIOUSLY tranquil...why, I'll tell ya... I wasn't going frantic yet... but this retreat to nothingness and losing Allll contact with everyone and anyone else back home...is shifting my equilibrium, slowly but surely, I was turning high by the minute. Likened to the effects of laughing gas...and epidural. Anyhow, Thank God for post-its. I had scribbled on post-its what that could have been text messages to a Someone had there been some kind of a phone network.
Dear U,
P/s: Me and Jamz, we r playing Hang-Man. Luv, Nad. Dear U,
Weather, It's pouring, cats, dogs, racoons, and other jungle creatures! In the name of all weather types...this is really rain I'm talking about. Me and Jamz, we headed for the cafeteria for tea and banana cake slices. I felt comforted already. Better than if I had to stay in room, overlooking the chaotic sea. Besides the madness, there's a freaking fly, which needs to be eaten. Shooflyshoo! Oh yes...Jamz, she'll have to get down to some serious business, look Dear look,.
Luv, Nad. Dear U,
P/s: It's not easy being a mermaid u noe! Try walking with flippers on! But Mermaids, they dun even walk, do they? Hmmph! Pp/s: The power supply, it's not back yet. Ppp/s: Where have all the Mats gone? Pppp/s: I'll see u tmr! ;). Luv, Nad. HomeBound... For more visual feastin' click on my fotopage.
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