…or the lack of it.  over the years the peso has lost its physical size and its monetary value. a few decades ago it was worth it to throw someone a one peso coin because you’ll know it’ll hurt that person. but lately i’ll just keep my peso just because it wont make someone say “ouch” :p

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ill make this my last post from our trip..

these are photos i took with a canon g9 and got really carried away processing the images.

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i forgot about finishing this phuket series! life got in the way..

anyway here’s our only dinner when we were all together. earlier that day, merlin went on a fishing tour and brought home his catch, 3 or 4 fishes (can’t remember). we didn’t know what to do with them so we asked the hotel chef if he can cook it for us. he said yes right away!!

the food was amazing

here’s merlin catching our dinner (taken from his facebook account)

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this was a pretty much a quick session.. maybe just 15mins more or less. anyways meet sasha

my fave…

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patong nights at bangla road!!

beers at the hotel are relatively cheap.. but you just got to go out to experience the patong night life.

mela’s thai friend, bee, took us out for some yummy thai seafood (no pics the resto was just too dark) then for some drinks later after that. too bad he had to leave early though.

here’s bee playing a game with one the bar waitresses while waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. he figured out the puzzle so he gets a free drink.

time for some shots at the vodka ice bar.. -16deg inside!! its just a refrigerator turned into a bar lol!

i didn’t want my camera in there so i asked jeremy to take pictures of us in there from outside. there was a cctv set up to see inside the “fridge”

the next night (i think)…

i found this hillarious.. i just had to take a picture. the edge is somewhere in there.. i think.

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here’s pretty much how we spend our mornings at the hotel.. eat, check email, fool around, plan our day… we’re there at the hotel restaurant for more or less 3-4hrs!

everyone brought their laptops with them…

… including baby maia!!

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early next day after we arrived we went diving w/ sea bees aboard their huge dive boad the exalibur II.  anyways it was a great day but winds picked up on the way to the dive site. we had to abort the dives because of the difficult conditions.

here’s our canadian DM tim

boat’s rest area… we love it here

our traditional “beers after diving toast”

hung out at jeremy’s hotel after drinks.

took a tuktuk back to our hotel

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first of several posts..

on our way.. 3 airports, 2 airplanes. that took up most of day. left my condo in ortigas at 10am. arrived in the hotel around 10pm phuket time.

indie playlist for the trip

thai airway's b777 interior.. i believe my first time on this type of plane

i chose the pork and potatoes meal.. terrible.

her dad got left by the bus transfer to the plane for phuket.. such a daddy's girl.

mom tries to calm her down

bkk airport's tarmac.. looks like it needs sheep.

like its promising a good week in phuket

some random couple enjoying the view before getting on the plane

at phuket airport.. merlin's reaction when he found out its another 40mins drive to the hotel

fast asleep while waiting for our bags

finally, our home for the next several days

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august 29 ‘09

music museum

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meet the newest make-up artist in the metro. mela asked me to take her photos for her last day of classes at The Australian College of Hair Design And Beauty. hit the comment box for her contact details.

make-up/ model: mela delos reyes

location: ACHDB 4th level, The Podium Mall, Ortigas Center.

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