12 June 2009

Phuket November 2008 in pix ...

Edited 04/05/2014 - These are the pix taken while on company trip to Phuket, Thailand back when I was working with the small property section of the local daily ... I have bittersweet memories of working with the property team, but I do mostly remember the editor-in-chief for the property section ... He was a downright asshole to work with, but he has my respect above all the men I have worked with ... Also the copy editor, who I have met up once in while ... Very nice lady and very knowledgeable about her work ... The others I don't really care about ...
















Don't exactly know where this is, but it was the first place we stopped for food ... I find it interesting that broken English can be spoken perfectly here ... But after the third day in Phuket, I started to speak like them as well, heheheh ....















The first beach we saw, while we were having our lunch ...

















What would my Thai experience be without tucking into some Tom Yam Kun .... Mmmmm, delish ... This one was the right combination of HOT & SOUR ... But I am not a fan of seafood, so the cuttlefish took a while to chew down, while the mussel .... yucks! ....

















Nevertheless, this spicy fried crab was the bomb!!!! I was practically crying out for water, it was that hot, but oh man, it was *gobsmacked*!!!















The entrance to our hotel, Royal crown in Patong ....















Our tour guide, Arisa (in yellow shirt), or better known as Lisa, and her trainees, on our way to Coral Island ...















Like I said, my camera wouldn't have worked so well if I tried to take photos of the nightlife down Patong beach, which to me was much more interesting then walking down the beach during the day ... Oh well .... Anywayz, I had the luck of following my boss & his family, 'coz we got treated to really nice seafood like this lobster .... mmmm, yummeeeeee .... I WAS IN CHEESE HEAVEN ... And the lobster's flesh was really soft ...... Did I feel bad for the rest of my colleagues who didn't follow us? ... Not really, heheheh .....















Wat Cha Long .... We spent so short a time here, which was a pity coz the stalls selling the souvenirs there where among the cheapest ... I mean, I'm a lousy haggler, but I could have gotten these key chain purses for 50 baht for four if I had showed my pity face and bargained coz they were selling for 100 baht .... And there were some really interesting souvenirs there .... Oh well ....














Downtown Phuket .... The green building is Robinson's, which I didn't bother going in ... Somewhere nearby is Ocean shopping mall, where I got my cheap bras :D ....

















If I'm not mistaken, this is Kata beach, or is it Karon? ... Oh well, this is where my boss made a lunge for me, and I finally jumped into the sea .... I would have enjoyed the three feet waves if I wasn't too concerned with the fact that I only had one bra .... but that one dried overnight, and I got my cheap bras the next day anyway .... BJ, next time, pack in the swimsuit when you know you're going near water ....















Now I know this is somewhere in Karon .... Just fascinated with the blowfish with its tomato eyes ....

2 comments:

queendiva said...

hey BJ...first of all mabrook on ur centrespread!!! this calls or celebration. don't forget to keep a copy of it 4 me to see later, ya! u go girl!

seems like u had so much fun in phuket! i'm so proud of ya...my little girl has grown up so fast, it's bringing me tears to me eyes! hehehehe....girl, u deserve the retreat & keep on having more of these social activity & get to know more people! the world is inhabited by millions of people...get to know all of 'em if u can!

BrainJuice said...

Thank you! Thank you! I'm touched *uhuks* ... And for my acceptance speech, I would like to thank the Academy, my fans - ceh, perasan betul I nie yek? heheheh ... Eh, y do ppl always think I'm this little girl? It undermines my ... adult attractiveness *ahaks* ... ah nasib engko ler ader kawan datin perasan camnie, heheheh ... Well, looking forward to more island trips with u, remember?? ...