Cute and Blur bellboy
Feeling all kinds of mixed feelings to leave the place, to end the trip. From happy to relieved and even a lil sadness. The streets which feel its ever busy, densely occupied by roadside stalls and retails who strives hard to earn a living. And that living are merely insignificant bahts to us. We probably spend it without giving much thought. Guess thats what happens when you are so used to the expensive lifestyle.
But I have to admit that amongst the whistles of the 'traffic police', aggressive tuk tuk and taxi drivers, and all the others..the people in Bangkok were really nice. They tried to help us when we were in the blurs. Their efforts to greet us with grins and where possible, even in mandarin has sometimes made me felt at home (of course minus the pollution and weird accents)
Sick of shopping, more of eating. So we went around trying the Thai's KFC and some Thai food in this mini resturant in Platinum.
It was said that the KFC chicken is nicer than the Singapore's one. But I wonder if its just self-delusion or really so. hahas.
We got Spicy Mango Salad which was marvellous for Koon! Coz it was really spicy! I Dont Love it at all coz it was too spicy for me! ;p and those who couldnt take the spicyness, *oops sorry! hahas.
But the Fried fish patties were so-so. And its super oily. ;[ Perhaps the name suggested so.
Probably one interesting thing is that Croy-Tai prepares its salad in the open, one of the good ways to attract patrons especially tourists yea!
Baskin Robbins
We even had ice-cream treats at Baskin Robbins which is not available in Singapore. The waiter must have thought that Koon was damn weird when she placed the camera on his counter trying to take a 4-person pic. =x lol.
Departure
Sadly, goey had to leave us earlier by one day! And see the filial 'daughter' (Koon)carrying her mum's bag. hahas..She made goey pose that pic ;p goodbye brave Goey Aeng!
The night is so much more dull without my Goey Aeng!! We visited the luxurious Central World and Isetan which sells branded products and even my fav Zara. Yet things here are more expensive than Singapore! Other than taking a look around the place, i din get anything!
And these luxurious places were really empty~~ with v few shopaholic around. Unlike those in spore which are normally patronised by observable crowd. And there the different between luxury and lower end night n weekend markets..
In the morning we had our breakfast at Sky Lounge located at 43th floor. The glance over the glass windows , seriously, wasnt, impressive. And it disappoint me a lil for not being able to enjoy the beautiful skies at 43th storey high. It is a place where one can enjoy the views of skyscrapers and even the streets in BKK or at least around the Pratunam area.
The food was fine. Enough to tame the growling stomachs of the ladies. But hmphs there's 2 of us who's ultimately displeased at the way the cousin eats. Showing bad ettiquettes and the ultimae kiasu-ism of a typical Singaporean. Sometimes free just doesnt means abuse.
According to our plans, we were supposed to head to Chatuchak Weekend Market at 10+ am. We hopped on to mine favourite tuk tuk again, for a fare as low as 100bahts! Just as we've travelled 2km or so, another tuk tuk came along and advised us that having 4 persons on a tuk tuk is an offence and ther's a checkpoint in between Chatuchak and where we are now.
We agreed to help them since we know TukTuk drivers are poor.We reached the GEMS GALLERY INTERNATIONAL. There, we saw live manufacturing of gems like sapphires, topaz, etc. All of which were heart-winning.
And to begin our day w a shock, we could not find our tuktuk!! We frantically looked through our photos, scanning for the plate no. and the photos of the drivers. (the usefulness of photoSS)We were conned. not really in terms of money or what.But 1 tuk tuk escaped, and we were forced to get on the original tuk tuk w 40bahts. Fueled by anger, we decided to walk there than to rely on tuktuk. Yet when we asked the people working in the gallery for directions, we were told that it is too far to walk ther!
Stranded in the faraway place, we had no choice but to take the tuktuk but negotiating it to as low as 20bahts. Poor tuktuk man 1, who were supposed to be paid 100bahts in the first place.
It doesnt pay to be too kind. But well, the gems gallery was an unexpected eye-opener.
Arriving at Chatuchak, it has an overwhelming of 60+ sections. Each section itself is a maze and a small maze within a big maze is a BIG maze. Yet another trouble is brewing here. The cousin who doesnt seems to appreciate the beauty of weekend markets(and also shopping malls) keep complaining of the low-class fashion hanging out there. No doubt the place itself is not of a class. But the clothes and accessories are not any lesser than what we see in Singapore. We just need some sorta fashion sense to imagine things out since all that Ive bought were not allowed to try.More nonsense from her came as she hinted that she wants to rest. Then she screwed us up w a stomachache, telling us that she wanna blackout and wants a 19 year old to bring her (a 22 yr old) to a toilet which was just right in front.The worst thing came when she said she wanna go back to hotel and rest first and msged me at the end of the day to say meet at the mainroad! AMongst the maze, wher the hell do we know wher's the mainroad she's talking about! Mainroad to us may not be to her.
first time i been to the budget terminal, I was like diao!!! looks like those kind of China aiport unlike Terminal 1 and 2.
Finally we have reach Bangkok, when we get out of the airport and looked at the sky, how come the sky is grey colour? We hopped into a taxi. first saw a taxi so dirty and even with mosquitoes. From airport to hotel cost us abt 400 bahts.
All the pics above cannot see Goey Aeng, I guess your head too big. hahaha!!!! Finally is the tuk tuk ride, I had been waiting for so long. After our dinner at MBK, we took a tuk tuk back to the hotel. The tuk tuk driver was real reckless but is really exciting.
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