+++

when u buy things, u see "+"
when u eat in a restaurant, u pay for "++"
when u wanna book a venue for conference in a hotel, there's "+++"

u know wad are all the "pluses"?

1. CESS, 1%
2. Service charges, 10%
3. GST, 5%


it was juz announced that GST will go up to 7%....

did a rough calculation... for an expenditure of $30,000 ($750 x 40), we need to pay an extra $5.6k of "+++"...!!!

sigh...


instead of "the more we spend, the more tax we pay", is there sth which "the more we do, the more levy we get"..?

oh, more baby more bonus??
hmm.... it's a fraud!! bonus not enough to nurture a baby till the baby can earn leh.....

shit... is there any way out???

Vietnam day 5! - Singapore

oh we also bought 2 backpacks! 1 each.... round abt 15USD for one... not bad hor? North Face de...















haf i showed u the traffic in HCM???
















do i look like a backpacker to u? actually only there for less than 5 days... god knows wad we brought..















to show ppl we backpacked in vietnam...haha.. act act leh... actually most of the time we were carrying small daypacks...




















hey not nice to take pic of ppl when their mouth is full k
















haha...





































































very dense hor? the city area... dunno wad city is this actually... not HCM...
















above singapore ground! reclaimed land..















touched down!!

Vietnam Day 4 - Back to HCM

the sky is reali very blue hor? so much nicer than in SG... esp now so hazy... it was abt 7am local time... bus's leaving at 8!! one hour for marketing and b/f!















ok last look at the morning marketeers b4 we set off...















the greens...





















oh we tried another alley that morning! it's quite a cosy alley hor? everyone juz sits in 2 rows backfacing and enjoying the hot hot soup in the cool cool morning.... *slurpzz*
















yb got the window seat and was smapping away like no need money one... ok lah... digital photos really no need money one la.... this is a good one.... i meant the pic....




















it's a freaking 6-7 hr journey... tentative timing.... in actualy fact we reach at abt 6pm in the evening... it's 10 hrs!! see the tiredness in my eyes....???















class dismissed!! i think 98% of the students there cycles to sch.... their sch muz be damn big and has efficient park attendent... so many bicycles!! i din manage to capture a view that the whole stretch of road was a streak of white (uniform)...




















i caught a cold in Dalat... Jialatzz.. i wonder how i'll survive if i go to a winter country...




















stop-over! toilet and snack break....
















now u know why it took a freaking 10 hrs le? bus inefficient... was moving very slowly so the driver stopped many times to do fixing...
















we went back to the same hotel we stayed on our 1st day.. but the room was occupied le!! only left with 2 more expensive ones... we're quite unwilling to pay the extra la.. so we ahead to look for others lor...initially planned to go to a sister hotel they recommended, cheaper... as soon as we stepped out we were pouched!! we went to take a look at thie apparently newly build hotel... the location not very good.. very isolated, and u need to go thru dark alleys to get to the hotel... and room no curtains, thou they claimed that the glass is "special"... we decided to give that sister hotel a try... so we went ahead... and passed by the 1st hotel... this time round, they told us tat coz' we've stayed with them b4, they'll give us special discount!! same price as the 1st day's!! haha.... aiyah i think they're juz afraid their customers beoing pouched lah.....

oh!! the pic!! yah.... "mai hum, mai hum mai hum mai hum~~"
only SGD$1..!! but we think we're carrot-chopped le... coz they sounded like the price was anyhow quoted...
















back to the trusty Original Bodhi Tree for dinner.... messy hair... oh yah... it was drizzling...
















30 cents coffee maker!! acutally it's juz a filter la...















our dinner... mock chicken!! haha... moulded de...
















oh this is one very active dalmatian!! i cant take a proper pic of him... he keep moving abt!!




















and yes... he stood on his hind (called rearing) and gave me 2 kicks with his front paws... like i said... it was raining...


















on our way back to the hotel after much vargaininga nd shopping... i got myself an adidas and a puma! SGD$6 each! i thik they're genuine goods... leaked out from local factories.... i like this pic leh....
















i've lost count how many soya bean drink we had this trip le... only 20 cents...

yb managed to bargain this from D15,000 to D8,000!! i thikn the only way to bargain is when u wanna buy things which u dun realli want very very much....

Vietnam day 3! - Dalat Part 1

we took a 6 hour ride from HCMC to Dalat... from 9pm... we arrived at 4+am!! initially we tot we might be able to find hotel in the last min coz usually hotels r opened round the clock... god we're damn wrong... the street is lifeless!! almost... saw a couple of independent joggers in the streets... at freaking 4 am in the morning! oh by the way..... it very cold.... cant even take a proper photo coz of the misty droplets suspended in the air...




















see the difference?? this was taken along the same street... we were damn lucky lor... so happened that this security guard opened the gate to allow someone to come out of the compound and straight away we approached him!! so paisay we gotta wake the owner up to get a room.... hehe... he nv charge us a single cent for that morning... thou we showered, napped.... shiok....!!~
















xuanhong lake... i tot it'll be more beautiful actually... not very clear water... but still it's a very nice view!!




















the morning market!! bustling with activities!!

fishes.... veges... hardware...

language was realli a worrying barrier... esp the 1st day when we arrived... then we realised that if we dun try hard to point point here point point there... we'll haf to eat hotel food for 5 days!!
















Chee cheong fun... vietnam style... mint and bean sprouts....

glass noodle (pho) again!