Phuket Love Part 1

Phew! Only now I got the chance to blog about Phuket. And it has to be scripted into parts, because I intend to rant long about this trip.

The Hubby and I had been planning for this trip when I was 8 months pregnant, plus the fact that we bought our flight to Phuket with the cheapest deal we could ever grab. RM158 return flight each, what is there not to be excited about?

I am going to break this experience down in points. I lost touch of blogging and it will take a while to be able to blog properly again.

Phuket point #1 : Transportation
 If you had just arrived the airport and are travelling backpackers style, it's best to ditch the taxi and take the van cab instead. It is way cheaper and if you are lucky, you will be able to meet new fun friends sharing the van with you. Pricing is 160Bh(Chalong), 180Bh(Patong) and 200Bh (Kata), which is approximately around RM17 to RM22. The normal cab will charge you around 800++Bh. The van cab is very spacious. They are nothing like our van sewa here, so you don't have to worry about being comfortable. The only setback is that you have to wait for the van to fill up customers which in our case took around half an hour (or more).. The choice is up to you.

Phuket point #2 : Journey from Airport Phuket International Airport is blardy far from the tourist area! If you are thinking of skipping meal because you think it's best to do check- in first, DON'T. It's best to prepare light snacks and drinks before the journey as it will take you more than 1 hour to reach at any 3 tourist places mentioned above. And the traffic jam is almost as horrendous as KL jam, or maybe The Hubby and I were not that lucky. Everyone seemed to be rushing to go to work at 9am thus the congestion. Van or cab that you take from the airport will stop at what seem to be an intermission stop, with driver's excuse want to take something for his van. Do not worry, you are not being held hostage by them. If you notice you are stopping in front of a travelling agency office. The driver will ask for a 10 mins break and you are leave to no choice but to wander around that place hence the office. The agents (mostly girls) will try to promote you their travelling trip agendas. From kayaking at Phan Nga Bay, to James Bond Island snorkelling even Simon Cabaret show, it's the whole deal of promotion. A If you think you want to buy some trips, try to bargain the price as low as possible. The pricing, if you are good at bargaining, will be lower than buying the trips at the place where are staying. We bought only one trip for 1250Bh to Island Hoping which was a very good deal. I cannot remember the place. Hahaha.. silly me.. But will definitely tell you along this rant. We found out we got it for a good price when 2 to 3 promoters at Patong area approached us, giving us a price of 1750Bh. Tawar- tawar pun cuma boleh turun to 1400Bh only.

Ok. Two points as of now, enough? Will continue real soon! While waiting, do enjoy some photos of us.

Pisang Awak??

OK! We've sorted the baptism certificate already last weekend. The Hubby and I drove 3 hours to Sri Aman for that, right after our wedding announcement luncheon with my colleagues. ( A very big thank you from us for the well wishes, gifts and angpows ). The Hubby had to get his baptism certificate in Sarawak, because even though he's a Malaya boy, apparently he followed his Dad transfered to an army camp here when he was still a baby.

And now, he's marrying a Sarawakian! ehee.. how irony..

So during the long journey, he went to buka cerita......

*buat suara macam The Hubby*

The other day, Wan and I went to buy cucur pisang. So, once approaching the stall, I asked the mak cik selling the banana fritters.

"Makcik, ini pisang apa?" "Ini pisang abu." Then I pointed to another banana type. " Yang ini?" " Yang ini pisang mas" ( Dee's thought was like, aderker pisang emas dibuat cucur? The Hubby nih betul ke??)

Out of curiosity, I went to ask her again la.. " Makcik, pisang abu dengan pisang mas, yang mana satu lebih sedap?"

"Pisang awak yang paling sedap."

I went mum for a while. Then I looked at Wan, and his face was all red, trying his best not to laugh at the scenario.

I stared back at the Mak cik. She looked darn serious and was busy with other customer....Is this makcik trying to be funny or what? Pisang aku??

"Makcik bagi saya pisang abu la. Bagi RM3."

Once Wan and I got into our car back, Wan laughed his head off. "Wan, that makcik, I swear to God, she's a real selamber "..

Only after the long "LOL", then only Wan told me that there's indeed a type of banana called Pisang Awak. All the while, I thought the makcik was pulling prank on me. Luckily I didn't do any comeback at her remark, thinking that she's talking about y'know, funny stuff..

And it's my turn to laugh at him.... HAHAHHAA!! Kesian si Hubby..

How Can I Not Love You?

Remember when I blogged about how I feel whenever I look at guys holding their partner's handbags? If you're new to my page, you may read the post HERE .

Anyway, this story I'm about to tell happened when The Hubby and I were out strolling along a shopping mall few months back. I asked him to carry my handbag as I was trying out hats and didn't want no bag to bug me. He took it, and this is what he did. ( I just had to ask him to pose for a pic..)

HAHAHAHHAHAA... You clown!!!!

