So my mother, Shelley & me went on a 3D2N trip to Rawa Island - a tineetiny island in Malaysia that's pretty hush-hush. Its great to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and just do nothing! I mean sure, a little voice in my head went CTs, CTs, CTs, and yeah, I was kinda worried about it - but I promised myself to have as much fun as I can now - its been ages since I've been on a holiday which was truly a holiday. (Okay, so me and shells did do some- just SOME - studying - BUT we really had to anyways!) 

Anyways, the island was GREAT! I mean, its not crowded/commercialised, the food's to die for (I'm talking lasagna, roast beef, lamb, fish..etcetc...), the beach+sea is just mesmerizing, the staff is just amazing - better than I could ask for (: 

We headed off on Wednesday morning (damn early) from Singapore to Johor Bahru, Johor Bahru to Mersing (the terminal that has boats going off to tonnes of other islands) and from Mersing (on speedboat) to Rawa Island. Arrived (at about 1pm?), lunched, checked-in (at about..2?), changed, yadayada and BAM! there marks the start of 3 days of having fun and lazing around too (: 

We snorkeled, swam, jumped off the jetty, camwhored with Shell's totally waterproof camera, slide down the famous slide - by the time we returned the equipment (my mom managed to lose one snorkel set.zomg) it was alr 7plus and we headed back to our beachfront chalet for a shower, which took damn long ergo making us late for dinner - about 30mins left before buffet closed? lol. After dinner we headed back, stargazed a bit, repainted our chipped nails, studied on our balcony before heading to LALA LAND! 

Anyhow, slept late and woke up late, LIKE SUPER LATE  - breakfast was like ending in 25mins when we woke up, so we chiong to go zao can! YUMMY - had pancakes, bread, etc etc and went on for a kayak around the whole island! IT'S POSSIBLE, apparently so! LOL! it was superduper fun luh - we saw caves and tonnes of sea birds - plus the thrill of the sport was simply great, cos the waters was choppy and currents were strong but we fought it bitches plus the whole "fear" of getting stranded into the open sea made it even more exciting! I know I'm weird! By the time we got back it was lunch, and after lunch me and shells tanned for like an hour plus and BOOM my mom came to tell us that apparently a storm was coming so she told us to get a taste of the water a bit more before it started to rain! So we swam a bit and whooossshh strong winds blew our way. It was a bummer, BUT also pretty fun, cos whilst my mom went to the tv room, me and Shells went to our chalet, dried up and cosied up on the bed watching TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU on my handphone. Did i mention heath ledger is a god? After the storm ended and the sun peek-a-boo-ed a little bit, we went back out for a swim, before going for dinner, wet and all! Lol. We showered and watch tv after dinner @ the tv room, and used the internet a little bit. Oh and went back to our chalet and stargazed a bit. If I could photograph the sky, I would. (zomg. last night!)

Well, we were supposed to go trekking - I really really wanted to do it before sunrise, I even woke up and all - but those LAZY BUMS didn't wanna )): Oh well, anyways, we woke up + packed up+changed for the beach (since we had until...2pm before we left the island) & headed for a heavy yummy breakfast. Then we snorkeled more, and I brought my mum snorkeling - darn proud of my deep-water-phobic mom, she really pulled through :P After we snorkelled, me and shells suntanned (& we forgot sunblock zomg) for like half an hour and we headed back to the chalet to shower and change whilst mummers went to check out! Later, we headed to the neighboring chalet for drinks (MY HOLIDAY FAVE IS NOW PINA COLADA!) and we ate calamari & mee goreng (mum's). We also took some awesome pics where the rocks were, and before we knew it, the boat honked, marking our time to go! )): 

It was beautiful indeed + we made friends with a young couple with an adorable 7 yr old son and a delightful 6months old baby girl :D

Life's a beach, eh? 

Pics are on FB (: