Merrily merrily merrily merrily.... life is but a dream: Thai tai tai

It's been two weeks since my last post.

How I wish I can instantly enter my thoughts and feelings and sights and sounds as soon as I experience them.

But that's obviously not possible - given the lack of time, and effort, and concentration. (Should probably have bought the 'blogger phone')

Tonight is a good night.

I'm waiting for the laundry to be done and sleepiness to crawl under my skin.

I have SO much I wanted to note down.

My work week in Bangkok:

Mr Goh sent me to the airport on Sunday morning, and we even managed to go Si Bei Lou to bai bai before heading to the airport. Throughout the journey, we didn't really talk much - though I know I'll miss him badly in bangkok... and then in Hong Kong.

It's just going to be one month... one month... and a little bit more.

Flight to bangkok was pleasant, clear skies. Lovely clouds. Then I thought about the movie 'Xin Dong' - and I thought about Mr Goh, and a handful of others. :)

Conveyor belt was jammed with luggages, and by the time I got to the hotel - Chatuchak was already closing!!

Then I thought about the Thai place which CCL took me when I visited 2 years ago - they had reallllllly good Thai mango salad and frozen coconut juice. I vaguely remembered it to be at MBK - but after walking so many rounds, I still couldn't find it. :( Settled for green chicken curry instead.

And to make my visit to MBK worthwhile, I decided to eat more

And after sunday night, it was just work work and more work.

I haven't ordered room service so frequently for all of my previous trips.

My first ride on a Tuk Tuk

and two nights of shopping at Suan Lum - where I was very often treated like a carrot head.

Vendor: "This bag... LEATHER... very good...2850 baht."
I: (Touching the material of the bag and comparing with my leather bag) "Are you sure this is LEATHER???"
Vendor: "Yes, LEATHER. Very good..."
I: "Er.. nah, it's okay." (starts to walk away)
Vendor: "How much you want?!?!? 2000 baht! 1000 baht!"
I: (walks further)
Vendor: "OKOK! 500 baht! How much you want?!?!"

I don't like to be treated like a carrot head.

Taxi driver: "Here to hotel, traffic jam. 160 baht."
I: "No, 80 baht."
Taxi driver: "No no, 160 baht."
I: "ok nevermind." (got off cab)

And I took another cab - cab fare was only 30-40 baht. =.=

Met up with Uncle Daniel, and his singapore friends and his Thai friend for dinner and drinks - first at RajDamri (where I was attacked by mosquitoes, had about 10 bites on both feet - tmd...)

Food and wine was not bad - but I was teasing Uncle dan's friend that nobody order carbonara when visiting thailand one la!

Then we headed to Sirocco after that.

DAMN BEAUTIFUL PLACE (Palace - like)

I never expected Bangkok to have such a place, so close to the skies.
The night winds were chilly, but the drinks kept us warm.
The jazz singer and band were great. Our conversations were lively.

Really enjoyed myself at the dome like place - as Nut puts it, this place really did make me feel like a princess.

Thanks Nut - for taking us to such a nice place, and thanks guys - for a lovely evening. :)

I had to leave for HK the next day and couldn't join them for high tea at Grand Hyatt! (Uncle dan has to rub it in....)

I must say the departure hall at the airport was so much nicer than the arrival hall. And thank goodness for the Dior staff - who managed to help me magically remove a 5cm blue ballpoint pen ink on my bag. I don't even know when the ink got there! Heng ah... if not, i really very DUI.