Day 9 - Grindelwald, Jungfraujoch and Lauterbrunnen

When we woke up on Day 9, the rain had not subsided. We were quite taken aback, because we had planned for a visit to Jungfraujoch. We decided to still go, since there was nothing to do in Interlaken on a wet day, anyway.

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It was quite a pleasant surprise, when our train from Interlaken pulled right into the town of Grindelwald, it started snowing! Great! I've never seen snow falling before...We bought the train tickets to Jungfraujoch and walked around Grindelwald, soaking in the Christmas atmosphere. The town is right below the imposing Eiger mountain ( but we couldn't see it due to the snowfall), and was nicknamed the 'glacier village' for its proximity to two large seas of ice.

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After an hour in Grindelwald, we boarded our train to Klein Scheidegg, where we were to change to Jungfraubahn ( Bahn = Train in German). Along the way we saw multitudes of snow-covered pine trees and small huts with smoking chimneys...i really felt like i was in the land of Rudolph and Santa Claus =) The last leg of the train journey passed through nearly 10km of a rock tunnel. This tunnel took 16 years to drill in 1912 and it overcomes a gradient of 25%, covering an altitude of 1400 m.

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Midway during the train journey, the train stopped inside Eiger and Monch to let passengers down for a 5-minute visit to the viewing platforms. It was a very very very foggy day, so no passengers went down for a look. Finally the train pulled into the sci-fi Sphinx metereological station. Wen Lee and I tried to get outdoors but the wind that day was between 70-90 km/hr...i almost flew away from Top of Europe...!

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And so, we went to buy some postcards to post home from the highest post box and highest train station in the world! WooHoo~ With that done, we visited the Ice Palace within Jungfraujoch. There were a variety of ice sculptures and it felt like being in an icecube at this place... it was minus 8 deg C in Jungfraujoch, so you can imagine how chilly i was, considering the fact that i find even air-conditioned rooms far too cold.

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Later we took the train back down, not to Grindelwald but to Lauterbrunnen instead. It wasn't snowing in Lauterbrunnen, which was lucky for us because Lauterbrunnen has countless beautiful cow pastures and stone walls. We walked along the unpretentious town, towards its famous waterfall, Staubbach Falle. I was astonished when i saw the waterfall because instead of the gushing water i saw from the travel booklet i was holding, i saw a semi-frozen waterfall. Darn.... We had our late lunch/early dinner at a small eatery in Lauterbrunnen.

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We took a train back to Interlaken, and shopped in town. We purchased some watches, and the old man at the shop talked to us. He asked where we were from, and he surprised me by saying that he comes to Singapore/Malaysia for vacations frequently and named us the places he'd been too, including Kuantan! Haha... Hearing him rattling out the names ( Lumut, Kuantan, Melaka, Penang, KL, Genting Highlands, Kota Kinabalu, Redang, Kuching and his next intended destination Langkawi), this Swiss man has officially been to more places in Malaysia than i have!!

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As usual, we got back to the hotel just after sundown, with Wen Lee enjoying her beer. Beer there was cheap and she had been meaning to get a big can and so she finally got her wish!

羅志祥 撐腰

Xiao Zhu's latest MV, quite an interesting one. In the music video, he runs a marathon, thanking important people and places in his life. Among the people and places making cameo appearances (in that order) are his mentor, fellow host, Taipei Arena, Taipei Ximending, TV producer, drama director, previous co-star, duet partner, dance instructor, rumoured girlfriend, showbiz buddy, personal assistant ( who also happens to be his cousin ), make-up artist and lastly his mother at the crossing line. Haha...this MV is my favourite among all his other works. Happy Chinese New Year!

Day 8 - Interlaken and Bern

Today, it was bye-bye to wonderful Lucerne and hello Interlaken! It was raining...drat it.... In our train, we met this jolly old man from Zurich who was on his 3-day trip around Switzerland. He spoke to us in his halting English and took several photographs of us with his cellphone...haha...

