Thailand Trip 12-11-05 (Saturday)

Another early day for us.

Woke up at 7+am. Wanted to head down to Jatujak (Sunday Market) early to avoid the sweltering heat. Set out at about 8+am after some coffee and nibbles of whatever we can find.

Got to sunday market, shared a cab with Auntie Lucy, streams of ppl were there already. Phew! Talk about early birds. :D Unlike the both of us .... RE-LEK only. Hee!

Got stuck in this shop for the longest time and kenna nag by Pat. I was happily choosing accessories while Pat was standing outside the shop. End up i bought only 2 things but spent bout 1200 baht (S$50) from that shop for other reasons. Shopped around for more stuff, like tee-shirts for my bridesmaids and pat's groomsmen.

So tired that we stopped for lunch (Finally!). We had pork ball noodles in pig blood soup. Sounds gross but very YUMMY lor! Can't remember what it's called in Thai. After lunch, more shopping. Bought nothing much though. Headed home bout 3+pm cos Auntie Lucy has to attend the wedding dinner of one of my mum's staff.

Took a quick bath and followed my parents out. My mum got Pi Joy to alight us at Phloen Chit Skytrain Station. Next stop: Siam Skytrain Station. Had dinner at FUJI @ Siam Centre. This place serves GOOD and CHEAP Jap food (according to us sillyporeans lah) Then, again took the train to Chit Lom. 10 Baht each and ONE BLADDY STATION later, we adjorned to Big C. A hypermart like Carrefour in Singapore. Bought provision to bring lug back to Singapore. As usual, bought many, many bottles of coffee, 5x6 packs of soya bean drink, shampoo, soap and CHIPS for our next day road trip. Had a drink each from this place called MILK PLUS. IT HAS GOT TO BE THE SWEETEST MILK I HAVE EVER DRUNK! Me had Green Tea milk and Pat had chocolate milk.

Pi Joy picked us up from the hotel (Hotel Arnoma) next door. Totally shagged when we reached home. Went to bed almost immediately cos we had to get up REAL EARLY for the road trip.
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Thailand Trip 11-11-05 (Friday)

Started the day at bout 8am bright and early.

Left for my dad's office with him. Need to get to the office to change money. No money, no talk lor, that's how this world works. Hanged around office for awhile. Played with my daddy's arowana which we helped "smuggled" to Thailand the previous trip. :D (ssshhhhhhh ...... It's a secret)

Anyways ...... got my cuz Pi Bom to send us to Emporium to catch Wallace & Gromit Movie. (Yeeeaaayyyy!!!!! The show has not started in Singapore yet! HA!)

Emporium




















Sadly we got into a jam and he got disorientated. Took the wrong turn and we over shot the shopping centre. Still had to take the train which was only 1 friggin stop! Choice of theatre: SF Cinema City. Caught the 12.30pm session. But before that, had a bite had Salon De'L Oriental (Cafe opened by Oriental Hotel i think). They sell fantastic cookies and cakes! Yums! Always aim to eat there once when i'm there :p. Pat had Chicken Quiche and i has Spanich Quiche, washed it down with a cafe latte and long black

After the show, we headed down to our usual Thai massage haunt. Kornwan Thai Massage. It's situated at 18/13 Sukhumvit Road Soi 22. Take the BTS to Phrom Phong station and walk towards your left. You should see Soi 22. Plenty of Ang Mohs there. The skills are very good. 220 baht. Please tip the masseur hor. They have very low pay and depends mostly on tips. That would apply to any waiter and waiteress in Thailand as well. Your kindness is much appreciated.

Headed to the four faced buddha. Took a train down to Chit Lom Station which is only a stone throw away from the shrine. As usual, it's packed with tourists. ESPECIALLY HONGKONGERS. The procedure to pray the buddha? You pray from the main side and move clock-wise. Lighting a candle at the first side then placing a small flower wreath with 3 joss sticks as you go.

