Sunrise


View from my window when I woke up this morning. I love the orange streaks in the sky. And for those of you who are not from Singapore, the buildings are typical flats most of the population reside in.

Sunset


This was taken while Nic-aholic and me were waiting for her BF on Workaholic's birthday. That church you see by the side happens to be the one whose priest was accused of misappropriating funds.

*Click on picture for bigger view

# posted by Shopaholic : 11:06 PM

I saw Adam from Eye for a Guy at the gym just now. Nothing fantastic enough to warrant a whole black book of numbers

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:59 PM

I went to karaoke with Alcoholic and Nic-aholic today. This is the second time we've gone in 2 weeks. Alcoholic knows a wide range of songs, probably because he listens to them so often in his car and he goes to karaoke quite often, entertaining associates. Nic-aholic can catch a tune fast. Me, I only know the old songs which I used to sing often on my karaoke set at home . I stopped learning new songs when we moved house and there isn't a spare room for it.

Hehehe, Alcoholic would probably kill me for saying this, but he sounded so much like William Hung while attempting "She Bangs". (All the other songs sounded great!)

I am suddenly reminded of our Secondary School days. Our school used to hold yearly talentine contests where the students would audition and the finals night is a special event where we had to buy tickets and there would be invited guests. A notable winner would be Wang Deyuan who went on to win a TV singing contest. If I remember correctly, Shannon was also a finalist during one of the years .

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:54 PM

4 days after the Nicoll Highway collapse, the search for the last construction worker believed trapped under the collapsed section of Nicoll Highway has been called off.

Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng announced at a 7pm press conference that it was ending the search for Mr Heng Yeow Peow, a foreman of the construction site for the Mass Rapid Transit's Circle Line.

Mr Wong said it was a painful and agonising decision that had to be made because further work could endanger the stability of the surrounding area.

Counsellors and MPs gather to help the missing foreman's family cope with the decision to call off the search for his body.

As a fellow Singaporean, I feel sad for the family. Mr Heng performed an heroic act and yet now, his body can't even be found for a proper burial. I used to pass by Nicoll Highway everyday while on assignments for my last company and it never occured to me the dangers of working underground at a construction site. Perhaps some people would consider it a blessing that the casualty number is limited to 4, a small case compared with huge events such as the 911 incident, but for the families of the 4, that's no consolation.

Kudos to the rescue workers.

# posted by Shopaholic : 4:58 PM

So, I went for the interview for the dream job this morning.

Prelude:
As this job requires a candidate to look good, I have been using a facial mask every night for the past few nights ever since I was informed about the interview. I went for a facial on Wednesday to get rid of the pimple that popped up in an untimely manner. Not much I can do about my weight in these few days, but I refrained from fried and sweet stuff too.

Results:
Well, I was eliminated. Expected, yes. But that doesn't stop me feeling upset, especially seeing the standards of some of those who weren't eliminated.

The worst of it are people who laughed when they heard I wanted to try for the job and who laughed when they knew the results.

Oh well, I can always work hard to lose weight and try again.

# posted by Shopaholic : 4:37 PM

I am suffering from food poisoning since morning. Cramps every few minutes that had me rushing off to the toilet every few minutes. The doctor gave me half day MC and instructed me to go home and rest but the whole office is rushing for the SOX deadline and I can just see Boss's displeasure if I were to take MC. So, I grit my teeth and bore with it until I got my Dad to fetch me after work.

# posted by Shopaholic : 8:25 PM

From my chocolate friend:


You're taffy!! You're a clever and kind person,
but you tend to hold grudges. You are not big
on dishing out forgiveness.

Which kind of candy are you?
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# posted by Shopaholic : 10:42 PM

I am having a super busy week at work, rushing for tight deadlines for a boss who keeps changing her mind about what she wants and who thinks it's simply as easy as her saying it to do it.

Anyway, on a happier note, an opportunity came up for a job I really, really, really want a lot. It will give me a chance to get out of this corporate shithole. However, I don't think there's any chances of me getting it so I don't even dare place any hope on it. Contradictory?

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:39 PM

My first attempt at drawing my own header. This is from a photo taken at Phi Phi Island. What do you guys think?

# posted by Shopaholic : 2:30 PM

Ok Cupid, an online personality test from Vanessa's blog.....

I am The Wild Rose Random - Brutal Love Dreamer (RBLDf):

Colorful, but unpicked. You are The Wild Rose.

