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Beekaykayyy.
My family and i took on a 5 days 4 nights vacation to Bangkok during Chinese New Year. What a way to celebrate the year of the tiger. It’s the first time we all went away and celebrate Chinese New Year some place else.
Not complaining though. I got to shop for my new year clothes at the best place - Bangkok.
We left on a Saturday morning, the day before Chinese New Year. I woke up with at 8 am with a nasty hangover.
See i knew that my CNY would be a quiet one this year due to my “busy traveling schedule”, so i took the liberty to enjoy myself the night before. In other words, i had a little too much to drink la. But i was alright..
.. about 5 hours later
Malas wanna put on make up. Sunglasses and sunlight make everything looks better :)
Extras after the jump.
Little fella
Ahjie
More next time..
March 5th, 2010
It was a humble looking hawker stall. It was filthy (no surprise there) but the food were dirt cheap. We ordered a simple meal made for two small eaters. And as expected, the food were spicy. Can’t really remember the price. That’s what you get when you postpone stuff for too long -_-;;
September 25th, 2009
Surprisingly we didn’t shop much on our first day at Bangkok. I kept thinking that once we’ve dropped our luggage off at the hotel, we’ll unleash the shopaholic within and shop till we drop. Instead, we did more of window shopping on our first day.
We had to digest the change of fashion in the mall. Not to mention that nothing really hit the “OMG THIS IS GORGEOUSSS” button. Meh.
Fortunately, the second day was more favourable. We took a tut-tut to MBK mall and back tracked to Platinum from there, dropping by any other malls along the way.
Pink cabs, hott!
To keep the viruses and city dust away *ding!*
I was quite surprised to see that a number of the locals were wearing flu masks. Very cautious people, mm hmm..
Anyway, we shopped from morning till late afternoon. Walked quite a distance and carried some load too, what a good work out! We both agreed to call it a day and bought a couple of snacks to bring back to the hotel to nom.
Phew!
I kinda like our location.
There’s a market behind the hotel where we can get really cheap deals for decent clothes. Like real cheap, cheaper than the wholesale mall kind of cheap. Every morning, we would walk pass that market and out to the street where there will be food stalls selling all kinds of local food that’s suited for breakfast. Tea, pancakes, and such.
Then, we would make our way to the main road where we will use the overhead bridge that connects straight to Platinum mall.
All in 5 minutes! (or maybe more if you’re a slow walker)
During the afternoon, there will be different food stalls set up. One of them was this stall.
You can figure from the pictures. Instant tom yum noodles with whatever stuff of your choice! I had mine with prawns and sausages, mm! Simple yet so delicious. I’m missing it already!
We also bought fish! We were so hooked on fish since the dinner we had the night before. Mmm om nom nom!
Not what i expected but it works
Phresh! Again, skip the fish skin cause it’s salted and all. I also bought shaved ice, perfect after a long day out and along with the tom yum noodles.
It’s looove.
August 17th, 2009
Dammit i miss the food at Bangkok! Dammit i miss REAL FOOD!
I’ve been deprived from real food for two weeks already! Oh wait, make that three. I’ve been having nothing but soup noodles since i fell sick and it should be obvious that i’m bored of it already. A lot of food are off limits to me cause this nasty cough won’t go away. But the good news is that it’s making progress, slowly but surely.
I want a lot of stuff. I want McDonald’s, nasi lemak, bak ku teh, KFC, chicken mushroom pie, Carls Jr, McDonalds, sashimi, tempura, french fries, McDonalds, Coca-cola, KFC, Nandos, ikan bakar, McDonalds, taiwan sausage, cendol, and cake.
I swear that when i get well, no one can stop me from eating before bed time. Cause i wanna!
OKAY BANGKOK.
During our first night, we wanted to try something different for dinner. So we took a walk down to Central to see what’s there to eat.
Along the way to Central, there were a couple of hawker stalls by the street. Each stall served pretty much the same thing. Their concept was like “dai ciao”. We also guessed that their specialty was fish.
We were a bit worried at first bout communicating while ordering, but fortunately they gave us menus when we sat down at the table. Since it was just me and my sister, we ordered two dishes, a bowl of tom yum soup, and rice. We’re not very big eaters so we went minimal.
Fish
Barbeque beef
Very awesome
The fish was very fresh and tender. Not very bony either. The skin however is tough and salty. So don’t bother trying the fish skin unless you’re into that salty stuff, eeee..
The barbeque beef on the other hand, is pretty much like our char siew back home. The tom yum.. well, taste like ordinary tom yum to me.. except spicier. However, the serving was so big that we didn’t get to finish it. What a waste.
The bill was alright. A little more than 200 baht for two persons. BUT!! That was before they added the tom yum soup into the bill, cause they forgot. Buggers.
The ACTUAL bill was about 400 baht. That crazy bowl of tom yum costs 150 baht!
Next time, screw the idea of wanting to taste authentic tom yum at Thailand. Almost everything here is spicy, so might as well save your ass from too much spice.
August 14th, 2009
From what it seemed like a five days stay at Singapore, three days were actually spent at..
Bangkok!
Oh the love!
Dad if you’re reading this, please don’t freak out. Oh, and please don’t tell mum. Seriously.
Knowing that my parents wouldn’t fancy the idea of us traveling to the overseas with the whole swine flu thing going on, my sister and i secretly planned a trip to Bangkok without my parents knowing.
Genius much.
They didn’t have a clue. Until now.
Well i can’t hide forever now, can i? -_-
I had a conversation with my dad a couple of days before i left for Singapore that went like this.
