Phuket. The Experience.

Welcome to Phuket!



Ooopss..Okay take two, WELCOME TO PHUKET!!





Land of the smiles. Beach, sun, sea and loads of fun and maybe ladyboys(the term there) =D



Day 1



6 people. Chua.Li ying.Joel.Felicia.Joey.Me

18/11/09 - Wednesday, 0400 hours, yes that is 4.00am

The 6 of us. From left, Felicia, Joel, Joey, Me, Chua and Li Ying.

We had gone shopping the whole day before and slept at 1.30am. Woke up at 3.30am in KTT, had a cold shower and went to LCCT with the AdikMe van at 4am. Reached the airport and ate some buns to keep our tummies full and warm haha. Flight was at 7am and we landed at 7.10am, Phuket time, +7GMT

So just after we landed we booked a tour for the next day to the Phi Phi Islands costing RM130. So we took a bus to Phuket Town and when we reached there we just wandered around like lost tourists, easy pickings for the TukTuk drivers haha. So we walked around, tried some of the roadside food. Some fried sausages and prawn balls. Then we had brunch at some restaurant, tried tomyam, pork and some sweet famous Thai dessert. Joel kept harassing the lady about the price of his brunch lol.

One of the many 'tuktuk's we took =D


We took a tuktuk to the hotel but to get a cheaper price he said he would take us to his friend's shop. He took us to that tourist kinda shop where you can get souveniors and he gets commission from it. Bought a few things and resumed our journey to our hotel.

We booked a 4 star hotel together with the flight tickets but only 1 room shared by the 6 of us. It cost us Rm66 a night but....dum dum dum, dum....Disaster strikes. Chua and Li Ying checks in first as the hotel is our Chua's name. The plan was after 15 mins Li Ying would call us and tell us the room number but she didnt. Our phones were giving problem adapting to the Thai line so after 20+ mins we were like okay lets just go in. Upon entering the hotel the guy at the lobby said,

"Where are you going?"

Then were like,

"Erm visiting a friend", he asked

"What floor is the room?"

We answered,

"3rd floor".

Upon reaching the 3rd floor, it was obvious why he let us go on the elevator. The third floor out of like 20+ floors was the SWIMMING POOL and no rooms LOL. Then we managed to contact Li Ying and dashed to their room. After less than a minute, the phone rang. They asked her who we were and asked us to go out in 15 minutes. Kena tangkap on CCTV entering their room. Busted! What a thing to happen, at the beginning of the trip some more. But nvm, we went around and found a nice hotel for RM100 a night and we 4 shared a room. TIP : Don't book your hotel when going to Phuket, just walk around and you'll get a good deal.

Us in our hotel room.

The tourism website's picture of the streets of Phuket.

The actual streets of Phuket =D


After that ordeal we just walked around the Patong area. Loads to see and just experience the streets. We went to Jugceylon mall and just walked around, the mall was not bad, kinda classy. Had pineapple rice in an actual pineapple! It was delicious =D then we took a stroll on the beach around twilight and then headed back to Patong and Bangla Road(notorious for its nightlife =D). It was still early and we ended up in a bar. Had Chang beer and had a laugh watching Chua and Joel playing rock paper scissors to see who would down the whole glass haha. Bought Joey a wreath/orchids on a string made into a loop. Haha funny story to it but nvm =p

Jugceylon Mall Patong

In the mall

6 of us in Bangla Road at night

Bangla Road

Bangla Road again, twilight

Tiger Bar, Bangla Road

So after that we went back to our hotels and showered and guess what?? It was only 10.45pm LOL and we went to sleep.

FOOD
Some of the food we had and saw in Phuket.

Pineapple Rice in Jugceylon Mall

Mango Sticky Rice, yum yum

One of the mannnyyyy sweet and sticky Thai deserts

HUGE lobsters and prawns, wow.

DOUBLE BIG MAC?? OMG!! Dream come true HAHA.

