Raphel
It was TGIF and the girl had cordially invited me to Zirca, a new mega club house in Cannery Road. Knowing that she had wanted to check out that place for a very long time, i obliged to company her. Although we did not really enjoyed the music, which is not to our taste, we did enjoyed our fair share of drinks. Haha. =)

Here's us enjoying the moments at the club

Raphel
The girl and I decided to go on dessert hunting due to our cravings for desserts. This time round, we went to the Marmalade Pantry located at Palais Renaissance in Orchard. She sure have a vast knowledge of dessert outlets in Singapore.


Pure Sweetness... =P

Raphel
12-15 November 2008

During our next few days, we checked out from Baiyoke Boutique Hotel, and upgraded ourselves to the very spacious Baiyoke Sky Hotel!! It’s Thailand’s highest hotel, up to 88 storeys. When we were checking in, we got a little lost in fact, as we had no idea that the lobby was actually on the 18th floor instead. But anyway, after some helpful directions, we finally made it in =)


Lunch was then spent with Siangde and Glen again. The latter introduced us to an authentic Korean restaurant along Sukhumvit Road. It was not bad. They even had a Kimchi Tofu soup, which was really tasty! And a seafood tofu soup. Yummy... But where exactly it is, I’m not very sure.


We went our separate ways again after lunch, of which the girl and I explored around the area. Since it was a Friday, we thought of trying our luck at Chatuchak Weekend Market, since we heard that it might be open on Fridays too. We decided to try out their train system, so on we hopped onto the BTS service, and made our way to Mo Chit station. I must say their train system was really good.

When we arrived, most of the stalls were actually not open. So off we went back to our town area, where we walked around the usual Central World etc, and Platinum Mall (again) for shopping, shopping and more shopping to the end of our day!! After which, dinner this time was spent at… KFC!! I always wanted to check out how their chicken there is like, so we decided to give it a try.

Check out the way they serve!! They actually provide glasses for your drinks, knife and fork for your utility, trays for your food, and their sauces are in bottles that are on every table!! It’s soo interesting, because for the first time in my life, I can eat KFC without having to dirty my hands!

On our last day, we had breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant, which was located on the 77th floor.

View from the top!!

Nice scenery i would say. Even better at night... And before we flew off back to Singapore, we headed back to Platinum Mall again to scout for some last minute shopping, as well as the nearby roadside markets more polo tees. I think i came back with at least 6 polo tees and 2 for the girl. Till then, we'll be back for more clothing and shopping in the near future. Haha. =)
Raphel
12-15 November 2008

The girl and I spent our second day shopping again. This time, we decided to explore the buildings around our hotel. Little did I expect it to be filled with more shops. And not just shops, wholesale ones!! The girl totally went crazy, knowing the higher chances of having more new clothes. =) And so, we walked and walked like there was no end to it. After which, we decided to return to the hotel for a quick rest as Xiangde and his cousin, Glenn was touching down in Bangkok too!!

We had decided to meet up for dinner. So we met up at Siam Paragon , after which we decided upon Orangery as the place for dinner. It was quite an interesting concept, as Orangery featured 9 dining restaurant cuisines in just on e place, ranging from Lebanese cuisines to Japanese cuisines to their local Thai flavour.

A pic of us

And a group pic of us

After dinner, we went our separate ways, deciding to give Suan Lom Night Market a try while Xiangde and his cousin were off to find their friend to go partying. Haha. Not very familiar with the place and that it was really dark, we headed down to the night market in a cab. And the market itself was again another huge shopping area! They even have a stage with live performances, and bars for people to chill out.

The place very much reminded us of Holland Village with all its eateries and bars. Just that it allows for more shopping of food items, clothes, accessories and even furniture and art stuff. We actually combed through every single lane of the night market!! Our feet were so tired from all the walking that at the end of the day, that we wished that we had a nice foot massage back at the hotel…=D
Raphel
12-15 November 2008

Knowing that my girl enjoys shopping and that it's part and parcel of a life of a women, we flew off to Bangkok as a shopping trip planned for her.

Hearing how nice the Baiyoke hotels were, we decided to stay a few nights in Baiyoke Boutique Hotel before upgrading ourselves to the Baiyoke Sky to help save on budget.

The Lobby

The Interior of the Room

While the room looked pretty chic as well, just like the hotel’s lobby, the only negative thing was that the toilet was at the back of the room, unlike most hotel rooms, where the toilet is nearer to the front of the room. We even encountered difficulties with the temperate controls of the shower spray.

The streets of Bangkok are made in such a way that it was pretty crammed, and there were just too many people walking around. What made it worse was that there were those mobile food stalls, that parked in the middle of the street. And with quite a lot of people doing wholesale, many a times you had to make way for their extremely huge wholesale bags/trolleys while trying to squeeze into whatever remaining space available. Being the guy, I felt that I should paved the path and protect the girl as the streets are so crammed that people can get a little "touchy" or close to one another.

Our first shopping stop was the well-known Platinum Mall.

I must say the Platinum Mall is the girl's favorite. They had 6 levels of shops, and had everything that you can imagine. From tops, tees, jeans, dresses, to lingerie, costumes, shoes, accessories and many more! The girl just went crazy shopping there!! =) We were so busy walking through the maze and at the end of the day, we were dead beat. It was just the first day!

Having combed through Platinum Mall, we went on to explore the other shopping malls like Central World, Siam Paragon, Siam Square , MBK Mall etc.

The girl claims she poses better than me. But hey, it's because I zoomed in while taking the picture for her but she didn't!! =P

Everybody knows how bad the streets of Bangkok are. But hey, take a look at their taxis. It's so colourful! Pink taxis!! Actually, Bangkok had lots of really bright coloured taxis. A really different sight from the usual white, black and blue taxis that you see in Singapore. Not only that, their driving skills are actually quite good, that is, they just have fast reflexes. If any Singaporeans were to drive in Bangkok, I guess one can say that chances of getting into an accident is quite high because of the way drivers cut lanes.



After a whole day of walking and shopping, we finally decided to settle for dinner to end the day. With recommendations from my colleague that MK had good food, we settled for the famous MK steamboat!!

The restaurant is of steamboat style, where you can choose quite a variety of food. They even have packages for 2-3 people, just that you have some difficulty understanding some parts of the menu as they are only in Thai. Other than that, the food was not bad, but the soup was really good! It was really a hearty meal. So, do give it a try when you are there!

Raphel
Aloha to all readers!! (Hopefully there will be some...) Just came back from Bangkok on a shopping spree. Think most would have guessed it. Money were not mainly spent on my stuff. Haa...

Day after, met up with the girl to catch a movie and dinner. And so, we opted for a Japanese meal, Sushi Tei. I must say I truly enjoyed this meal and ate to my fullest, having to spend 80 bucks for it!! Highly Recommended are the Rainbow Roll (Mix variety of Sushi) and the Phoenix Roll (King prawn and Unagi Sushi). Both tasted really good and yummy!! Don't forget to try the Hokkaido crab. Big, huge and fresh!! Overall, it was a nice hearty meal. =)

Also, stay tuned for my upcoming post of my Bangkok trip then.