Daddy dearest finally called and wanted to meet us for dinner with 2 of his friends. Felt sorry for him, having to join in the jam for a whole bladdy hour before finally picking us up from Emporium. Headed to this seafood restaurant. Dad order enough food for 8 people even though there were only 5 of us. Fish maw soup, fish head steamboat, oyster egg omelette, stir-fry sliced fish, tempura morning glory, some fried greens (which i can't remember)barbecued scallop with minced pork in their shell, fruit platter and coconut ice cream. So how? Are you scared yet? I was.

After which, my dad's friend Uncle Lim, wanted to go play pool. So headed to Wild Wild West at Town In Town (very near my house). We were all so full and exhausted but not my tipsy dad and friend. They had more alcohol and nuts (AAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!! FOOD AGAIN!) Downing like almost half a bottle of Chivas at the restaurant, My dad still managed to beat Pat at pool who only had iced water throughout the night. ..... When you're good, you're good ...... :p Dad always tell Pat:" When i started playing snooker wwwaaaaaayyyy back then you were only in kindergarten ok?" Heh heh. That's dad for you. :) Uncle Lim, Uncle Lim, never quite see him this happening before. Tugging at girls' jeans! and flirtingly joking with them. Uncle Lim was slow at the beginning but soon caught up in pool skills downing another 2-3 mugs of beer. He was on a roll manz! Beat Pat & my dad at pool! *Gosh! I pity all their liver.*

One thing i hated about that place are the girls who threw themselves at guys. All flirty and chatty. Puui! Dad told them that i was his daughter and Pat is his son-in-law. She just replied:" No, dun lie. Can't be!" (Of cos all in Thai lar) And then flirted somemore! What the heck is that suppose to mean??!! My dad dun look that young or i look too old to be his daughter?! WTF! Regreted for being passive after that comment.

Finally they decided to call it a day @ friggin 1.30am! It was a loooonnnnggg day. Happy to head home and sleep.

Sorry guys for the verbal diarrhea and no pics cos forgot to take. Hee.

Thailand Trip 10-11-05 (Thursday)

It's been a few months since we last went back to Bangkok.

This time around, we took Swiss Air instead of the usual Thai Airways. Cannot collect frequent flyer miles cos Swiss Air is not under Star Alliance. What can i say bout Swiss Air? They have a clean and plain approach to their architecture as well as their food. Just Check It Out!

Pat's Meal


Aud's Meal


Do you really consider this a meal? No, seriously.

They are both the same actually. I feel like a prisoner of some sort, being served food that looks doubious and dry. And cannot get to choose. You don't get to choose from "Chicken or "Fish, Mdm?" Just one kind: YUCKS! THE CHICKEN IS AS TOUGH AS AN ANCIENT COWHIDE! And the air steward told me to enjoy my meal?! Are you kidding me?!!

But we get to sit on Recaro Seats ok! Dun pray pray ah!



I know you can't really see the words but take my word for it. IT IS A BONA FIDE RECARO! :D Sorry that i have a "lao yah" camera. Soon to change that. Hee hee!

Arrived at bout 10+ in the night. Waited for yonks for my dad to come and pick us up. I swear i can die just inhaling the carbon monoxide @ the taxi pickup point. Ahhh ....... it's nice to be back in Bangkok. :D

Dad finally came after almost 45 mins worth of waiting time!! At least he remembered to come and pick us up despite his busy work schedule doing the new Bangkok Airport (Suvarnabhumi Airport)!

Brought us for a bite @ the new Tawandang branch near our house. Pat and my dad had beer which is freshly brewed at the restaurant and i had a Cantalope Freeze (I think .... yeah yeah, i cannot tolerate alcohol. Go ahead and laugh.). We then ordered Mixed Sausages, Tempura Morning Glory (Bet you dun get this in Singapore!) and fried cabbage. YUMS! It tons better then what we had on the plane. We were all stuffed when we left the place. It was closing time as well. Too bad we left our camera in the car, so can't take any pics.

This trip is gonna be quite nicely packed with things to do. There's our usual Massage @ Sukumvit Soi 22, Movie (We're gonna watch Wallace & Gromit! YEEAAAAHHHH!), Sunday Market, The Charity Road Trip and on the last day, Skin Doctor Appointment before rushing off to the airport to catch our afternoon flight ......

Stay tuned!