robyn rocks honolulu.

ok, ok. it was my birthday.

2007-01-11T21:53:00.000-10:00

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

my birthday. wasn't really great. but it went fairly well. went to work... then my colleagues later learnt it was my birthday and dolores bought claudine and i, a balloon each, cos it was her birthday too. and mmmm lets see.

and thenn, i went home at like, 830 and i caught the guardian. wahhh i fell in love again. hehe. ashton is a hottie. ok, and then i walked home. exciting.

rushed rushed entry.

2007-01-09T22:52:00.000-10:00

hahaha. ok ok, i know its been helluva long since i last updated, owing entries all the way from early december. here's an outline of i think what might be posted over my last few weeks in hawaii.

right now i just finished work and waiting for my colleague's friend to drop me and darren back, fyi, its 2252. exciting. so i have like 8 minutes more to finish this entry before i pack up and go to bed.

i owe you,

a birthday entry
an oahu entry (hanauma bay, northshore, pali, blowpipe etc, etc)
a big island/christmas entry (volcanoes, lava, waterfall, blacksand beach etc, etc)
a new year's eve entry

and whatever else comes to mind. so till the next entry, do take care! :)

it was supposed to look like this

2006-12-05T21:20:00.000-10:00

sorry if your com doesnt show the following, i noticed the problem when i first changed to this layout.

oh wells, guess i'll just remove my image then...

sunset dinner cruise

2006-12-02T08:09:00.000-10:00

hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. it's been long huh. ok, i owe you guys plenty of entries, but lets start with this one, so as many of you know, brendan came over. and if you have been reading my blog, you'd know i missed his 21st birthday. so i decided to celebrate it again now that he's here. i treated him to a sunset dinner cruise.

p.s. if anyone's planning to come to hawaii, and with your partner, i think this cruise trip is a good deal, here's what you can expect;

there's a bus pickup from the hotel that brings you straight to the cruise dock

ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the startlet sunset dinner cruise

when you board, choose the seat that's facing this view and not against it if possible, bear this in mind

one perk though, when you do take pictures, you catch what's behind. haha

after you get settled down, you are served with one of hawaii's signature cocktail, maitai

(i took the non-alcoholic one, first im underaged . second, i didnt want to turn all red)

cheers partner!

the sun sets...

and then for a while you get pretty bored and you start taking ridiculously looking photos

and the sunset worth paying for.

when everyone's aboard, you get treated to a welcome hula dance!

now remember why you have to face this view, so that you can see their faces more than their butt! but i think they've got VIP seats means more expensive ya...

but, still you get entertained.

i apologise for no photos of food, i have my reasons;
1. i was realllllly too hungry that i forgot to take photos.
2. the food was really good that i kept eating and didnt have time to think about taking photos
3. you guys told me to stop posting pictures of food!

so anyway the night ended with brendan and i heading on the deck to check out the view, and a very last photo;

gnight.

IT'S A B-E-A-U-TIFUL DAY.

2006-11-18T21:14:00.000-10:00

aloha.

ok, i decided not to post pictures of food this time round, but you really asked for it. today, i basically bummed around. woke up at about 9? decided to go to the beach to get some vitamin d.

i stayed on the beach from 11 - 6, i used loads of sunblock too. nothing to worry mum. and i kept applying. at the end of the day, i think i got a pretty decent tan. i really hope it lasts.

today was the day i tested the water, the current and the waves. no serious surfing or boogie boarding, just me and my pink float. ahh so relaxing. i brought my pink float out to sea and i laid on it. just lying around trying to get a tan. it's soooooooo shiok. cos when the waves come, you get pushed along and the waves are strong to you go uppppppp and then it carries you nearer to shore. ahhhh. it's fun. and i think i'm ready to try surfing.

here's the thing about waikiki beach. it's so shallow. i can be like 50 metres off shore and i can still touch the grown and not covered from chest up. and the shity thing is that there are like rocks below, and i keep stepping on them... and i got a cut under my right foot. bargh. but at least the water is clear, clean and no floating seaweed. the beach issss clean. love it.

