... so good to have family holiday in Bangkok

This is our first family holiday to Bangkok, Thailand. I was there to do some work with Oracle but decided to bring the family up as well. Took a day off, booked a private tour and did all the tourist stuff ... visited Rose Garden, watched snake show, ride an elephant, watched some cultural performances, rode the river cruise and visited some palaces and temples.  Having the private tour was a real bonus, we had a Mercedes to ourselves, the guide would rush ahead and 'chopped' all the best seats for us.


Of course, we also had a lovely seafood dinner that we over paid for ... probably the guide had some kick back but we enjoyed it.


Overall it was a good break for the whole family (plus Oracle paid for my air ticket!)

... so good to attend first Oracle incentive trip to Bali

Oracle had their Achievement Club in Singapore this year. They organized trips to Sentosa (booked almost the whole island), had races at the Turf Club with Christina Ong performing (including ward robe slip to show her frontal assets) and gala dinner at the Raffle City hosted by Victor Khoo and his puppet.


Consequently the local team did not enjoy the benefits of achieving club. So we were rewarded a separate trip to Bali for the local team. It was a great trip from being picked up from home in a limousine, to a cruise on a sail boat, given shopping money to shop at Kuta Beach ... but most important it was time of bonding for all of us who worked hard to make our numbers. 

... so good to be happy

So good to be contented with the little that we had. We lived in an old 5 room HDB flat in Bukit Merah Central that we moved in only days after we took over the unit because we could not afford renovation and we had to give up our 3 room HDB at Telok Blangah Rise.

We were driving around in a Korean tank (Hyundai Stella) but life was great. The boys were the source of our happiness ... just seeing them happy was all we needed.

Though they were 4.5 years apart - they played and fought together. Guess brothers will always be brothers!