Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Yeah! I'm back! haha, actually, i was back last Sat but didn't have the chance to blog. Either that, or my internet connection was down.

Anyway, shall briefly tell u what i did in Bangkok last week. Most of it will be abt the food. Haha, of cos the shopping's good. Woke up at 5.30 in the morning on Tues morning cos we had to check in at abt 730 at e airport. Bathed, did some last min packing, then left for the airport. On our way there the taxi driver started saying abt how he was supposed to go to phuket last dec for hols. N all of us know what happened last dec. Yes, the tsunami. In e end, his son bought a car in his name, so he had to cancel his trip so as to process the purchase of the car. Which is super heng, cos he would probably be killed if he went.

Checked in, then we went to eat breakfast. Actually wanted to eat at Mac's but we couldn't find the one at T1, so we ate at BK. Then we started shopping at e duty free shops, until it was time to board the plane.
When we reached Bangkok it was 1030. Early right. We went to the hotel, rested for a while, then we went shopping! Ate lunch first, at a foodcourt. The beef soup v nice. haha. Then we shopped till 6sth. Didn't buy anything that day. My sis did lah. Actually, i did buy "inner beauty", but my mother paid for them so not counted. Haha. After shopping, we went to this seafood restaurant. The food's real nice, and the service's v good. After eating we went back to the hotel, rested, watch tv then slp.

Woke up in e morning to eat breakfast. Woke up at abt 6sth sg time. Shiok right. Somemore i didn't have a good night's slp that night. From abt 4 in e morning i kept waking up at 10min intervals. Cham right. Kept yawning that day while shopping. Haha. Then we went to this building called bobae towers to shop. they sell stuff wholesale, ppl usually buy at least a dozen at a time. Of cos, the more u buy the cheaper it is lah. My mother spent quite a lot, cos the 3 of us esp my sis n my mum bought a lot of "inner beauty", haha. Then we went shopping at another place, some high class place we we only window shopped. Their Birkenstocks were seeling at 30% discount, shiok right, was a bit tempted to buy la. haha. Then we went shopping at a building next to it. Bought earrings, a bag which all 3 of us can use, n several things la. Then juz as we were concluding our shopping in that building, we realised we left our big bag of "inner beauty" in the previous bldg. So my sis n i went back there to enquire at e information counter. Then we followed the security guard to the staff only office to find out that we had to present our passport for some form of identification, and to our dismay, we didn't have our passports with us. So i went back to look for my parents while my sis stayed behind. Quickly walked back to the place my parents were waiting, got my passport, and rushed back there, tho at a slower pace than b4, haha. By the time everything was finished, i think all the security staff knew what had happened. haha.

After eating something at a cafe we went to another bldg to shop. My sis bought a lot of stuff again. Haha. Then we went to this v big supermarket. Bought some stuff, then we went to eat liao. The thing is, the place we wanted to go to was further than we expected. We walked for abt 30mins while carrying those heay stuff. Anyway, along the way, we bought dunkin' donuts! Haha. Been wanting to eat tt. Anyway, after a long walk to our destination, we finally sat down in a Jap restaurant to eat. After eating we went in search of a tailor to make my sis n i suits. Haha. shiok sia. Did it at e first shop we entered. Haha. the whole suit costs $131. Okay right. tailor-made leh. Buying a ready made one at G2000 would need $80 lo. After taking our measurements n everything we went back to our hotel.

Didn't wake up to eat breakfast in the hotel on Thurs morning. Cos we were going to eat dim sum in e afternoon! haha. Shopped for a while before gg to eat. Went to the Grand Hyatt. The place v class leh, luckily, we were going to eat the dim sum not the int'l buffet cos there was a dress code for the buffet. Ha. Anyway, we ordered peking duck.Yay! haha. Super nice. Aiya, everything there was nice la. Eat there v shiok. Haha. And it all cost under S$100. Cheap right. If we ate in Sg it'll cost a lot more. After eating, we went shopping again! This time , i did buy things. But this adidas goofy top, 2 more tops. And 2 earrings which i didn't dare to tell my father e price of, cos he'll exclaim at e price of it. Haha. After that we went to Isetan, then went to the supermarket. Bought some stuff again. Then we went to eat steamboat at Coca restaurant. Took the train back, then my sis n i went for fitting for our suits, then we went to a internet cafe where i entered the previous blog.

On Friday, I had breakfast at the hotel. Then we went shopping again. Bought 2 more tops, and a shorts. By that time, my mum, my sis n i were watching our spending cos we were going to be broke. After shopping, we went to Sheraton hotel to eat dinner! Ate at a Italian restaurant where we sat by the river al fresco. Then while we were eating appetisers, we suddenly saw fireworks! Super shiok lo. Itz like right out of a movie, u know, eating by a river at a high class restaurant, and there's fireworks. Too bad the company's wrong. Haha. Anyway, we went into e restaurant when it started to threaten to rain. The food's not bad lah, juz tt e serving size was v big, and cos there was free flow of bread, n the bread was really nice, so we were super full at e end of dinner. Ordered tiramisu for dessert. quite nice la. Went back to the hotel after dinner. On e way home there was atraffic jam. The driver even asked us to get down to take a train back cos we might be stuck in e jam for abt an hr. haha. But we decided to continue la. in e end it only took 30mins.

On Sat, we woke up and started packing our stuff. Then we went to collect my sis n my suits. Then we went to the weekend market and shopped. But it was super hot that day la, so we were all sweating like pigs. Bought quite a lot of things, accessories n stuff. Decided to stop shopping halfway cos we couldn't stand the heat anymore. Then we went to Emporium, where we bought several things more, my mother bought v beautiful roses. Then we went back to the hotel, packed our stuff n waited for our ride to the airport.

Was in a bad mood at the airport, shan't mention y. But i had a bad flight back la. My ear was blocked so seriously my neck was aching. Anyway, it was good to be back in Singapore where everything seems so familiar. Reached home at 12, unpacked, stuffed my clothes into my cupboard, threw some of my stuff on my table, and went to slp.

Okay that's all for my trip. All in all, i had a great time shopping. Thank God for keeping the pickpockets, cheating taxi drivers and everything else other tourists complain abt away from us. When we were there, my sis n i kept scolding our father, cos he kept refusing the carry the shopping bags. I know, most of them are our stuff, but he's a man. He can help right? Ask us to take still okay, push to my mother to take somemore. So pek chek with him sometimes. Haiz.

Anyway, while there, i noticed a lot of middle-aged ang moh guys with v pretty, long-haired, dressed sexily Thai girls. Itz practically a trend there. I think they're either married, or the girls are social escorts. Don't misunderstand, i have nth against them, it was juz an observation. Itz a little like Singaporeans maryying Vietnamese. Don't u think?

Anyway, ppl, don't come asking me for souveneirs kay. Cos i spent every single cent i had there. So didn't have any excess cash for souveneirs. If i bought for one person, i'll have to buy for everybody else. So except for the 3 ppl, who shld noe hu they are, i was heartless this time n didn't buy anything as souveniers. Hehe. Don't blame me hor. But i don't know who u shld blame.

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