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Sensation Trip : Bangkok Day 4

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Day 4 – the most tiring day ever!

‘Okay I’m waking up at 7 tomorrow for Chatuchak!’, that’s what I told them.
Well, I’m not that much of a shopaholic but we have to go for Sensation White on that same night and obviously I’m old so my energy is VERY limited.
A nap in between is a MUST!


#1 The early kakis on the way to Chatuchak.


#2 This Fatty, bought the most among the guys! Also, the street above is the street I love the most because they mainly sell local designer goods though the prices are a lot higher. Section 23 or something.

I told him that he’ll love it here and knowing him so well, there’s no way he can control himself. Haha!
‘Nolah, I wont buy much one, just a few only’ but obviously he bought a stack.

Chatuchak is too big and they basically sell everything from pets to dry food, from leather goods to clothing.
Do get yourself a map near the toilet area, it will save up a lot of time when you have easy navigation.

If you’re too knacker from all the walking, do get yourself a half an hour massage which I failed to notice the first time I was at Chatuchak.

That half an hour do make a lot of difference. I was recharged though still half dead when we left our hotel to Impact Arena for Sensation White.
It was an indoor rave which was very much different from the ones I went here in Malaysia but thank God for that, it was raining that evening.


#3 All of us in white!


#4 Zoe, me, Yan, Foon, and Aliana. :)


#5 The lengzais! :D


#6 Chilling while waiting for the party to start.


#7 Gavin and Zoe.


#8 Poh, the twin sisters, and Piao.


#9 How many laptops were there?


#10 And BAM! Welcome to Sensation White baby!


#11 Quite a magnificent view.


#12 Laser light.


#13 Huge balls bouncing around but pfft it didn’t reach us who were sitting at the top.


#14 Our Heineken wrist band suddenly lit up and it was amazing!


#15 :*


#16 Alcoholic Zoe is always drinking!


#17 Peekaboo Bryan.


#18 With the fats who love me the most. :D


#19 Lovebirds. Oh wait, this is actually a couple trip! :D

We took a few breaks in between and went out to rest while the boys smoke.
I was upset that I was tooooooo knackered from all the shopping, I do not have the energy to dance and have fun.
I was super lazy the entire time all I want to do is to just sit.
Not to mention the first dj, Mr.White was so boring my mood was gone after listening to him played.


#20 Infamous jellyfish.


#21 Hahahah Alvin pulling off a funny look.


#22 Though fat but he’s full with energy as you can tell. HAHA!


#23 Some were dead tired, some were drunk but all in all, all of us had fun!


#24 Sensation White, been there done that.

Sensation Trip : Bangkok Day 3

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Day 3 started off with chicken rice.
It was a pretty famous chicken rice, the whole restaurant was full but it wasn’t too significant to me so I’ll pass posting it up.


#1 No one fancies that piece of clotted chicken blood except for me.

It was a hard decision for us as to where to go next after our lunch.
Some wanted shopping, while some wanted to go to temple.


#2 Grand palace was the conclusion and I’m back for the second time.

There was a lot of tourists at Grand Palace that day and we took a long time queuing up just to rent proper attires.
I did not queue for long the first time I went, this time it was much worse. ):
Fatty and Alvin went out for breaks during the queue and came back with rented attires and we save up quite a lot of our time!

So if you see big crowds at Grand Palace, you might want to just rent the attire from the man outside Grand Palace’s entrance.
It’s gonna save up a whole lot of your time!


#3 Which explains why my long skirt look so much different from the one I wore the first time. This is lighter and easier to walk in by the way.


#4 And I love our couple tee from Pestle & Mortar, heh. I thought Fatty hate all things mushy but he was the one who asked if I’d like to get one. Trying to make me happy I guess. :)


#5 Foon in blue and Piao.


#6 Yan and Poh.


#7 The guys in their cute pants.


#8 And us girls. :)

If you do not want to wear ugly shirts, do wear a top that covers your shoulder and arm.
Better still, bring your own long skirt or wear one. Save up some money instead of renting them. :)


#9 Forever cheeky Gavin.


#10 My fat man. :D

I promised Jade Bhuddha that I’ll be back and give thanks when I have the chance and I kept my promise.
I have what I asked for and I am very thankful.
Made a new wish which in my opinion weren’t very greedy, haha. Hopefully God can grant my wish, huhu.


#11 More shopping and street food after that.


#12 I realised the tuk tuks we took was really pricey and that we should bargain more. My mates were boys and they cant be arse to bargain a little more, which explains. :(

If you’re going to Bangkok, please bargain as much as you can.
Our trips all costed us 100baht per way and it is expensive. Bargain up to 50baht if you have the time and patience.


