The sky of a 17th

Went to Bintan over the weekends, all expenses paid by the company =) 3 days 2 nights at the Bintan Lagoon Resort. The break that I have been waiting for, and also that elusive tan that has finally materialises *beams*..

The resort itself was quite good, its beach was more than satisfactory (side note: second day, we found a HUGE puffer fish washed up ashore, dead but still looking huffy and pissed), the food was dissapointing tho. We did all the usual tourist-in-resort thingy like banana boat, jet ski and brunching by the pool bar ...

Saturday night, we visited this apparently well known chillout place by the beach, called Mana Bar. It was not too bad, but again music and crowd was less than expected.

All in all, a relaxing and rejuvenating break.

When I got back, I received this in my email from a close friend.

"sharing with you, something that causes an ache in my heart .... so sweet ... miss that feeling

http://wms6.hichannel.hinet.net/hinetmusic/aboutmedia/RockBand/RockBand_urhappycuzofme.wmv"

I watched the clip, but I cannot understand how something so sweet can bring such ache to him. Jaded you say? Admittedly, this friend is one and a half decade older than I am, but the idea that one day I would ever look at a similiar saccharine-sweet video clip in such a cynical way scares me. Sigh. Is everyone fated to walk down this same path?