Just My Rambling

Tomorrow we will be moving on the second leg of our vacation. That means saying bye-bye to the current hotel that we have actually starting to really enjoy. Sure it is not a new york luxury hotel but it is located right smack in the middle of the shopping district of Singapore. So it was really convenient to just go shopping anytime. I am really going to miss this place. The next place that we are going will be in the suburbs and definitely not going to be so convenient anymore. Oh well, I guess I couldn’t stay here forever, right?

I love travelling but I don’t love the jet lag part of travelling. Since I am halfway across the world, the time zone is totally opposite of my place of departure. So for the first few days, we would walk around like zombies with dark eye circles because it was morning locally but our body still thinks that it was night. Usually it takes a few days to adjust to the time zone. So we usually try to take it easy the first few days just to get over the jet lag and I think we are almost over it now.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. This year instead of spending Christmas at home, we spend it on a plane instead. We are actually on an extended vacation on the other end of the world. The flight was so long but we made it and so glad to be here. So far, we have been pig out and enjoy all the yummy local food. I haven’t even been online much, let alone checking for online life insurance rates that I was supposed to do before we left on our vacation. Oh well, I guess it can wait till after vacation. For the moment, I am just going to enjoy my vacation without even bothering with anything on my to do list.

I am so excited because I just booked our tickets for our Singapore trip!! It has been almost 2 years since I last went back. The last time we went back, Lil’ C was a little too young to enjoy a lot of stuff but now she is older, I think we will be able to expose her to a lot of new things that she has only read about in books. She will also be able to try out lots of interesting food. I can’t wait for her to try durian!! I am also contemplating making a side trip to Australia for her to check out the kangaroos, koalas and wombats. I am sure she will love that. But first I might have to go get some new Eagle Creek luggage because I think my current ones are pretty beat up already. I can’t wait to go on vacation.

I need a vacation! I was just checking out some orlando vacations and for a moment, I wished I was living in Florida again. It is only because it is so much cheaper to go to Disney World when you are a Florida resident. Unfortunately when we were living there, Lil’ C was way too young to be able to enjoy Disney World. Now that she is older and will totally enjoy a trip to Disney World, we are living across the other side of the country. A Disney vacation will be very expensive. Oh well, maybe if we start saving now, we might be able to afford a trip to Orlando next Christmas.

Summer is drawing to an end, so last week we decided at the last minute to take a road trip to see my sister and her family. It was a long drive but it was so worth it. Lil’ C has been having a blast with her cousins. With no house chores and cooking this week, I have just been lounging around and relaxing. I have also been eating so much that I think I might need to look for the best fat burner soon! We will be heading back tomorrow and I am so not ready for a whining preschooler who will be so upset to leave. I wonder if some bribery will help.

Last summer we went on a cruise to Alaska. Besides stopping at Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka, the cruise also included a cruise around the Hubbard Glacier. The Glacier was just so awesome. While we were enjoying the beautiful scenery, we saw another cruise ship which had just finished cruising around the Glacier. The cruise ship looked so small in front of the huge glacier.

A closer look of the cruise ship as it got closer to the ship that we were on. Check out all the ice floating on the water.  It was actually a little nerve-wracking sailing through the ice because we keep hearing all kinds of banging sounds as the ice hits the ship!! : )

Thanks for visiting my PhotoHunt. Happy hunting & have a great weekend, everyone!

When I was still in college in the Midwest, my friends and I used to love to go to Branson for weekend trips. We loved going to Silver Dollar City, a unique theme park filled with arts and crafts of the early 1900s. After a day of fun, we would either go for the dinner cruise aboard the Showboat Branson Belle or catch one of the live shows in town. It has been many years since I last visited Branson. I heard that it has changed a lot. I would love to revisit Branson again and check out all the changes for myself.

However this time around, I will definitely not be staying at the cheap hotels like those college days. I think a stay at either the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing or Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel will be very nice. What will we do there? Revisit all my old haunts and of course check out the new attractions. I will love to bring my 4 year old to Silver Dollar City. She will not be old enough for the rides yet but she will love to see all the crafts of the yesteryears.

When we were on our Alaskan cruise last summer, my daughter loved the dinner shows. So a dinner show aboard the Showboat Branson Belle is definitely on the itinerary. We will also plan to attend some live shows as well. Wow, that’s a lot of things to do. I think I will have to start planning my trip soon.

This is SO……..overdue but I finally got around to sorting my photos from the Alaskan cruise. There are too many photos so I am not going to post them individually here. Click HERE to check out my photos in Flickr. It’s not complete yet so I will continue to update them.

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