F E L I N E R S

HELLO HELLO! tabby & garf visited kitty in Hanoi once again! this time we had more fun-filled activities in comparison with our previous trip! to the feline i miss the most, poosy, here's a post just for u, to journey together as i recall.. aristo has already heard most of it.. anyway, here goes!!

kitty was at work when we touched down at the Noi Bai airport. all we had to do was to look for a guy holding a paper with our names on it. we then hopped into his car and headed to kitty's workplace. it took about 40 minutes or so. on the way there, most of the things that we saw was paddy fields and paddy fields. we met up with kitty at her workplace and that's when she gave us a set of keys to her place. check out the Art of Mess we created there.

we decided to go on 2 mini trips. for the first one, we decided to tag along with kitty for work to Lan Ha.. off we went! we hopped on a bus for a 3.5 hours ride to the pier to take a small boat to get to a bigger boat.







the boat was parked somewhere in Ha Long bay & we were all to sleep over in the boat for a night.



we didn't have a room to ourselves. and the top deck of the boat was pretty much our room. that's where we slept - on the decks. i fell asleep after exchanging stories and looking into the dark skies with ocassional twinkling of the stars.




tabby tried wakeboarding, i tried water skiing, which we failed miserably. i just couldn't get it right! it's a very, very difficult sport. but never mind that, i'm gonna give it another try in future anyway! despite the fact that i swallowed what felt like 2 litres of sea water. bleurgh. thinking of it makes me dizzy.

we went tubing. bleurgh as well. tabby seems to be enjoying the whole ride - she just kept laughing "weeheeheehee wahahaha". i, on the other hand was screaming on the top of my lungs "STOPPPPP! STOP RIGHT NOWWWWW! I'M SERIOUS!! LIKE, NOWWWWWWWW" but to no avail. the speed boat went on & on, swerving left & right, speeding up even more. bleurgh.

was tired as hell after 1 whole day of frolicking. it was time to set up our mosquito nets and go to bed. by the beach. it was one of the most amazing experiences, dozing off as i hear the sounds of the gushing waves, the creaks from bugs & crickets & being kissed by the night breeze. hmmm. =) and oh, we saw some fireflies buzzing past too. the best "bedroom" ever.

now, what next? as i looked up towards the girls climbing up the rocks, WITH NO HARNESS! what?? after my first step, i've already gotten a scratch on my left knee, and i said i'm not gonna go any further. but kitty insisted on checking out the tree house that she helped build. "ok ok fine, fine," i thought.

here we are, after some rock climbing action, we managed to get on the tree house! a sturdy handsome tree house!

the climb scared the toot out of me, really. but, i realized one thing. everytime i see something that scares me, i refuse to do it. but i'd ask myself to try it anyway, it is going to be hard, yes, but just do it. and while doing it, i'd be cursing all sorts, and once it's done, i'd feel a myriad of sensation - relieved, excited, proud, interesting, happy.