Monday, April 16, 2007

Touch me not!

I'm finally back online with the world. It feels so good to be connected after 10 non-internet days. Just 10 days and it feels so long! Now i've got more than 100 company emails and 100 private emails to clear...

Now for an update on Greece. Didn't go too many places, only Athens, Mykonos and Santorini. Some lessons learnt from the trip:
1. I learnt how to ride a motor bike in Mykonos (within a few minutes) since i could rent 1 without a bike license.
2. Things in Mykonos are a lot more expensive than Santorini. Hence, buy all souvenir from Santorini.
3. Souvenir sold may be made from china. So look out for the label to indicate that it's made in Greece or from one of the islands.
4. Some parts of Mykonos is racist. Totally destroyed my mood for the entire vacation. The people at the restaurant refused to serve us. Half an hour later, i marched into the kitchen and scolded everyone before storming off. Pissed.
5. I can read Greek characters now, though i still can't understand what they mean... still, that's a start right!
6. Greek food isn't nice. We were craving for instant noodles after a couple of days.
7. Most houses on the islands of the Aegean sea look the same. Only different ones are in Crete (per the crete citizen we met on board the ship).
8. They're so confused with names that as long as one part of your name in the ticket matches one part of your name on the passport, you're safe.

And after all that, I've moved on to Egypt. It's a land of perverted men which I'm still trying to get used to. The men here enjoy touching girls. And if you're the kind who loves cleanliness, you'll hate this place. It's just so dusty and sandy since they're really situated in the sahara. And it doesn't rain more than 5 times a year in egypt. Today, there's a MAJOR sand storm and seriously everything is covered with sand. They had to shut down the factory by noon, which means i've to end work earlier too. Shucks. This means i've gotta go now. Right, stay tuned for more updates!