Prone to bouts of cynicism, sarcasm, and thorns, you excite a certain kind of man. Hoping to gather you up, he flirts and winks and asks you out, ultimately professing his love. Then you make him bleed. Why? Because you're the rare, independent, self-sufficient kind of woman who does want love, but not from a weakling.

Eh, where is this man hiding?

You don't seem to take yourself too seriously, and that's refreshing. You aren't uptight; you don't over-plan. Romance-wise, sex isn't a top priority--a true relationship would be preferable. For your age, you haven't had a lot of bonafide love experience, though, and this kind of gets to core of the issue. You're very selective.

Hmm, selective or picky? hehe

The problem is them, not you, right? You have lofty standards that few measure up to. You're out there all right, but not to be picked up by just anyone.

Again, true true. I'm not easily attracted to a man.

"You're never truly single as long as you have yourself."

ALWAYS AVOID: The Bachelor

CONSIDER: The Vapor Trail

Your exact opposite: The Dirty Little Secret - Deliberate Gentle Sex Master

# posted by Shopaholic : 12:30 AM

Birthday song: Happy birthday to you... (Repeat 4 times)

So sorry I couldn't make it for clubbing, but we'll all have a good dinner tonight.

# posted by Shopaholic : 12:05 AM

Alcoholic's colleague won a company lucky draw for 2 air tickets to London and a hotel suite at Conrad Hotel for 3 nights. His colleague couldn't make it and offered to sell it to Alcoholic for S$1,000. That's S$500 per person to London for 3 nights! Normal price of an air ticket alone would cost more than S$1,000, so this is like striking lottery.

Alcoholic asked whether any of us would like to join him on the trip. I deliberated very long before gathering the courage to ask Boss whether I can take another 3 days leave at the end of the month, citing family reasons. Guess what, she said no. Because of a deadline we have to fulfil. No leave for me , but she insisted that Su attend a 2-day course which she had previously nominated her for.

There goes my once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to London so cheaply and stay in such a high-class hotel. Damn, and I've never been there before.

# posted by Shopaholic : 11:54 PM

My predictions for AI3 final 3 - Fantasia Barrino, Latoya London and Jennifer Hudson. George Huff and Jon Peter Lewis as dark horses.

Fantasia has a bad attitude though, can't accept constructive criticism. Btw, Simon is the best judge, the show would be extremely boring without his cutting honesty.

# posted by Shopaholic : 11:05 PM

I've been feeling increasingly restless for the past weeks or even months, with my job and with relationships. Particularly my job. I need a change of line. I just can't imagine being stuck in this rut for the rest of my life. I crave excitement.

Logic, or rather debts, still stand in the way of me quitting without a job. I need to have something else in the pipeline before I can leave.

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:59 PM

I just suffered through an hour of complete blackout.

No lights, no fan, no airconditioning, no street lights. We were scrambling to find candles, torchlights and batteries. The sweltering heat was unbearable. First thought that ran through my head, "Is this caused by terrorists?".

After consulting with my friends, I realised that almost the whole of West Singapore was affected. This is the first time there is such a massive blackout in Singapore in my memory.

What if there are people trapped in the lift? My dad had to climb 17 floors to reach home.

The was a common jubilant shout ringing through the air across blocks of flats when the electricity finally came back on.

Phewww, the best invention by mankind. Air conditioning.

# posted by Shopaholic : 12:47 AM

Hehe, I made it to BlogShares April Best Players as 2nd. Cheap thrill.

# posted by Shopaholic : 11:25 PM

An Indian gal wearing a low cut wrap top (no bra) with linen pants. A Chinese guy in Polo-T, slinging a bag across. He puts his arm across her shoulders protectively while she clings onto his arm and embraces him, both of them swaying. She proceeded to move her hand up and down his back suggestively. Intermittent kisses was given.

This continued for half an hr. On a bus. A packed crowded bus.

Can't help looking, they were standing right in front of where I was seated.

# posted by Shopaholic : 11:11 PM

I have this image in my head of how I would like my blog header to look.

A bright colourful picture (pink being the dominant colour of course) of a dark-hair gal carrying shopping bags in one hand, blowing a kiss from the other from which "Shopaholic Revelations" would appear. Unfortunately, I'm neither talented with drawing nor have I had the time to learn to use Photoshop.

Anyone wanna volunteer?

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:34 PM

Having the unwanted interview tomorrow. I'm a bit stressed thinking about the rush I will be in, attending it during lunchtime. A bit of guilty conscience and the fear that Boss might find out caused me to have a nightmare about it last night. Not really warranted in view of her actions.

