Because my dad loves fishing and has his bunch of fishing kakis, they often visit places like Labrador Park, the kelong in Sibu, and also Sisters Island. Like all fishing enthusiasts, he has his collection of jigs and reels and rods and hook and what nots, and one of his favourite food is fish. If you’re looking for a fishing kaki, feel free to approach my dad cos Saturdays and Public Holidays are his self declared fishing day!
 

As for Raymond and myself, we got addicted to fishing when we went to Brisbane and tried their normal river fishing. That was when I caught my first fish and in my excitement, I broke the line and let the fish swam away laughing at me cos I’m a stupid idiot for reeling back the lines too quickly. Next, we tried deep sea fishing where the waters were really deep and choppy!! I experienced my first motion sickness mid way out at sea, but luckily I did not puke. Just very, very dizzy. I guess that’s when Raymond got addicted to fishing when he caught his first giant fish too!
 

The official first fish I caught after the one which managed to escape. Too small, gotta release back. Protect the environment!

Raymond’s try at the Yabbies pumping?

Raymond’s Brother-in-Law’s fight with the enormous stingray!

Raymond’s first catch @ deep sea fishing!

Raymond’s dad first catch @ deep sea fishing!

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Susu’s dad is a pro when it comes to fishing, and sometimes Susu will tag along to disturb her dad. He has all the equipment for catching any kind of fishies, so for the trip, Susu brought along some of her dad’s equipment to use. The most interesting one I call it the flashing bulb. It’s actually a jig to catch squids, but it blings and flashes non stop (er… to attract the squid??).
 

The 3 mums have never tried their hands at fishing before, and they wanted to tag along and experience the Kelong “life”. As for the rest of the “kids”, well, they just wana have fun!
 

L-R in clockwise: My dad in grey with waist pouch,  my mum, In**’s sister, In**, raymond’s mum, Raymond, Terence, Susu, In**’s mum.

Susu’s expression looks like the black and white freaky monster in the Scream movie. I like the expression on Raymond’s mummy’s (first lady from the right with finger pointing) face. Must be nagging at him to stop eating so much meat or stop drinking cold water in the morning or something else! :p
 

Here’s the group of 11-1 people having breakfast after clearing the immigration and customs. We actually booked a small bus (maximum seating capacity of 12) to bring us all the way to the ferry terminal. Everyone had to gather at the bus stop infront of Ten Mile Junction in the super duper early morning at about 4am or 5am (I can’t remember the exact time) to board the bus. The driver who was a malay lady drove like F1 racer!! The ride was bumpy with some mean and steep corners, but she drove the bus like she was driving on a normal straight road. Power!! Susu and I were joking about having to shift our body weight at the corners in case the bus overturns, which really felt like it was going to happen any minute!

Raymond gone mad.

Right after breakfast, we went across the street and bought some snacks + drinks and continued with our journey to the ferry terminal.

Finally reached the terminal, paid the “toll” for the ferry and board the little “boat” to our Kelong!

All pictures taken with my dummy camera, which is officially kidnapped by my mum.

I wonder what are they thinking……………..

Finally arrived!!!!!! A few of us are good swimmers, some of us can’t swim. We had to thread on this narrow path of the boat to the front, climb up the bamboo stilts and then climb further up the steep steps to the kelong! The boat was a little rocky especially with so many people standing on the same side. End up In**’s sister fell into the sea!!!!!!! She cannot swim, but luckily for her, she was calm and agile enough to grab hold of the sides of the boat, and the Kelong Man pulled her up quickly!! PHEW!! Thank goodness nothing bad happened to her!

Checking out our bunk. It’s an open bunk concept, 2 person to share one bed. The beds are clean and not as bad as I pictured it to be cos my dad asked us to bring unwanted pillow case to cover cos some of the people fish overnight without bathing, and they “bed hop” from bed to bed.

That’s my mum!

While the mothers are slowly taking their own sweet time to unload their stuffs, choosing their beds and snapping pictures, we rushed out to check the water and find our spots to fish!!

This kelong (Ah Yew kelong/Ah You kelong) is actually located the most far out in the Sibu sea, unlike the others like Ah Fatt Kelong, Hot Boys kelong etc, and they have recently expanded the area. I should have snapped a good picture of the entire place including the toilet for everyone to see, but sorry, too excited to fish! Hehehehehehe!

Luckily my mum went around snapping, but she didn’t snap the toilet. The toilet is interesting cos it has a hole and all your pees and poos actually goes right into the sea! Sometimes you can see pieces of poo floating past right infront of your eyes when you’re fishing. Pretty amusing to us, but to the regulars, I guess they’re already used to it.

Look at the fishes in the water!!

Because I always see my dad wearing long sleeves whenever he goes fishing, I decided to wear a long seeve top too! That’s my first catch of the day using the equipment my dad brought for me!! 3 little fishes all up, using the special “feather” hook, without any bait.

This is what we focus on catching in the night…

Meals are included for your stay – breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper! All people on the kelong eat their meals together at the same fixed time, and it’s an interesting sight to see how they clean up after all the meals! The leftovers are thrown into the sea and you’ll see schools and schools of fishes swimming in to fight for the food!!!!

