Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Hot hot Vietnam...
Its hot. very hot these few days. Yesterday was up to 37 deg. Didn't feel like 37 deg though. But today, 33 deg already sweltering heat. Aircon also not cold alr. + the non-stop yawning!!!!!!! open the mouth big like hippo!!!!!! + coughing!!!!! Arghhhh!!!! I'm just irritated.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Vietnam 2
21 May 2009
Had herbal chicken soup for dinner. Hmmm…. Don't think its THAT fantastic as my colleague says it is. The herbs just taste different but my colleague says its Cantonese style. Oh… maybe it is. But I still like the herbal chicken soup at Ubi Ave 2. Wonder if I have the chance to go there eat again. Their soups are simply fantastic!
Had a change of room. I must say, the new room is much much brighter and cooler. And didn't have the damp smell. =)
23-24 May 2009
Think I need to fill in the week just ended. Hahaha…. Weekday was just work. eat. sleep. Except for Thursday. Need to entertain some tax officials from Thai Nguyen. So, left office at 4pm for dinner. Till 7pm. Wonder why so long? Wahaha…. Its round 1, tea. Round 2, food and drinks and food and drinks and drinks and more drinks. Luckily their alcohol content is quite low. Their red wine was lighter and much much smoother. Hehhee… their alcohol is… nice and sweet and smells good. Hehehe…. 25% alcohols. Its nice. Hehehe…. Nice.
Weekend was spent in Hanoi. Hmmm…. Went shopping at some touristy place. Man oh man… the roads… was difficult to walk on and the traffic…. I almost fainted. The sound of the horns…. NON-STOP!!!!! But yeah! Internet for once at night. Hehehe…. nw, am back in Dong A II Hotel. Think there is some conference tomorrow. The hotel looks like half full now. As compared to less than 10 person for last week. =)
I love the Disney Channel. Think I have that on Mio TV. Gonna watch and watch… =) Time for some last minute work b4 hitting the sack. :)
Had herbal chicken soup for dinner. Hmmm…. Don't think its THAT fantastic as my colleague says it is. The herbs just taste different but my colleague says its Cantonese style. Oh… maybe it is. But I still like the herbal chicken soup at Ubi Ave 2. Wonder if I have the chance to go there eat again. Their soups are simply fantastic!
Had a change of room. I must say, the new room is much much brighter and cooler. And didn't have the damp smell. =)
23-24 May 2009
Think I need to fill in the week just ended. Hahaha…. Weekday was just work. eat. sleep. Except for Thursday. Need to entertain some tax officials from Thai Nguyen. So, left office at 4pm for dinner. Till 7pm. Wonder why so long? Wahaha…. Its round 1, tea. Round 2, food and drinks and food and drinks and drinks and more drinks. Luckily their alcohol content is quite low. Their red wine was lighter and much much smoother. Hehhee… their alcohol is… nice and sweet and smells good. Hehehe…. 25% alcohols. Its nice. Hehehe…. Nice.
Weekend was spent in Hanoi. Hmmm…. Went shopping at some touristy place. Man oh man… the roads… was difficult to walk on and the traffic…. I almost fainted. The sound of the horns…. NON-STOP!!!!! But yeah! Internet for once at night. Hehehe…. nw, am back in Dong A II Hotel. Think there is some conference tomorrow. The hotel looks like half full now. As compared to less than 10 person for last week. =)
I love the Disney Channel. Think I have that on Mio TV. Gonna watch and watch… =) Time for some last minute work b4 hitting the sack. :)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Had herbal chicken soup for dinner. Hmmm…. Don't think its THAT fantastic as my colleague says it is. The herbs just taste different but my colleague says its Cantonese style. Oh… maybe it is. But I still like the herbal chicken soup at Ubi Ave 2. Wonder if I have the chance to go there eat again. Their soups are simply fantastic!
Had a change of room. I must say, the new room is much much brighter and cooler. And didn't have the damp smell. =)
20 May 09
Morning was good. Tot i'd have missed American Idols. But... i managed to watch the whole show. hehehe... I wish Adam Lambert would win. hehehe...
Had a change of room. I must say, the new room is much much brighter and cooler. And didn't have the damp smell. =)
20 May 09
Morning was good. Tot i'd have missed American Idols. But... i managed to watch the whole show. hehehe... I wish Adam Lambert would win. hehehe...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The beginning of my Vietnam adventure...
Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
18 May 09
Flight was ok. But I find the landing is a little rough though not as bad as the MAS flight I took 1.5yrs ago.
Reach airport. Small one though. Of course can't expect that every airport to be the same as Changi Airport right? But Hong Kong Airport is big. Hehehe… at least, I can have a reason to go to the airport much earlier for some shopping. Hahaha… so its usually, Tung Chung in the morning, airport in the afternoon and flight back SG in the evening. Looks like I have to plan a holiday soon. Probably in June.
Dinner was hmmm…. Tough. Cos dono what to order though there are English words there on the menu. Cos they have things like Snail, snake, rabbit, then dono what weird weird meat. Order vege also have to make sure its just vege and not + any kind of meat. Cos it just says fried vege with meat. Hahaha… who knows what sort of meat they'll serve? Oh… did I mention also, doggie meat? Ewwwwks…
19 May 09
As usual, 1st night didn't sleep well. Keep waking up to watch tv. AT LEAST there are programs to watch. Hehehe…. Woke up at 6.15am and got ready for breakie. But to my SURPRISE! I was told.. for our breakfast today, we have noodles with beef and noodles with egg. Errr… sorry. Is INSTANT noodles with beef and INSTANT noodles with eggs. *faints* ordered the Maggie mee with eggs + coffee. At least, the Vietnamese coffee is something that I look forward to. Its even thicker than espresso but I find it too sweet. Maybe she added too much milk. The Noodles was ok. I had 2 egg yolks. Not sure what happened to the egg white though. But I must say, the yolks are nicely done. Perfect half boiled.
