@LoVet PhUkEt@
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like us, inseparable. Yak! haha |
I
can still clearly remember how we came up with this whole #LovetPhuket
adventure idea. I was in Toronto in November and I was in the shower when suddenly,
a bulb lighted in my head – it just came across my mind that I haven’t had the
chance to go out of Singapore with my BFF (in Singapore) – Melizzah Mildred
Alcayaga. So there I immediately picked up the phone and called her and voila!
Just happened that she just thought about that same thing at that very
moment!!! Well, no wonder we’re bestfriends – we think and feel alike. Char!
Exactly
a year later, here we go with our plan. Come to think of it – what a
coincidence it was even for the travel date that we didn’t intend. Oh well, we
got a couple other coincidences along the way.
Few
weeks before our travel, we decided to start with our prayer time at 11 pm
daily for a safe travel.
5
days before, Mel panicked at the thought that her passport wasn’t in good
condition and feared that she may be denied entry in Singapore – Phuket vice
versa. Earlier on, I had my passport renewed on the rush for this trip too. On
the day of the trip, I realized that I wasn’t able to have my new passport
linked with my workpass and yeah – name all other stress points you can think
of – we got them! Not to mention the little budget that we got to stretch
across the 3 days and 2 nights.

At long last – Day 1 – we arrived in Phuket International Airport around 4 pm ish their time. We had to travel for an hour to get to our hotel in Patong (Baan Yuree Resort & Spa). We reached the hotel delighted to see that we got a nice big room with balcony and a bathtub! (I was especially delighted on the latter one! #favoriteplaceintheworld! wohoo!)

Day 2 – Island Hopping – Fun. Fun! This perhaps was the highlight of our trip. We had our breaky at the hotel then off we went to our adventure. At the boat, we particularly chose the middle seat. Haha! Just nice for two girls. We went to Mosquito Island, Bamboo Island, but I enjoyed the most in last 2 stops we had: the Phi Phi Don where I had the chance to jump onto the crystal clear blue-green water without a life vest – such a wonderful first for me! Turned out that I just needed a push there. Haha! So loved it. Then our last destination was the Maya Bay featured in “the Beach” movie – oh so lovely! One of the beautiful beaches I have gone to so far. I also like the bare-it-all Q&A that happened there. Haha! Waahh! #lamna ang topics. #ssshhh.
All throughout our tour, we felt that we enjoyed
every single moment. The guides called us “Ms. Philippines” because we are 2,
hence in plural. Joke! No, perhaps due to the then concluded Ms. Universe
Pageant wherein Philippines landed as 4th runner up. Haha!
#damingsegway.

But
yeah, what was striking for me during the 3-day get-away was when I realized
that this trip was intended more for me, just because I was going away. It was
pretty obvious later on when it seemed that I was the only one enjoying
snorkeling in the water and even swimming in the pool of 3-feet depth. You see,
Melizzah doesn’t know how to swim. She almost wouldn’t talk to me when I had
forced her to jump onto the water with her life vest on but in all fairness to
her – she tried floating for like 5 minutes and that’s about it. She ended up
almost crying, fearful. I never saw her that scared before. And I like to honor
Mel for sending me off with these wonderful memories that I will forever
cherish. I will miss our random Q&A in the pool; the gulatan at the bed
with mini horror experience. Haha; the selfie shots; the foodie; the S&tC
marathon; the opening and closing prayers; the little surprises that delighted
us; the tight budgeting; the Lovers and the BFF Chatroom; the tomorrow
night/Monday night LSS; the walang katapusang hanapan ng rayban aviator that
ended with wala naman. Haha! Puro sukatan lang; the relaxing foot massage to
match the free upper body massage; the cool playlist while on the boat; the
no-budget-for-last-dinner at the airport; the stress sa travel documents; and
these are just about Phuket, more importantly, I will miss the person I was
with in this trip! Waah. Don’t cry BFF!
Thank
you Pops for joining me in my last Hurrah sa tag-init! Love yah! I will surely miss the
heat of Mr. Sun!
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