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Interlaken , according to several friends who've been there, is a very outdoorsy kinda place. The view in Interlaken is incomparable, gazing at the Jungfrau mastiff from a distance with its icy peaks and a running stream cut right through the town. We saw nothing of that sort during our 2-night stay there, much to our disappointment. It was raining all the way, temperature was about 5-8 deg C and it was much too foggy to see anything. It was sad, cos i was looking forward to the stunning views in Bernese Oberland =(

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We checked in to the Chalet Oberland, within walking distance from Interlaken West train station. Our plan to visit Mystery Park was ruined when our receptionist in the hotel informed us that the place has shut down. I was getting hyped up about those Mayan temples, Egyptian Pyramids etc. and it all came crashing down. Fret not, we had a back up plan, to take a furnicular up Heimwehfluh near our hotel. We walked there in the drizzle only to find the furnicular has been closed due to bad weather. Bahhh.....

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We were left with nothing to do... anyway, we went to have lunch... i had Goulash Soup which was very soothing in the cold. Wen Lee and I discussed and decided that we should head to Bern , about an hour's journey away. We were slated to visit and stay in Bern on our last day, but our schedule for that last day was rather tight, and so we thought it may be a good idea to get some of our itenirary out of the way first.

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Once we were in Bern, we wandered around it's fairy-tale cobbled streets of its Old Town. Switzerland's capital is so proud of its medieval town centre, and it has been declared by UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a World Heritage Site.

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We spotted the Bundeshaus (Swiss Houses of Parliament) from afar. No one would miss this building built in an impressive Florentine style complete with a stained glass dome. Just nearby is a market on Barenplatz selling food and garments. This place is also dotted with cafe terraces.

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With the aid of a map, we managed to find the two places we were looking for just a street away from each other : Munster and Einstain Haus. Towering above the roofs of the old town is the huge Munster, an enormous church which took 150 years to complete. I stared in awe at the main portal , with its sculpture of the Last Judgement made so meticulously and detailed.

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As for Einstein Haus, it is a small museum which was the humble apartment where a young Albert Einstein lived with his family while he was working for CERN. I have always thought that Einstein was German, but from here i discovered that he renounced his citizenship and adopted a dual Swiss-American citizenship....hehe...yeah, i know...my general knowledge is pretty limited!

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The cold was getting to my bones plus it was getting late and we returned to Interlaken. We dined in the restaurant on the ground floor of our hotel. We had a Fondue Chinois meal, which came with a large plate of beef, assorted pickles, various dipping sauces, fries and a pot with a soup base. We wiped everything off our plates and almost died from overeating. After dinner, we were treated to live performances of traditional Swiss music which included yodelling, the Alphorn and a string quartet..

We went back to the hotel to rest. Speaking of the hotel, i love the heated floor in the bathroom and the three peaks on our hotel bedframe which symbolises the 3 famous mountains in the area : Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.

Agent LL's Pizzeria Part II

OK, back to making pizza. The dough is out of the bread-maker....this part is the hardest work... kneading kneading and kneading. Then it's rolling, rolling and rolling.

Whoaaaa.... Pizza toppings! The best thing about making your own pizza is that you can choose your favourite toppings.

Just having a piece of chicken to try out the taste. MmmMMmmm....good... now i'll have a piece of pineapple...mmmMMmmmMmm...good.... what about the carrots? MmmmmmmmMMM good....and some of that cheese....MmmmmMMMmmm good.....oh oh oh, don't forget the mushrooms....MMmmmmMmm good....and....and....

Lastly, top the pizza....spread out everything as evenly as you can...

It's completed...now i'll just have it brought to the oven... ahh, i can't wait for the feast...

How does it look? Better than Pizza Hut's , i bet.... It should taste really good as well. Come on everyone...come and enjoy Chef Lele's home-made pizza.

I'll just have a slice...must stay slim. Now, where's my brother Kaikai? I'll save some for him...and QQ as well. I'm sure they'll like this.

Agent LL's Pizzeria Part I

Hi guys ! Today i'm the pizza boy, and i'll let you in on my secret recipe. Here you see me boiling fresh tomatoes with ketchup and herbs. This will be the base sauce for my pizza.

