Oliver Twist Concert

Hello all. Super sorry for late blogging for this blog. It's been a while since I post anything here. Yeah, you could call this a 'late-July posting'. Anyways, things have been busy with schedule in college and finals. And there's nothing new to talk about recently. That's why. Well, now that I'm having my break, I could tell you about the whole concert experience of Oliver Twist by Wesley Methodist School. 
This is my second time seeing their yearly annual concert. This year, they put up Oliver Twist. It's one of my favorite all-time classic musical. Of course, they change the whole production to Christianity. I don't know why but it's non of my business :p. 
Anyways, the concert starts at 8:00 pm. So we arrived early to the school grounds. And the usual, we took our early dinner. My real plan was suppose to see this concert on Friday night since the Saturday one is all sold out. But I had to study at home for the first exam. Fortunately, mom told me I could sneak in and seat at the gallery side seat so I could see the whole performance clearly. He he.
Below are my photos from the whole performance. I didn't take much pics cause I also take some videos too. Videos will come later. Enjoy.

Singapore Trip

This trip is quite short only. I'm only there for Libera's concert at Esplanade Theatres. But of course I did some sightseeing there. Don't think I just go to the concert and then come back home without seeing anything in Singapore. No no :). Here's how it goes:-


Day 1:
We reach LCCT Terminal around 10 am. Our flight is at 12 noon. We should be reaching Singapore about 1 hour 45 minutes. So by plane is short distance whereas by bus is 5 hours. We decided to go on the day of the concert night. 
Okay, we reach Changi Airport at 1 pm. After we took our luggage, we took a cab to our hotel, Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive hotel of all and very popular. They just commercialize this hotel on TV twice. Our room is nice too, except one problem: I had to sleep on a couch for the night. Ugh! So much for a six star hotel. 
We were hungry after our journey, we went to the shopping mall linked to our hotel for our lunch. We all had thai food. It was very filling that I couldn't finish them. So I give up and drink my juice instead. 

While we walk around the mall, we took photos too :). Before we go back and rest, we had to buy some light snacks for the night. We can't go to Esplanade Theatres on an empty stomach. So we did.
I couldn't nap in my hotel room so I listen to music from my phone.
Once it's 5 pm, I took a quick shower. I can still feel the tingles inside me. To past the time, I ate my pastry and watch TV. 
Once at 7 pm, we left our hotel and off to the theatres we go. And Libera, here I come!! 
Click here to see my review of the concert.
Okay! We're done for the day. My wish is complete :D. I couldn't sleep that night because of the whole event. 

Day 2:
We woke up at 9:10 am. Couldn't go swimming because our check out time is 11 am. But we did went up to see the pool and the top view. I gotta tell you this. I'm feeling so dizzy every time we go up. Of course, we can't leave without taking pictures for memories.

After that, we went down to the lobby to check out. Me and my parents are planning to go to Orchard Road for some sightseeing before going back home. On the way, we were hungry. Finally after roaming around, we found Orchard Central and found AFC Studio too. Before we go there, we need to eat first. We had mediterranean food for lunch. It was so delicious until we're full.

After lunch, we head to the studio. And it was quite small but at least we get to see the real thing :). We also get to see a cooking class making key lime pie.

Finally, it's time to leave Singapore. Bye bye. I'll surely miss you. And I'll miss Libera too. But we'll be back someday. 

Korea Tour (part 6)

Day 7 (last day):-


Today is our last day here in Korea. So sad :(. But we have to go back to Malaysia somehow. I've got some unfinished assignments to hand up and the rest have to go back to work. For this part of my review, there will be no photos this time. 
Of course as usual, we have our last breakfast for the day in the buffet restaurant. No wake up calls again but mom's alarm from her hand phone woke us. We got down late again as well. After we eat, we went back up to our room for final checking and taking down our bags to the lobby. 
Down at the lobby, we met up with Jenny, Rachelle, Alex oppa and Driver Lee (who is outside). It's good to see them again. And so were the rest of the group. Before we go up the bus, we sign our signatures on the Redawn banner. We got a group photo outside our hotel as memory that we will cherished :). Since my mom went up the bus already and everyone is taking photos with the tour guides and Alex (he got the most^^), I took my photo with him as well. Not by my mom but by another lady (also in our tour group). Thank you :). But poor thing. He's shivering outside. He shouldn't have take off his jacket in the first place. 
We still have some places to go before the day is over. Our first location is to Songhak laver museum where we learn about seaweed in Korea. We even taste a sample of their different types of seaweed. They even sell seaweed chocolates too :). Although they don't taste like seaweed. They taste more like chocolate with mint. Ha ha!! Again, no photos from the museum. 
Next up is a supermarket for our final shopping. Which means that we can get to buy Korean goodies and snacks to bring back home :). Once after paying, they will be put in a box. No plastic bags are given because they are trying to preserve the environment. It's similar like what we do in Malaysia. Every Saturday, no plastic bags are given after paying your groceries. For Korea, they do it everyday. Not bad O.o. 
On the way to Incheon Airport, Alex oppa gave out our photos he took for us during the whole tour. Of course, it's not for free. We have to pay him. Everyone got one album with their pictures on it. But one little mistake his that he got mixed up with the counting of the currencies. Rachelle calls him "Pabo" (which means "Stupid" in Korean). Poor oppa. I'm sure she didn't mean it. 
We reach our final destination, Incheon Airport. Our flight is at 4 pm. So lunch is on our own in the airport. Once we finished everything, like checking in our heavy luggages, changing back to our normal clothings (it's not that cold anymore in the airport), take our strawberries we've ordered the day before, we say our farewells to our Korean tour guides. We're gonna miss you. 
Now it's on our own. We had Burger King for lunch. And we decided to go into the immigration early since we got nothing to do. My eyes were so tired while waiting for our flight and my hands were freezing. Don't ask me why, okay? It's hard for me to sleep on the chair too. At last, it's time to go up the plane. 


