i'm going in backwards order :p from the last day to the first. oh how i miss portugal.

it feels like we went to the ends of the world, to another beautiful different place (: miss portugal so much so much!


surfers catching the waves


castelejo beach


gerald the irish surfer.


isn't it just breath-taking.


we had dinner by the beach and watched the sun set (:


gorgeous


all the local surfers who gathered there after their day out in the sea.


ponte de piede in sagres. the southern most tip of portugal.


:D




roadtrip! chor ming and i alternated.


amado beach. where we went surfing.


maria from sweden & jay from portugal. awesome surfers!

i'm back in london!!! abit browner. abit hoarse. abit rounder tummy :p but very very happy (((: portugal rocked my socks off. hahaha. the beaches were beyond beautiful. i've fallen head over heels in love with the gorgeous sharp cliffs, the hidden cosy bays, the lovely people, the chilled atmosphere, the fantastic seafood and the beautiful skies.

pictures coming up soon (:

yipeng's in london :p hahaha. crazy boy and his spontaneous trips. snorts. but its awesome having him here :p brought him to liverpool street today. together with his brother. haha. then roamed oxford circus and round and round in circles. god. you can't find a single bar that does sangria in london! -rolls eyes-

i miss portugal alr.

mummy's coming soon! and then i'm off to paris next week & loire valley. and then daddy's coming and we're off to scotland. snorts. my mum's itinerary is damn dingdong and bouncing all over the place. -rolls eyes-

can't wait to drive again though :D

OMG I AM TRAUMATISED FROM DRIVING IN LAGOS -faints- never never never again.

though the beaches to lagos was BLOODY GORGEOUS though :p i want a villa on a cliff in algarve :p

godsssss. its bloody bloody hot in faro :p the sun is so damn bright i wilt the moment i walk out of the hostel. and what´s bloody worse is that the sun is up in the sky from like 5 in the morning till 10pm at night. this is bloody ridiculous. hahaha

faro has this really moroccan feel about it. there´s a moroccan fair every night in the city square and so last night the whole bunch of us went there to shisha, drink mint tea and watch the belly dancers. po yew REALLY enjoyed the last part :p hahaha

oh the beaches in algarve are ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS (((: the sand so fine, sea so blue. happiness (: i´ve done everything i can to try and remain as white as i can though. haha. though chor ming, po yew and minshin are bloody brown :p

porto was good food and port wine. the port lodges along the duoro are really really pretty. and the bridges too. then in lisbon we went roaming around the streets, drinking sangria and eating every two hours. we nua like siao. hahaha. it was the life man (:

angie, po yew & minshin have headed back alr. so its just chor ming and i off to roam the algarve coast. whee. driving for 4 days! though i am a wee bit freaked about the left hand drive. hmms. this is going to be interesting. heh. more pictures when i get back to london. though i wonder if i have the time with me going to visit angela, yipeng´s sudden visit and my parents´arrival. hmms.

alrighty. till i next find a computer! ciao!

i'm off to portugal! toodles (:

i'm heading off to portugal this sunday morning (((: will attempt to blog whenever i can. heh. bringing my laptop with me, and i should be twittering :p hahaha.

portugal sunshine いきましょ！



despite all the potential fun of portugal. this just keeps seem to be on rerun in my head. and i can't get it out. i can't.

When the rain
Is blowing in your face
And the whole world
Is on your case
I could offer you
A warm embrace. To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows
And the stars appear
And there is no one there
To dry your tears
I could hold you
For a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you
Haven't made
Your mind up yet
But I would never
Do you wrong
I've known it
From the moment
That we met
No doubt in my mind
Where you belong

I'd go hungry
I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling
Down the avenue
No, there's nothing
That I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging
On the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
Though winds of change
Are throwing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing
Like me yet

I could make you happy
Make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends
Of the Earth for you
To make you feel my love.

i realise its been so long since i've wanted something really badly. something that you have to fight for, something to work hard towards, something that will make cry over it. and i keep thinking about that recently because i've been watching sytycd. and i see how badly they want it, how hard they work, the tears that come when they make it. and i remember so many so many things just similar to that.

gym trials. god they had to be the worst few hours of my life ever. fighting among your teammates for that position in the team. to compete. it took me 3 half years to get to the trampoline, to the podium. and all the injuries you can think of. but i will never swap it for anything. it was the hard work behind it, the fact that you had to fight for it, all the growing-up i did along the way, with mel and ziying. that made it so bloody fantastic. a div could never compare. it never felt like a team. we all never worked for it. i spent more time at rgs reminiscing with my juniors than at rj gym.

and dance auditions. with everyone above e hall looking on. there were so many ppl who auditioned that year. it was insane. but it was so good to get through. to be picked. to be a dancer. and then item auditions. where hide scared the shite out of me. but all i wanted to do was latin. and dance nights. enchainment, amarante. i miss being in an environment where ppl understood. they got it. they understood why the pain was worth it, why we worked so hard, why nothing else mattered. when you're on that stage, its the most glorious feeling ever. and i don't know how to explain it to others. it just is. and i want that so bad again.

i think i've made my choice about next year.

oh oh ohhhhh. the asian dancers this season on sytycd are AWESOMEEEE (: i'm totally in love with nobuya (pop-lock-er who is so hardworking and so adorable) and asuka (omg damn gd latin dancer) <3333333333333333

goshh. this is really good! popping and locking with modern contemporary. i'm impressed. shit i'd love to try this. i just need to find a damn pop-lock-er. hahaha.

but the best thing is how genuinely happy they look to be dancing (((: love it!

did i mention i miss dancing :p

this made me want to cry.

god he's just 17. SEVENTEEN. and the fluidity of his movements, the centre of his turns, the way he comes out of the turns, each slow calm movement has so much thought put into it. there's this calmness and serenity about this boy. nathan trasoras. he blew me away.

i could just watch him dance forever. it just takes me breath away.

i wish i had the guts to fight for my dream. i look at the indie singers, the dancers, the struggling designers. and i have so much respect, so much admiration and and so much envy for them. but like my brit friends say, life has only just begun. university is the beginning of a wonderful new world. and we can do anything we want to do. angela's veering off the law path. and who knows. while i do like law, my love is for international law. and if i can't get that. i'm not sure if i really want to be a lawyer for the rest of my life. a part of me still dreams of the day i quit and ________________. haha. and you know what, i might just do it :p i'm taking my first step there this summer. i'm doing something with my time, with my life. and that makes me happy.

sometimes... when i watch sytycd, when i hear about people going to design school, when i hear about people going to dance school. god i wish that was me. and i think that's e only time i'm not happy to be where i am.

waves happily at freedom (((:

oh so good to be done. so good so good (: hahaha. my household has descended into major anti-socialness. everyone's just absorbed in their anime, bridge game or online shopping. snorts.

i'm extremely pleased tt edward doesn't look like he has one thousand layers of foundation on him in the new moon trailer -.- at least smthing is going right.