Off For Holiday!

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Dear friends,

I'll be away for 2 weeks on holiday!
I'll be visiting Indonesia (Surabaya & Mt. Bromo), Melaka & KL.
Will get back to blogging when I can!
=)

p/s: I'm going to try to reproduce this picture!

taken from wikipedia

Comments

  1. Violacea Low11/12/09 17:32

    have fun !

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  2. CoNnie11/12/09 19:23

    Have fun and when u got back do a photolog!! =)

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  3. Me12/12/09 03:40

    Jealous Jealous Jealousssssss !!

    Have lots of fun and good luck!

    xx

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  4. Jess Ang12/12/09 22:25

    Have a fun voyage there! :D

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  5. Alice In Wonderland12/12/09 22:33

    enjoy ur holiday

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  6. Anonymous13/12/09 17:34

    waiting for your pictures!

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  7. justanothertragedy16/12/09 03:35

    woohoo! have a good one :) :) take lots and lots of photos! x

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  8. Nigel J. W. Ong19/12/09 00:21

    good on ya mate!

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  9. Jarod Yong22/12/09 18:23

    Vio: Thanks!
    Connie: Working on the blog post right now!
    Sarah: I will!
    Jessica: Voyage? I'm not taking a boat.
    Alice: I will!
    CMei: You dont have to wait long!
    June: I did!
    Nigel: Thanks, dude!

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