Lunch at the factory canteen. Food is pretty decent. At least, we finished everything except for the cold soup and raw vege which I have no idea how to eat it.
Dinner back at the same restaurant again. This time, I remembered I ordered stir fried mixed vege. But came out as blanched carrot and raddish! But the prawns are nice. Its big and fresh. We only have 6 prawns to share though.
20 May 09
Woke up at 5+am. YES!!! 5+. Cos there was a power failure at ard 4+ to 5. and the room was so so so so so so stuffy. Oh ya. Not to mention I woke up at 4am to close the balcony door as it swang open due to the strong wind + rain in the early morning. Tried going back to sleep then but was really hot. Decided to just open up the windows and have some fresh air instead.
And to my surprise, there are more tenants than I think there are in this hotel. Hahaha… I thought I only saw 1 ang mo guy for the past 2 days. But this morning, sitting by the window enjoying the cool breeze (aircon is still dead from the generator failure), I saw another angmo and either a Japanese or Korean. Its 7am now. Had a 1 ½ hr breakfast by the window. Sandwich with salmon spread + 2 coffees. Full, but very sleepy. Sleepy!!!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this weekend in Hanoi. Not sure what sort of surprises I'll get there. But, still is some "freshness". At least, we have a local 'tour guide' to bring us round.
On a side note, Dong A hotel is not bad a place to stay. If only their aircon can be cooler. Cos I on it to 16 deg and max speed, the fan is still cooler than the aircon. Other than a few barks from the neighbouring dog and some horning during the early evening, its actually quite a relaxing place during the day. When it comes to night time, I suppose it’s the low occupancy rate that they did not on all the lights. Some corners can be quite dark. Morning is fine. And hmmm… I smell INSTANT noodles again. Hehehe…. Ciao. Going to get ready for work. =)
18 May 09
Flight was ok. But I find the landing is a little rough though not as bad as the MAS flight I took 1.5yrs ago.
Reach airport. Small one though. Of course can't expect that every airport to be the same as Changi Airport right? But Hong Kong Airport is big. Hehehe… at least, I can have a reason to go to the airport much earlier for some shopping. Hahaha… so its usually, Tung Chung in the morning, airport in the afternoon and flight back SG in the evening. Looks like I have to plan a holiday soon. Probably in June.
Dinner was hmmm…. Tough. Cos dono what to order though there are English words there on the menu. Cos they have things like Snail, snake, rabbit, then dono what weird weird meat. Order vege also have to make sure its just vege and not + any kind of meat. Cos it just says fried vege with meat. Hahaha… who knows what sort of meat they'll serve? Oh… did I mention also, doggie meat? Ewwwwks…
19 May 09
As usual, 1st night didn't sleep well. Keep waking up to watch tv. AT LEAST there are programs to watch. Hehehe…. Woke up at 6.15am and got ready for breakie. But to my SURPRISE! I was told.. for our breakfast today, we have noodles with beef and noodles with egg. Errr… sorry. Is INSTANT noodles with beef and INSTANT noodles with eggs. *faints* ordered the Maggie mee with eggs + coffee. At least, the Vietnamese coffee is something that I look forward to. Its even thicker than espresso but I find it too sweet. Maybe she added too much milk. The Noodles was ok. I had 2 egg yolks. Not sure what happened to the egg white though. But I must say, the yolks are nicely done. Perfect half boiled.
Lunch at the factory canteen. Food is pretty decent. At least, we finished everything except for the cold soup and raw vege which I have no idea how to eat it.
Dinner back at the same restaurant again. This time, I remembered I ordered stir fried mixed vege. But came out as blanched carrot and raddish! But the prawns are nice. Its big and fresh. We only have 6 prawns to share though.
20 May 09
Woke up at 5+am. YES!!! 5+. Cos there was a power failure at ard 4+ to 5. and the room was so so so so so so stuffy. Oh ya. Not to mention I woke up at 4am to close the balcony door as it swang open due to the strong wind + rain in the early morning. Tried going back to sleep then but was really hot. Decided to just open up the windows and have some fresh air instead.
And to my surprise, there are more tenants than I think there are in this hotel. Hahaha… I thought I only saw 1 ang mo guy for the past 2 days. But this morning, sitting by the window enjoying the cool breeze (aircon is still dead from the generator failure), I saw another angmo and either a Japanese or Korean. Its 7am now. Had a 1 ½ hr breakfast by the window. Sandwich with salmon spread + 2 coffees. Full, but very sleepy. Sleepy!!!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this weekend in Hanoi. Not sure what sort of surprises I'll get there. But, still is some "freshness". At least, we have a local 'tour guide' to bring us round.
On a side note, Dong A hotel is not bad a place to stay. If only their aircon can be cooler. Cos I on it to 16 deg and max speed, the fan is still cooler than the aircon. Other than a few barks from the neighbouring dog and some horning during the early evening, its actually quite a relaxing place during the day. When it comes to night time, I suppose it’s the low occupancy rate that they did not on all the lights. Some corners can be quite dark. Morning is fine. And hmmm… I smell INSTANT noodles again. Hehehe…. Ciao. Going to get ready for work. =)
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