And he went around the place with my bag hung around his neck. Like me, he just hates the idea of men carrying their women's handbag.

How can I not love this guy? He's funny and very spontaneous in his own way. Just last week, when I complaint to him of my sore feet after doing window shopping the whole day, he told me to climb his back. I was like what?? He looked at me like it didn't matter and told me there's nothing to be embarrassed about and there's no one in the mall that knows us except his mom and sister. And we went about doing piggy- ride for a good 10 minutes at the mall. We, including his mom, giggled the whole time. Thank God he's in rugby team, that for him my weight is nothing. You should have seen the eyes of people at the mall. They looked either puzzled or laughed with us. Ehe.. poyo? sajer jer... like how he told me earlier on, no one knows us.

What? Which shopping mall we did that piggy ride?...

Frigging Mid Valley Megamall! Hahahhahaaa...

Aiyo... Missing him like hell already. It's gonna be another 1 month till I see him again. And of course another 86 days to meet him at the altar...can't hardly wait!

One Step Closer..

And I'm one step closer to my US trip! Wee hee. I've been granted a 10 year visa by the US embassy. Phew, boy was I relieved. And it was some kind of experience being interviewed to get something that you've paid for.

The Hubby and I did our interview mock--up over and over again (haha. that's how we call it) ever since I landed in KL last Friday, thus making the pressure even higher than ever when it came to the actual day. You see, I had to fork out RM500(or USD131) to apply for the visa 3 weeks back.. So, for sure la I need to get it right at the first try, no matter what. They will not refund you the money should your application is declined

Off I went to the embassy office last Monday. My appointment time was at 10am and there I was standing at the gate with 10 other people waiting for our turn to enter the building. The Hubby didn't accompany me for this because they only allow those coming with the appointment letter to enter the building, and The Hubby has gotten his 10 years visa 2 years ago. Upon entering the "pondok keselamatan", we were scanned for any misharp and were required to leave our handphones there.

It was a long waiting before the interview. Full fingers scanning and as such. Geez. In total? I got out from the building after 1 hour and 40 minutes! And the interview part? It's like dealing with bank teller at a bank. Each counter will have one interviewer ( American ) and you are to stand facing them, except there's a fully covered glass panel between you. You will have to speak in a higher desibel than the normal chat so that they can hear you, and I basically listened to around 10 or more interviews before it was my turn. (there's 6 counters for interview session)

I got a bit nerveous when I saw this American lady declining a guy's visa application. His intention of entering US was not clear. I got even more freaked out when a Malay lady got declined too. When it was my turn, I was shaky all over, but like normal la, I acted cool. Greeted the Chinese American with huge smile. Gave him all the answers he needed to hear, like my intention of going to US and a bit about my work scope.

This part's funny though..

Him : Is this your new passport? May I have a look at your old passport?

Me : That's the only passport I ever had.

Him : (He flipped through the passport several times). You mean you've never been out of Malaysia?

Me : (I smiled) Never.

Him : Not even Bangkok, Thailand or Phillippines? Even Singapore?


Me : Ehe. No. Not once.

Him : Wow. You've never been out of Malaysia and your first trip with passport is going to be The States? That's impressive.

Me : Well, my husband decided to give me a surprise by doing our honeymoon in LA. Plus it's for Christmas and my birthday.

Him : It's a very good treat, I must say. ( He smiled, still looking awed.. Looking at his computer screen.) Ah yes, your birthday falls on Christmas day.

Me : Yes. It is.

And the interviewed ended when he passed me a pink-coloured small card, asking me to collect the visa at MCA Complex. I almost jumped in joy when he passed me that. And the coolest part is, I didn't have to show him as much document stuff as the rest people who were interviewed before me. Guess working with government does makes everything less complicating huh? They're just one click away from all my personal datas anyway, and therefore they do not need my hardcopy documents.

Thinking I might get a 1- month visa, I braved myself and asked the interviewer.

Him : I'm granting you a 10- year visa. (BIG YAY!). But this doesn't mean that you can stay in The States for the straight 10 years. You have to travel back to your country by 3 months of stay and get your passport check again before entering the country.

I gave him my 1MillionDollar smile.

Him: ( I was starting to walk away when I heard him from the intercom) Congratulations on your wedding and happy honeymoon!

I just can't wait to sing "PARTY IN THE USA" in USA... wooooooo hoooo!