Bye bye, Korea. We'll come back again someday. 


That's all about my review for my holiday in Korea. I had so much fun. And everything run smoothly. Where do you think we should travel to next? :)

Korea Tour (part 5)

Day 6:-


Today is free and leisure day. No wake up call this time but we woke up a little late because my mom didn't set the right time zone. But some people came down to the buffet restaurant much more later than us. Whew. That'll give us time to eat.
When we got back to our room, we change into our proper clothes before our tour to DMZ. Mom booked the reservations yesterday night. And on time too. We booked the afternoon tour. At 11 am, our tour guide came to our hotel. It's a lady again. We don't know her name. What fun part is that we are the only ones on the coach going to DMZ. Yahoo!! It's like going on a private tour with your family. 
Anyways, we're going to DMZ for some general facts about the borders between North and South Korea. As you all know, North Korea is a communist country, so no one is allowed to enter that country. If you do, the soldiers will shoot you to death. This is no joke. One tourist was shot by them years ago. I'm not sure when but it's horrible. Jenny told us this story about Korea. Before they were separated, Korea was just one country itself. When the Korean War started during 1950, they were separated. In North Korea, people there were suffering. No contact on the outside world, dying from starvation, some got no education etc. 
We have about 1/2 an hour to tour around Imjingak before heading onto the bus with the other people who are touring to DMZ with us. 

In the bus, there are some preschool children and college students following us on the tour. Of course, we just follow our tour guide. During our tour, we see snow flowing down on us. What a joy. Mom was more excited than me. We also passed some mine plantations on the way. We also got to see the history between North and South Korea during the war. Even we get to see both countries with the telescope on the deck. How cool is that? We get to see North Korea from the telescope even though we can't enter. There's one location that I didn't enjoy much. And it's the 3rd tunnel. It's so long to get down to the bottom. We have to wear construction helmets too. We try to go along the mine down below but unfortunately, there's nothing to see and dad's body is too tall to enter. So we head back up. And my, what a sweat. I was panting going up. This is more tough than going down. Whew! I was sweating too. But it's okay since it's still winter. So it's not that bad. Once we got up, the tour guide gave me a mint candy before heading to toilet. Kamsahamida :).

Before we go back to Imjingak and Seoul, we take some photos as memories. I pray that North and South Korea will unite again. 

Once we're back on our private coach in Imjingak, we head back to Seoul. That was a fun and educated tour we had.
When we arrive back in Seoul, we went to an Amethyst shop to learn about Amethyst, of course. Usually when you're in a jewellery shop like this, our tour people is always with us. But this time it's only us. So I felt a little awkward. Not use to privacy :). Anyways, after learning about Amethyst, the clerk tempt us to buy their jewelleries. Oh boy! More buying. Here we go again. Sooner or later, we're gonna go bankrupt. Just kidding. In the end, we did buy something not too expensive. After buying, I convince my mom to go before the clerk tempt us again and kiss our money good bye. 
The coach drop us at Itaewon, also another shopping district but it's a foreigner place this time. So the locals there can speak English. We say good bye to our lovely tour guide for touring us around DMZ before going on our own way. We walk around as usual. But suddenly my back starts to itch. Maybe it's from the sweat inside our clothes. Luckily it got better in the end. 
For our dinner, we had mushroom hotpot again. We ate heartily cause we never had lunch during the tour. 

Before we took a taxi back to our hotel, we buy some delicious pastries to try from Paris Baguette bakery shop. We took the silver taxi back. Every tour guides convince us not to take the black taxi, as it is too costly. But it's cheaper after midnight. 
In the lobby, some of daddy's colleagues came back same time as us. And guess what? Most of them went shopping again. I guess we're the only ones having a fun time at DMZ. He he.
It's time to rest our feet and pack our bags, because we're heading back home to Malaysia the next day.


To be continue.....