L-R clockwise: Susu with food in her mouth, In**, In**’s mum, In**’s sister, naked Terence, naked Raymond, Raymond’s mum

Plain water is provided, but not canned or packet drinks. You can either bring your own, or buy from them. The boys taking off their clothes cos it was seriously too hot and sunny!!

Susu and In** sneaking basket to put their catch.

Look what Susu caught!!!

A boxy looking puffer fish!

Raymond trying to unhook the poor fella, and poking to see if it’s soft or hard since it’s boxy. When we finally released it back to the sea by a light kick by someone *coughs*, the fishy looked like it couldn’t swim anymore!!! It just kept on floating and drifting and floating…

Raymond’s dad doing up the bait. The sun was seriously super duper burning scorching bright and hot! The 3 ladies chose to remain indoors (in fact they spent 90% of their time indoors!!) while we chose to be stupid, let the sun burn us like mad, hoping to catch some fish.

Our catch so far…

All these fishes were to be used as baits to catch the bigger fish.

But most of them became hard cos they were dried up by the sun.

Next up, In** caught a cute little puffer fish!!!

It looked like a ball of balloon, and I felt like pressing it to see whether it’ll spit lots of water out or not, but I didn’t.

We always leave the guys to unhook the fishies we caught – just to make the guys appear a little bit more MAN and useful. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :p

Look what Susu caught!! I call it the Shoe Sole Fish!!!

It’s damn long, sucky, and the head of it looks like the soles of a shoe!! Susu caught two of this, and we highly suspect it’s the same one since the second one came almost after she released the first one!

When it’s time for the sun to retire, the ladies come out to play…

My dad

So my mum went around snapping pictures!

It was time for dinner, and most of us were still excited cos we held high hopes that we’d be able to catch big fishes! So we gobbled up our dinner fast and furiously. When we were ready to leave, Raymond’s mum asked him to drink an extra bowl of Green bean soup. The soup was pretty burning hot, so he had to wait for it to cool down a while before drinking. Who knows during this period of time, a giant fish was also gobbling his bait!!! I think the giant fish must have felt a sharp pain so it swam all the way in (some fishes swims in, some out), far far in, and Raymond’s rod was pulled all the way down into the sea!!!!!!
 
Some of the guys witnessed the action and informed the Kelong Man. He had to use a super duper ultra long pole with giant hook to quickly fish up Raymond’s rod before it sinks too deep into the sea! We were told about it right after we finished our dinner and Raymond’s second bowl of green bean soup! DARN!!
 

And then…….. it’s time for SQUIDS!!! The Squids are highly dangerous creatures because when you catch them up to land, they’ll squirt their black ink far and high, and squirt until they empty their entire tank of reserves!! My white shirt has got tiny specks of the black ink from people standing pretty far from me!

Susu the Milk Pan from her super heavy sun burn!!

The Kelong will be super duper dark, almost 100% dark if not for the lights! You can’t even see what’s infront of you, and if not for the barrier, you can easily walk right into the sea at night and nobody can save you… super dangerous for those with sleep walking habits.

Now she looks like a ninja!

I actually framed Susu within Raymond’s arms and legs and body. Hahaha! I stopped fishing by the night cos I actually fished till my hand swell and it was pretty painful. Some people choose to leave their rod around and wait, but I held it in my hands almost 95% of the time. And maybe cos old already, all the stupid injuries and stuffs so the joints and muscles inflammed pretty easily. =_=”

Then I took a picture of the stars! I had no tripod, people were walking around, and this is what I go at the longest exposure and highest ISO on the dummy camera on complete darkness with a bit of light source from the Kelong. Blurry and noisy, but I kinda like it.

The folks showered, but the kids didn’t!! HEHEHEHEHE! So we had 2 days worth of fishy smell on us, all sticky and dirty! When I finally showered back at home, the water was dirty grey in color! Hahahahahahaha!!

L-R clockwise: Terence, Raymond, Raymond’s dad, Raymond’s mum, my mum, my head, susu’s head.

The lunch before we depart~

Journey back was a breeze. Nobody fell into the sea this time round, bus ride doesnt seem to be so bumpy anymore. We stopped by this place to buy all the local produce, and if you can see in this picture, In**’s tan marks were so visible, and Susu was caught SNACKING on don’t know what!!

Raymond brought his camera along, end up shot 1 or 2 image of his mum when we arrive at the kelong, and then the camera retired for the 2 days. =_=”

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It was a good trip, and a pity it wasn’t the right season when we went cos the fishes were all still in their puberty stage! Luckily we didn’t ask friends along, else they’d have been really disappointed like some of us were. My dad went again in July, and the fishes he caught were big ones! The tiny fishes we caught to be used as baits were big enough to be cooked and eaten, with lots of meat!! Now we’ll know what to expect and prepare for our next Kelong trip, and friends are more than welcome to join us!! Will let you guys know if we’re planning for another one!