#13 Little doggies asking for donations at Khao San Road.


#14 Khao San Road is a pub street full with cheap beers, shishas, and stalls for shopping.


#15 A tower of Chang beer for 400+ baht, Fatty was amazed.


#16 Laughing over cheap beers.


#17 What I do best, taking pictures of self just because I don’t drink.


#18 The End.

Sensation Trip : Dinner at T&K Seafood Restaurant.

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Just a short update on our dinner at Bangkok’s Chinatown.
I actually do not know there’s a Chinatown at Bangkok, cant be bothered to explore the first time there.
Pratunam seems like a place good enough for me two years back.


#1 T&K Seafood at Chinatown, mad packed.


#2 Happy tourists eagerly waiting for their seafood.


#3 Someone I don’t get to see often, glad that she can can make it for our Sensation trip. :)

You know how some of the taxi drivers or tuk tuk drivers are actually half scammers, they always suggest you restaurant or places to go.
Do not stick to their suggestion and DO NOT ask for suggestion.
There are actually taxi drivers at Bangkok that suggest you to this seafood restaurant named ‘Sampoon D’ (I’m not sure if it’s spelled correctly cause I haven’t been there) and you’ll regret the moment you step in.
From what my sources told me, the food is not at all delicious.
Food being not delicious, well that’s fine but the bill is crazy.
The bill came up to a total of 6000+ baht for only 5 person. They charge you for tax, they charge you for tips, and they charge you for extra tips!

Bryan’s friend, a Thai tour guide told us that this restaurant was opened by a group of people from the black market and obviously they’re there to scam people like us, tourists.

Look at the amount of seafood we ordered at T&K Restaurant and I will reveal the price at the end of my post.


#4 My favorite dish, raw shrimp! I LOVE IT!! Looking at this picture now made me crave for a plate of raw shrimp!


#5 Grilled cockles.


#6 Steam fish.


#7 Grilled prawns, fat and juicy.


#8 Tom yam soup.


#9 Garlic fry squid.


#10 Vegetable. This is like the only plate of vegetable we ate the entire trip, lol.


#11 Curry crab.


#12 Garlic crab.


#13 Fried rice which I really dig! Dinner is not complete with a bowl of rice. :D


#14 Prawn glass noodle.

And a few large bottles of beer.
The bill came up to about 3300 baht for the 7 of us!
Food was served super fast despite the crowd, it was fresh and flavorful.
What else could you ask for with such an affordable price?

Here’re reviews from Trip Advisor if you doubt me :)

T&K Seafood Restaurant
49-51 Soi Phadung Dao | Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand
(located at a T-junction, spot their employees wearing green uniforms.)

Sensation Trip : Bangkok Day 2

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My Bangkok Day 1 post was a lot like a hotel review, sorry if it bores you.
But hey, I love to blog on hotels that I’ve stayed and hopefully it contributes a little if you’re to make a choice on where to stay.

Poh Juan, Piao Ching, and the twins stayed at a hotel few minutes from Glow.
We met up and off we went for breakfast.

#1 Braised pork rice that I don’t really fancy. Not that it doesn’t taste nice, just that I don’t fancy braised pork.

We walked quite a distance, searching for Four Face Buddha and halfway through we gave up walking.
Please make full use of the public transportation, there’s BTS station everywhere.

#2 But I love what I saw along the way. Abandoned building with wall graffiti.

#3 New building.

#4 Piao Ching with a Longchamp and Fatty with his Wolfgang tee.

#5 My annoying travel partner.

#6 I had a frightful moment here! I wanted to thank Four Face Buddha so I bought some flowers and what not as my offerings. I was holding a loop of flowers when suddenly I felt a sharp pain on my hand, around my thumb area. I looked at my hand and I saw a green caterpillar sticking it’s head out from the flower and looking at me! WTF! I almost do not know how to react, it was a fucking green caterpillar and it bit me and it hurts and there were some yellow stains on my hand, God knows what is that! I almost thought I’m gonna die or that my hand will turn red and itchy. Washed my hand with some holy water and thank God nothing happened. Not trying to be dramatic but it’s a fucking green caterpillar! PFFT!

#7 Siam Discovery.

#8 Colourful tapes on a mini eased my frightful experience.

#9 So happy when I saw a few pop up container stores around Siam Discovery! Container homes, container stores, container workshops, container whatever, I just love it!