Remember the 3 days compassionate leave I took not long ago because of my grandma's funeral? Su told me Boss was quite sarcastic about it, saying she's surprised I knew that I was entitled to 3 days and that I actually took all 3 days. She and Second Boss actually verified it by searching through the staff handbook in my file on my cabinet! WTF? Like I wanted to take the compassionate leave? If I wasn't entitled to 3 days, I would have just let them deducted it from my annual leave.

She also justified not giving condolence money (not that I was so hard up for it) by saying that the funeral is in Malaysia and I didn't go to the office after it happened so they couldn't have passed it to me even if they wanted to. Second Boss commented that I wouldn't have gone to Phuket after it happened if I was really that upset? What was I supposed to do? Forfeit the money I paid for everything?

Anyway, this incident sparked off the resumes sent out last month. It's not worth being loyal to bosses like this.

# posted by Shopaholic : 9:38 PM

What the heck, f the diet for tonight. I deserve a treat just for all those gym hours I've put in.

*Licking my Cornetto choco-vanilla ice-cream*

*CRUNCH CRUNCH*

# posted by Shopaholic : 9:23 PM

I've had cravings for Cornetto ice-cream ever since the Phuket trip.

# posted by Shopaholic : 6:51 PM

Scene: Thurs night, Lido theatre 4 watching Taking Lives

Workaholic and me whispering about Angelina Jolie.

The woman sitting beside her whispered very harshly "Can you 2 stop talking and not disturb me from concentrating on the movie?"

Me (shocked and incredulous because her tone was very fierce and rude): "Bitch"

Ok, maybe we were really disturbing her, but she need not have been so fierce about it. It's not as if we did it on purpose.

I didn't really see the woman then but her companion was a middle-age Caucasian man. Saw her only when the movie ended. SPG.

Movie was all right, not as bad as I would expect after reading the reviews. I watched only because of Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.

# posted by Shopaholic : 8:44 PM

I'm dabbling in BlogShares currently. If I do well, I might think of investing in real shares.

Add note:
This is fun! Seeing that I'm a newbie, some kind soul (didn't even identify himself) gave me 4000 shares worth $2mil to play with. If only someone will do that in real life. LOL.

# posted by Shopaholic : 1:33 PM

The lengths we humans go to in the name of beauty.

Eyeball jewelry a new Dutch fashion trend: Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewelry called “JewelEye” in the mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and one man in cosmetic surgery......

# posted by Shopaholic : 1:23 AM

I called the company up this morning and the lady told me they have yet to confirm whether they can accomodate my time for an interview. She also basically told me that in the event that they can't and I am not willing to take leave to do this, then I might not even be granted an interview. Which would have been fine with me actually. I'll come to that soon. Anyway, she called not long after and said that they can hold the interview for me at lunchtime on Monday.

I'm supposed to fill up an application form and email it back to her tomorrow, which I'm now in the midst of doing. One particular question stumped me - What are your career objectives now and in 3 to 5 years’ time?

Honestly, I have no idea how to answer that. People who knows me personally would know that I'm a person who doesn't really plan my life, I go along with the flow and grab whatever opportunities comes along. I do know that I'll like to be in at least some sort of managerial/ supervisory position in 3-5 years time. Does having my own room count as an objective? But how am I supposed to phrase this in a politically correct statement?

That was the more realistic objective. Ultimate objective? To get out of the rat race and retire as a tai-tai enjoying afternoon hi-teas, spa treatments, mahjong sessions etc. Yeah, dream on right?

As for why I'm not really enthusiastic about the interview........

First it's not a job and industry that really interests me (sounds dead boring actually). The only reason I applied is because it's a big and reputable listed company and my experience fits the job requirements.

Secondly, I'm expecting to be sent for an overseas assignment in the coming months which would be a big plus in my resume. Also, it's highly likely I'll be promoted early next year. Lastly, Boss has finally put up a request for a new headcount today, meaning I won't be the most junior in my department very soon.

All things considered, I don't think I'll be changing jobs for at least a year unless they can offer a very substantial increase in pay. I'll be going into this interview basically for more "interview experience" which I don't have much of. But damn, it's still stressful. And I hope word of this doesn't get back to Boss.

# posted by Shopaholic : 11:07 PM

I sent out a few resumes in March on JobsDB for fun. Yesterday, I received a call informing me to go for interview on Monday. As it's for a position I'm not really very keen on, I wasn't ready to take leave to attend the interview and asked whether it can be scheduled for 6pm, after work, instead. The lady said she would have to check with the interviewer and get back to me on that. No call as yet. Sigh, should I call and ask?