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On a side note, my mum took a picture of this when the lens fogged up during her Batam trip the last weekend. I kinda like how the image turned out. Haha! I ought to hunt for a camera to replace the one which my mum has officially kidnapped soon! More on the next update! Cheers!
 

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Click on the following URL for more information on the course outline or to secure your booking to avoid disappoinment;

http://ryanschembri.squarespace.com/singapore-workshop-info/

I know quite a number of you have been trying to email Ryan via his email at ryan@xsight.com.au. If you haven’t already received a reply, do forward the email to info@ryanschembri.com.

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Nonetheless here are some of Ryan’s works which I’d like to share with you guys, all of them are taken from his website at www.ryanschembri.com;

I would really really love to share all of their wedding images here, but there’s simply too many of them! So visit Ryan Schembri’s Website and Martin Schembri’s Website for more breathtaking images!

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I also tried but couldn’t embed a video which I would like to share. It’s actually a video of the happenings during the few days Raymond and I spent in Sydney last year for the Martin & Ryan Sydney workshop. Of course Jessica was there as well modelling for us in her beautiful actual wedding gown(she was really sweet & professional!!), teaching us on the workflow and post processing techniques. It was really really intensive, so I would advise you to have enough sleep each day so that you can focus better during the workshop. I’m serious!!

Follow the URL to watch the Video on the Sydney workshop on Youtube!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXcfl3w7Xi8

I’ll probably share a few images taken from the Sydney trip for the next entry.

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Anyway, can’t wait to meet the talented Trio real soon!!! And dear readers, please say hi to us if you see us there at the workshop too!! Cheers! =D

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

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For those who are keen to revisit Sam and Michelle’s actual day wedding images, click —>> Sam & Michelle’s Actual Day Wedding

or click on the following URL for access.

 http://www.raymondphang.com/blog/2009/sam-michelles-actual-day-wedding

She went back to Aussie already, but thanks to Technology and the wonders of BBM, we’re still able to keep in touch!

I call this the 三朵金花. 3 stalks of gold flowers. Hahaha!

Then we placed the dummy camera somewhere to snap pictures of us all together!

Look at Susulini’s expression!! =_=

This one looks like some Adam’s Family quirky family portrait. Muwahahaha!! With Baileys’ censored PP!! Too bad Sam couldn’t join us in Singapore. I’m so looking forward to our next meeting (in Sydney hopefully!!)! Hope they’re doing well with their house shifting and painting! Must be very fun!!

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Aother image to share from a pre-wedding done in November.

I heard Susulini will be blogging tonight! Kekeke…. Do keep a lookout for her entry k!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Actually I feel really blessed to have known them, especially couples like Guan Lim & Jeslin, Jack & Grace, Michelle & Sam, Desmond & Jolene, Jonald & Yutong, Andrew & Clarice, Richard & Wendy, Eddie & Aileen, Max & Mui Hui, Kok Meng & Cassie, Edwin & Eunice and a whoooooooooooooooooooolesome lotssssssssssssssssss moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! In fact we love them all for inviting us to be part of the special team for their biggest day, and also very appreciative that they engaged us because they genuinely love our works and not because we’re “spares”. Much more than that, we’re really really happy that we get to take the relationship further from being just clients, to friends and very good friends! So looking forward to Year 2010, and hopefully meet more interesting characters!!

Year 2009 was pretty fruitful with the achievements Raymond bagged from the [AG]WPJA – Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association, the MPA – Masters Photographer Association, establishment of the Wedding Photographers Guild, collaboration with the preservation of monument board and CDL in producing the book – Resonance Songs of our Forefathers, addition of Susulini the DI artist to our family, and lots lots more! Learnt a lot of things, widened our horizons a bit with the travellings and attending the Schembri workshops in Sydney, plucking enough courage to drive overnight from Sydney to Gold Coast within a day etc!

Come to think of it, even though Year 2009 has been 365 days of work for us, it’s actually still pretty colourful!

Now for my Year 2010 resolution: Stop work at 12 midnight, start work at 7am, find one activity to do together with Raymond (we’re pretty lifeless cos of work!), spend more time with family & friends, eat more fruits! That’s all for now! Maybe i’ll get susulini and Raymond to share some day!

Okie now, here’s some images from my personal snap snaps collection. Hehe.

I actually fed the machine with 2 dollars and out came this love struck looking froggie… I got this because Raymond was mad at me for some reason which I cannot remember. So next morning I went over to his place, outlined the shape of my hands and fingers, cut and folded them in such a way that the middle finger is pointing out, stuck it to the body of the frog and pinned the whole thing to his mirror!

I find it funny cos the whole idea of it is funny to me, and at the same time it gets to express my anger and frustration too… Oh well, things I do to “spice up” our relationship. :p

Bought this during our furniture hunting at IKEA few months back. Raymond likes it a lot.

Sometimes he’s really sweet cos he actually bothers to take time off work and divert his attention to me by doing little things like sewing my buttons back for me when it dropped off.

Interesting things we spotted together..

Having late night supper… it’s actually lunch + dinner combined in the middle of the night after 12 midnight!

