eventful perhentian trip

back to the city, back to work.. the past few days in perhentian was quite an experience. i headed there with the intention to just chill and relax all day, but lots of unexpected things popped up...firstly we couldn't get accomodation on kecil after spending the whole morning looking for rooms, ended up 7 of us had to squeeze in 1 room on besar. now we all know who snores the loudest, and who sleep talks. =)

hehe..then we also had to take a small sampan at night during a thunderstorm to get back frm kecil to besar. we were totally drenched and had to concentrate on protecting our phones / cameras etc whilst also trying to stop my imagination from running wild especially each time when i looked up, all i could see was darkness, and the only time when all was clear was when there was lightning.

....and my slipper broke while trying to climb into the sampan amidst the strong waves.

and in our room, 'batman' attacked, thankfully weisian was around to chase the bat out of our room, coz bern and kenny were out getting supper.

and on our journey back, waiting for the bus at jertei was also quite an experience. the bus station was filled with bugs that looked like dog fleas but humongous ones. and the malays were not at all bothered by them, but we were quite grossed out. the bugs were quite stinko. and our bus was delayed by half an hour, so we stood by the roadside fighting off bugs. =p

...but nonetheless, it was still a great trip!! managed to get a tan (bit burnt actually), everyone had a great laugh, and was a good break from work. but now i know, next time i go to perhentian, definitely go during off peak season. =)

grr back to work tmrw.....

i'm off to perhentian!

Finally got my new laptop working, so decided to put it to use by editing my blog which i've just resurrected. in 2 hours time i'm gonna be off to perhentian!! yippee doo!! even though this is my 3rd time there, but I fell in love wif the place since the 1st time I went. Hopefully the weather's gonna be nice and sunny.

2 days ago had major gastric, its the most gruelling feeling ever...almost thought i wouldn't be able to make this trip, but thankfully its much better now, just have to make sure i take my medication and eat my meals on time. and i'm gonna be off alcohol for a while...long while... think i've had quite enough the last few wks. first it was flu, then fever, asthma, period pain, and now gastric..all in 2 weeks. think its god's way of telling me its time for healthy living. no more ciggies, 2nd hand smoke, alcohol, and all the what-nots. time to detox!!

anyways, gonna pack up and head off for a nice tan!! yiippee doo!!!

my blog is alive again...

its been almost 5 months since i've been back from nepal. writing this blog entry from home is certainly very different from writing a blog entry when i was in nepal.

for one, i dont even know what i should write about as life in the past 5 months havent exactly been the most exciting months of my life. nothing new to write about except whine on about how work has been quite a struggle. well 5 months after nepal, 5 months into brand planning...everything's just whooshed past in the last 5 months working as a "strategic planner" - a glamourous name if you have really all the qualities to be a good one.

am still doubting whether i'm cut out for this 'much-sought-after' position that is only given to the 'selected' ones. sometimes i just wonder why go through all the stresses when you can take the easy option of doing something you really like.

ah well..i guess its not so easy for everyone to just drop off whatever they're doing and embark onto a total different career path. many a times i've been so tempted to just throw in the white towel, but thankfully i've been supported by enough sane people to keep me from doing something irrational again.

have concluded i'll just hang on to this job thats although driving me rather insane - and just learn whatever i can and take whatever comes next. guess when i'm really sick of this, i will throw in the towel no matter what anyone tells me.

la la la.. now i'm sitting at home coz had a rather serious asthma attack which the inhaler didnt work and i had to be on a neubiliser (the last time i used one was when i was 7!!) and this time i had to have double dosage coz i didnt feel that much better after 10mins of inhaling from the machine. actually my attack wasn't really that serious, i could still go for a half day meeting...i think that doctor just isnt that great....grrr.....had to come back coz my hands were starting to shake, and i was getting a bit light-headed from the stuff that i inhaled.

tomorrow's gonna be another long long long day........sighhh........when will these presos and meetings stop.....miss those days in nepal where everyday i just wake up feeling good bout what i'm doing even though my asthma was quite bad then..and also the fact i had to bathe in freezing cold water..=p..but certainly it felt great waking up not having to worry bout meetings and deadlines..sigh...