More coconut trees. Wish you were here, dude!

It's a tad too early to be thinking about retiring but when I do, I want to live on an island. And when I die (it's never too early to think about death), I would want to be buried on the highest peak of the island and stand claim to the land and sea I see before me. It'll be so cool to be worshipped by the animistic islanders.

Anyway, there's just something about living by the sea that fascinates me. I suppose it has to do with waking up in the morning to the beautiful view of sun and sea. There's a certain appeal too in being constantly serenaded by the sound of waves washing up the shore; it's like an around-the-clock Muzak or something.

Yeap, it's definitely not too shabby a life to spend the days reading under the shady tree and have cool sea breeze brush against your skin. The only snag is that the breeze will coat the skin with a sticky layer of saline; of course, that's where long showers come in handy.

I've been to quite a number of islands. You might not agree but I'm of the opinion that "quite a number" is good enough credential to appoint myself the world's first ever island critic. Pulau Besar (direct translation: Big Island) is definitely one of my all-time favourites. It's a pretty laid back place but if you fancy a little adventure, you could always try sneaking into Survivor's filming set and not be caught photographing. Just a word of caution: the tight security represented by one lone guard is something you don't want to mess with.

Just to clarify, I'm not talking about that Survivor that's getting pretty boring, but Expedition Robinson, the European version of Survivor which I can safely guess is getting pretty boring too. I mean, how many seasons of 39 days- blah-blah-blah-One survivor can you watch before the show gets old? Anyhow, seeing the props for the tribal council and the filming towers was rather cool.

Hmm, I should really give retiring on the island a serious thought. It never hurts planning decades beforehand, does it?