Back last week from Bangkok... aim of this trip is just to shop, eat, massage and chill. Was a hase decision to go on this trip... Saw Superboy's 4 missed calls when I took out my phone as I was starting my engine...
Me: Darling, wassup?
Superboy: Got Tiger Air promo to BKK at $20 only. Want to go?
Me: So cheap ah? Ok, onz. (hangs up)
On the way back, I suddenly remembered that I'd promised Enedfea to go BKK at year-end. Oops! Aiya hack, go again lor... called her anyway. Luckily, she being the understanding one... has no qualm about it and we decided to go Taiwan together with Winnie at year-end instead. Looking forward to that... hehe... gonna visit the famous streets & food mentioned in the Shi Zhi Lu Kou!
Before I sidetrack, a recap of my days in BKK.
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Day 1:
1st time onto budget airlines in Asia. It's a 1st come 1st serve manner of boarding the plane. Omigosh! How unruly it was! Why the hell can't they just allocate seats? Thou' budget but will there be cost incurred by allocating seats and prevent unhappy customers or an ugly sight for the tourists? Wanted to feedback my unsatisfaction in their suggestion forms but couldn't find any! Seats are so cramp.. I wonder how do the big sized men take their seat? Almost impossible! Yes, you may say budget airlines should expect so much.. but Virgin Blues was much much better when I took it in Aussieland. Perhaps they took into account that Westerners are bigger sized.. ok ok.. i'll buy that....
First thing we did when we arrived in BKK was to board a cab to Chatuchuk Weekend Market since we reached in the Sunday afternoon. It was raining.. damn! Don't care... bashed thru the pools of water and the uneven grounds. Superboy and me walked damn fast.... browsed thru the shops at a super speed. Stopped only if anything caught our fancy. Bought a few tee shirts for ourselves.. only 100baht per piece! Oh boy... it was cheap. Before we knew it, 2 hrs past.. didn't buy much cos it was too crowded.. and we only go into shops that are not so infested with people. Despite my 2nd time in Chatuchuk, we still took almost 45mins to find our way to the meeting point!
Went to have some bird nests tonic before heading back our hotel - Indra Regent @ Pratunum. The lobby that greeted us was beautiful and the room was better than my expectation. The only thing that had been better is a stronger water pressure from the showerhead. Took a quick bath and off we go for dinner. Impressive pictures of Japanese Prime Minister lined the stairways.. the food must be nice to serve such VIPs i thought. The Beijing duck & tom yam soup was not bad.. but the chilli crab was pathetic. I miss Singapore chilli crabs! Ordered a roasted pig to compensate our disappointment.... The head was facing me.. it's a small pig.. maybe about a few weeks old... everyone dug in. Nah, I don't like it. Not meaty enuff.
After dinner, we went to Suan Lum night market. A pretty new market.. hadn't been there the last time in BKK. The Net mentioned that it is comparable to Chatuchak and I was rather excited as I hadn't got the time to comb Chatuchak in the afternoon. The market was more airy and the shops are arranged in a neater manner as compared to its counterpart. Shops are small thou but the things looks pretty new. Not much time to shop there also as it closes at midnite. Shall come back again the next day.
Day 2:
Next stop MBK - the biggest shopping centre in BKK. Hailed a cab and this young lad keep talking in a mixture of broken English & Thai and Superboy just smiled and patronised him thinking he is just being the friendly Thai... unless i heard the words "gems", "fast", "you work for me" and we came to our realisation that he wanted us to help him get the 5litres of free petrol if we pose as 1st timers to the gems factory. I was pissed off at being made use of but Superboy kept laughing.. He was amused that by this joker at how he actually told us his plot; told us to tell the person that it was our 1st time here (althou' both of us visited the place before many yrs back). The place was infested with tourists. We drank the free cola and started to pretend awhile and then head for the exit. Got on the lad's cab and finally reach MBK after a detour to the gem factory. I was not happy lor as it wasted my 1hr of shopping!! And he still charge us money. Should be free ride right? But we are too nice people to demand that from him.
