Saturday, December 26, 2009
~ 1:51 PM ~
Christmas = love.
This year's christmas is merry jolly happy cheery starry christmas according to boss. Alvin and the chipmunks are soooo cute, i wanna rear some chipmunks of my own. LOL. We had carl's jr for dinner and it was my first time, awesome! We hung around a lot, and followed a bunch of drummers who were as spastic as boss was. :D When it was almost time, we headed for Jewel Box at Mt Faber which was an eye opener. The toilets were so iconic that a man walked into the female toilet blatantly thinking it was for sight seeing. Kind of hilarious with all the ladies staring at him without his realisation. Christmas is the time for giving (trading of cameras time and again throughout the night), and it was apparent everyone was in the festive mood with santa hat clips (which i never knew where they came from) and santa hats of all designs. We busked in the christmas spirit with the foam falling down on us like snow. After we had enough of soap for the day, we went for a stroll. It was a nice walk with good company. I rode on a reindeer (since it's christmas) after a walk back from hendersen waves. Pretty cool ride from the usual horse that i ride on. :P After which we had supper of ee mian (taste superb too!) at toa payoh before heading home.
All i want for christmas is you.
Friday, December 04, 2009
~ 9:15 PM ~
Phuket was awesome, great company, lots of fun.
We were gathered bright and early at the budget terminal, all set to have the time of our lives. There were many first times that i experienced on this trip, including the search for the budget terminal. Nora was late, as usual. >< Before we knew it, we had already arrived in phuket where lots of fun awaits us. Bargaining was the norm over there, and we had really good "bargainers" in our pack. We got so into bargaining you'd think we were crazy, you would see why later.
We took a cab (after fierce bargainings) to our hotel - silvertel, and got settled in. Great place, near the beach and streets, just one night without hot water for the guys and drips of water for us. Service wasn't too bad, with internet access at the lobby. After which, we went for lunch and did some shopping around. It was all going at leisure pace, until it started to rain late in the evening. We were all stuck in the rain, seven to three umbrellas. And we trek our way to the mall with puny umbrellas that got all of us drenched, some on one side, others all over. It was the first time getting all wet and sitting in the cinema catching our near to midnight movie - Ninja Assassin, a bloody and gory show which din't help relieve the cold. It was freezing as i shivered in my seat, feeling only the warmth from my fellow companion.
We thought that would be the end of an unexpected change of events, but it was far from that. On the way back to the hotel, we faced a flood - aftermath of the heavy rain. And the waters were almost knee deep at places. It was when we saw kindness in people who drove past us slowly (in fear of splashing water at us) and finally one tuk tuk driver offered us a free ride past the flooded areas. We offered him a tip out of appreciation. It was an experience of a lifetime indeed, which made our day more exciting than ever, but our days went uphill in terms of excitement.
The second day was a package tour which we signed up for. With a bunch of other tourists, we tried out different activities lined up for us. We saw lots of monkeys that were stalking qisheng who had the icecream and rode the elephant that produced faeces perpetually. We drove the ATV (a vehicle that could climb rough terrains) where i lost control and rammed a tree because my hands were tired after squeezing the brakes for a long time. >.< But we came to conclude naga girls could drive better than non nagalings. hehe. We went to see a waterfall and did white water rafting which was ultra cool. Most were first time experiences for most of us, very value for money. After getting back to our hotel, we washed up and went for dinner before continuing with our shopping spree. Also making a trip to carrefour to search for candles and whipped cream for Nora's birthday surprise. Back at the hotel, our plans for surprise went on as scheduled, and after which we htht into the night.
On our last day, we woke up later than usual because we wanted to surprise Nora with a cake in bed. Amazingly she woke up earlier than expected, hence it took a lie to cover up. Had a mini celebration in our room before heading for breakfast at macs. On this day, it was all sun and sea at patong beach. Right there, we saw a thailand version of Yongnan who was very animated and kept trying to pick Shaline up. The rest of us were indulged in the sea activities while Shaline who was afraid of water stayed on shore (well taken care of by the thais) We did jet-skiing and banana boating, while joyce and qisheng also tried their para sailing. It was an awesome ride against the wave on the jet ski with my dearest boss, and the adrenaline on the banana boat where we sang and cheered together like small kids, getting ready to topple into the sea. We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun..
The amazing part of bargaining came in here, where we bargained by the minutes for a longer jet ski ride. We finally came to a conclusion of 41 mins.
After much fun, we sat on the beach chairs and dozed off drying under the sun. Caught our memories in pictures before heading back to our hotel to "qiang qiang". Because it was the last night, we had a sumptuous dinner of seafood which laid our tables. Prawns, fish, vegetables, eggs, tom yum kung, pat tai, fried squid, crab. Heavenly! We ate like we've not eaten for 10 days, hungry peasants on the run.
All good things come to an end, and before we knew it, it was time to return back to where we belong, and face the real world. I'm sure this trip would be imprinted in our minds for a long time. (: Cheers to phuket gang!
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