bb and mm were born in the same week - although in different years. so every year, they can celebrate their b'days together, and this year is no exception. in fact, for this year, they have both taken that week off and plan to get away together. initial plan is to phuket, which mm said will go with bb some years ago - mm went there with her mum for the first time last year in September before the tsunami struck.

as it is with every other news, people's memory fades quickly and whilst at the time, that news make headlines on tv and newspapers, there's no mention of it at all now - and we are only less than 3 months since it happened. mm is not sure about the situation there, and so she did some research. here are some websites which talks about phuket's recovery after the event:

http://www.planetholidayhk.com/tsunami.htm
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050311/15/3r6mc.html
http://www.phuket.com/

all says it's fine to go there. mm will ask about hiring a car too.

mm also checked out skiing - it's still available in hokkaido for that period, if bb prefers - cos it's its big b'day! :D