Q: When's your birthday?
A. It was the day friends treated me to a Japanese buffet and my stomach went on strike the following two days. Prob'ly not such a great idea to have raw fish and deep fried food first thing in the day.
B. It was the day we went to the Chinatown hawker centre and I sat on something that left brown stains on my light blue shorts. Does it smell? - No? - Then it's not shit. Hahaha!
C. It was the day the waiter tipped a strawberry mocktail down my back. I don't blame him since he's just a trainee and the glasses they used were awful - heavy and wide on the top, only supported by a small base. However, minus points for assuming my clothes weren't wet since there's no apparent stain. Where did they think the entire mocktail went? Most of those polled felt my bill should have been waived. But it wasn't me who picked up the bill in the end.
(Thanks to my loverly friends for the treats!)
Q: So how come you decided not to go to Krabi?
A. I had work, which is true, I did go to work, sometime during the duration of the 4-day outing. (But notice I didn't say 'had to'.)
B. I'm the extra limb. It seemed most in the group knew one another, except me. When I said I can't sleep if someone in the dorm snores, the organiser says, 'We'll just get you drunk so you sleep all the way.' I politely declined.
C: Initial reluctance towards getting wet and sunned festered. Haven't been climbing much lately and so will just be an embarrassment in Krabi. On top of that, hadn't bought my air ticket and the airfare had increased substantially. Then, a 2-day trip to Malaysia's Gunung Bunga Buah on the same weekend surfaced and I was sold!
Q: How was your trekking trip?
A. Ironic. Didn't want to get wet in Krabi but it started to rain heavily just 2 hours into the trek. Trails turned into gushing streams of mud, got all wet and cold. And if you thought I could at least enjoy the fresh air - a few members of the group smoked during the trek - The air is so fresh I have to pollute it a bit. I'd rather get bitten by a leech than inhale second-hand smoke in the middle of the jungle. Guess that's why the leeches gave me a break.
B. Hard. The gradient wasn't bad, but I didn't realise it was an energy-sapping 10-hour affair. Read the fine print carefully next time!
C. Hassle-free. The organiser had hired a comfortable 12-seater mini-van that picked us up, dropped us off, waited for us, basically at our disposal for the entire 2 days. Thumbs up! Unfortunately, I think I lost mother's camera in the van. More online shopping, August!
