helllooo world, I really missed Civilisation. I even missed the smell of cars, cuz in thailand ( the place I went) there were ONLY at most MOTORBIKES which travelled at practically 3cm per hour. So it was really a very wise decision to save that money, and actually WALK.
Okay, we took an over night coach, and I swear, after you get off the coach, the first thing you will do is to find a A MASSEUR to uncrack your back. Well, since dad liked the "ROUGH IT OUT" way, so that explains my 20h immobile state. I was like paralysed from head to toe, and to make matters worse, my sis totally used me as her bolster. She has this theory of using Stuff toys to cover her heart, so No ghost or whatsover will steal it away. So that would also explain why my arm was wrapped around her "heart" and cramped up when I took my first step on solid ground 20h later.
well, the first transport after the torturous -100degree celsius coach. we took a half hour boat ride to cross the border over to thailand. ( By the way, if Nic/my section happens to ask again where i went, just stick to the story about going to Saudi Arabia & drinking oil)
mum bought this super expensive shades for herself&is trying to act cute with me. Anywees, this is a SONG TIAO (in thai meaning-two benches) its kinda like a minibus and travels at a er-am-i-moving-at-all-kinda-pace.
WE were supposed were supposed to carry two huge backpacks, OBVIOUSLY the "WE" applied to only yours truly.
I can't really complain cuz didi and meimei have really weak bones and will disintegrate upon carrying something heavier than their OWN weight. WEll, we were all very tired, not having enough sleep on the coach, but we were still extremely happy, yo.
This is totally the best part i like about being
FIT. anyway,Mum said we are
Free and
Independant
Travellers. That rocks. Our food timing is as such, when anyone of our tummy growls or we are salivating, WE'll JUST EAT.
dinner schedule was like that (:
4.01pm (amy's stomach gurgled) We ate beef ball noodles. 4.15pm: walked around after the huge and spicy stuff.
4.17pm: we saw this 8 baht dessert (30 cents only) and decided it was incredibly cheap, so we ordered like 1 bowl each ( it was A HUGE INVESTMENT: counting all those jelly and cute colourful stuff inside)
4.44pm: Di just couldn't get his eyes off those barbecued sticks ( it went into our stomachs within 3 seconds)
5.08pm: Mum nearly screamed in delight when she saw OH AH JIAN- the oyster omelet ( i love luozixiang for introducing that to her in CornerWithLove)
5.42pm : We decided to go healthy, and tried all the fruits in the shop. Champedak, Sweeet pineapples, jambus, eBERRYthing edible it was gone.
6.13pm: We realised we hadn't had dinner yet. So we crashed into one decent shop, and We ate THAI TOM YAM SOUP. My god, i totally love my motto. I LIVE to EAT, and never EAT to LIVE. Whoever eats to live, are totally missing out the best pleasures life can possibly offer. Whats the use of your digestive system if you don't eat shiok food man! I love the Thai god or whatever, for creating TOM YAM soup, its the reason that my heart beats. ( i sound so lovesick :/ eeeww)
7.30pm: we bought Durians and Ate at the roadside, cuz the durianman "threw" us some to try. Duh, when i said THREW, i meant figuratively of course.
9.00pm: We bought some wujiakway, but thai style, dipped in thick green kaya.and when I watched that man cook, I knew I had to go back for more.
10.15pm: A packet of LAYS potato Chips [:
Anywhoos, this is the night market where you can lay your hands on anything and everything in the world! all these goodies are made from eggs and mutilated into something else.
oh gosh, this totally is the largest pad i have ever seen in my entire life. Its a small pampers but a gigantic thingy for THAI girls to deal with their periods. I don't even think they can walk properly without looking like a duck, man.its the size of MY FACE! oh ya, anywhoos, this is the supermarket in the town of SATUN.
they were all scuttering around the whole place looking for toilets, they are a huge necessity. i'll ask dad to consider bringing a portable potty next time when we go overseas, because I am always left behind to watch the bags when everyone wants to pee!
Hmm, the Chok/congee here is amazing. in Thai, we say, Ah-loy! (delicious)
this was taken by mummy while she sat inside the songtiao. The mostest important asset in thailand, is a scooter and a sunglasses. The sun, ( according to didi) will burn out your corneas. Erm, I din't quite buy that, not that i wanted to try and experiment loooking at the sun and risk suffering from whatever disease/:
We took a ferry to our destination, it was 2 hour long and i slept with my contacts on. ( I don't know, someone told me that it was dangerous to sleep with them on, like, it may roll into the back of your eye, and It'll collect there like some dust)
Actually, it kinda makes a little sense, since there's all this Rapid eye movement thing when we are sleeping, so the contacts follow along eh?
This is my sis& bro, on the Adang Ferry Boat. Its really super breezy, and when we sat at the front of the boat, way in front of the captain, somewhere at the tip (another of dad's recommendation) all we can see is like a huge blanket of sparkling blue water, and occasional "white horses".
They are indicating the sea's roughness. See that little red packet didi is holding onto? its melon seeds!
Ahahah, do you guys just realise something from the picture below?
i'm kinda the whitest in the entire family. you can tell from my legs, see?
Dad made friends with the guy driving the boat, whaddya call him again, oh. CAPTAIN. So they let us sleep inside their comfy Cabin and watch him drive.
Honestly, Boating seems like a fun job, he can like totally just turn the steering wheel in any direction he fancies, and the scene still remains the same: still all the blue water everywhere, seems that We haven't even moved from our starting point. another good thing, is that he CAN RING A BELL.
I mean, where else do you actually do that? except outside Long John Silvers or at most, your doorbell?
We arrived at Koh Adang, and we were like totally treated like some rockstars man. Cuz dad had been there 4 times already, and it was my second.
