that's my countdown. 3 down, 2 to go.
i speak of holidays, vacations, overseas trips, whatever you call it.
hongkong, bangkok, phuket have been completed in 3 separate trips.
hongkong, kl await me in this festive month.
its probably more of a blessing than anything else that i can travel so much in a year, much less in the space of 2 months.
but it is still tiring. very much so.
hongkong was good fun with office mates and colleagues, checking out the usual sights and playing a bit, accompanied by a healthy amount of eating and shopping. didnt really do much, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.
bangkok with clem & the girls was fun too, in a different sense, with a different group in a different country. for once i wasn't to be a tour guide - that was clem's role. but i was unable to shy from becoming the group porter, ahmad, whatever other mundane and menial stuff to be done - it was my cut. practically shopped and ate a lot there since its so freaking cheap. drank cheap thai beer in the nights too, and i was the proud recepient of andrea offering me back massage by stepping all over me as i lay tummy down on the bed. days and nights passed, and i caught few winks btwn them all. but at the end of it all, a much fulfilled trip.
was supp to go nz with my family for my sis' post-psle celebration since she did pretty well so it was to be a reward. but it was not to be since the weather there was "horrid" as quoted from my dad. altered it the last minute (and i mean last minute. like 3 hrs prior to my departure for nz they cancelled the trip) and my butt ended up in phuket instead. not that it was a bad choice. suntanned @ the beach till i burnt red like a boiled lobster, playing loads of pingpong and snooker with dad and sis, canoed, windsailed everyday, ate and ate and ate and drank cartons of beer (not really lar but u get the idea) cos its so super cheap, even in the damn hotel. being treated like a king once in a while is really welcome, chaffeurs ferrying you everywhere, personal assistants at your beck and call (sounds familiar, kim? xP), having a huge room to bask in.. the works really. of course it comes at a price, a hefty one i might add, but that's the joy of family vacations. haha i sound like a bastard son but hey, i cant possibly afford a quarter of the trip. take this for good measure, one room for one night at the hotel (sheraton) without applying taxes can get you the equivalent of an ipod. and we had 2 rooms for 3 nights each. thats 6 damn ipods. i tried dropping hints along the way about the ipod conversion rate i had developed with regards to the trip's expenditure, i wonder if my dad picked them up haha after all xmas is coming!
so those are the adventures gone by of will the whale as i have come to be known recently, thanks to clem the clam and sam the ham.
i think by the time the year is over and all my vacations are complete, i will boycott airplanes for a good period of time because i'm so sick of flying and travelling around.
back to camp tmr, first time in 3 weeks. sigh no wonder i feel a lil sian today. last day of freedom haha. and i have to cut my hair too haha its so freaking long it irritates my neck with rashes sometimes.