#10 Next mall that we went after Siam Discovery was Siam Paragon, which I named it as Bangkok’s Pavilion. Branded, branded, and branded.

#11 There’s a Lamborghini showroom in the mall, not only selling real Lamborghini but they sell a mini version of it too. I cant quite remember the price but I think they’re selling it for 18000 Baht. Or more.

#12 The only thing that I wanted to do in Siam Paragon was to fix the sim card that I bought, everything else bores me. So Alvin, Fatty and I walked over to Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.

#13 I wished I could have some time to visit the Art and Culture Centre but we only have time for a drink at Gallery cafe.

#14 I love cafes! Love the smell of coffee beans and the look on enthusiastic baristas. :)

#15 Ahh! Cant express how much I love all these, arts and designs and I also cant express how much I hate the fact that I wasn’t at all talented! Pfft!

#16 Teapots, teacups, and everything else that Gallery Cafe is selling.

#17 Cactus to cheer up the ambiance. :)

#18 Reminds me of Beauty and the Beast teacup.

#19 Alvin and his Thai milk tea which is really good! After two sips, I kind of crave for milk tea until today!

#20 Walked over to MBK mall and wait for the remaining to meet us before we start our shopping frenzy!

#21 There’s nothing much inside MBK mall except for the Thai snacks that they sell, which me and Fatty bought quite a lot.
But there are a lot of shops and stalls opposite MBK mall. Cross the pedestrian bridge right infront of MBK mall and your shopping trip starts there. I enjoyed shopping at that area more than Platinum mall. Platinum mall never satisfies me, except for accessories. Nice clothing are always too expensive and the cheap ones are ugly.

It is more worthwhile to shop around MBK area and Chatuchak than to shop at Platinum Mall.
But then again, at the end of the day it’s just preference. :)

I want to refrain myself from posting a long post so I’m gonna break it down.
(Because my mean bff has got something to say about long boring travel post that bores her, hahah.)
OF COURSE, MINE IS NEVER BORING TO HER! :P

Next up : Dinner at Chinatown.

 

Sensation Trip : Bangkok Day 1

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It has been a long time since I travelled with such a large group of friends and it’s even better when the destination is Bangkok.
Travelled together in a large group yet not so together after all.
We didn’t take the same flight nor did we booked the same hotel.
It is just that hard when we’re all adults busy with work.

Some of them went during the day, Fatty and I went during night time and the remaining ones went on the next day.
Our flight was a little too late and we cant manage to take the train back to our hotel which will actually save up a lot, money wise.

The first time I went to Bangkok, me and my friends took the train and it cost us lesser than RM5 if my memory doesn’t fail me.
I am always on the budget side. :)

This time, Fatty and I took a taxi back to our hotel costing us 470 baht.
And was greeted by Alvin straight away, he was our room mate during the trip. :)


#1 I booked Glow hotel which is right above Shibuya19 Mall, located at Pratunam. Really convenient as Pantip Mall and Platinum Mall is just a pedestrian bridge away.

We were all suppose to book Baiyoke hotel but seeing that the room in the pictures were rather old, I decided not to.
I don’t fancy old hotels, if I have a choice. Especially not in Thailand cause it creeps me out.


#2 Glow is a very new hotel, opened since June 2012 and it is located on the 7th floor onwards. Here’s a picture of their lobby where you get ready your documents to check in. A gem at Pratunam area they called it, right smack in the middle of shopping malls.


#3 Sunlight and chairs at the lobby.


#4 Undulating screen walls used for zoning.


#5 Complimentary computer usage for guests.


#6 Swimming pool which we didn’t get to enjoy due to time constraint. It does really look nice and simple.


#7 Our room for the three of us. Beds and pillows were extremely soft.


#8 Clean, bright, and cosy. Flat screen tv and an Ipod dock to keep you entertain.


#9 Wardrobe where you can access it from the room or from inside the bathroom, there are sliding doors on each side.


#10 The view from our room.


#11 Second view.

Besides being really clean and comfortable, service from staff was top notch too.
I bought a Happy Tourist sim pack from the 7-11 nearby and I had a hard time buying internet data the next day.
I asked for help from one of their staff and she was so ready to help me, putting on a smile every second.

I was really glad that I came across Glow because it is so value for money.
For only about Rm200 a night, you get to stay in a hotel with a 5 star service and cleanliness.
Not to forget Glow is super accessible.


#12 After exploring Glow hotel and our room, the three of us went out for a drink while the others were too tired to move an inch. And this is Cowboy Soi.


#13 Spot the sexy lady!

