For my dear ones who love me...

I feel obligated to blog a bit despite work because I noe there are those who reads my blog to check out how i am....

1 week following my break to ko samui
- its mean literally work work work.. right from i touched down changi (even in samui airport). *laughs*
- spent a day doing a field work course.. it was... ok...
- went to chekc if i qualify for lasik.. and yeah.. i'm scheduled for that in Sept!! ExCITED MAN!!
- caught up w old bro P. visited his cafe and showroom. its really nice to hear tt i'm missed... i mean.. seirously.. i'd been away from church and CG (not deliberately)... not noeing tt.. pple actually do miss me. i'm not attention-seeking here.. all im saying is.. it feels good when u realize tt pple do miss u... ke ke

today....
school reopened!!!!! *tears out hair* but honestly, it went smoother than i thot, for the first day.. so thank God.

meanwhile.. its more meetings and projects.. so i'm so looking forward to dec hols... :)

any idea

how long it takes to airmail something from Britain to Singapore?

Muaz purchased a dive rattler from ebay.... item sent on 1 Jun via airmail... still no news... dun tell me lost in mail.... no way of like getting refund? any idea anyone?

Current mood: very disappointed

tis trip...

1. was a super nuah one. for once, i dun journal my trip.
2. got my butt sunburnt from snockelling. i mean, seriously, butt burn? neva heard of it. but IT FREAKING HAPPENED TO ME. EC called me baboon thereafter.
3. managed to dive thanks to EC's pushing. always game for diving, but the thot of doing it alone, at the same time leaving her behind (but she had fun without me).
4. diving was great. hey, its rare to have an asian female going diving alone in these places and i was the only one. mua ha ha. felt weird at first. cos all ang moh ppl. buddied an english guy. EC was proud of me, said i did us asian woman proud, but just as she said that, i went 'yay' and ... tripped... wat an anticlimax. lol
5. (learnt from previous trip too).... generosity. i was brought up to be thrifty. but i've learnt... the gift of generosity and hospitality from my hosts. very touched.
6. i finished up a 'trash' book... and urm bought like 3 2nd hand books... which i tink i can only get to read next hol, next next hol, and next next next hol. lol

Finally, an interesting point to note for the benefit of my dear EC:
a snockel is not the same as a mask. ;)

cant rem the rest oredi. tt's the prob of not journaling during the trip. but good enuff. better move on to other stuff now....

buaz holidays.....

koh samui - itinerary (changing everyday)

12 Jun (Sun)
4pm - meet EC at bugis to go JB
6pm - got into a slight hassle w personnel in JB, they den sent us to Larkin. (their fault)
6.30pm - left Larkin for Hatyai

13 Jun (Mon)
Morn - reached Hatyai, get tix for Samui
Morn to afternn - SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP
Afternn to night - shop, bargain, eat (JAP!), drink, walk, shop, bargain, eat (watever), drink, walk...

14 Jun (Tues)
Morn - BF (bakkutteh)
Morn to Late evening - Travel to Samui (van, irritating wait at surat thani, ferry)
Evening to nite - washup, dinner w AR (my new fren in thaild) & frens

15 Jun (Wed)
Morn to evening - snockelling at Koh Tao & Pangyan
Nite - Dinner w AR & fren, den a nice walk by the beach.

16 Jun (Thurs)
Morn to afternn - out sightseeing w EC, AR & fren
Afternn onwards - i cant rem. but i vaguely remembered we decided to fly back and forfeit our coach tix, and i got psychoed by EC to dive the following day (ALONE!).

17 Jun (Fri)
I WENT DIVING DIVING DIVING.

18 Jun (Sat)
Morn - Spent more than an hour in the sea. EC n I went crazy doing stupid things like.... having waves crash at us, racing each other (as in running) in the sea, doing stunts (i hv yet to master doing handstands and she yet to master doing forward roll) in the water, i managed to tred water for 3 mins, back float, learning to open my eyes in the sea,..... all the while, me without my glasses....
Morn - got ousted out by our guesthouse cos they were full. so we packed and transfered to another one, with a beach with turgid water. gosh.
Afternn - Went to Nathon. Walked around. Getting bored. D
Evening - Dinner w EC, AR & fren

19 Jun (Sun)
Morn - we still did not manage to wake up to see the sunrise. wanted to swim again, but the thot of the sea with nice water so far away...
Packed and checked out.
Morn to Afternoon - walked and walked for at least 2 hours. we bought beer along the way while walking.. and the sun, the laughter, the exhaustion reduced our alchol tolerance, we got lightheaded. *laughs* but not drunk or high. just lightheaded on the street
Afternn till evening - on board i cannot rem wat flight home.

End of holiday - start of work (LITERALLY)

I only blogged tis cos i did not journal in my travel journal. if i dun blog, i will forget.

packing and packing and packing

packing has pretty much been my preoccupation lately while at home (not much anywayz).

20 may - packed for a three day dive trip 20 - 23 may.
24 May - packed for a three day S3 camp 25 - 27 may.
30 may - packed for an elevan day work trip to china 31 may - 10 jun.
12 jun - will be packing for a not sure how many days trip to koh samui 12 jun - 19 jun??

i'm actually getting quite sick of packing. almost gave up packing for my china trip. dun wanna tink of packing tom. but finally hols is beginning for me. not much left really.

given these activities, i am super chao dta now. sigh. but KOH SAMUI!!! HERE I COME!!!