Hi folks!
I have been away from blogging world for 2 years and I'm back! So what I am up to? I have been just as excited as before exploring new activities and trying out new things. I am happy to be back and this time I promise to be active and post as much as I can!
Meanwhile, I am planning to do a blog revamp as soon as my exam is over and also going to do a update on my recent trip to Hyderabad. You can expect a brand new look and I will be focusing more on genres such as Travel, Fashion & Lifestyle. I'm excited!!
Stay tuned!
Love
Miss Sri
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Sydney Holiday - I
My much awaited trip of the year - Sydney was a good one. Except that I DID NOT skydive.What a disappointment. Sigh...
The 6 day trip started with a 7 hour smooth journey to Sydney. On the 1st day we visited Queen Victoria Building located at the Sydney CBD. It is one of the most elegant shopping mall I've ever been to. The beautiful Victorian style architecture was a stunner.
The main highlight of the stay was the 3 hour (but it lasted for about 4 hours, lucky us!) whale watching cruise for which we had booked our tickets from Singapore. True to the phrase "Money is best spent on experiences, not stuff", we thoroughly enjoyed sighting 3-4 pods of humpback whales waving at us gracefully. Truly a must do when you are in Aussie.
I was eagerly awaiting to click pictures of the Australia's of most recognisable landmarks Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. To my satisfaction, I did manage to get a couple of decent pictures. I was indeed stunned by the beautiful Opera House and the Magnificent Harbor Bridge which recently celebrated its 80th birthday.
1 day trip to Blue Mountains to see the famous Three Sisters rocks and riding the world's steepest railway (52 ° !) and getting to know some history about the Aborigines is all worth recording in this blog post.And how did we miss checking out the natives of Australia - cuddly Koala Bears and bounding Kangaroos? No, we did not miss them at the Featherdale wild life park.
Based on my experience, Sydneysiders were very friendly, cheerful and helpful all the time.One more thing that attracted me was their love for fitness! So far, I was thinking that it is a Singaporean thing to work out even during the odd hours in order to keep fit. But Sydneysiders proved me wrong.Early morning/Afternoon/ Night - It was never an issue for them! Each time when I'm out, I see at least a couple of them jogging or walking their dogs. What an inspiration!
Visiting Manly beach and the world famous Bondi beach was a unique experience for someone who is from Asia. My favorite was Bondi beach as I found it more lively and I loved watching the boys surfing.
Now, time to switch back to the 'normal' life mode and time to complete the next set of assignments! :)
Sri
The 6 day trip started with a 7 hour smooth journey to Sydney. On the 1st day we visited Queen Victoria Building located at the Sydney CBD. It is one of the most elegant shopping mall I've ever been to. The beautiful Victorian style architecture was a stunner.
I was eagerly awaiting to click pictures of the Australia's of most recognisable landmarks Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. To my satisfaction, I did manage to get a couple of decent pictures. I was indeed stunned by the beautiful Opera House and the Magnificent Harbor Bridge which recently celebrated its 80th birthday.
1 day trip to Blue Mountains to see the famous Three Sisters rocks and riding the world's steepest railway (52 ° !) and getting to know some history about the Aborigines is all worth recording in this blog post.And how did we miss checking out the natives of Australia - cuddly Koala Bears and bounding Kangaroos? No, we did not miss them at the Featherdale wild life park.
Based on my experience, Sydneysiders were very friendly, cheerful and helpful all the time.One more thing that attracted me was their love for fitness! So far, I was thinking that it is a Singaporean thing to work out even during the odd hours in order to keep fit. But Sydneysiders proved me wrong.Early morning/Afternoon/ Night - It was never an issue for them! Each time when I'm out, I see at least a couple of them jogging or walking their dogs. What an inspiration!
Visiting Manly beach and the world famous Bondi beach was a unique experience for someone who is from Asia. My favorite was Bondi beach as I found it more lively and I loved watching the boys surfing.
Now, time to switch back to the 'normal' life mode and time to complete the next set of assignments! :)
Sri
Monday, September 3, 2012
Sydney Holiday
Deadlines and Assignments! Finally I have managed to complete my 2 assignments before my trip and submit it for marking. So now time for a well deserved break before I take my 2 scheduled online quiz!! And this time Sydney it is!
