Special Departure 6th April!
Call Chan Bros for more details 62129977!

Miaoli Fruit Orchard where you can delight in hand picking and eating seasonal fruit. Qing An Tofu Street, famous for its savoury and smooth texture as they are handmade following traditional methods with local water which tastes sweet. Explore the popular Ningxia Night Market which has a wide array of snacks like oyster pancakes, yolk taro, braised meat rice, cuttlefish soup and more.

苗栗大湖水果园，享受采食水果的乐趣。清安豆腐街，遵循古法纯手工做出的豆腐，十分清香细致滑嫩。不管是煎、炸、炒、汤，绝对能一次滿足你的口味。到著名的宁夏夜市。这里的小吃可说是琳琅满目，如蚝仔煎、蛋黄芋饼、鲁肉饭、鱿鱼羹等。

Hualien. Visit a lingzhi centre before proceeding to Li Chuan Aquafarm. Be enthralled by the surroundings of the farm which boasts of golden clam breeding ponds. Liyu Lake’s annual fireflies festival.

花莲。参观了灵芝展示中心后，前往立川渔场。一望无际的黄金蚬养殖池，映照著群山，颇有山光水色之美。到鲤鱼潭参加一年一度的赏萤火虫活动。

Enjoy scenic train ride which boasts of picturesque eastern coastal views as you journey to Yilan. Upon arrival, visit Yilan National Centre for Traditional Arts which has purpose built performance space for traditional opera, music, dance, crafts and folk art like acrobatics, etc. Stay a night at a hotspring hotel in Jiaoxi where you may relax and enjoy the therapeutic remedies of outdoor or in-room hot spring. If time permits, you may try a unique “doctor fish” spa hot spring

乘搭火车沿着东部海岸, 欣赏风光明媚的景观,一路北上宜兰。抵达宜兰后，前往宜兰国立传统艺术中心,依传统戏曲、音乐、舞蹈、工艺及民俗杂技之需求筹建。于礁溪的温泉酒店住宿一晚，并可在房内享受温泉浴，消除疲劳、精神焕发。如时间允许，还可尝试别致的医生鱼温泉。

Wu Shih Harbour, where you will enjoy a cruise ride to view the scenic Turtle Island and fun-loving dolphins leaping in and out of the sea. Thereafter, visit Pixiu Lucky Charm Centre. At dusk, take a leisure stroll along Fisherman’s Wharf, the filming site of the popular TV drama serial, “Meteor Garden” and be enthralled by Tamsui’s sunset, one of the 8 great views of Taiwan. Dinner at Badasan Aboriginal Restaurant. The restaurant is decorated with crafts from various aboriginal tribes and live singing by the aborigines every evening. Thereafter, head to Tamsui renowned for its “iron eggs” and historic Tamsui Old Street.
前往乌石港乘船环游龟山岛赏鲸豚。这里不但能欣赏到鲸豚在海中跳耀的壮观奇景，更能边欣赏整座龟山岛的美丽佳景。参观貔貅辟邪展示馆。在黄昏时分，漫步于渔人码头，也是知名偶像剧《流星花园》的外景拍摄景点。到原住民同心协力一手打造的芭達桑原住民餐厅享用晚餐。每晚有原住民现场演唱，充满原住民的缤纷色彩。之后，到淡水参观以“阿婆铁蛋”和历史古迹闻名的淡水老街。

Explore the Taipei International Floral Expo which is hosted by Taiwan for the first time. Then, visit Taiwan traditional tea art centre. Continue to Ximenting where you can shop to your heart’s content.
畅游台北国际花卉博览会，为台湾首次举办的AIPH世界级博览会。参观台湾传统茶艺馆参观。之后前往台北著名的购物天堂西门町尽情逛街购物。

Let’s Goooooo!

Fast huh, we’re into 2nd month of 2010 already.
2010 gonna be a rather different year for me I guess.
Firstly, I shifted house ( again?… yes, again… haha )
That’s why I took a while to be back on the internet wave cos the setup of my internet link and my PC been going wild for quite a while.

Next, I got some plans going on…
Gonna update u guys real soon.
Hopefully with all your blessing, 2010 will be a great one for me.

Before I go, and be back with more updates…
Free for a short holiday?

