4 days, 3 nights, 2 girls, 1 goal - to take on the streets of Bangkok by storm. Hehe.
So one fine Friday night, we two shopaholics set off for Bangkok on 25th August 2006.
We had some time before our boarding. We checked in and started our operation earlier. We went to DFS. Hehe. But we only browse through the items to pass time... we didn't buy anything. REALLY!
(Hui Boon and I @Boarding Area.... )
Finally, we boarded the plane and are off!!! WoOooHooOoO!! Watch out, Bangkok... here we come!!! Hehe.
(Eager troopers onboard AY98)
(What I usually take onboard my flights when I'm on vacation...it's true if you refer back to my archived posts! =P)
It was about 2 hours flight from Singapore to Bangkok. AY98 didn't feature any movies, all they played for that 2 hours was these 2 bears grazing in the forest. That 2 hours felt like eternity to me. I mean how interesting can 2 bears in a forest be for passengers who are eager to land and shop until they drop?! Bleah.....
Watching bears graze was so interestingly boring that the only thing it did to me was made me hungry. Hehe...
Luckily for a hungry me... they served dinner onboard our flight. Hehe...Would you believe that this was the only thai meal I had for my trip to Bangkok? Surprisingly, airplane food was not too bad. Green Curry Chicken.
And check out the exorbitant snack prices in Euro that they sell onboard the plane. 2 euro dollars for instant noodle?! Rip Offfff!!
Finally, the pilot announced that we are arriving in Bangkok .... BUT due to heavy traffic, the plane cannot land for another 10mins. Urghhhhh.............*faint* Our plane had to taxi in the sky for some time and actually circulated 3 times around the same area. Grrrr...... FASTER!!!! hehe... How I wish the plane would land right smack in Suan Lum Night Market so I can shop immediately upon touchdown. Hehehe.
So I whipped out my baby and started taking pictures from my window thinking that perhaps I can spot Suan Lum Night Market this way.. Hahaha. Like real. This was what I got:
Half way through my snapshots, the pilot announced we would be landing soon. Yay.... it's about time!! After customs and all, We arrived at Asia hotel and was told that they no longer have any non-smoking rooms left (I was thinking.... Oh dear!!! I'm gonna breathe smoke even when I sleep?) and they gave us a deluxe smoking room. When we checked into our room....Thank God.. it had a lovely floral scent and no smoky smell. I'm VERY sensitive to smells ok....that's why I'm so particular...heheh. So this is our room.
Huiboon said my hotel pic of the beds can be sold to the hotel to help them advertise. Hehehe. =) To me the rooms are ok... not too bad as what I've heard or researched on the internet on Asia Hotel. Maybe cos our room is a deluxe... not sure. Anyway, who cares!! It's good enough!!! And we won't be using the room much!!! Hehehe...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Operation in Active Day 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Early in the morning, we trooped off to the tailors Joyce recommended at Sukhonvit (?) and had a ball of a time deciding what material to tailor our stuff. Okokokok... I HAD A BALL of a time deciding what material for my office pants, shirts, skirts. For those of you who wanna tailor made ur stuff in BKK, lemme know..I'vegot the contacts. Hehehe.. The tailors told us to head back that evening for fitting... WOW!! They're like flash gordons on sewing up our stuff man!!! We... Ok... I mean I ordered a number of office attires.. since CHEAP MAH!
Next target: MBK!! On the way there, we had to pass by a few shopping malls that were linked to MBK and I saw this "sign". I thought it was interesting ...a change to the usual toilet signs.
(NO...I was NOT using my camera to zoom into the little boys room fyi.....I just happen to only see the gents and not passby the ladies...and I have no time to locate the ladies given my mission!!)
MBK!!!! Found & Conquered!!!
HB and I just shopped... and shopped and shopped... and shopped... and shopped. If you're not convinced of how much we 2 shopaholics can shop... lemme just illustrate further.... hehehe.
I was wearing my super comfy and trusty Havaianas slippers with me... as I knew that there would be alot of walking. I shopped SOOOOO much without resting that.....even with my super comfy and trusty slippers (I'm almost embarrassed to say this..)BOTH MY FEET CRAMPED as I was trying out some shoes in MBK!!! (Okie... U can stop laughing or sniggering at me now you unsympathetic people!!!) hahahah.