Taare Zameen Par

Taare Zameen Par ..Every Child is special... One of the best movie I've ever watched in my 25 years of life, and by far the BEST Hindi Movie ever!!!. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?? Nothing compared to this, at all...I was swept off my feet!! Mind- blowing!! Thumbs up to Aamir Khan. He produced, directed even acted this excellent movie, which will be stuck in my heart. FOREVER.. ;P ( i'm flattering this movie way too much now huh.. and i don't care.. )

The film tells the story of eight year old Ishaan who suffers greatly until a teacher (Aamir Khan) identifies him as dyslexic. Read more HERE

I cried when the characters cried, smiled when Ishaan smiled, laughed at his imagination. This movie just pulled all my hidden emotions. I don't usually cry watching a movie, not even Titanic move me. But this movie, it just touched the inner me, tremendously...My understanding towards the dyslexia disease stepped up a level..

ah..I wish I could express more in words,but words seem to be stuck in my brain... :(

A MUST-WATCH MOVIE!

p/s: THIS-click scene made me cry like a baby... It's heart-wrenching to watch a small boy who has never been apart from his mommy dearie before, being parted to be in a boarding school....It reminded me of my little brother who's very manja with my mom..He's 11 but every night he will make sure my mom will be the last face he'll see before he sleeps..I miss that fella already...
:(

Dear Boys...

If you think life is bad...

How would you like to be an egg?

* You only get laid once.

* You only get eaten once.

* It takes 4 minutes to get hard. Only 2 minutes to get soft.

* You share your box with 11 other guys.

* But worst of all.... The only chick that ever sat on your face was your mother.

So cheer up.....Your life ain't that bad!!!

Heyy Baby

Normally Sunday night is the most boring night of the week. Nothing interesting on TV, as if TV channel do that in purpose just so the school children will be tuck in their bed early for the Monday class. While me? I'll keep changing the TV channel from time to time. It's a habit to sleep at 11.00pm and later, not the other way around. Should you see me in bed at10pm, it's either I'm sick, or just plain toooooooo tired, which is very rare of me..

But last night, I had fun watching Hindustan movie on ZeeChannel. I do watch Hindustan movie, I can't be a hypocrite about it. It doesn't always depends on who's acting in it, what matter more is the story line itself. It'll help if there's not many singing scene in it (which is almost impossible since 1 movie has 6 plots of ridiculous singing and synchronized dances) . But it's all good. Sometimes I find myself dancing to their numbers. ;P

Back to the movie I watched last night, it was damn HILLARIOUS..! I laughed my head off and bursted my tummy out.. especially when each other played their part in delaying the 7-days-to-get- married contract..... ;P My first big laugh of the week, and it happens only at the end of the week.. pathetic huh? hehehehehehhee....And the baby girl in the movie is oh so adorable!


Here's the spoiler.. Letting the Wikipedia.com do its part in this...

Arush Mehra lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle in Sydney, Australia along with two room-mates Tanmay Joglekar, and Ali Haider. He works for a food chain, while Tanmay entertains children as 'Eddy Teddy', while Ali takes care of their apartment. All three are womanizers and usually end up sleeping with around 30 different women every year.

One day they find a baby girl right outside their door with a note that tells them to take care of her, since she is the daughter of one of them. The three boys go to all the girls they dated and slept with, and none of them claim that this baby girl is theirs. The boys try to take care of the baby, but she becomes a huge pain, so they drop her off at a church, but then realize they love her, so they take the baby back and name her Angel. They love her, pamper her, and grow a huge attachment towards her. One day, a girl, named Isha, comes to take Angel back, claiming her to be her daughter. The boys are shocked, but thats when Arush tells them about his past.

(1 year ago) Arush travels to Delhi to attend, his friend Arjun's wedding, and this is where he meets with Isha Sahni, who also resides in Australia, he impresses and wins her over, and they spend a night together, but shortly thereafter Isha catches him sleeping with Devika(which Arush tried to push Devika away from his body!!!), Isha's friend, so they both split up. Arush returns to Sydney and forgets about this incident.

Tanmay and Ali are shocked after hearing the story and the boys find it very diffict to live without Angel. Arush ends up challenging Isha that she has to marry someone faithful within 7 days that will accept Angel, if shes not successful she will have to give Angel back to him, so they both sign a contract to make the deal final.

The boys worry that they might lose the bet since, Isha is very beautiful and wealthy, Arush makes a plan to win Isha and his daughter Angel back with the help of Ali, Tanmay and Isha's father. Firstly Ali disguises himself up as a freaky, traditional boy, with the help of Isha's father, but it backfires when Isha thinks hes good for her and Angel. To scare Isha, Ali attempts to shoot an apple off the top of a boy's head, at a fair, which angers Isha, and she decides not to marry him. Then on the same day Tanmay/Eddy Teddy meets her at the fair, after seeing his affection towards kids, she decides he will be good for Angel and herself.

A few days later, Isha finds out the truth, and plans to flee with Angel on her private jet, since she was fooled and has lost the deal. Tanmay and Ali take the contract with them as well as phoning the police, and get their right on time. Just when the police were about to take Angel away from Isha, Arush comes and tears up the contract and allows Isha and Angel to go their separate ways.

Arush, Tanmay and Ali are nevertheless upset until their bell rings the next day. The boys are amazed because they find Angel at their doorsteps. A few moments later, Isha turns up telling Arush that it was very hard for them both to forget him.