We went to Pratunam to get the local souvenirs for friends, aunties and neighbors. This is where we saw a super interesting poster outside a brassiere shop.
And we had the long-lost-from-the-land-of-Singapore A&W!!!! Simply love their root beer FLOAT and WAFFLE!!! The chicken they serve in Thailand is good too.
Then I had my first Tu-Tu ride to go Siam Square!!!
After which Karen, Eugenia and Zhaoru went for massage and me, ZJ and my sis headed to Levi’s store. Me and my sis bought 2 pairs of jeans together~!
Then we met up with them and went to their some sort of Chinatown area to eat very nice shark fin soup. Usually those that I eat in Singapore have the shark fin shredded. This one is in one whole piece and tastes super good. It’s got a lot of my favorite mushroom in it too!
This is the nearest train station to our apartment. If you try to pronounce it, it sounds kind of like the Disney show “Ratatouille”. Explaining why me n my sis got such stupid expressions. Other random photos taken at the station…
Our train ride to Chatuchak market early in the morning…
And we reach Chatuchak! There are really a lot of good bargains around. Bought lots of tees at 50 -100 baht. It’s really super cheap but you have to fight the crowd to shop around… and they even sell puppies! They were super cute. And the way the Thais handle them is very rough… these are the better treated ones.
After Chatuchak, we’re headed back to apartment to clean ourselves up. Shag…
Our dinner that night was at Fuji restaurant which is in a (I-forget-which) shopping center. It was a sumptuous spread that cost us minimum. The service sucks though.
Plane ride over was quite enjoyable. The air steward was nice to us. He tried to be friendly and asked if I and ZJ were from HK. This is because our plane ride is only stopping over at Thailand for awhile before travelling further to HK. I think he quite zai compared to those I met in my previous plane ride to China.
Our first taxi ride to our apartment from the airport… Totally crammed!!! And I was made to sit on ZJ's lap while Karen, Eugenia and my sis squeeze into the rest of the back seat. Zhaoru was the one enjoying solitary space next to the taxi uncle.
We had "good food" the first night here. Supposedly… but the food all turned out quite spicy, not suitable for people who don't take to spicy food like me. This dinner cost similar to when you're dining in Singapore. It's pretty expensive considering we're in Thailand where our exchange rate is like S$1.00 to 22Baht.
Our first night we had full Thai foot massage that in the end included our back, shoulders and neck within the hour of service. Mine was super young, while ZJ enjoyed the most experienced uncle's massage. I swear mine was out to make me laugh or pain… because I went back to apartment to discover I got blue-black.
something funny happened today when i was walking to ZJ's room with him after slacking at the lounge... shall update another day.
well here it goes:
i was with ZJ when it happened. we were climbing up a flight of stairs on our way back to ZJ's hall with him after school from the lounge.
there was a group of people standing around the landing of the stairs talking. as we were walking past them one of the guys suddenly called out to me, "Wang Wang~". so i turned around and said hi too.
then one of the girls jumped out and say, "are you Wang Wang from Xinghua Primary?" (yeah that's me.) then she went on to say she and her friend used to stalk me... though shall not mention why they stalk me...
i was totally stunned. i sort of remember seeing her face around but i don't know where. so i just stand there not sure how to respond while ZJ laughed at me. the only thing i could think of to do was to hit his butt and siam... can't remember if i said bye. gosh it must have been so rude.
when we reached ZJ's room, his friends (Alvin and Hakim) were outside waiting. STUPID ZJ immediately shared the joke on me with them.
anyway when i finally found my brain, the first possible explanation was that it was something like the candid camera thing and i was just one of the many victims. but AhMing pointed out that even so how did she know my alma mater? goodness, is there any logical explanation?
went to watch [No Reservations] after school today with Huiqi. then got this couple in front of us. the guy damn irritating cos he from time to time put his hand around the gf then take away again. whenever he decided to keep his hand to himself, he will peel his hand upwards, towards the ceiling, away from the gf shoulder. and this action blocks my view of the screen. but it was interesting seeing their reaction to some scenes in the show.
anyway me and Huiqi damn pessimistic. that part was like got this scene where Aaron Eckhart was offered the Catherine Zeta-Jone's job, then the next he appeared outside her house and got very close to her until CZJ trusted AE enough to give him her secret recipe to her sauce, then the next day at work the boss was like favoring AE. so the both of us were thinking he is cheating her for her recipe only. apparently in the story the CZJ thought so too, so they broke up. but then the storyline is AE rejected the job offer. that is the reason why we are both pessimistic.
i completed quite a number of things today and feels like i heaved a heavy stone off my shoulder. feel so much more relax. however it still feels like a Sunday wasted, no matter how fruitful it was.
woke up at 9+ (rare Sunday) to start on my lab report. all the way till noon and i still was not finished. then i moved on to compile the background info tech comm members had found. took me another hour to finish that, before moving back to lab report.
then i remembered i had to fold the clothes. i then took a break from the com and shove my butt to do so for an hour. watched TV when ZJ dropped by for another hour. after he left, i had dinner then watch Bruce Almighty while i ironed some clothes. the show was funny but i just wasn't in the mood to appreciate it.
though a beautiful Sunday shouldn't be spent like this. it should be used to play in the sun, maybe cycle or picnic somewhere with a group of friends.
ahfongjie's bdae today. since i very long never see them me n ZJ went down after we had Popeye dinner at Changi Airport. the bdae cake was nice... too bad my throat not feeling well. marshya don't recognise me i think.. )= sad. and she only laugh when she see ZJ make faces. when change to my face she stop laughing. T_T ahfongjie say is because she is more familiar to seeing darker faces around her grandparents place.
papa carrying baby marshya above. it isn't as obvious when face-to-face, but in this picture papa look like he's aged so much. the white hairs and wrinkles are all peeping out. gosh i wish no one has to age...
just last week my tutor fly the whole tutorial class aeroplane, then everyone was cursing him. but the next time we saw him during lecture, he actually told us it's because his mother passed away. at that moment i felt guilty for joining in to curse him, sorry for him, and weird because someone very important to him is gone but the world just go on as per normal.
if (touch wood) i should die, will people even notice?