someone said that the best part of going overseas is coming home.

is that really true?

maybe not if you're returning from some paradise on earth, but if you're coming back from a place with smelly toilets, frequently occurring power shortages, infestation of mosquitoes, flies and god knows what, you'll definitely be glad to come back.

not that tioman was that bad. all three things mentioned did happened, but again it wasn't that bad a trip. we went snorkeling, which was pretty disgusting with all the fish swimming towards you and stuff like that. but still interesting. we saw some sea urchins, and i thought of FOOD. omg the japanese have corrupted me. i was pretty freaked out with the sea urchins. and the fishes. we went fishing too. i totally fail at fishing. i only caught like two fishes. and it was boring. and smelly. we made friends with some of the locals there, and they were telling us stuff like the waterfalls and i can't remember what. i nearly lost my slippers into the waterfall, but again, i might find it back at the resort, i realize only now.

there really isn't much to do in tioman, unless you're into scuba diving and snorkeling and fishing and sitting there doing nothing. really. time passes pretty slowly there, and things never happen on time. i think my friends just realized how i just can't sit still. i have to be doing something, or moving around all the time. though that doesn't usually happen in singapore, strange to say. it must be the air.

despite having nothing to do, ongying managed to take a lot of photos. and we took some photos while snorkeling too. we'll see how those photos turn out.