Apart from a quick dip in the water ( we did only 1 dive )…

We practically do nothing but lazing around, enjoying life

Enjoying the beautiful resort…

Swim~~

Spa and Massage~~

Here’s the one pic that I especially like so much…

Dive Instructor Jacki from Gill Divers, Yifeng and my nephew Eugene…

And this is what I do most of the time… Snapping whenever I can…

Look at how beautiful the Sunrise is… View from our room…

Special thanks to Jenny, for the kind arrangement.
And of course the friendly and helpful staff of the resort!

29th August evening.
With my Canon EOS450D, Canon Ixus80, and my luggage…
I set off for my journey.

After a rather comfortable 14hr’s flight, I get to smell the air in Nuremberg, Germany.

I wonder what this trip is gonna offer.
And how my next 9 days gonne be.

Amadeus Symphony Cruise

The room that I spent for 7 nights…

Nuremberg-Regensberg-Passau ( Germany)
Linz-Vienna ( Austria )
Bratislava ( Slovakia )
Budapest ( Hungry )

I tried my very best imprinting all the beautiful images that my eyes captured into my mind…

At the same time, I snapped all I could…
Afraid that my memory might failed me one day.

Like what Reshel ( my wonderful tour manager ) says,
simply sitting at a corner with a cup of drink, and admiring the surrounding,
one would feel so blessed for simply being able to do so.

I starting to like capturing People.
Look. Expression. Dressing. Mood. Feeling.

… umm… Dog too…

Unlike my other trips, I seldom took picture of myself this round.
But even so, I still manage to squeeze some shots that I really like…

Thanks to Mary, Reshel, Richard and the team in Chan Brothers who make this trip possible.

And of course, each and everyone onboard the cruise with me.

It will all be in my memory lane.

Enchanting Danube River Cruise.
Nice and relaxing trip.

Wish yu were here…

Travel with me by going through my pictures.
Click the below for the album.

There’s a winter cruise year end I heard, contact Chan Brothers for details Tel: 65-6438 8880

It’s fun actually… haha!

REMINDER
Dun let your mum watch it if she has always been disagreeing in letting you take up water related sports… :p

As usual, it was a fun and relaxing trip. We did diving, river rafting ( a good 7km.. Ooo… ) and eat and eat and eat… ha!

Waiting for our flight… everyone has got their own toy…

The resort!

And the main purpose of our trip, Diving!

Check out the clip! ( took me 3hrs to get it done )

Pictures took while we’re onboard the dive boat…

We breathe better under water…

Another wonderful trip organised by Gill Divers

For more pictures, go here !

Danube River Summer Cruise with Chan Brothers!
4月25日，星期六，下午12.30 讲解会
询问详情拨62129660
or
Email Reshel at reshel_chan@chanbrothers.com.sg for more information

Anyone interested? Leaving in the evening of 3rd April back on 5th night ( weekend getaway ). Cost id $350 for leisure Dive, and $599 for Open Water course.

What about a Longer holiday? haha

August… hee

Email Reshel at reshel_chan@chanbrothers.com.sg for more information

Telemovie 想你的时候 will be launching in 2 weeks time. Been following up closely…
Went for the preview few days back… umm… think my acting sucks… haha. If you are interested in getting a copy through mail ( think VCD is below $15 and DVD is below $20 ), you can email my site’s admin to register ( payment via bank transfer ).

Sheng Siong Show season 4 starting this Saturday 8pm Channel 8!

Filming a new variety show Jolly Good Time with Michelle Chia and Joanne Peh, debut 1st week of December, Channel 8!

Working on another project, will let you guys know soon… and… uploaded some more of the Spain pictures ( with all the help from Reshel in correcting the location’s name that I label wrongly… ha )

The 1st batch is up …

And ya, special thanks to my wonderful Tour Manager Reshel from Chan Brothers Travel ( she has been constantly calling and texting me telling me ‘ the name is this and not that lah… u spell this wrongly… no space in between the 2 words hor… change ah! if not dun tell people I’m ur Tour Manager hor…

So, Click on her pic to say hi! to her!

It was a fun and enjoying trip. Learn a lot about Spain… Currently working hard on the Photos I’ve snapped… quite a bit… haha. So, for the mean time, here’s some I took for my tour mates, uploaded for them so that they can save a copy for themselves.

Hey guys and gals, thanks for making the trip such a wonderful one, Muchas Gracias!

MoRe Pictures

p/s: will upload the rest once I get it done

DAY 1 SINGAPORE – LISBON (Meals on Board)
Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for your flight to Lisbon.

DAY 2 LISBON (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Upon arrival, proceed on a city tour of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal and visit Jeronimos Monastery, the city’s finest sight constructed in 1496. It boasts many magnificent Manueline-style buildings. See also Rossio Square, Discovery Monument and Belem Tower, which sits obligingly in the river as one of Portugal’s tourist icons.

