DAY ONE
soooo here's the bangkok gang! and i have to say, it's pretty funny how jovin's head just pops up a the back. haha. we met at e airport at 5am, all sleepy but excited. it's like...whoa! we're finally going after MONTHS of dreaming about it. hahaha. it's kinda sad it's all over now though. oh well.
so we landed in bangkok about 2 hours later, so exciting. haha. and 300 baht later, we were at our hostel! it is crazy how CHEAP cabs are there. 300 baht is like 13 bucks? and e ride was maybe 45 min? here, we'd have to pay like maybe more than double for the same distance. oh my god! haha.
cozy bangkok is pretty nice place. there's no ensuite bathrooms but the shared bathrooms are clean, so it wasn't much of an issue. the place was a bit inaccessible and some taxi drivers didn't know where it was, but it's ok, we managed to find the place. it's a pretty good place to stay if you're going with friends, so i recommend it! our room was shared by all 5 girls, so there were 2 bunk beds and one extra mattress, even though in the end the extra mattress wasn't used because ETHEL (you scaredycat) was too scared to sleep alone. tsktsk.
soooo right after reaching, we changed clothes and went to chatuchak weekend market! it is a FANTASTIC place. which is veryvery hot. but so many things to buy! seriously. and everything is so cheap. t-shirts, bags, shoes, caps, blah blah...and everything can be bought for less than 1o bucks. it's MAD cheap. and OMG the fruit juices/shakes are to die for. e orange juice was so freaking yummy. and the mango shake was just heavenly. so was the watermelon. and the coconut. haha. one thing i realised bout this trip is that we drink a lot more than we eat. oh well. haha. yummy juice, i miss you already.
we spent maybe half the day there before going back to cozy to rest a bit and bathe. omg bathing never felt so good. haha. so sweaty after chatuchak la. lazed around a bit before heading over to MBK for dinner and to walkwalk. nothing much there really, cos everything seems so ex after going to chatuchak. BUT i bought a man U jersey! haha. this is my most expensive buy in bangkok! 500 baht please. but the aunty selling it was nice haha.
ok so theeeen at night we went to this night market. patpong? patapong? i forgot the name. oh well. it was near the red light district, with clubs like Honey Club haha. it was pretty overpriced so i didn't buy anything there. there were people at random points discreetly advertising porn dvds though. it was hilarious.
so that ends our 1st day in bangkok! it was awesome fun and like ethel would say, totally SICK.
DAY TWO
woke up bright and early (too bright and early) to spend yet another day at chatuchak. more shopping, more eating, more juice. me, ju and tracy ate at this yummy place and it was so cheap but so good. and the fruit shakes there seriously are heavenly. did i mention how GOOD they were? and how cheap? it's like 1 dollar plus? in singapore, you'd probably have to pay 5 or 6 bucks and it wouldn't be as yummy as the ones in bangkok. and i love mango salad. spicy mmm. it started raining in the afternoon though and the ground was all muddy and gross and my feet were freaking disgusting, covered in the gross water.wow chatuchak really is one of the top places to go so make sure if you go to bangkok, a weekend is included in your trip! if not it'll be so wasted cos you'll miss out on chatuchak and all the cheap buys. open from 9am to 6pm by the way haha.
went back to drop all our buys and rest for a bit before going for SEAFOOD! after a long time waiting for it. haha. we ate at this place called somboon seafood and it was yummeh. we also celebrated mother's day there haha...but bryant was so stingy, don wanna treat his kids. haha. below's their version of chilli crab by the way. it was good but not spicy enough. haha.
theeen we went to this night market called suan lum (sun lam? suan lam? i dunno la) but the stuff there wasn't very interesting. saw a lot of souvenirs only. haha. and at sporadic moments, managed to catch the last man U EPL match at some shops which had TV. hah. and we won baby! woooooo.
ok we then went back to cozy where we proceeded to camwhore a bit before going to sleep. and that concludes day two!
this is a mega long post and i'm kinda lazy to continue now. haha. so till next time with days 3-5!
# oh did i mention man U won EPL? we are the champions, baby!