Another destination off my checklist in the “Sun Sand Sea” category, Phuket. It was a lengthy 9 Days 8 Nights trip, supposedly known to be a graduation trip with the poly group. On overall, I wouldn’t say that it wasn’t fun, but rather Phuket is very beautiful and I love the beautiful weather despite getting sunburnt. I had no complaints about the food even though some of the delicacies such as Tom Yum could be slightly spicy, but with Cha Yen, Cha Dam Yen and all the fresh fruit blended juices, spicy wasn’t a problem at all.
Best of all, I managed to learn some simple Thai phrases such as:
Sa-wa-dee-ka : which means hello for girls (karp for guys)
Kop-bunt-ka : which means thank you for girls (karp for guys)
ka : which means yes
mai-ao : which means no
P-name : addressing someone as a senior, for formality purposes
Neng, Song, Sum, Si, Ha : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
It wasn’t that hard after all, trying to learn some basic thai for travel purposes!
So here’s Day 1: We took Jetstar and did an online check-in which we could head straight to boarding gate without having to head to the counters. Pros? You could arrive later at the airport. Cons? You need to print a hardcopy of your boarding pass. We arrived in Phuket in the late afternoon, had a good meal and then proceeded to the Indigo Patong Hotel. First night, drinking session ON!
Day 2: There was hangover and all of them woke up late and after Pad Thai lunch, we headed to Surin Beach and booking of Phi Phi Island One Day Tour.
Day 3: We headed out to Phi Phi Island the water was really clear and beautiful! How much I wish the girls would be able to see that and Siru too! After getting back to the hotel, rest and cleaning up, we headed for dinner and then to Bangla Road to Monsoon! I saw tonnes of ladyboys and impressively the night scene was spectacular and my jaws just dropped when I saw those that were dancing on the pole. It was fiery HOT!
Day 4: Everyone had pretty bad hangover and we all woke up late, so pretty much wasted the whole morning and afternoon and then we headed to Central Festival for a meal, I think. I couldn’t really recall what exactly did we do, after the vomit on Day 6.
Day 5: We checked out of Indigo Patong and headed to Jungceylon with a quick lunch before P Wirote picked us up and drove us to Indochine, the beautiful pool villa that we stayed in for 2 nights! The villa was beautiful but the pool waters kind of made my eczema act up, itchy skin all over. We also when to the night market and took a motorbike taxi! Honestly, it’s considered my first time riding on a bike on the main road WITHOUT HELMET! To end the fabulous night, there was a pool party but there was barely any people and it wasn’t like how I think parties were in those Youtube videos.
Day 6: I had an awesome breakfast at Indochine and after breakfast, my day literally ended. I BLACK OUT. Well, it all thanks to Ibuprofen and Alcohol. I was “dead”. (I knew menses was coming, so I took Ibuprofen to delay the starting date and somewhat, I took alcohol and that’s it. GG!)
Day 7: Checked out of Indochine and checked in into Indigo Patong again where Pam decides to sleep with Ally, leaving me to a big queen bed for myself! The rest went out for Go-kart while I stayed in the room, still not well. But, they came back with a red velvet cake for me that I told Pam to help me buy it after seeing Ally’s instapic.
Day 8: Last second day of the trip where P Wirote drove us out for a Phuket Day tour and Wei En fell ill and ChongHuang had to send him back. P Wirote brought us around to the temples and beautiful sights which the whole journey I was trying to tell myself to endure endure for the nausea feeling felt so bad.
Day 9: Finally, I am getting back to Singapore. I simply couldn’t can’t wait to step foot into Singapore! Somewhat, I would miss P Wirote for being such a nice person for bringing us around and all his funny jokes just made me laugh and giggle! Oh, and I stepped foot into Thailand cinema watching Noah at Central Festival!
And that’s the end of the trip.. xxx
Here’s Indigo Patong Room Tour, presenting you tour guide Yun!
I know I have been leading this loner life since forever and I really do, enjoy shopping alone, spending time with myself alone, wandering around places in Singapore alone.
It’s really very nice just to walk around, looking at things and people and yet not needing to talk to people and this time, I have decided to head down to Forever 21 to do some shopping alone.
So, I ended up some basics tops and a sunglasses for only $10! A really pretty one in purple! (My favourite colour~)
Here’s me attempting to take a photo of this pretty lilac top with sheer panels at the side. It cost $23 if I’m not wrong.
