Monday, November 9, 2009

Vacation over.... :(

I just came back from a 10 day vacation in SE Asia(Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia). Hangover is very strong and I can feel the deep contrast between a vacation life and a real life right now. So thought of expressing the feelings which I have right now.

This is how I spent my vacation. First what I didn't have/didn't do:

1. No cell phone(no bill payment reminders, available bank balance!)
2. No internet for most part(no company emails about things breaking apart back in office!)
3. No television(no bheegi billi from 9XM !)

This is what I did a lot:

1. Cheers for this, cheers for that! Did you try the cocktail "Fantastic Phuket"? Argh how much I hate whiskey..... but ... !
2. Water sports. Jet ski, para-sailing, snorkeling, white water rafting. The action never stopped.
3. Water water everywhere. While not bathing in beach, it was the swimming pool. In fact soon I felt like I was living a "fishy" life. Later into the vacation I started avoiding going into the water and now I think hard about even taking a bath!
4. Not sleeping before 5 am. A lot of long nights in the pubs, discs, beaches and one time in the hotel room just playing poker.

On a more introspective note, I also learned a few things during this time. I would share it in a new post. For now its time to get on with the predictable and less exciting old life. But it has a silver lining- it pays you so that you can redo the vacation!

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