Hi.
I was back in office recently to talk to Venkat about CitiPhone. Good to see all of you. Also good to see the green board. Nick was also having his birthday celebration. But as usual, I am never included in office parties. I had to crash it.

Thanks for your interests in the aunties' trip. Yes, alchohol can be included. Private arrangement. But at this moment, that trip is not possible due to rainy season. As for the enquiries on fishing.. Pat.. i dun throw up. Even if i do,
i swallow it back. Its all about pride!! And Jensen, I will let you know if the fishermen go again and if there is space on board. As you know, I dun organise fishing trips , so if I get invited to make up the numbers, I will let you know.

I was in Laos earlier this month with my wife. We visited a small town called Vang Vieng. Its beautiful. Our hotel which costs US50 a night overlooks the river and across the river, is an entire limestone karst landscape . Very scenic and relaxing.
Highlight in this place is to take a rubber tube and float down the river over a distance of 4km. and along the river are pubs where you can get off your rubber tyre tube to drink, get high, and do a tarzen swing/ flying fox into the river before continuing with your tubing journey. And the massages costs only between S$5-8 an hour.I even had my haircut there from a road side barber. other tourists took picture of me on the barber chair.

Next sunday i will be going to chennai to attend a friend's wedding. Therafter will do some trekking with long san at one of india's tiger conservation national park.
3D2N- good chance to meet a tiger. And since long san looks juicier than me, i know I will be safe. Do not worry for me.

Endau Rompin and Fishing Trip Pictures

hi, good to see that many of you have read my update on the UAT trip and thanks for your comments. And yes claudine , I do have screen shots but the photo editor has been busy lately. He will update asap.
As for the aunties' who are interested in doing this trip, no problem. I can modify the program a bit to customise, no shopping still, but can throw in an asli cooking class for you all. Then go home can impress family with some asli dishes!!

Any way, in between the time i went to Laos in the first week of Nov, and the jungle trip, I also went for a 3 day 2 night deep sea fishing trip in the seas off bintan.i've never stayed on a boat for 3 full days and wanted to see how I can cope with a sedentary fishing life. also to understand how people like dylan can be so obsessed with fishing. well, i enjoyed it very much, we caught everything from squids to groupers, to rays to sharks and even the prized mackeral. i learnt alot about fishing techniques and practices. My only regret is not being able to land a dolphin. We saw them, but they only chased away all other fishes but did not take our bait. i was told they were too smart to be hooked. but being the optimistic person i am, I was hopeful right to the end.