soon i'll go to hanuma bay and i'll do snorkelling i'll say hi to the fishies for u. and hopefully i find nemo!

i'll let the pictures do the talking ok? and maybe a bit of my captions. enjoy.

at about 1100 hr. pretty empty.

yup the coconut trees. what's waikiki without them?

yeah still pretty much empty.

i didnt want to make u girls dro0l over the hot surfers. so yeah, a cute boy will do for now.

the beautiful people that make waikiki beautiful.

she would be any guy's eye candy. and she surfs too.

the pink float was my body board today. trust me, next time it'll be a surf board.

ooo. ice cream. i also want.

my trust shades, protected my eyes from the sun. love em.

and the sun sets.

at 1700.

they were sooooo noisy. disrupting my peace.

yet another sunday.

2006-11-12T21:53:00.000-10:00

howzit!

just to let u know, ive uploaded the picture missing from the previous entry, about the kids popcorn combo? yeah its there go look.

yesterday, i watched XXXtreme Weight Loss on Discovery Health. And the show featured i think 5 individuals and their strategy to losing weight. well, though some really looked effective, i doubt i have the time to go for a bicycle expedition across the country, or take up belly dancing. so anyway, it was still inspiring and i decided to attempt on eating healthy. furthermore, being in a new environment; living independently means living in a self-controlled environment equals eating what you want, with no one to force-feed you yummy and irresistible food.

so last night, i bought a bag caesar salad and i ate one-third of it for dinner. healthy ah! and i used very little dressing! yeah so that was dinner. and i ate a strawberry musli for dessert. :) quite proud of myself.

this morning when i woke up, i was famished. so i remember watching on the show that you should have a HUGE-ASS breakfast, which i did.

haha, but im afraid that my healthy diet regime didnt last for long. as i skipped lunch due to my oh-so filling breakfast, i snacked on potato chips!!! ahhh, and half a bar of chocolate... AHHHH! and i just came back from a meal at popeye's chicken and biscuits and i just threw away my empty cup of sunrise strawberry yoghurt from jamba juice, triple-wipple AHHHHH!

i deserve it.

2006-11-05T23:54:00.000-10:00

TODAY. i was bored. i was NOT in the mood to soak my body under the sun and increase my risk of getting skin cancer. i was NOT in the mood for shopping. i was NOT in the mood of whipping up a decent meal for lunch. i was NOT going to waste my sunday lazing around at home. i was NOT going to ala moana shopping centre cos ive been there too often. i was NOT going to walk around waikiki cos walking it two nights in a row was clearly enough. so i did something which i had never done before.

I WENT TO THE MOVIES ALONE. yah call me a loser. like whatever. at least i caught SAW III. like when will u catch it man? seriously? hahaha. but my advice is, go watch on a weekday. im not saying anymore. don't really wanna spoil the fun. ooooo scary mary.

anyway, a movie ticket here costs, US$9. sheesh. that's the reason why i'm bringing lunch to work this week to make up for it. haha, i went to Ward Entertainment Centre. it has 16 Mega Theatres (fhwahhh). And i decided to like, reward myself a lil and indulge in some ColdStone ice-cream. i decided to go plain and get a Chocolate Like-it (Like-it is a size small cup) with Twix topping. before i made my request, i thought they'd just scoop the ice cream into a bowl and just put the twix stick on top. but noooooooooooooooooooooooo.

they used two spatula-like tools, scooped out a scoop of ice cream (equivalent to singapore 2 scoops), took the twix bar and mashed it up on a granite board. and im like, fhwahhhh. so innovative man, and its like it's good cos the twix is mashed up evenly around the ice cream. and when i finally had my taste of the ice cream. sweeeeeeeeet; it was so heavenly.

how can a movie be enjoyable without popcorn right? so i made my purchase on a kids combo. super small soda, with popcorn and candy! ahah so fun. i took a picture.

haha yes, so i mentioned that i had to bring lunch to work right to make up for the money ive spent today. i made JAPANESE CHICKEN CURRY. and it was rather decent. ahaha mum would be so proud. :)

it's your birthday.

