The weekend getaway to Pulau Rawa, which is off Mersing, Malaysia, was an awesome one. We left friday night, reached at 2am and really sleepy...

This is what I woke up to...

and...

This is what I did the entire day...

okay...apart from doing absolutely nothing...i also went to climb the hill there...

after the tiring climb...back to doing absolutely nothing!!

And at night...

SEAFOOD BUFFET!!! and accompanied by...

and the next day...my scrumptious lunch...

and had some fun playing some games...

also tried doing this...

and of course I gave up...

This is Rawa...

Sad to leave...but still loved the relaxing weekend!

This is the boat we took and it's really slow...

but we still managed to arrive at Rawa...and this is where we stayed...

okay, it is definitely not a 5 star resort and it is really basic as it is still not as commercialised, so there are not many people there, so it is almost your private beach! It's amazing!

I went with 2 of my colleagues, Lisa and Fionna, to this trip, and the rest of the peeps were Lisa's friends, who are all from Germany. It happened to be one of their birthdays, Martin, hence the Germans celebrated his birthday...They are all like 24 years old, haha...i feel so old. This is what they gave him...

This is wrapped by Bernd. They had no wrapping paper, so he picked the leaves nearby and wrapped it and secured it with skewers. And he decorated the surrounding areas with the additional leaves. haha...so creative.

And not forgetting the little Rawanian...

the beach bum!

I would definitely recommend this place...for a quiet and private getaway. :)

It's been a very long time ever since I blogged. ;p

I had an amazing trip to the city of Antonio Gaudi, who is an amazing architect...legendary I would say. Gaudi "painted" the city of Barcelona with trails of his architectural work. I love Gaudi...not in terms of the style or era of the buildings, but of the train of thought that he had in the late 17th to early 18th century, whereby the technology is not that advanced as now, and his work is all drawn with pencil and paper...and he can come up with such marvellous creations!

Even if you are not an architect and may not know the history or the reasons why he did or his inspirations, you will definitely be marvelled by the shear size and the amount of detail that you can see in his work. He not only designs apartment buildings, he also designed the famous cathedral - Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia. Just by looking at the detailing of the cathedral...it is absolutely astounding!

There is just too much to blog about...will do so slowly...;p But just to show a few photos...

View of city of Barcelona - from Montjiuc

La Pedrera aka Casa Mila

Top of Casa Mila

Spires of Sagrada Familia

One of the facades of Sagrada Familia

Benches at Parc Guell

Another view of Parc Guell

Of course besides ogling Gaudi's work, there are also other famous architects that contributed to Barcelona...for instance...

Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe

Mercat de Santa Caterina by Enric Miralles

Palau de la Musica Catalana by Domenech i Montaner

Interior of Palau de la Musica Catalana where most elements portray that music and architecture can exist together, ie. movement

I've taken too many photos to share here, but I will try to share my experience and my knowledge more at a later stage.