A Holiday to De-Stress! 30 May to 2 June 2013

Though it's kinda late to post this, I just feel like it :)

Within a month, we decided inpromptually (not too sure on the spelling) to go for a short holiday trip. And not long after, off we go on Tiger Airways to a destination that is so familiar, PHUKET! Thanks to our old Casio Exilim Pinkish Camera that was long dead and revived again, we manage to savour and capture some of our memories from this vacation.

Of course, a typical aeroplane shot is always on the list for all travellers. Just the picture alone says it all "we are sooo going on a trip people!". LOL.

Tiger is not deniably the cheapest budget airline as compared to the rest. BUT, the seat is too small and cramp for a person like me, whom never fail to cross and tuck in my legs as though I am sitting on the floor. Habit dies hard. Well, cheap  ticket so I gotta suck it in. That's the price I paid for -_-

We landed in 1.5 hours or so and got ourselves a taxi to Patong beach. That easily cost us 700baht (S$28) but if you gotta compare with Singapore taxis, it's definitely worth it. I love road drives and can always fall asleep in it, especially in SG. Unfortunately, this doesn't apply then as I was too excited. So again, we camwhore in the taxi. LOL.

 

With generally good review, we had booked a Junior Suite at Patong Pearl Resortel. It cost $193 for 4D3N per room and even has a private jacuzzi equipped at the balcony. Although there are noticeable dirts and insects in the jacuzzi bathtub, it can easily be washed away and cleaned so we didn't mind that much. I give it a 7/10 as I did not like the tile flooring. It kinda cheapen the look I feel.

 

 

 

 

The only special thing that I did was to try out parasailing. I had wanted to try it out on the 1st day but had no guts to do so. All thoughts running through my mind "what if i die? what if i drop into the water and drown? or break my neck? or would the ropes snap?". But I just have to do it  instead of wondering how it feels to be up there, your life hanging on the ropes of the the parachute and nothing else. So I picked up my courage and did it on my second day.

 

How was it? I felt nothing. LOL. It's as good as taking the Sentosa Skyride and there is nothing scary at all. NOTHING AT ALL. So my fiance recorded the whole video but unfortunately, the video gets deleted as I sent my phone for repair last week. Here are some pictures of me getting prepped up for the ride...

 

 

We spent the days pigging out on Thai delicacies, dishes and seafood from breakfast, to lunch, to dinner and supper. The feeling of doing nothing stressful and simply lazying by the beach and swimming pool is the perfect feeling in the world that I never want to forget. We are not the shopping kind so we did not have a budget to worry as we splurge on food food food. Oh, we did catch a Fast and Furious 6 in their cinema, after a long 20 minutes commercial and standing up to the National Anthem (fiance almost had a fit as he was snoring away while I woke him up urgently). Our nights were spent in the bar, playing pool games and puffing sheesha away. Not forgetting, the beach club called "Seduction" was awesome! We finally found a club that has no nonsense sleazy kind of thing. It was purely a dance club that you can find along Clarke Quay and the crowd was great too! Kudos to the Australian Management for bringing in that hippie breakdance group, and that party rocking DJs.

 

Though Phuket is not the best trip or destination in Thailand as I still prefer Koh Pha Ngan (besides, the beaches are getting horribly dirty as well), it is still a wonderful vacation to de-stress with my super duper lovey fiance. Here are the rest of the pictures for your viewing pleasure...

 







 

The Road to the Other Side

The Downside of my career journey...

My job search has nothing promising yet. I did not get that other job after rejecting the jewellery event company's offer. It sucks to be rejected but oh well, that wasn't the first time.

Last week, I went for an interview and was required to make a presentation on a project that I have covered on. Overall, I thought my presentation went well. Even the interviewees said so, commenting that my presentation could make me stand out among other candidates. But... 1 week has since passed and yet I receive no call from them. Well, I guess I did fail to answer some of their interview questions and probably, did not do that well in the surprised written test at the end of the interview. It was all hell break loose! The written test is tough considering that it's a "surprise" and me, having poor writing skills and a brain size of a pea :(

Again, rejected. Urgh.

And, my current company keeps abusing me, sharing me with their new joint venture company! So basically, I am doing the Marcom role for both companies, including designing their new company logo and all the marketing collaterals.

So smart huh, avoiding engaging profession creative agency to do the work that may cost them a bomb...


Well, the Upside is... this leads to a freelance designing opportunity!!

I have a new business idea! I love it when these ideas seems to pop up out of nowhere. In fact, it was something that I had thought about but was not confident in doing so. But now, with a potential client enquiring, it gives me a kick start that things may work out after all! I'm so excited! Using all my skills that I acquired in designing artwork for my current company, I am trying out as a Freelance Designer, designing artwork for outside companies at an affordable rate. If I manage to clinch this project and do it well, subsequently, there will be more projects given to me.

I have even thought of a name for my business;

LEAH Creative Work.

Depends on how it goes, I will decide if a professional profile and website to showcase my work is required...

So with my current job, it gives me more time to try out this new business. I would probably put off my job search until end of this year and see how it goes.

I have found the ROAD TO THE OTHER SIDE :)