2006-11-05T00:46:00.000-10:00

HELLO.

today, hawaiian standard time, is November 5th, which means that today, in my time, is BRENDAN'S BIRTHDAY.

one year ago.

haha, i shall publicly wish you a HAPPY 2FIRST BIRTHDAY! sorry that i'm not able to spend this special day with you. but, i'm sure somehow i'm there. :) Sadly, there's only 6 hours for you to appreciate it more than you already have thus far, i'm sure u'll make full use of it though. NOW that you're 21, i'm sure you dreams will slowly, but surely (still faster than before) turn into reality. and i know that, this 21st year will mark a change in your life, one that is significant for greater years to come.

wishing you success in all that you do. happy 21st birthday.

lovingly, robyn

p.s. your birthday dinner for two has been booked at 4.15PM; 19 Nov 06; in Honolulu.

the halloween special

2006-11-04T22:05:00.000-10:00

helloooo, okie's finally managed to upload the photos. looks quite ugly but i'm really tired and lazy to make it look pretty. oh wells enjoy what i posted cos it's definitely not all. furthermore, as my camera battery went flat halfway, everything else tht's pretty cool is in the disposable cam. it was great fun. halloween at waikiki is like a parade march. everyone is dressed up and in that character and they just go around seeing what others are wearing and taking lotsa photos. people put in so much effort for halloween. it's so much funnnnnnn. :)

HALLOWEEN AT WORK!

#1: baseball player, knight, purple fairy.
#2: hiak hiak hiak
#3: paul attempts to kill dolores.
#4: group picture.
#5: sorry, the sword's kinda heavy cos it's real.
#6: dolores with the sword.
#7: position swop, dolores with shield, paul with sword.
#8 looks like paul won the battle.
#9: darren says "you want a piece of me?
#10: dolores says "rosanne come here!
#11: fierce knight and moody pjammy.
#12: put on that halloween pose!
#13: time to feast! #14: linda's roofing material, gosh its good.
#15: lori's delicious jello, yummm.
#16: rosanne's PRAWN! it's been long since i had prawns!
#17: chow mien.
#18: garlic chicken!.
#19: from the top.

HALLOWEEN AT WAIKIKI! *mature adult content.

#1: male fairy and moody pjammy.
#2: please please, you can abduct stitch but not me!
#3: only if you write the dollar sign properly!
#4: my gosh, i give them the best costume award!
#5: hahaha giant male's part with puuuubbbbbs.
#6: pocahontas and family/friends.
#7: oops, its meant for the caveman and the unknown character.
#8: CAREBEARS SHARE!
#9: go go power rangers! mighty morphin' power rangeerrrrrssssss
#10: YaFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
#11: another gigantic dil*o
#12: come on baby, you know im hot.
#13: the riddler and robYn.
#14: Geek alert!
#15: oh botherrrrr.
#16: i have no idea what you are.
#17: I FOUND WALLY!
#18: Steve Irwin and a very harmless stingray
#19: they're taller with bigger boobs, no fair!
#20: AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

my own very ten reasons

2006-11-02T23:53:00.000-10:00

ok. u guys think i'm having a whale of a time here? lemme give you ten reasons (in random order) why you should start to think otherwise.