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:39 PM

I was just watching our local version of Bachelorette, Eye for a Guy. Omigod, the "star" of the show, Rachel Lee, displayed the personality of a mannequin and speaks lousy English. Her redeeming point? She's gorgeous. But of course, since she represented FHM Singapore.

Some of the guys seemed like total jerks, such as Adam from Australia, but some were real sweeties. Unfortunately, these are the ones who aren't pushy and don't get enough attention from Rachel.

That said, I will still continue watching the show, being the TV junkie that I am.

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:41 PM

Fellow bloggers might want to participate in this survey.......

# posted by Shopaholic : 10:50 AM

Alcoholic got us free tickets so we watched Passion of The Christ at Great World City last night. Gruesome, gory, bloody and violent is how I would describe the movie. Being a non-Christian, it didn't really convey to me the meaning of Jesus's sacrifice, how that was meant to redeem the people's souls/ teach them the "truth".

# posted by Shopaholic : 2:13 PM

Note: Be prepared, this is a lengthy entry.

Expenses
Accomodation, air tickets and airport transfers: S$400
Spending money for food, activities and shopping: S$260
Spa: S$180
Total: S$840
Time spent with good pals and the beautiful scenery (and no work of course!): Priceless!


Day 1 (27th March 2004)
8:30am Singapore time
We arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 1 and checked in for our flight TG406 which departs at 9:20am.

In the waiting lounge, we saw this group of 4 couples on the same flight, some of whom are in the same line as Sleepaholic, who was also recognised. Apparently, they have their company stamp all over their forehead.

9:20am
Takeoff. Sleepaholic and Workaholic saw a guy in the airplane they used to go clubbing with during their mambo days. Fat and balding, with his girlfriend in tow. The 2 gals ducked. That was hilarious.

10:05am Phuket time
We queued at the Customs for nearly an hour before we finally cleared it. They were unbelievably slow! I think because we are so used to the efficiency in Singapore, it gets more pronounced in other countries. Taxi to hotel on Patong Beach – THB550.

12:30pm
Checked into Burasari hotel located at Patong Beach. The entrance is so discreet that we would have missed it had we not been looking out for it. The décor is fabulous, with the dark wood furnitures etc. You must see the pictures to understand. The hotel is small, unlike Grand Tropicana or Holiday Inn nearby, but it’s precisely because of this that it has a more warm and friendly ambience, offering more personalised services.



1:00pm
We headed to a spa recommended by the hotel front desk executive, called Let’s Relax. I didn’t see it in any of the Phuket websites I visited while researching the place but it turned out to be a really modern yet comfortable looking spa in a 3-storey building by itself.

Here, the 3 of us enjoyed a 2-hr 45-min spa consisting of foot reflexology, whole body green tea scrub and lavender aromatherapy massage, price – THB 2,000. The scrub nearly took off the first layer of my skin! I snoozed a bit during the massage though.

4:15pm
We were so greasy because of the massage oil used on our bodies but we are not allowed to shower for 2 hours due to the open pores and such. So we had a quick change of clothing in our hotel room and freshen up a bit.

5:15pm
The tour guide of Phuket FantaSea, winner of Thailand Tourism Award 2000 - 2003 and a show that came highly recommended from Nic-aholic’s friend, came to pick us up. Price – including 2-way transfer, buffet dinner and show, THB 1,800.

6:00pm
Dinner at the Golden Kinnaree restaurant located inside Phuket Fantasea. This also came highly recommended by my cousin but I found it to be very ordinary. The range of dishes wasn’t as huge as he mentioned and the standard was only ok. The restaurant itself was huge though, lots of gold as implied by its name. We wondered whether anybody ever held their wedding dinners there and reckoned that you need to know literally thousands of people in order to fill up the place.

9:00pm
Show starts. We were seated on the 3rd level as we didn’t want to upgrade our seats and the ticketing lady claimed that the first 2 levels seats have already been filled up (Bullsh*t, I saw some rows of empty seats when the show started). Seated behind us were this group of loud China tourists, and a Thai family whose small girl didn’t cease talking to her mom throughout the show. The sets of the show were quite grand and included elephants on the stage. But maybe because we were so exhausted from the journey, we couldn’t really enjoy it properly. Workaholic slept halfway through the show and I was fighting to keep my eyes open. We dashed out the moment it ended in order to beat the crowd and was so anxious for the van to be filled up that the operator found it extremely amusing.