Day 2

Price:1300 baht inclusive of buffet lunch and ferry, snorkelling gear

Aerial View of Phi Phi Don

The ferry we took to the Phi Phi islands.

Woke up at 7am and left for the jetty in a van at around 8.15am. Li Ying wasn't feeling so good that morning(what you 2 did alone arr? =p) anyway, so we reached the jetty about an hour later. The ferry was quite nice and we had free coffee and tea on the way haha. Joey and I wanted to feel the breeze so we went up to the front of the ferry. Then suddenly it hit a big wave and it splashed high up. Everyone that was enjoying in front there got soaking wet haha that was fun. So we came back to the group soaking wet when we didnt even reach the islands yet =D

We were soaking wet by this time haha.

Us in the Phi Phi Don island beach

Us having fun =D

We stopped after 1.5 hours upon reaching Phi Phi Ley(the girl on the loudspeaker pronounced it so funny, Pi Pi...pause..Leyyyy) and jumped off the ferry for snorkelling. It was my first time so it was quite okay/fun for me la lol but the others had been to Redang so comparitatively it was nothing compared to Redang(insert Malaysia boleh cheer here* =D). It was kinda murky and not that many fishes but okayla got some corals and fishes very near us cause some bread was right beside us. That water bug bit all of us and its kinda annoying. So then we went to Phi Phi Don and had buffet lunch. Walked around the island, lotsa small shops selling souveniours and stuff, wanted to try their pancakes but was too full. Took some pics at the beach and headed back to Phuket. On the way back, Joey tried to find us a seat in the ferry's cloase, air conditioned placed and 2 guys were sitting in the middle of four seats so she asked them whether we could get 2 by 2 seats and they said, 100 baths. LOL. But of course, they were just kidding haha.

LOL look at the propellors

Amazing islands

Funky specs =D

Us getting ready to go snorkelling

Entrance to Monkey's Bay

Small island just popping out of the sea.

Snorkelling hehe.

Entrance to Phi Phi Don

Went back to the hotel at around 5pm, took our baths and met up. Went for a Thai Massage for 200 baht =D It was totally worth it. I enjoyed the back massages the best, and the crick-crak like the knuckle breaking sound kinda back twist(okay you try describing it lol). With nice oldies music like Dust in The Wind and Tears in Heaven playing softly and the orange glow of the place with the smell of the massage oil and Joey by my side, it was really a nice experience.

Haha no sex? No business la =p

Me on the massage bed.

Then we walked around Patong/Bangla Road area. Tonight it was more lively as it was later on, around 10pm. Ate some amazing roadside pork filled sausages. Had dried squid from the stalls too and it tasted yummy. Hmm had some cashewnut prawns and rice for dinner, not bad. Then jalan jalan, ahkuas and prostitutes everywhere. Every white guy had at least one prostitute, yes at LEAST one and at the most . . . haha I'll leave that to your imagination. We looked at an ice bar and I kinda wanted to go in but we had to buy shots, so in the end we didn't go in but I really regret it now. At one strip show at the roadside, Joel was staring at the girls and they danced towards him and winked at him hahaha and the bar girl actually came and pulled him LOL. We cabut haha.

The ice bar. I wana go.

Even white boys have prostitutes. LOL

Dancing ladies

Bangla Road


Then took booked an elephant ride for the next day but we(me and Joey) wanted to go relax on the beach and have a swim so we didn't go for the elephant ride. Then we went to tidur.

Misc Pics

Thank God we didn't have to use that =D

Me and McDonald in the Sawadika pose

Anyone recognise Borat's swimming trunks? I'm sure Kumar will =D

Promoting their upcoming Thai Kickboxing or Muay Thai match in the streets

Nice flowers on water.

Day 3

Woke up early around 7am. Bought breakfast the night before at the 7-11 and took a short walk with Joey to the nearby beach. There were many beach chairs ready on the beach but u had to rent them so we just settled for sitting on the sand. Had our Ham & Cheese and Garlic Chicken sandwiches and milk for breakfast, it was a very nice morning. The beach was very well maintained, there were actually people sweeping the sand for rubbish. Then we went for a swim in the sea. The seawater wasnt THAT clear but it was okay, the weather was just perfect too, not too hot.