Walked around and did a lil' shopping. Nothing much to eat there thou'. When I went into a palour for manicures & massages, 80% of the people inside are Singaporeans. Superboy did foot massage while waiting for me. Oops, almost late for the Thai massage appointment at 6pm. We quickly took a train to Asia Hotel to get Naraya gifts for friends. Couldn't find the blue beetle designed bags that the girls wanted so bought the yellow beetle instead.
Wait for a cab to bring us back to our hotel when Superboy saw his friend outside Asia Hotel. (Wah lau, everywhere also got friends) This stupid taxi driver wanted to charge us 150baht from Asia Hotel to Pratunum! Are you nuts! Scram! Hailed another taxi.. wanted to charge us 100baht. No thank you. Asked us how much we wanted and i quoted 40baht. He said go by meter then. Great. When reach our hotel, it was 45baht but Superboy gave him 55baht anyway. We are such nice people.
The massage was within walking distance to our hotel. Was thinking of trying this recommended by the tour guide and tmr we'll go to the one recommended by Enedfea in Suthumvit. The massage palour looked rather big but it kind of sleazy. All the masseurs (some of them putting on makeup) are in this room with a big glass window which resembles the "fish tank" in Geylang. Each of them has a number tagged onto their shirt. The masseur who served me not too bad-looking but the one who served Superboy was a plucky woman. Haha! 1st time doing massage with Superboy and i feel rather uncomfy to have a woman touching him everywhere! Argh! But good thing is that the masseur is not some young lil' thing. (Meow!) I was suffering in the massage process. Don't know if it's cos I became weaker since 3yrs back but I remembered the experience in Phuket was relaxing... This time round, I was refraining from pain when i was massaged on my back. After the whole thing, my back hurts and it's like being hammered on my back! Still got to give 100baht tips to the masseurs on top of the 400baht/2hrs. We are just too nice.
Tried to hail a cab to bring us to Chinatown for seafood but all the cabs that stopped were not willing to go there. Oh well, too bad then. We strolled in the busy streets of BKK back to our hotel and went to "ta-bao" some food at the roadside stalls. Actually I dare not try roadside stalls before but seeing the enthusiasm in Superboy's to try their local delights, I went along. Luckily did not suffer from stomach upset and shortened my shopping time. hee...
Since nothing much to do at nite in BKK and I did not bring my dancing shoes so can't go clubbing also.. we went Suan Lum again. Bought a vase, a Minna No Tabo big plastic bag, a mug for Superboy & myself, a bag along with a girly skirt. The after-effect from the Thai massage was still aching my back. Went to the Suan Lum market's food stall to chill and watch performances. It was like our Lau Pa Sat. A nice place to rest your weary legs/body after a whole night of shopping.
Day 3:
My body is still aching from the massage that I decided to give the Suthumvit massage place a miss. We started our daily shopping spree at Pratunum wholesale centre which was just next to our hotel. Should have started our shopping at Pratunum on the 1st day! The things here are so much so much cheaper than MBK and Suan Lum! A tee which I bargained from 200baht to 175baht cost only 150baht (before discount)!!! The bag which I bought at 200baht at Suan Lum cost only 150baht (before discount)! Argh!!! I STRONGLY RECOMMEND PRATUNUM BEFORE MBK/SUAN LUM! Bags & clothings buy in Pratunum but for home decors & stuffs, you can buy in Suan Lum. Go MBK for the experience & the air-con maybe.
We decided to walk from Pratunum to Siam to feel the busy city. That's what Superboy & me like to do... just like how we combed central Sydney & Melbourne 2yrs back.. take photos as we walked from attractions to attractions. In this way, you can really know where you'd been on the roadmap and soak into the local's culture. We conquered Indra Square, Pratunum Market, Pratunum Centre, Central World Plaza, Siam Square, Discovery Centre, Siam Centre, MBK (for intimates) before we settled for COCA Steamboat for dinner. We ordered quite a lot of dishes and it cost us only about S$15 each. On the way back to the hotel, we pasted by the 4-faced Buddha. Superboy went thru' the short ritual of prayers. Hopefully it'll bring us good luck in the years ahead. There are some small roadside stalls outside Big C departmental store and the things there are pretty interesting. Getting late... headed back to the hotel to pack up for the noon flight the next day.
Me: Darling, wassup?