Let me flex my manly muscles, helping my grandma open a can of mushrooms, followed by tinned pineapples. There's my grandma in the background, preparing to make the pizza dough .

Big yummy succulent mushrooms....we'll have to boil them in a pot first.

Here's my grandma, adding olive oil to the dough mixture. It's much healthier than normal oil.

Here i am, trying to get salt to be added to the dough as well. I'll add less salt, also better for my well-being...hehe... as an Agent, i must start eating healthy from young.

Next step : Adding flour... careful now, don't spill them all over the kitchen counter.

Finally, add yeast...According to my grandma, yeast is a living micro-organism but i think she's just kidding? They look like brown sugar to me....hmmmm....

Star shape? Love shape? Moon shape? Doggie shape? .....Decisions....Decisions.... (to be con't.....)

Day 7 - Mount Titlis and Lucerne

Once again, we got up early as we had planned this day carefully. After a simple but unbelievably delicious breakfast by Hotel Rothaus, we embarked on our day-trip to Mount Titlis. We took a train to the town of Engelberg, a relatively humble village that sits in a quiet, idyllic valley surrounded by green lush.
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From Engelberg Train Station, it's about a 10-minute walk to the Titlis Rotair Station. From there, it is a 4-stage cable car journey. The cable cars came painted with the flags of the world. This cable car we took ascended to Gerschnialp (1300m). In the same cable car, we proceeded to Trubsee (1800m), gliding over cow pastures. After that, we transferred to a large gondola, headed to Stand (2450m). From Stand, we boarded the rotair, the first rotating gondola in the world, for the passage over the dazzling Titlis Glacier.

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From the Titlis Station (3020m), we headed outdoors. We were blessed with good and clear weather that day, and hence photo-taking was great! We were able to see snow-capped mountains from miles and miles away. We even took the Ice Flyer (ski lift), an unforgettable experience with your feet dangling in the air over the snow. I suppose no trip to Switzerland is complete without a trip to a snow mountain. I had a friend who was in Switzerland 2 weeks prior to my trip, and she visited Mount Pilatus in Lucerne, but it's altitude was not high enough for snow outside winter, but it was her personal preference but she did see some interesting mountain goats perched on the rocky mountain though haha.

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After about an hour or so, it was almost lunch time, so we headed down ( through the long 4-stage journey again). We missed our train in Engelberg in the nick of time, and so we bought lunch in Migros in Engelberg and walked around the town. I did buy some souvenirs for my mother and sisters in Engelberg, so i guess the walk was not wasted.

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After getting back to Lucerne and taking off our winter gears in the hotel, we visited the Jesuitenkirche (Jesus Church) near our hotel. Built sometime between 1666-1669, it is the largest baroque building in Switzerland and boasts a breath-taking interior with stucco decoration as well.

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Later we went back to the bus station and took a 5-minute trolley bus journey to Lowendenkmal ( Lion Monument). This monument was carved in 1821, to commemorate the Swiss Guards who fell protecting the French King Louis XVI during the storming of the Tuileries in 1792. Even though it was just a huge stone carving, this place evoked the most emotion in me throughout the journey. You actually feel the passion and sadness being in that place, i couldn't really put the emotion into words, but to put it briefly, i actually felt a lump in the throat looking at it.

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Just right next door is the Gletschergarten (Glacier Garden) , an excavation site of geological and paleontological interest with fossils and glaciers. There was a very impressive Hall of Mirrors within, and we had fun getting through the maze. We were alone in the maze, and at times were worried we might see something we shouldn't in the mirrors, i guess watching too many horror flicks is getting to me. There were some very cute funny mirrors outside, and we tried those as well!

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On our walk back to the hotel, we stopped by in Hofkirche, the site of Lucerne's first monastery. It is actually a part Romanesque, part Renaissance church....but nothing special, really...at least not for me.

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We also went into a chocolate shop and bought a chunk of chocolate to be enjoyed as supper back in the hotel. Just near our hotel, we went to have dinner in Restaurant Cheung, a Chinese restaurant run by a Hong Kong couple. The Chinese food there was actually better than i imagined, so i was elated to be tasting my first bowl of Chinese noodle soup in a week ( i'm such a sucker for Chinese soups). With our bellies filled, we hurried back to rest after a long day out.

