I would not hide, neither will i forget how bad/sad/emo this week was, as you can see from my facebook wall post about the 14 day thingy. Shadow of the day will paint the world in grey... The sun goes down, i feel the light betray me... I remember black skies, the lighting all around me...

It was really devastating for me, to think that i've done relatively not bad, filling 2 perms on top of the usual temps and the thought of happily extending my contract till july, but the 2 week's notice to buck up just smashed that thought of extension, totally. And there i was just a day ago and still telling everybody who thinks i'm crazy that i love my job...

Over the extended weekend on the trip to bintan, i really let go of everything. I left everything: all my worries, thoughts and burdens behind and man i felt lighter. Sitting down by the white sandy beach watching the sun rise with the accompaniment of the waves. Trying to catch crabs, looking for sea shells... Other than the stupid incident which we missed our ferry on the way there, our trip was a very enjoyable one. Traveling around the whole island in the day on a private tour which brings us to places with amazing scenery (while traveling along the coastline), to places which showed the day to day life of the locals (passing by their harbour, houses, shopping centres and even their 8-ball pool shops)

I was also to learn that there are 2 zones with in Bintan itself, 1 for the locals, the other housed the resorts for the visitors which is out of bounds to the locals. The difference between the 2 zones can be compared to heaven and earth. The local zone generally have roads with no street lamps, no government supplied water & electricity while the tourist zone have roads which are nicely paved, specially planted trees, hired locals who take care of security and cleanliness, golf courses... Which i must admit comes at a much higher premium.

The food at the resorts are way too expensive even by singapore's standards, the international buffet which was 50 plus per person after taxes wasn't worth its value. Rental and usage of the sea sports facilities and all terrain vehicles are no where near cheap with rates averaging around 50 bucks per hour. The hotel facilities are great, with very spacious rooms and even beach chairs at the balcony!

Came back to my homeland in the afternoon and was immediately greeted with a call. Of all questions, my good buddy joseph have to ask "You working tomorrow?" I swear at that point in time i feel like throwing my pair of newly bought slippers at him! Still i ended up meet weiji and him for dinner at a korean restaurant and ice-cream before heading over to play pool at our usual hangout.