I think its not wrong to say that I have really learnt a lot from this trip, and grow a lot, it's funny how much 5D4N can do to you but trust me, it can really change you. This is more of a self-assessment thing so yea, bear with me if you bother to read, I won't promise it's gonna be an enjoyable read but I can assure you that this, is really written from the bottom of my heart.
This post will be divided in 4 parts, the first being this, followed by The Good, The Bad, and Truth Session
So.. Firstly, lets talk about...
Well, Phuket is pretty much well known for its water activities, and its attractive beaches, night life, and wild life. Sad to say, (due to budget constraint), I did not get to do a single water activity, unless you consider swimming as one, but I did go to the beach and I really really liked the place, it kind of reminds me of pulau ubin but of cause, a high technology one.
I did live shooting, thou my shooting skill kind of suck, 3 hits out of 10 =\ at least it kind of prove that I'm not cut out to kill. And then obviously there's the go kart.
Anddddddd, most importantly, I did bungee jump! like seriously can you believe it? It may be lame to say but its one of the goals in my life, I longed to do a jump ever since I'm like.. 12? and the feeling was great, thou my balls literally shrink when the elevator was going to the highest point, but the whole experience was great =)
I did elephant trekking too, you know how TV always show an elephant ride to be slow and steady, well let me tell you, its not, the seats are jerky, and when the elephant is going downslope, you feel like you are being thrown off the back! and despite popular belief, seating of its neck is much, much more comfortable.
White water rafting was crazy, its all bumpy and wet, I thought I was gonna cap sized anytime, but I guess the crazier it is, the more fun it is =D
So of cause there's the night life, I'm not really a night life kind of person so... I didn't go to the bar, thou I had a few drinks, but that's about it.
Nothing is perfect, so there goes my trip, while I have nothing bad to say about Phuket (almost nothing, besides the f**ked up indian shop owner who scolds me). I do have bad occurrences at there, particularly with my friends, which sadly, is basically the main reason why I am making this post.
So basically I traveled with 3 of my good friends together, and yea, lets just name them A, B and C. So like what I wrote in "The Good", mention Phuket to people and everyone would think of all the fun, the activities that await.
I got to say that B & C really disappointed me greatly, first off, I did notify them that we will be playing water sports, go kart, and every other thing at there, and when we were there, B & C refuse to play because they think those things are expensive and thus back out, now that's turned off number 1.
Turned off number 2, instead of following us (me and A) to the go karts and places, they rather stay at the hotel and crack the same I-poke-your-ass-you-are-a-gay jokes or your-mother-is-blablabla insults or wa-that-chick-is-damn-hot-I-want-to-XXX comments, which to say the truth I'm getting sick with.
So on the next day after me and A were done with the activities, we decided to rest in the hotel for a day and when we proposed that to B & C, guess what's their respond? "don't want la stay in hotel like very waste time", turned off number 3.
Like hellllooo? what did you guys do yesterday? Didn't you guys 'waste time' too?
and that brings turned off number 4, they went shopping around the market, and when they were back they were like "hey check this out the uncle offered me this shirt for 800 baht but i managed to bargain till 400 baht, now that's what i called value for money", if it's just a one shot thing I'm totally fine with it, but this is what they did for the rest of the Phuket trip!
God dammit they travel there to only shop? Gosh I bet my female friends are better than that.
This leads to turned off number 5, for the rest of the day they keep trying to push the point that we "wasted money playing go kart and etc" and that "we bargained so much in the market", in conclusion, their idea was "you guys waste money while we saved, we seriously can't understand why you guys would spend so much money".
Turned off number 6, maybe it's just me, but I really don't get what's the point of saving money DURING an overseas trip and waste it away in Singapore, as the saying goes, save for the rainy days, you don't save during the rainy days do you? and now you guys ( B & C ) back out from the games just because you guys want to save money, sorry but I think it's seriously bullshit.
Turned off number 7, despite what I stated in (6), I actually do understand why people do save, but just like I am able to understand why you guys save, I really hope they could understand why we spent instead of just brushing us off as "wasting money", its not like we paid for the same thing as them but different price. and that between go kart and some fake jersey, you really can't find any connection between them can you?
Turned off number 8, probably the biggest turned off out of all, back to the point, I thought they were just desperate to save money, but in fact they were far more cheapskate than that, alright, so for the 3rd night, when they think they were really running out of money, they suggested to pay on our own meal, and on the 4th night, when they order so much more, they suggested to divide instead.
Turned off number 9, they went shopping (like again), and found a go kart that's 50 baht/min, which is cheaper than what we paid, they made so much effort to prove their point, if they did play then i got nothing to say, but the thing is they only went to check the price, which to me is really wtf.
Turned off number 10, and when I thought they were just being cheapskate, they are the truth ultimate showing of "money spoils friendship", okay so A and C actually paid a total of 7K deposit fee (A paid 3000 and C paid 4000), on the check out date itself, we realize that the hotel actually used some of the 7K cause of some charges, and that we didn't get back the expected return of 7K, and C, despite A having little cash, shouts "I want my fucking money back", which A has no choice but to comply, thus giving C all the money A has, C's reason for that? "I want to buy souvenir for my grandma", yea like A don't have to, and the fact that B & C have been practically shopping these few days make it more wtf than it already is.
This is kinda out of the blues but I do realize that there's a difference between... I should say old friends (sec sch and earlier) and new friends (poly and later) really treat me different.
Alright.. back when I was younger, my temper was really bad, I flared up on almost everything that irks me, I would burst and shout when something is going against my way.
But I have changed, over the years, I won't say I have the best anger management around but now I get angry when I really have to, and when I want to make a point I actually say it out.
My newer friends would be able to understand that, as in when I am angry or upset they will really consider what they did wrongly and when I made a point they will actually think about it.
This is totally different for my older friends, somehow I still feel that they have this prejudice that "whenever MD is upset, it must be his bad temper again" and whenever I raised my voice a bit to make a point, they will think "damn, look, this is MD for you"
Now this really saddens me quite a great deal because I really wish that my older friends could change the mindset, but the truth is even my best of friends from back then somehow still have this thought about me.
I don't know its a case of retribution but I think its really frustrating at times, I can't even show an inch of anger or discontentment infront of them for fear of being misunderstood.
Sometimes I really think that I am a bad person =\
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