Sharing a biiiiig mug of hot chocolate..

Yesterday I spent half the day accompanying my friend Shahidah. I call her Shark He Duck, or Duck for short.

I know I have a lot of emails to reply, but Duck is having some personal problems and she needed someone to talk to…

Raymond and I puts relationship above everything else, so instead of sitting down replying emails while she talk and share her problems, I felt that someone who needs a listening ear deserves all the attention…

Tried to cheer her up so I suggested snapping pictures!

Glad it made her smile…

SUCH AN OBSCENE PICTURE!

Duck and I knew each other since 1997, and she’s like one of my best friend… such a coincidence we’re both wearing checkered top!

Then I suggested playing with faces!

A picture of the naked face…

A picture of the painted face!

Duck has a big eyering, floral murals, bird (which I cannot tell!), stitched up wound, sun, and a Mr Pringles look alike face.

I had two uneven eyebrows, some wrinkles on top, double eyelid, arrow love, whiskers, pink nose, mustache, moles and eyebags.

This image is damn cool! Looked like I had fake teeth!!

That’s duck’s frontal view!

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And here’s two images to share from our piles of backlogs of wedding images!!

Taken on 3 November 2009 for Scott & Wee-Li for their outdoor pre-wedding. Susulini came with us on that day and assisted. Very happy that the images turned out to be pretty nice! Sweet and cheery, bright and pretty!!

Taken on 10 November 2009 for Qi Wei & Hsiao Hui’s outdoor pre-wedding. Susulini joined us too, and we had a yummy dinner of Botak Jones right after! Love this series as well, and we really think Hsiao Hui looks like Zhang Zi Yi from certain angles!

We have a whole lot of other backlogs to share, some of which are already completed long ago. Do keep a lookout for more updates ya? Back to emails! Merry Christmas to all!!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

I wore my pretty pink Timberland shoes, but when I returned to Singapore, it became camel brown cos I rode on the motorbike in the wild during the farm stay, and the sand from all over the ground flew up and grew roots on my shoes.

Welcome to Brisbane! I brought the bag Clarice got for me, and I’ve been using it as my travelling bag ever since! Cos it has so many compartments, I could easily sort them accordingly and grab anything I want without messing and fumbling or digging through the whole bag!

Our very first mission during all overseas self drive trip is to attack the supermarket such as Coles or Woolworths. Stock up on the mineral water, and some snacks/cup noodle. No karen, I didn’t attack the Vitamins! Haha! Though I went to Sporty’s Warehouse for great bargains!! Bought a lot of supplements at a crazy price, never before found in Singapore!

This is Raymond’s brother in law – Sunny Chua. He’s also someone who enjoys taking pictures, and currently he’s using a Fujifilm camera.

Raymond’s mother and sister. Our self drive trip was pretty much unplanned! The only planned thing about the trip is the car rental. Haha! We had to drive around to Tourist Information Centre to grab brochures and drive around to look for accommodation. It’ll be much cheaper if you get an apartment instead of a hotel. One good thing about the apartment is they have self contained kitchenette and laundry. You can cook, wash and iron clothes, bake cakes etc! Another advantage of the apartment is, since there’s washing machine and dryer, you can dump just 2 pairs of jeans and 2 tops into your luggage and fly there, but come back with a suitcase full of other stuffs! Muwahahahaha!

We went for river fishing, and both his brother in law and I managed to catch fishes.

Look at mine!

It was my first time fishing, and when I first caught one, I was too anxious! So I reeled back the line at top speed, and the line broke! The fish then swam away happily, half in pain and half sniggering, thinking I’m stupid. =_=”. Second time I got better, and here is my fish! But due to regulation, we have to set it free cos it’s too small to keep.

Showing Raymond the smug face cos he haven’t managed to catch any.

For those who didn’t manage to catch anything, they self snap. LOL!

Raymond’s dad.

Then Sunny caught something huuuge!

End up it was a sting ray! But we have to cut off the string and let it go after a good battle of struggling cos it’s dangerous to let the stingray come on board the little boat. There were kids on board.

Our fishing rods and flying prawns. Haha!

After a day of fishing, we decided to hide one corner and scare people. Sunny Chua = first victim. Hilarious expression, I like!

I like this picture.

Suck in your cheeks! That’s what you must do to look thin. Haha.

Botak and I.

Me at Myella Farm Stay wearing SOOO many layers of clothes cos it was toooo cold!!

Raymond and I tried horse riding during our farm stay, and a lot of other activities! Besides learning to ride the motorbike, there’s also time for us to milk the cow too! Okie, I have this phobia of height, but at least I was gungho enough to try horse riding! I was assigned to a horse (supposed to be the most gentle and tamed one), and his name is Speckles. Beautiful horse, and everything was nice until I brought it out for a walk. Halfway through the walk, Speckles decided to throw tantrum and stopped moving. I sweet talked it, pat on his head, tried to whisper other gibberish language which I hoped Speckles would at least understand one, but nothing worked.

