Thanks Tom, you've certainly helped me get by my Fears. What on earth would i do without you? :)

Tales From the Crypt.

Its Interesting how interesting things can get when its 3 in the morning and imagination... well, tends to get a little lethargic, and decides last minute to go on some kind of overly zealous maze- of- horror sprint.

In simpler terms. i was scaring myself silly with my own imagination.

tom and i were just chilling around and talking. Great Chat with the chap. we started off easy with topics like education, national service. things like that. Until i had to open my mouth and mention about ghosts.


after a brief hair raising interlude. I told him to switch the rainbow 6 game back on and go shoot some terrorists while i let the sound of flying bullets and exploding grenades calm my frayed cowardly nerves.

I never thought i would actually feel so comfortable discussing about my fears with anyone. let alone any of the guests here. its quite a family orientated environment i would say. Nevertheless.

I'm a pretty cool guy. But when it comes to things like that.. scares the bejeabbers out of me.

so if you're planning on holding up this hostel, and i happen to be on watch, don't bother bringing your weapons or your muscles .

just put some black paint on your mum's face and check her in.

.Also prepare the taxi fare for me to the nearest hospital to treat my cardiac arrest.

An experience no other hostel can ever provide.

and in this case for me. beary beary scary:) hahaha.

This is Charles, one the most cowardly Hosts. So do me a favour if you are dropping by, leave your ghosts stories for the day shift gals.

Cheerios!

a beary good FRIENDS Checking in and out!

It's a pity I can't take photos of every single guest that stayed in abearygoodhostel. That would have been awesome. I was running about trying to make them feel at home, make sure everything is working properly, and keeping the place clean and sometimes, just slipped my mind to take photos. Luckily, managed to take a few and there are some photos taken by the wonderful guests whom I hope will email the photos over so I could upload it to facebook/blog. Anyway, here are some of our beary good FRIENDS!! Miss you guys!

David, Suzanne and Yours Truly

Dan the Bear Man! Got wasted the first night he arrived.

Thanks to Tomas who sang and played his guitar while the rest of the people socialize @ our bearygood lounge...:)

Say Cheese Everybody!!

From Left: Stuart aka Panda, Me, Andrea, Evelyn, Suzanne and Rebecca

Amp explaining to the sweet Korean ladies on Bak Kut Teh or something... cos the Korean ladies were on a Food Trip! :)

From Left: Tommy, Evelyn, Rabbit Eater Joachim (hehe!!) and Guitar Playing Tomas

Guess Who? Stuart after a night of partying, coming back the hostel to find our gift to him... a puke bucket! ha ha

This is just the tip of the iceberg on what's been happening in the hostel. hehe... anyway, will upload more happenings and action.

p/s: I just brought the PS3 over to the hostel this evening.. I'm sure some game playing is happening as I'm blogging now! he he...

Till then... sayonara!

Hugs,

Lisa K

http://www.abearygoodhostel.com/

a beary good LOOK: Part II

More photos around the hostel to share and bring you closer to abearygoodhostel. Our hostel is always a work in progress. So many things we want to do to make it a more cosy and homely place. We received alot of common feedback that the place is colourful, vibrant and most important of all... COSY and HOMELY. Yay! That's our main goal and I think we are getting there and reaching it! Anyway, more on the hostel.........

Entertainment Corner


Games and Books (Travel, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Romance, Business, Fantasy, etc!!)

Magazines and Books!!

hehe... ok, more books... well you get the picture, ya!!!

Security Card Access System located at each door (that's my fingers by the way... haha!)

We are watching YOU!!! Security Cam @ Main Areas

Feedback and Display Corner

Bear Corner???.... (actually I'm not sure what to call this area)

Cute Gallery along the Stairway from Entrance

We handpainted these old wooden frames and placed it all over the hostel ;)

Yup, that's about it. I still have more photos of the cool and wacky guests!! Maybe tonight. Now, it's time to do some check-ins!

Adios!

Muacks!

Lisa K
www.abearygoodhostel.com

a beary good LOOK

Time for me to blog again...:) Trying to keep this blog alive and provide some useful tips and information. Anyway, tomorrow, Sunday 21st Feb 2010, we will turn ONE week old and really can't imagine how we managed to pull it off. There were ups and downs but hey, we survived!!! It's been crazy. We had wonderful guests and we still do...

Well, been wanting to upload and share more photos of how our cute cosy little hostel look like! So I decided to put up in the blog now. So, presenting a beary good "looking" hostel.. ha ha!!

The Entrance

The Reception (that's me pretending to look busy..hehe)

Our cosy and colourful lounge

Internet Kiosk (spanking new netbooks) and the whole place is Wi-Fi-ed

Breakfast Counter - Communal Style

(tsk tsk, that's Bill in the background, pretending to be surfing, ha ha)

Games Galore (Nintendo Wii and large collection of Books)

The Funky Blue Room

Spacious Dorm Rooms

The Cool Green Room

Shower and Toilet Area (Hairdryer provided, mind you!)

Bright Yellow Shower Rooms and Toilets

So, what do y'all think? We welcome feedback on how to improve our hostel!! Feel free to drop us a note.

Next blog, I'll be putting up photos and some videos of our abearygood FRIENDs!!!

For now, it's time to sleeeeeppp, something that I wish I could have more... wonder can I have 48hours within a day... he he...

Good Beary Hugs from Lisa K

A surprise Birthday celebration for dear Ulybie!

