Departure Day - 9 August 2008

Remember I went on a vacation trip just last Saturday? As everyone should know by now that I took a coach over to Thailand instead of the usual air flight. Due to the air flight to Thailand, Hatt Yai, to become non-existing, we just had to take the longer journey route there instead.

I can't remember clearly much, but I do remember being woken up early in the morning by my sister. Initially, I thought we're going to Ang Mo Kio as my sister would be withdrawing a hundred dollars for my mum to spend in Thailand. However, she changed to City Hall instead, because she wants to get some donuts. Something good about going out with her that day was, my train fare and my lunch, are all paid by her.

Reaching home feeling a little tired after a short shopping trip with my sister, I lay on my parents' bed sleeping like a log. Waking up, I felt so excited because I'm finally going to Thailand for my vacation with my parents and Baby. The most exciting part was, my looking forward to meet Baby at Beach Road for dinner with my parents.

At around 6pm, the coach left Beach Road and is heading towards Tuas check point. It was freaking cold on the bus, and I immediately wore my precious jacket that my sister bought for me on my 19th birthday this year. We passed by Marina, where the NDP has just started going on I guess. We witness the spectacular of the parachuters coming down from the sky. I began counting how many, because I thought there's 5, but Baby was telling me there's more up in the sky where I'm unable to see it.

Anyway, I began to feel giddy and the urge to vomit due to the bumpy ride which just started not long after. But I was glad when we reached Tuas checkpoint because I get to alight and try to get back to normal.

The ride after Tuas was alright after that. A long ride before we reached a place to stop for a rest. Somewhere in Malaysia, and I'm not sure which part was it. I know that Baby and I began walking around the supermarket while my parents were outside hunting for food to fill our stomachs. But somehow, I didn't eat any because I'm quite full to be exact. The supermarket doesn't have the ones I want, so I left that place empty handed.

On the bus, we get to watched a movie, a Thai movie to be exact. As it was in Thai, I didn't really bother watching it because I most probably wouldn't be able to understand a single word. Then, there came the sunset, and I began to admire the colors of it. Baby tried taking a picture of it, and I think, she only managed to get one.

I would say the bus wasn't comfy, and I had a hard time falling asleep. The little girl behind me made quite a din, and her bag just came right down onto my head. Which of courses causes pain to me, and I began to wonder what's in that bag. Kind of hard materials in it. Just my luck sitting in front of this little girl who began to pull my hair at one point of a time.

Many checkpoints for the bus I guess. If I'm not wrong, we do stop at a few places to release the high tide in us. Finally the bus stopped at around 5plus at the checkpoint between Malaysia and Thailand. The checkpoint only starts functioning at 6am in the morning, so we had to wait for the time to arrive.

After which, another checkpoint in Thailand. Upon reaching, I looked out the window to see misty foggy air around. Wondering how does the drivers drive around in that weather.

More to come . . .