hiyaz diary...shall blog about the bangkok trip before i forget everything...
Day 1-16th Jan 2007 (Tuesday)
went to the airport in the morning around 10 plus for burger king's breakfast... just made it in time at 11am cause i waited quite sometime for a cab...
checked in after that and went around the airport to buy magazines and some other stuff...
boarded the plane and soon, it's take off time! into the clouds we go~
hehe nothing much to do in the cabin so we cam-whored
landing!
reached bangkok's new airport at around sg time 3pm... the new airport is still lacking in certain things... the trolley sucks... maybe too new or what, all the wheels stuck one... then some parts of the airport still under construction... the scaffolds are so unsightly and ugly...
took a cab to the hotel we staying in... not sure of its exact location also at first... and the taxi driver like dunno the hotel name also... so we had a hard time trying to tell him the road name where the hotel is at cause he dun understand english...
in the end, lady luck is smiling on us... cause he stopped at this shopping centre for us and just nice we found the hotel just opposite the shopping centre... so tyco! hehe...
checked in the hotel... unpacked a bit...
our room key... room 510 =)
then we went to mbk shopping centre which is just opposite the hotel for dinner around 5 plus 6pm... mbk is big! i think it's bigger than vivocity and there's 7 floors... like 2 vivocities piled on top of each other... haha...
love this pic! the slogan so cute! lolz... suits a shopaholic well~
had dunkin donuts as a snack first... can't find them in sg anymore! after eating that, stupid dearie say the donuts made his mouth itch and he wouldn't even touch them at all the next few days... but i like it so much that i ate it whenever i can...
we had dinner at oishi ramen after that... the ramen is cheap!!! it's a restaurant and yet the ramen costs only around 2-3 bucks...
us acting cute while waiting for food to come
tom-yum seafood ramen and xiao long bao
we went to shop at level 1 of mbk after eating... bought some stuff and went back to hotel after that to rest awhile before heading to mbk again for bowling...
opposite mbk
the bowling alley is SOOOO damn cool... it's all neon lights and the bowling balls and pins look luminous under the neon lights... super pretty! the music there is good too cause they have their own deejay and the music is played loud enough to create the atmosphere... there's food and alcoholic drinks served right to ur bowling lane for u... power bowling place!
i won! =) but he had his revenge in the end during the last few days... read on and u'll know how~
we ordered a tequila sunrise while bowling...
walked back to the hotel around 1 plus 2am... the hotel really quite good cause it's really just across the road and damn convenient to travel between mbk and the hotel...
bought fruits on the way back to the hotel to eat... honeydew! their fruits really damn cheap... only 40 cents for twice the serving in sg... yummy~ and for the next few days, before we head back to the hotel every night, we will definitely buy some fruits and head back to the hotel to eat... healthy! =x haha...
Day 2-17th Jan 2007 (Wednesday)
after bathing and looking toot in our specs
breakfast at mbk food court... the food there super nice la! i loveee their noodles! beef noodles, duck noodles, kway chap and fried noodles! the thai iced tea is nice also! different from singapore's iced tea...
then we took the bts skytrain to siam area... a lot of shopping malls... gaysorn, amarin and blah blah blah... think we went to big c supermarket, world trade centre, discovery centre and central world plaza... can't really remember...
mr mac looks cute, sa-wa-dee-kup
bts sky train ticket and ticketing machine
the bts train itself
amarin shopping centre, the entrance looks really really nice, all purplish in colour...
the cars very nice right!
very wide roads of bangkok
the small shrines outside various shopping centres
had chester's grill at big c shopping centre after walking quite a bit for pitstop~ their chicken is fabulous!!! thai iced tea too!
cheap! we had 2 hot dogs, 2 chicken and 2 drinks... only $6.50
we went back hotel after that to put our shopping stuffs...
headed to suan lum night bazaar... had dinner at the food area there... damn happening! can drink beer and stuff at the food garden as they call it... got people singing on the stage for u with a live band and the lights are disco-ey... hehe... nice nice... walked around the bazaar... but we couldn't comb all of it cause there's just too many sections and too much shops in 1 section...
live singing and eating area
suan lum's map
the centralised point of suan lum
bargaining at the bazaar was fun~ hee... we took the big big ferris wheel! the scenery is quite pretty while at the top... all the pics below are taken on the ferris wheel
the food street stalls at suan lum
fruits at the end of the day as we headed back to hotel around 1am... today is mango...
Day 3-18th Jan 2007 (Thursday)
breakfast at mbk food court again...
we tried this dessert, mango with glutinous rice... YUM YUM
shopping at pratunam centre, pratunam market and mbk centre...
went khao san road at night... also market style... but more for foreigners... there's a lot of clubs, pubs and restaurants there also... sorta like our clarke quay... had some drinks by the roadside... had a lot of food too... the satay there is really delicious! thinly sliced chicken, pork or beef marinated to perfection! =)
selling lots of balloons!
very nice satay stall!
cheap cocktails, about 3 bucks only! we had 2 at different cocktail stores
the roundabout around the khao san area
fruits on the way back! today is pink guava!