1. cook your own dinner after a tough day at work and wash up after that.
2. do your own laundry and iron your clothes especially if you sleep on a big bed with a hugeass comforter cover and bedsheets to wash and iron
3. everything here is so expensive, SGD$6 for a decent McDonalds meal, US$7 for a decent McDonalds meal (please go calculate exchange rate)
4. there's no chilli sauce, anything spicy like KFC Spicy or Popeye's Spicy is NOT spicy and TERRIBLE UNAPPETISING, far from delicious
5. food here doesn't even hold a mini birthday candle to Singapore food. gosh. miss the food.
6. there's nothing much to do at night because movies are expensive, everything's expensive... (and im underaged, shhhsh)
7. i only know Darren and my colleagues here in honolulu, kinda lonely
8. the girls here are soooo hot they make me feel pathetic.
9. it's raining, raining, raining and i hate rain. cold and wet, depressing.
10. it's so damn bloody difficult to come up with 10 things to complain about.

make me angry and i'll come up with 20 reasons why i love it here. COS I DO! i dont wanna go home. i wanna stay here here here. it'll be good if i get a robot to make my meals and do my laundry! please, will that part of technology please advance faster!

oh baby fill my cup.

2006-11-02T11:11:00.000-10:00

ok. i have no idea whats with the title. i was thinking what would be a good one for this entry since it's about the rain outside... "flash flood warning" was a lil too direct so let me try to link my entry to the title. it may change at the end, ms penelope chan's words suddenly just occured to me; "write the headline last". oh wells so i may change it. just to let u know, what it currently stands now is, "oh baby fill my cup".

well... i'm blogging at work now. i finished most of my work for the time being decided to take a short break and update. so anyways, why fill my cup. it's not that it's empty, it's damn full. why? cos it's raining outside, like crazy. the mountains that were once visible are now no longer in my sight it's been covered by fog and clouds :(.

i miss this view...

and such clouds...

yeap, before the rain. rainbows used to appear almost everyday. when it first appeared i remembered i was thrilled cos i hardly see rainbows in Singapore and i always enjoy admiring one. But my colleague was like "boringggg" oh wells. i was happy and now im not, cos it's no longer there.

sigh. it's gloomy.

temptations are expensive.

2006-10-29T21:02:00.000-10:00

aloha

today, i took a bus down to the aloha stadium with darren for the aloha swap meet. it was huge, like seriously, endless rows of shops. sadly, almost each shop sold the same thing. 8 t-shirts for US20... ukulele, aloha bags/shirts/dresses etc. all the hawaiian shirts were mostly for men. as for tops, all the ladies clothes are all the same and they're not the kind of clothes i fancied.

still, i saw a few things that i really liked; a nice bikini US$20, some doggy clothing and a few stuff toys (will elaborate later). the bikini was really nice, but US$20 was a bit too much for my budget, my limit for a bikini was the most, really most, US$15. so, i resisted and walked away empty handed.

on my second round (first row was dedicated to stalls on the left, second round was for the right), i came across a stall that sold clothing for pooches. and i was this realllly sweet pink qipao and it was US$9 which i thought was very reasonable. unfortunately, there was no M-size for darling meiji. such a pity, cos it would be perfect for chinese new year. i wonder if she would appreciate it tho, that i thought of her while i was so far away and that i even bought something for her. i wonder if she misses me and is thinking of me now... mmm.

at the end of my self-led tour at the aloha stadium i came across this stall which sold a lot of stuff toys. there was this MEGA HUGE SCOOBY DOO! it was a plush of scooby doo lying flat on the ground with his paws wide apart. so cute ok. it's as long as my legs! as wide as the length of my left arm. it was US$10. along with it came another smaller sized scooby doo in a raincoat which i didnt quite fancy. so i asked if i could get a medium sized snoopy for ohmychuckleberry (my brother) instead. and she was like, oh ok, then i think u could just top up US$2. and i'm like oooooo, huge ass scooby and medium sized snoopy for just US$12?! that's way too cheap. and i walked around some more, i found sunshine carebear, which i think my sis would like... US$7, its the normal sized ones u see in Singapore.

but... they're all nice, they look original, just no tag... so it might not be new, it might be second hand... so... i didnt get any... despite it being such a steal!

oh wells. so, i left the aloha swap meet empty handed. but quite proud that i didnt splurge on anything.