DAY 3 LISBON – FATIMA – CACERES (Breakfast/Dinner)
After breakfast, you will depart Lisbon for Fatima to see the Shrine of Fatima, where apparitions of Lady Mary were reported during World War I. Continue your journey to the medieval town of Caceres, a 2,000-year-old city with traces of Roman, Arabic and Christian influences. It has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site because it is considered one of the three most well-conserved monumental collections in Europe.

DAY 4 CARCERES – MADRID (Breakfast/Lunch)
The tour continues to Madrid, the capital of Spain. Madrid happens to be Europe’s highest capital city at 2,000 feet above sea level. It has a wealth of palaces, castles and museums, as well as other unique buildings. Your guided tour will bring you to the old and new sections of Madrid like Plaza Mayor, Cibeles Fountain and Palacio Real in which plush decorations, furnishings and frescoes will fascinate you.

DAY 5 MADRID (Breakfast)
Today, you will spend your time at leisure to explore this city. You may wish to join an optional tour to visit Segovia where you can find the 2,000-year-old Roman Aqueduct and taste local traditional cuisine, the roast suckling pig.

DAY 6 MADRID – TOLEDO – SEVILLE (Breakfast/Lunch)
From Madrid, visit the amazing Toledo, the old capital city of Spain. The entire city is declared as a national monument and is also listed as a World Heritage Site. The walking tour of Toledo will include a visit to Santa Tome to view the renowned masterpiece by El Greco, “The Burial of the Count of Orgaz”. Strolling through the old city, you will view Plaza del Ayuntamiento and Town Hall Plaza where you can see the old buildings of Government offices and the spectacular Gothic structure, the Cathedral.

DAY 7 SEVILLE – GRANADA (Breakfast/Tapas Dinner)
Start your city tour with the stop at Plaza De Espana with its 58 benches around the square representing the different provinces of Spain. After that, you will visit the Bull Ring of Seville and also walk past the lavish Seville Cathedral where you can find the tomb of Christopher of Columbus. Tonight at Granada, you may attend a flamenco performance at your own expense.

DAY 8 GRANADA – ALICANTE (Breakfast/Dinner)
Granada , capital of Spain’s last Moorish kingdom, lies at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia. The city served as the Moorish capital of Spain until liberation in 1492. Your tour of Granada includes visiting the beautiful Alhambra and the adjoining Generalife Gardens. The palace is an Arabian fantasy of brilliant mosaics and tiles, and is one of the greatest accomplishments of Islamic art and architecture. The Alhambra is simply breathtaking. You will also see the dazzling fountains set in the Generalife Gardens. Alicante has wide boulevards, long white sandy beaches, a waterfront and Castillo de Santa Barbara, a 16th-century fortress that dominates the skyline. Alicante is the capital of Costa Blanca and is often associated with fun and relaxation.

DAY 9 ALICANTE – VALENCIA – BARCELONA (Breakfast/Seafood Paella Lunch)
From Alicante,travel to the 3rd largest city of Spain, Valencia. View its famous landmarks such as Plaza Del Ayuntamiento (The Town Hall), Plaza de Toros (Bullring)and Estacion Del Norte (North Train Station).Be amazed by the sight of citrus plantations as you travel in and out of the city. Continue to Barcelona.

DAY 10 BARCELONA (Breakfast/Lunch/Farewell Dinner)
Barcelona , the 2nd largest city in Spain in both size and population, has a pleasant Mediterranean climate and stands on a plain that slopes gently down from Sierra de Collserola to the sea. Begin your tour with a visit to the city’s spectacular icon, Sagrada Familia (Basilica of the Holy Family), a large Roman Catholic church which is a grand unfinished project by Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí. Next, view Gaudi’s Casa Mila, Casa Batlo and Parc Guell,a famous park that display Gaudi’s works of extraordinary imagination. In the afternoon, explore La Ramblas and Plaza de Catalunya, Spain ’s most famous streets that are dotted with cafes, restaurants and kiosks as well as bustling with performing artists and people .

DAY 11 BARCELONA – SINGAPORE (Breakfast/Meals on Board)
If time permits, you can do some last-minute shopping before you transfer to the airport for your flight home.

DAY 12 ARRIVE IN SINGAPORE

Got questions? call Chan Brothers at 6438 8880 6534 4958 6533 6119

Will provide more details soon