Goooood morning Vietnam!

So it's Matt and my first time to Vietnam!
This time we chose to spend the rest of the holiday at Ho Chi Ming City also known as Saigon.

It was my first experience to go to a place where the traffic is worst than Jakarta!

Lots of motorbikes - so there were many fancy Vespa and Piagio.

There were more 'Chinese' faces - fair skin and slim!

We stayed at Park Hyatt Saigon - probably the best in town, thanks to Matt's corporate rate... hi hi
It is located in the central HCMC, very accessible to many attractions in the city

I fell sick on the 2nd day (worst hangover + my monthly curse) So unfortunately we had to skip the Mekong river tour and the cave tour... a good excuse to go back again!

And though we stayed only in the city, we loved it and will gladly move here if we have to!
People were generally friendly - some guy helped us cross the road or some men pointed at the directions from far - of course, we probably looked like helpless tourists.

But also it is an exciting city... Communist country? hm...nothing I imagined.
We experienced gun shooting scene at a bar where we had a beer, on the first day.
Or a 3years old street girl smoking....

Anyway, please check out http://hochimingcity-nov2007.blogspot.com/ for more photos!

Bali - November 2007

BUT, before I get on with 'work' and 'reality' in Singapore, I'm off to a relaxing holiday with Matty to Ubud for a week!
It was Matt's first time to Bali and my 4th visit. I had not been back for almost 5 years. It was so peaceful, it made me think, this paradise is so near us and why didn't I do this more often.

While soaking in the beauty and serenity of the nature, ironically I thought how nice it will be to go with a big loud group, Mom, Dad, Emi & Rique, and of course Daichan and his family who will bring with them another level of fun to the trip.
Matt's family and friends in UK has never been to Bali so we are planning for another trip, perhaps with them too.

We stayed at Ubud for the whole week in a beautiful villa called "Alam Shanti".
This villa was rated No.1 in Trip Advisor in 2006.

Please see
http://mattsfirsttriptobali-naomi.blogspot.com/
for more pictures of the villa, sights and tour we took.

Moving back AGAIN

5 months in Jakarta - tried, distracted and learnt some lessons...

Firstly, I am no longer scared and unfamiliar about babies! They will be born and they will survive, just by being a baby - has everyone's attention. It's just natural.



And of course, though I wasn't much of a substantial help to H20, it was interesting to dip my toe in the F&B industry, adding to my 'Jack of all trades, master of none'ness.
Fashion - leave it to the people in the trade.
But most of all, I strongly felt the inevitable cycle of life.
So where am I going from here?
I'm still searching for what I really want...
But I'm looking forward for the new chapter of my life.