We decided to explore Sydney on our own. So I had to do a little reaserch on the internet about the main attractions and create a rough tour itinerary. Whale Watching and Skydiving is in the list. Provided that my parents let me jump off the plane to full fill my long time wish of Skydiving. I can strike one more item off my list of 25-before-25! *fingers crossed*
It is gonna be a 6-day trip to the Sydney city. My packing is almost done and I'm ready to board the plane!
Love
Sri
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Snorkelling in Tioman Island
One more item off my bucket list!! My virgin snorkelling trip to Tioman Island in Malaysia was a great success.
With lots of confusion over deciding the departure date, things were not certain until the last minute. After all the uncertainty, we finally concluded 11 July 2012 as our departure date . W booked our coach package from a Travel agency called Konsortium.
We took off at 6.30 am from Golden Mile Complex, Singapore. The coach was very comfortable with nice reclining seats.The bus reached Tanjung Gemuk around 11.15 am. From where we had to catch the ferry which departed at 11.30 am. It is 1 hour 45 minutes by ferry to reach Tioman, the mini paradise.
We stayed at the Paya Beach Resort which is located at the Kampong Paya (Paya Village). After the check in at around 1.45 pm, we just threw our bags on the bed and quickly rushed the the local restaurant to satisfy our hunger. As we did not have any other activities planned for the day, we headed down to take a walk by the beach and click pictures. Along the way, we discovered this 'amazing spot' where they had a hammock suspended between two coconut trees and 2-3 swings to play. I relaxed for a while in hammock overlooking the blue beach.
Day 2 started off with buffet breakfast and then quickly we got to the jetty by 8.45 from where we were picked up for our snorkelling tour. The boat took us to Ringgis Island which is just 15-20 mins away. Ringgis island was nothing but a tiny piece of land with thick bushes. But the real beauty lies under the water! With the snorkel and tightly secured life jacket and 10 minutes briefing, we jumped off the boat into the chilled blue sea. Thousands of beautifully colored marine fishes. The underwater world is so much beautiful than I could ever imagine! The fishes (which I can't even name!) were beautifully colored. The sea corals were also pretty and I managed to spot a few green colored sea corals too! The activities crew member Mr.Danker was kind enough to guide me to swim a little further where he showed me a starfish.It was an hour of snorkelling here. I was very much comfortable with snorkelling because I've been swimming since 6. Thanks to my parents.
We were taken to a place called Marine Park, which is a man made conservatory of marine life. We had an hour to snorkel here too. Another hour of bliss! We reached resort by 1.00 pm, just nice for lunch. A good meal, then we were off the beach to get a sun tan. Evening was spent with some soverigner shopping and then again a relaxing walk by the beach (after all, it's a beach holiday!).
Day 3. Had to check out by 10.00 am after which we deposited our bags at the lobby and we took a beach walk, again! Then back to Singapore. This time, I alighted at the woodlands checkpoint and took the bus AC-7 which apprarently is very convinent for people living in north. $2 for a ticket and I was dropped off at my door step (just below my block) in 15 mins time from Malaysia! Wow!
Tioman had all the qualities to call it a 'beautiful deserted island'.It was a nice vacation just before the starting of a new semester at University. Great way to relax, relax and just relax!!
Sri
With lots of confusion over deciding the departure date, things were not certain until the last minute. After all the uncertainty, we finally concluded 11 July 2012 as our departure date . W booked our coach package from a Travel agency called Konsortium.
We took off at 6.30 am from Golden Mile Complex, Singapore. The coach was very comfortable with nice reclining seats.The bus reached Tanjung Gemuk around 11.15 am. From where we had to catch the ferry which departed at 11.30 am. It is 1 hour 45 minutes by ferry to reach Tioman, the mini paradise.
We stayed at the Paya Beach Resort which is located at the Kampong Paya (Paya Village). After the check in at around 1.45 pm, we just threw our bags on the bed and quickly rushed the the local restaurant to satisfy our hunger. As we did not have any other activities planned for the day, we headed down to take a walk by the beach and click pictures. Along the way, we discovered this 'amazing spot' where they had a hammock suspended between two coconut trees and 2-3 swings to play. I relaxed for a while in hammock overlooking the blue beach.
