2 nights in Bangkok

and so i just returned from my sponsored trip to Bangkok.. finally got to see the place that so many people talk about again and again, and also a regular holiday destination for some.

honestly, the 3 days and 2 nights that i was there, i hardly saw anything that might make me go back.. haha i'm not saying that i don't appreciate the free trip, but i'm just wondering what makes the people go back repeatedly.. shopping might be one of the reasons.. although i realised that once you've seen one place, you've seen them all. they sell the same things everywhere, just at different prices.. urgh..

but anyway, it wasn't all so bad. i think if there was one thing i liked about the trip, it was mingling with friends.. and then there was the boat ride down the chao phraya river while having a damned good dinner buffet.. well anyway, pics galore!


neil, jennifer, and me at Changi Airport before boarding the flight


jennifer and me


having sausage prata for dinner before flying


me and neil in a restaurant in Baiyoke Sky Hotel, Bangkok. the green curry's great stuff!


they've got pink cabs in Bangkok!!


and orange ones too!!


me and neil in Chatuchak. rip off heaven.


there's just something very disturbing about Ronald McDonald in Bangkok.. that look in his eyes....


me, neil, and thaddeus in a japanese restaurant in MBK.


jennifer and me at Suan Lum Night Market. also ripoff heaven, and damned hot at that.


me and jennifer in her new fake ray-bans. lol


last day in Baiyoke Sky Hotel. just before leaving for the airport.

2 weeks.

today i was at the airport sending off a colleague who was going overseas to study.. i probably won't see her again till maybe july next year? that's if she comes back in the first place.. it was quite sad to see her leave and all, but i can't say i'm the closest to her. hell, we only just got to know each other like a month ago?

it started me thinking though.. 2 weeks later i'd be sending off another friend... and this one would be extra painful..

argh.

coffee coffee coffee!

ignore the title first, other than the coffee, i've finally gotten myself a new pair of puma shoes! muaahahha
haven't bothered to take any pics of them, not sure if i ever will, but yesss... new shoes..

but anyway, yeah had a meal at coffee club last night with thaddeus and his gf weijing, alfred, and celine.. i certainly had no problems with my food, but thanks to weijing for being so fierce to the waiter about our food being delayed, we got 15% off and a complimentary drink.. haha thanks eh..

my honey mustard chicken sandwich wasn't so bad, in fact i think it was quite worth it.. thaddeus had lots more to say about his beef concoction though.. feeling like rubber, coming out of a can.. haha well shit happens... hell even the coffee classic didn't taste good..
as for celine, i don't know how you do it, but yeah taking in all that prawn and wasabi seemed like a pretty challenging feat.. haha

after that was dessert at NYDC, and hell yeah the mudpie was good stuff.. though i must say that i was a little too full to really appreciate it..