19 dec 2008, 1035pm, my poly friends and I went for our post Graduation trip to Bangkok...This time round was abit different from the past as last time, our gathering was always held at places like Chalets, Sentosa Beaches or anywhere in Singapore... Yes.... Intially, we were all quite worried with the riots in Thai...Don't know are we consider lucky or wat... 1 week b4 our travel date... Bangkok became peaceful than it was 6 mths ago... Shoo...Close shave.... But, as planned was 8 of us going, but 1 still couldn't get permission to go.... Poor thing... and tats Saei Weng... Anyway, we spent most of the time doing shopping in Bangkok...ahaha...been to Bkk for a few times...hahaa.. Lst time to visit Chatuchak Weekend Market... which is open in early morning , not sure wat time to 9pm at night....ahah...Intially, I thought it is those kind of late open , very late close kind of market...so tortoise me.... Chatuchak is Very very big... can say 1 day of shopping there is nt enough... as there are 10,000 shops located there.... aahah... We took 2 cabs there, but we alighted at different corners of the market... aah..took some time to get us together... lucky the Tall Clock Tower there saved our day...During my "Lost" in the market with Peter and Jiahe, we passed by an area in the market selling pets, Ya...this market is very well organized, like Area A sells Pets, Area B sells Clothes...and etc.... Yes, me passed by the Pets Corner, they sell puppies..rabbits....birds...I also see cocks fighting...So intersting, but the poor chickens got blood over their bodies... So poor thing.....Think the loser cock will become the Chicken rice of the day....
See the rabbits with clothes...really Cute......I thought Lea went to Bkk too...hehe
The attitude Owl... Sleepy argh...
The puppy is smiling at us.....
Finally, we met up with each other.... Then so we proceeded to Shopping..Yeah... Of course, the guys will felt abit bored.... ahah... except for Edwin...cos he is vain... hehehe....
See what he do when he is bored.... So Gross
Some ppl are busy taking pictures while me and Terri were doin the tedious job..Bargaining....We left the place around 6pm..and we headed to MBK... Yes... Peter told us there a Addidas sale (Not Imitiation) there....Yes...I bought a shorts there for Sin$32 ...intially was Sin$64.....ok..... Acceptable price...but the size is abit too big for me... M...But i am sure i am not going to grow fatter because of the shorts... Other than this, bought Wacoal Bras there.... Cheap... Almost 50% cheaper...
When me and Mk are waiting for the other grp of ppl.... We were sittng at the Smoking area...and we found out that not many Thai ppl are smokin..what we saw were only the foreigners...m... I don't mean shoppin areas only ..even outside the streets..its still the same....Seems like Thai are healthier than us....
The inner area of MBK... Christmas Season...
One of our favourites in Thai... Next day, we headed to Shangri La Pier for our boat ride travelling to Wat Arun (Porcelain temple) and Grand Palace... Takin the Speedy boat isn't cheap at all... They charged us 400Baht/person intially... So, I tried bargaining with them again....M.... ended up paying 250Baht....
This place is somewhere near the pier, we self-entertained ourselves and took a few pics there... Actually, the main purpose to is to this place is to visit the "toilet"..not photo taking....heheh...
When I am on board.... Wind strong...Boat Fast.... I love the boat ride!
Yes...This is Wat Arun... Hey ppl, saw the 2 run down wooden pic takin board behind me... Yewz...Take one pic must pay 40 baht.... Lamey... So not worth it..Ya.. i did stick my face to the board... 1 lady passed by me and called me to pay $$... Lame..I told her I am nt goin to pay and I deleted the photos... So Stupid...
Go in to the temple must pay 50 Baht..M...we don't have enough time so we missed the visit... So we took a pic there... ahah...
Reached somewhere near Grand Palace...So unlucky, wouldn't go in as it's time for Thai to offer food for the monks.... No foreigners are allowed...even the neighbourhood great temples are also closed for the same pupose.... Too bad.... Lets go eat and leave this place...
I am hungry....
My food is here....Yes.....
The Phay Tai.... Sweet Guo Tiao...They told me it's Yakisoba at lst.. haha... they thought I am Jap...ehehhe...
Dirty Hands dirtied the Nice view of the temple (Reclining Buddha) ..Guess who??? Ya...Its Alien....
Tourists prohibited...No choice, took pic again....
come on Baby One more time.... So, we went back to Pathumwan area... shopping at Platinum Mall... Ppl there are more rigid.. Very hard to bargain.....Kept saying the same thing, "Wholesale, wholesale"... everything must forced us buy 3 and above if we want to get lower price..In fact, I saw the same shirt at Chatuchak... Platinum more ex.. but seems like its is easier to shop here than Chatuchak... Cos Chatuchak is too big...will get ourselves lost in the mid of our shoppin... ahah...we had a small scolding from our friend as we disappeared ourselves without informing him..then we made him waited for us for 1hr30 mins...saei weng 's fault..haah...cos we were spending our time finding his gifts...kidding......m...when he throwed his temper at us....haah...we don't even dare to say anything...eheh...cos we know its our fault...lucky..his temper don't last..power not very strong....Shoo.... So after a while, everything went back to normal... heheh..Sorry Jiahe...
We had our dinner at S &P (thai food)..Dinner was good... and our dessert was settled at A&W...Everyone missed the bear...So am I...
The last day, we went back to MBK for our last shopping, bought the local food products there....Nxt went back to platinum mall for Saei weng presents again... ahah....and Alien's shorts... Very busy....then we took a 10 Seater van back to airport (900 baht). Intially, we wanted to take cab to the airport, but lucky we changed our mind to van as our barang barang really cannot squeeze into the normal 1.6L cab..hehe...Over...the van actually costs us more $$ but at least we can bring back what we bought....ahaaha...
Our barang and us...
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SawaDee... Pls pls....this pic makes me pissed off... actually i asked an Indian guy to help me take pic...my camera is too small for him... his hands really big... m.....Ya..he accidentally dropped my camera on the floor...Tks god...his friends and him still can laugh....This time not I dropped my camera like my previous one...Now, is ppl dropped my cam....So lucky... No scratches but the front sliding part is nt smooth anymore..need to go repair...Argh....
Overall, I enjoyed the trip.... however, there's too much shopping... think in future i will add more sight seeing to our overseas trip...Had some noises and little quarrel during travel, however, this is inevitable... but at least I see peace back within a very short time....ahah.... Quarrel is what I am afraid and dislike during travel... but this time round was good... as everyone will absorb their unhappiness and don't care... aahhaa.... Yeah!!! Ok! guys ...nxt travel to Cooler countries argh.....