Dad: So what are you gonna do at Singapore while jiejie is at work?
Me: Uhm.. watch TV? *shifty eyes*
Pass. Haha!
And so the adventure begins..
I took a bus down to Singapore to meet up with my sister on a Wednesday. Snoozed all the way, mm.
It was already night fall by the time i arrived Singapore. Just in time for dinner. So i had my dinner at my sister’s humble condo, while watching Michael Jackson’s tribute on telly.
We flew off to Bangkok on the following morning at 6 a.m. and arrived about 10 a.m (their time)
We were greeted with this massive queue for passport check at the airport.
Why is there so many people goin to Bangkok during this time of the year, huh?!
Anyway, the first thing we did after catching a cab from the airport was head to our hotel and checked in. Settled down for a bit then we headed to Platinum to start shopping!
I wore flip flops for long hours of walking.
And i think i need to get a new one already.
But i’ll admit that i’m not a shopping android. We took a break for lunch at the food court.
Beef noodles!
A bowl of sugar, chilli flakes, and two other stuff that i’m not familiar with.
So what do i do?
“When in Rome, do as the Roman do”
I observed what the locals did, and i followed. A teaspoon of sugar, a dash of chilli flakes, and another teaspoon of whatever that is in that last bowl. Must be some sour stuff.
Jizz!
And then shop some more until the sun goes down! RAWR!
No time for pictures, more serious shopping.
So what’s for dinner?
July 20th, 2009
Is pretty much like our Aquaria, but with slightly more stuff to see. This was taken during my visit to Singapore on May. We spent the whole day on Sentosa Island. It was a sunny sunny day. More sea creatures after the jump. Hmm.. this seems educational.
Garden eels. They move like lalang, how strange.
Coral eel, if i’m not mistaken
Leafy seadragon
A lazy fish
Tako’s dad
Japanese Giant Spider Crab
Obviously.
July 11th, 2009
During our Singpore trip early last month, my sister took us to this seafood restaurant at Serangoon for dinner. The place is called House of Seafood, formally known as Joo Chiat Place.
It’s pretty popular and even the local celebrities go there for the crabs. They had pictures and autographs as proof, ahem.
We ordered one black pepper crab, one baked crab, and a couple more small dishes like vegetables and tofu.
We didn’t go for the chilli crab cause apparently it’s not that great. I even heard that it’s over rated.
Anyway, my favourite has got the be the black pepper crab. It was really good. It’s so full of taste till you need a moment to savor it.
And not to mention that the crabs were huuuuuge. I know it’s hard to judge from the pictures, that’s why i took another picture with a scale.
This was based on my sister’s hand. But since all the ladies in the house have pretty much the same hand and shoe size, i can say that it is also equivalent to my hand size.
Whenever i talk about Singapore, i never fail to mention that the crabs at House of Seafood are huge and its claws are like this big! *waves my hand around*
Another comparison, this time it’s compared to my face.
Haha!
I look bloody tired in that picture, by the way. Sigh!
Anyway, two crabs along with a few small dishes were enough for a table of 5 persons. In fact, it was more than enough for us.
I can’t remember how much the bill came up to. If i’m not mistaken, it came up to $200.
And the meal came with a free crabbie phone charm!
Want?
June 3rd, 2009
So i went to Singapore during the eve of Labour’s Day with the family. Took an approximately five hour bus ride down to Singapore.
Five hours, wow.
Played PSP, listened to iPod, watched Over the Hedge and half of Bridget Jone’s Diary, and took a nap. Not bad, i would say. At least i wasn’t bored stiff :)
We were invited to stay at my sister’s humble condo. They have an Xbox 360 there too but i didn’t make much use of it though. Bleh.
We went for the Night Safari on our first day. I was pretty excited about it.
Turns out that i didn’t enjoy my tram ride that much.
Stupid kids on the same tram making a hell of a noise. I couldn’t even hear what the commentator was saying! Turning my head back to give a cock stare didn’t work. Even shushing them didn’t work. I really felt like reaching to the back to strangle them -_-
Saw buffaloes, bambi’s family, elephants.. you know the whole Madagascar thing. Minus the penguins. And lemurs.
I didn’t take pictures of the animals cause obviously flash photography isn’t allowed, so why bother. I took pictures of the surroundings instead. Well, actually photos of the washroom. Cause i thought that the design was quite cute.
More boring pictures after the jump.
May 29th, 2009
According to my classmates, i was the lightest packer for our trip to Genting last month.
I recall that i woke up super early that day to do my lady things and prepare for the trip. We took a morning bus up to Genting from KL Sentral.
Super duper fly sunnies.
The trip was shorter than i expected. I played some Need for Speed and listened to my iPod a bit and we were at our drop off point already.
Then, we took the cable car up to Genting.
At this point, we were all excited bout getting to our destination. As we went further, it started getting cooler. Breezy!
Clockwise: Florence, Ruby, me, Roxanne, and Sook Sian
You have no idea how hard was it to get this shot. The cable car ride took a while but we were so busy taking pictures and all, the trip ended before we even realized it.
After checking in the hotel, we left our bags there and went to the theme park.
Read on to see more pictures :)
I died and reborn again on that thing
Went back to the hotel room by evening. I kinda like our suite. It was hugeee. Well of course, i was the one who booked it *cough*
Hehe.
I had lots of fun.
Too bad the Corkscrew was closed for maintainence though.
But i still had lots of fun :)
Oh did i mention that i got sunburn at Genting?! -_-
May 21st, 2009
