It's now or never...

Just managed to confirm my flight for SA. Somehow, leaving this time is very different compared to the last. I know what is waiting in Joburg and I know what to expect from the people, the weather & mainly the job.

Sad part about my departure is that my parents will not be able to send me off at the airport. I did try to fix my flight so that it was possible, but many factors out of my control influence the end result. I'm sorry mommee and daddee, but I won't mind it. I seriously hope you can too :D. I won't know how it feels because I'm not a parent yet, maybe one day a similar experience will backfire at me :P... well look at it this way, I'm going for a holiday and will be back sooner than you think. Really! I promise to keep this blog alive even though we will be meeting online almost everyday. I will try to describe my personal experiences living in SA and how nice it is to all my blog visitors.

I'd have to say I'm quite happy to return to SA. I thought I'd never do it ever again, but here we go.... Not everyone will be presented with such an opportunity. I don't want to regret not seizing it soon enough, again. I seem to be telling myself more nowdays to "Regret doing rather than regret not doing", in terms of anything legal and sane of course.

Nonetheless, this is an opportunity of a lifetime!

Looks like I will be squeezing you more in a few weeks time.... heheheh...


Thanks mommee and daddee for sending off from home. As for the ride/send off at the airport, Skinny aunt & Bro Jimmy, Hong/Sis & family....

Langkawi 2009 - Part 4

Island hopping in Langkawi was actually my first experience of :
1. Island hopping (though we only went to 2 islands).
2. Taking a dip in a fresh water lake.
3. Watching eagles feed on a buffet of chicken skin/meat/spare parts in the middle of the sea.




Fresh water lake in Pulau Dayang Bunting. I bet none of us knew that the water is believed to have magical properties? That it grants barren women fertility.


After the tour, we went for duty free shopping and lunch in a western restaurant. We returned to our resort, packed up and left for KL with a heavy heart. If only we could spend another day (where 2 out of 6 did, silly me to not make it 3 out of 6 since I wasn't working the next day :P)


The boys polishing their camwhore pose. Looks like they need another holiday soon.

Thanks for the arrangements and participation, girls and boys. Langkawi 2009 was a good one!

Langkawi 2009 - Part 3

Langkawi has much to offer, apart from cheap booze. Our second day was filled with sightseeing.


Hhhhmm.... RM10/hr parking..

Our visit to Telaga 7, climbed up I-forgot-how-many-flights of stairs and reached...

hhhmmm.... not much of a scene, but we quickly discovered the cooling water and soaked our feet for a bit. After that we went to the Langkawi Cable Car. I enjoyed the view so much from the top station. It is situated on top of Gunung Machinchang (approximately 708m ASL). The other thing about this location was the cooling breeze while enjoying the 360 view. It's a good +/- 5 degrees cooler than lowlands. We didn't stay for sunset though.. must've been some sight.








We stopped for dinner in this seafood restaurant before returning to our resort. This place called Kitta Seafood Restaurant, operated by some local chinese. But what's more interesting (apart from the food of course) is a particular gothic looking waiter, and the house/trance music playing in the background while we were having dinner. Te-che te-che while we were chowing down the prawns... funky!



We reached the resort, cleaned up and was suppose to continue the session by the beach. Packed our stash; Junk food, our bottles, the cans, orange juice and shit. Sadly it started to drizzle and we had to go back to our rooms, but we still enjoyed the evening.



Over and out for the second night...

Langkawi 2009 - Part 2

We left the resort for dinner and arrived at this place called Barn Thai. It's a secluded Thai restaurant hidden within a thick mangrove swamp. To get to the restaurant, it's a 5 minutes walk on a long and winded wooden platform from the main road entrance. The food was ok. Here are a few shots of how the interior looked like.




Eugene and I goofing around for the cam.


The following pictures illustrate how the rest of our evening went by. We played games, we drank, we talked.. we had fun :)

Happy Birthday everyone!




Over..

..and out.

Langkawi 2009 - Part 1

The gang and I went on a trip to Langkawi recently. Superb place to get plastered since alco are cheap. I drank, smoked and had fun with my good friends. If only it was like this every other day....

Here's a pic of us leaving from LCCT. 2 more usual suspects were on turbo mode and walked straight to the plane and boarded while we were still at it with the cam.


Arrived in Langkawi with almost clear blue skies.


Hotel reception area (Andaman Langkawi).


Check out the pool.


Our rooms.





The pool, again.




And then there's the beach...

And more beach....


This one taken just before we left the beach/pool and started the night...