Artois Championship

Being a housewife (or, as KL likes to call it - the datin lifestyle) is definitely not for me. I have to admit, I really enjoyed it the first few weeks but the novelty has since worn off as there is so much you can watch on tv and clean.

So, I'm now actively looking for a job - I reckon KL will be pleased. He's probably stressed up with my daily persistent phone calls asking him when he will be home from work! Haha.. ;)

I was at the Artois Championships last week. Got to see the British players Murray, Bogdanovic, the Chilean Gonzalez (to name a few). The seats were pretty limited, the atmosphere was not as great ... well, to put it lightly, it wasn't Wimbledon.

Some shots from the championships..

Gonzalez in action.

Chinese Junk

Apparently, according to a friend of ours this is a rare sight in Hong Kong - clear skies and a chinese junk in sight. So, we were really lucky considering we just spent a night there en-route back to Malaysia.

Happy Birthday to me!!

Aston Martin DB7 as my birthday present! ........I wish! Well, a girl can dream can't she?

We had a couple of gift vouchers to be used at Drivers Dreamdays. These guys are the organisers of a fun day at the race track where you can test drive the supercar of your choice. And so I chose the super-sleek and uber-sexy Aston while KL pitted his strength against the wild and bucking-bull of a Lamborghini.

After a few laps with a qualified race intructor, we were let loose on the track. Nothing, believe you me, nothing prepared me for the exhiliration as I eased down on the pedals and heard the engine revving up! The scenery simply flew past me in a flash and the din from the engine somehow tranformed into a soothing symphony of power. These cars were certainly made for the race course as we thrashed it around corners at high speed and slammed down the accelarators on the straight stretches. I mean, what else can you say when you are hitting 0 to 100km/h in less than 5 seconds?? Well, KL said he "peed a little".

All in all, a wonderful day out as we watched other dream-drivers have their go at other supercars (Ferrari, Porsche etc).

KL posing with the Lamborghini.

Catch me with if you can!

The Great White Zambezi

We were contemplating long and hard whether to go for the rafting trip after hearing so many horror stories from fellow rafters who've been. Every single rafting trip has been accompanied with an accident - a guy air-lifted from the ravine after hurting his back, a girl in a neck brace, a girl who lost her basketball shorts and was left with her bikini bottoms! Honest to goodness!

Anyway, after weighing the pros and cons - we thought what the heck! Who knows when we'll be back again - so we went. (Mum - if you are reading this KL put me up to it! :p )

We signed up with SAFPAR (http://whitewater.safpar.com/) for the full day trip with our hostel. Drinks, snacks and transportation were included. Had 30 minutes worth of introduction and safety advice before we ventured down the river.

The guides were amazingly good and very impressive especially the way they manouvered the kayaks & rafts, and efficient and quick in pulling up the casualties who had fallen in. There were 12 rafts out that day, and KL and I were with a group of students from the States led by Babyface, our guide.


We were very fortunate that out of the 23 rapids, we fell in only twice. Once on a Class 4 and another on a Class 5 rapid! We knew we were going down when Babyface 'parked' us at the side of the river before attempting the rapid by checking our vest and helmets were securely fastened! It was an exhilarating experience - a real treat for an adrenalin junkie! We were knocked over then swept away by the massive rapids, struggling to catch our breaths in between the rapids - sucking in more water than air.

Going... going..

GONE....!

Do give it a try - though not recommended for the faint hearted!

Ps: We stayed at Jollyboys Backpacker in Livingstone, Zambia (http://www.backpackzambia.com/) - highly recommended. Though, if you are thinking of getting the private huts - make sure you book before hand.

Latest update from London

Well, I'm back! Finally got myself a brand-spanking-new Dell laptop last week and got connected today. Yooohooo...!!

After our 10 month travel, KL is back at work (he had only 2 days of rest before starting work - poor thing) while I'm still at home bumming around. A proper rest is definitely required after all the travelling we've done ie. lugging our heavy rucksacs, planning our next destination, looking for accomodation for the night. Don't get me wrong. The trip was excellent, had a excellent companion (who did most of the planning! hehehe..), met a lot of people, had lovely experiences, saw lots of places, ate a lot good food and wine - definitely wouldn't have missed it for the world!

That said, it's really nice to be back in the comforts of our home. Oh well, back to reality... now that I'm connected to the internet - I'd better start looking for a job. No excuses this time! ;)

Below is a photo (taken by Noel who's visiting) in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, which runs under the River Thames and is 1217ft in length and about 50ft deep. It's a pretty touristy place, jam packed with people especially over the weekend and quite often you encounter some idiots who cycle along the tunnel when you are not supposed to. On one end of the tunnel is the Island Garden Park which has a great view of the Royal Observatory and the green GMT line (only visible at night). And on the other end is the Greenwich village. A quaint place - with its weekend markets, plenty of pubs & cafes and a huge park to boast. KL and I usually spend our weekends there when the weather is good, and if we're not playing tennis - he'll be there oogling at the bikini-clad ladies tanning under the sun!

Sunset over the Ranthambore National Park

This National Park is absolutely gorgeous - it's a must go place even though it's quite a way off from any main towns.

The deers oblivious to our presense in the park.


And of course, the tigers - main attraction of the park (the main reason why we are here in the first place!).

Latest update from the Land of Maple trees

It's been a long time since I last had the time to update this blog. It's either the internet access was way too expensive and it take really ages to sit down to upload the photos. Well.... that's my excuse anyway. Since KL and I are now chilling in the comforts of my uncle's home in Vancouver, thought it's the best time to get down to business - ie. writing an update on our trips.

We're 2/3 into our Round-The-World trip and have covered parts of Asia, Africa and now North America before heading South. It's been good so far - no major hitches; though sadly we had to missed 2 of KL's high-on-the-list most wanted to visit places ie. Nepal and Alaska. So I suspect another trip would be unevitable in the near future! ;)

A group of lovely Indian girls on the way to the temple near the Ranthambore National Park in India.