16.12.2006

after breakfast, the group of us took a cab to Chatuchak! took lots of crappy photos~ woohoo. and we even met a driver who don't wasnt sure of the way! isnt chatuchak suppose to be a tourist destination?

spotted: HOT PINK CAB! sexy. the girls then crapped about bringing the hot pink cab to singapore.. with sexy girls as drivers! haha. cool idea?

anyway... chatuchak is huggggeeee. its impossible to comb every shop. in fact, i think we barely walked 25% of the whole of chatuchak in 2-3 hrs. got alot of nicey tees! now i regret la. should have buy more. grr. and i think they should have a lot of bags.. which we barely touched! regret regret! i want a bag!!

after chatutak we took a bus to platinum fashion mall. aka the wholesale mall. the store people always quote retail + wholesale px. anyway.. we took a bus. and yeah! another culture shock. its a rather dilapitated bus, no air-con. barely seats.

speed all you want - we take pics for all we can! smile :)

and the bus driver just speed like crazy. and their bus stops seem like everywhere and anywhere. they stop and you have to alight FAST. the exit doors are permanently open and so.. u just alight/board quickly! i had this dangerous alighting experience la. which is like.. never will it happen in singapore. anyway, so u might be thinking, how do you pay for the ride?

sorry hor there's no such thing as "ez-link card". neither are there auto ticket thingy in the old sbs bus. so we have the permanent bus conductor. i tell you, she is damn power k! as ive said the bus speeds like crazy and its a feat to balance while standing. and she did! plus she can NONCHALANTLY walk to and fro the bus, PLUS PLUS one hand holding the coin cylinder thingy. amazing but true! i really wonder how she manage to balance walking while collecting money into the cylinder which has a big opening? won't she drop coins? power!

platinum fashion mall is THE mall that tires me out. it is huge. i shopped till my legs almost gave way ok. and we spent the day there.. BUT we never manage to finish combing the whole mall. yeah. that big. its like.. you feel satisfied clearing one lane. but to your horror, there's another FIVE lanes to go in section A of the level. there's section B, and that's another 6 lanes or so for the same level. TIRING ok!

luckily we stopped by a manicure shop and obviously did manicure. its printed. the turnout wasnt as good as i thought it could be. rather disappointed.

after the tiring shopping, we stopped by the food court. its more advanced than singapore. they have started the cashless dining system. so you buy food with card. macham cashcard. lol.. i was having some difficulty communicating the food we are going to order. nonetheless.. done! :) then we dragged our feet back to the hotel..

but that's not the end to the itinery!

after a quick shower we left for thai massage! my first experience.. being swung.. uh. tt's abit exaggerated. haha. anyway it really relieved my tired soles. problem came with the tipping system. its general courtesy to tip. but some of the masseurs(how u spell it) demanded for more tips! which is yikes. i think because i tipped too much and created some trouble for the other girls. sigh.

17.12.2006

finally we realise that's not much time left and our shopping list is still as long as ever. so we went MBK by foot. we stopped by lots of places in the midst of the trail. souvenir shop.. local food stores.. siam paragon.. discovery ctr.. even the famous temple in Bangkok! took loads of pics! their decor is so much more interesting than the cliche themes we have in singapore. much more creative. which im sooo jealous of!

outside amari watergate. me acting poised. obviously im not. gah. failed attempt! cross!!

the "Tharlie's Angels."

the girls!! glam glam! :)

L and meeeee! *muackz*

acting very tourist at siam paragon.

me with swan. =D

this pic is classic! no need to elaborate further =)

discovery centre.. i love this whimsically designed christmas tree!

look! their escalators are 10X more chic than ours!

MBK.. another exciting round of adventure. we first stopped at MK restaurant for a steamboat feast. we were practically forcing the last few pieces of steamboat stuff into our throats. and then we realise we dont have much time to lose. so we became more focused in our shopping.

so me and poh were combing the shops for birkies. after a longggg while we finally found birkies! haha.. and we met this super cute shop assistant too! his words are all sugar coated la. lol. but besides that we were already quite into the birkies designs they have. i even asked him to take pics with us! cool cool? lol..

