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.
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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!
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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
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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.
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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..