since i was in the area and pearlridge shopping centre was just a couple of bus stop s down, i decided to pay it a visit cos apparently, the shopping there's great. the mall is huge with areas like, downtown, uptown etc and a skycab (monorail) that brings u to the different malls. it has sears, macy's, price busters, ross... haha its huge.

so anyway i went into a shop called rave. there were two police officers there. then from my sharp observance, i learnt that the sales assistants caught two female shoplifters. both blonde, with long hair, with an extremely innocent face like that of an angel but i could sense their remorse. they sat in a corner of the shop ashamed of their actions. oh wells, i heard the officers telling the sales assistants that they will be banned from the entire shopping mall! i cant believe it. banned from the entire shopping mall? for how long?! the rest of their lives? a year? sheesh. it's such a good mall with so many cool shops. sigh. temptation, temptation, such an expensive price to pay.

but... i fell for mine too. a lovely denim skirt, found the right size, the right design and the right colour! fortunately, the price for this particular temptation wasnt too hefty. a good US$5.

i'm satisfied. :)

BORED, BORED, BORED!

2006-10-29T10:25:00.001-10:00

hello, i'm extremely bored. like seriously. hehehe, its 1020 on a SUNDAY morning and i'm going to the ALOHA SWAP MEET, go google it, i'm lazy to link it, bored = lazy.

i was feeling extremely adventurous yesterday and i took a random bus from the bus stop outside my apartment, and i found out that it was going to the USS Arizona Memorial. So i just went in for a preview, visited all the free stuff. i'll wait for someone to go with me then i'll go to the submarine and the missouri tour. I took some pictures and i'll show it you soon.

halloween's coming, and i have to dress up! yay, its gonna be fun especially when i finally have a clue on what to wear! then im gonna parade down waikiki with the rest of the locals and go trick or treating! hhahaha, cant wait. its so exciting!!! YES, i'll upload pictures of them too! hahahahaha, i absolutely love it here.

waikiki

2006-10-26T21:47:00.000-10:00

ok, here are some pictures ive taken in waikiki at night.

okies, ive danced with this robotic dude. dont talk abt it. it' really embarassing. and it was in public. arghhhh.

this is the only car ive attempted to drive in honolulu. aloha, im the ukulele delivery woman, would you like to buy one for US$10? Mahalo.

appeared at the right place in the right coloured top! look how we complement each other!

i was praying so hard tt lil green one won't shit!

i think he's hot. or is it a she? oh wells. still hot either way.

the yorkies are cute. but meiji's cuter.

food, food, glorious food.

2006-10-25T20:31:00.000-10:00

hello... i'm sure all of you are pretty much engrossed with the recent happenings in the blogosphere, i'd be even surprised if u managed to find the time to come to this link. but well, instead of letting you read some more, i thought perhaps, i'd give you a break from all the readings and indulge in some... food.

alright ladies and gentlemen. i shall attempt to give you a glimpse of local food. now, i'd like to lay it clear that local food, is not equivalent to hawaiian food. okie, now that's done, here we go!

#1. kahlua pig (no nothing to do with coffee. #2. chicken, pork and fish wrapped in some leaves (smells and tastes like the chicken you steam with tea leaves back home. #3. at one glance, that's a complete meal for the locals here, well it's enough to feed three at where i'm at. #4. lomi salmon, it's salmon mixed with green onions, onions, tomatoes and of course salmon (not raw though). #5. beef, which tastes like beef jerky.

i'm sorry i dont know the exact name for no. 2, 3 and 5, but i'm sure i'll go back to yammy's soon enough, take more pictures and let you know. i also apologise for not being able to upload any pictures of my favourite ahi poke (raw tuna mixed with a sauce), see its too delicious i finish it before i can even take my camera out! thanks sharon for the treat! so that wrapped up hawaiian food. now for local plates!

