Spot The Difference

31 Aug 2011 (Wed):

Finally, the letter that i have been waiting for. Can u see the difference between the below 2.


From Yishun Pri Sch. Lionel have been successful in securing a place for P1 next yr. This letter is informing me of the date for orientation as well, 18 Nov 2011 @ 1400hrs


From Jiemin Pri Sch. Lionel have been unsuccessful in securing a place & was told to register at another sch under P2C on the 11 -12 Aug 2010.

MFM/HKG Day 5 - 22 Aug 2011

22 Aug 2011 (Mon):

Since we do not have agenda on hand for the day, we slept till almost 9am. Our 1st stop after we checked out was to have a tim sum breakfast. A check with the hotel recep & was told there was this Garden Restuarant, just round the corner of our hotel.

How do u see the price? Well, they have this indication of big, medium or small on the menu. If a food u order falls under the column of small, means that food will cost HKD$8.80, a medium one will cost HKD$12.80, a big one will cost HKD$15.80 & a special one will cost HKD$18.80

We then took the train to Causeway Bay, in a bid to try the tram ride, which my colleague told me was only SGD$0.50 per person. Ahem, base on the exchange rate we had, per ride was only SGD$0.30/adt & SGD$0.20/chd. Hahaha... (HKD$2.30 & HKD$1.20 respectively)

Inside the tram was all wooden seats, practically like the buses here in Singapore during the 70s - early 80s. Most of the passengers were all elderly folks. Press the bell in advance if you wish to alight at the next stop. They have designated stops, unlike those mini city buses where all you have to do is inform the bus driver of ur wish to alight & they stopped for you there & then.

We travelled for a while & alighted at Quarry Bay Station where we took a train back to Causeway Bay. With nothing to do, we caught Cars 2 at the cinema. Movie tickets cost HKD$95/adt & HKD$80/chd. Yikes!!!

From our hotel, we took the shuttle bus to the Airport Express Station. We then purchased the grp tickets of HKD$220 for 2 adts & 2 children & was on our way. They have this In Town Check In facility where we cld do a proper check in & was issued boarding passes & have our baggages checked in all the way to our designated country. Cool! At least we do not have to drag our luggages with us onboard. I'm js worried will we see our luggage back in Singapore...



A ride inside the AEL from town to airport.

At the airport, since we have ample time left, we went shopping & Daddy bought some snow skin mooncakes back for all our relatives. Now, the gate to board the plane was not straight-forward. We had to take the airport express to our gates, located at another terminal building, take a lift up to the indicated level, walked a long way to the boarding room, take another shuttle bus before we reached the plane. And there was no arrow-bridge, the bus stops u right outside the plane & u walk up the steps.

Realised becos this was a budget flight, so no arrow bridge provided as the plane do not have a designated lot to park. It was parked in the middle of nowhere - close to the runway.

Bye Bye Hongkong!!.... 10 years down the road, we might see each other again. :)

MFM/HKG Day 4 - 21 Aug 2011

21 Aug 2011 (Sunday):

Yawn! Rise & Shine... Ocean Park! Here we come...

We took the MTR from Yau Ma Tei Station to Admiralty since there is a shuttle bus to OP. But first, we had breakfast @ one of this small Hongkong eatery where they served porridge & soya bean drink. Perhaps it is a Sun or perhaps, its was still early, there were not many people around. Time was around 830am, if i remembered correctly.

From Admiralty, we took bus # 629, straight to OP. The fare to pay is HKD$10.60/adt & HKD$5.30/child (4-11 yrs old). Wait! There is this promo which we saw at one of the shops in Admiralty Station - mtrtravel ( 港铁旅游) which was selling admission tickets to OP at a discounted price.

Must share this with you. Normal admission into OP wld cost HKD$250/adt & HKD$125/child (3-11 yrs old) but with this promotional rate, we only paid HKD$222/adt & HKD$111/child... savings of HKD$28/adt & HKD$14/child. Kekeke..

We arrived 10mins early & decided to join the queue when we heard an annoucement - " No outside food & drinks allowed "... We saw the security officers tellin those with foodstuff to finish outside before entering the park. Alamak! We bought buns for ourselves, thinking we could munch on them inside the park when we are hungry. Now, what to do? We cldnt possibly finished all the buns since we just had our breakfast. From the looks of it, the officers were doing a tough check on all the bags. There was no way we cld sneaked the buns in without being caught.

