Krabi

That's krabi for u. Despite the torrential rain, it was fantastic!!!

We learnt to appreciate every single bit of sunshine!!! I love the sun!!! That explains my skin colour. :)

More more more beach holidays to come, hopefully!

Phuket 2011

I went for a short getaway with Jeffrey to Phuket! Surprisingly, I didn't take as many pictures as I usually would. Maybe Phuket was toooooo beautiful that I didn't wanna take it off my eyes. haha! Okay LAME.

I love Patong beach for it's "wavy" sea. Get it? haha! I love to ride on the waves! A bit scary thou. I can imagine a tsumani coming up to engulf me. I would love to try surfing too! But, I fear that my contacts will drop off when the water hits me. Too bad then.

If only Phuket wasn't so touristy. Everything felt more ex than usual. Like a ride from hotel to airport can cost SGD$30. Felt a bit overpriced. And we had a seafood meal which costed more than SGD$200!!!! Crazy right? But we had the most awesome lobster ever.

Another thing. Everything also MUST bargain. Stupid me didn't ask the market rate for the tour. A Phi Phi Island tour should cost only about 1400 Baht. But we paid 1900 Baht. Cos we saw that the advertised rate was 3000 Baht. We thought we got a good price. So, conclusion is, always research before going anywhere!

The very famous Patong Beach! It was taken from a restaurant, which is quite high class. See those tents? Those are make shift kitchen and food places. Looks interesting. But dare not try. haha!
Phi Phi Island. So many angmohs!!!
More angmohs! They're everywhere!!!

Monkey bay! Damn a lot of monkeys. We were given bananas to feed.
The restaurant where we had lunch. Not fantastic. And there were SO MANY cats.
Spot the cockroach?
EW. haha! Took pic for evidence. But didn't bring it up to the hotel ppl. Our hotel is actually quite classy. B Lay Tong. It's a new hotel. I like it. Never mind the cockroach. haha!
Mac Cafe to end it off!

Phuket is way too touristy alr. Guess it's how the locals earn. I like the beach thou! I'm beginning to like beaches! Langkawi is still my first love. haha!

Poor elephants

I do not want to act like a super righteous bitch. But the elephants in Chiang Mai elephant camp are really very poor thing. They get clawed at by those rods with sharp ends to perform stunts. So cruel.

But, I guess this is the livelihood of the Chaing Mai people. The best that we, as tourist, is to NOT buy elephant products, or support their show. Regretfully, I've done both before. I bought an elephant task necklace years ago when I was pri5. I highly suspect it's fake though. haha!

The elephants were made to perform stupid stunts.

And they were used to get tips.
The elephants were really cute though. But I would rather see them in the wild, or on BBC knowledge (my favourite TV show now! cos of the apprentice! and top gear!)
This was taken in Laos. The people there were selling snake and many other creepy insect tonic. Looks damn gross!!! I'm amazed by how they "arrange" the snakes/ insects in the bottle.

The saddest thing is not the elephant, or the snake. It's the cute little Thai girls in long neck village. It's so sad that they're used as "display" for tourists.

The ladies/girls are made to weave all day. Maybe they're happy with their lives. And maybe, if we exchange positions, maybe they'll feel damn sian with my life (which I'm currently feeling).

I'm in no position to judge what's cruel and what's not. Just sincerely hope that the elephants get a good meal after their day of hard work. The snakes had lived a meaningful life. And maybe, the girls in long neck village are very happy showing the world their special culture.

Guess I might be the only one who's not happy.

p.s. BUT, I'm okay with my life now. Not fantastically happy, but satisfactorily happy.

p.s.s This is cos, I'm going to Sepang for F1!!!! WHEE!!!!

Chiang Mai

I wanna blog about Chiang Mai! But I've no pictures. They're all in my old laptop. Just a quick one. I love Chiang Mai, despite the super hot weather.

I was so wrongly dressed! Can you imagine, I wore fake leather jacket, jeans and boots for a weather like Singapore?! HAHA! Epic fail. Then on the day we went to the mountain top, I wore a tube dress and slippers. Almost slipped and fall on the way to the water fall. HAHA! Double fail.

Okay nothing else that's interesting in my life.

I don't exactly like my job. But I admire my prof and the doctors! They're super cool people. I wanna be one too. In my next life. HAHA! For now, I just wanna enjoy life! hehe.

hey there!

I'm still alive! Got rather depressed when I came back to S'pore. How not to? The humid weather, the ungracious s'poreans, the crowds. But then, I'm fine after returning from a short getaway trip to Thailand. I should be grateful to be living in S'pore. At least it's peaceful and safe. Shall stop whining this very instant and get back to life.

Thailand isn't exactly my kind of place. Way too messy. But then I love the water sports and amusement park! Sat the scariest ride in my entire life! Yes! It's that scary. The hurricane. I get fling 360 degrees back and forth. Comparable to sky diving!

Other than that, nth appealed. Shopping was bad. I resent bad service. Try being glared at and chased out at practically every shops. It may be partially my bad for quoting unreasonable price. But the least they could do was to refuse politely. Oh whatever. It's not worth the price anyway. I miss shopping in the US factory outlets! Cheap, simple and easy. And best of all, you pay for what you get. Alright. I'm supposed to be over US.

Anyway, I'm doing special sem now. Saw a couple of familiar faces. Met June, Eugene and Suzie. Damn coincidental that all 3 of them are going for instep! I was damn excited when talking to Suzie about NYC, Boston and DC. Surprisingly, I don't feel jealous or what so ever. I felt happy that they can have as much fun as I did! Good for them.

Some pictures from Thailand: