Its a holi holiday

A holiday every 2 months is good for the soul. As much as I can take as much leave as I want, I don't like the frown you get from the boss when applying leave and the dagger-stares from my team mates because they have to take over my work. But hey, what am I supposed to do with the balance of 34 days leave this year? Sit on it and bring it over to next year to have 60 days? So what I am going to do now is go kiasu at Air Asia and book to somewhere, anywhere. The least is I should go back to Kuching to visit my dear daddy who is prep for a surgery end of the year.

I can always do the tourist thing in Kuching, never had a problem doing that. What with only 3 friends that I have there, I am as good as going to Namibia for a break. I miss my dad and the stillness of Kuching. It makes me feel a bit better that there is a beach nearby too. The family has moved to a new house which is nearer to town and civilization. Not so new house actually since we got it back from the past tenant after so long.

I will be leaving for Thailand tomorrow night and this time doing the real backpacker deal. I am bringing minimal cash (and credit cards, just incase). I am getting old with age and with that I should be over the traveling like a gypsy-fantasy. But as long as I don’t do it, it will bug me forever. There was a chance to go on a lone trip to Perhentian sometime last year and I did not go. I so regret it till today. Lately, i am getting more particular on comfortable airport transfers and what pillows they give in the hotel.

My haversack is ready. I actually started packing over the weekend. This time around I have a small first aid bag complete with seasick med, aspirin, flu med, nail clipper etc. Like a mini pharmacy. I was not thinking much of packing the possibilities for me but also for the bf. I don’t know why I am suddenly such a worry wart and should not baby him so much. Sheesh…

I am heading this trip to Thailand, or at least it is what is expected from me. Usually I am the non-contributing trip member when I go with the usual gang. Tomorrow is a different crowd. Initially it was a plan of 4 people going, but to this second there will be nearly 30 people of friends and acquaintance going. 10 on the same journey, so yeah I pray that there won’t be 10 different decisions on which place to eat and 10 people needing to pee at 10 different time. What I am trying to say here is, many heads will hold up the journey. I am not going to play mama, I will run it like Amazing Race.

I am not looking forward to a reunion with a long lost friend who at one time we were pretty tight. I can’t even go to another country without having to hang with the same crowd that I am tired of seeing here. Karma.

These fingers won’t miss being attached to this keyboard and also the eyes are going to have the much needed rest. All I want to see is green and blue. Speaking of green, my mom suggested we paint the walls green so I will have better eye sight. I just didn’t know what to say.

Till next week, honeys.