Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Krabi day out

Krabi day 2

It rained the whole night and mobet are hibernating like a pair or polar bears. Woke about 0715. Tossing and turning and a quickie lol. Then the breakfast. Sorry to say but it kinda sucks. Nothing special. We then went to the business center for our daily shot of iPad games hehe. We then made booking for the evening Aung Nam adventure. It's 200 baht each.

The beach is not that bad come to think about it. We didn't take a dive though. Just like the local says - look see look see :) then guess what? We found a pair of hammock!!! And that became our prop of the day.

Bebet then wanna have a look at the pool and took a dive or rather took a hippo style dip hehehe while momot play hide and seek. Bebet didn't quite enjoy the breakfast so she got her daily dosage of hunger pain in no time. Had green curry and iced coffee. Not bad.

Went back to the room for a quick rest before the evening plan.

Aung Nam is a small town. I guess the heart of the town is just about 2 kilometers long and full of shops selling the same thing. Souvenirs, tons and tons of souvenirs. The main aim of the day is check out the rate for the island hopping. Hopefully we can conclude the deal by today and get things moving by tomorrow. I bought 2 new ala vintage shirt. It's singha and Chang beer shirt. 22 bucks each though I think it's too early and compulsive buy but I'm on holiday so who give a fuck! Hehe

After walking till the town limit, I presume, we went to the opposite side of the street and checked out a few shop. Restaurant actually. Bebet ordered her favorite dish, Tom Yum Goong. Guess what? It's super !!! We got to know one of the staff. Very friendly and positive. Her name is Jenny. From the look of things, she must have her own fair share of a colorful history. Good English and passive aggressive, we were sold and booked the tour through her. The day after we plan to go to the hot springs and check it out. Bebet mentioned it many times since we arrived at the hotel so I guess she must really be curious. We both agreed to let tomorrow decide if we want to use Jenny's service for the day after.

Did I mentioned the food is super delicious?

Bebet says I kept things from her cos I'm too busy with my iPad lol. So got to go now will update you withnthe outcome of the island hopping trip.

Ciao Bella.


~ it's a mobet's world ~

Sunday, May 22, 2011

KBV II

Krabi Day one part 2

Remember I told you we're gonna push back at 1355 local? We actually boarded about 1340 and by 1345 we have completed boarding.

It amazes me how they, Airasia managed to educate the passengers and how motivated their staff are. The passengers only bring in small hand carry and even before they clear immigration there's another team filters the passenger's cabin baggage. I guess in the end when the passengers knows that they will NEVER win the baggage arguments they just plain give up bringing in extra weight. Allowance is only 7kg. Now I wondered. 7 kg? That's like 7000 grams. My BALLS weight more that that duh.

Oh they intercepted our kite and hmm we have to check it in. Bye bye kite... We're gonna miss you.

Although we bought the hot seat, Airasia don't actually honor their part of the bargain where we're supposed to board first. There seems to be a bunch of non hot seat passengers boarded before us. Luckily the bus is not too crowded. Flight generally was good. As per Malaysian Hostility's tag line " beyond expectation " actually. Seat wasn't that bad either. But I can see Bebet refused to get comfy. I tried to make Bebet's journey better but...you can only do so much. In the end I gave up. I remembered those days the seat is non reclineable and the space is so cramp. Surprise surprise not this time though. Captain for the day is captain Arel. How come I remember his name? That is because he got the same name as the legendary Peter porn guy hehehe. Oh another thing is this guy landed really smooth. The kind of landing we aviator deemed " greaser " landing. Well the runway is a bit damp but excuses aside, I was expecting the Airasia legendary hard landing but instead a smoothy. Not bad at all. I'm impressed. Oh, what has damp runway got to do with a "greaser"? According to fairytales, it supposed to cushion the impact of the touchdown. Oh well whatever.

It rained in Krabi. Grey sky greeted us. We disembark first hm not quite, second in fact. Cleared immigration ( again ) and then the bags. I can't help to notice, Thais are very proud people. It's hard for them to greet you with a genuine smile unlike the Balinese. Now I know why I keep on loving the Balinese. BH- Bali hospitality god I miss em so fuckin much. I smiled at the immigration officer but she didn't return the favor. Whatever. I'm on holiday and you're bloody working on a weekend ha bloody ha ha. Err maybe that's why she's so grumpy? Like I give a fuck.