12:00am
After a much-needed/desired shower, we ventured out into the streets for some shopping and chilling out at the cafes/ bars we saw by the beach. Alas, most of the stalls and cafes were closing by the time we reached. That’s how we ended up in Macdonald’s, the only place to stay open till 3am. We sat there observing the passerbys. One recurring couple combination we noted was Caucasian man with Thai woman. Ahem.


Day 2 (28th March 2004)
9:00am
American breakfast at the French restaurant in the hotel, following which we rented a hotel van (with driver, price – THB250) from the hotel and went to our first stop, Go-Kart. Only one phrase to describe it – “cheap” thrill. Haha. It costs about THB 390 for 10min and we were the only ones racing.

Next stop, we dropped by the bungee-jump site to check it out as well since its nearby. Let’s just say it’s not very confidence-inducing and we decided to skip it. Save that for New Zealand.

Finally, Patong beach! We chosed a spot with jetski services in the vicinity, plopped our bags on the beach chairs (Price – THB 50 each!) and checked out the jetski prices. In the end, we settled for the bigger one which sits 3 people (Price – THB 1,000 for ½ hour). Each of us had a 5min training session and then we were off by ourselves. Sleepaholic went first, zooming off from the beach with the 2 of us hanging on for our dear lives. After a few exhilarating minutes, she attempted a turn and oops, we capsized, all 3 of us screaming. We had to wait for rescue in the sea, thank god for life vests. The rest of the session was not as exciting with me and Workaholic on the wheel because we were more paranoid about capsizing. Hehe.

After that, we plonked ourselves down on the beach chairs and tanned.

1:30pm
Urgent toilet break needed. So we walked about 1km further down the beach to the public toilet and grabbed a bite at the same time at the hawker centre. Along the way back, a sign advertising manicure/ pedicure caught our attention and we stopped to get our nails done. Mine is what Sleepaholic calls “Barbie” pink with white flowers; Workaholic’s dark red with white flowers, Sleepaholic’s dark pink with blue flowers. A lady came up and offered henna tatoos and we did that at the same time. Mine a flower on my left shoulder, Workaholic’s a butterfly on her left shoulder and Sleepaholic’s a stretch of flowers above her hip. Very sexy. It felt totally tai-tai-ish with so many people fussing over us. We were dreaming of days we can live like that even in Singapore.



5:00pm
Back at our beach chairs. We wanted to try parasailing but decided against it in view of our tight money situation. Packed our things and walked to find Thara Spa at Thara Patong Hotel, which I saw on a website. It turned out to be a quaintly decorated Thai style spa. After the hot sun, we opt for a 2-hrs 15-min Similan Package (Price: THB 2,090) of White Mud body wrap and Thai massage. The body wrap had us all wrapped in plastic sheets, feeling like mummies. This is the first time I tried Thai massage and it’s the only one that had us putting on clothes instead of taking it off. Nice enough, they manipulated our bodies into yoga-like positions. However, my masseur left a gigantic bruise on my left inner arm! I kept telling her to be softer but she was too busy chatting with Workaholic to pay attention. We were their first and only customers for the day. They seem very fascinated with Workaholic and Sleepaholic’s fair skin.

10:30pm
After another quick shower, we looked for a restaurant to have the supposedly “cheap” seafood dinner which everyone recommended as a 'must have' in Phuket. We chosed a restaurant featuring a live band and enjoyed a dinner of a tiger prawn, crayfish each, plus tom yum soup, fish, calamari, vegetables. So full we were bursting (Price – about THB 2,000). Shopping next but there wasn’t anything interesting or special to buy.


Day 3 (29th March 2004)
6:30am
Checked out and had breakfast.

7:30am
Fetched by the Paradise Cruise Company’s van and transported to the ferry terminal.

8:30am
90min ride on the ferry. We spent the time on the top deck sun tanning, sharing it with 2 middle-aged Caucasians, 2 rather cute Japanese guys and some families. When we reached Maya Bay, Phi Phi Ley, where The Beach, starring Leonardo Dicaprio was filmed, all of us jumped off the ferry for a bit of snorkelling. Not totally what I expected in that the corals were colourless, but fishes were every as beautiful as I imagined. We forgot to bring towels to dry ourselves and had to share Workaholic’s face towel. Consequently, we were wet and cold for the rest of the journey. Maybe because of that and too much sun, I felt sea-sick and nauseous while the 2 ladies were enjoying their Cornetto ice-cream. Thank god we didn’t have to stay too long in the ferry after that.

