May 18, 2007

Phuket Trip

Finally I had the chance to get my passport exposed to international stamp.. Of course not Singapore lah.. Although Singapore is international but so near what... What I meant was other than Singapore.. Hahah

Anyway, I just changed hop onto a new company.. Finally, automotive industry and marketing position.. hahahah.. and the best part is on my first week in the job, I get to join the company trip to Phuket, Thailand.. haha.. Nice leh.. and when come to think about it, I get to travel a lot.. especially to Thailand.. Eh harlo.. Not those kind of thingy that you are thinking right now.. For work lah.. Coz the company I'm working in, the principal company is in Thailand.. Not for you know what.. hehe..

I had tremendous fun during my Phuket trip and preety excited though.. The kampung boy is finally going international.. Sei Mei (means die already or not in Cantonese).. Of course!!.. The schedule was really tight for the trip but had fun.. No doubt 'bout that.. The time when we arrived at the airport, we're greeted by their traditional greeting "Sawadeekap" and they put the seashell necklace on your neck.. Sorry.. No photo on that.. then we move on to board the bus.. But of course, a package trip means a package trip and it will not be complete without visiting those place to buy stuff.. At the arrival hall, we're greeted by a tour guide by the name of May.. I can say she's the funniest, friendliest and most helpful tour guide that Thailand can offer.. Non-stop entertainment and jokes put out by her throught out the journey.. I give her thumbs up..

Our tour guide... Ms. May...

First stop.. Filling up our stomach.. This little restaurant in Phuket was recommended by our tour guide.. It's not those tourist spot restaurant lah.. It's just a little house converted into a restaurant by the roadside near the airport.. The belacan chilli here is fantastic.. You got to try it.. Something you cannot get over in Malaysia.. Trust me..

The little restaurant we visited for lunch...

My colleagues having fun eating the food.. Imagine they finished 3 bowls of belacan..

Second Stop.. the Gem centre.. they organised a video presentation on their products and how they mined the gems.. Apparently they mined these gems such as sapphire and ruby in a big scale and they show us how they do it as well.. Hm.. Interesting... It's sort of like a tour around the factory and the tour will lead us to a showroom for those who want to purchase the products.. And I can tell you there have thousand and one types of design for you to choose from.. Earings, pendants, bangles, necklace and etc.. But sorry.. cannot take photo in there.. They scared we rob them later.. ahaha.. Oh Oh.. They even have pearls..

Me at the entrance.. Sitting right next to the "Please Do Not Sit Here" sign...

Men at Work....

The best part of this visit is.. FREE FLOW of beer and liquor... :o)

Me having a JD Coke with my colleague..

The next stop, we were brought to visit the most famous Siam temple in Phuket.. The place is big and there's a lot of room for you to walk around.. and of course lazy bum like me.. I just went to the main area and then stand in the shade.. It's very hot and sunny that day... I started to have sunburn during that visit and sweat like a straight out from a bath...

Overview of one of the building...

Nice pose leh.... I know..

The back part of the temple...

After to the temple.. we went to the shooting range.. Yeah!! Real gun at last.. If you think you can shoot like Chow Yun Fatt, then you must've watch too much movie.. This place gives you the real gun and real bullets for you to shoot.. You can choose from handgun right up to pump gun.. the cost is about RM88 to RM100 depending on what type of gun you choose... I took a 0.45 caliber which is a mid-rank type of bullets.. The firing power is higher than normal...



I took a 0.48 caliber gun... Cool huh.... Police!!.. Raise your hand..

After the shooting... we're brought to the best place in Phuket to see sunset.. the place was beautiful and lots of people... We're just about in time to see the sunset and I got some shots of the sunset.. Dunno nice or not.. For me.. they're good...


Monument at the sunset viewing place.. Forgot the name of the place..

Well, so long for now coz need to get back to work liao.. I snake my time to upload this for you all.. ahha.. I'll continue to upload it tomorrow yah..
Cheers...