Day 2 started off with buffet breakfast and then quickly we got to the jetty by 8.45 from where we were picked up for our snorkelling tour. The boat took us to Ringgis Island which is just 15-20 mins away. Ringgis island was nothing but a tiny piece of land with thick bushes. But the real beauty lies under the water! With the snorkel and tightly secured life jacket and 10 minutes briefing, we jumped off the boat into the chilled blue sea. Thousands of beautifully colored marine fishes. The underwater world is so much beautiful than I could ever imagine! The fishes (which I can't even name!) were beautifully colored. The sea corals were also pretty and I managed to spot a few green colored sea corals too! The activities crew member Mr.Danker was kind enough to guide me to swim a little further where he showed me a starfish.It was an hour of snorkelling here. I was very much comfortable with snorkelling because I've been swimming since 6. Thanks to my parents.
We were taken to a place called Marine Park, which is a man made conservatory of marine life. We had an hour to snorkel here too. Another hour of bliss! We reached resort by 1.00 pm, just nice for lunch. A good meal, then we were off the beach to get a sun tan. Evening was spent with some soverigner shopping and then again a relaxing walk by the beach (after all, it's a beach holiday!).
Day 3. Had to check out by 10.00 am after which we deposited our bags at the lobby and we took a beach walk, again! Then back to Singapore. This time, I alighted at the woodlands checkpoint and took the bus AC-7 which apprarently is very convinent for people living in north. $2 for a ticket and I was dropped off at my door step (just below my block) in 15 mins time from Malaysia! Wow!
Tioman had all the qualities to call it a 'beautiful deserted island'.It was a nice vacation just before the starting of a new semester at University. Great way to relax, relax and just relax!!
Sri
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Spending your free time...
Numerous promises to blog more and I know I did not keep up my words. It's not like I'v gotten very busy off late, but yeah maybe!
You may expect a new travel blog post from me in near future, featuring some pictures that I managed to click using my iPhone on my recent trip to India. But for now, after thinking for about an hour on what to blog about, I thought that I should be sharing a beautiful piece of information that I managed to find while I was too bored and surfing away the internet.
So here it goes... Waiting to join a school to take up a degree and have 2 or 3 weeks to spare? Love to volunteer overseas but not sure where, when, what & how? If yes, then I think that Frontier is the perfect place for you that offers a plethora of opportunities ! Ranging from short paid work/ internship to Wild Life Conservation project, there is a plethora of volunteer opportunities available there. You just have to browse through the site to choose the one that suits you the best! The more you surf, the more you will be interested!
P.S. I am NOT in anyway linked to them or paid to promote their site. It's just a good source of information that I found online and I wanted to share with you all.
Happy Volunteering!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Haw Par Villa
If you are a tourist in Singapore and have about half a day to spend after covering the major tourist spots, or if you are a local who wants to take a break from your regular 'shopping-out-weekends', then Haw Par Villa (also known as Tiger Balm Garden) is the place to be. You might notice that even some of the locals might not be able to recognize the name when you say that.
That's because this heritage site has not gained popularity as much the others. There is no admission fee for visitors and is being maintained by the Singapore government.
It's a Chinese Mythological Park where you can learn about their traditional Values.Depictions of many Chinese mythological characters such as Fu Lu Shu, Laughing Buddha , Goddess of Mercy et cetra can be found here.
Each and every series of statue here depicts a story and the moral. The main attraction is the "Ten Courts of Hell" which explains the Rebirth Cycle and lists out common mistakes by a man and the punishments.
In the First Court of Hell, the soul of a man has to either go through a 'Golden Bridge' (If his good deeds over-weighs the bad ones) or a 'Silver Bridge' if its the opposite. From there, he gets punished accordingly for the sins that he had committed until the ninth court. Now, at the tenth court the man is reborn as something and given a potion that helps to wipe away the memories of the past life.
It reminded me of the Garuda Purana (a Hindu Mythological book). Though I have not read it, from what I have heard and seen in movies is something similar to this.
For someone who likes art, literature and mythologies , Haw Par Villa is the place!
Haw Par Villa is located at the Pasir Panjang Road. The nearest MRT station would be the Haw Par Villa stop, Circle (yellow) Line.
Friday, November 11, 2011
11/11/11
It's 11/11/11 today! Yay!
On a side note - I badly need a vacation! Hoping to plan something exciting :)
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