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September 27 Bangkok Trip 200709This year is a year for travelling hahah... This time its to Bangkok!
Exchange rate was 1 S$ to 22.34 baht on average
First Day
Airport -> Hotel ->MBK -> Hotel ->Victory Monument
Arrive at airport at 11am Bangkok time, i think. Abit sleepy so not sure of timing hahaha... Flight was at 7am spore time =p We proceed to Samran Place to check in. Taxi fare was a whooping 450 baht. No idea why is it when we take from airport cannot on meter. Gotta check out why if we are going again. From hotel go airport only 217 baht! bleahz. After check in, then we go MBK! to look for food, in addition to shopping hahah damn hungry. Ate at MBK's foodcourt and I has curry chicken rice =p And we start our shopping! lol... Shop a while then we cross some bridge to go Bonanza then go back to MBK for erm teabreak (which is KFC). Shopping list at this area is: a white skirt (200 baht), a flowery bag(199 baht), 1 black and white heels(199 baht), 1 white heels (199 baht) n erm 4 big bottles of mineral water. Then after MBK, we went back to hotel to put down our stuff and proceed to Victory Monument! hahah reach there around 5+pm, 6pm. Then when I alight e station I was quite amazed by the super long human bridge! bwhahah... so being a tourist take picture loh! Then at 6pm, everyone on e bridge stop walking. Then I think i hear some Thai song playing from far away. I guess its e national anthem not sure =p Shopping here was quite good. got 2 shopping malls i tink. 1 is called center one. E other i forgot le. =p Remembered shopping list: e white shirt with brown belt (100 baht) and 2 tubes (100 baht) (which are expensive. Shld go Pratunam to buy. 3 for 100 baht)
Second Day
Pratunam -> Platinum -> Suan Lum
Morning we woke up quite late haha. Think we only left hotel at 9+ or 10 i think. =p So first we went Pratunam. There is this place with basement shopping. Think it is called City Complex. Haha.. think here shopping not bad. Remembered shopping list: red bag(199 baht), 1 sneakers (250 baht), 1 chain (50 baht), 2 tops (70 baht each). After this basement shopping, we went outdoor to pratunam outdoor abit like wholesale kind of place. Very hot! So wear shorts and something airy to go there. Tubes here are selling at 3 for 100 baht :-| hahah... alot of shoes shops! Some are selling at 99baht per pair! but too bad those either dun have my size or I dont like. hahah All I remember from this place is my rounded colorful shoe (199 baht). After sweating it out, we decide to cross over to wonderful air-conned Platinum! bwhahhah so many shops there!! so shiok.... My eyes already swivelling ard while walking to food court to makan! hhaha... ate some meatball noodle there not bad but abit plain =p hmm what did i buy here? =p Dont really remember lei... hahah shit too many days pass since the event le. Anyway platinum's shops starts closing around 6+ so we didnt even get to shop at the basement bah! Took cab back to hotel to put stuff then take cab to.... Suan Lum Night Market! Ha! First thing i saw there is a bag which i saw at wisma and cost ard $20 - $30! there is selling for 250 baht each! My god! so cheap! hahah was planning to buy 2; 1 for myself n a fren then i just find them so nice!! so in end bought 4 while my fren buy 2 then we manage to bargain down e price to 200 baht each! ha! But my ma still say too ex. =p then we ask the salesgirl where got dinner place then she pointed us to this T-junction where we found an outdoor thai restaurant. There we ordered Tom Yam, prawn w asparagus and stir fried pork. Tom Yam is good! bwhahah not as spicy as the one near our hotel =p Then while we having dinner it pours! -_-" so in e end we walk ard Suan Lum a while then have to give it up as lost case and go back.