To emphasize further on how much we shopped..from 945am we went out of our hotel... went tailors.. blah blah blah... and then I think we reached MBK at about say 12pm? Determined to meet our goal.. we didn't stop to rest or sit or take even a pee break.... and oh yes... no lunch as well. There's a greater calling.... Shopping. Hehehe. And we only sat down for dinner at about 845pm I think. We went to this Ramen place and the portion was pretty huge (to me la... and I couldn't finish ...HB say I eat very little.. but I think it's a lot!!) .. all for ?? 60 Baht (199 baht is roughly SGD 8.... go figure!!!!).
After dinner, we walked back to our hotel as MBK is like 5mins away from our stay. Reached hotel at about 10pm, put our "victories" aside.. washed up.. pee break. Then instantaneously... we looked at each other and with shopaholics' telepathy... we just nodded to each other to set off for the night market - Suan Lum Night Market. Hehehe..You think we had enough?! You so underestimated us! hehehe...
Took a cab to Suan Lum and we shopped until the market closed at about 1ish 2am I think. And cos my camera batt was flat I couldn't take any pics. Went back to hotel, bathed and plonked into beds. When my body was lying on the bed... I thought I couldnt feel my legs ... hehehe...
Therefore verdict for operation day 1: Tailors - conquered! MBK - conquered! Suan lum Night Market - conquered!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Operation in Active Day 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After a hearty breakfast, we continued our mission. Chatuchat was next on our list. We arrived there at about 10isham I think. And here's a pic of Moi~ at Chatuchat. I've heard numerous horror stories of Chatuchat; of how humid it can be, how people can get lost, how packed it can be, that its like a maze and how people end up in the wrong sections of the market (e.g. pets), ra ra ra... but finally! Here I am to experience the horror myself. Hehe.
Me... before we went into the legendary Chatuchat... hahaha.
After what seem like forever, I screamed to Huiboon that I admit defeat!!! All the horrors were true except that we didn't get lost and end up in the wrong segment of the market. I surrendered because of humidity. The weather for that day itself was pretty good actually. Although Chatuchat had lots to see as compared to MBK and Suan Lum.... I truly loathed the humidity... I hated being touched or smeared by what feels like a thousand sweaty people there when I already feel so icky!!! I was dodging here and there to avoid being touched. Obviously I wasn't successful.
We left Chatuchat after approximately 3 odd hours there, I think. You have no idea how relieved I was of leaving that wind forsaken place! Decided to go to Siam Square to pamper our bodies after what we did to it the day before. Hahaha. Took a snap of this from the train ride to Siam Square while recuperating from Chatuchat. 
We looked high and low for the massage place that Yilin Tan recommended. With sign language and caveman English, we managed to get some directions from the locals on where the massage place was. Found!Marble House Massage @Siam Square. Due to time constraint, (we made dinner reservations at Fuji Jap Restaurant at MBK at 7pm), we opted for an hour's traditional Thai massage for 300baht each.
Oh.. yeah... before we went to Marble House... Huiboon spotted this sign below.... EEeeeeeeeeeee....
The traditional thai massage eased all tension and bodyaches we had. It was really good! When the lady started massaging my left leg first ...I could really feel my right leg growing jealous while awaiting its turn. Hehe.... Although I felt a little squirmish and ticklish here and there.... but overall the massage was wonderful after so much shopping!
Recharged, we continued our mission with a vengeance! Manicure and pedicure up next! We searched for the manicure & pedicure place that Joyce recommended and with rather little time left to our dinner reservation, we finally found the place, had all our nails done and rushed to MBK to have our dinner.
Inside Fuji restaurant, we two trigger happy ladies were taking pics here and there while waiting for our food to arrive. The decor of the place is brilliant! They did up the place in such a way it feels as though you are eating in a bamboo forest.
Wooooo.....Check out my food!! So much for 210baht!!! (Note: the side dish of straw mushrooms wrapped with bacon cost 85 baht (?) separately..) I so need to retire in Thailand!! hahaha...