I was there last year too, anywees, everyone was hugging and Sawadeeka-ing each other. We all felt really welcomed, and somehow, we felt at home. all those friends: Jack, Bao,D, Jin, Yuwi, Ng, Somlit, Mr P etc. on our first night there, they cooked us a special fish with thai herbs and gave us like a welcome party with lots and lots of food.
Oh ya, how can I forget Mr PANAPORN, Mr PORN for short. He is the chief ranger of the the entire island, and he's totally a hell of a character; extremely entertaining. he can do monologues all the time. when We were around him, we didn't need a TV.
He can go from pulling down pants to calling my sis LAYS potatoe# chips (since he can't pronounce RAY) & the best part of it all, after we finish goggling at him & staring at him with extreme amusement.He just stand up and push the table ( which we were still eating from) and stretches his arms, pulls up his pants, and Stalks off.
This is Ranger Jan's bundle of joy :D :D he's named after the island, baby Adang. he is a smart little tyke, he totally flashes his teeth and give that irrestible smile whenever he's in trouble.
We were playing water with the water hose and whenever i peel my eyes off him so that I can read my New Moon, he'll start spraying at me; like I'm some dried up plant.but once he turns his head (imagine slow motion) and smiles slowly. Me & mei will melt and just stand there, letting him spray me AFTER i have showered.
Man, this are the blue skies you get EVERY single day in Adang. its's as often as Tom yam Soup; my ideal heaven on earth :D :D :D nah, I won't tell you, you guess what we are doing. WE aren't acting like scarecrows luhhh.
AMY the ANGLER!
Its an embarrassing memory i'm trying to recall here. okay, We were soaking up the Vitamin Ds and all, and I ATTEMPTED fishing for the First time, telling myself "hey, its not like we can fish back home and catching something, right" so, i decided we were going to fried fish, and I told dad to Bring it on man.
I tried reeling and throwing in the line.
I was WORSE than PATHETIC.
I don't think i was ever made for fishing, I was like totally amazed by how fishermen can get whole SHIPfuls of fishes, when i couldn't much manage to put my hook in the water! oh god, even if I did, I only caught some red sock (yeah, someone was making his xmas wishes in the sea) and alot of dead ugly corals.
Actually, that wasn't really the worst part.
I was throwing in the line and thought I caught something, cuz it was tugging a little. SO i tred reeling in as fast as i could.then behind me was an angmoh girl clutching her boyfriend and screaming " SOMEONE HOOKED MY SLIPPERS!"
oh dear, I could have sworn the red triangular undies man was like totally snorting with laughter.
so i went into hiding again,
i realised thats what I usually do when I get really embarrassed or scared or you know~
my pops love going shirtless, although he doesn't really have a figure, I love him just as much. This are Anglers. Pause- i need to hide badly. I can't even fish an ikan bilis man & gues what! They actually had 20 over fishes within 90 minutes, which gives me another reason to bury my face in Eclipse & appear nonchalent.
Didi first fish, he sat there like stone and when the line tugged, he started hopping around and hyperventilating. anyone cared what i was doing?
well, i was totally disappearing into the book and my nose were like touching the pages and plotting on how i could steal his fish.
This is the sunset we get every single night.
The clouds I can handle, but I cannot fight an eclipse. Said by Jacob Black, Eclipse Novel, Page 600, line 3.
( thats why i am a lit student)
i loook so messy. It must be the rocking of the boat :/
When we didn't feel like staying in the sun for long, we'll play Twister!
I don't understand mum's screaming at all, and she does it evertime the spinner is spun?
Heh heh, I'm reading Twilight now. It's THE LOVE man :D
"'And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,' he murmured.
I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
'What a stupid lamb,' I sighed.
'What a sick, masochistic lion.'"
-- Edward and Bella
"If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."
Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars - points of light and reason.. And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was a brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."
New Moon - Stephanie Meyer.
I love EDWARD CULLEN-the character. NOT Robert Pattinson (like madeline and chester) hmm, i like him because he loves Bella more than himself. the way he loves her, it is to a point of perfection. not wanting to hurt her, despite he being what he is. I think he's the most " Awwww" when he explain his truest feelings,not wanting to lose her in anyway.
Most girls would wanna have an Edward, I bet.
"You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours."
Oh god, i can totally memorise Edward's words, because they are so so so sweet.
Especially when you are alone on the beach and reading on a sun chair. it just seems so much sweeter.
Alrighty, time for boat snorkelling! Dad's ranger friend- Jack took time off to bring us out on the boat and do some island hopping. Finding my sunscreen, you want me to darker than I am now? if i dont put those slushy stuff, i might as well blend in to the night.
unfortunately, I got menses that day, WHILE we were snorkelling, so I stared getting a little self conscious. i kept badgering mei to check if there was anything going on,like you know, any red stuff blooming out if my butt/:
So she kept her eyes fixed at my butt, and all the guys at the corner were totally gazing at her in shock and extreme amusement, like MAN! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS GIRL?! LOOKING AT HER SIS BUTT LIKE THAT!
I could have sworn they thought she was some lesbian.
Anywees, we still went playing in the water with or without leakage. that's an inside joke, mind you.
Er, she still is staring at ME :S
okay, thats another candid shot of me again. I'm drinking Evians (:
get them at a dicount after showing this picture of me at the nearest 7 eleven store or any leading supermarkets. you may even get a whole years supply! ^^
oooooh, come on! guess what they are! Actually i don't really know either, all i know it's some kind of shellfish that they use for cooking and eating.
Isn't this swweett or what? Its daddy Ng and Big Girl Ng.
We love seating at the tip of the boat. its where the wind is the largest and the bestest view and boy! we were really WET. I'll continue the next part of blogging so stay tuned folks!
With muchh lovee (: Toodles~