An idea came to Daddy. A notty idea. Ssshhhhh.... if you wana copy us, dun go ard telling people. Haha! What we did was since all the buns were packed separately, Daddy stuffed them down his pockets.. We had 8 buns between ourselves; 2 for each of us. So i took half & stuff them inside a plastic of clothings, in between the clothings... Daddy was carrying his haversack & that bag was inside the haversack, hoping they wld not asked us to open that bag.

Lalalalalala.... we passed the gantry with no problem. My bag was not checked; only Daddy's. But since those buns were inside the plastic, they were not confisicated. Water, plain bottled water was allowed but not soft drinks, packets drinks such... Too strict!

A quick glance at the map & showtimes, we made a dash to join the queue for the hot air balloon. Daddy said better joined the queue first & everywhere wld be equally crowded soon. He pointed in the direction at the admission gantry. Faint! Look at that mass of people.

Soon it was our turn, after perspiring like crazy. Up, up, up we go. Let's just say, its only for a short 5 mins. Look a the bottom right foto. The white shelter that u see is the admission gantry area. Below that are the massive crowd of people. Click on the collage to enlarge for better view.

After that, we saw some of the OP mascots but only managed to take with one of them - the red panda. If you watched Kungfu Panda, this is Master Shifu. Kekeke..



We did not plan for specific rides. Basically, we played those without long queues or no queue at all. Where was the queue? I tell you. At the "Raging River" & "The Rapids". The min waiting time for these 2 rides were 90 mins for each. Gosh!!



The kids dancing to the tune of the background music. Another boy was tempted to follow but was shy when i invited him to join these 2 monkeys.

We watched the sea lion show at the Whiskers Theatre, which in our opinion, its better to exclude. NOT fasinating at all. See the 6th foto, where u can see those huge balloons? Look at the crowd again. And umbrellas were irritating as well.

This is the goldfish encounter where many different species were on display. Seen a cute little fellow in the foto? It went " Oooo " when i took a foto of it. Muahahahah!

Spectatcular Sea Jelly. This was also another encounter with long queue. I tell you. OP needs better crowd management & shade management. Areas where it is shady, they have those cool mist blowing from fans to circulate the air & thus, a cooler area. But areas which have no shades or trees to provide that min blockage from the sun, especially while queue-ing for rides, what do u expect but umbrellas. But its so irritating cos it "disturbed" you to the extreme where u hv to duck, bend or well, u know, "siam" the umbrella before it pokes u in the eyes, on the head, or into ur ears.

After this, we stopped for lunch. But all restaurants & cafes were so crowded & sun was scorching hot, it made our mood very bad. Finally, we managed to settled down at MacDonalds but we waited for quite some time before having a table all to ourselves.

Rude encounter. I was with the 2 kids & Daddy was queue-ing for food. This family came up to our table & without asking, just sat down & plonked their bags on the table. I was staring at them & in an irritated tone, told them this table was taken. Know what they replied " But you are nt eating what! " I answered " Our family is queue-ing to buy food. And u are rude to even sit without asking. " Reluctantly, they got up, without even apologising. Sheesh!

Unable to take foto with the real ones? Get a hold of this! Looks real to me.

Towards the evening, we gave the kids a splashing, cooling time at Kungfu panda Wild Wet Zone. Free admission. But this was a timed play area - think only 10mins per grp. And they have adults to watched over the kids. Kids were provided goggles & water guns.



This is the Grand Aquarium. It was even better than Sentosa's Underwater World. And importantly, the whole area was air-conditioned. Very, very welcoming after a hot day outside.

Panda enclosure. They have individual compound for each panda & this was the only one up & abt. The rest were all bz hiding away in a corner, snoozing.

Again, we were unable to take close shot of the pandas os there many people ard, pushing & squeezing js to catch a close up view of the panda. So what to do but to take with the cuddly ones at the souvenir shop instead.



Managed to get a video of An-An. And someone pushed me while i was taking this video, hence u see a slight shake. Note: the woman's voice you hear blabbling away does nt belong to me.

With this, we end our day at OP. We took bus # 629 back to Admiralty & took the MTR back to Yau Ma Tei.