12:00pm
Reached Ton Sai Bay, Phi Phi Don and had a quick lunch before checking into the Phi Phi Island Cabana hotel. We had a sea-view room overlooking the fantastic, tropical beach with coconut trees and clear, blue-green water, which made up for the room not being as nice as the one in Burasari hotel.

1:30pm
We hit the pool with deck chairs overlooking the sea. While sunbathing there, we observed this Caucasian family of 5 which seems so ideal (They happened to be staying in the room opposite ours). Whole family was blond, good-looking, youngish parents with 2 adorable boys and a girl. The dad played “Monkey” in the sea with the boys while the mom lied in her red bikini beside her daughter building sand castles. Perfect.

3:00pm
Time for us to try out the sea ourselves. Water was quite warm but inviting all the same. Another target for gossip. A blond lady clad in white bikini who spent some time floating around on her back in the sea. She had a thin, pretty face but her body is large, with gigantic thighs. A thin, lanky dark-haired man joined her subsequently and they cuddled together, floating on their backs. Workaholic found them a very mismatched couple in terms of size.



The 3 of us tried to walk further into the sea and were amazed at the distance that we could cover on tiptoes. Tired out, we lay ourselves on the sand, on the water edge. Not far away was the couple. From their conversation (she was loud, we weren’t purposely eavesdropping), we deduced that they have only just met each other. From then, we were coming up with stories of how they must have picked each other up for a holiday romance and when the lady bared her breasts during the conversation, we thought it was a form of seduction. Conclusion when they upped and left? Hot and heavy sex. Ok, bitchy and gossipy bunch of gals we are but what to do, we are 3 singles on a holiday. Of course we bitch.

7:00pm
All cleaned and changed, we hunted for food to satisfy our growling stomachs. Settled on a small restaurant with dark wood furniture and red walls. I didn’t really notice until the 2 gals pointed it out when we were seated, it’s a restaurant cum cooking school, which means all the cooks are probably still learning. In the end, all 3 different dishes we ordered turned out quite similar, maybe because they all have the same ingrediants! Hehe, mistake. We made a bet as to where the Caucasian manager is from, winner gets a Cornetto ice-cream. Workaholic is good, she could even guess Ireland correctly!

We explored the whole stretch of shops after that, and in our search for a place for a drink, we covered a particular stretch at least 8 times? Gosh, my legs were dropping off but it’s amusing to reminiscise about it. Plenty of cheap seafood restaurants here. In the end, we all ordered Heineken at a 2nd level pub where we can people watch. Here, we mused about our lives and future. The 2 of them tried playing the “what-if scenarios” game with me but I suck at it. Haha, I have a lot of perhaps, maybes etc.

Who should turn up but the couple we saw by the beach? Fully dressed to kill, no less. Must have finished and be out looking for food like us, we think.


Day 4 (30th March 2004)
8:30am
Had a quick breakfast and embarked on our journey of sea, land and air home. If you had read my earlier entries, you would recall that I was concerned about the tight schedule of our travelling times. Suay (Unlucky) enough, the ferry was really delayed by half an hour. Not sure why, a lot of the other ferries kept stopping beside ours and moving off after a while. We thought that maybe our ferry ran out of fuel and they had to transfer some over.

Luckily, we arrived at the airport with a bit of time to spare and could even buy some Thai snacks from an airport store. Guess who appeared? The fat and balding friend Workaholic and Sleepaholic were trying to avoid on our trip here. Talk about coincidences! They are on the same flight back. Hehe. With that, we concluded our holiday and I’m now back in the daily grind of deadlines and stress.


Little tidbits
1. There are no air-conditioned places in Phi Phi (and somewhat true for Phuket as well) except for hotel rooms and 7-Eleven (which explains the perpetual crowd).
2. Hookers in Phuket are a lot more discreet. They don’t advertise themselves on the streets. Maybe because the government is cracking down vice.
3. There are only 3 kinds of fruits they serve in buffets there, watermelon, papaya and bananas. Sometimes, there’re pineapples.
4. There must be not much Singaporeans visiting Phuket, the locals kept guessing that we are from China. Either that, or they will guess the 2 gals are Japanese/ Korean and speak Thai to me.

Will add more things as and when I can remember them………


Resources
These are the websites I booked from:
Air tickets
Hotel room in Phuket
Phi Phi stayover

General info on:
Phuket - Phuket.com and Phuket-guide.com
Phi Phi - Island and hotels
Spas - Phuketspa.com and Phuket-spa.com
Maps

# posted by Shopaholic : 6:46 PM