Then, *drum rolls* topless girls! Okay my bad, old women LOL. Having a sun tan. lol.

Okay anyway, we went back to the hotel after that, had out bath and checked out of the hotel. Had another massage but this time we had a foot massage. The difference was it was concentrated on the feet and it had oil. Didn't really enjoy it, the person wasn't skilled, the ambience was out and I totally didn't enjoy it. Next we went out walking around Patong area again. Wanted to try some fried insects but the lady just walked off from us o.O strange. Wish we could have tried that.

They still sell stuff this way.

After that we took a tuktuk to another shopping place, Premium Outlet Phuket or POP for short LOL, which was classier and the prices were about the same as our local prices. Had a pork burger for dinner and then we were off to the airport.

Premium Outlet. Very nice looking.

PIA. Phuket International Airport.

Bye bye phuket.

So that ends our short but enjoyable trip to Phuket. Merry Christmas to everyone and have a Happy New Year. Please don't message me after the 26th as I will be in Melbourne till the 12th of January so happy holidays.

My next entry will be about my trip to Australia, so until then, ciaoz.

To wherever we may venture to next..

Graduation Night Class of Nov 2009 (Oh no not another person blogging about this)

Yes yes I know its filled with cobwebs but welcome back to this dusty old joint =D

Do we really need another KTT-ian(my college folks or EX-college as of now) blogging about their Prom/Graduation dinner again? And the answer is, spare me laaaaaa =( just a short post kay? I've got more pictures at Facebook.

So we(Kolej Teknologi Timur aka KTT class of Nov 09) had our graduation dinner at Pan Pacific KLIA. And lets let the pictures do the talking aite?

Me and Joey

Me and Susu(whom at first I didn't like at all but we turned out to be good friends =D)

Me and my roommate(Keshan) At least I'm not that short =D

Me and Ziqah(One of my first friends in KTT =D)

From left. Joel and Felicia. Me and Joey. Chua and Li Ying. Beh and Chai Lian.

Since all 4 of us not so eligible bachelors, so gotta be matured and 'control macho' and serious right?

WRONG!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!! LOOK BELOW.

Makan makan time. Food was quite nice and I took food for the 2 of us so it was ALOT on 1 plate and my classmates were like o.O Shawn, banyaknyer makan hahaha whattttttt????? For 2 people la makcik. But it was waay too much for both of us also.

Spaghetti. Lamb. Roasted Chicken. Beef. Calamari Rings and Mayo. Buttered Prawns. Some err seafood kinda thingy. Cendol. Potatoes. Apple Crumble and Vanilla. Cheese and Chocolate cakes.

After food had some performances which were quite cool. Wished there was a dance floor though hmm =(

Me and Joel being all 'grown up and mature' after one and a half years down the road....or maybe not....

Nah we're still crazy LOL

One of the last picture of the day. Went back around 1 am ++. Hmm can't wait for our language(KI) course. Till then, take care and have fun KTT-ians. Don't lupa kawan aite? =p

Watch out for the next update about my Phuket trip =D

1Malaysia

Have you ever wondered what 1Malaysia actually means? To me, this picture just sums it all up. It's my family with my relatives visiting my family's close friend on Hari Raya.

Old Volkswagen Beetle on the left. Wooden house on stilts. Indian, Chindian(Chinese+Indian), Chinlay(Chinese+Malay), Chinese, Malay and even Mamak(Indian Muslim). Really like the wooden floor with gaps inbetween the planks.

Haha I had great fun there EATING the lemang, beed floss, the spicy beef kinda thingy and the rendang and listening to that aunty's sayings haha 'Packed to the rafters' and the others I can't really remember.