Tomorrow wld be our last day. Our flight via 3K696 departs at 2030hrs which means to say, we have a full day ahead for tomorrow as well.

Good nite for nw. And oh, forgot to mention, i tried the much talked abt Hui Lau Shan (许留山) mango pudding. Delicious!!

MFM/HKG Day 3 - 20 Aug 2011

20 Aug 2011 (Sat):

"Brrrrrnngggg... " My hp alarm clock went off at 0645hrs... i set it to snooze mode & was awaken by the TV sound. Lionel heard my alarm & was up, wide eyed. He took the remote & switched between diff channels & the sounds woke me up.

Rachel was up early too for she knew we were gg to Disneyland today & she was looking forward to meeting Mickey & Minnie... including Cinderella & Snow White.

As the breakfast area was only opened at 0730hrs, we did the check out & waited at the hotel lobby for Daddy & Lionel who did the "tabao" of toast & rolls. We then took a cab to the ferry terminal. I was wondering where to do the check in & asked a staff who directed me to the First Ferry counter.

Custom clearance was slow & the gates were all mixed up. I saw a sign indicating First Ferry to Hongkong wld be boarding from gate 13 but there was no sign indicating the direction. So we thought gate 13 shd be in the same direction as gates 3-12. We walked all the way to the end & still no sign of gate 13. A check with the officer & was told gate 13 was on the other end, to turn right after passing by gate 1. Arrggghhhh!

Time was 0820am... we had no time to lose. Running like marathon runners, we reached gate 13 & was like huh? The boarding hasnt even begun yet? Out of breathe we were. Chey!!!

We sat down on the chairs & begun eating our toast & rolls. In abt 10 mins, boarding begun. So doing ur maths here, our sail was delayed even more. We heard the annoucement abt choppy waters & strong wind, thus the delay.


By the time we 1) arrived at Hongkong ferry terminal, 2) cleared customs ( which was delayed & slow moving), 3) hailed a cab ( it was confusing as we did not know where to get a cab from till a kind staff showed us the way), 4) arrived at the hotel ( the taxi driver did not know the way & the hotel was under reno, so the building was kinda blocked off from sight), 5) checked in, the time was already after 1130am or so.

But luckily, we were able to check in this early as most hotels only allow check in after 2pm. Yikes, the hotel room was so small that its practically 5 steps from door to bed. And below the window, there was only enuff space to open up our 2 luggages & thats it. No room space to move ard. Fine with us non fussy people. Okay folks, take note... if u want & need bigger room space & high class facilities, pls dun book this hotel. Defintely not for u. Silka Seaview Hotel (former Dorsett Seaview). However, location was great & very convenient - 5 mins walk to the Yau Ma Tei MTR station.

We took a taxi to Olympic Station & from there to Sunny Bay station, along Tung Chung Line, alighted & board the Disney Resort train.

Once u come out of the Disney station, Disneyland is right before ur eyes. Its that simple.


We queued for tickets & went thru security check. Once inside the themepark, we were all like kids, even for Daddy. Haha!

Admission to Disneyland cost HKG$399/adult & HKD$285/child. Total: HKD$1368 ~ SGD$212.

The weather was hot & very crowded. There was a definete queue for every ride. So since its lunch hour, we decided to fill our tummy first. We proceeded to the nearest cafe & joined the queue.

Mid way thru our lunch, there was the Disney Parade passing by and we realised its the 1pm parade. Yikes! its 1pm, did ya know? Luckily, there's another show at 4pm & i make a note of it. I took this time to mark down all the timings of the shows we wanna catch as well so we wldnt miss it.

Lunch consists of fishball noodle @ HKD$85, Penang Laksa @ HKD$85, Pork Rib Ramen @ HKD$85, 1 coke @ HKD$22, 1 sprite @ HKD$22 and 2 apple juice @ HKD$52. Total: HKD$ 386 ~ SGD$60.

First ride after lunch ( we did not go for every singel ride), it was the Buzz Light Year Shoot Out. Queue was long but at least, it was moving. We rode in 2 cars. Daddy was with Lionel & Mummy with Rachel.

Surprisingly, Rachel was accurate in her shooting & her score was higher than Mummy's. But i had an excuse, i was busy trying to film & capture fotos at the same time, so i was not really concentrating on the shoot out. Yeah... i knnw you wld say i'm giving excuses... haha..

