and i shall term this trip as "beginning of the year encouragement trip!" haha.
lion, bobo, bee and bong's little adventure in phuket..
we spent 5 days in phuket and everyday we got con by people. they just love to jack up the prices when they know that you are tourist.. one typical example that happened when we are out shopping (thanks to the dj bee for typing this out! she is the best story teller around!! really LOL non stop when i read it.)shopkeeper: "did piece (plain singlet), i gib you 500 baht. very cheap oredi mam"
zk: no, sorry too expensive.
-walk away-
shopkeeper: "okok, how much you want mam?"
zk: 150 baht... See More
shopkeeper: " cannot mam, best pry i gib you 350 baht"
zk: sorry it's ok then.
-walks away further-
shopkeeper: "okok, best pry 300 baht. very cheap mam"
zk: sorry it's ok
shopkeeper" how much you want mam?"
zk: 150 baht
shopkeeper: "really cannot mam. pris, today me no business i gib you good pry oredi. okok final pry 250 baht."
zk: no thanks
-walks away for good-
shopkeeper: ok lah ok lah, 150 baht for you mam.
*ting ting ting* bingo!
you see? from 500 baht to 150 baht!! seriously wtf! initially i was really shy to bargain with them.. i still feel abit pai seh to lower the price.. but after being con a few times.. i decided to hack care.. and i learnt that the 'walk away' tactic alway works!! hahaha.
anyway.. back to happier and much exciting things...
i tried para sailing!!! omg! my first time!! it's really expensive but worth it lah. 1000 baht ($40) for a few minutes in the sky. i was kind of apprehensive at first... worried that i might just fall from the sky.. what if the strings decided to break because im too heavy.. etc. etc.. the take off was scary though.. but the view up there was amazing.. and i really feels like you are flying! flying like a bird! hahaa. and will i do it again? hmm... not in phuket but some other nicer beaches like maldives? hahaha. only thing is i hope i can have a longer time up there..
preparing to take offff.... weeeeee!! and i must salute the guy behind me that took me on this amazing experience.. if you notice he is not wearing any safety vest not even a life jacket.. and throughout the whole journey he is just clinging on to the strings behind me and holding on to me. they are not even worried about falling down. imagine you holding on to a string only, flying through the ocean and you need to make sure that you had a safe landing.... can you do that? so it's money well spent.. he fucking risk his life to take you for an once in a life time experience eh.
during the trip, we went to phi phi island as well. on the way there the transport that supposed to fetch us there broke down. sibei heng leh we all! hahaha tyre punctured
it's a very beautiful place. clear water! was so excited when i went there. and i finally tried snorkeling!! the hotel guy bought some breads for us and told us to bring it along with us and feed the fishes!! my first time swimming with the fishes.. whenever you throw a bread they will all swam towards you. nice.
camwhoring at maya beach
re reading the undomestic goddess. my companion for the 5 days. and reading this book reminds me that sometimes we need to slow down and take a look at the things, people around us. to find yourself.. to fall in love.. to LIVE. you only live once. so live your life to the fullest!! life is too precious to be waste. dont spent all your time working and ended up neglecting the people around you and forgetting how to enjoy life.. we need to work but when it's time to rest.. REST.and happiness is time spent lazing on the beach, tanning, reading a nice book and relaxing.. if only i can do this everyday... her books never fail to make me smile to myself while reading.. all time favourite author!
we came and left. 5 days spent together doing silly stuffs and not having to worry about work and other random nonsenses.
and now it's time to leave and snap back to reality.. back to work and back to the stressful life in singapore. time to work hard at work. i know that this year is going to be a year filled with lots of projects and random nonsenses for me. more and more demands from boss. HANG ON ZIQI! YOU CAN DO IT!! (:all things come to an end.. but we can always plan for more trips right? like what lionel says when we are back in singapore "it's time to plan for the next trip!!" hahaha.
