Holiday escapade - Part 1

I have just returned from my glorious, glorious holiday in the sun and am absolutely gutted that I'm back here, in the cold cold weather, ready to start work tomorrow... WS and I had a fantabulous time - it was a really nice rest and relaxation holiday, but still, as we managed to do quite a few touristy things we are quite tired out!

Anyway, we first jet-setted off to Palma Nova, a beautiful beach resort on the gorgeous Spanish island of Mallorca. We stayed in a 3-star hotel (which was pretty cheap!) but we were thoroughly thoroughly impressed! Our room was very clean, looked new and spacious, but most important of all, had a fantastic view of the beach! It was breathtaking.. plus the hotel's location was superb, smack in the middle of 2 gorgeous beaches- it was like we were in paradise itself!

Promoting the hotel.. it's worth the promotions though, it's a really decent hotel and it serves darn good food too!

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This is the view from our room balcony... how gorgeous is this???!!!

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OK, so here are more pictures of our trip.... this is the first part, which is in Palma Nova.. our 2nd part of the trip was in Lisbon, but will upload pics to that later.. for now, enjoy!

How gorgeous is this?

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Enjoying some Spanish paella by a beachfront restaurant... I don't normally eat seafood, but good lord, the prawns were fresh and succulent, the crab was aromatic and fragrant and the whole dish was just.. scrummilicious!
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Time to hit the beach...

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I love this shot... the ominous clouds above provide a very scenic photograph!

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WS's photography skills are certainly getting better... ;)

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Feel like a model? Hahaha..

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Our sand masterpieces... WS's is on the left - a very impressive sand castle, if I do say so myself.. As for mine... what can I say? Was born to be a sculptor!

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After a hard day's 'work' at the beach..

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Enjoying a round of mini-golf.. this place, called Golf Fantastica is truly fantastic, the landscape is amazing, with waterfalls, lush greens, tropical flowers and trees and such pretty rivers!

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WS beat me in the game though.. so that kinda sucked! He beats me at all sports!!!
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Following in the footstep of Tiger Woods?
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I scored a hole-in-one!!!
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:P

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Paradise!

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If I lived here, I'd stay lazing on the beach all day..

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Ooh, I forgot to mention an extremely important and eventful time for me whilst I was in Palma.. We went to Marineland, a marine park (d'oh) which was ever-so-famous for its dolphins and dolphin shows. Despite the horrendous weather (we were caught in a freak tornado and managed to see the first twister ever to hit the island of Mallorca - death's brink? You decide.. it was on national news and apparently there were 4 surrounding the island. Kinda lucky huh?), the trip was friggin' great because... we got to go for a Dolphin Encounter! (which, as it says on the tin, is an encounter with dolphins... d'oh... again!)

Everyone loves dolphins cos' they're so cute and so bright.. but I've always had a particular interest in marine mammals, specifically orcas and of course, dolphins - did some high school projects on it, dreamt to be a whale or dolphin trainer, tried to do marine biology as a degree instead of medicine, that kinda thing.. So you can imagine how incredibly psyched I was to do this!!!

It was awesome.. got to learn a bit about dolphin biology and anatomy, then got to touch the fantastically beautiful animals, then got to do actions with them that their trainers do!!! Got drenched with salt water in the process but it was awesome! And of course, most important of all, got a close-up photograph with the gorgeous animals as a momento! (PS: Can't get my scanner to work, so will post my up-close photo with the dolphins later on..)

Some action shots (courtesy of my new 'old' camera.. cool huh?) of the dolphin show:

Jumping dolphins!

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Walking-backwards dolphins!

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What a cool job!!

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Kissing dolphins!

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Flying dolphins!

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Ok, that's it from me for now.. next stop, Lisbon, Portugal!!

Me and my Zac...

"I don't dance!" Ok, ok, I do dance.. but that's one of my favourite songs on the soundtrack from High School Musical 2.. YES! High School Musical 2!!! More of my gorgeously sexy and incredibly hunky ZAC EFRON!!!! :) Hehe.. gosh, this awesome sequel is as good if not better than the original High School Musical so you can imagine how fantabulastic it is! Plus, Zac is sooooooooooooooooooooo much better looking in this!!! He's soooo hot that he was even recently crowned The New American Heart Throb by Rolling Stone and appeared as their coverboy in their September 2007 issue!!!! (Check out his rock-hard washboard abs!!!) How hot is he!!! Yummy yummy yummy, I've got love in my tummy!!!

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He's gotten soooo big lately it's crazy!!! Everyone loves him and he's been featured everywhere thanks to the success of Hairspray and the High School Musicals!!! Now, let it not be forgotten, that I SPOTTED HIM FIRST in the original High School Musical and had already professed my undying love and admiration for his incredible talent and of course, gobsmacking good looks! (see here) Did I mention how much I love his piercing hazel-coloured eyes???

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Anyway, that aside.. it's been awhile since I've last blogged.. things have been a bit crazy around here. I've finally ventured into the working world and am officially financially dependent! Unfortunately, that also means no more lazing around and wasting time as I so fondly did as a student.. Sighh, the plus side? Payday!!! Hahaha..

The other plus side is that I am now, working in the same place as WS, which means I get to see him everyday.. which is definitely more fun than what we've been doing for the past _ years.. I thought it'd be difficult to get used to, considering how much time we've spent apart and also, considering how I like my own space and my own 'me' time, but it's actually been pretty easy to adapt.. when we do spend time together, it's great, but we also have plenty of time for ourselves, which is great too! Haha..

The only problem I have now, is the fact that I'm spending wayyyy too much money! I've finally plunged myself into my favourite brand of makeup - Bobbi Brown! (Loved it from the beginning of time and now that I've tried it, love it even more!!!) Plus, spending loads of money on everything now that I've finally got my own cash.. Like, we're going on a holiday next week to this beach resort on a Spanish Island called Palma de Mallorca, it's going to be soo cool.. then we're jetting off to Lisbon in Portugal for a very touristy cultural experience! (Though some have said it looks like Malacca, hehe..) We were supposed to go to New York but unfortunately, couldn't deal with the visa etc in time so guess we're gonna have to save that for next year..

Anyway, that's just a little update from me.. hopefully I can share my photos from my upcoming trip on here soon.. (I know, I said that about Budapest and Greece too, rite? Okok, slowly but surely, it'll appear...)