But the highest scorer was still Lionel, with 6000 plus points.

Next, is my favourite ride & always will be. " Its A Small World ". Before this, Daddy wanna try out Space Mountain & i told him that was a roller coaster ride. Count me out. But the queue was super duper long so Daddy said to come back later.

" Its A Small World " is a boat ride with captivating scenes from around the world. Set sail on an enchanted boat ride and enjoy scenes through different cultures far & wide.






We came out & saw Mickey & his friends @ Fantasy Gardens. Surprisingly, Daddy was a spot on to take a picture with Mickey.





Onwards to Mickey's Philhat Magic. This is a 3D magical adventure where Donald decided to fool ard with Mickey's wand & end up meeting characters from all Disney classics, such as Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Lilo & Stitch, etc...

This is really a 3D show whereby u get to experience water droplets, wind, smell... whenever the need for it as the show goes along. And of cos, not forgetting, creepy crawlies under your feet. Haha!

Next, we over to Adventure Land where we took the jungle river cruise. The commentator, whose name was Patrick, was good & spoke in fluent English. There were 3 types of commentary given & u wld hv to choose the language u want & queue up accordingly.

Again, the queue was super long. Towards the end of the ride, Patrick created a joke which send the passengers ( all of us onboard the cruise) a good laugh. He said " If u like me, I am Patrick. Remember me & visit me again soon. But if u wanna complain abt me, then forget that i am Patrick. Just remember me as Mary. "

Not funny? It was to us anyway at that time, at how Patrick expressed himself thru his facial expression & body language.

Looking at my watch, its 30 mins to 4pm... We went over to River View Cafe but the staff told us the place was booked for a private function, thus they were not in operation. Sheesh! So we took a slow walk out of Adventure Land & went over to Tinker Bell Castle. The afternoon parade would be starting soon. Already, there were a huge crowd of people lining up on both sides of the road, hoping to get a good view of the parade.

There was no shelter; the sun was scorching hot. Rachel squeezed thru all the adults & managed to stabd right in front. Being skeptical & for her safety, i had no choice but to squeeze in behind her.... " oh... sorry..excuse me... sorry...thank you... excuse me... "

Daddy had Lionel on his shoulders so that Lionel had a good view too but Daddy was standing somewhere behind... not sure where. Was thinking how am i supposed to find Daddy later on, after the parade.


" Festival of the Lion King " begins at 6pm. And Rachel chose to sleep right after the parade. What a good timing! There was not a single cafe or restauarant which was empty, not to mention empty shady resting areas. We walked back to Adventure Land & found a shady spot just outside Theatre In The Wild.

Good spot. This was where the show wld be shown. So while Rachel had a power nap, i took the chance to buy hot dogs buns, pizza on sticks, drinks, etc... 3 of us gobbled up the food like pigs.

The crowd begin to come in at 5pm. What kiasuism here!!! The staff told us even if we go in nw, we would still need to queue up outside the theatre. The theatre itself can hold up to 2000 people so we do not hv to hurry. Bad choice to trust the staff.

You see, it was free seating inside the theatre. It was made to look like a circus with the stage in the middle. Everywhere was packed with people; all the good spots were taken up. We had no choice but to sit right behind & near the side where part of our view were blocked by the fence.

After the show, we made our way back to FantasyLand to watch the " The Golden Mickeys " @ 7.15pm. Its shown in an award presentation sketch with all the main Disney characters such as Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy & Pluto.








Night falls... Its dark outside. Looking at the clock, its still early for the Castle Illumination & Fireworks so back to the menu. Hmmm.... what's left to see... The Cinderella Carousal, Dumbo The Flying Elelphant & the Mad Hatter Tea Cups were all closed for the day.

By a stroke of luck, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was still filled with people queue-ing. So we joined the crowd. Its a storybook journey thru the 100 acre wood... a simple boat ride.
At this time, i wld wish to inform you we did not queue up for all the rides & adventures, so pls dun start wondering hw come i did not blog abt this ride or that ride or hw come i do not have fotos to show.

Opps! Which way now? Everywhere was so quiet. We made a dash to the washroom & a staff told us we cld go either way out to the castle. One way was brighter & the other way was dimmer.

