17-20 July 2009

It was our last day in the foreign land, therefore the girl and I decide to scramble for any last minute items.

Having heard of the R Burger that is due to open in Ion Orchard, we thought that we would like to try it out in Bangkok first, where it was first discovered by the Singapore actor who decided to open the franchise here back home. The bread was actually the man-tou bread! Special and healthy isn't it?

We would never have thought that we would actually catch a movie to mark the end of our trip. Harry Potter it was, and by sheer luck or misfortune, we actually chose the theatre that was like our very own GV Gold class. There was a mini blanket, with retractable seat! It was really quite an experience especially when we had to stand before the screening of the movie as all cinemas would play the national anthem of Thailand. Different yea...

Last but not least before we head on to airport, we treated ourselves to the long lost A&W where I had my root-beer float. Slurp slurp. Nice! =D

Again, it was nice and enjoyable shopping trip with the girl. =)

17-20 July 2009


We woke up to a beautiful Sunday and where are we heading to today? Chatuchuk Weekend Market! Yes, it's the hot and stuffy market, but the stuff sold there were cheap, with a huge variety too. However, both the girl and I still didn't manage to get much things there and we left after walking just 2 rounds round the market.

The girl had wanted to go to Siam Ocean World since the day we touched down. Since we were pretty free and tired after a round of shopping, we decided to go have a look. (One should see the girl's excitement as fish is her favorite seafood)


It is interesting how we did not see this attraction last year when we were there. And now, in less than half a year, Siam Paragon has another tourist attraction.


One thing to note is that the attraction does feature a fair bit of weird sea creatures. Deep sea creatures which looked like aliens, with a predator face! Oh ya, as part of our admission tickets, we were entitled to a glass bottom boat ride!

17-20 July 2009

It was an early start to our second day, having to wake up real early in the morning for our breakfast and our half day tour. International buffet, Blue Spice! See, got label one... Haa. Not to mention dining by the pool! Lovely isn't it? Too bad there's no pictures of me in swimming attire. Hahaha...

After breakfast, off we went for our river tour, accompanied by an English speaking local tour guide and our very own private transport, a limousine... (It's just a Volvo)


The ride was fairly interesting. We were brought around the river, Thailand's most famous river, Chao Phraya river, where we get to view temples and the living conditions of the people who lived in raised homes just above the river, by the river. The tour guide even joked about that we were at the Venice or even Amsterdam! =S

The ride ended off with a stopover at a reptile park which we didn't go in, before making a U-turn to the starting point. One sad thing is that we didn't get a chance to see the floating market. Well, it's still not so bad after all, for we have been to their most famous river. =)


The actual tour actually brought us to some other places like the jewellery shops and silk shops. Guess the girl wasn't interested in all these and so we hurriedly made our way from one shop to the other. That's where they brought us to another tailor shop - James Fashion International. Guess I already had enough shirt and pants so I gave it a miss. Perhaps, next time round when we return yea.

And so, it was more shopping for us after the tour followed with a nice MK steamboat dinner to reward our tired legs. (Go try it for those who didn't. The sauce was extremely nice!) Yummy... =) We wrapped up the night by heading to Sum Lum night market for a stroll, before heading back to the hotel for a good night's rest.

17-20 July 2009

Who would have thought of getting away for a trip during the flu pandemic, especially to a country where it's infested. Heck, Singapore was badly hit anyway.

So off we go to the airport early in the morning at like 4.30 am in the morning!

Well as usual, the girl was piggy in wherever she go! =P

When we first landed at the airport, we were greeted by a concierge who said that as part of some promotion, we were entitled to one of three free half day tours. All we had to do was to pay 250 baht per person as part of government tax. So we decided to just give it a try, especially when we chose the Chao Phraya River tour, of which starts 7.30am in the morning! I really missed the colourful taxis in Bangkok. Since there's no MTR service to the heart of the city, we hopped on to a colourful taxi to our hotel in Pratunam.

My colleague suggested me a very convenient service apartment located in the prime location in the city. And we decided to try it out. With us being too early to check in into our service apartment hotel Centre Point Petchburi, we were all set for our very first activity just across the street, the girl's favorite place – shopping at Platinum Mall!!

As I was back there with a mission this time, and that was to go tailoring for some shirts and pants, for it is much cheaper than making suits in Singapore. Our first stop was Savile Row, located near to Rose Hotel. There, I made 3 shirts and 1 pants. But that was not enough, I went on to another tailor, Pinky Tailor, where I tailored 1 more pants and shirt. Wahaha... By then, the sky turned dark and we decided to just proceed back to our cosy service apartment for a good rest and in preparation for our next early morning. =)

Period: 17-20 July 2009

Yeah! Bangkok once again! More polo tees to come...

Taking part in the race with a sense of motivation,

Running the race with blood circulation,

And completing the race with sense of satisfaction! =D

The Indian city of Udaipur, known as the "Venice of the East", was voted the world's best city for travellers in 2009 in an online poll by Travel + Leisure magazine, trumping last year's winner Bangkok.

The island of Bali in Indonesia topped the Galapagos to be named best island in the annual poll, in which casual and laid-back destinations prevailed.

Magazine readers also voted Bushmans Kloof Cedar Mountains, in South Africa, as the world's top hotel while Singapore Airlines grabbed the best airline award again! Cool!

Well, the complete "World's Best Awards" is available on www.travelandleisure.com. Following are some highlights:

Best city - Udaipur, India

Best hotel - Bushmans Kloof Cedar Mountains, South Africa

Best island - Bali, Indonesia

Best cruise line - Crystal Cruises

Best cruise line - The Yachts of Seabourn

Best international airline - Singapore Airlines

Best domestic airline - Virgin America

Best tour operator - Austin-Lehman Adventures

Best car-rental agency - Sext

Best destination spa - Mii amo, A Destination Spa at Enchantment, Sedona

For all travel enthusiastic, do check out the full results! =D

Fun loving, childish, innocent and pure.

You are a sprite of the Air: Fun loving and childish your naive nature only enhances how truly cute you are! You may come off as too childish but only because your not burdened with all the rules and regulations of adulthood. You are carefree most of the time spending your days playing tag or naming all the clouds you see in the sky. You are generally kind to everyone because you have lots of love and happiness to share! Making friends comes easy because they strive for the innocence you possess but be careful, being as nice and kind hearted as you are people will try to manipulate your nature if they have not already. Don't ever let anyone mold you to their standards although I doubt anyone could.

Ever since I watched Ice Age 1 and 2 on dvd with the girl, I kinda love the series. The characters are so funny and cute, although some can be irritating at times like Scrat the squirrel .


To continue the journey, I should catch the third episode too. No doubt about that. And to mark a remarkable milestone, we actually caught the 3D version of the movie! Haa. Both of us have yet to catch a 3D show before in theaters. It was really cool wearing the 3D specs to watch the film.

The movie was really funny and nice, compared to the previous two. Properly it's because there are dinosaurs in the film and the 3 cute little baby T-Rex, which the girl claimed they reminded her of Huey, Dewy and Louie! Oh well, they are ducklings! Not dinosaurs! =P My favourite character was Sid the lazy, brainless, low class sloth. The girl claimed he was irritating but i find him really hilarious and that he actually makes a good friend! Caring and kind. And in this episode, we have 2 new characters in the show, Scrat's girlfriend, Scrattle and Manny and Ellie's new born child, Peach! Yea, it's one big family now. =)

Both of us really had a good laugh and that we were like 2 overage children. Haha...