Old times

I took a trip down memory lane this afternoon while going through Ally’s Flickr photos. How I miss the girls back home and the laughter we used to share every time we got together. I don’t think there ever was a dull moment with them. Sometimes I wished I were still living in Singapore…

Me & Dia at my hen's party at Ritz

Hui, Ally & me at Shirhaini's wedding

The 'yearly' transfer of our infamous Makan Parade cup. Who has it now? Is it you Dia?

The girls at one of our board game nights

Strolling along the bridge after one of our annual Christmas dinners

Over the years, we've become so accustomed to sleeping together

Looking forward to catching up with the girls this December!

A hiking we will go...

Work has been a madhouse lately and the weeks seemed to have flashed past so quickly. I had lots to blog about but just couldn’t find the time to and it’s probably old news by now.

But, busy as we may be, Pen and I still managed to steal time away for our sixth year anniversary! Has it only been six years? Seems way longer to me…

We (or me rather, seeing I was the one who organised the trip) decided to do something a little different this year. Instead of our usual nice dinners, we chose to ‘rough’ it out with nature, hike one and a half hours, risk being attacked by wild animals (I was, in fact, attacked by a bird who wanted a piece of my egg and lettuce sandwich) and have picnic on the rocks.

We set out at 9am on a Saturday morning for our two-hour drive to Lamington National Park. I must say though, we were delayed for about 45 mins because half an hour into our trip, we realised somebody forgot to put the backpack with our food, water, insect repellent, sun screen and first aid kit in the car! Hehe.

Didn’t let that dampen our spirits though! After driving up the mountain’s long and winding road for 50 mins, we finally arrived at the park. I’d already planned beforehand to go on the Picnic Rock and Elabana Falls trail (a three-hour return hike), hence the picnic. We wasted no time – after arming ourselves with a map, spraying ourselves with insect repellent and a final check that we’ve got all our food supplies, we were off!

The man with all our supplies - at the entrance of our trail

Venturing deeper into the jungle, i mean, forest

Finally made it to Picnic Rock after a 1.5-hour hike

After stuffing ourselves with sandwiches, we continued our hike to the waterfalls

Our final destination - the gorgeous natural Elabana Falls

Picturesque beauty

Here's a slide-show with more pictures!

Have you seen my shadow?

I’m officially the proud owner of a cute little Toyota Yaris! Meet Shadow, my one-year-old greyish blue, 5 door YRS hatchback. I bought her two weeks ago – wasted no time after getting my licence.

She’s such a joy to drive and I love how easily she zips everywhere. I love my car!

Here's Shadow, sharing her new home with Pen's Corolla!