And I tried on this peplum skirt in beige and it looked ugly on me! 😦
Then I fell in love with this ombre sleeve top but too bad the colour of mint doesn’t have size small and I’m not really a fan of coral pink, so I decided not to get it. BUT IT’S PRETTY RIGHT?
And here’s photos of me in a very basic pocket tee in white!
I know I have been looking very terrible if you can see my colour of my face, it looks pale, eye bags, panda circles, I was in a very terrible shape because I hadn’t been able to sleep well due to insomnia or rather, my body clock is screwed due to late night activities.
It’s the holidays, so I was staying in malaysia and I’ve decided to follow my aunt on their company retreat to A’Famosa and as well as a day trip to Melaka and Muar!
Look at the gorgeous clouds that can be seen from the highway!
On the roadtrip on a Proton car!
Nice greenery right?
A round-about!
A water feature greeting us at the A’Famosa resort!
Condo D’Savoy! Where we are staying!
A security entrance!
Buffet Dinner at the resort!
The food was terrible and even the pastries didn’t make the mark and weren’t even comparable to those bought from neighbourhood pastry shop! 😦
Gorgeous fireworks from our room!
Morning view of the dining area!
Golf area!
Apartments!
Lobby level of our condo!
Lobby!
The POOL!
My cousin at the balcony of our room!
On the later of the 2nd night, we drove down to Melaka for a tour around and went to Jonker Walk!
The really crowded and popular attraction of Melaka, JONKER WALK!
Kuih Bahulu! Really yummy!
Handmade LIVE!
Looks good? 😉
Steamed dim sums! 3 for RM2!
Just take a bag, poke 3 of your choice into the bag, pay and start eating!
Some crafts being sold at the stalls!
Really hottttt!!!!
Handmade Kueh!
The BEST chendol ever! From Jonker Walk!
Every ingredient is at the bottom!
It’s Durian Chendol!!!
SHIOK ARH!
LOKLOK!
Pick your food that you want and then dip them into the pot of satay sauce for cooking!
It’s one for RM0.60 per stick1 So eat as much as you want!
Next stop was MUAR!
Cathay in Muar!
The famous carrot cake in Muar!
Here’s the carrot cake! It was so good!
KUEH!
Muar’s famous for it’s really red Char Siew!
And we settle in this coffee shop for lunch!
Prawn crackers!
Pork satay is also the best street food in MUAR!
Cockles satay !
Wonton noodles are also a must try in MUAR!
We ordered a big bowl of wontons and dumplings!
Now, this is the BEST MUAR OTAH SHOP!!!
You’re so gonna in love with those otah once you take a bite!
No joke, they are real delicious and we bought like 2 cartons of them!
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It was the best road trip ever, especially being able to eat so many famous street food in Muar and Melaka!
“Sometimes, the best food may not be the most expensive food, it can be just a simple fare from a street stall and it can still taste heavenly!”~Me
We decided to head to Sentosa during this end semester break!
And although the sun that day wasn’t really that sunny and hot at all, more of cloudy and about to rain weather, my suntanning plan actually had to foil because there was no sun…*SIGHS*
But, still we had so much fun there!I was waiting for the train…
Waiting for Sentosa Express…but seriously, it’s my first time boarding the monorail from Vivocity!
We played beach volleyball, but only for a while…
Emrys’s flip flops, aztec prints sure looks pretty enough!
Our spooky pre-halloween photo! BOO!
Jumpshoots, my fav! 😀
Yahoo!
Yeahhh~
A very unglam one! YIKES!
Finally a nice one!
Like I wasn’t ready… OOPSIE DAISIE!
My gorgeous hair wet with seawater and dusted with sand:P
But WeiYi captured it well!
BRACE FACE RULES! I’m so random xD
And we went to the Southern most point of Southeast Asia 😀
We ended the trip with a dinner at Jia Xiang Mian!
It’s actually Kor-Loh mee, in malaysia’s terms!
Sunny!
And I shall end off with my favourite photo!
Hopefully I’ll get to go Sentosa again! Till next time…
So, here’s my video of a compilation of the bits and pieces of short clips taken during my study trip to taiwan!
Nothing fanciful, nothing much, a short performance by the performers from the Aboriginal Cultural Village and maybe sightseeing with Elmo on the high-speed rail.