Superboy: Got Tiger Air promo to BKK at $20 only. Want to go?
Me: So cheap ah? Ok, onz. (hangs up)
On the way back, I suddenly remembered that I'd promised Enedfea to go BKK at year-end. Oops! Aiya hack, go again lor... called her anyway. Luckily, she being the understanding one... has no qualm about it and we decided to go Taiwan together with Winnie at year-end instead. Looking forward to that... hehe... gonna visit the famous streets & food mentioned in the Shi Zhi Lu Kou!
Before I sidetrack, a recap of my days in BKK.
===============================================
Day 1:
1st time onto budget airlines in Asia. It's a 1st come 1st serve manner of boarding the plane. Omigosh! How unruly it was! Why the hell can't they just allocate seats? Thou' budget but will there be cost incurred by allocating seats and prevent unhappy customers or an ugly sight for the tourists? Wanted to feedback my unsatisfaction in their suggestion forms but couldn't find any! Seats are so cramp.. I wonder how do the big sized men take their seat? Almost impossible! Yes, you may say budget airlines should expect so much.. but Virgin Blues was much much better when I took it in Aussieland. Perhaps they took into account that Westerners are bigger sized.. ok ok.. i'll buy that....
First thing we did when we arrived in BKK was to board a cab to Chatuchuk Weekend Market since we reached in the Sunday afternoon. It was raining.. damn! Don't care... bashed thru the pools of water and the uneven grounds. Superboy and me walked damn fast.... browsed thru the shops at a super speed. Stopped only if anything caught our fancy. Bought a few tee shirts for ourselves.. only 100baht per piece! Oh boy... it was cheap. Before we knew it, 2 hrs past.. didn't buy much cos it was too crowded.. and we only go into shops that are not so infested with people. Despite my 2nd time in Chatuchuk, we still took almost 45mins to find our way to the meeting point!
Went to have some bird nests tonic before heading back our hotel - Indra Regent @ Pratunum. The lobby that greeted us was beautiful and the room was better than my expectation. The only thing that had been better is a stronger water pressure from the showerhead. Took a quick bath and off we go for dinner. Impressive pictures of Japanese Prime Minister lined the stairways.. the food must be nice to serve such VIPs i thought. The Beijing duck & tom yam soup was not bad.. but the chilli crab was pathetic. I miss Singapore chilli crabs! Ordered a roasted pig to compensate our disappointment.... The head was facing me.. it's a small pig.. maybe about a few weeks old... everyone dug in. Nah, I don't like it. Not meaty enuff.
After dinner, we went to Suan Lum night market. A pretty new market.. hadn't been there the last time in BKK. The Net mentioned that it is comparable to Chatuchak and I was rather excited as I hadn't got the time to comb Chatuchak in the afternoon. The market was more airy and the shops are arranged in a neater manner as compared to its counterpart. Shops are small thou but the things looks pretty new. Not much time to shop there also as it closes at midnite. Shall come back again the next day.
Day 2:
Next stop MBK - the biggest shopping centre in BKK. Hailed a cab and this young lad keep talking in a mixture of broken English & Thai and Superboy just smiled and patronised him thinking he is just being the friendly Thai... unless i heard the words "gems", "fast", "you work for me" and we came to our realisation that he wanted us to help him get the 5litres of free petrol if we pose as 1st timers to the gems factory. I was pissed off at being made use of but Superboy kept laughing.. He was amused that by this joker at how he actually told us his plot; told us to tell the person that it was our 1st time here (althou' both of us visited the place before many yrs back). The place was infested with tourists. We drank the free cola and started to pretend awhile and then head for the exit. Got on the lad's cab and finally reach MBK after a detour to the gem factory. I was not happy lor as it wasted my 1hr of shopping!! And he still charge us money. Should be free ride right? But we are too nice people to demand that from him.
Walked around and did a lil' shopping. Nothing much to eat there thou'. When I went into a palour for manicures & massages, 80% of the people inside are Singaporeans. Superboy did foot massage while waiting for me. Oops, almost late for the Thai massage appointment at 6pm. We quickly took a train to Asia Hotel to get Naraya gifts for friends. Couldn't find the blue beetle designed bags that the girls wanted so bought the yellow beetle instead.
