first up, gong xi fa chai my lovely readers!
...if there is any left wtf.
sorry ah for my sporadic updates and unannounced hiatus(es?).
i like writing but it takes too much effort to whip out my camera and take photos, then transferring them and waiting for it to be uploaded onto this page -__-"
the cousins asked me to update so update i shall; also because i want to look back and remember about the amazing place that is phuket.
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fast forward all the planning drama and then receiving news that emkay couldn't make it at the very last minute (think a few hours before we had to wake up for our flight), juliana and i met up with lily at lcct at 5am for our 7am flight :)
i had no sleep prior and stayed up watching a movie in the hotel while ju snoozed for about 2 hours and lily like me, was up the whole night too!
needless to say, we were all feeling WRECKED beyond belief and luckily, the both of them managed to sleep through the flight.
i however, wasn't so lucky -__-"
i amused myself by alternately leaning forwards and backwards at a 5 minute interval wtf.
surprisingly, the whole plane was quite empty :D
the time taken to leave the airport from the minute we touched down was no more than half an hour.
i think we were one of the first flights to arrive in phuket so the immigration lines weren't crazy packed, plus there were not many passengers AND when the officers saw us arriving, they opened additional counters to cater for us.
(sidenote, for the life of me, i cannot understand why perth international airport don't do this. i had to wait 2 hours to clear immigration because only 2 counters were open to accommodate THREE flights.)
anyway, the luggage conveyor belt had already stopped moving by then because all the bags were out and we just had to grab it off.
SO EFFICIENT.
anywayyyyy.
we took a cab with other tourists and it took the driver 3 hours to look for our hotel -___-"
i was in a crazy bad mood by then because i had no sleep, no food, having severe PMS and the driver was just going in rounds.
after FINALLY arriving, the receptionist took another decade to check us in and was hostile throughout because the computer system was down.
the room was okay, nothing worth talking about but since it was only for us to shower and sleep in, whatever la kan.
photo taken from the bus.
super tired but still wanna layan camera faces.
hotel street.
using the hotel wifi on mah blackberry.
after we lolled around, we changed and went to patong for food.
at a tourist trap restaurant because we totally can't be fucked looking anymore.
hungry hor.
after we got our tummies filled and my mood significantly improved, we walked around the streets of patong and bangla road.
most common: pancakes and fruit stalls.
daymn, i miss them sweet sweet coconuts :(
phuket was so hot that people were seen walking around with only their bathers and guys were topless.
i anticipated this kind of weather so i only brought tube tops, singlets and shorts :D
it was so hot that we had to seek solace at jungceylon shopping center; thank god for air conditioning.
at this point i forgot what we did but i vaguely remember us going back to the hotel and resting awhile before coming out to patong again for dinner.
dinner was at a food court; we all had thai food and shared a sticky mango rice which was quite easily the best i've ever tasted.
after dinner, lily and i decided to have a foot massage! :D
i was quite nervous about the prospect of pain but also kinda excited because i like getting my foot RUBBED GENTLY.
judging from my posture, you can probably tell i was more nervous than excited wtf.
lily: eh you really cannot relax wan ah?
-__-"
anyway, my instincts were right to be nervous because the massage
hurt -__-"
she hardly touched my feet and instead kneaded my legs and ankles so fucking hard that over the next couple of days, i had a total of 5 bruises on EACH LEG.
i didn't stop her because i thought it was supposed to hurt but when she pressed a sensitive spot while i was talking to lily & ju, i yelped midway because it was too painful to bear.
i know it sounds overly dramatic and unlikely to happen but trust me, the bruises were right smack on places that she rubbed and even lily had bruises!
those two seem to be really amused at how easily i bruise though. haha.
taking the tuktuk back at about 10ish because we had a long day ahead of us in day 2!
it's 3.11am and i've had a long day X__x
day 2 up soon, which is hands down, the best day :)
promise to blog ok!
x o x
