Greece Part 1

Hey hey. I'm back from holidays from Gouves, Crete!! It had been enjoyable for me :) Didn't do much... just a lot of relaxing and reading chick lit. AHHhhh...... It was really really hot and I personally wouldn't suggest sitting out in the sun for too long. Even for a tan.... I mean even I get a little sunburn thus black skin... shish.

Anyways, as usual I will bombard you guys with photos and photos and a bit of description whenever appropriate.

This is a holiday package booked via Thomsons online. It was £600 + per person for the week. Is it worth it? I think it is. It was well organised in general. Of course, extra excursions and events booked separately through them will require more money.

Departed from Glasgow Airport to Heraklion Airport at 1630 on Tuesday and arrived around midnight in Crete.

Self shot at the airport 

Heheh 

Outfit for departure 

First time in Thomson's plane 

 My afternoon tea, well by then dinner, with small jar clotted cream and jam *adorable*

Random picture of clouds but I think I was actually aiming for the snow-capped mountains in the background

By the time I get through passport control ( I happened to be the only non EU in the flight and had to be stamped), got our luggages, went on coach transfer (which takes 20-25 mins to the hotel), it was about 0100 plus when we got the hotel - The Island Hotel. It looks super duper lush and posh!! 

Then, we were showed to our respective rooms. In the beginning, I was getting worried I would be getting lost every time I try to find my room. The hotel is a little like a labyrinthe which rooms spread throughout. Our room is quite far out from the reception area and had to go  through numerous turns and corners. But it's surprising how easily we found our way about it after a day or so. We also had to wait for our luggages to arrive from the bellboy. Should have just taken the luggages with us right enough, plus it wasn't heavy to begin with.

Picture of front entrance upon arrival - can't really see the name of the hotel.

Comfy bed

Chaise lounge and the door to the outside sort-of balcony with some patio furniture (not pictured)

TV and table with tea making facilities and a complimentary bottle of water everyday...

Main entrance and airconditioning vent above

Mirror and wardrobe. Not seen but behind the mirror is a safe box and also a small fridge.

Bathroom - sink and mirror and towels

Shower and bath and toilet

Went to sleep not long after awaiting the next few hours for breakfast :)

Day 1

 The package that we got was a half board, so basically breakfast and dinner is included. Both buffets but oh so good. Although by the end of 7 days, we got sick with the selection of breakfast....

English breakfast of cinnamon french toast, bacon, onion rings, beans, soft boiled egg and gouda cheese.

The Kitchen

You can sit inside or sit outside

The buffet area

After breakfast, we walked around the place before attending the reception by Thomson.

The lighthouse

The shop

The bathhouse - for spas, massages etc

The games room

Main pool area

Outfit of the day

Table tennis table

The Tavernia - entrance

The inside

The relaxing pool

Random picture of a hibiscus

Reception area

The main area. At the back, a bar - Veranda

The entrance from the main reception area to the outside

Veranda bar - library at the back

Overlooking the sea and beach

View outside the main reception area and the outside of the Veranda

Well, we then went to the reception by Thomsons. Didn't get any pictures while there. Was telling about excursions and things we can do while on vacation but obviously will need paid furthermore...

We decided to visit the beach first. It was freaking scorching hot and the beach of full of people. Found a quieter place to sit under the sun which I'm sure after that got a little bit of sunburn... :o 

The beach

Got sick of the beach after an hour or so. Felt peckish and decided for a little walk cum find place to eat

The Yachting - bar in front of the beach belonging to the hotel

More of the beach

Further along the beach, supermarkets and restaurants

Spotted a real life parrot in a restaurant or taverna (at least I think that's what it meant)

The Island - we frequent it quite a bit

Another beach area

So we decided to eat lunch at the Island on our first day. Cocktail menu above

We chose to sit outside with a seaview

Another view of the taverna

Random pic of guy scuba diving

Our table

My pina colada - my first. It was nice :) and strongly tasted of coconut rum

Wasn't very hungry so shared a club sandwich between us

And for some reason, when we were paying, they not only give a plate of fruits (sorry, no photos - it's watermelon and honeydew), they also give you a complimentary shot of vodka.... This has to be the first time. Didn't take that shot. Smelt really strong and I felt nauseous just smelling it. So I gave it a miss.

After lunch, we went back to the hotel for a little more tour and rest. There are these hammocks lying about throughout the hotel. For some reason, I do not have a picture of the hammocks but...... I have a panaramic view taken from my tablet of the end of a hammock and our feet....

Time for dinner!! Got showered and dressed and voila!

Evening ensemble - a midi dress

Back to the Kitchen but sitting on the balcony instead

View from where I'm sitting

First day dinner

Gyros with pita - they have this show station where they make different stuffs on the spot. They have an omelette and crepe station in the morning as well

Dessert 

Cat! There is a amazingly high amount of cats in Greece

Camwhore after dinner

Pictures of relaxing pool when there's no one..