Castle Illuminations starts st 830pm & the fireworks begin at 9pm. There were already many people seated right in front of the castle. The grounds were still very hot to touch, even after the sun had set.






We spent the full day @ Disneyland, right up till 930pm after the fireworks. We traced back our steps to Disney Station, alighted at Sunny Bay Station & crossed over for Olympic Station. We took a cab back to our hotel again.

Alternatively, u can take a train to Lai King Station & interchanged from there to Yau Ma Tei Station.

A late dinner at one of the eatery near our hotel. The kids were too sleepy to eat more than half of their dinner & they insisted to go right back to our hotel. However, after a bath, the kids were up & abt...

We told them tomorrow would be another full day & if they do not want to miss the excitment, its better to sleep early. Close to 11pm, the kids had some warm milk & its on to dreamland.

Tomorrow wld be our 2nd last day in HongKong... and its Ocean Park on our itinerary. Good night!

Remembered i mentioned abt my hopeless camera yesterday? Did u witness its output? There, u have it. And oh... before people starts talking behind my back, yup, the owner is lousy at her skills too. Kekeke...

MFM/HKG Day 2 - 19 Aug 2011

19 Aug 2011 (Fri):

On the agenda today: Macau Tower, A-Ma Temple, Maritime Museum, Senado Square, Venetian Macau.

We woke up ard 730am. After a wash up, we went to the breakfast dining area. Breakfast were not of a scrumptious spread but we were not fussy people anyway. We has toast with ham & cheese, jam & butter, juice & tea.

Taking a bus to Macau Tower was an experienced as we had to ensure the correct bus to take, the correct place to board the bus, the fare that we had to pay & also making sure, we have the exact change. We looked thru our map & found that just behind our hotel, there was a bus stop to Macau Tower just outside Holiday Inn Hotel. We then had to figure out which side of the road to board the bus from. We do not want to end up on the wrong direction.

Bus # 21 from Holiday Inn brings you to Macau Tower.

Then we had to dig our pockets for the exact change : MOP$3.20 per person ~ SGD$0.50/person = SGD$2. This was the amount we paid for each bus ride we took. Macau Tower to A-Ma Temple & A-Ma Temple to Senado Square. The Maritime Museum was just next to the temple & we walked back again from Senado Square.

There was always an announcement telling you what the next stop would be & u have to press the bell in advance to inform the driver your wish to alight. We alighted right outside Macau Tower. To our dismay, it was closed. The viewing gallery was only opened from 10am onwards. We had an hour to spare. So we spend the time by walking on the grounds, taking fotos & browsing ard on the 1st level - the 4th level. Of cos, there was nothing much.

Admission to Macau Tower was @ MOP$240 for 2A & 1C & another MOP$60 for a child. Remember i mentioed i kinda regretted to wake up so early this morning. Had i known Macau Towers only open at 10am, we cld hv slept till 8.30am. At least another extra hour of sleep.

Inside the bus. Practically the same as buses in Singapore.

Outside of the towers.


Finally, the gallery was opened & we took the lift up to the 58th level. There was this see thru glass on the floors which looked right down to the sea level. Yikes! I dare not set foot onto the glass at all. Daddy was daring enough. He stepped on it & looked down & told us that there was nothing to be afraid of. Both Lionel & Rachel were also skeptical of it & were not in the least bit daring. Daddy had to sort of drag Lionel to stand on the glass.... and he did it. Rachel, clinged onto me & tried to pull me away from it. But Daddy told her if Lionel can do it, then she can too.

Haha... do u think she wanna lose out?

As for me, well, after a long pause, i finally overcome my fear & stepped on the floors too. Hehe... i even looked down & told myself there's nothing to be afraid of.



A video of Rachel dancing to the music.

There was supposed to be this Hello Kitty kinetic robot show cum demo but it was not opened yet. Daddy took off the covers & had both kids to take fotos with Hello Kitty. ( and "invited" a worker to give us the " what the heck are u doing " look)

The view from the 61th level viewing gallery. From here, you can see Grand Lisboa & even Taipa Island. Daddy wanted to try the bungy jumping but apparently no one sign up for it. And moreover, it was not cheap. Cant remember the exact amount but it was something like HKD$2K plus for a package - bungy jump + sky walk OR bungy jump x 2x, day & night.

