(Tuesday, March 16, 2004)
H O W D Y ! ! ! (part I)
well, i was in pulau perhentian for the last 3 days. it's some tropical island in east coast of peninsular malaysia...i enjoyed myself so much there. i can't swim and i hate snorkeling but my oh my, i'm not pretty sure why i had such a great time there...maybe i was high with something, hmmm, let me recall. is duck or plain rice can make anyone high? if yes, i'm guilty! howdy! let me start tell stories now
1 s t D A Y
13 of us went on the friday the 13th (we're pretty satanic)
it's pretty much tiring actually. i took a night bus from JB to Jerteh (terengganu) which took about 8 freakin boring hours. then soon after, Mr. Ong (the tour guide) took us for breakfast in the mainland and ferried us into our chalet (note: it's un-air-conditioned) and told us HE'LL BE BACK later (something like the terminator, and he was really wearing one of those apek shades).
shared the room with ee kang and cheh hang, took off my shirt and wanted to party but there ain't nobody at the freakin beach! what the fuck! so met up with my friends and wanted to play volleyball but there's not freakin ball! what the fuck again! the sky is getting dark by every moment...
while looking for my ball, i met adi, who is a tourist there also, and he told me it's been raining over there for the past few days. what the fuck!!!! it was pretty de-moralising. what happened to my perfect trip? argh! then recruitment can to rescue. mr ong came back with some boats and he told me that snorkeling starts in a while (on that moment, i really thought tropical island is a bad idea. he shoved us into BERKAT boat and then took us to give us snorkeling and how to use goggle tips (i really think that is stoopid) but the spot he took us to was really really beatiful. ahahahah. first good thing that happened
then it was the time for our first snorkeling trip. the BERKAT guy gave us some bread to feed lil' fishy! i floated at the water for a while, thought it was lame then went back...then funniest thing happened...kian kok asked BERKAT guy to send him to a toilet (wow, brave!) cause he wants to shit but BERKAT guy just didn't give a shit. so kian kok swam to some rocks at the beach and 'unload'there! i know, what the fuck! it's pretty funny though...how can anyone wants to shit when they're having fun? duh! when he wants to get back to the boat, he cut himself when he was climbing from the slippery rock!
after that we:-
-looked at turtle (skip. reason: nothing that is highlightable)
-went to look at the coral (skip: nothing much some of my friends cut themselves)
-had lunch (nothing much)
then mr ong took us to a spot to look at sharks. yes, SHARKS. he told us to swim in a group so that mr. sharky won't bite us. (sharks don't bite) i was like ok...so we swam in a group but dear mr. ong was swimming way too fast and i can't follow. the rest of the group overtook me and i was in the middle of the sea ALONE and BREATHLESS (due to some major swimming before i ran out of breath). then cheng sun was snorkeling behind me and signaled that a shark is under the spot we were floating. by the time i put on my goggle, the shark left and so is that bugger cheng sun! chicken! sharks don't bite. so i tried to swim back to Berkat but i was too freakin tired. manage to make it after struggling like hell!
then they took us to a waterfall (it's so small, you don't even want to know it's there) - boring! and back to the beach! i didn't want to sleep so i took a walk around the beach. it was then i felt peaceful and all the problems in my life is not there anymore...(the blondes which was sunbathing did help a little)
had dinner, went back to the beach and brought my discman along. it was perfect! there was so much stars. i have never seen that much stars in my life before. the music i brought fit the mood and there was the beach and the everlasting wave storming the beach. hiihihi. there was so few people there, i had all the privacy i needed and i slowly walked to the end of the beach alone. so fine! i tried getting some tan onto my arms and shoulders by walking under the hot sun!
then i took a chair from my chalet and sat on the beach looking at the stars. i think i sat there for the longest time and then suddenly through my loud earphones, i heard someone calling my name. it was my roomates trying to get into the room. hahaha. they didn't see me i guess so i called them and they came and joined me. so there we were, 3 single straight guys sitting on a beach looking at the stars. (it would've been romantic if ee kang and cheh hang were lesbians). after a while, we saw some shooting stars. MORE THAN 1 SHOOTING STARS. holy whatever...i made only 1 wish - eleanor. we got tired and ended our day like that...
day 2 is pretty much the except that they took me to the spot where Alex drowned. God bless Alex. altough i have never met alex, i know how much he meant to charmaine and zoe. i hope he rest in peace.
LiEw, xXx
