Living In Black

Friday, November 23, 2007

No wonder my entry seems incomplete. I forget to add the following photos...

Receiving FasTrack Award From My CEO, Philip Seah

The Stash Of Jinglin & Mine

Congratulate Each Other For Our Achievements

That's really all people. ^_^ Cheers ~ !

Posted by Stanley @ 11:26 AM

Thursday, November 22, 2007

I think this entry might take some time to load all the photos, so please bare with it if the loading is slow... However I hope it's worth the wait. Anyway, I shall not say what I did day by day. Instead I'll talk about my 1st trip overseas category by category.

First allow me to introduce to you the 2 hotels that I had stayed in. The 1st hotel is the Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa. I can only say that lucky I do not have to pay for it, or least it will mean a bomb to me.

The Hotel Lobby . . .

The room was very cozy with the huge bed & LCD TV. Definitely the best room that I had been to so far. Feast your eyes on it...

Nice ~

The TV is very BIG one man, cannot really see from here though . . .

The toilet, to me of expected standard only. Check it out.

Not really as impressive as the room . . .

While I was having my morning seminar on the 2nd day, Jinglin ordered the room service breakfast. As according to her, it was nice...

Morning Breakfast Room Service

The 2nd Hotel that we stayed in was the Grand Millennium Hotel. The Bangkok branch of our local M Hotel. It was a smaller hotel as compared to the Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa, but it's service is of good standard. The differences is that, The Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa services is more of the Thai culture type, while the Grand Millennium Hotel is more towards the western type of service.

The Bangkok M Hotel

The room was a good typical high class room. I personally still like the room of the Amari more, however, I like the toilet of Millennium much much more. Here's how it look like.

The Room

Glass Walls... Nice ~

Now that you had seen where I had been staying throughout my Bangkok trip, we shall now move on to see the local food that had tried.

The typical breakfast I had while we're still staying at Amari looks like this.

Nothing Outstanding, EXCEPT the Bacons ~ ! ! !

Honestly, I had missed those bacons~! Man~! My meals then were mostly taken at this restaurant at Pat Pong.

Located at the Lv 4 of the Hotel

Next is a small cafe type of restaurant which we had our dinner.

Our Cold & Hot Tea ~

Nicholas Had His Fried Kuay Tiao In Omelet

Ivy Trying The Tom Yam Soup

My Shrimp Paste Fried Rice

Jinglin Had Her Beef Steak

Next is the dinner Jinglin & I had at the Fifth Food Avenue located at
the the level 5 of Mah Boon Krong Shopping Centre. Dinner was tasty, and of course.... CHEAP~!

Thai Style Seafood Fried Kuay Tiao

Prawn With Crystal Noodle

Moving on, allow me to introduce to you.... Mcdonalds~! ^_^Haha~! You might be saying that I'm an idiot to go eat Mcdonalds at Bangkok, since it's such a common food around the world. This is where you're wrong, people~! So, so wrong~!!! Ladies & Gentlemen, now let me show you the one and only PORK Burger that Mcdonalds have, the Samurai Pork Burger~!!!

The One & Only Pork Burger Of Mcdonalds, or so I hear . . .

The last food section that I'll introduce is another Japanese Restaurant located at the cinema level of MBK Shopping Centre. This one really is DIRT CHEAP~! Food wise is reasonably tasty for its price. Jinglin & I only spend 328 Baht in total. Here's what we had...

Our Hot & Cold Tea, Yet Again ~

50 Baht Only, Can You Believe It ~ ?

129 Baht . . .

99 Baht ~ !

Just in case you don't know the exchange rate, it's SDG 1 to about THB 23. There're still a lot of other very nice and cheap food around Bangkok, just that I forgot to take more photos at the sight of those tasty food. They are famous for their meatballs, which can be found everywhere. So is their crystal noodles. So for food-lovers, you really have to try as many different dish as possible. Also must try those stalls located by the roadside, most might look dirty and will not pass the hygiene standard. However if you're adventurous enough, you'll get to taste some good local food. Don't worry that much, as least Jinglin & I made it back just fine.

Next is all the adventures that we had. Shopping Centres include Platinum Fashion Mall (which is directly opposite of Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa, wholesale prices. In fact it's the best there so far, in terms of prices.) and MBK Shooping Centre (a bit more expensive but the quality might be a little bit better. Heard that it's quite the same as Pratunum Market but we have not been there though.). Shopping Markets include Chatuchak Weekend Market, Pat Pong Night Market & Suan Loong Night Market. Honestly one could not finish shopping at one shopping centre/market in just one day. It's just too big & crowded.