Cowboy Soi, not a place I fancy. It was somewhat dodgy and the pubs weren’t nice but then again, Cowboy Soi might be a heaven for single dudes out there. ;)

My night ends after I grab a Samurai burger from McDonalds so my post will end here as well.
I know, my post is more like a hotel review but I cant post more photos.
Internet is crawling like a snail this moment.

Will update day 2 soon, so stay tune. :)

Glow Pratunam

Unit 12J, 12th Floor, President Tower
973 Ploenchit Road, Lumpini
Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand 10330
Tel: +66 2 656 0818
Fax: +66 2 656 0819
Email: sales@zinchospitality.com

2009 Bangkok post
reasons why i ♥ bangkok
Bangkok, like a heaven.

How I spent my Christmas this year.

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First off, a very very belated Merry Christmas to all of you.
If you follow me on twitter, you’d know by now that I went to Hatyai with my friends for Christmas.
But that wasn’t me and fatty’s initial plan.

Weeks ago, he went to Singapore with his family for a day for some reason and he came back telling me that the streets on Singapore are all decorated with Christmas lights and tress.
He told me Singapore looks really beautiful and that he would want to bring me over for Christmas and of course upon hearing this I was mad excited.

We did some research and realized that it was quite costly for the both of us to spend our Christmas there.
And as you all know, it’s Christmas which means everything will be much more expensive especially the accommodation.
The cost for a room per night itself can already cover my Hatyai trip expenses.
Which explains my trip.

We were still deciding on where to go until Gavin came up with the idea of going to Hatyai.
And off we go, the eight of us.
We departed on the 23rd, Friday midnight after our super at Jalan Alor. The guys drove for seven to eight hours, all the way to Thailand’s border.

I think we reached the border at about 11am (I was busy sleeping).
We parked our car at the duty free car park and get a van to fetch us to our hotel.
Before that, we had to line up at the immigration to get our passports stamped and the amount of people waiting in line shocked us.
We were all like, ‘Fck do we really have to go through this!?’.
Then there came a savior or money-eater we called it.
He said for Rm20 per pax we would be able to stamp our passports immediately without having to wait in the line.
Greedy man!! RM20 is hell lot and we said no. We bargained and he agreed to Rm15 per pax.
Still a greedy man but we, the lazy men agreed to it.

After getting our passport stamped we told the van driver to bring us to a famous chicken rice shop which is just along the way to Hatyai.
I researched it on the net but I do not know what the restaurant is called. Also my friend told me that there is really a famous chicken rice shop and they said it’s good.
But I guess he brought us to the wrong one!


* There’s crowd in it and I thought, ‘YES’ because I’m hungry!


* Our sugarcane drink.

One thing good about Hatyai is that there are still some people who speak Mandarin/ Hokkien and that ease the trip a little.
None of us knows how to speak Hokkien except for Ben, so whenever we’re not able to communicate we would ask him to try to speak in Hokkien and see if they understand him.
Thank god for the fat translator.


* Very dry chicken. Seriously I think the van driver brought us to the wrong chicken rice shop. ):


* But the siu yuk is pretty good. Very crispy skin they have.

After our breakfast/ lunch we slept all the way till we reach our hotel at Songkhla.
Why Songkhla is because by the time we wanted to book our hotel in Hatyai town, it is already fully book so we’re left with no choice.
We stayed at Pavilion Hotel in Songkhla and the first thing we did upon reaching the hotel is sleeping like there’s no tomorrow after the very long ride before going out for dinner.

Take note: Do not book hotels in Songkhla if you’re not as desperate as we are because honestly speaking it’s a waste of time and money.
From our hotel to Hatyai town cost us about 500 to 600 Baht and it takes about half to one hour, depending on the speed of the tuk tuk.

The first tuk tuk we took to Hatyai town is mad slow and according to Gavin who sat in front, next to the driver, he only drove like 40 to 50 km/h. Not to mention that the roof of this tuk tuk we picked is extremely low, makes it hard for the boys to sit.
Hatyai’s tuk tuk is very much different from Bangkok’s. I did not take a picture of it but here it is, from google.


* Bangkok’s tuk tuks are motorbikes which maximum can probably only fit in 3 people but Hatyai’s tuk tuk is a van or mini lorry which can fit in about 8 people.


* Fatty looks like he’s lost, haha.


* Bff


* Alvin and his girlf Mai, camwhoring?


* Gavin and Zoe, the entertainer. :D

We walked around Hatyai town looking for a suitable restaurant for us to have our dinner.
Passed by one restaurant that has chinese words all around and is very packed with people but we figured that it might be very costly because they target people like us, tourists.
As we continue walking we saw another restaurant, ‘Hong Gei’ and the lady knows how to speak Cantonese, so this restaurant it is.


