More pix and activities as we spent our time at the clinic. A typical day is from 730am - walk from hotel to the site - a short 15 min walk along the scenic Mekong River then to the venue to help out in crowd control and then the various stations. Work typically ends around 4pm followed by a de-brief and then dinner at around 7.30pm. The weather is cool in the morning and nites and it was rather fun eating steamboat and hot plate without having to perspire. A luxury indeed for typical Singaporeans like us who r very used [View Full Entry]

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This journal is about our few days at the mission itself. Starting from Tues afternoon to Friday. We arrived at around 1pm at Tha Khaek and checked in to the hotel, a modest looking dormitory facing the Mekong River. Moths were everywhere and stuck on the wall...as if it was the most natural thing to do. Clinic days start from 6.30am with breakfast then at 7.30am we went to the site and help out in various stations - until the last villager was sent off. The max no of villagers on thurs was 3663 - a pretty large figure considering that [View Full Entry]

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We are off to Vientianne en route to Tha Khaek to work with the Lion's on the Gift of Sight programme. This programme is to enable villagers to be able to have their eyes checked, degrees corrected and if need be, get their cataract operations done at the local hospital there. It was the first time Adela, Samuel and myself were travelling together. We have never been to any GOS mission before but it sounds interesting enough for us to try together as a family. The itinerary was a bonus to us in some ways as we get to spend 3 [View Full Entry]

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We r finally at Kaoshiung..yep..myself, my bro and his family visiting 2nd sis. We bunked into her flat..er...i mean condo and had a fabulous 3 days there. Check out the sights and sounds of Kaoshiung...i was impressed with the service of the locals...yep..it is indeed a change from prc and hong kong..the cabbies and sales staff..are pretty courteous..and of course it helps that we can speak mandarin and hokkien to them..Er...it's called "tai ge" or in simple hokkien..means "Taiwanese language"...needless to say, it brings back memories for my bro as he was last in taiwan for his army training [View Full Entry]

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The family is now travelling in xiamen in search of our roots..where our parents came from. I am travelling with my nephew, niece and sisters. Xiamen was the first place i visited way back in 2003 and it's the first place i'm visiting with my family again..to bring them to see Gulang Yu, Wuyi Mountain and of course, taste the delicious seafood - the flower crabs, the prawns, the tea...etc etc.. enjoy the pix!! [View Full Entry]

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here we are again...there's so many pix here that i can't put them into two entries..so now it's expanded to three...have fun! btw, we are now all safely back in singapore....it was a GOOD trip though tiring! sayonara for now! [View Full Entry]

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the pix at disneyland is so overflowing that i've got to have two entries...enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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the last two days of our trip was spent in disneyland and universal studios. For me, even tho' i've been to disneyland a number of times - LA, Florida, Hong Kong...the magical feel is always there..and it's just a happy place for families and kids..and of course..the young at heart! we managed to do a couple of rides - and pose with our fav characters...the weather was really hot in the daytime...but dropped tremendously at nite... we also managed to catch the filming of the christmas@disney show and see the colourful christmas parade up close...what a sight...i luv christmas! and of [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday was spent travelling from SF to Anaheim, LA. It was a tiring trip. The highlight of the many hours of travelling - yep around 10 hours or more (what with traffic jam the way it is at LA) was the 2.5 hrs we had at Gilroy Premium factory outlets...where many of us spent our time happily boosting the american economy with our christmas shopping. I was happy that Derek, our TSO, was so meticulous in planning for the trip that he had actually downloaded coupons that offer great discounts for our purchase!! hmmm..he's really a great guy to have on [View Full Entry]

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The gals visited Google and UC Berkeley today. Google was an amazing place - even tho' i've visited it once in Mar but it's still fun to meet up with folks from Google again...after so long. Emily from Google is now expecting a boy...hmm..and of course, my travelling partner and colleague, WL, a little baby also...exciting eh?! Meredith, our host for the day, has planned a good programme for them and that includes a tour of the facilities, talks by software engineer Neha and also a showcase of how Google earth can be used by Megan Goddard, a Senior GIS specialist. [View Full Entry]

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