I’m losing touch

I’m an easily angered person. To further explain that, when I’m in bad mood, an irritating little fly can make me scream & curse. But on the other hand, I cool down as easily as I heat up. I guess Gemini’ans have this in them.

I’m a person which can’t stand a bad service. It’s becos I have this mentality of “I’m a paying customer, so u must serve me better. The bigger the smile the better”. If no one comes to take order after I’m seated for 5 minutes, my face will turn black & I’ll be preparing myself to screw ppl’s ass. If food did not arrive after waiting for 45 min, I leave straight the place (I know I shud haf walk away after 20 mins instead waiting like a dumb ass for 45 mins)
So I went to this eatery in The Curve with KT and there were only 1 table which was occupied. So I wanted to seat at the opposite side as I dun wanna be near the next table and I told the waited. But the waiter usher us to seat beside them. I reluctant follow sat at the table he showed us. Anyway, we finally moved to the table that I wanted to sit at. KT commented that I’m not the gal the he knows before. The gal that he knows before will be angry and demand to just sit where she wanted to sit. So you see, I’m losing my touch

Koh Lanta, island of desert + Mook Lanta Boutique Hotel review

Initial plan was to go Krabi but I was recommended by a colleague to go Koh Lanta instead. Thinking that it wun be that bad since Thailand has a lot of beautiful island with majestic scenery. We were quite excited when boarding the ferry. The ferry condition is kinda bad though. It’s a non-aircon ferry and most of the seats are spoilt. Nevertheless it was n’t very stuffy.

It takes about an hr plus and finally we reach the Saladan Pier in Koh Lanta. Our hotel (Mook Latan Boutique Hotel) was about 20 mins ride from the pier. When the taxi driver turn into a junction leading to our hotel, I thought “Shit, our hotel must be in some sangkla place”. Cos it was a good 150m of dirt road until we reach the hotel.

The reception area looks cosy. Actually the whole place is very peaceful. The only complaint that I have is that the whole place is situated about 200m from the beach. I booked this hotel thru the internet and I thought I grabbed a good deal since it’s a deluxe room with sea view for 1600 baht. I now understand what their sea view means. A lot of roof top and trees and only 25 square inches of sea view. Our room looks good and .I like the way they design their toilet. It’s open air! So you can shower in the rain or decide to get a tan while u bath. Each unit has 2 rooms so it’s kinda like a semi-D. Overall the room gets a 8 out of 10 ratings. The reason why it’s not 10 is bcos there was a cockroach in the room. I think it came from the toilet.

After the delight of discovering our rooms, we decided to go out and explore around the island. So we rent a scooter to go around. Seriously, there wasn’t much things to do here. So the next best thing to do is to get sick. Down with fever & cough during the entire stay in koh lanta. Actually I miscalculated the dates while booking the hotels. So we still have 1 extra day which I forgot to book. So we decided to head back to Phuket instead of extending our stay here. Should have just stick with the plan and go to Krabi.

Phi Phi Island + hotel review

This is my 2nd time to Phi Phi Island. Everyhing looks the same except that there are going to be a few more resorts sprouting up. Stayed n Phi Phi Hotel and this time there were no more nasty arguments with the hotel staff (which happen during out 1st visit tog wif sis & gang). Phi Phi Hotel, to me is a good choice. It's slightly more than 1500 baht, though it's not exactly that cheap but it's near the pier. which means you don't haf to lug your luggage around and check in to the other resort/chalet which some are located at Ton Sai bay. Furthermore, this hotel is the evacuation center incase (touchwood) another tsunami happen again. Well, better be safe than sorry.

Decided to do some leisure dive to Hin Muang & Hin Daeng. Not an easy decision cos it cost 4800 baht per pax and it's only 2 dives. To me that bloody expensive. Supposedly we are able to see mantas and whale shark in Hin Daeng but in the end i saw none of that. Bad luck, sigh....only manage to see a 2.5m long bamboo shark. I did not manage to do my safety stop in the 1st dive cos i had problem wif my buoyancy. I've never remain underwater with my tank consisting of 60 bar. Most of the time in my previous dives we ascended when my tank contain a minimum of 100bar. i can't blame anyone except myself. Divemaster wants to make our $$ worth it by utilising the air to the max. KT and another swedish guy were ask to hold on to the bouy line to do their safety stop while I was made to buddy the swedish guy's gf. However, i don't think she even care cos most of the time she sticks herself as close as possible to the divemaster while leaving me struggling behind. Mind you the max depth we went down was more than 30m. We went another round around the reefs and when it was time to do our safety stop, i was already panting hard cos the current were strong and i do not have strength to push myself to go down to 5m. The dive master and the gal were about 7m infront of me w/o even looking back. i was already 2.5m below surface while they were hanging by the bouy line. i came out with a slight headache.

2nd dive was in Hin Muang. In thai, it meant purple rock. Visibility was bad. Only bout 3m. KT's fins broke when he hit the water and there were no spare fins available on the boat. So the divemaster tied a knot. Some rather i knew it's not gonna last but hoping that it would. True enough, it broke again while we were 27m underwater water. i can tell you it was a scary experience for me especially. i was trying to fix his fins while trying hard to maintain both our bouyancy. It doesn't help when again the divemaster were like 5m ahead of us. I was exhausted by the time the divemaster saw my frantic wave at her to come to our side. Luckily she managed to fix it but the fins broke again when we were about 7m away from the bouy line to do our safety stop. The divemaster this time turn back in time to see both of us struggling to fix the fins. The last i check my dive comp, i was still 4.9m. I was above KT to push him down and the next minute i know i was beyond 'rescue' again. i tried as hard as i could to push myself lower but still unable to keep my bouyancy and ended up draggin KT along. Was cursing myself i was out of the water. Had a terrible headache on the journey back. Not a very good dive experience. Didn't see anything at all..........

Will talk about my koh lanta trip in the next blog.....

Yes, i do....

yes, as the name suggest, it all happen during our recent stay in phi phi island. We just finished our sunset dinner and decided to relieve our full stomach by walking on the beach. We stopped half way and KT went down on his knees while holding a ring and said "will you marry me?" . i was like a little school girl and broke into tears. With tears clouding my vision all i can say is "Yes".

KT promised me that we will marry before i'm 30 yrs old but i didn't see that coming (Ok, i made him promised that). A day earlier over pina coladas, we were talking about who to invite and how many tables are needed when THE day comes, where to place his relatives as some of his uncs and aunts don't get along......hehehe....

The wedding won't be so soon though. Most likely it's gonna be next yr.

SC be prepared..... :P