Obviously more of me

Our room!

There are also big cacti all over the hotel

Tennis and basketball and netball court

Mini pool on the side of the main pool - hydromassage pool. There's a button to press and there's jets of water. So cooolll

Georgeous picture of the main pool in the evening

View overseeing the beach from a part of the main pool

Dusky sunset :)  My dream to watch sunset with my boyfriend finally fulfilled

Some new built houses opposite the beach for sale... looks good.

Bus stop opposite our hotel

Far view of our hotel

Another taverna down the other side of the road along the hotel

Eventually got tired of walking and returned back to room to sleep and watch foreign TV

Day 2

Woke up early-ish for breakfast! First few days a bit kiasu.... as the week goes on, we woke up later and later lol. There was a trend.

Outfit of the day

After breakkie, went to the main pool for some lying about

I booked in for a facial the day before. Felt going a bit crazy on holiday lol. Was gonna get a massage as well but didn't get one in the end.... now I fell my muscles sore all over. :( Regretted.

Me after chocolate moisturising facial. Felt refreshed but does my face look any cleaner? Maybe... I wasn't sure. Since departed for Greece, this annoying spot developed on my forehead which will be evident in most of my photos. A.N.N.O.Y.I..N.G.

The Stone - situated right next to the pool

Just for a little drink. Mr Dino's milkshake and my tequila sunrise. Yummy scrummmyyy

Boasting my panoramic view of the main pool from where we were sitting

There were quite a few activities held at the hotel for their guests eg morning taichi + yoga combi exercise, night entertainment, etc. One of them was a cocktail making class held at Tholos Bar near the main pool as well. It was really short and erm did learn a little. The best part of it is that we get a free drink lol...

Barman preparing the stuffs 

Cocktail of the day - Cuba Libre. Rum, lemon juice and coke. And icy cold lol

Then lunchtime!! This time we went to another nearby taverna in front of the hotel - Medusa. It's a clean with nice, friendly staff. It was pretty empty when we were there.

Pretty standard Greekish colours

Surely not had enough of me yet... :D

Milkshakes! Vanilla one is mine

Souvlakis. Pretty much skewered grilled meat. One is chicken and one is pork. They are wrapped in pita bread and with yum yum chips with some salad.

Of course, we quickly ran out of ideas of what to do. Plus, Mr Dino was getting quite burnt and red.... so staying a bit away from the sun was a good idea.

Oh no!! How did he get behind the gate? Because it was fake!! You just walk around it. 

Lame. I know.

Comfy sofas in the Veranda

Library collection. Have I shown a picture of this? Well, no harm showing it again... There's a room for luggage storage behind the bookshelves. The door right in the middle there

Found some interesting chick lits to read on vacation. Finished a book. Was a few chapters to finished another and there was a book that disappeared :( No idea what happened to it.
And later, as usual, dinner time.

Mint green jumpsuit which is a bit loose on top

Dinner of the day

Mr Dino's

Crepe with berries with some toppings from a show station. They are super duper delicious

Thus ends Day 2 of my relaxing holiday..... to be continued

Week 23/06/2013

This is 2 days later.... I know.

But before I start, I just want to say I am going to Greece!! For a holiday!! WHeeeeeeee. For a week!! I will have so much to do when I come back though... partly because...

I've moved over to Mr. Dino's over the weekend. Lol. Hired a van from Arnold Clark and moved my heavy stuffs over. Had a bit of a problem with the desk but managed it in the end anyway hahah. Also went to Ikea and got some furniture which included my fav daybed!! So excited about it. It's still not built mine you but I am looking forward to building it lalalala.....

It was just working and moving over the weekday otherwise.

Went over to Naomi's on Saturday for a lil BBQ but weather wasn't the best. There was some problem lighting the fire for the BBQ but I obviously wasn't involved lol. Couldn't light a fire if a bear was chasing after me... But did manage to grill a few meat and skewered chicken before the rain came down. Then proceeded indoors for more food and chit chat. It was a nice little catch up.

And then I shall conclude with some pics of more stuffs I bought... and ate (although I actually bought it after the weekend....)

Oyako-don at Ichiban 

Patterned clutch bag with neon background 

A large tote beach bag for holeeeeddddaaayyy

Will update after holiday or during if I feel like it hahahaa. 

Week 16/06/13

This is going to have to cover about 2 weeks of my life haha. Which actually isn't that long.....