Xiao Zhu & Xiao Gui

It's no secret that i really love Xiao Zhu. I faithfully watch every episode of 娛樂百分百, either shown on TV or by streaming online. This is a tribute video made by a fan, for the two hilarious hosts of the show. They will just do about anything to get a laugh out of the audience. Hope they'll stay funny and chase my blues away constantly! They are dumb, but just so irresistibly cute too! I love how they're always up to no good haha

Dragon Boy Meets Dragon Fruit

Agent LL is out and about again. Now, where is this place he's at? Let's check it out...

Agent LL : Wow, what is this place? Looks like mini coconut trees, but how come these trees look kinda odd? They look like a cross between a cactus and a caterpillar! Did the aliens plant them here?


Agent LL : OMG, look at this! Aliens!

Agent LL : Hmmmph! Now i get it. These are dragon fruits. They are like my cousins, since i am the Dragon Boy, being born in the year of the Dragon. Look, they are big, strong, sturdy and pink like me...

Agent LL : Uncle lets me have 2 of these....hehe....One for myself and one to share with KaiKai, errr...i mean Agent KK.

Agent LL : Dump them into the car-boot...hehe...what a good day. More food to eat...let's go now!

Lele's Doggin' Magic Trick

Pics taken from Donavon's blog :

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LeLe : Hey QQ! Look here....

QQ : ???

LeLe : Abracadabra! The bear...it is gone!

QQ : ???

LeLe : Don't worry, here it is....

QQ : Woof Woof Woof ! (Translation :Humans! They think they're sooooo smart....bah!)

Day 6 - Lugano and Lucerne

On this morning, we took a bus to the town centre. We alighted just in front of the main train station, and walked down the staircase to San Lorenzo Cathedral. I opened the front door to go in, but there was a mass going on inside, so we didn't go in eventually. We just stopped for some photo-taking and resumed our walk in Lugano town. Being in the town was almost like being out of Switzerland. The buildings and how they are built on the slopes just felt really Mediterranean. The town was also surprisingly deserted, it was the one place we visited which we hardly saw any Asians.

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Our hotel in Lugano didn't provide breakfast, so Wen Lee and i stopped in Piazza del Riforma ( sort of like the city square) to have some cakes with coffee.

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After filling our tummies, we had a nice walk along Lago di Lugano from this part of town, with fine views across the lakes from Lugano's peaks. Along the way, we passed Santa Maria degli Angeli, at the southern end of the Via Nissa. The monumental fresco of the Passion (bernardino Luini, 1529) in the church is also quite remarkable.

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As with Wen Lee making the decision to visit Lugano, i also made a major choice in the trip. Our first itinerary plan was to actually head to Zurich after Lugano, but i consulted my travel partner and we mutually agreed to forego Zurich and spend 2 nights in Lucerne instead. Lucerne, after all, is well-known as the most beautiful city in Switzerland.

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I bought a big slice of pizza at the train station, and we headed to Lucerne. Reaching Lucerne, we suddenly felt cold again, with them temperature dipping to 8 Deg C in Lucerne. We checked into the hotel, rested for a while and started exploring Lucerne.

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Lucerne is such a beautiful place, and here i quote Insight Traveller 'Lucerne, on Lake Lucerne, with quaint, covered wooden bridges across the Reuss River, Alpine peaks in the distance and paddle steamers on the lake, is a picture-postcard idyll.' I couldn't have put it better myself!

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First, we walked to Spreuerbrucke, an old covered bridge containing paintings of the Dance of Death. We crossed the bridge and visited Alstradt, the old town in Lucerne. We gave it a quick glance before heading to Kapellbrucke, undoubtedly the most recognised landmark in Lucerne. It is the oldest covered wooden bridge in Europe. Sadly it was severely damaged during a fire in 1993, and some parts of it were destroyed even though it has been reconstructed.

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While waiting for our boat ride in Lake Lucerne ( or in German, it's called a tongue-twisting Vierwaldstattersee), we strolled along Lake Lucerne, admiring the ducks and swans as well as posing for photos with the Art Museum, just outside the boat quay.

