7 days later

Days could go by so swiftly whenever you wish it would stand still for abit more. My trip this round could have been better...but i guess i have to try not to be too overly demanding on things. I'm not saying its entirely bad, its rather...well, could have been better. Anyways, a week in a foreign island. Sleeping till almost 10 every morning. Waking up to a buffet breakfast. Walk on the beach. Or just laying on a chair whole noon, getting a good tan with a book and the sea breeze. Moment of tranquility is a rare find these days.

I got a lil seasick on my arrival, the sea was rough and my tummy have been rumbling like the waves beneath the boat that took me. Took me the whole day to recover. I dont remember getting seasick before. This is first. Most days were pretty uneventful...just cruising along the narrow streets around town. Listening to washing waves and the occasional 'peem peem' coming from the local cyclist that do not own a bicycle ringbell.

Bumped into 3 chinese on day 4, they were enquiring at the local travel office while i was there waiting for my pickup to the sunset cruise i've just signed up an hour earlier. They decided to join in for the cruise...for a very simple reason: we speak the same language. And it was that...i ended up having dinner wih 3 newly mets and traded emails and promised we would send our pictures over. The world's a family after all.

I had my first spa experience this round. Wasnt anything fancy i must say. It's just 3 hours of pure endurement. I couldnt help feeling ticklish during the scrub and the oil massage session. I'm gonna pass goin for spa for a long time.

On the return, the flight got delayed for 2 hours. Expected. I'm hoping i can rest a lil bit more in the coming days before work starts. I wouldn't wanna start thinking about work...really...i'm not.

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The night I left

The airport is bustling with people tonite. Parents. Childrens. Tourists. Locals. All taking advantage of the long weekend to get out of the country. It's half past seven. My flights late again. Announcement was just
made for boarding. By right, we are suppose to be on air by 740pm.

Pre-Vacation Syndromes

1. Emotions flying high, then it could dip all the way till it hits rock bottom. Or maybe just hovering before it hits the bottom. Some joker's getting on my nerve these days. Giggling all the time as if everything is a joke. Grrrrr.

2. Its all about looking good! I started my run today. Yeah. I really THINK it helps.

3. I've been trying to finish off my workload, trying to minimise the list of 'handover' items to send out.

4. To bring or not to bring? I have not come out with a list of what i would like to carry with me (less the essentials, of course). I suppose i'm just waiting till i get home and drag my backpack out of the closet shelf. Then perhaps i'll start thinking. That time to my departure...7hours, 8 the most. Inclusive of sleep time.

5. Ohhh and the list...the other list...my songs. There's only so much i can carry in my 8GB...another time-consuming errand. I'll probably pass on this one.

6. And they finally confirmed my itinerary today! I'm really hoping everything's gonna go according to plan. At least, pls dont let my hotel go wrong, or the flight got delayed...or anything along those lines.

Dinner time. I think my sweats beginning to dry up. Time to hit the shower and gobble down my Mee Goreng Kicap + Chicken Nuggets + Sausages. Yah i know. So much for the run. Thats life for you.


...the weather's not looking too good. I hope its not that accurate. :(

Onward...!

It's coming...and i'm getting excited with each passing day. Its been a while since my last actual break...i'm just hoping for good weather despite it being monsoon...hopefully the sea's not too rough and the sun would shine a lil for me on some days. I'd be the happiest person on earth...and i promise to be good the whole year. It's late again, i'm still not too convinced with my new toy...i've been on an ON/OFF dilemma, trying to convince myself that i did not make a bad decision the other day. Here's some of my judgement calls again...

The day after

...and i thought i could go further to hunt for new stuff to test drive my new machine...i ended up taking the least significant of things...oh well, at least i get some shots done.

My 2nd digital

Sometimes i wonder if i'm that easily convinced, i was out on a hunt for my new camera. I have always wanted to get another Sony. My old one served me 6 long years and i have made a silent agreement to get another of its kind. Then came mr smurf...telling me to get Fujifilm F200. A big piece of device, not pretty but he said it was a great cam with nice underwater casing as well as highly rated night shots.

After all that was said, read, and done. I got myself...out of the blue...a Pentax P70. I have no idea what this camera can do nor even read anything about it prior to visiting the shop. Perhaps it was the salesman's trick or its probably just me, after a few convincing demos, i walked out of the shop...with something which i had no intention of getting in the first place...and 500$ short from my bank account. I'm really hoping i wouldn't regret it.

The Triple As

Agony, Agitation, Anger.

I know this isnt something good to blog about. But i think i have been holding back alot of negativities lately. I'm not sure what has caused all these build ups, but i'm pretty sure this thing is gonna drag me to hell and deeper. I'm losing my sanity, or perhaps not that serious just yet...but i guess its close. The world i live in now is filled up with short bursts of excitements, in which i have been frantically trying to sustain. When all else fail, i would resort to barking. Horrible. I have been trying to surpress for a while now. But the more i do it, the more i feel the need to lash out at the people around me. I've become what i have hated most. Rude, ignorant and self-centered. I just hope i dont stay this way for the rest of my life. Or its gonna be a long and lonely journey ahead...