Outings.
We were supposed to go to Poh Loong's Steamboat Buffet thingy(which I heard is quite good) but due to unforseen circumstances, we ended going to . . . . drum rolls* oh dear.. McDonalds.
But we had a nice time la since it was a really big group, met a few people I havent seen in ages. We took quite many pics(the girls took loads) but it's in my friends camera so I haven't gotten them. The only pic I took was this....

They were watching part of a movie on some juniors laptop through the glass. LOL

We had another outing to Pizza Hut after protests from us not to go to Sushi King, I've already eaten too much Sushi in KL and had the Sushi King here with my family d. Pictures sadly not with me also. Then went to the 38-est girl's house coz she wanted to see her lao gong. Then balik rumah lol and studayyyyy.

Getting Old. Bye Bye Piloting.

Ah yes. I said I would blog about my new specs and sadly its only the specs without the male model =p because I didn't really take any nice pictures with the specs(maybe I just look nerdy with it in pictures) so yeah this is my new pair of specs =D

Quite a plain and simple 1.

The case for it. I like the case =D

Last but not least.
Imagine if one of us answered like this in our exams haha, just for the heck of it =D

Maths

Well they did say FIND not calculate. Brilliant fella.

Brain freeze? Do something funny. Haha. At least get a laugh out of a stupid situation.

And No, I'm not a sexist. Just a funny pic =D

Chemistry.

And the real answer is . . ? If you can't answer, and you're from KTT then it's time to start revising =D haha.

You can't go wrong with God in it right? =D Haha

Physics.

Can't imagine Zaini's(our Phys lecturer) face if he finds out we did something like this, haha.

So yeah I was bored and decided to blog. Till the next time =D I'll online from KTT and update this blog la(hopefully=D).

Happy Studying to all the A2 people.
Don't forget to floss after every meal(trying to be a good future Dentist) HAHA.
Don't forget to miss me.
And don't forget to stock up on food for the A2 festive season =D

Thats all for now.
Ciaoz..

Dosen't matter if you're black or white, or yellow, just READ IT.

This is the blog. The same one that people want to make a police report about. Behold the wonder that is I~ Hahaha okay that was pure syiok sendiri but who cares, it's not like everyday someone threatens to make a police report against your blog right? xD

On a lighter note, lets start =D

A2~! Supposedly 3 times harder than AS (ALEVELS is split into 2 parts in case you guys don't know, AS is the 1st part and A2 is the 2nd), yet so many things has happened during my A2 so far(since June).

H4N1 spc.The truth is OUT~ The very beginning of H1n1 hehe.

So apparently I got the cough from Gan and it was one hellova virulent strain (probably the epidermic in TI, H4N1 spc.) Okay that was a lot of crap but yeah I was really sick after the holidays for a month. I even googled H1N1 symptoms on the library computer because I thought I had H1N1 lol.

x100000 view of the virus with glycoprotein on the surfaces(Bio student trying to show off but failing ahaks)

How I made it worse.
1. Nandos =D
2. Ice lemon tea
3. Famous Amos Ice Cream

How I made it better.
1. Medicene in the apartment
2. Medicene from the clinic
3. Medicene my mum couriered to me LOL

Graphical representation of the virus. With the DNA strands.

In the end, I just got accustomed to the cough and it didn't bother me. After a month++ it actually went away lol.

Chemistry Lecturer Problem
So then there was this problem with our chemistry lecturer which frankly I don't really give 2 shakes about it anymore. Everone put the blame on me, so be it. Blah~ I'm so scared, bite me.

Apartment down to 3 residents
Oh btw, our apartment of 4 has been reduced to an apartment of 3. I'm sure I don't have to elaborate on this =D

Secret Admirer?!
Anywayyyy, so apparently I had a secret admirer that kept msging Susu. Claimed to be a junior, but obviously it has to be a trick. Most people thought it was Joel and JOANNA had to nerve to think it was me msging Susu, LOL?.......

