Monday, March 31, 2008

Today.Monday.

I am sitting in an internet cafe now, near to my hotel. Here is it 1baht/min.

Sunday:
Today Ploy couldn't join me so I went out alone.

I went back to Wang Lang, followed by Platinum.

Wang Lang... OMG what a horror finding a cab back to Ratchathewi. In case you didn't know, Wang Lang is OUTSIDE of central bangkok. Hence many taxis are not willing to go back to central bangkok. The taxi there was booked through HOWA TAXI.

What idiots. They have an english website but they can't speak English! So i had a very hard time talking to them.

On my way back from Wang Lang, I had an even harder time. Not only did they not understand me, they hung up on me thrice! Lord!

Then I went back to my hotel first as I was freaking having a headache. After resting from the fucking heat stroke, I headed down to Platinum.

Monday:

Met Ploy for lunch after her school. She brought me to this restaurant at Siam Square called Som Tum Nua (restaurant) and the food was AROY MAK MAK!

My favourite drink in Thailand----> CHA YEN!!

Then we shopped at Siam Square for a couple of hours. Siam Square is like far east to Singaporeans, and things are paeng nit noy (a little expensive).

I love A&W!

This shop gave a paper bag instead of the normal plastic bag, which reminded me of takeaways at Burger King.

In a bid to try Mango Sticky Rice, Ploy brought me to this cafe at Siam Square called Mango Tango. Here, the Mango Sticky Rice is given a contemporary touch to it, and the decor of the place is seriously interesting.

The "cage" looking lights, according to Ploy, is actually a tool used to pluck mangoes! What a creative way of incorporating history and modern interior!

From Siam Square, we ended up at Bonzana Mall. Bonzana Mall is another hub for thai youths, and here one can find the usual clothings, shoes, and what nots.

Thereafter we headed down to Central World just for fun joy and laughter. We ended up walking around Zen, a PAENG MAK MAK shopping centre!! It is like shopping at Robinsons or Paragon.

At Central World, we decided to have cakes for dinner. So Ploy brought me to a place called Coffee Bean (not the coffee bean in Singapore). Carrot cake was alright.. And they spelt Horlics Cake as Horlice Cake!

We headed back to MBK and Ploy had to leave to meet her uncle. So I shopped alone for awhile before coming to this internet cafe.

Back tomorrow! Not looking forward though..

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Today.Saturday.

I AM IN BANGKOK NOW!!

I am blogging at my hotel's internet cafe right now, with Backstreet Boys' song playing behind me. 50baht ($1=22.3baht) per 30mins.

WHAT A DAY!

Just came back from a massage session. 1 and a half hours. It is located next to my hotel! Heaven on earth. 300bath for 1.5 hrs!

Just to recap..

Thursday: My two lovely friends,

JAN and ESTEE,

sent me off, and even bought me sweets, that came in damn handy as I had gastric during my long taxi ride in Siam from Suvarnabhumi airport!

After dumping my luggage in the hotel, I quickly made my way down to Siam to meet Ploy, my secondary school thai friend, for dinner at MBK. Thank God i know someome here in Bangkok.

Delicious pad thai and cha yen at MBK's food court.

Friday: Met Ploy at Platinum. Didn't plan to meet up with her everyday, thinking it would only be the first night. But Ploy is damn nice, and I am so thankful. With Ploy around, she helped me to negotiate the prices to a local or rather a lower price.

After Platinum, we went to Wang Lang. Wang Lang is a 2nd hand market for locals, locate outside central Bangkok. So if you an't speak Thai, don't bother going.

Day one's stuff.

Saturday: CHATUCHAK!
I went to chatuchak first thing in the morning. The plan is to shop first, then Ploy and her sister Pin would join me in the afternoon.

So I took the BTS to Mo Chit BTS, and changed to Kamphaengphet Mrt. The MRT brings me to another part of Chatuchak market instead of the commonly used section via Mo Chit BTS.

And shop I did.

And money burnt burnt burnt.

Too many tourist, so prices are higher than expected.

When Ploy and Pin came later, it was another round of shopping.

Pin (wearing cap) and Ploy. We were at a small stall at Chatuchak, only because we wanted aircon. It wasn't that hot, kinda like Bugis Street. Don't understand why everyone keeps scaring me about how hot how stuffy the place is.

Total hours I spent at Chatuchak: 8.30am to 6pm.

........

My legs HURT like pins and needles and accupuncture.

Nothing else to do at night, so I stayed in the hotel and watched Scary Movie 4 on Star Movies. Jeez.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Today.Tuesday.

2 days more, baby, to a great shopping trip to bangkok!

My DNA is overrun with sales signs and discount figures. It's what most women do. I do it well.

I have been overloading my system with the drama BONES. It is a highly recommended drama serial if you love solving crimes and the process of solving crime.

While CSI and Criminal Minds concentrate on the human psychology to catch the killer, Bones uses.. well.. bones to determine the killer.

I wonder whether Bangkok sells *ahem* pirated drama serial dvds.

Haha this video is damn funny. About a sneezing panda. Gotta watch! (shown on Ellen)

Monday, March 24, 2008

Today.Monday.

My oh my am so excited.

Going to Bangkok soon!

Just came back from Jan's place, where drea, emily, jan and estee played mahjong, and I watched grease 2 and fell asleep.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Today.Wednesday.

I have been feeling rather restless and bored-beyond-words ever since I graduated.

The sudden feeling of not burying oneself in EXCEL sheets and branding campaign is foreign.

I never thought I would say this...

BUT I MISS SCHOOL.

Or actually.. I miss my friends.

Was looking through past photos of the last 3 years in Temasek Polytechnic.

Fucking hilarious. Especially the "trying to turn straight so keep my hair longer" phase.

Here are some for you to laugh at.

2006

Note the hair. The longest length I have kept since I left secondary school. Celebrating my 18th birthday in school, and the SF clan silkscreened my face on tshirts n wore it to school. I love ya guys.

Me and Esther, we are two people who are seriously in need of a brain.

My life became damn frustating, and I blame it on A-LINE SKIRTS. Fucking sewing.. no, only the unpicking is $%^&*%$#$%. Note the psychotic hair color i had in 2006. Seriously Chris, WTF?!

My group mates for Retail Project(?), which was one emotionally-draining and fucked up period.

Nearing the end of 2006, and the SF clan had a chalet. It was at this chalet that we came up with the "boyband pose".

Sometimes we hang out and stay over at Jan's place.

2007

Here, we celebrated Chueen Er's 19th birthday.

A night out with Clarissa Trudi, our adjunct lecturer.

The crazy crazy Retail Project which drove me to tears (literally) and made me screamed at Eleanor. I was a fucked up young kid, i swear.

2008

On my 3rd last day of my 3 years in Temasek Polytechnic, I decided to play a game of "skipping balloon" with fellow retards Eleanor and Loko. LOL.

Whoever said that one becomes wiser (indirectly refering to maturity level) is BULLSHITTING.

Here we are, at Ikea when we were supposed to be tending our booths.

And to end it all with a picture of a few Apparel Design and Merchandising girls.

3 Years of My Life.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Today.Saturday.

I *sob* accidentally cut my thumb with a penknife today when I was tearing down our booth.

Ouch.

A shout out to JAN. What a caring friend who took care of

my poor thumb, and told me that I wouldn't die. Lol. Love you lots.

Today is the last day of our exhibition.

I am officially a graduate and am now damn free.

And here are more pics my various friends took.