Reach airport about 2pm..check ourselves in and had lunch in Asian Kitchen..food was sucky and expensive..if Mcd wasn't full i'll definately dont go here..after getting done with the food and the embarkation card we decided to move in to the departure hall..was really crowded..we gotta stand! Got a good place in the queue..u see we have to Super Kiasu when taking AirAsia..lol..
Boarding on time..great! After settling ourselves on the plane..we waited and keep waiting..but all we got was our flight is goin to delay! WTF! Wait n wait n wait..captain said " we are goin to change aircraft..as there's some problem..bla" OMG..wait AGAIN..after about 1.5 hrs on the plane itself we finally led to another aircraft..by the time we're flying its already 2 hours behind schedule..which is about 6pm..dammit..my plan to the Suan Lum Night Market was ruin..the flight was ok..plus there's a very cute steward..not too bad..nyek nyek..had roti canai on board cost me RM5 u know??
Landed safely and quickly ran to get our bags..i knew kent must be waiting long..lol..short queue at immigration..how great! Met up with kent at the carousel..lol..first thing we got ourselves was the Prepaid Card ..suppose to get AIS..but i hate queue..so we bought HAPPY from DTAC..cost 99baht..included 35 baht for usage..got ourselves two taxis..me,sy n kf in a car cost 500baht includes toll, but kena con a bit..cuz kent's car using meter which cost about 300baht..suan la..
Reached hotel- Samran Place..it was in my expectation..but i din know that it was situated on a very jam road - the Petchburi Road..receptionist lady was pretty friendly..thanks to kent who helped me fill in the Check in form and written there my prefession is an IT specialist..muahaha..got our rooms on third floor..3 of us took the smaller room as housekeeping oredi set up the extra bed there..kent's was on the corner..both rooms' view are sucky..mine was overlooking the contruction sites where workers were staying..0_O kent's room overlooking the back street of the hotel..which is the back alley of the shop! lol..should have request the street view room..but it doesn't matter la..everything is clean and adequate..tv with some foreign channels..there's a mini fridge with daily supply of drinking water..book it from R24 website about 900 baht per room per nite twin sharing including breakfast..which is quite a good deal..
Tonight Kf's dealer - Mr.Kittipong is goin to bring us out..as we were running out of time so we decided to skip shower by just changing to 'appropriate' clothes..lol..he drove a Toyota Wish..along with a fren..he brought us to a place to have Chicken rice..khao mun gai..in thai..=) as you can see in my pictures..thai's chicken rice is boneless..and they served chicken's blood..the sauce was really good! Together with the pepper soup..yummy! About 30 baht per single plate..
It was raining all the way since we were out from our hotel..how bad is that..we brought the water..lol..Kittipong ask us where do we wanna 'hang out'...but we ask him to recommend somewhere we can dance and drink..suppose to go for Blog9 but he said it was too crowded..so we change place to Santika..this was 1 of the club i wanna visit in this trip..cool! Located at Ekkamai..Still it was raining..kena a bit of rain while running from the carpark to the building..there's no cover charge here..was it too early?im not sure..Kittipong seems like a vip..he uses his card to sign the liquor at the electronic kiosk..opened two bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label..7 of us..but among us..the most 'yum tuck' should be kf and pc..omg..the thais like their drinks mixed with Soda water..which i dun pretty like it..and the waiter was really attentive..they mixed everything for u..not like the one in kl..choi u oso mm tuck han..and they served popcorn as snacks..salty popcorn..u like?
Let's review about this club..as it was pretty early when we got in..so there aren't crowds...seems like ppl are mostly drinking and chit chatting here..music was awful..we were like so moodless..seems like we chose the wrong place to come..this place is so 'not hot'..later in the nite around 12am..there's this 'live band' performing downstairs..the place started to get 'hot'..oh yea..it's so cute that thais are selling candies and makeup services in the Ladies while the Gens got massage services!Whao..so nice ho ppl punya club..non smoking summore..so nice..
Kittipong invited his girl ~ friend to join us..she's very VERy HOT! Her name is Jane..as what i heard..We were forced to drink "Pure" with this lady..oh man she's damn good in this..luckily kf help me n sy ding quite a lot..third bottle came..we all tak tahan liao..as u can imagine only 4/5 persons were drinking..man that's a lot! We took a leave around 2 something..8 of us in 1 car..KF was down..Jane was..and Kittipong's guy fren..Jane is so so bei until she keep laughing and talking non stop in the car..funny~
Okay retired for the day!
Day 2 - 18/5/08
Woke up around 9 smtg get ready for breakfast..oh..fried rice was yummy! Went to 7-11 to get prepaid refill and sapu some daily necessities..love thailand's 7-11!! They are everywhere..it was great! Got back top up our phone n discuss our plan as it was drizzling outside..
We were worried that we couldn't shop in Chatuchak..but at last we decided to giv it a try..flag a cab there..( we love cabs! cheap and fast) ...we shopped in under the roof in those super narrow alleys..it was fun..shop inside when it rains..outside when its sunny...in and out there we shop! We also tried a lot of snacks such as little cream puffs, sum triangle shapes thai food,fried stuff etc...had sweet sweet coconut as well..yummy! Well of course our shopping items cant be without BAGSSS....lol..we also bought big grilled prawns! Cheap tho..spent around 2hours plus there and got back to hotel to drop all our shoppings..