" Live on the edge when you can jump ".... no no no, it should be " Why live on the edge when you can jump off " Haha.... the words were cropped off when i did this collage thingy.

Next stop, we took bus # MT4 to A-Ma Temple. Alternatively, bus #18. The bus stop was just outside Macau Towers. Again, we prepared the exact change; MOP$3.20/perosn. We asked the bus driver if this was the correct bus to board & he told us this bus will stop at the terminal. All we had to do was walk to A-Ma Temple, approx 10 mins walk.


A-Ma Temple was very crowded, even on a normal day. There were many tourists about & we held on to both kids tightly. Cant imagine if its on the 1st & 15th day of each month or on important occasions. We took fotos, prayed for a safe & smooth trip & had ice creams.

Next we went over to Maritime Museum. Phew! This was air-conditioned. It was very welcoming after a hot day at the temple. The ice creams didnt helped much. We paid MOP$10/A. Children below 11 yrs old were FOC. Cool!

Lunch time! We walked to a nearby cafe - 雅香咖啡缅甸美食. I had cury chicken rice, daddy has pork chop rice in cocconut paste & both kids shared a bowl of noodles. Total bill: MOP$123. OMG! A simple meal like this can cost you SGD20 equivalent!!!

Weather was really hot. We perspired like crazy & all our clothes were soaked thru. I asked the kids if they needed to change into another piece ( i had it ready packed in the backpack daddy was carrying) but they were ok.

We proceeded to Senado Square. You can take bus #10A, travelling distance abt 10-15mins. Stop @ Av. Infante D. Henique Road. Alamak! Take note - the bus stop was at least 10 mins away from where we wanna be at, so we have to back tracked to SS. Grrrr...

Top: @ the cafe next to A-Ma Temple.
Bottom: Father & son had a game of Angry Birds Rio/ Season

Rachel fell asleep on the bus & Daddy was too tired to carry her while we were at SS. You see, i had plans to vsit Lou Kau Mansion & St Paul's Ruins. So we decided to cool off @ MacDonalds but boo hoo hoo, it was packed with people. Not even an empty seat available. Daddy was fed up of waiting and suggested going back to the hotel. But i was adamant cos St Paul's Ruins will not be nice in the night. ( Not that i know how its like in the evening but i know my camera wld not do a perfect job. You'll get to witness its hopeless work tmr @ Disneyland, HongKong.)

Finally, Daddy found an empty table & luckily it was the long cushioned kind so Rachel was lay down to sleep while Daddy & Lionel had a game of angry birds. Lionel was a pro in this game & he taught Daddy the tricks. As for me, i wldnt sit for very long, so i went down to do a little shopping by myself. Without Daddy ard to nag, i lugged back a few shopping bags. Haha... he cant say anything. The damage was done. Kekeke...

Lou Kau Mansion. Admission was free but it was a hopeless waste of time. Nothing special to me. (ahem... to my fren who recommended this place to me... wait till i see you..)

We followed the directions to St Paul's Ruins. Boy!!! It was literally a squeeze thru. Thousand & thousands of people. Finally, the ruins came in view.


We even bypass the much talked abt pork chop bun but as the queue was long, we did not buy & try.



The road leading to St Paul's Ruins. Daddy & the kids stopped to take a break & had egg tarts while i took this video.

After this, we made our way back to Koi Kei Bakery to buy our stuff. We bought egg rolls, almond biscuits. They were on promotion. 2 boxes for MOP$58. Usual Price MOP$64.

We walked back to out hotel for a rest & bath. At abt 7pm, we took the hotel shuttle bus to the ferry terminal. We wanna buy our ferry tickets to HongKong tmr. First sail @ 7am but we chose 830am instead. MOP$173 per person, regardless of adt or children. We had to check in by 8am.

Then we took the Venetian Macau shuttle bus to its premises & had our dinner there.


The sky, made to look like the real one outside. Kinda quiet inside the grounds. Before i came here, i was thinking how grand it was, from watching promotions on Venetian Macau to TV dramas filmed here.. but after i am at the real thing, its nt so grand after all. Even the gondola boat ride, there was nothing special to it, even with the man singing. Check out the below video.



We ended our night soon & took the shuttle bus back to the ferry terminal & another shuttle bus to our hotel. We had to wake up early tmr & it will be another full day event. Tomorrow on the agenda, Disneyland. *wink*