Bangkok, Un
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Back from my bkk trip, slept for a whole day cause we had so little sleep in our time there!
Day 0
Arrived around 10pm to check in at citadines, loved gia's recommendation. The corridors had this weird musky smell, but stepping into the 2 bedroom apartment we had, I was pleasantly surprised. Everything was well furnished, we had a microwave, stoves, toasters, sinks. I loved how we came home to these things reminiscent of a real home setting, instead of a typical hotel room. Will definitely stay in other citadines if I get the chance to! Of course, it was even better for me cause I got the master bedroom to myself. MUAHAHA
We headed to Khaosan Rd area to search for this hole in the wall blues bar I wanted to go to, and it was only after some asking and walking around that we managed to find the incredibly small bar. It was too crowded though, so we headed to Khaosan instead. There were so many food stalls along the road but when we walked past this pad thai stall it smelt so delish we cld not resist.. and it turned out to be the best pad thai I've ever tasted. Really loved the pictorial menu too, it was so cute.
YUM. Salivating now at the thought of this.
Headed to Hwai Khwang night market aft Khaosan cause Khaosan's just a stretch of road and we finished there pretty quick. By the time we got back to the apartment it was 5am and we had to get up at 9 the next morning!! Talk about no sleep :')
Day 1
Breakfast in the morning, and since it was sunday I' m guessing everyone's itinerary was the same - chatuchak, obviously! I bought really little there, there wasn't much that I liked and majority of the time I spent shopping with the boys.
This time I was determined to find the real coconut ice cream, which I did find, and I had two good portions of it, it was so delicious! I usually hate coconut but this one doesn't have much coconut taste, it was just more like a refreshing perk me up.
Dinner at limoncello, which had a wonderful ambience, but the pizzas were pretty average and not exactly cheap. Being in the restaurant made me feel like I was in europe? Lovely home decor and mood lighting.
While the boys were watching their soccer match, I went for my only massage there, is was so comfortable and I was so tired I just ended up sleeping for most of it. The masseuse was so kind, she threw in some head and shoulder massage even though I just paid for feet.
The boys also had their suits tailor made at a place near our apartment. Business there is so competitive!
Day 2
I had to bring them to roast for breakfast, which I really enjoyed the last time I was there. Unfortunately I've only ever got to try their bfast items, really hope to go back there soon and try the dinner menu!
After bfast we headed to Mr Jone's orphanage. The last time I was here for roast in aug, it was still under renovation. This place is like, a fantasy dreamland restaurant? A lot of thought was put into the really cute and whimsical decor, something like Au Chocolat. They displayed all these lovely pretty pastries and desserts, I grabbed myself a red velvet cuppie. Next time I'd make sure to try their bfast!
Thereaft we went to pratunam market which we exited in fifteen minutes, there was absolutely nothing there that was of interest to us. My friend apparently saw me there and screamed my name several times, but I heard nothing hahaha. The world was so small, even overseas! When we were in chatuchak the prev day we bumped into arthur, and then kimberly.
We spent majority of our time in platinum, and I was so determined to shop properly that I literally shopped every lane on every level in a snake formation (people who have bn thr should knw wht I mean!), I was SO TIRED at the end of the day. When I left platinum armed with all my shopping I was devastated to see really bad traffic, so I walked to chid lom, took the bts to nana and walked back to the apartment, alone cause the boys finished first and went back to the tailor's for a fitting. Rly felt like collapsing.
Walked nearby to cabbages and condoms for dinner, it was interesting to see all the decor made out of colored condoms.
Next we went to another night market, where I had my portrait drawn for 80 baht. Yes, the artist obviously misrepresented the boobs. I am nowhere was well endowed hahaha.
Day 3
Breakfast at MBK's hong min, a chinese/hk restaurant cause I was dying for some dimsum and well, we were originally sposed to go HK, all the more fuelling my desire for some good cantonese food. Their siew mais were really good, but I was disappointed cause they didn't have any shrimp rolls on the menu. Are you kidding me!?
Also got my nails done, and went to the phone accessories level to get our phones pimped.
Went to Union mall, which was a first for me. I really liked that place though! It was like a more spacious platinum mall and the stuff there is less run of the mill. The top floors had some really nice electic stuff, some good buys there.