Third Day
Chinatown -> Bo Hae -> Platinum -> Central World -> Suan Lum
Chinatown... e place of wholesalers! bwhahah... So many shops that wholesale accessories and hair accessories so shopping there is not very fun unless you plan to buy in bulk. One shop require u to buy 6 packs of hair accessories or 6 chains. Lol I come upon a shop which can sell 1 box by 1 box wan then i bought 1 box of 8 pairs of cherry plastic studs (48 baht) hahah so cute. Then my fren n i bought 12 pairs of earrings (48 baht) at one of the roadside stall. We also went to buy some foodstuff to bring home. My fren bought 10 boxes of pork floss inside egg roll kind of thingy; n i bought 2 hahaha... quite well received by my colleagues =p lol since we buy so many, Lin Zhen Xiang's salesgirl offer to send it to our hotel! Yippe! leaving our hands free to go Bo Hae and do more shopping! hahah... But hor... nothing much at bo hae cuz mainly auntie's, thai yellow polo shirt and children's clothing so shopping list there is 0. Not shiok so we went back to Platinum to shop at basement! bwhahha power hor? 2nd time at platinum but shopping list still not bad (chain at 100 baht, purple retro bag at 200 baht). then we cross over to Pratunam outdoor to do some more shopping and I bought a cute yello ribbon heel (199 baht)! hahah. Then because by the time we finish at Pratunam still abit early to go Suan Lum so we took cab to Central World to see whats high class shopping at Bangkok is like. =p E taxi ride took 45 min with 30 min stuck behind Siam Paragon -_-" When I reach there, the first thing I saw is the Naraya shop! Hahah really look quite high class and lotsa ppl inside but hor we got no liking for e product so we didnt buy a single thing from there. lol then go over to Isetan, the prices there are like spore prices loh including the triumph bras. Wacoal bras are quite cheap though but I nvr see those models in Singapore before. haha so didnt buy any bras. The whole Central World has a very spore feeling... its as if I walk into Taka hahhaha... dunno why... then now is time to look for.... FOOD!! bwhahah we saw Korean restaurant, a Korean style BBQ restaurant, Swensens and the individual steamboat buffet kind. In the end we chose the Korean style BBQ restaurant! haha not bad quite fun and food is ok lo just abit plain bah. Main course is followed by ... ice cream fondue at Swensens! bwhahah 4 scoops and chocolate fondue for 139 baht! I learnt a new word for honeydew there but I forgot what is it now -_-" bah!! Then from here we proceed to Suan Lum again! cuz yday it look quite interesting except for the fact that most of the shops close le =p This time we took train to Suan Lum! hahah... quite fun to figure ur way there. Have to change train then u hav to leave the station and walk a while to get to the MRT which is underground and uses token as temporary pass to take the train. Quite fun. But setup reminds me of spore also hahah dunno why. =p when we reach Suan Lum then we realise its actually quite expensive there! Bags with the same design are sold at 199 baht at other places but 350 baht at that place :-| so think we didnt buy much there bah. I did buy a small cute colorful pouch (35 baht) there hahah dunno wat to do with it though =p Then shop till 10+, then we decide to go back hotel n start packing! bwhahha packing is... not eeasy... too many things then luggage too small. Lucky the carton of foodstuff came in the morning then my fren packed the foodstuff into her luggage and I took the carton to pack my stuff! hahah.. This means.... my haversack still got space for Chatuchak!!!!!!!
Fourth Day
Chatuchak -> Hotel -> Airport
Morning we left hotel at 0930 i think quite early. Reach there ard 1000 + bah. Wah things there are quite cheap! There are slippers which cost 50 baht. I bought a pair of black pumps for 139 bahts only! cheap! The haversack for my bro which cost 280 baht (bargained down from 350 baht *proud*). 2 chains at 80 baht each. A brown T-shirt for my little bro at 100 baht! 1 big brown bag for 150baht. Clutch which is 200 baht! A pair of green earrings at 50 baht. hahha shopping there is really quite good but its very hot lah so after 2 or 3 hrs my fren n i tired then go back hotel n hav lunch le =p After lunch then continue squeezing all the stuff into my haversack and luggage hahah quite funny. since we have checked out of the room and are doing the paccking in the lobby. Quite unglam. bwhaha but who cares! Then its to the airport le! Sad! =( End of crazee shopping =p
Places to add next time:
- Think area behind Pratunam is a night market cuz when we left there at 5 plus there are tents being set up there.
- Then there is a shopping center at Silom Mrt also which looks ok too... but maybe slightly pricier. =p
Hmm still got a strappy flats (199 baht) which I cannot remember where I buy from... hahah...
Then 2 watches (190 baht for 1 and 100 baht for the other) which I forgot buy from Pratunam or somewhere else =p
PS:
- Consulted my fren the watches are bought in a building around Pratunam area haha but forgot the building name
- The new word for honeydew is cantaloupe hahaha interesting hor? |
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