.....times of refreshing.....

I am back from the high sea! Yeah, I was on a cruise over the last weekend from Friday to Tuesday and it was my first time holidaying on a cruise. The experience was great, fun, relaxing and exciting too! I was quite nervous initially and the anxieties heightens when the ship was doing an emergency drill before the journey began. My kid too , was anxious as he keep asking us if we would fall onto the sea!  Anyway, all the anxieties subside after the ship began moving steadily and we were having our supper at 1am! Yeah, it's just eat and eat over there.

The Costa Victoria at Singapore's port. Taken while we were going on board. My kids were so excited that they were running up the steady pathway to the ship.

Her cabin... two double decker beds in our cabin. Initially I wanted a balcony cabin but it's not enough for the four of us as there was only 1 single bed.

Pleasantly looking cabin with a small view of the sea

The party begins.... folks partying on the highest deck in the ship.

The swimming pool on the upper deck.

The pathway leading to our cabin. It was cold inside there.

One of the restaurants there serving breakfast buffet.

One of the bars

One of  the external deck at level 5

Some demonstration show on making food carvings by chefs

The shopping atrium selling luxury stuffs .... all in US dollars.

A view of the cruise in the high sea

Sunset in  the Strait of Malacca

Another cafetaria at the back of the ship. Love having coffee here. The tea time buffet held here.

The planetarium atrium ... there was a performance here at certain hours

Yours truly on Costa Victoria

Another view of the main lobby at deck 5

A replica of the ship

A view of the beautiful swimming pool

Family portrait - bought this photo for US$20 ... sigh....

This is my first post in November and I am glad I finally blogged. It was a busy start to the month but I feel great to have a spent a pleasant weekend with my family. Lazing around in a cafe with good food and spending a long time there was a great idea. At least, it helps to wind down and feel the bliss of a sabbatical Sunday. We were at Lavender bistro this afternoon for a late lunch cum tea. The kids were having a good time snacking on cookies after their meals while I enjoyed their free wifi.

My wifey had a char kway teow ... it tasted good. Cost around RM12.

My two kids shared a teriyaki salmon rice. This cost us RM20 but the portion was quite big. They can't even finished it and I need to come in ..to eat..

I had a simple cheese and ham ciabatta ,, which was my favourite.

And, the meal was not complete without a cuppa of Americano!

 I always love to spend the weekend afternoon in a bistro and wind down and I guess that's how weekend are spent. I had a good coffee and surf the net while my kids shop for their cookies and buns in Lavender, before going around the mall.

Have a great week.

I always believe whenever you are faced with a stressful situation like decision-making and etc, it's better to calm down your mind so that you can make a better choice. I was kinda frustrated with some important decisions to make lately and being in a bad mood doesn't really help. Thus, I went for a run and the feel-good hormones really works, and then settled down for a nice Japanese dinner at Men-ichi Japanese Ramen, Northpoint, SG.

A must for me whenever I had Japanese food - Chawanmushi. And, Men-chi's chawanmushi are always one of the best!

'Paitan Tonkatsu Ramen' - when served

After I stirred it...

After taking a shower and feeling calmer than ever, I realised what's that so 'important' is not really that serious after all! Thus, this is the power of positive feeling.... instead of exaggerating the situation, look into the real perspective of the issue!