Monday, March 19, 2007'♥
-the introspector-
i am back at 3.49 am in the comfort of my room with
1. lotsa fishie bites from my snorkling trips.
2. lotsa gross peeling skin flakes for all to share.
3. a tan.
4. 2 israelites, a japanese and a canadian family as friends.
5. flab upon flab.
6. adventures and misadventures that will be shared soon enough.
The trip was good, especially when half the time i was roaming around the island on my own. This physical form of escapism never felt better.There were just so many pictures i wish i could have taken, but themeanmachine was just too badly battered by the conditions ( seaspray,sand,salt and dust, and my mishandling) by the second day. boo.
Even though there's always this lulling soothe to the the beaches and smiles of the locals,you just cant help but to look a little longer, a little closer at the faces and the buildings that survived the aftermath of the tsunami. There's always this tugging thought to want to disect and learn more abt them whose way of life/society is now more than ever driven by mass tourism and consumerism.
Young women scantily clad, who now only seek temporal solace of their dreams at dusk . They who can only adorn themselves with all the jewellry they claim possession of, and be ingratiated with nothing but the sultry lips and slity eyes they call their own, to win the favour of men . Men who promised them a better future , by simply - demanding them to spread their legs.
sidenote:(It's quite a sight really, for a moment, you just stop downing your singha and get alittle distracted by the things they do.( ladyboys flashing their hard and unbouncy titties at men and girls as young as 15 , strutting around in minis that will put even kate moss to shame). Anyway,I am not being racist here, but indian/banglas nationals there,by far is one of the worse behaved men i have seen so far.boorish ,brazen and rude. it's just repulsive to even imagine what it feels like for the call girls to service them. )
The reality has never felt more real, there and then.
But anyway, it does gets alittle disturbing, knowing the places and people that are there before arent around anymore.It even gets alittle imponderable how a place as serene as that, can be ravaged through and through and yet survived it all.
The thai foodfare has always been one of my favourites.Padthais and more padthais.It's a gourmet spread that goes easy on the pockets. i reckon it's our currency that does wonders there .you are going just going to orgas and laosai at the mammoth sizes of their monster prawns and fish there. Despite my allergy to the seafood,I still stuck on my mantra and went on a padhai,pancake with nutlella and bananas,fruit shakes and club sandwich binge.Yes, my new found mantra, IT IS NOT MY WORDS BUT MY MOUTH THAT IS LAW.
oh well, Phuket, a place that will soon be in my distant memory, but nonetheless a place i will go again, soon enough.
i reckon it's a really good holiday, though half the time, i felt something was amiss, something was missing.
and work starts tomorrow.HOW WRETCHED. but hah! i am giving it a miss.
pictures soon!
for lionel: your latest photos are really nice! and i want to show you the photos of this other photographer!
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// you- a habit i cant quit//