* Very refreshing guava juice.


* Something you must order no matter which restaurant you’re in, Tom Yam.


* Deep fry pork knuckle, extremely delicious.

Everything from that restaurant is pretty good, from their Thai steam fish to fry green leaves.
One of the best meal we had there.


* And THIS!! Is of course, our second best meal! Extremely large prawn!

We walked around the town after our dinner, giving it some time for digestion before we head to massage parlor.
We walked into one, somewhere around Lee Garden Hotel named Sawasdee and all of us went for Thai full body massage.
That is by far the cheapest massage in my entire life. 200 Bath per hour for a full body massage.
Oh you gotta be kidding me.

We all enjoyed the massage session especially fatty.
After massaging, we decided to take away whatever we can from the street and have another eating session at Mc Donalds.
Of course, one of the must do in Thailand is visiting their Mc Donalds because theirs’ are more awesome than ours’. Pfft.
Pork burger!
But this time, pork burger isn’t the champion.
I shall reveal at the end of my post.


* Durian sticky rice that I did not try. Durians over there are HUGE, just do a comparison with that white styrofoam in the picture.

After our meal, the alcoholics bout beer and off we go back to our hotel.
We picked a different tuk tuk this time, we picked one with speakers and we party our way back to hotel.


* That’s where the party begins.


* That’s Alvin, attempting suicide haha.


* Gavin, Zoe, Fatty and me. (:

Went back to hotel and it’s time for gift exchange.
I bought a pair of monster socks from Topshop and Alvin got mine, while I got the best gift of the day.
A Starbucks tumbler. Hehehehe.


* Look at bff, that’s her present. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

We end our night with laughter and cheap beers.
I should have just down some beers and sleep soundly but I did not.
I lay on bed feeling extremely scared (yah yah I’m afraid of ghost and I scare myself often wtf), so I just grab fatty as close to me as possible and keep praying.
Amitabha!!! Thank god nothing happened, I heard too many stories no thanks to people who told me.

The next day all of us woke up feeling oh-so-okay but that 40/50 km/h tuk tuk driver has to ruin our mood!
Not knowing where to eat I asked the receptionist and she wrote us the name of the restaurant just somewhere nearby our hotel.
We were reluctant to go for that slow ass tuk tuk at first but there wasn’t any more tuk tuk for us to choose from.
And this slow ass tuk tuk is seriously a cheater because he brought us to the wrong restaurant and that bloody restaurant is bloody expensive with food that is not even half as nice to begin with.
Kena conned! We were all so pissed at that tuk tuk driver, seriously.
He should have told us that he do not know where the restaurant is instead of just dumping us just like that.
But we figured the restaurant owner is his friend, pfft!!!

After our kena-con-lunch we went to a temple located at Songkhla called Chedi Thaimongkhon.
The temple is located uphill and we have to pay 30 Bath each for the cable lift ride.
Yes, not cable car but cable lift.


* That’s how we roll.


* Me and Zoe.


* By the beach.

No pictures of temple because I was busy praying and by the time I’m done with my praying it rained!! There were so much more that I have yet to explore but it rained! What on earth ):


* This is all I’ve got, hahahah.


* Kepala senget.


* Boyf #likeaboss.


* Some floating market it seems.

After our praying x raining session we went to Hatyai again to eat and to shop.
First we went to floating market but there’s nothing floating on that day because it rain.


* Fried quill egg.


* Would you like to try some!? Worms and more worms. Disgusting!

Shopping in Hatyai IS NOT FUN and it just makes me miss Bangkok even more! Rawr!
First they have ugly clothes or okay clothes, then their ugly clothes are really expensive comparing to Bangkok’s.
I can get a dress for 10 Bath in Bangkok but in Hatyai a top cost 20 Bath!
For reals!!???

It’s okay it’s okay, fatty said we’ll go to Bangkok together in the future because he knows how much I love that place! (:

Overall, Hatyai is quite a boring place but a boring place can still be fun when we have friends around.
The whole trip cost me 4000 Bath, it should be cheaper if not for the tuk tuk service from hotel to Hatyai town.


* Mc Donald’s Spinach pie, the best pie on earth I swear!!! MC DONALD Y U IS NO HAZ SPINACH PIE IN MSIA!?

Two Bangkok post here and here if you’d like to know more.

I AM MISSING THE SPINACH PIE ALREADY!!!

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