Sunday, 24 June 2007
/21:26


Woola, back from phuket aft a mounts of delay.. Touch-down at sunny spore 0218am.. (or shd it be sleepy spore).. Anw, phuket is superb relaxing, kickback lifestyle n e natives are nice too, always willing to lend a helping hand.. =D
Thurs morning, Arrived Changi airport @4am.. - poof, freaking early.. But airports nvr closes.. Checked in at jetstar counter n went into departure lounge le.. =p ~Always loved e departure area, super nice lor, jus walking ard though most e shops haven open yet.. Slacked at burger king which overlooks e aircraft docking area, watching e ground personnel goin abt their duties, weazing ard in their cars..

8am, time to go to e boarding gate.. n Wait again.. haiz, planes nvr leave on time.. ok, boarded plane aft awhile, gd thing abt jetstar was that it has alocated seating so there aint snatching..But e down part is that e leg-room is real little.. darn squeezy jus enough 4 me to lik sit up-straight.. well, neitherless its budget airline cant expect much, n its a short flight..

Arrived at phuket an hr later.. Woo, quite small their airport compared to changi.. Buying gum was immediately wad bro did.. lolx he ahh.. den got tis guy to pick us up 4 city tour.. Wenta tour e cashew nut, tshirt factory, jewel shops.. wanted to get tis shirt that was a lilo offensive as dey compared bananna sizes according to countries which was erm, u noe reference to wad, but mom objected soo.. lolx.. Later e tour guide showed us activites to do lik exploring phi-phi island, rafting, diving, adventure trekking.. I very much wanted to try e rafting n diving but it takes or day or so n hadta think of e majority.. so didint much try it, mayb e next time!..

Checked into patong beach hotel, n since dey cant allow 4 ppl in a room, hadta split n use e balcony to get from one room to another over a wall.. Decided to chiong 4 e long bath since i dun hav one at home.. hehex.. before heading out 4 lunch.. walked to a nearby mall along tis road called "Bangla Road" lolx.. it was loaded wif pubs n such so can see many of e angmohs jus siting there chatting.. Had thai-style lunch at e food court of e mall.. dey are hi-tech sia, onli cashless transaction, to use smthing lik ez-link card.. Aft lunch headed 4 a walk outside.. wasei, e temperature is HOT man!.. somemore want to tis makeshift area similar to bugis street, all covered using zinc roof, freaking hot jus standing inside plus dad wanted to bargain further cus i wanted to buy tis singlet there.. diaos..

Walked back to hotel as bro n mom dun quite agree wif e heat.. =( Chilled there til evening den walked to tis hotel serving buffet @199baht.. ~so cheap! Quite nice n had cocktail ordered.. hehex.. =D Nite was a much better time to shop la, cooler weather.. wif more shops being set up.. Grabbed a few other stuff den headed back to hotel 4 e nite..

Woke up quite late on day 2, had hotel breakfast.. wasei man its dominated by e angmohs staying there sia.. Seriously its not onli in our hotel, almost in e street oso same same.. U'll see them lik in shops, restaurants.. SO, its likely to see preferential treatment too.. Worse thing is that some of them dun giv a damn abt it , n looked down on e ppl.. Shacks sia.. =(

2day headed to e other part of e beach area n once again dad was bargaining when we wanna buy stuff.. hahahas.. Surprisingly oso is that its real hard to find a proper thai restaurant along e patong beach.. lik its all western cusine or fast food.. hais.. later on, me n dad took a walk further up exploring other areas, n found tis hotel that i've seen damaged by e tsunami, rebuilt exactly e way as b4.. hmmm, most of the beachfront ,walkways were rebuilt too.. To the extend that i feel that it was overdone.. Its not as original to enjoy e sea-breeze that kindof thing.. Ooh well..

Dinner was fabulous on 2nd nite.. Had seafood! omg, its freaking fresh lor.. N u get to choose wad style u wan + handpick e weight of e fish as its charged by weight..BEST part: we get to seat by e beach.. Simply wholesome goodness!.. Thats e life man!.. Seating n eating while watching e sunset b4 ur eyes, e ppl vacating e beach.. To top it off, my cocktail's called "Adaman Sunset".. Shiok ahh.. mmm, e food was delicious wif gd service.. I would dream to go back again, serious..
Aft dinner, walked ard digest food n bought dvds.. e newer shows werent that clear so onli bought bean's hol n LOST2.. weex, costed me onli S$10 when its $79 for the original.. =D

Day3, woke up darn early wanting go see sun-rise.. but e rained as soon we stepped out of e hotel.. boox.. so wenta breakfast.. Now i noe why, e asians r e early risers while e angmohs sleep late.. No wonder.. Day was spent ard e mall area lor, cus inital plan was to slacked on e beach but since it was raining n there aint sunshine.. 4get it.. but did managed to experience that wave though.. hehex.. =D
So fast, e trip's coming to an end, why does gd things always end fast?.. =( traffic caused e bus to be late, n worse still further ahead.. ~ its real fun driving up n down e winding hilly roads..

Reached e airport onli to get bad news.. our flight was delayed an hr frm 8.30pm to 9.30pm phuket time.. sians.. e airport doesnt hav much to do either.. Things got worse when we went into e departure area.. e flight was delayed further til 11pm den 1130 den finally 12.30am.. (0130am spore time) walau ehh, ours was supposed to be e earliest flight out of phuket now its e LAST.. =( Darn that plane la, it wasnt even on e ground til 12am lor.. sians, lucky brought m notes so was studying at e airport..

But e return flight was a Valuair jet which was by sense more comfy as it had more leg-room.. =D N e Captain was in a damn rush la, didnt even wait 4 e plane to be onto e runway b4 starting e throttle alr liao.. Snoozed on e flight, even though mom said there was turbulence.. ~missed it!.. Anw, we finally landed 0218 spore time.. den its duty-free shopping b4 heading home..

Pictures~~






Now thats wad i call beautiful!.. Perfecto combination..

-Random pics taken wif my phone.. e cam spoilt on e trip.. dang it.. it needs a change anw.. trust dad to get Canon e last time..

~Tml's MST week liao, haven prepared much 4 it yet.. dunno how wil i fare man..


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Eugene Chow
01.10.90
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