Redang Trip In A Nutshell ( Well, sorta )

It's been a week and a day since I got back from Redang, and I still feel like I'm merely existing. I've left my life back in Redang. Ah, the life of sunshine, laughter, and underwater world.

It was a great vacation. I was there with Rosanne, Hui and Jun to get our PADI Open Water Diving licenses. I hadn't been on a vacation for years I guess, so you can imagine the excitement built up towards this Redang trip. Thank god it's everything and more than I could ever ask for.

Redang was breathtakingly beautiful. It's the crystal clear water, the soft white beach, the random boats, the less-than-azure-but-nonetheless-stunning-endless sky, the wooden jetty, the  swaying branches, the off-peak serenity, the starry night, the mirrored full moon in the sea, the silhouettes of distant islands, the hyper squirrels, the amazing marine world, the growing bubbles, the laughter on everyone's face, and every other little thing. They got into me, and they possessed me.

Diving was different from what I've imagined. How different you may ask, but I cannot answer, for I did not imagine much to begin with. It was just a blurry idea of a person in the water with a tank of air supply. No big deal. Rosanne asked me to join her, and I said yes without thinking twice. Well, it definitely takes more than just a tank to dive. There were skills and knowledge that we had to learn. The beginning of it was a bit perilous (okay fine I'm exaggerating) but it was all worth it. Now I'm in love with diving and the sea.

Not gonna write much. I've already written 11 pages in my A4-sized personal journal. Go to Redang and feel it for yourself. =)

Been coughing and sniffing for the past few days. Guess I'm missing Redang too hard.

BookFest! Woohoo!!

The crowd was unimaginable I tell you. It's like Cheras Taman Connought Night Market, only it wasn't Taman Connought, it wasn't at night, and it wasn't a market. Uh, yea, I suppose that was pretty clear? It was the BookFest in KL Convention Centre.

The photo above isn't really translating the magnitude of the crowd. (Magnitude?) See if I were to take in the crowd as it was, which obviously I couldn't, but to best capture it, I would have to hold my camera phone high above the crowd - which is not something that I will ever do. It draws too much attention. And this was outside the exhibition halls, mind you. In there in the halls, it's Connought Scenario at it's worst. Well, I might be exaggerating a bit, but it was really packed up. There were so many people queuing up to pay that I managed to finish off a Sudoku on my iPod while waiting in line. I was actually a bit touched to be able to fight alongside my fellow comrade of bookaholics on our way to nirvana. Ah, bliss of life. They had quite some great bargain books over there. For those who have not been there yet, you should go. For those who haven't been there and won't be able to or read this post after 4th September, well, too bad. XD

And the crowd wasn't just there at the convention centre. It was everywhere in the shopping complex too! You have no idea how much perils I had to endure to get to the top, where Kinokuniya was. I felt as if I was climbing Batu Caves, and every step brought me closer to my House of God. Didn't you other people have better places to go other than where I wanted to go? Worshiper goes first don't you know. Argh, the nerve of you people...

Anyway, all in all, it was a great day!!!

Like, Real Random.

These are the photos that I wanted to share for the past few months but failed to do so. =)

The bunnies from my childhood. Not mine though.

I want a library like this, with books filling up every nook and corner, sunlight streaming in at just the right angle.

Ah! Tintin!! I suppose I've read every single one of them here.

The Stinky Toufu! Yeah baby!

I'm missing my dog... <3

I want to bask in the sun too!!!!!