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Finally, the boat arrived and we took a round trip in Lake Lucerne. Many previous tourists to Lucerne have earnestly informed us that no trip to Lucerne is complete without a boat trip in the lake, and boy, do i agree! However it got too chilly during the ride and midway we had to dash into the boat's interiors, instead of admiring the perfect scenery outside. We witnessed the beautiful sunset and made it back just after sundown. We had some take-away McDonald's back in our hotel and spent the night the same as every previous night , watching Obama's progress in the US elections from CNN. That was the only channel in English during our stay in Switzerland....haha....

Weekend at the Beach

This year, my company's Family Day was a one-night stay in Amara Sanctuary in Sentosa. This resort is a relatively new place in the tiny island, so who cares that I've been to Sentosa countless times. I heard that the place goes for >$500 a night ( plus it was Zoukout weekend) , so i think the pricing is a little like daylight robbery, but i'm not paying so, who's complaining here? Haha...... truthfully though, i still prefer our chalet stay last year, which was for 2 nights and did help foster relationships between colleagues.

I did a spot of cycling along Siloso, Pahlawan and Tanjong beach...and stopped to snap some photographs and people-watch as well. It drizzled a little while i was cycling so it dampened the fun slightly.

The Merlion is just within walking distance from the resort, so i figured i might as well have a few pictures taken with the big cat. There were many Chinese and Indian tourists around so i had to jostle for space with them.

Our timing wasn't very good, it was the same weekend as Zoukout, the biggest beach party in South East Asia....so there were throngs and throngs of party people cramming into Sentosa 5 pm onwards. My friends and I were going the other way, we took the hotel shuttle bus to Vivocity instead.

The huge, brightly-litted Christmas tree was placed on top of Vivocity...we walked around Vivocity a little, just window shopping and enjoying each other's company.

It was Han's birthday that day. He had just suffered from a break-up so he had to contend with a celebration with another 3 pairs.... poor thing!

Day 5 - Zermatt and Lugano

On the 5th day, we woke up really early....at about 6 am. We had breakfast and checked out at the earliest possible time. We later walked to Migros to get our lunch to be consumed in the train later. At the same time i tried to get a glimpse of Matterhorn peak which i had missed the evening before. This time i managed to get a shot of it, eventhough the sun was not entirely out yet. Really happy that at least i managed to see it, so my trip to Zermatt was not wasted.

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We then embarked on a 6-hour journey to Lugano. I didn't want to visit Lugano, but Wen Lee was adamant about it, so i guess i had no choice. We travelled back to Visp, and changed for a train to Brig. This train later took us to through the beautiful town of Andermatt and to Goschenen. Near Goschenen, we had the opportunity to go through the railway tunnels of the Gotthard pass. The view of the rock tunnels were simply amazing, coupled with the mist trapped within the valleys, it was awe-inspiring.

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From Goschenen, we changed to another train (this train looked like the MRT) which brought us straight to Lugano via Bellinzona. Lugano , situated in Ticino, lies in a semi-circular bay on Lago di Lugano (Lugano Lake) , between the mountains of Monte Bre and San Salvatore. Both my and Wen Lee's first impression was that Lugano looked a lot like Monte Carlo! With the flats perched on the mountains....just the whole feel. Being in Lugano was a great change due to its warm weather, sunshine and Mediterranean flair. We felt as if we had travelled to Italy, as many Italians settled in Lugano ( including Jarno Trulli, Italian F1 driver). One of our biggest problem in Lugano was that almost NO ONE spoke English there!!

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After checking in to the hotel, we immediately walked to the train station and boarded a train to the town of Melide, just 5 minutes away. Wen Lee's main reason to be in Lugano was to visit the Swissminiatur, a green garden with miniature models of Swiss buildings and attractions. We had a ball of a time behaving like we had just walked out of Gulliver's Travel....haha...the toy trains and cable cars here actually moved like the authentic ones. I was just happy to be basking in sunlight again....the weather in Lugano was really lovely....about 15 deg C and lots of sunshine.