It was quite scary at one part coz the person was kinda stalking me and knew everything I was doing and that was kinda freaky. Well until now I don't know who it is hmmmmm. Well too bad anyways, I'm no more single and available haha but I'd like to know who you are hmm haha.


Alamanda Trip
1st outing after the holidays, went with Joey, Sharon, Felicia and Daniel. I had lotsa fun there. Let the pictures do the talking.

Our 3 very pretty models =D

Manhattan Fish Market

Now you can see why I was very happy =D

Joey's Birthday - 13/8

Making a wish, blowing out the candles. We thought of tricking her, but she saw through our plan haha the smart girl =D

Party people.

I like this pic.

Cute.

Hope you liked the parties Joey hehe.

Keshan's Birthday - 5/9

Went out for biryani at Al-Sallam but didnt take any pictures. Had a lotta food at the pasar malam beforehand and ate a lotta mutton at Al-Sallam. Vomited in INTI a few times. What a terrible night. Then had the surprise birthday party, was feeling too sick to enjoy it but hope you enjoyed it Keshan. Didn't even had the apetite for the cake.

Party People

Birthday Boy

KTT CF

Seniors preparing hard for our LAST CF. Handover to the juniors.

The old committee.


Bowing down, making way for the brand new leaders for Christ!


Old + New Committee. Ricky going 'Mamak Kau' And Maegyvear is disturbing Susu haha. Victor ss-ing up there haha =D


Don't ask.


NOO! I still want to be the Music Coordinator! You can't make me step down!


Last CF. We gave our all. Praise God for our wonderful year in CF and for the awesome juniors that would bring CF to even greater heights!!

AS Results
So we got our AS results and THANK GOD!! I got straight A's. It really is a miracle I got an A for Chemistry. Most of us got straight A's so congrats to them 2. Those who didn't get, don't be discouraged, be more semangat-ed for A2~!!

We booked a taxi to Alamanda even before we knew the results, we were just determined to get out of KTT. Luckily it was a day to enjoy, not cry over spilt milk hehe.

IELTS Results
Well frankly I didn't prepare at all for this, maybe I'm the least bothered but i managed an 8.0 so yeah, xD. I remember I put English as my first language and Miss Izati said, no, IELTS is for people who take English as their second language, blahhh~ had to put Tamil in the form LOL.


Movie Reviews
The Proposal - Chick Flick. Strict workaholic female boss with male secretary/PA(i forgot). Fake a marriage, fall in love. BORING

The Ugly Truth - Very funny romantic comedy. Recommend to watch =D Guy showing the ugly truth about relationships, very untrue la the way he says it, not in Malaysia anyway.

Up 3D - Storyline okok, boring. Almost no 3D effects so don't waste money watching it in 3D. Wana watch G-Force in 3D!!!

Transformers 2 - HOT HOT HOT! Enough said.

Public Enemies - NOT NOT NOT! Enough said too. Never EVER watch it.

District 9 - Good storyline, gory but good.

Wanna watch GI Joe but apparently its not showing anywhere anymore =(


Driving to Bukit Bintang

So we drove to Bukit Bintang and reached Times Square within an hour but we wanted to park at Marriott so we drove and we absolutely had no idea of KL roads and took us 3 hours to reach back at square one aka Times Square. Where was GPS when we needed it? We asked for directions a lot and one time, a Middle Eastern man came and gave us direction, like WTF? HAHA foreigner giving directions to malaysians =D

We had fun taking a lotta pics in the 3 hour ordeal hehe.

3D glasses for UP in Pavilion. We bought a twin seat. Very comfy.

Yummy Escargots in The Ship

Fillet Steak de Brandy smth smth. It was really delicious. Flamed with brandy.

I can't take another bite.....

So basically that wraps up my A2 thingys but I omitted a lot of outings to 1Utama, Sunway, Times Square, KLCC and so on haha. So yeah, before the end of the holidays I'll update again. And I have astig and short sightedness so I've gotten myself specs =D So next post will be about that hehe.

All the best to those still having trials and LETS GO OUT YAMCHA LA!!!