Friday, June 29, 2012

Bangkok Trip 2012 (15-18 June)

I took out the stitches from my gums today! I was really afraid that it would be a painful process because I forgot to Google whether it'd be painful or not, haha. Google is your best friend guys!! For the record it wasn't painful at all, blink of an eye and then it was done. Yay!

Here is BKK day 3 and day 4 combined! Because I'm lazy like that~
Before I start... 2 pics taken on day 2 I forgot to post previously.

Tip from a friend, bring a reusable bag along when shopping!
Very useful I just dumped everything inside happily lol
Baby got this top from Uniqlo BKK!
Crazy guy didn't want any fake branded/no brand clothes -_-
(Taken when we were waiting for the BTS back to the hotel!)
Day 3

The third day we went to Baiyoke, MBK, and then back to Platinum mall as the last destination (as usual!)
Had breakfast in the hotel first, and we had the same food from what we had the past day.

Looks very yummy right?! Especially the fried rice, it was SO YUMMY I shared with bb and we went for a second round!
The scrambled egg with cheese was really yummy too! I miss BKKBKKBKK :(
Oh yeah we also carried with us a bottle of water which the hotel gave. They replenish it everyday!

First destination of the day was Baiyoke! Because I read online that the area sells really nice and cheap luggages so we tried our luck. When we reached Baiyoke Garment Centre, a lot of shops were not opened. Asked around and found out that they are actually not open for business on Sunday :(

But still, Baiyoke is not a bad place to shop! We bought clothes for his dad, my dad and my brother at the open area market! It got really sunny and hot so we were out of Baiyoke within an hour!

Wanted to hail a cab to MBK, and the cab driver quoted like THB200? When I looked away he said he will get me to MBK for free (given if I visit a jewellery shop nearby). In my mind I was like 'I read about this before!!!' haha so I declined and bb said we'll just try and walk then!

We actually walked from Baiyoke to Platinum mall without knowing! I find that we are always walking aimlessly but always end up somewhere we've been before/at our destination :) Anyway we were looking for a luggage and there were many shops from along our way too! And from opposite Platinum mall, we hailed a cab to MBK!

Had the Cheesy Chicken Balls (aka CCB) lol~
Quite yummy, why Singapore don't have?!
Aim was to get a few phone covers in MBK but the place was so messy and prices quoted were all over the place... in the end we got none. We went to MBK for phone covers but left empty handed! Think we were lucky because we found NaRaYa next to MBK! (we didn't plan to shop at NaRaYa at all) Got a really nice bag for his mum, and for myself I got 2 pouches! Very cheap!! :)

Took a cab from MBK and went back to sweet old Platinum mall!
Shopped for a LITTLE while before we got hungry and then to the top level for Jap food!

Wanted to take a pic of my purchases. Fail shot so it shall remain small.
Bb in charge of ordering! :)
I had the salmon set, and him the katsu don set, plus an additional Gyoza to share.
Before and after! I must say, their food is really cheap+yummy. Approx SGD20 for all these!
I didn't expect much before we ate but after the meal both bb and I were raving about this restaurant!
And after the meal at Fuji, we slooooowwwwly made our way down to the first level for dessert! Slooooowwwwly because I wanted to get more clothes on the way down haha! Can I go to BKK again anytime soon? Greatest overseas trip ever!

Here is a clearer shot of Swensen's menu! At the top is the waffle sundae I L-O-V-E-D.
(You can change ice cream if you want, so I changed it to chocolate!)
I can guess what he was thinking.
"Sian. Come to Bangkok only to accompany this girl shop. Sian. Sigh. Sian."
NaRaYa over at MBK! And the additional gyoza I decided to order last min for take away cos it was too yums!
Also at the bottom is the totebag I brought along especially to dump all my purchases in! Love it!
This time I improved a little. Remembered to take a pic after only having 2 mouthful of the waffle.
We left Platinum mall a little while later. Not before forgetting to pack some food back to the hotel though! The food is really, I must say it one more time... yummy and cheap. What's not to love?!

