a moment to remember

~songs in my head~

没有地球太阳还是会绕.

But I don’t care what they say. I’m in love with you.

I just wanna fall and lose myself Laughing so hard it hurts like hell Forget about everything and run away, yeah

~ MOTTO ~
:: if you have tried your best, there's no need for regrets. ::

~ THOUGHTS ~
By ourselves we are too weak to hold our own even for a moment.

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God" (Romans 8:28)

For what it's worth, it was worth all the while.

"God has given, God has taken, blessed be the name of God" (Job 1:21)

"I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

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:: juz taking a moment to remember ::

Monday, September 14, 2009 7:02 PM

to Bangkok.. and back... (a much procrastinated post)

i have holiday withdrawl symptoms :(

Bangkok was such a treat...

it was my post-graduation trip, cum relief from the past 5 months of hard work.

i even dreamt that we went to Bangkok again last night and then when i came back to singapore

i won 10,000 baht or something so we decided to fly back there to use my winnings! :D

too bad it is only but a dream.

next up is an unexpected trip with my family to Hongkong! thought of making a little trip to ShenZhen as well.. though i suppose it will be a more restrictive trip since i m not travelling with friends, but it is my 1st trip with my entire family including the 2 new additions (my sister-in-law and isaac) so the idea is pretty exciting! hopefully it doesnt get cancelled at the last minute again, knowing how my fickle-minded my parents could be...

some bangkok photos... will upload the gazillion others on facebook when my facebook finally listens to me.. it hasnt been behaving.

arriving at bangkok airport... we took our own sweet time to go collect our baggage.. guess what.. when we reach the conveyor belt, we saw this!

LOL our LAST BAG was awaiting our collection... paiseh...so we took this shot.. cool huh! lucky they nv announce my name to collect it...

our takeanap hotel is fab! i will love to go back there again. cheap and cosy..
whats best about bangkok is that we are like birds there.. everything chirp (cheap) chirp
what do i love most??
hahaha is their taxi!! so cheap la... esp cuz we went in a group of 4.. so every trip is like one person $1-$4. most expensive one was from the airport to hotel.. 400 baht.. but thats only $16.. less than what my baby will pay to take a cab in singapore from his place to anywhere else :P
somemore the cabs were colorful. hot pink, green, blue... everywhere also got cab.
when i came back singapore and take cab, my heart really felt the pinch! booo....
the funny thing is whenever we go into a cab, first thing is we will ask 'meter?'
cuz the 1st night we got 'kar' by this cab guy who charged us 300 or 400 baht and keep getting lost on the way back to our hotel... maybe he was trying to make us feel our money is worth..
then wensheng will next tell the driver 'rama4 road.. opp snake *hiss + show snake action* farm..' hahah.. its like a classic...

this was taken after we spent 1st day shopping at platinium mall (love the great finds thr!! the bags! - 'miss.... you like... you buy tuuuu... i give you cheeeap...' and cheap singlets and shorts!) and eating our lunch at fuji jap resturant (which kept haunting us everywhere later on)... for dinner, the buffet at baiyoke hotel was yummmmy.... only less than $30 sing per person for a great variety of seafood, jap food and western choices. will def go back there again when i nx go BK! then we went up to its 82nd floor revolving tower.. so windy and nice the scenary... sigh..

2nd day on the cab, again... this time is to MBK (Maboonkong)... lots of fake polo, lacoste, etc. i only bought contact lens there.. also quite cheap! then i think we went to Bonanza plaza =) found the gold casio watch i like and because i was already so broke from my 1st day of shopping (LOL!), baby bought it for me! i love it lots =) its cheaper than in singapore, and the gold version was quite a rare find.

here is a photo of the watch being sold for ard 30 pounds on ASOS! i got it for only $50! what a steal. cant stop wearing it now.

after that, we went to suan lum night bazaar. had a nice thai style zi-char and bought many nice teeshirts and i even saw my crochet bikini there for much cheaper!! ouch! and then we went to chill and have beer! enjoyed the thai cum english live singing as well as the breeze there..

3rd day, i think we were too busy shopping our hearts out at Chatuchuk! haha.. there were plenty of cute lil puppies there, so adorable.. can check the photos on facebook.. or maybe my next post.. put up more photos! chatuchuk is rrrreally big! mega, huge! i think i will definitely go back.. lots of good finds, tho not always that cheap, but special stuff! bought the street side thai green mango, very nice, though their dressing was alil too salty...

at night, cuz we were sooo tired from all the walking, we went for massage. before that we went for a nice dinner at Talips Phing, a restaurant frequented by tourists that we chanced upon... massage was so comfortable i fell aslp twice. din slp that well in BK somehow, alot of back pain when i woke... so the massage helped abit. the funny incident was when i saw that they provided us a set of pyjamas looking attire, i asked the thai woman whether we supposed to change into them, or just wear over our clothes.. cuz she doesnt speak english.. then she gave me this super disguisted and weird look and she took the top and put over my shoulders.. lol.. darling also saw her expression.. it was hilarious.. maybe she tot that 1) i was so stupid i dont know how to wear, or 2) i am asking her to help me wear...

on sunday, we went to Royal city avenue (I thk?) for Go kart.. but baby and i din play.. but we helped wenxin and wensheng took photos. wx was like driving leisurely... funny.. we ate at fuji restaurant again! and then we headed to Siam Square. saw lots of nice wallets along the way but i was too broke to buy.. lol.. dont remember too much abt that place.. i think we were just randomly walking cuz we were so tired from the past few days of shopping. cant remember where we had dinner also...

very soon, it was the last day :(
we packed our stuff and the lift of our hotel broke down! haha, maybe it din want us to leave.
then we went to pratunum plaza (cheap, but nth much there... not very gd quality) and then platinium mall again since we had much time to kill before we leave for the airport... our last meal was a horribly expensive and unappetizing jap meal (their so-called ramen is just our chinese yellow noodles! cost $12 or something... i rather eat ajisan!)... never ever eat at their airport again. gosh. the flight back was quite bad too, the air pressure caused my ears to feel like they were going to burst and overflow with blood. eew. missed being in BK badly the subsequent days and was damn sian to go back to work... (2 weeks since we came back already!! time does really fly! cant wait for us to go to taiwan or japan tog! =))
i miss seeing baby and wenxin almost 24hrs a day!
this trip reminds me of being roomies in hall with wx... esp our 1st nite in the big room.. but why u nv slp with me :P
nvm nx time we go overseas ourselves hehe!

our instax group shots! the outdoor shots turned out much better than the indoor ones. we bought the same tee 24hrpartypeople to remember this trip by! =) love the color of the tee.