Then when I was about to give up, Speckles finally moved! I stepped on the stool and sat on his back, WOAH! I WAS SITTED SOOOO HIGH UP! Although Speckles is not a very tall or huge horse, I find that I couldn’t take the height at all! SO SCARED I WANTED TO CRY! Before I could do anything else, Speckles decided to freak me out and walked off on its own to DRINK WATER! He lowered his head to take a sip, and I thought I was gonna slide into the big pool of water and die (I can’t swim too!!). Quickly I screamed my lungs out for the attendant to come let me down.

Throw my face, but at least I managed to survive, and at least now I can tell people I rode a horse before. Muwahahahahaha!

Celebrating Singapore’s Father’s day together with Peter and his wife, who are the owner of Myella Farm. Very decent and honest folks, friendly and generous! They always have a lot of stories to share with us during our meal times! Oh, they actually cooked every meal for us!

And that’s my favourite Mud Cake from Coles supermarket! Supposed to be mine and mine alone, but oh well, sometimes we just have to make that bit of sacrifice for the happiness of everyone.

Out on a yacht to deep sea fishing!!

I wasn’t in the best of mood that day cos I actually lost someone in the family the night before.

Not only feeling down and upset, I experienced sea sickness too! The effect started kicking in only when we arrived at the spot to fish. The current was pretty strong, and sometimes it looked like a big wave was gonna come crash in on us! Then I started having stupid thoughts again… Anyway, Raymond caught one big mackerel!

His dad caught one fish too!

I caught none, but managed to see wild dolphins swimming freely without any worries of stupid “fisherman” trying to corner them by hitting sticks and bamboos or whatever things and then catch them kill them for the meat!! URGH!! Has anyone watched THE COVE??

http://www.thecovemovie.com/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thecove/

So upset with what’s happening! Go watch it, it’ll make your jaw drop.

Birdie.

Then we went to Tin Can Bay to feed wild dolphins! If you want to see wild untamed carefree dolphins, go to Tin Can Bay! You can feed them with fresh fish! Just donate $2 to the save dolphin foundation and they’ll give you a bucket containing a fish to feed. But you have to prepare extra set of clothings cos you’ll need to go down to the very cold waters to feed them. We totally didn’t expect that, so I was in my jeans, and Raymond in his sexy shorts.

Bird managed to dive in and catch a fish. So easy.

The puppy from Africa… so poor thing chained out in the wilderness so that it can learn how to be brave and fight off wolves/hyenas who keep murdering the farmer’s sheeps.

Went to feed big birdies, and I fed so much until I almost flung my dummy camera into the waters!

Did some yabbies pumping too.

Catch a crab!

And had dinner at Cav’s steakhouse. The steaks are yummilicious good!! In fact we actually drove there from Sydney just for the steak durig our Sydney trip! Hahaha! My favourite piece has to be the Eye of the Medallion. Juicy like mad, and beats any Ribeye/Tbone/Tenderloin etc etc. Too bad both times we went there, the Wagyu wasn’t available. =_=”

Went to Pacific Fairway? I forgot which place is this already. The only day we have to shop.

Went to Chinatown to look for nougats. Strange that we couldn’t find nougats anywhere else!

Went to SeaWorld for the sake of taking pictures during the last day. Haha! The theme park was already closed by time we reached there. Which explains why we wanted to drive up to Brisbane when we were in Sydney… just to enter the theme park. HAHA!

Okies, end of sharing! Make it a very brief one this time rather than the many parts of Melbourne trip like last time. More random pictures at Facebook! Hmm… We don’t really have a company Facebook account, but more of our own personal account. Feel free to add us at:

Angeline: rubbish22@hotmail.com
Raymond: contactme@raymondphang.com

Oh we do have a Facebook Page though, but it’s pretty empty at the moment cos we just started playing around with it. Click to view: Raymond Phang Photography Facebook Page

Hehehe. Enjoy the weekend! Byebye!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

We’re now in Terminal 2 waiting to board the plane. Flying off to Sydney for a seminar and back on 9 September! Will try to update once we have access to the internet. Meanwhile do take good care of yourselves, and have lots of fun ya? Cheers!

Lots of ♥,

- Raymond & Angeline

A lot has happened these few weeks, and we’ve had really enjoyable times catching up with friends. They say we have to learn how to make time for ourselves and our family despite the busy schedule, and we’re trying to master this particular set of skill.

Many thanks to our dearest friends who used to be our past time wedding couples. They have really made a difference and brought joy to our lives.

Today we will be travelling out of town to a place called Brisbane in Australia. I think I haven’t even finished sharing the Melbourne pictures we took last year!! *Faints*

We will be back on 4 July, hopefully healthy and in one piece! Muwahahahaha! Don’t bring back unecessary “things“! It’s gonna be a free and easy trip, we’ll drive up north from Brisbane airport, stopping as and when we like. We did not book any hotels/motels, so hopefully we don’t have to bunk in the wilderness at the small little towns. Which also means, we might have very limited access to the internet. If you need to contact us, feel free to call/sms us anytime ya?