So, let's start with some good news. I've got a job now. I'm going to be doing a Clinical Research and Teaching Fellow in General Medicine come August. Really happy about that. I wasn't actually interviewing for that post but they had other posts available that they could offer and I was just happy they can offer me one. I was very worried about not having a job and I'd have to go back to Malaysia or something. But now I can move in with Ryan, at least for the whole year. The job is in Ayr, meaning I would have to travel quite a lot but it's still in Glasgow. It's all worked out pretty good. Hurrayyyy!!!!

To digress a little, I had the afternoon off after the interview in Ayr. Ryan very kindly took me to the interview and waited for me haha. We then went to the seafront for a walk. It was a really sunny day and was so lovely haha. I've never been there and it was one of those really nice sandy beach but obviously Scotland doesn't usually have the best weather for sunbathing. So, the existence of the beach was a waste most of the time... However, here's a picture to make you a bit jealous...

Oh, before that day I have went to Matalan and done a bit of shopping as well. Let me show you..

New house slippers to replace my old ones 

A formal shift dress 

New black formal trousers 

Cream formal trousers

Last Friday, also went for dinner and ceilidh at Sloan's with the rest of the surgical/ortho team. It was a really good night. Unfortunately, I have no photos of that night at all... I know, I am disappointed with myself as well. I was too tired and lazy to take any pictures. It was a really fun night though. Loads of laughter and dancing! Hahah. I also finally got to do the helicopter which had been my dream for a while now lol. How sad..... 

The rest went out later on but I couldn't go. I was working over the weekend, so had to go home earlier that day.... :( 

Over the past week, I have mainly been packing and moving things over to Ryan's. The house is a total mess what with the tiling and all that. It frustrates me. I need to try and clean that place up a little bit coming week... if not I have no space to put my things!!

Yesterday was the summer ball which was held at the Grand Central Hotel. It was an enjoyable night. Drank quite a bit of wine which helped through the night but also meant when I woke up this morning, I was so dizzy and was really sick..... I forgot I have horrible hangovers. 

I still had a lot of fun yesterday. Sat at the same table as the other surgical registrars which is good cause I know them lol and one of FY1 and her fiance. The food was nice and the ceilidh band was good hahaa. I like them and was actually considering them for the band for my wedding lol... (when it does happen). Ryan was too tired and so we didn't dance too much of the ceilidh but did manage a few hahah. So I can't complain really. Oh, guess what?? I won a raffle!! So exciting!! I never win raffles! And we get to choose our prices lol. I chose a meal for 2 at the same hotel. Damn it was exciting!!

Some pictures I took from my phone and also some pre party pictures of moi....

Sorry there wasn't any pictures with a nice background of my whole body...so just imagine me wearing silver shoes lol. And I actually don't like this picture cause my face looks so fat and I look so broad and stout but ....oh well. 

Here's one with a close up of my face. I look freaking older than my actual age..... (sorry I complain too much but I do look old....) 

Our table - named Hampden Park 

Our starter - some vegetable risotto (there wasn't a menu to show what we're eating so I guessed...). It was still scrumptious though. 

Chicken with a pastry lattice and potatos and some veges. Very nice as well though could do a little more of vegetables... 

Chocolate mouse and berries. Again, very delicious but very rich chocolate. 

You can barely see it but there's the ceilidh band at the back somewhere... and that was a spokesperson for Prince and Princes of Wales Hospice for donations. The Ball was held to support charity for the Hospice, if you are confused by now... 

And my pride of my night - my meal for 2 voucher ahhaha 

It's too small and sideways as well but basically it's for a 3 course meal and a bottle of wine for 2 persons at the Tempus Restaurant at the Grand Central Hotel. Wheeeeeeee!! I can't wait

And I spent my Sunday recuperating mostly. I was going to do some cleaning up and building a unit but definitely too lazy and queasy for that. 

See you next week! Ta

Week 02/06/13

It's Sunday again!

It's been a kind of busy week but mainly with work. I have had pretty erratic sleeping times for the past week cause I am so tired when I got home but then I need to do some work and job applications. I am just too lazy. I have also not gone to the gym for the past week because I have been too lazy and tired and plus just thinking about the amount of things I need to do leaves me undesired to exercise. I am defo going to be fat for holiday....-_-

Anyways, I bought clothes from Boohoo.com and tada!!

 Tassel vest

Pink embroided denim shorts 

PVC quilted tassel shorts 

Long striped leggings 

Green one shoulder jumpsuit 

Well, I don't know how to turn this round....but it's a mint green open shoulders skater dress

Can't really go out and do much this weekend either. The weather had been great but tiler is here to do work so...oh well. Did manage to get Ryan to watch movie yesterday. Watched Hangover Part 3. It was funny. Is it as funny as the previous ones? I don't know. Maybe not a much but just as cringing though. Which is really the focus of the show though hahah. I still like it. Not going to summarise the movie. Go read IMDB for sypnosis of something lol. I cannot be bothered.....