Let me touch on Pat Pong. I think it quite a black market there whereby the prices were sky-high and the goods were all imitations. However you'll get to see the Thai Girls Show where the girls could do many funny stuffs with their "pussy". Yeah... You hear me~! But be careful, such pub would agreed upon one price but bill you another. If you ask me, I would say that it's robbery~! We were the actual victims of such "crime". However, I heard that there's some REAL Thai Girls Shows in that area, just that the black market ones "over-flood" them, which makes them difficult to be located. You can try your luck though.

Next I'll like to touch on the Chatuchak Weekend Market. This Place is HUGE~! We only explored like 30% of the area for one whole morning plus afternoon. Trust me that you can get lost there. They sell everything and anything there. From clothing to furniture and food to animals, and even delivery services. There was even an area where they give out maps of the area, that is if you manage to find that.

Look At The Crowd Man ~

We were lucky to had gone there that day because it was a cloudy day with not much sun. Or else we would had been cook~! Too crowded and hot there, but it's worth going. Prices are quite cheap there. It's every woman's magic land for shopping...

What's that boy looking at ~ ?

^_^ Candid Shot Of JingLin ~

You actually gotta try the clothing on the spot man !

Shop Till She "Drop" ~ (Private Joke)

We Present To You, Chatuchak Weekend Market

I guessed that's all for shopping. Moving on is the adventures segment. The first place of interest is the Floating Market. 600 Baht per person, free one bottle of mineral water some more.

Let's Take Off . . .

Some places crowded, Some places quiet

At The End Of This River, You Can Feed Fishes

(I think a lot of movie scenes were taken here too)

At A Souvenir Shop

Coconuts For Sale

Nothing much to say about the floating market. It's a good experience, but I'll not go again though. Please do not place your finger beside the boat throughout the session, your little fingers will really hurt if it's squashed between 2 boats.

Next is the Elephant Riding Session. 400 or 600 Baht per person, can't really remember...

Take Note Of This Guy ! ! !

This is what happened. This guy knows how to speak Mandarin well. At first he seems to be very friendly and help took pictures of us for free. Jinglin and I still intend to give him a good tip at the end of the trip. But towards the end, he show us some goods made from "elephant tooth", which is really expensive. 500 Baht per piece~! When another guy offered Nicholas & Iv 500 Baht for 6 pieces~! Jinglin & I refused to buy any, and from then on this guy will refused to talk to us~! He even shouted in some foreign language to his fellow colleagues, most probably scolding us. He even refused to let us feed our elephant the bananas that we had bought. The worst part is that he even hit our elephant with his whatever stick (the one he uses to control the elephant) he has with him. What a damn loser~!!!

He just wanna eat something, I bet he's really hungry ! ! !

Here Comes The New Tarzan & June

Next stop is the Siam Cultural Park, the cost per person is 200 Baht... Cheap~! Nothing much to see the though. A few wax figures of some famous people, and some other stuffs. Take a look ~

One Of The 3 Buddha Statues

The Conference Of Mr Mao & Mr Mao

Whoever he is, Jinglin seem to be really paying attention to . . .

Suppose To Be Mother Theresa ~

Looks Naked ~

Guess Who Is That ~ ?

The New Tomb Raider ~ ?

In the cave of the park shows a story of a man who eats to his death because of his greed. Quite interesting... A short one though.

He's Also A Very Charming Guy

The above mentioned three places (Floating Market, Elephant Riding & Siam Cultural Park) were lead by our very nice taxi tour guide, Lee. These 3 tourist spots were about 100km away from Bangkok, so normally it's better if you book a taxi for the whole journey. In total, we paid him 2000 Baht for the taxi transport and his services, plus 200 Baht more as his tip. He's really good and he can speck English well. He had also brought us to a place which served Thai cook food. The food was FANTASTIC, and it only cost us 560 Baht for 5 of us~! Where to find such treat man~?!!

Now, the final place of interest. The last segment of this entry too. Allow me to present to you, The ladies-men of Bangkok~!!!

We had went the Calypso Cabaret at Asia Hotel, the cost is 600 Bath person which include one drink. I was really impressed with the chorography and the way they change the background of the stage. Very nice & professional~! No wonder it was call the BEST in Thailand. Ladies & gentlemen, please feast your eyes on the photos as I present to you, The Best In Thailand ~ ! ! !