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Later, we travelled back to Lugano and did some sight seeing near our hotel, at the shores of Lago di Lugano. After tiring ourselves out, Wen Lee suggested that we had a proper Italian meal, which was really appropriate as Lugano is famous for everything Italian. We just had some problems communicating with the waiter, but they were really friendly so it was no biggie. After dinner, we trudged back to our hotel for an early night.

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Day 4 Zermatt

Finally, on this day we left Geneva. I was feeling pretty excited, cos a widespread belief is that Geneva and Zurich are two boring cities in Switzerland, despite being the most well-known in the country. Our next destination was Zermatt, a skiing resort which is famous for two things : the emblematic Matterhorn peak and the fact that no motor vehicles are allowed in the town.
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Our plan was to leave Geneva at about 11 am, but we missed the train and so we had to wait another hour for the next train. We had lunch in the Geneva Airport train station. Since it was cheaper, Wen Lee and I had most of our meals bought from Migros ( equivalent to Singapore's NTUC Fairprice) and had our meal while waiting for the train.
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Our train took us to Visp. From there, we had to change to another train, a red and cute panoramic train which had large windows. The train ride from Visp to Zermatt took about 65 minutes and passed through beautiful mountains and streams. It stopped at several small stations along to way to pick up more skiers, and we took the opportunity to admire the beautiful cottages built beside those stations.
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Once we reached Zermatt, we walked to our hotel. Zermatt is pretty easy to navigate, since it's only made up of several streets and everyone travels there on foot. Our hotel, Hotel Restaurant Derby is only about 50 metres away from the train station.
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By the time we got there, it was already about 3 pm, but we managed to cover the whole of Zermatt by 7 pm. Zermatt is about 1605m above sea level and my one reason to be there was to catch a glimpse of the majestic Matterhorn, without doubt the most famous Swiss peak, with its trademark triangular shape.
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Along the way to view the peak, we stopped by at the Matterhorn Museum, where many exhibitions connected to the peak are displayed. The museum is made up of a small glass entrance, but the entire museum is actually underground.
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Right behind the museum is the cemetery, dedicated to those who perished scaling the peak. Walking in the cemetery was indeed a sobering experience.
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Also nearby is the Kirche, a small church situated in the middle of the town. We went in for a quick glance and continued our walk on Hinterdorf (Zermatt's main street) . It was a surreal experience walking in Zermatt because on both sides of the road there are rows and rows of Valais houses. The houses in Switzerland all look as if they belong to a fairytale somewhere.
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Towards the end of the street is Mazot, a place dotted with old brown wooden houses, which i'm not sure if there are still occupants living inside. At Mazot, i see many skiiers making their way to the three main skiing areas : Rothorn, Stockhorn and Matterhorn Glacier Paradise.
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Unfortunately, the Matterhorn peak was shielded by the cloud that afternoon, so i had to go to the same spot again the next morning. We walked back to the hotel, and on our way grabbed a kebab for dinner. We had a nice chat with the kebab man, who guessed that we were from somewhere near Southeast Asia. Pretty good, given that an Italian man i spoke to in Geneva thought i was Japanese. Most of the people there mistake us for Japanese rather than Chinese. Well, i'll take that as a compliment though.
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A Very Happy Belly

While i was in KL early this month, one of my top agendas (besides shopping) was of course to eat the WONDERFUL food there!

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This was the food served during my bus trip with Aeroline. It was my first time taking the bus. All the people close to me who stay in KL take this bus KL-SIN and vice versa. That's why i also decided to try it out. I think this breakfast was pretty scrumptious and very filling. On my way back, they served Subway. I eat that pretty often, so i didn't bother to take a pic.