i think this is the yumyum chicken, a tuesday special and HK restaurant. it costs US$4 and yes, a lot of them serve in takeout style - styrofoam boxes. over here, the main carbohydrate is rice, yes white rice! the give lotsa meat, and the side order is with a choice, toss salad or mac salad. obviously, i would choose MAC! hehe.

from the same place, one all my all time favourite dishes here; grilled ahi with mac!

well, the food comes in very big portions, oh the servings posted for HK, is the mini portion, you dont wanna look at the regular, trust me. and the meat tastes very good. but darren and i have found a nicer place to eat, its called the one plus one drive in, i rate that it has the second best macaroni salad after yammy's. more pics from there when i do remember to bring my camera.

hehe stop salivating. ok ok, i know you must be thinking haha, but i know robyn misses chinese food. are you kidding? i get better ones here. check out the roasted pork, duck and chicken. trust me the roasted pork? is the best ive tasted in my life!

urm, seriously? who care's about the vegetables? ok, if you're wondering, so what do we eat at home? well just a glimpse ya;

fine, i promise not to be so lazy and take more pictures of the things i consume ok? byebye!

my crib.

2006-10-19T21:41:00.000-10:00

hello. i like my home. it's nice and cosy. especially my room, the living room and that's about it. it's pretty big as compared to my quarters at YMCA and it comes full of amenities. at this moment i can only show you the exterior of my building.

ok, so you see, i have a colleague, her name is dolores. we went to her place the other day cos she needed to get her car so that she could drive us (darren and myself) to COSTCO, it's this major big bulk groceries and everything supermarket.

while we were there, other than being totally amazed by her "i like to hide everything ugly" kitchen, which means, her fridge and dishwasher are totally covered by the matching cupboards so you wont even know its there till you open, we went to her lanai and discovered she had the wonderful view of our apartment building, and OUR LIVING ROOM + DARREN'S ROOM (phew for me). and she even brought out her binoculars to see if she could see more. so i took some pictures from her place, she has a great view of the sunset.

check out the sunset.

with a triple zoom that's what you see

you even get the view of the ocean

and the ala wai canal

and of course, the hale moani, my apartment equipped with a swimming pool :)

so, we went to costco yeah, look what we came back with...

US$150 worth of food. sheeeeesh

yeah and i suppose it wouldnt hurt to show you the view from my room of the sunrise...

yup, so can you imagine the amount of sunlight i get blasting into my room every morning? that's how i usually get up anyway... and since we're on views, no harm showing you the view from my table at the office ya?

it's the mountains and me. what picture would look complete without me?! hehehe.

have a great weekend ya, i still have to trudge thru tmr.

you asked for it!

2006-10-18T21:55:00.000-10:00

ok. so i was thinking... i owe you quite a bit of photos yea since i came.. and that's 3 weeks worth of photos... so where do i start... then i realised, i didnt take any pictures of my initial refuge. but it's good in a sense cos you dont go through the torture and start pitying me for all that ive been through.

haha, no la. it's not tht bad really. just that, imagine only being able to flush your toilet once a day and sleep on sheets which you're not sure if their clean. ok. im really kidding. but that place was way too much for what i was getting... so anyway, if i recall correctly, on the saturday of landing i went to the LOST SEASON 3 premiere. soo.. well i wasnt realy prepared to see the stars, but i tried to make the best of it.

hello and welcome to waikiki

it's all about the sun, the wave, the surf, the water and the people

LOST premiere, sunset at the beach

#1 locke. #2henry gale & sayid. #3 henry, juliet & desmond's gf
#4 mr eko. #5 jack. #6 sun. #7 locke
#8 locke. #9 saywer #10 libby.

ok, i'll just show this first. cos im darn tired. nights.

testing

2006-10-14T23:30:00.000-10:00

hahaha, hey man. just wanna see how this looks like. very clean layout. kinda like it. might be slightly boring now. but hey, i'm tired. so i might work on it later. but i think its nice and clean... lemme upload a picture and see how it works, or looks...

mmm, ok. seems fine to me. hahaha. ok, stay tuned for more.