Then we took cab to Yaowarat a.k.a. chinatown..a lil jam heading towards there..as we were pretty late and all wholesales shop were close...which is a huge disappointment for us..decided to walk around the alleys and tried some snacks..the grilled sausage were yummy..! It was meat sausage wrap with rice,ginger and some other ingredients..tried some other fried stuff as well..went into a local specialties shop and SAPU kao kao inside..our stuffs include dog poo- kao sai lookalike pork floss, satay ikan, dried mangoes and others..the ladyboss speak cantonese wei..she directed us to the seafood shop we were looking for..after walking pass a few streets finally we saw ppl who dress in green color shirt..
there are open air seating and air con seatings upstairs..as we were sweating mad already we decided to go air con instead...followed the waiter gone up the super steep stairs..like goin into the MAZE! yes a maze..they occupy a few storeys and we dun even know where were we...-_- all the 'rooms' were fully occupied! until we gone up like N stairs finally we settled down in a small room which only accomodate about 15 - 20 persons...very cramped place..menu is very easy to understand as all are pictures with english and price..ordered tung fun prawn, tomyum goong, lime steam sotong..etc..we love the lime juice with sotong..very spicy tho..
after chinatown its time to get back to hotel and have some rest..prepared ourselves to get to the next destination which is the State Tower at silom road..our taxi driver was a bit 'cha' ..he has no idea where is Lebua state tower..-_- so we use Our Map to direct him...finally i can meet with my dear in bangkok..we all wore half formal just to suit the environment..took a lift to the bar which is situated about 60th floor..as it was drizzling outside we were advised to stay indoor..since there's no table available we were being arranged to sit by the bar..we were so shocked to see the liquor and wine menu...price was sky high!! finally decided to ask for the cocktail menu instead..price was about 450baht for a glass..quite reasonable for a hotel standard..we all took turns to go outside the 'dome' and sky bar area to take pictures of Bangkok skyline...it was amazingly beautiful~
After drinks they've decided to let me in charge of the next activity..after walking out from the tower and found most of the shop closed i decided to take them to Khaosan road to look for massage shop..after walking for quite sometime in the end we finally found a shop which can accommodate about 6 of us at the same time..lucky! it was quite fun to have massage in a room with 5 other ppl..cheap as well..after massage it was about 12 smtg oredi..many food stall were open to cater for the clubbers..we decided to have pad thai and some satay at the road side..it was yummy! Finally its time to bid farewell to my dear...back to our own hotel n retire for the nite...(some funny thing happens when fatt came back to the room)
Day 3
This day we woke up pretty late..had breakfast and took a cab to Saphan Taksin Pier for our temple n cruise tour...our cab driver was a little blur..he went to somewhere instead..but in the end we successful 'brought ' him to the right place..after checking out the best package n got our tickets we waited for our 'tourist boat'..remember to check out the color of the boat's flag..dun worry u'll hav a guide on that when u purchase ur ticket...dont get into the wrong boat or else u'll be in deep shit~
So we waited for about 20 minutes and finally we boarded the 'tourist boat' which has a special flag indicates..there's a tour guide on board to introduce you the buildings and places along the riverside..out guide is quite a cute guy...i've made such a huge mistake by choosing to visit the Wat Arun 1st..to get there..we gotta disembark at the main pier 1st then paying another ferry to ferry us to the other side of the river..happily we step our foot onto the land of wat arun...
me as the leader went off to get the entrance ticket with fatt n carmen along...ticket cost is 50baht per person..i handed a 1000baht note..and the stupid lady gave me only 250 in return!!! WHERE IS MY 500 baht...i told her i gave 1000 note but she said NO n keep saying i only gave 500 note to her..we keep argueing and story continues..i was in EXTREME MAD MODE! i called up the Tourist Police n lodged a report..they said they're gonna send some officers over...so we waited..finally a woman officer came..hell knows how many time we've repeated the whole story...sien! we got annoyed ...final words..we're not gonna bother about them returning the money..anyhow we're gonna lodge a police report meanwhile reporting the matter to the temple highest management..the officer and the stupid lady were still discussing.. in the end..of course they refund our money la...but with very very black face...muahaha..we continue our temple tour though..blek =P
It was pretty late already..it seem that the tourist boat is not operating anymore..so we took the yellow flags boat..after disembarking for a few times at the wrong pier..finally we found our way to the grand palace..had some snacks along the road..upon reaching the side entrance of the palace we met a guy who looks like the guard of the entrance..he told us that the palace is close for ceremony...he suggested us to take the tuk tuk for a ride and visit other temples instead..maybe we're kinda fed up liao..so why not? he got us two tuk tuk and excitedly we departed !! Its really fun to ride on it..and it might be scary sometimes..it was drizzling when we arrived the standing buddha temple..we left the place after a while..we proceeded to the HIGHLIGHT of the day...GEM FACTORY!! omg..we totally visited 3 shops and we bought some POSTCARDS n KEYCHAIN in our last stop..cool innit?