Took this pic and whatsapp it to my sis at night. (Almost) all of my purchases over the past 3 days!
I actually calculated and I spent nearing to SGD350 for clothes, and dividing by the no. of clothes I bought, each pc only
cost approx SGD7-8? Not very proud of it cos 7-8 is quite ex but give me one more chance I'll do better!! :D
VERY yummy gyoza, seafood fried rice, and bb had the same boring but yummy curry chicken rice.
Life is complete. Lover by my side, having such deliiiiicious supper.
Watching the movie we downloaded from the hotel's reception while having supper.
(They provided us with an iPod to download any movies we wanted!)
Day 4

Last day in BKK and we had to check out at 12pm, so we slept till 11, showered and then packed our luggage! (I was the only one packing actually while bb was dressing up, slowest person to get ready is him!) But I wasn't complaining because there was nothing much for him to pack, most of the stuff were mine :D

Gave the breakfast a miss and we went down to the lobby and checked out! Left our luggage with the reception because I wanted to head back to Plat. mall for moreeeeee hehe.

Took some last min pics of the (messy) hotel room. I love you, Tenface Bangkok!! I will be back!!
Last pics before leaving the room.

This is how the reception look like! The hotel was very modern looking and black was the main colour?
Waiting for the cab to pick us up to Platinum mall!

Reaching Plat mall!! :)
Had Mcdonalds for our brunch.
Tried their chicken wings and chicken pie too!
We went up to the floor selling bags! Basically the whole floor is filled with shops selling luggages, bag packs, more luggages, and just a few stores with ones I would carry. Got myself one, but didn't manage to find any other nicer ones so I gave up!

We were also looking for cute luggages (ones that could be hand-carried on board) but to no avail. Then it was like magic, bb turned and called out to me (haha like so magical~) and we found a shop selling really cute luggages, polka-dot ones!! So I got one in red! :D It was like SGD20 only? Hehe greatest buy!

Isn't it ridiculously cute beside those big luggages lol
After getting the luggage and some clothes, we walked towards Central World, it's a 10mins walk from Plat mall to Central World. Along the way, we managed to find the same vendor selling the fried chicken wings I had in day 2!! Being more kiasu this time round, I bought 5 hehe. That's THB7 each, so THB35 ~SGD1.40 for 5 chicken wings. In Sg one chicken wing is already that price!

Eating without me. %#@$#!@$!@#
Even looking at the plastic bag can make me crave for them wtf.
After having the chicken wings, we went into Central World and had drinks at a restaurant. I ordered ice mango but the waitress heard ice milo instead :( Bb said it was my fault because I talk really fast? We were actually waiting for time to pass then to head back to the hotel to collect our luggage, because our flight was at 9pm so we had a loooooot of time to ourselves! Once we reach the hotel we requested for a cab to the airport.

Finally on the cab, with my luggage! It's small enough to fit into the small compartment next to me.
On the highway towards the airport!

Last photo of me with our luggage. Very happy but sad at the same time :(
It cost us around THB300 from the hotel to the airport, this was excluding the toll charges and tips we gave to the driver. So maybe THB400 should be enough? ~SGD16.40 and it is considered very cheap already compared to SG taxi fares, right?! Taxi from my house to work (harbourfront) and it's already $25! Mygoose.

We had our dinner at one of the many restaurants located on the second floor after checking in. I think it was Lee restaurant? Expensive meal compared to the food we had in the city, but a great meal nevertheless. Flight was at 9pm BKK time and we reached SG at 1am sharp.

Bb parents came to pick us up and we had dimsum before heading home to rest. Really thankful for them if not we'd have to take taxi and with the midnight charge... I don't dare to imagine. And also very very thankful to have bb accompany me for this trip. Thanks for shopping with me and never complaining, thanks for being such a great bf :)

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