Phuket trip!!

oh well... it seems almost sinful if i din write anything abt my trip, so here goes...

on the first day, i did... on the 2nd day i did...

nah... how can i bore you with tt? instead, i shall write abt some revelations i made, thanks to this trip!

1. Travelling buddies = forever buddies
it's really true how ppl always say if u manage to go travelling with a friend and still dun feel like tearing his/her hair out or giving him/her a tight slap, this friend's definitely good for keeps! i myself experienced this a couple of times already!

put it this way, we're kinda very vulnerable on an overseas trip... unfamiliar environment, lotsa uncertainties abt things, unexpected circumstances tt crop up halfway. having gone through all the hardship and sticking through both good and bad times together, of course the bond strengthens further!

and this phuket trip really made me realize how fortunate i am to have 2 great frens by my side!

2. i am horribly unfit!!
yesh... francis will know tt cos he heard me panting through the snorkelling pipe in the middle of andaman sea. ha! u're gonna say "wah seh! how xiong can snorkelling be? will pant one meh?" hey!! in order to snorkel, u hafta SWIM can? sometimes swim against the current somemore! and for someone who hasn't exercised for the past 6 months, of course i'll be panting like mad!

but thank god for the life jacket... cos when i'm tired, i just lie flat on the water and float around. only to find that i'd drifted further away from the shore and i had to swim even more to get back later. DANG!

3. i'm not such a beach "babe" after all...
firstly, definitely not a babe... i've put on an ugly tummy and my arms are so flabby now... (dun try to tell me tt's not true... i just saw the ugly photo of me in my swimsuit... bleah!) i think a bikini'll look gross on me. :(

secondly, my nose and my throat cannot take the salt water!! it stung my nose and made them leak and leak after 1 morning of snorkelling. damn gross... and thanks to the sudden capsizing of our banana boat, i drank something like 1 pint 50% saline. which totally burnt my throat... (just like how dextrose 50% burns our patients' veins... ok... desperate attempt at making an analogy)

lastly, i'm so skin conscious i was applying freaking a lot of sunblock SPF 130 (high power sia)!! no way am i gonna fry my skin in the hot sun and end up looking like a black chicken. i think at this day in age, being fair seems to be more IN judging by the number of skin whitening beauty products huh?

4. Spa really makes one feel good!
although it was really embarrassing to strip till nothing and be massaged by a stranger (thankfully a female), i must say i felt really shiok after tt! really really relaxing... and after the green tea scrub, i swear my skin was so much smoother. the pampering also... it feels as though i'm queen... with the serving of tea, fetching of the room slippers, bowing when they ask u to go shower, etc. the lady was so sweet and nice i gave her all "Excellent" rating in the feedback form!

so terrible... i'm such a budding taitai! haha!

5. Trips are good for pre-marriage trials
erm... not that i was having any weird thoughts/crush/marriage ideas with regards to francis and nic. but well, i can't help thinking abt this since i went on this trip with 2 guys ma... haha!

Going for overseas trips is actually a very good way to gauge if you can really marry and live with say a particular guy. Or not. i seriously think SDU should look into this. i mean it's a lot more realistic than organizing some speed dating or dinner get-together sessions. only when u're on a trip and u face someone 24hrs a day then u start seeing the quirks and habits of the person (of course, the good points too la! haha!). then u can decide whether u can tolerate and live with him for the rest of your life right?

perhaps this is one way to solve the problem of rising divorce rates... hmm...

i think our generation of ppl are no longer like our parents or grandparents. in the past, they get married and stay married cos of a sense of commitment and prob also cos it's a stigma to be a divorcee during their time. they may hate the guts of each other or may dislike certain traits of their partners but they'll tolerate it for the sake of keeping their marriage.

but now, we're more concerned abt finding the right one who fits in, just so tt there's less need to exercise tolerance in the future? no wonder divorce rates are high... cos once tt person's found to fall short from the expectations, they forget wat's the meaning of tolerance and choose the easy way out.

oops... i'm digressing again... *as usual*

anyway, back to the trip...

all in all, it was a great trip! tiring but fulfilling cos we had our many firsts during this trip! our first spas, their first bungee jumps, our first parasail and banana boat, francis' first snorkel, our first self-sponsored hard-earned overseas trip, first time in budget terminal...

and now it's back to work... i'm on call tom... :(:(:(