We were on our way to leave the mall when we saw this seoul grill which had a 320 baht buffet dinner, allowing you to get korean beef/pork to grill, and then also choose from a good range of sushis and other side dishes and ice cream/jelly/salads. There was also a steamboat around the grilling area so they had steamboat ingredients running on the conveyor belts, jap style so you can pick what you like. Food was decent and for the price there's really nothing to complain!
Right outside union mall, there was a mini night bazaar and this man was selling all these wonderful belts wtf we even arranged it by color, you tell me which girl can resist? I got really excited and started to go crazy hahaha in the end, we bought 20 belts from him and persuaded him to give me 2 for free. He was grinning from ear to ear, so was I HAHAHA
I bought about ten belts for myself, all in differing colors. I know it looks a bit cray but I always have those days I buy a new dress/top and then when I'm dressing I just think how awesome it wld be to have a pink/turquoise/yellow belt to go with whatever I'm wearing? Well now, problem solved!! :D
Rest of the trip another day/tomorrow!
4.06am, in case you miss me
Friday, December 07, 2012
Dinner, drinks and sup with mc and the rest of the sqd tnight, simple but perfect, we laughed so much!
Going a little cray and downloading a lot of movies for us to watch in bkk, gonna force the boys to watch chick flicks w me. Flyg off tomm aftnn, hope the next week passes slowly.
Also going to watch twilight tomorrow FINALLY, excited too.
A man is finally honoring his promises ;)
Planner Genes
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
I just about finished planning our itineraries for sat's trip. So exhausting! I did so much research and pored over pages and pages of blogs, guides, and traveler sites.. There is so much to see and do, but so little time although this time round I delibrately arranged for a longer trip. Really excited anyways, can't wait for sat, really need this break away from sg and eat/shop endlessly yay xx
Psy
Spot me at 15:38/39 beside the osch kids teehee I look so pissed
0115
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Just came home from psy so quick update cause I rly have no mood for studying.. I was psyched for psy. Haha cheesy. Got to mbs second day in a row gosh I'm getting quite sick of that place..
Awesome staff pass
Extra tix I gave to a friend's dad eager to watch gangnam style lol it was so qt seriously
Friend so zhun had a room in mbs, wanted to grab some shut eye cause he was the only one in the room w two beds lol but there was not enough time
Garden view. Miss this view, used to see it so much on the skypark and when I was giving property tours to media.. Unfortunately now when I see this view I get reminded of the people that jumped off the building.
Oh sweet luxurious beds.. I love their bedding so much, its super comfy and soft. Could sleep in it all day. Heard from housekeeping/front office once abt the brand of bedding they used but can't remember it now..
Anyway security for the skypark has become a lot tighter, good and bad thing.
Finally at 1940 went into the event plaza.. Paiza/VIPs had the area in front of the general public so this is the view from paiza.. There was sooo many people but this was the view I had so it looked kinda pathetic hahaha only when the cams panned across and showed the overhead shot that I saw how many people there were!
This is the view from the paiza area which was okay actually but it was annoying cause families brought their frikking kids there for the love of god I cannot fathom why (some were infants) so they sat them on dads' shoulders and yes conveniently made it harder for us to see the stage.
When he first appeared.. Filming was prohibited at the event but yes obviously enforcement was another story. His blazer is epic and really quite gorgeous in real life, but a bit short for him?! His blazer rode up like crazy when he was dancing hahaha
So then bas suddenly asked me "eh you wanna go right to the front instead" meaning in front of the paiza barriers and i asked who was there he said "oh the vps (and big shots)" I said omg no thanks here's fine but he said fuck it lets go so we walked out of the paiza area, strode directly in front of a hundred people behind the barriers with no tickets and went to the area directly in front of the stage.. I was half afraid the people were gonna throw smthg at us hahaha
We were ten metres from the stage? Super near.
He performed three songs, and generally was a lil disappointing, think I expected a lot more cause he has become such a phenomena. He also only had 4 dancers so the stage seemed a little.. bare? But the view really nothing to complain I've nv been to a concert with such unobstructed view.. So THANK YOU BAS
I was kinda starving so imagine my joy when we went back to bas' office and saw sarpino pizza holy shit


















