Once more... I couldn't finish my bento set so I shared my food with Hb. I think the bento set can serve 2 people easily.
And yup, when we were done with indulging our tastebuds & stomachs, we went back to the hotel, refreshed ourselves before heading to Suan Lum Night Bazaar again! hahhaa.
As I couldn't take pics of Suan Lum the night before, I took some on our return trip back there and took a lovely pic of the ferris wheel. I like this pic. 
I think I have something for ferris wheels without me realising. I was blogging and posting this pic and realise that I have pics of ferris wheels from most of my trips..
(Amsterdam & London.. pic in London is not really a ferris wheel but London eye). And now Bangkok to add on to the collection.. ha!
When we arrived back in our hotel, our tailor made clothes were already there at the concierge. Cool! That was the end of day 2. Verdict: Operation Chatuchat failed. But conquered Siam Square and Suan Lum (AGAIN!) ...hehe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Last Day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With 1.5 hours to go before our transport picked us up to transfer to the airport, HB and I made a speedy gonzales trip to MBK (5 mins brisk walk from our hotel) to try to accomplish our last goal from our operation; stock up on undergarments!!!! hahha... MUCHHHHH cheaper than Singapore mah... So we did all that in like a span of about an hour 10mins, brisk walked back to hotel, chucked our purchases into our bags, checked the room and checked out of the hotel. Arrived at airport and I took this pic before we boarded the plane. Wanted to create a monochrome retro feel... hehehe... So its bubbai bangkok from here and home sweet home. Don't ask me how much I spent in Bangkok please... hehehe.. I don't wish to face reality. :PPPP
A shop that sells lightings...=) pic blurred though... hehe. Pink taxi fetched us home! hehehe... One of our goals in thailand..hahaha.. to sit the pink taxi! The taxi driver was sooO sweet... we told him we wanted to take a pic of his cab and he didn't just rushed off, he waited for us to snap our pics well before he took off.
6 comments:
Nice post on your trip! Noticed you only took pics on the outside. Never take pics inside the shopping areas? Hehehehe... Must be too busy shopping that's why. :P
Nonetheless, whatever it is, I'm sure you spent much less than what you would've spent in s'pore to buy the same things. Hehe, and thanks for the souvenir! =D
err.. I haven't read yet, but now I know why u say u so tired. For the "NKF M'sian" trip, u don't need to edit the pics, just upload with minimun effort, no comments, no edit hehe... We need more transparency, your cg members will audit your pics for you.
ok, finished reading. hmm.... not bad, only failed one area. I dare not even think of "challenging" u guys. confirm win me hands/legs down. Guys got no stamina for shoppping. I don't think my attention span can go over 3 hours? Or I'll just be cicling round a small area the whole time.
>Inky: Gee.. thanks, bro! =) Hahaha... u're right! I didn't take pics inside the shopping areas cos not only too busy shopping, but as I purchase stuff.. I put it in my bag and it gets piled up ontop of my camera and I have to diggg out my camera each time I wanna snap a pic.. so tats why no pics! Haha... actually I spent quite little in Singapore as compared to BKK... really!!!! Np on the souvenir.. hope u like it!
>Tiger: Hahaha.... I haven even post my graduation pics arh! I think i will load it up some webbie and do it the flickr manner for my grad & camp recce pics. Haha..Wahahaha... u're right..guys usually cannot win girls in this area... not that I'm putting them down. But u seee... even shopaholics like me get FEET CRAMPED UP in such extreme conditions! Hahahaha.. Well, when you're burning with a passion and you only have ur goal in mind and you put ur heart & soul (and wallet) in it... it can be done! ha!
Pris: You're wrong. Guys HAVE the stamina for shopping. The place is called Sim Lim Square. Nuff said. :P
>Inky: Wahahahahahah...Oh yes! I forgot about Sim Lim Square. My apologies.. I forgot that geeks.. I mean guys (hehe) HAVE the stamina when it comes to Sim Lim Square. I've tagged along with you all to shop @Sim Lim before...U guys win hands down when it comes to that place!
>fc2222b: Why thank you! =) Yeah, I like tat pic too!
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