Day 4-19th Jan 2007 (Friday)
chinatown in the morning... took a cab down cause lazy to take the train le... their cab price is super affordable!
taxi fare rates lolz
cam whoring on the cab!
chinatown of bangkok
had this fishball noodles at some random shop for breakfast... nice and cheap! auntie eating fishball noodles also =p
shopped around the chinatown wholesale area for bags, shoes and stuff...
went to buy the local food specialties at this particular shop in chinatown... cause we bought at this shop last time and it's very nice! bought 2 big bags worth of food stuffs... hard to walk around in that so we took a cab back to hotel...
didn't spend much time at chinatown cause actually my main aim is just to buy the foodstuffs nia... it was quite boring to shop there cause everything wholesale one... very hard to find a shop that sells one piece for retail...
after that we went to siam paragon and the shopping centres around there... found subway at siam paragon! hehe had the oatmeal raisin cookie! tastes differently from singapore's...
can u see us? =p
subway~ the cookie is much smaller but fatter
a&w
next up is platinum mall which is rather new... super nice to shop here! there's air con and the clothes are cheap and fashionable... it's even cheaper if u buy 3 pieces and above in a shop... can mix and match... bought quite some stuffs here! =) mostly clothes!
headed back to hotel to put the stuffs...
went mbk eat and it's bowling again! played pool also but their pool is different as it does not go by a hourly rate but rather by per game...
had a club sandwich while playing... got trashed by dearie badly... lolz... lost form today as compared to the very 1st day... =p stupid dearie... big ego forced u to give ur best shot right... =p almost turkey somemore... bleahz!
2nd game trash me... our scores suck though cause keep getting the ball into the "drain"
still love the bowling alley
someone wanted to emphasize abt his double and almost turkey and took this lame photo
3rd game i tio trashed flat
went back hotel around 1 plus 2am... fruit today is water chestnut... hehe
Day 5-20th Jan 2007 (Saturday)
today is the day we had been really looking forward to! chatuchak weekend market! =) even got a map from the bookshop in bangkok specially for this... we heard that it's really messy in the sense that there are soooo many shops, streets and sections with each section selling different different categories of things... so people in the forums recommended this map by nancy chandler... it really turned out to be very useful! not sold in singapore though...
the market indeed did not disappoint... we woke up early specially for this... reached around 1o plus... ate some noodles which is quite nice...
rabbits in the pet section! so cute!
we look damn shagged cause we walk almost half of the day le and it's hot
chatuchak's clock tower
we shopped from morning till about 6pm... stopped for chicken drumstick noodles in between... totally shagged out after that can! but we got so so so many things from there! =) happy~
the streets and sections are messy and big enough... but around 4 plus, the make shift stalls start to open on the main road making everything even more crowded and fun to shop...
took a cab back to hotel cause our hands cannot make it already from carrying so much things!!!
after that we went to arrange our stuffs at the hotel and took stupid photos... haha...
i was totally forced to take this photo with a spastic smile
our stuff from chatuchak alone, we bought 9 pairs of shoes just from there lolz...
he insisted on a close up of his best buy from chatuchak... lolz
next up is dinner at mbk's bar-b-q plaza... sorta like seoul garden concept... very nice! comes in a platter... got thinly sliced chicken, pork, bacon and beef... prawns, squid and fish cake... udon... lotsa veggies, cabbage mostly... super nice!
see the sauce next to the hot plate? it's power!
our platter! got a lot meat, seafood, veggie, udon and i forgot what else!
ordered calamari squid and roast pork too... i LOVE the roast pork! so nice can! this roasted meat is the most delicious roasted meat i ever tasted so far! calamari is right beside it...
after dinner, we went to walk around siam square... i did a manicure and pedicure... only around $17... we were so impressed by their drawing of the tiny tiny flowers on the tiny tiny toenails... haha... stupid me went to cut my nails before i go overseas... so the nails look kinda stumpy and too short... sad lo! if only i nv cut!
did some more shopping around siam square area at the roadside stalls... headed back after that to pack...
fruit today is green guava... =) sweet!
spent quite some time packing... haha... all the food stuffs and the things we bought... last night already! felt rather sad lo~
Day 6-21st Jan 2007 (Sunday)
last breakfast cum lunch at mbk food court... the food there really super nice la!
did some last minute shopping at mbk...
view from our hotel room
took a cab to the airport...
airport departure times
checking in
the gates
hot photo-taking spot at the airport
big bear
clouds
landed at sg~
bro, sis-in-law, baby kylie and sis-in-law's nephews were waiting for me at the airport... saw dearie's family too... but i left first cause i going to have dinner with bro they all... sorry dearie! what a weird ending to our trip...
went for dinner at sakae sushi at terminal 2... yummy... was so tired after dinner though... can't wait to get home and unpack...
finally reached home around 9 plus... unpacked and stuff... finally can sleep on my own bed around 1 plus... =) and that marks the end of this trip...
ah well i had fun! =)