Wait for a cab to bring us back to our hotel when Superboy saw his friend outside Asia Hotel. (Wah lau, everywhere also got friends) This stupid taxi driver wanted to charge us 150baht from Asia Hotel to Pratunum! Are you nuts! Scram! Hailed another taxi.. wanted to charge us 100baht. No thank you. Asked us how much we wanted and i quoted 40baht. He said go by meter then. Great. When reach our hotel, it was 45baht but Superboy gave him 55baht anyway. We are such nice people.
The massage was within walking distance to our hotel. Was thinking of trying this recommended by the tour guide and tmr we'll go to the one recommended by Enedfea in Suthumvit. The massage palour looked rather big but it kind of sleazy. All the masseurs (some of them putting on makeup) are in this room with a big glass window which resembles the "fish tank" in Geylang. Each of them has a number tagged onto their shirt. The masseur who served me not too bad-looking but the one who served Superboy was a plucky woman. Haha! 1st time doing massage with Superboy and i feel rather uncomfy to have a woman touching him everywhere! Argh! But good thing is that the masseur is not some young lil' thing. (Meow!) I was suffering in the massage process. Don't know if it's cos I became weaker since 3yrs back but I remembered the experience in Phuket was relaxing... This time round, I was refraining from pain when i was massaged on my back. After the whole thing, my back hurts and it's like being hammered on my back! Still got to give 100baht tips to the masseurs on top of the 400baht/2hrs. We are just too nice.
Tried to hail a cab to bring us to Chinatown for seafood but all the cabs that stopped were not willing to go there. Oh well, too bad then. We strolled in the busy streets of BKK back to our hotel and went to "ta-bao" some food at the roadside stalls. Actually I dare not try roadside stalls before but seeing the enthusiasm in Superboy's to try their local delights, I went along. Luckily did not suffer from stomach upset and shortened my shopping time. hee...
Since nothing much to do at nite in BKK and I did not bring my dancing shoes so can't go clubbing also.. we went Suan Lum again. Bought a vase, a Minna No Tabo big plastic bag, a mug for Superboy & myself, a bag along with a girly skirt. The after-effect from the Thai massage was still aching my back. Went to the Suan Lum market's food stall to chill and watch performances. It was like our Lau Pa Sat. A nice place to rest your weary legs/body after a whole night of shopping.
Day 3:
My body is still aching from the massage that I decided to give the Suthumvit massage place a miss. We started our daily shopping spree at Pratunum wholesale centre which was just next to our hotel. Should have started our shopping at Pratunum on the 1st day! The things here are so much so much cheaper than MBK and Suan Lum! A tee which I bargained from 200baht to 175baht cost only 150baht (before discount)!!! The bag which I bought at 200baht at Suan Lum cost only 150baht (before discount)! Argh!!! I STRONGLY RECOMMEND PRATUNUM BEFORE MBK/SUAN LUM! Bags & clothings buy in Pratunum but for home decors & stuffs, you can buy in Suan Lum. Go MBK for the experience & the air-con maybe.
We decided to walk from Pratunum to Siam to feel the busy city. That's what Superboy & me like to do... just like how we combed central Sydney & Melbourne 2yrs back.. take photos as we walked from attractions to attractions. In this way, you can really know where you'd been on the roadmap and soak into the local's culture. We conquered Indra Square, Pratunum Market, Pratunum Centre, Central World Plaza, Siam Square, Discovery Centre, Siam Centre, MBK (for intimates) before we settled for COCA Steamboat for dinner. We ordered quite a lot of dishes and it cost us only about S$15 each. On the way back to the hotel, we pasted by the 4-faced Buddha. Superboy went thru' the short ritual of prayers. Hopefully it'll bring us good luck in the years ahead. There are some small roadside stalls outside Big C departmental store and the things there are pretty interesting. Getting late... headed back to the hotel to pack up for the noon flight the next day.
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It was a purely shopping trip. The only disappointment was not able to eat as much as we intended to.. and also not buying enough Naraya products!!
1 comment:
wau lau so envious!! so many things u bought...haiz..i miss BKK
first time i heard people din enjoy massage and end up getting hurt...hehehe i think u weak la...need to eat more build up more meat!!
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