Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:24 PM
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9.28pm
yup okay time for the bintan update.
okay its not really the long sought band holiday
that we've been musing abt for a few years,
but its more of a i-cant-stand-sg-anymore trip so.
yup planning and booking took all of
a week before we actually set off.
no thanks to our resident shepp (Y)
its was supposed to be a 4D3N bali trip,
venue tentative, dates non-negotiatable.
but shepp's mum said bali was gonna get bombed again,
so insist no go.
and since other options were like
penang or port dickson in msia
which would have to include a 18hr journey
to and from the destination on a cramp coach.
so quite lame in the end spend 2 days there only.
so yup decided on bintan instead.
45mins travel time.
hassle free.
cheap.
IN.
and although to ernest's dismay and horror
there weren't any jetskis or parasailing nearby,
i guess it was a good weekend getaway in some sense.
a few days away from the city and work was just
very appreciated (:
living in a resort in the middle of a kampung,
quiet and far away from all the regular tourists,
with a semi decent beach to boot,
this was the life man :D
okay the only notable watersport we did
was snorkelling on the second day la.
cause no jetskiing and parasailing,
and they didn't allow us to kayak over to nearby islands.
and since kayaking around the beach seem lame, OUT.
but still.
another item struck out from my bucket list!
okay la after the initial weird sensation
of breathing purely through the pipe in your mouth,
and swallowing down loads of seawater in the process,
more or less got used to it la.
and it was semi awesome hahaha.
would've been nicer had there been more fish,
and yup ernest's request of a turtle/dolphin/shark.
but its still an experience ba haha.
mostly coral and seaweeds
and small fishes,
and the random groups of clownfish
hiding amongst the anemone.
and the dozens of sea urchins lining the coral bed.
and finding more nemos.
but ya la there's only so much you can snorkel
since the marine life isn't that abundant
and the water isn't that clear anyway.
so we went up to the beach to lag
(as is our usual habit)
then swam out to this floating platform
supposedly used for scuba diving
and then uhh monkeyed around
i mean. what else can we do really.
hahahah cui gang ma.
but ya la before long had to go back
cause it started raining.
which then brought us the opportunity
of sitting atop an open air speedboat,
in the middle of a thunderstorm,
rain lashing (really painfully) against our faces,
strong winds chilling our bones,
protected only by a wet towel,
which we cleverly removed a while later
cause we wanted to see who would be the first
to chicken out and hide back inside the towel.
hwachong's smart future world leaders huh.
btw unsurprisingly, ernest lost haha.
on hindsight, it was pretty dangerous,
but it was seriously quite fun hahahhaha.
what the hell man.
taken before that fateful trip
when we were still warm enough to smile.
okay despite the fact that we only did snorkelling,
the rest of the trip turned out pretty enjoyable too.
be it playing mahjong or talking cock,
lying down and staring at the brilliant stars,
trying to wake ernest and rujun up every morning,
playing saboteur/bang/poker by the beach,
sprawled around the living room of the villa
watching the most fail late night horror movie
called tak or sth,
our short karaoke session with the few other guests,
accompanying ernest back to the villa
for him to have a quick nap after every meal,
our neverending requests to the poor concierge,
and of course, the many failed attempts
at downgrading our cui villa to the seaside rooms.
and of course,
the main purpose of our trip,
the beach.
i guess its cause we live in sg
that's why we're so fascinated with beaches
that you can wade out to at low tide
and walk amidst marine life at its original state,
schools of fishes, corals, crabs, starfishes
(what we did to those we found doesn't count la)
and best of all,
all these can be done when you're 200m away from shore,
barely knee deep in seawater.
how awesome is that.
haha man i dread working life already.
3 months in to a fun and interactive job
and i alrdy wanna escape from
the routine of everyday life.
what more a mundance office job
that i'll be doing for the next 20 years or so.
but then again,
those worries can be brought up 5 years later.
for now i shall just sit back and enjoy life heh.
next up, thailand-cambodia-laos! :D
because cider is the elixir of life