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On one Sunday afternoon, my sis and my bro-in-law brought me to IKEA and The Curve to shop for things for their new house. We had a late lunch at Seri Penang. Oh gosh, i miss Penang food!
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Hehe.... Penang Char Kway Teow....ladies and gentlemen! It did taste pretty good, given that most of the best Penang food come from hawker stalls, and not air-conditioned eateries such as this.
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Woohoo~ Penang Laksa! What a treat for myself! Finally i got to eat an authentic one, with actual fish pieces seen. I couldn't find any in Singapore, which are of passable quality, even. Ahh...thumbs up for this bowl of Penang Laksa!
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When i first got off the bus at Sunway Pyramid when i reached KL, i saw a restaurant called 'House of Pancakes' and i made a mental note that i would like to try out a pancake place. Pancakes are one of the food on my favourite Top 5, i think probably because my mom used to make nice pancakes for me. I remember having to beg her to make some for breakfast cos i love it~ Ok back to the story, while we were shopping in Mid Valley Megamall, my sister and I had initially wanted to have lunch at Din Tai Fung, but i just couldn't get pancakes off my mind...and voila! Pancakes at Paddington House of Pancakes...
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I have a sweet tooth, and so i ordered this dish of small pancakes that came with bananas, peaches and coconut shavings, topped with vanilla ice cream. It also came with 3 dip sauces : Peanut Butter, Brown Sugar and Chocolate sauce....hohoho.... this spells sinful with a capital S!
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Since i ordered a dessert pancake, my sister decided upon this savoury pancake dish. The fillings were actually made up of stuff with beef and tomato paste...sort of like Lasagna....The mashed potato was nice, but overall, this dish was a disappointment. It didn't have much taste at all....
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I love pancakes so much i licked my plates clean!
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The pancakes were hardly digested and it was already time for dinner. My sis and I had dinner at this Chinese restaurant, but we didn't order any rice. We actually only had some light dishes...including this bowl of lotus root soup, which she didn't like.
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The main dish of the night was Kungbao Chicken....yum.....
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We didn't have rice, so we had 'Flower Buns'. Hey, that's what the menu said anyway.... they were actually just mantous shaped like flowers.

♥Sue Anne♥Chih Wei♥

Pre-wedding, the gang had a movie night out, watching Quantum of Solace together (including Sheau Ching!), followed by dinner. Later was a joint stud + hen party at Clarke Quay's Bellini Grande....a very nice joint with cabaret shows....as suggested by Jeremy. Haha.... Here are a series of pictures to guide you through the wedding :

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A picture of some of the 'jie meis' having loads of fun giving Chih Wei a hard time! Sue Anne let it slip that Chih Wei would rather die than drink milk powder and that's what we did to him. The gang of brothers also had to down a cup of parsley juice to go with their 'ALL FLAVOUR SANDWICH'. After breakfast, they indulged in a session of yoga specially designed by the girls, staying in their respective poses while Chih Wei had to finish chaining a necklace of beads using chopsticks. Woohoo~

Immediately after the morning session in Subang Jaya, everyone rushed to Klang for the church wedding. We got there with half an hour to spare before greeting and ushering the guests.


Here's the bride! Her father walked her down the aisle to Chih Wei, who was looking on nervously.


A pic of the big family of jie meis and brothers, all enjoying themselves during this joyous occasion. Immediately after the photo-taking, we went back to Chih Wei's house for lunch, followed by the tea ceremony. Later, we made our way back to Subang for Sue Anne's family tea ceremony...phew....


Hmmm...i caught the bouquet toss. Sue Anne was really cunning. Look at the previous picture of her holding a beautiful bouquet. She actually bought an uglier one for the toss, because she was too much in love with her own bouquet. On the left is the white rose jie mei band Sue Anne handmade for us, and on the right is the red packet from Sue Anne and Chih Wei for assisting them during their wedding.


Alas...the wedding dinner.... I didn't know Chih Wei had an English name till the wedding day!

Our family portrait *smilez*

Ah nee and myself fooling around while the guests were having dinner in the ballroom...haha... Actually the dinner had the best service i've experienced in all these years of attending wedding dinners. The waiters were INCREDIBLE and actually had real conversations and joked around with us.

Last but not least, SABO SESSION. Well, it didn't last too long for all of us were already exhausted at this point, so we just crawled back to our hotel rooms and died of fatigue.

Photos taken professionally in the day :

http://www.robinng.com/webgallery/Anthony_sue_anne_wedding/