** but i don't think im posting it here.. since it wasnt allowed to take pics in the mall in the first place. ask me personally.**

just a sidetrack, many cab drivers thought we are japanese! lol.. nihongo. haha..
anyway! mbk is much smaller. we at least combed the place twice! but we couldnt find nicey bags. grr. we then move on to another plaza which is linked to mbk. that place is much more exciting. many acrylic manicure stores + white/black uniform stores (which i duno why).. but there are stuff like watches.. accessories.. clothes.. which are much more young/street style = suits me! lol.

then another small adventure: ting wanted to buy polo tee for her cousin. but she wasnt sure if it'd fit. so she asked me in chinese, " eh do you think that guy can fit into the polo tee ar?" apparently there was this guy at the shop too.

then i went to ask..
me: "hi, can you help us try this top?"
the cute guy no. 2: "uh.. ke neng chuan bu xia.." (CHINESE!! SUPER ACCURATE CHINESE!)
ting n me were like sooo diu lian can.
anyway he tried the top.. as in wear over his current tee on the spot. indeed it was a tad tight fitting. we got curious.

me: "uh.. so are you a Chinese or a Thai?" (i also don't know why i still spoke ENGLISH. gah.)
he (continue to speak in Chinese).. explaining he's from Hong Kong.. (so he flaunt a bit of his Canto too.. haha!) but he lived in Bangkok for 10 over years. lol. we were so amazed! haha.

time is running short.. so we went back to mbk to meet the rest, who were waiting for us for a long time already! oops. there, we bought more local goodies! yum! free flow of drinks + sampling + discount prices! all thanks to uncle! uncle is really fantastic ok.. his thai network of friends is so great!

we brought back boxes + bags = loot to the hotel. left again to chinatown for sharks fin! woohoo. again, amazingly low price. :)

before shark's fin feast

back to the hotel, we went to nua in jer's room.. took pics.. slacked.. till 2-3 in the morning. when the next day we have to wake up real early to the airport! sob sob. so fast huh? =/

18.12.2006
left for singapore! time to totally CONCUSS on the plane. super tired k.

i love this pic!! so mtv-ish. haha.

zZz..

special thanks

to Uncle.. for bringing us around.. helping us slash prices with his amazingly fluent Thai.

to Huiting, the organiser, for this wonderful trip. thanks for all the paper/admin work u've done up to make this trip ever possible.

to Jun Kee, poh's dar, for being the big brother and make sure no lost sheep among us, be the one to ask the driver "got meter?".. tolerating our camera flashes whenever we are in the cab.. for us stealing some (or most of the) time with poh!

to my hotel roomie, Bee.. thanks for taking care of me! haha.. i know my cough/cold were unbearable.. lol.

to my shopping kakis.. thanks for being there!

:)

my adventurous thailand trip! woohoo!! :) after much procrastination (why do i procrastinate like crazy..) the thailand trip entry is finally up! enjoy~

15.12.2006

:: at the singapore airport ::
the group tour was quite big. excluding jer who took the comfy SIA flight, the group of us consists of poh, junkee, ting, bee, me.. and puay yee + co.. which we hardly talked. anyway.. the check in was quite ok.. just that because we took AirAsia, aka budget airline.. so the paper work and all took so much longer. and guess what, we even have to wait for the plane to arrive! gahhhh... seems like an overworked "SBS Transit bus".. non stop flight. the singaporean spirit was fast revealed as the passengers all crowding (you hardly see a queue.. more like commotion) at the front. so the lagging us lag behind.

:: on the budget plane ::
absolutely budget. the plane has 2 rows, each 3 seaters. and its free seating. so like the bus, you just take whatever seat u see. and of cuz, the later u cant get the window seat.. too bad! so just stretch ur neck longer and peer across for the window view. and since its budget, there's no free meal. and the stuff u can buy on board the plane are: instant noodles, sandwich, snacks, drinks. not forgetting collectibles.. anyway.. so 2 hrs plus on the plane. most of the time i was zonked out. so.. 2 hrs+ later..

:: thailand airport ::
the airport is sooo huge! gosh. the plane "parking" area is not link to the main passenger terminal. so once u alight from the plane, you have to take a 10min+ bus ride to the terminal! after getting our luggages, we walked around like lost tourists. lol. it's kinda chaotic. there are alot of people trying to coax you to take their taxi ride. we were kinda pestered by this particular woman who insisted that her taxi fare is good.. reasonable.. yada yada. but we simply ignored her and walked to the official taxi stand.

XXX

by the time it was our turn, the day was like ending. dark liao. okok.. on the cab.

:: taxi ride ::
goodness the ride was sooo long ok! kena caught in jam. and here i first witness the indiscriminate "cut lane" act. which will never happen in singapore, unless u want to deduct a straight 24 points (according to jun kee). nonetheless we reached our hotel, "First House Bangkok", with the damn ex taxi price of 400 baht. we realised later the other paid 200-300+ baht for the ride. gahh.

taking pics in the cab. wonder if the driver was annoyed by the incessant flashlight! lol.

:: first house bangkok ::
we were checking in at the reception.. and aha. we have a confused manager trying to record who's here, who's not.. who's sharing room with who etc. confusion aside, we managed to check in and woo. hunger pangs. time to hunt for food!