18th Feb 2010 is a day to remember! It's Ulybie's birthday and we decided to surprise her. And she shocked us instead by crying soooo much! Haha... anyway, it was good fun and we are glad to have our guests to sing her a birthday song.

Anyway, on behalf of abearygoodhostel management: "Happy Birthday, Ulybie"!! Work hard for abearygoodhostel, ok!! :)

Hugs,

Lisa K

abearygoodhostel

Event Not To Be Missed: Chingay 2010 - Asia's Grandest Street and Floats Parade

Just to share an upcoming event which should not be missed!!! Singapore Chingay 2010! Details as follows:

Event Dates : 19th Feb 2010 to 20th Feb 2010
Time of Event : 8.30pm (19 Feb) and 8pm (20 Feb)
Venue: : F1 Pit Building

The Chingay Parade Singapore is an annual street parade to celebrate Singapore’s multi-cultural uniqueness, and is a colourful extravaganza of exciting floats and performances. Chingay is part of Singapore’s unique way of celebrating the lunar new year.

Chingay Parade Singapore 2010 will take place at the F1 Pit Building at Marina Bay. Visitors can purchase tickets for seats at the 36,000-strong grandstand or simply stand along the parade route.

Chingay has enjoyed a long tradition, with its first parade dating back to 1973. Its name, 'Chingay', was coined from its phonetic Hokkien equivalent, which means 'the art of costume and masquerade'.

Ticketing
Pls refer to event website

Website
http://www.chingay.org.sg
Chingay Parade Singapore 2010 妆艺大游行

Flowers galore

Just wanted to share that the hostel received some nice congratulatory flowers!! Thanks to Mummy and Cousin Ting and family. :)

From Mummy

From Cousin Ting and Family

Oh ya, love the message on the flowers and hope it will come true! MUACKS!!!! Thanks ya!

07 Feb 2010 Soft Launch: a beary good and auspicious day

Yup, today is THE day for the opening of a beary good hostel! Well, just a small launch, as we follow the Chinese custom (or we try to...he he), my mum went to a chinese temple a couple of weeks back and asked the 'master' for a good and auspicious date to 'open' our hostel business. And it was advised that 7th of Feb 2010 would be the best date for us to open our business (figuratively), and the little 'opening ceremony' must be done before 11am.

So, what's the little ritual that we need to do? Well, we have to decorate our main door with a red cloth. RED is an auspicious colour for the chinese as it represents wealth and prosperity. So, here is what our little bear logo sinage looks like. :) It's as though we are trying to dress sleepy bear up. :)

Next, my mum burnt some incense and walk around the hostel and prayed for success of our hostel business and smooth delivery. Next, she laid some offerings for the prayer.

Offerings for our small opening ceremony

All those items for offerings, the pink flour cake, oranges and pineapple all symbolizes wealth and prosperity. Then, its done! Just a simple praying and we are off to a good start for our business!

Thereafter, with the help from Amp, she took some nice photos of the hostel and the surrounding areas. :)

Then we went for a nice lunch and off to do some last minute shopping for the hostel! :) It's been a long tiring day but it's very fruitful. Will share more but need to Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz first, so later folks......

Big Beary Hugs,
Lisa K
abearygoodhostel

Tips: FREE SMRT Chinatown Shuttle Bus Service and Extended Train Services

Got this info from a good pal on free shuttle bus service and extended train services just for the chinese new year. Details as per below. So for those travellers coming down to usher in the Year of Tiger, you can make full use of this service. :)

The Beary First Post!

Greetings everyone! This shall be my very first post in our blog. Wow, it'll be just 7 more days to go for the Grand Opening of "a beary good hostel". We are into our last mile for the completion of our renovation work and gearing up to make sure that our hostel will be ready for all our guests from all over the world!

The responses for our SGD2/bed/night from 14 Feb till 21 Feb has been overwhelming. We are almost booked for the week and more... thanks for all your support! We will make sure you will have a beary good stay with us.

The atmosphere around Chinatown is simply wonderful. The streets are filled with people every single day till midnight! The stalls selling new year goods, people haggling over prices could be heard along the busy street and so many people can be seen whipping out their cameras to take nice shots of the vibrant colours of Chinatown. Its a joy to be located at one of the busiest street in Chinatown, nestled amongst the heritage shophouses @ Pagoda Street.

Pagoda Street

Thanks to Amp for helping to take some nice shots of the hostel and Chinatown surroundings today! So, will share and give a little sneak peek of what our little hostel gonna look like! :)

Left: Main Door, Right: External Signage

Personally love our cute little sleepy bear logo. :) The signages are big and brightly coloured to ensure that our guests will be able to locate our small little hostel. hee hee...:)

abearygoodhostel signage, view from 2nd floor

As you can see, from the photo above, the MRT/Subway station is just right outside of the hostel. So, when we say 10 sheltered steps, we mean it... :)

Our brightly coloured internal windows

We played around with colours to bring life to the good old shophouse, retaining it's original heritage structure and injecting a vibrant feel in our little hostel. :)

Our good bear at our reception

Yes! we are very proud of our logo, so it's all over the hostel. ha ha... :) Anyway, these are some of the photos and you have not seen the last of it!!! Many more will be shared with you as frequently as possible to bring you closer to our humble little inn we call a beary good hostel. In the mean time, do come and visit our website @ http://www.abearygoodhostel.com or join as abearygoodhostel Fan in Facebook to get more updates!!

Beary good hugs,

Lisa K