Waited for the bags for about 15 minutes. First my bag and guess what? The smiley kite survived the checked in baggage !!! O.M.G. I'm impressed. I was a bit worried when bebet's bag didn't turn up with my bag. I was thinking, she's gonna be so pissed if the bag is still in LCCT...in the end the bag turned up just a lil bit late. God it's like dodging bullets. Can't help to feel everything is my fault.

The transport guy waited for us. There were 8 of us in the van. 4 of them are Indy, 2 Malay couple. Let me rephrase, 2 fucking snobbish Malay couple. Oh well you fuckers can rot in your 3 stars hotel ha bloody ha ha. But then again they're staying in Aung Nam. That's the happening part of town by the way.

Next destination? Sheraton Krabi Beach Resort. Took us about 25 minutes to reach the hotel from Aung Nam. The driver says 45 minutes from the airport and we reached Aung Nam about an hour later and from Aung Nam he says 15 minutes and were there about 25 so I guess his watch is still tuned to 20 b.c's time.

The hotel is...super!!! At first nobody greet us at the lobby, that effect actually compounded my belief that these people only want my money, no, OUR money but did not provide us with the service but the when the bell boy saw us he took care of our bags and guess what? We don't even have to queue up at the reception counter but everything is provided for. The reception lady even ushered us to our room. Did I mention we got a free triple upgrade? Pretty cool huh. Or is it low season? Hmmm like I care :) The room is pretty cozy and the hotel is ... Q u i e t and I'm loving it. I think age is catching up with me. I love to bathe in quietness. I think I'll feel at home in a library. Like...duh

Bebet is slow to thaw. She lie on the bed and watch her universe super duper world hyper bestest show on the planet... American Idol. She watched it like gazzilion time and she still watch it. Same goes with DC cupcakes and the kardashian... I don't really mind though. As long as she is happy, I'm happier. Here I am like can't wait to jump to the sea and play my kite and snapping away hehe. Went to the beach like 1 hour before sunset and the beach is, sorry to say but it is not that impressive... A lil bit disappointed I guess.

Had our dinner infront of the hotel. Nuff said, it's a rip off. Went shopping at 7-eleven and then call it a day. All in all, it's not that bad I guess. Sometimes my expectation get the best ( or worse ) of me. I didn't know bebet loathe Airasia with all her heart and I guess I deserve the treatment. Gosh some customers are really hard to pleased. Hehehe

Good night for now. Another 6 more days to go... Sawadeekap



~ it's a mobet's world ~

Saturday, May 21, 2011

KBV

K r a b i

What a way to start our holiday. Bebet dislike no, hate airasia so much. It shows and, in the end there's nothing harder than your other half not working with you. A trip is a journey. After making so much journey or trip be it working or leisure one knows that smooth sailing is either a myth or fluke.

If you work in the industry long enough you'll know that not until you get inside you room (the one that you booked,not the one that they try to shove down your throat unless it's an upgrade) with your checked in bag,that you have truly arrived at your destination. From leaving the house and arriving at your final destination a lot of things could go wrong. you might left your passport at home, you might left your wallet, your bags, you're not well and 1001 other stuff.

Back to the story. Here we are, at LCCT waiting for our ride err plane. Not a minute ago they just announced the plane is gonna be late. Touch down is at 1320 local, taxi 10 minutes, another 10 minutes for disembarkation, and another 5 for what ever god knows. So I think we'll be boarding at about 1355 local.

Since bebet is not in favor of taking airasia everything worries me. The delay, from leaving the gate to the aircraft. Yeah we paid for the numbered seat but would the other passenger race us to the aircraft later? Bebet is not gonna like that and in the end everything is my fault. So so hard to live up to expectation. Wish bebet could work with me instead of the other way round. I guess this would be the last time we take airasia. Next one would have to be national carrier and etc.

Come to think of it. Airasia is like socialist. Everybody is equal. No class in between and what ever you want you have to fork out. Full service airlines instead is a capitalist society. You reap rewards, luxury stuff and there are classes, strata.

God, 6 more days to go and this, today is not even half of the 1st day.

Tawaqqalilahta'ala


~ it's a mobet's world ~