XXX

the group of us walked out to the nearest shopping mall.. erm. should be platinum fashion mall. but heck! their foodcourt closes at 4pm! we were there at ard 8-9pm? and no food! shops close! arhh! along the way we saw SWENSENS.. and we thought we can sit there and have nice food. but heck, swensens in thailand is solely an ICE-CREAM PARLOUR!! gah. so puay yee and gang even went to ask the police (?) the way to the nearest eatery. off we walked to the Isetan place.

wah. we see another side of thai. the more happening side. i think there was a football match or smth like that, 2 beer companies, heineken and singha (?) set up a beer place (heineken calls it the "Green Space".. which is quite cool! singha (?) on the other hand had a yellow theme for the beer-out place) to get high and have fun. u see people chilling out, jamming.. woah. when will this happen in Singapore?

:: the isetan place ::
macham takashimaya. the eateries, ironically, are mostly jap food. after much pondering.. we ate at Yum Saap. the more thai-ish place. ordered a meal, sides, drinks.. for ard 3-4 SGD? cheap la! good deal. lol. the funnier part was the communicating to waiter part. lol.. after the meal, jer and family came and meet us. so we are ready for more shopping! weeee! :)

huiting and me at the yum saap place. she looks like tour guide right?! =D

XXX

heading for suan lum night market!

uncle (jer's dad) suggested we take the bus. we waited for a while then decided to take a tuk-tuk instead. the girls and cs (jer's jr) squeezed into a tuk-tuk.. and it is sooo FUNNNNN!! love it k! it SPEEEEDDDDDS alllll the way! poh and i were so high we were screaming allll the way! haha. even the girls got fed up with us. haha. but i like i like! they wont know who we are anyway wat! haha. so fuunNNN! :D thrilling ride! and before we knew it, suan lum!

the post syndromes of screaming-too-much: flushed face + adrenaline rush! :)

:: suan lum night market ::
shopped.. walked.. thirsty. didnt buy much cuz they say they will push up price.. we can easily get items at a cheaper price elsewhere.. but quite fun la. so when we are trying to get a cab that runs by meter.. guess who we met..

DESMOND GOH!

people! recall a prev entry i wrote. yes, the shuai, brainy chem relief teacher in j1! he's here! woohoo! i think he looks quite ok.. but the rest thot he kinda not that fantastic liao. i just thot his hair was abit.. out of place. nonetheless.. so exciting! haha.

the girls at suan lum! background is some water fountain thing.

XXX

we head back to the hotel.. but we have to finish crabs that jer's parents bought for us. which is already around 2-3am.. haha. jer lost in the game.. so we went to her room to feast on the crabs.
then.. we are all tired and lights out!

p.s. the room is soooo freaking cold that im freezing to the max! brrrr..

merrrryyyy christmassss :)

our dearest queen bee organised class gathering! for xmas eve. absolutely amazing!! haha.. so we went vivocity. its my first time there too.. after all the hype, i finally get to see the big big shopping mall myself.

vivocity is huge but the merchandises are.. not really my cup of tea. but they have many unique eateries.. which is equally cool.

the group of us went asian kitchen for dinner. and we met zongxiang! he changed alot eh.. so anyway we ate there.. and the food is. gah. not nice seriously. i ate some spicy n sour la mian.. but it tastes neither. only felt the chili oil... grr. unsatisfying totally. tried the clear soup base for rainbow's la mian.. which is salty n msg-ladened. omg! perhaps the nicer food was the tofu and the dumplings. sigh.

the group of us, and check out mr z's supermodel pose. ha. (excluding kjt, bryane) ---courtesy of poh

we went pageone.. which is a big classy bookstore.. macham taka kinokuniya. and im amazed at how kjt buys magazines.. books.. woah. clearly shows that he is a metrosexual wannabe. lol. books dont excite me that much. unless its a good book. BUT, a good DEAL attracts me. aha! daiso. ALWAYS $2. exciting eh! haha.. and i bought a white storage box for the little little stuffs. 2 bucks! woohoo! :)

then we walked to st james power station. feels like a nice chill-out place. but too bad the guys are underage! lol.. next time perhaps.

the power station without power.. so dim! gah. -- courtesy of poh

hweelee rainbow and mr z left earlier.. left poh, kjt, bryane, bee n me. the group wanted to club at clarke, but i wasnt too enthu because i dont like the crowd. especially during such big occasions. super huge crowd la! so we chilled at one of the cafes in vivocity instead -- THE WHITE DOG cafe.

me and poh. shouldnt this be a spotted dog cafe? whatever. -- courtesy to kjt

i really wonder why on earth is the cafe named as WHITE DOG. there's no dogs. no dog decor, nothing. even the menu is more like a spotted dalmatian than a white dog. such a puzzling name.. but i like the ambience. and the food! haha yes we ate again.

i ordered warm chocolate cake. its sooo nice! the chocolate wasnt too sweet. just to my liking.. :)
the others ordered specialty drinks.. triple mushroom soup..

the warm chocolate cake. for chocoholics. -- courtesy of kjt

we ordered pizza n wedges to share :) yum.

