tessa's blog: Happiness is...

... a poolside in Phuket. After the chaos of Bangkok, Phuket - which was supposed to be our adventure destination - was pure bliss! We were situated on the quiet side - close to Chalong Bay and far from the fast-paced, neon-glam of Patong Beach. So instead of adventuring as was our intention (we were going to go from fast to slow... it didn't quite work out that way), we found ourselves lounging beside the pool every day!! The Vighit Resort was by far our best accommodation. We shared bungalows. Beautiful bungalows. I would have moved in and taken up permanent resident if only they'd let me!
Christmas Eve saw Joel and me opting to join the Vighit Resort Christmas Party and the ladies heading out for a night on the town - uh Phuket Town that is (you'll have to check out their blogs for what went down that night). Joel and I ate a lot and mingled with old people and young children and snooty young couples! Then the band who were fairly okay, started up a competition - the prizes being wine (for adults) and stuffed toys(for the kids)!! The first one was some weird stop/start dancing competition (stop dancing when the music stops)... Joel and I were competing with some of the old folks and loads of kids! Joel was eliminated somewhere in the middle - but I was effing DETERMINED to win that bottle of wine, man... until I found myself in the final two - competing with an earnest little blonde child, who was dancing her heart out. She must've been like five!! Now even I didn't have the heart to take the kid out (believe me I COULD have) - so I conceded the round (to Joel's disgust - never realised how bloodthirsty he could be). But we were given a second chance in the form of musical chairs - which no frikking KIDS were allowed to play! HAH!!! So soon enough - the old folks and Joel were eliminated and I found myself in the final two again! With yet ANOTHER skinny little blonde chick, this one slightly older than the five year old! It went down to the wire with me CLEARLY winning the round when I sat down first, but Chick sat down too... my ARSE was clearly taking up a greater portion of the chair, but the musicians felt there should be a replay (the bastards) - so the next time, I made damned well SURE they knew who the winner was! Never worked that hard for a bottle of wine before! But I was determined we would have it for our Christmas dinner the next day! HAH!

Uh... okay... enough of that! I know you're all just here for the pictures.

A Hillside Bungalow