i am reading this book & it is inspiring me to do a backpack trip
maybe a short one for the start
anyone's keen?

Last week was pretty busy

However, it was not of personal causes

Dardar's cousin & his family visited HK over the week

& we were tasked to take care of their dogs while they were away

These 2 poms were really playful

They jumped onto us when they see us

 & wanted to lick us so much

To satisfy their needs as a canine

I succumbed to their TLC towards humans

& let them 'have' me for 10 minutes every day

Leaving me sticky with their saliva all over my body

 

 

Over the weekend

DarDar went for his fishing trip with his friends to Tanjong Pinang, Indonesia

I was left alone to take care of the dogs

Meanwhile

I was helping my friend to do her fieldwork in the mangrove

So the dogs were pretty much on their own for the day 

Seriously

It had been a really long time that I last went out to the field

To the nature, to be precise

My outdoor research stopped last September

& i was really itching to get out to breathe some natural air

 

Nonetheless

I was glad that i was being able to help

& at the same time

Loosen myself up from the continuous mad thesis-writing

Just one more month for me to submit my first draft

Another 2 months of ding-dong-ing

& I can graduate finally!!

I cant waittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt to take a break

Before I land myself to employment where freedom is least expected

Photos of my Langkawi trip are up!

I visited Langkawi 10 years ago
This time, I'm back with DarDar
& brought him for a short trip

Things hadnt changed much, seriously
Still pretty dull as before
But this time round
We had more money
So we feasted on seafood
Which only got us overdosed with marine toxin
& suffered from food intoxication a day after we returned Singapore
LOL!!!

We had so much fun that  we were really exhausted at the end of everyday
Overall
Both of us enjoyed the trip & companion

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i want to do a tattoo

have my tibetan inked 

so it can remind me of my given talents

also to inflict pain to wake me up from crushing waves of emotions

this may sound silly

but i think my reason for getting it is more appropriate than anyone wanting to do a tattoo for fun