Raymond: 9-2-3-8-6-3-2-5
Angeline: 8-1-3-8-3-3-9-7

 
I’m gonna miss Baileys our little chihuahua mascot, my family, and our friends! Will update the backlogs when we’re back! Let the 2 weeks be quick and painless. May the force be with you. Muwahahahaha! Cheers!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Actually I have yet to take my Basic Theory Test, because I just enrolled. Will be learning from the school instructors instead of private. Tsk, because Manual will be very hard to pass, I think! Have to remember the gear numbers, the brake and then don’t know what. I think I will “die car” many, many times. Either that, or I’ll jam brake here and there during the lesson and make the instructor puke all over the place. Hmm… Maybe I’ll make a real pretty Vomit Bag as a gift for my instructor on my first lesson. Muwahahahaha!

It’s actually good to acquire another set of skills, and this way I can also be the chauffer for Mr Raymond Phang! Sometimes he gets so stressed up with work, he thinks of nothing but work when he’s driving on the road. Then he’ll make a wrong turn, missed an exit, or got horn by other vehicles. Sometimes he needs me to talk to him non stop to keep him awake while he’s driving. So I guess it’s a bonus if I can drive too! I quite like the Fiat Panorama. Hehehe. Very big, looks like a van/Kangoo, with very big side mirrors. Or the Golf GT!! Or the Suzuki Lapin! Hehehe. But unfortunately, we’ll be stuck with what we have now for another 10 years or so. Economy not doing good, we have to be very, very frugal since everyone is cutting budget but our cost still runs high. Yucks!

Anyway, let me continue on our Aussie Trip which happened last November!! That was like sooooo long ago, and I cannot even remember the details anymore!

We drove to another town, which I forgot the name. Could be Port Campbell or something. The town was soooo dead silent, no moving cars on the road, and we hardly even see any soul on the streets, except for 2 or 3!! O_O”!

I can sleep on the road without worrying about oncoming vehicles, because there’s absolutely non at all!

Raymond is happy!

See, the shops were all closed for the day, and it was still pretty early.

Eeeeerie…

Public toilet??

This image reminds me of a dumpling. =_=”

2 rare souls..

The library is actually an information centre… If i’m not wrong… but it was closed!

So after studying the map, we decided to look for a hotel in another town to stay for the night. We found Mecure Hotel, and it was quite comfy. After which we went to look for Chinese Restaurants, since his parents cannot do without chinese food. Both father and daughter touching same side of the face! So interesting!

Dad: Mmmm?? Why is this thing pointing at me??

Daughter: Hiakz! See you still dare to look elsewhere when I’m talking to you or not!

Dad: Okok, I very scared, I shall pretend to be good and listen to you.

Daughter: *Smirks*

And they pretend to look at the menu together. Hehehehe.

Good morning, from Mecure Hotel!!

Raymond’s bed is soooo messy as compared to mine right??

I don’t quite like toilets with dim lights. See, the bathtub area is so dark!

Ready for the morning! We decided to look around for breakfast, and if there’s enough time, shopping!

They sell really colorful Indian cloths and outfits! They also have sexy outfits to wear for Belly Dancing. Kekekeke. But no, we didn’t buy any because Raymond refused to wear them for me. =_=”

Shop which sells a lot of golfing kits! Raymond’s sister and brother in law are really into Golfing! I feel like trying it one day, but I’m scared I will break my back when I swing to hit the ball. Hmm… Maybe I’ll just stick with playing Wii Golf with Guan and Jes.

Eat breakfast must take out beanie!

Yup, we were at Malaga Restaurant! The owner was really nice and friendly, not to mention very accomodating with our breakfast request!

Oh no. Where’s my jaw line?? O_O”!

Ok, now we can see a bit of jawline here. But Raymond said my mouth is too big.

I had to cover up and make it smaller.

Then Raymond said it’s too small! I got turned off and so I covered it up instead.

Wei, not ready you snap for what?

Some very kind soul took this for us. I look so tiny…. Then… Now I’m humongous like Michelin!! =_=”

The surrounding area.

I wonder how the inside looks like…

Unglam moments of a photographer! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Please eat more so that the jeans get sooo tight until there’s no empty space for your undies to be seen!

Chinese Restaurant again~

At the Salvation Army store. A pair of shoes for AUD$3.

Lots of clothes and bags.

Souveniers for our dear friends.

I had to roar because the very, very, very nice Fish & Chips store behind me was closed for the day!!! They had a Melbourne Cup event I think… So sad!! They placed a notice outside their shop to tell customers that they’ll be back at a certain time. We waited and waited, end up they were back, but decided not to open for business!

We were at Anglesea!

Now travelling off to another destination along Great Ocean Road, but stopped for a quick snap!

I took this, and I like it very much!

So i had to take more…

And more! I like the color combi and the plant. Hehehe.

At Urquhart Bluff, where people gets bluffed. And guess what… I got BLUFFED!!

Winding puking roads.

This is where I got bluffed. We were at a really far distance from this shoreline, really far and high up on the mountain area. They told me they can see people skinny dipping and sun tanning in nude. I was really excited, so I quickly took out my dummy camera and snapped! But I got bluffed, because non of what they said was in the picture. Humph!!