FEAST! round 2. -- thanks kjt.

THEN. kjt was super fascinated by the plate of black pasta served to the neighbouring table. and he ordered! it came and wow. it.looks.BLACK. why? because its made of the black inky substance from the squid! its not that the food wasnt nice. its great. just that. the aftermath is rather... inky.

kjt made the first move and ate the pasta. omg! since then his mouth n teeth look BLACK! like decayed/ very-long-never-brush-teeth-state. yikes!

**kjt's unglam picture is censored.**

trying to maintain image. lol. -- thanks to kjt.

so everybody is suppose to challenge the pasta and eat it without looking unglam! haha.. tell you its really hilarious! we took videos/photos of kjt looking unglam! we must have made a scene at the cafe i tell you.

we left the cafe and went to the outdoor area and took christmas photos with the xmas decor! fun fun!!

trying to destroy christmas tree -- kjt it's your cam again!

i like the pic! =D thanks poh!

:) it just feels so great to keep in touch. to feel like one big family, even after so long. i love my jc classmates!! :D totally glamourous!

rAnDoM.

today is a freaking tiring day. but well i guess this feeling is cumulative. isnt this suppose to be a holiday? and here i am, schedule packed. gah. hope the thailand trip is one i can really chill and relax for at least the moment.

pix time!

so the time when im not keying any sales order, im doodling.. and here's yet another of my masterpiece! lol.

i cant get enough of ah jia!! looks like ah jia from fruits basket right! say yes!! =D

10th dec was my cousin's baby 1st mth advanced celebration. her bday falls on.. 13th nov! like me! haha. my mum saw the baby earlier the month and commented the princess is pretty.

me: "so is she as pretty as me?"
mum:"..."
i asked my dad the same qn.
dad: "shujuan, you were so cute when you were younger.."
me: "... so you mean im not pretty now?!"
dad: "just.. normal lor. you just need to revamp a bit.. put on make up.. yada yada."
me: "..."

wah lau. my dad duno how to lie and humour me! ok.. that's besides the point. anyway, celestine the princess is really pretty. caught her sleeping soundly.. showered with all the love from her parents. arh. she is cute. i admit defeat. :)

sidetrack..

talking about birthday.. well, i'd like to thank my uni buds for celebrating my (and siti's) belated birthday. :) really happy. had a whale of the time playing pool and bowling~ thanks so much! *muacks!!* and not forgetting the presents.. right, shujuan will master how to use the eyeliner. somehow.. lol.

and. forgot to talk about a peculiar (?) incident (?! i cant find the right words!) on my birthday itself. just about 5 mins before my birthday ended (meaning, 1155pm) i received a call. and here goes:

X: "im not late right? happy birthday.."
me: "haha, yup you're not late. thanks!"
X: "see, i told you im able to find out when's your birthday.."
me: "right.."
X: "ok, i shall sing u a birthday song. happy birthday to you X2 happy birthday to shujuan happy birthday to you" (in a very fast pace though)
me: "thanks.." (already duno how to react)
---- in the midst, i kinda forgot the conversation (if it was 2 way in the first place).. along the lines of how i spent the day i think.. ---
next was i want to hurriedly (?) end the call.. so
me: "thanks, erm.. bye.."
X: "huh so fast arh? uh.. good night"

i think back and i thought i must have sound kinda unappreciative. but i was erm, happy. well at least this is the first time people sing bday song to me over the phone. but perhaps it's through the phone, and i duno how to hold long conversations. and so.. yup. but anyway! the point is this is the first time and felt quite funny. and so i blogged it. end of story.

backtrack..

it's been quite a while since i last blogged. so i shall just post you some recent updates:

1. i worked at noel the day after my final paper. shawn is still as lame! but he is a nice supervisor, everything also ok. :) the thing is im working with mostly 16-year olds. which made me feel so old. gah. on my first day of work at noel, was waiting for shawn in the meeting room. a guy was waiting in the room too. so u cant be keeping quiet right? so we had a small talk..

then i asked him, "how old are you arh?"
he said: "16"
me: "..." (age is such a sensitive issue)

next time i shant probe about age. never.

2. i cut my hair at shunji matsuo with pohhh! and and and! not the old kinda hairstyle that u dun even know i cut my hair ok. i have SHORT fringe now. well i took some time to get use to the fringe. cant blame me right.. i had long fringe for years already! the hairstylist just snipped it away in seconds. woohoo. i shant post pic. let u imagine.. lol.

3. im going bangkok soon! i mean.. this fri! woohoo! dun miss me too much k~ :) anyway i feel so unprepared. like i clean forgot the fact that i need to visit the MONEY CHANGER until jeraldine reminded me. i just know im going to SHOP till i DROP. ha. and where's my luggage? what to bring along? somehow i have a feeling im going to keep procrastinating until the last minute. grrr.