♥Sunday, June 24, 2007, [End of holiday]
Today is the last day of the June holiday!! Tomorrow is the beginning of the new term and the continuation of the exams...i really do hope i do well in them:) Well, tomorrow's paper is Physics...on wed will be math, then chemistry and lastly chinese..after which is celebration:)
Yesterday I had my judo grading for yellow tip. It went well...I think everyone passed it:) I really do hope I did anyway if not it is a waste of my $22.
♥ Go With The Music.
7:03 PM
♥Sunday, June 10, 2007, [back in Singapore]
WELL, I am back in Singapore and experiencing some jetlag!!! (Alaska is 16 hrs behind Singapore and Vancouver and Ketchikam 15 hrs behind) Wanted to update blog before my flight but there was really no time what so ever. Alaska was great...cold even though it is summer time. There is almost 24 hrs of sun shine.
The flight to Vancouver was not too good. It was fine from Singapore to Taipei (9 hrs). The airplane was new (China airline) so there was personal entertainment for every passanger. We stayed overnight in Taipei for 1 day as there was no connecting flight until the next day (free stay in the hotel paid for by the airline). The flight from Taipei to Vancouver (13 hrs)was horrible!!! There was so much turbulence...there were even sudden drops in the aircraft!!! freakingly scary!!! Something I have never I hope will never experience again! My sister was so scared so cried! The stupid airline are not even transpent enough to tell us that "We are experiencing turbulence, pls fasten your seat belts." So many passengers were afraid. I saw the lady sitting near us hold on to her husband tightly and praying to God! Many people were really sincerely praying to God (all sorts of gods). Well, I will never ever take China airlines again. The only reason why we took it in the first place was because it is the only airline that flies both to Vancouver and Anchorage (Alaska). Usually take SQ...er this China Airline really was not a good experience...
Well. overall the holiday was good. The carnival spirit cruise had fantastic fine dinning every night (even better than the Royal caribbean one). However, the breakfast spread was terrible. Every morning there is the same spread of bread, sausage, bacon, eggs and cereal...how boring is that? At least lunch had a wider spread!
The cruise started sailing from Vancouver (Canada) on 30 May (saved a day due to time difference) at 5pm. There was no port of call on 31 May so did activities the cruise organised. They were not really very great. The first port of call was in Ketchikam (Alaska) on 1 June. It was a rather same town and since we did not go out of the town, there was nothing really much to do. We just took a taxi and go around the town with the driver touring us around. The ride cost us about US$50.
The next port of call on 2 June was in the capital of Alaska, Juneau. That was more interesting. We sit on the tram up and down the mountain and even went on a tour to see a glacier. After that went to shop.
Skagway (Alaska) was the next port of call on 3 June. There we went around shopping and took 2 trishor around the town. The town was small so there was nothing much to see. We went back to the ship rather early since we did not go for any onshore excursions.
The next port of call was in Sitka (Alaska), an old Russian town and old capital of Alaska. We took a 1 hr tour around the town and even watch a dance performance by a native tribe. After shopping around, we queued up to go back to the cruise ship.
There was no port of call the next day. On 6 June we reach whittier. There we got off the cruise and took a bus to downtown of Anchorage to Day's Inn for the night. We shopped around downtown and even went to the new shopping centre. On 8 June at 12 am, we made took the same bus to Anchorage International Airport to catch our flight back home. The flight from Anchorage to Taipei lasted only 10 hrs with the airplane jerking all the way. After a transit in Taipei for 3 hrs (bathed and eat in the airport), we set off to Singapore. The flight only lasted for 5 hrs. Just before landing, the airplane experience quite abit of turbulence and even had the falling feeling (but not as bad as going to Vancouver). Overall, a much better flight.
Having arrived in Singapore around 2pm Singapore time, we ate in Dalifrance and headed back home.
♥ Go With The Music.
8:49 PM