Looks like Sir Stamford Raffles?

A squat down version, cos stand too long legs will tired. Hahaha.

While Raymond was taking group photos at the front, I caught this sneaky act.

Okie, that’s a lot of photos to share! There’s still truckloads more to come! We’ll be travelling to the Lighthouse (not Lighthouse Studio..kekeke. bleh!) where they ganged up against me and made me do obscene poses and snapped pictures of me!! I feel so traumatised just thinking about it. But I had my revenge, so it’s not that bad. Hehehehe. Till next time then! Byebye!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

I think Raymond will puke out his Tang Yuan when he reads this. MUWAHAHAHA!

Okie, back to Aussie trip!

Snapped this picture of a Mr Marshmellow Man. Can you figure out where’s the eyes and the mouth?

Since Raymond’s parents have to eat Chinese food, we’ll always try to find places selling Chinese food. Chinese food there is really expensive! A bowl of plain white rice cost us $5 Aussie dollars! O_O”!

I’m having my Japanese Curry Chicken Bento set! I didn’t want to eat the KFC or Mad Jack (Burger King?), and other western stuff that day. So I went Jap!

So nice the packaging!

Got rice, got my favourite veggie – Mr Brocoli, FRUITS, and the Curry Cheeken! There’s even nice tau pok and disgusting carrots. I like my meal that day. I don’t really take spicy stuff, but Japanese curry is supposed to be not very spicy. This one was acceptable! Kinda miss it now… Hehehe.

Next we went off to the Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm! Uncle Phang looking at what? Spidey? Grapes?

Some plucking hints… No use also. Cos when we reached there, they said we’re not allowed to pick them. It was drizzling, and the entire field was muddy. Most importantly, it’s not the strawberry season. So sad! We picked the wrong period to visit Melbourne. I wanted to watch Super Gigantic Whales swimming up and down, but the Whale Watching period is in September. Oh well…

The Lovebirds. We ventured into the field for pictures only! Just to show that we were there. =_=”

A group photo!

Next we went to Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens.

Mr Tin Man at the entrance welding a sword.
“You better make your way out of the maze before we close for the day! Or else… I’LL POKE YOUR INTESTINES & MAKE THEM INTO CHAR SIEW BAO!”

Snapped the water droplets. So cute!

We were in the maze already. Kept going the wrong direction, ended up getting a little lost.

But everyone was having so much fun.

“It feels good to get lost in the maze!”

As for me… I followed them like a blind sheep. Hey, that’s the jacket I wore. Very cute right? I bought it for $10, and it’s really nice to wear. Furthermore I thought since we didn’t bring our laptop along, it’s best that I wore this jacket cos I can still check my Inbox! Muwahahahaha! But I forgot to bring outbox, so couldn’t reply the many emails.

The flies there were such good models! They’ll settle themselves down quietly, not move any inch and let you snap at will.

If you’re still unable to find your way out, ask charlie! =_=”

The Lavenders…

Close up.

Gotta put your nose close to it to sniff~ But make sure you don’t sniff too hard, else the bee will fly into your nostrils.

The Papa & the Daughter.

Hmm…

Can you make out the character? It’s the name of the place.

Next we flew off to catch the Ferry.

Queenscliff – Sorrento Ferry. That’s why we missed the colorful beach huts!! Raymond wanted to stay there for a night, snap some nice pictures.. but we had to rush for the ferry.. Too bad..

Surroundings..

Hey I didn’t drop those crumbs! Not me!

That’s how the inside of the Ferry looks like. We parked our car at the basement level, climbed the stairs and sat here. They sell snacks and drinks inside, and there’s also a toilet.

I was snapping pictures like this, then Raymond came along and snapped too. His version is nicer, so I post this one up instead of mine. My angle not wide enough. So sad.

I carried on snapping this. Like it abit.

Then we risked our lives and went upstairs.

The wind was sooooo strong that I’d have flown away if I didn’t held on to the railings properly.

I’m also very grateful to my mum’s very heavy shoes. They made me feel a little more stable to walk around. They’re so heavy that without anything to hold on to, I was able to stand alone there for a picture.

More pictures!

Our ding dong snow caps. So farnie~

Oh no, not very flattering!

Reaching the jetty soon. No smoking~

Our one and only kissing picture! Very precious one. Kekeke. *Blush*

What’s the next destination that we’re gonna travel to? Is it gonna be scary? Filled with danger? Eeeeeewww… we’re so scared! Stay tuned for the next episode of Aussie Trip Part XYZ!

