After an abrupt decision and impromptu bookings, a much awaited holiday begins. woopee!!22nd december 8am; my mum and i arrived at Phuket International Airport and are waiting to go thru the custom. To our surprise, Auntie Shirley had arrived and is waiting for her luggage.
Joke #1: Miscommunication via language barrier lead us to a wrong hotel. TharaPatong Resort (thought to be the old name of 'Bel Aire Hotel') ; instead ours is 'Bel Aire Resort' which is a newly opened resort.
I'm not a fan of groups or crowd, therefore i truly enjoyed the company of my anut and mum on the first and last day of the trip. I got to know my aunt better thru the many conversations thru'out the whole trip and realise she was also someone very opinionated and direct but tactful and careful with her words, which i've got to learn cos i'm jus too careless. I also noted that she has a word for eveything and doesn't use the same word to describe a certain thing twice. She also calls herself a 'coffee slut' haha... she drinks any kinda coffee (same goes for wine).
Lesson #1: DINNER served at 9pm!!
FACTORS ---> 11 people, too many opinionated and fussy people
RESULT--->"hungry people are angry people"
I get cranky easily and especially when it comes to food. I'm not a fussy eater. GOOD COMPANY over rights lousy food. well, wat can i say i'm a good company myself to begin with. keke....
Lesson #2: Its always good to have picture to have u communicate when language is a barrier.
My Dive master Makoto is a Japanese, a cute one i must add. Though his English isn't very fluent but it wasn't the worse i've heard (or maybe i'm jus a natural linguist) so I still could understand wat he was trying to say. On the whole, though my dive trip was cut short by 1 dive i was still super happy as i manage to see wat i wanted. The wreck - King Cruiser; a Japanese ocean liner sank 10yrs ago with extensive marine life. But most importantly bcos i saw a picture of it and it was amazingly taken so i told myself i've gotta see if it was really that amazing, and it is... it really is... breath taking for someone like me who hasn't seen such a hugh wreck.
Lesson #3: Go-karting can be dangerous but for kids always remind them to slow down around the corners.
Joke #2: Wear ur own bandana or scarf when go-karting. cos u'll be wearing really old and stinky helmets and be given paper shower caps which might get u caught by a fashion police.
Poor Zasha crushed and hurt her knee but she was alrite after dat. BRAVE GIRL! Jo and I had lotsa fun chasing each other, of cos he won... i didn't really know how to maneuver the car. As for Hannah and the rest of the adults they had their own fun.
Joke #3: Group photo in tuk tuk not advisable with mobile phone. haha...
I had a sudden photo taking frenzy with my mobile phone, of cos, and true enough i wasn't in it. I had to stretch my arm out all the way outta the tuk tuk, almost drop my phone, so scary... if u dun believe u can try... just dun blame me if ur phone drop... haha
Lesson #4: Dun ever waste ur time sleeping in ur hotel room.
If u really need to rest... sleep at the beach then u can catch the beautiful sun set or sun rise. how ever lousy a photographer u may be, such magnificent sight should never missed. Lucky for me, I got some good shots. well good enough for me.
Lesson #5: Always keep ur camera in hand fully charged.
Memory space will never be wasted capturing moments of people having fun together. Keep shooting at the them and you definitely have some good candid shots.
Joke #4: Be prepared to get all dirty and stinky for any prank on a festive holiday.
Even the quietest of people will spring up on u.. but it was all for the fun.... still remember uncle Zahri fell down while i chased him with the snow spray. The spray can be really stinky though. keke...
unfortunately, the day when we had the most fun as a family, no one took any pictures. Oh well, it was the fun we remembered that's more important. I hope... we have more of these gathering or trips.
