On The Water and In the Air! - Part 1

Oh boy, another overdue entry. Time really does fly and it feels like only last week I thought I posted the last one, but it's already been a month!

I wanted to blog about my first 2 experiences for new year - Langkawi Sunset Dinner Cruise and the Pilot for a Day. Both are totally opposite experiences, and although it's been about 2 months since I've carried out these experiences, until today I can still remember the exact emotions felt and some mental images of the day flashing in my mind. That's the beauty of experiencing new things and adventures and what better gift than the gift of a memorable experience!

So I'll start off with the Langkawi Sunset Dinner Cruise first and continue on with the Pilot for a Day in my next entry

Langkawi Sunset Dinner Cruise
Thanks to Sherin and Ming Ne who made my year end trip much more memorable. Year 2009 was one helluva rollercoaster ride and I can count the fingers on one hand (less actually!) the number of holidays I took the whole year. But I would always make it a point to take a couple of days off to celebrate the new year with hubby or friends outside of KL and this experience was not only the icing on the cake but the cherry on the icing of the cake! To summarise my whole feeling about this experience - it just makes you want to leave everything behind and spend your whole life wandering the seas and becoming a beach bum! haha. I was very tempted.

I believe for this experience, pictures should suffice to describe the feeling so I'm probably going to turn this entry into a photoblog instead. But that's the beauty of this experience, you're not suppose to do anything but enjoy the ocean breeze and views while your mind tunes out and wanders off - all within the company of great friends and loved ones. Trust me, if you know anyone who lives in Langkawi or Kedah or if you plan to visit Langkawi, please please please do try this out and you'll know what I mean.

All smiles at the start

Imagine a view like this everyday!

This is pretty much what we did the whole time..haha

Okay this is probably the highlight of the whole experience which I have to explain..hehe..It's called a 'Saltwater Jacuzzi'..imagine holding on to a big fish net while you're gently being pulled by the yacht! so the bubbles created sort of feels like you're in a real jacuzzi! It was a bit scary for me considering I don't know how to swim so I kind of held on to my life..hehe..but it was awesome!


A portion of the 9 course BBQ dinner which included a selection of seafood, appetizers and salads and an Open Bar! Yup, you read right an all you can drink open bar..bet I caught the attention of drinkers out there..hehe..you'll feel like you're in a MTV Hip Hop music video on the decks of a boat holding a glass of Bacardi..hahaha

Hubby giving a go at bringing down the sail. Not as easy as it looks! Takes quite a bit of strength to wind it up!


Beautiful ending to a beautiful experience! How can you forget something like this?

2 weeks into Jan 2010

Ok i know this is wayy overdue but I'd just like to say "Hello 2010!". Time flies and we're already 2 weeks into Jan 2010. Feels like just yesterday we celebrated New Year. Anyhow, hope you had a jolly good Christmas and an awesome New Year celebration. :)

It's been a great 2009 ending for me and for RedRibbon Days, I believe. Got a few overdue posts about what's been happening but before that, I'd just like to start off saying one thing - I am now a strong believer in "mandi bunga" (as per my previous post)..hahaha! Not that I want to jinx it or anything, but a couple of days after my "mandi bunga" experience, things just turned 360 and it was one good news after the other! Call it pure coincidence or whatever you want, but I'm dead serious! It's kind of freaky in a way but whatever it is, I'm really happy about how 2009 ended and I'd like to think that the "mandi bunga" had something to do with it..hahahahha.

It also feels surreal, that RRD has grown from myself and Sherin, working at home on her dining table to a team of ladies in a REAL office. We actually had our first ever inaugural Company Dinner on 8 Jan 2010. Feels weird, but good weird and we hope to actually FILL UP the restaurant with RRD staff in the next 5 years :)). One of our staff, Shiva blogged about the night. Ladies, we hope you had fun although it was just the 5 of us, but here's to many many more so we can have more office gossips and scandals..haha.joking of course.

Anyhow, apart from the great closing to 2009 for our business, I'm really happy that I've fulfilled 3 out of 10 experiences I'd like to do for 2010. Instead of coming up with new resolutions, I've come up with a list of new EXPERIENCES I'd like to personally do for 2010. 2009 has been pretty hectic as we were all busy establishing and growing the company so this year I hope to dedicate more time to try out new things and it's great to know that only 2 weeks into the year, I've already done 3!

So here's my Top 10 to-do list for 2010. I'll talk about each experience I've completed in separate posts..hope it won't take til 2011..haha

1. Langkawi Sunset Dinner Cruise for Two DONE! 1st Jan 2010 (thanks to Sherin and Ming btw)
2. Pilot For a Day DONE! 12 Jan 2010. Scariest experience for me to date (i actually hate rollercoaster rides and this kind of felt like one), yet surreal.
3. Contemporary French Cuisine for Two. GOING TO DO TODAY! yeay

Ok the rest below is in no particular order :)

4. Design and Make Your Own Batik Art. I seriously don't think it's as boring as it sounds...
5. Learn Wakeboarding! – 4 Sessions Beginners Course. It looks cool..haha. I can tell people i 'wakeboard'. How cool is that..hahah
6. Spa Getaway for Two in Malacca – Aroma Foot Massage. A charming boutique hotel in Melaka. I've never stayed in a boutique hotel before. Am quite curious...
7. Borneo Highlands Kayaking and Orang Utan Visit for Two. I have a thing for orang Utans..nothing weird ok, i just think they're cute..hahah
8. 3D/2N Survivor Island Adventure via Kota Kinabalu for 2. I sooo wanna go to Sabah
9. Walk In The Sea . Yes, Sabah again.
10. Mandara Massage . 2 therapists massaging you at one time? sounds good.....

So what's YOUR top 10 experience list?

Will share pictures and stories about the ones I've done in my next post..and maybe will revisit the ones I've done in 2009 :)

Enjoy the weekend!