Tomorrow I’ll dig some pictures Raymond took for Evolve Mixed Martial Arts and share with you guys. Very cool, and we quite like how it turned out actually. Hehe. Can do a google search and have a look at their website if you’re interested in Muay Thai, or Jiu Jitsu kinda martial arts. Hehe. Byebye!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Raymond took this with his webcam while I was waiting for my turn to have the CT Brain scan at SGH the other time. I was really upset that day and feeling really emotionally unstable. Come to think of it now, I’m getting a little upset again because the Insurance company rejected my claim for the bill, which is not cheap. End up I have to pay the bill myself. The head hurts, injection hurts, and then the heart hurts. =(

Oh well…. it was my first time having a brain scan. I didn’t expect the nurse to poke the IV plug into my hand. I thought it’s merely a scan, so why the need? The feeling ain’t nice at all, especially when the radiologist injected some very stinging chemical into my body during the 2nd scanning. It’s worse than a million ants biting. Then your whole body from the tip of your head to your toes will feel hot. I think even my hair and nails felt it too. HAHA! Also there’s like a weird smell coming from the machine or something. For a moment I thought I was BBQ-ed.

Enough of the sad experience, here’s some happy ones! Raymond took some pictures for our beloved Mascot – Baileys the wonder dog! Took this when he was doing the setup test shoot for profile shot of weixin.

Hey sexy, my name is Tonight. You can call me tonight. *Wink*

I feel so humiliated… they forced me to pose like that just now… *weep in silence*

Oh? No lah, I was merely acting… It’s true!

See how I love her?? Kissy kissy!

Actually I’m forced to kiss her just now…. I’m so humiliated… *enduring the humiliation*

Have to pretend that I love her and give her more kisses…

Sigh… I’m so sad…

*Frowns*

*Wonder when will they let me go…*

*Okay! Last one!!*

 Hahaha! That’s our very naughty Chihuahua! You should have seen the mess he created whenever he’s angry. Very cute, but very naughty at the same time. We got him when he was 3 months old… now he has grown sooo big already! He’s 9 months old now! =D

Alright, more pictures from our Aussie trip! I wonder when can I finish sharing about the Aussie trip. Eeeks!

We went to Amaze’ N Things! It’s like a much bigger version of our Singapore Science Centre.

There’s a mini golf adventure range, and we tried our luck at it! We have around 20+ holes to complete I think. And Raymond lost most of the time to his brother in law. Wahahahaha! There’s even once when he hit the ball and it flew across the fence to the outside area near the roads!! Faints.

Very interesting clock! And it’s big! Best choice for people who like big and fat things, like me. Hahaha! I wanted to get this as a gift/souvenier, but then I thought better not. You know… the chinese belief… *shrugs*

We spent quite some time playing the puzzles and games.

And all the puzzles are available for sale at their gift shop. But I guess we can find them in Singapore too. =\

Games…

And more games! You’re supposed to use all these blocks to form the shape of a Pyramid.

Magic mirror.

Siblings!

Ah, this Gravity Room is the best choice for people who want to experience the feeling of nausea! I was inside for less than 10 minutes and the feeling hit me.

The slope is really steep! Have to be extra careful when you walk.

Optical illusion.

Very, very steep slope too! After this picture, I was stuck at where i was standing, because everyone went out to see the picture they took on the camera! =_=”. My shoes were too slippery so I couldn’t really move without support.

Husband and wife.

So fierce!! O_O”!

This is another killer. We have to walk across the bridge with hands over our head or something, and try to balance ourself by not falling or walking to the sides. Actually nothing is moving, except the images flashed on the walls of the tunnel. The images kept spinning around, and it makes you feel really dizzy, as though the whole bridge is swirling left and right.

Room of the thouuusand mirros. It’s a maze!! We have to make our way out, without any help. Hahaha! A lot of times I even knocked my head into the mirror because I thought it’s a path out!

Serving dish number 1 – Monkey Brain!

Serving dish number 2 – The world’s most delicious ice cream cake with chocolate frosting and pudding.

Nudist beach! Hahahahaha!! I think non of them even bothered to peep inside the hole, except for me! :p

But when I peeped inside, I felt cheated and disappointed. Hahaha!

Then we went outdoor to have a go at their maze.

Raymond the sneaky fella.

The evil Pirate.

Ta-dah! The maze!

Not very hard to find our way out…

Next we went for fishing! But by the time we reached there, they were already closing for the day. So sad!

I like this pinboard! I think it’s really nice and unique! Didn’t buy it back though, cos I thought it’s a little expensive.

Went back to the Motel. The husband and wife slept here, while Raymond and I took the smaller room inside.

We were watching TV, and having a board of directors meeting. Had to plan for the future.

Raymond has a big round butt! Spank spank!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! They were having fun I tell you!

Then they got high… Real high…

I couldn’t bring myself to snap pictures of their doings anymore, so i excused myself to snap the bathroom.

The toilet for peeing and pooing.

And our room! Not bad actually, because there’s a bed warmer for everyone!

Small little closet, and a small little TV, which we didn’t utilise because we prefer watching TV together under one roof, so the one outside is our premier choice.

Eh Raymond! You’re supposed to be part of the discussion and planning team! Why are you watching TV??

As a punishment, I decided to follow him sneakily and snapped him while he’s doing some business. OOOPS!! Hahaha! I think if I were to become a wedding photographer, you’ll see 80% of shots of similar nature. So… lucky i’m not! Hahahaha!

That’s the name of the Motel we were staying at Phillip Island. Next entry, we’re going to Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm, and Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens! Byebye!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline