Bangkok’s Walking: Traveling Day 1 End!

After the meal we headed back to the hotel, not before a couple of shots of the surrounding though :P!

This is one of Thailand’s main attraction for tourists! The “tut tut” they call it. But with them charging about 150 baht one way, it really is a “tuuuuut tuuuuut”! Who would pay that much money for such a poor ride? A ride in an air conditioned Toyota Altis would not even cost half as expensive in some circumstances!

This is a random picture of a Thai kid playing along the road while his parents handles the clothing store! He somewhat reminds of me when I was young @.@ I kind of look like him man! OMG lol!

After a good shower in the hotel we checked out some of the shopping places in town. The shops really impressed with their designs and quality. Most of them would put the t-shirts on a large display wall making it look real cool too!

After buying some shirts we were out to discover the uncharted.  Uncharted for us at least ahah!Walking through a side alley filled with stall selling products ranging from clothes to dvds to food.

Quiz : Can you spot the tranny? lol! :D

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More busy streets along the adventure. And wow! I was amazed by the buses which were super old! You will only find mini buses in M’sia in that kind of state.

And then I decided I needed a refuel. So we stopped by one of the shops. And automatically, the lady started talking Thai to me! YEAAAAAA! WenY looks like a THAI lol. Let me tell you what the board says ok?

Drummets – 10 baht, Wings – 6 baht, Wings & Rice – 6 baht, Additional Rice – 5 baht!

Chicken fryer in action! The chicken was hot and tasted beyond superb! And the drummets were as big as drumsticks! I definitely enjoyed my bite into the chicken. The batter was done with simple marinade if you’d ask my superb tongue. But being charged only a dollar for a large piece of tasty meat is definitely a steal.

I definitely don’t look like a stationary car when I’m refueling! :D

Later on we walked, walked and walked. I think we walked like 40 kms that day. Maybe even more :S! Thailand’s main religion would be Buddhism! Every where I walked I saw lots and lots of little prayer places like these. And almost every single time there would be people doing their prayers!

We were definitely knocked out after walking for such a long time. Justin bought a corn and we just chilled in front of Siam Central. One of the larger malls you would find in Bangkok. We also Plat-num Mall that day. And also went to Siam Paragon. And hmm I think we went to other places as well. Just that I cannot recall!

Yobi and Justin @ Siam Central!!

At night we went back and diner at Side Walk cafe because we got lost after walking for about 2 hours along Thong Lom road @.@ We totally died already!! Paying 100 baht got us from there to the hotel. We were stuck for about an hour in the car though. But okla! 10 ringgit is damn cheap.

The main difference for the dinner was the Thai Fishcake! A 100% thai styled delicacy! Tastes like heaven! Never be fooled by it’s looks! This was definitely the food for the well tongued! Lemon grass flavor that wasn’t to heavy neither was it too weak! Killerrr!

Day 2 should be up soon!

WenY

Bangkok’s Walking: Travelling Day 0.5

The weather is scorching, the roads are dusty, the people are loud, and a year long plan for a visit to Bangkok has been made reality. Oh and the food? GLORIOUS! Rwarrr!! On Saturday Yobi, J and I made a trip down to Bangkok. We stayed in pretty cool place called Baiyoke Boutique located just behind it’s big brother Baiyoke Sky which is the tallest building in Bangkok.

The modern and fancy decor in the hotel lobby! Liked the glassy and shiny feel of the interior! The bedrooms where simple and comfortable! If I had a complain about the rooms, it’ll probably be the super small LCD television as well as the poor lighting in the room which did not seem so suitable.

The best thing about the hotel will have to be the F.O.C things they provide! We get a bottle of mineral water EVERYDAY. As well as NEW toothbrush and toothpaste EVERYDAY! Beat that mate. You can practically come here empty handed and still feel clean!

After checking out the rooms, we were definitely starving! I wanted to have the Nasi Lemak onboard the flight but it was sold out! How unfortunate :(! Bangkok city is really busy all day long, the roads all jammed up even at 8 in the night. Walking down the road I had a couple of pictures of the city which I have to say is not a beautiful sight. In fact the city looks a little rundown and slump. Needless to say though, tourists were everywhere to be seen.

The street outside the hotel.

Justin equipped with his 10 pocket khakis with used tissues in one pocket, keys in another pocket, hands in another pocket, wallet in another, hand phone in another and oh of course his Ipod I’d believe.

Yobi leading the pack down the busy street! Mind his Fatass thank you lol.

Our first eatery for the day was The SideWalk located less than 10 minutes walk from the hotel. The place served good food at holy smoke cheap price!

Hehe, first proof that we’re in Bangkok! Coca cola everywhere you go!

Yobi is all excited about the food. Who would not be? Thailand with its scrumptious food. Anyone would go gaga over this.

Justin and I have a picture before the meal too! Courtesy of Yobi!

Tom Yam Kung filled with 4 halves of large prawns with Thai specialty, fried egg with oysters! And heck? Where are my other pictures of this cari makan event :S!! We had two more fried rice that meal which was wahh!! So satisfying! Loved it!

This meal costs us less than 40 ringgit for the soup, fried rice X2, fried egg with oysters and a 1.5l Coke! On the way back, we felt totally roasted by the heat. Add the dust and I think Bangkok naturally feels like the dessert. The air is dry! Nonetheless, the Thais have just the remedy for that! And that would be;

hohoho!! Fragrant coconuts were all over selling at just 20 baht each! Such a steal! The natural sweetness accompanied by the nice smelling fragrant of the fruit was sooo good! I had at least 7 or more of these during the trip!

After that we headed back to the hotel for a short chill out session! I jumped into the shower for a quick cool down and before I realize it, we were out on the streets walking again! I think I’ll stop here just for awhile! This post seems very long already!!

Till then ;-) Cya!

WenY

SunBurst KL 09 Opening: Sucked :( Cari Makan!: Ngau Kee @ Changkat Tong Shin :)

Yesterday was a fun a fair in many ways! Earlier part of the day, I spent my hours with Jian and Freddy (boon). Jian was late because his was running errands for his mom. After picking me up at 2 we headed over to Freddy’s place before driving to Pavilion using NPE followed up by Smart tunnel haha. Pay toll non-stop ahaha! Had Madam Kwan for lunch! Nasi Lemak was quite a treat even though the curry chicken meat was not as tender as desired! On the downside the chendol was horrible!! Pictures are on Jian’s new 8mp hand phone and not mine haha. He got new high tech toy wei!! After that we braved 2 hours of jam before I reached home! I wonder how long more did Jian take to get home! LDP was such a biatch !@@#

 

Later at about 8 Ziyan picked me up before getting Homie and Yobi. We headed over to Pavilion again! We were going to see which artiste would attend Malaysia’s “big day out” called Sun Burst. We were quite punctual reaching there at 9pm. But finding the place was a pain in the neck! After a long and tedious search, we found the place only to find we were NOT ALLOWED IN even though we were INVITED.

 

F!CK THE FAKE SHIT MAN! What the hell is wrong with Malaysian organizers!!@ After 30 minutes of waiting we were allowed in though :S. Not everyone were allowed in even then haha. Just a couple of us. We were given headphones to experience Malaysia’s Silent Disco. Such a sad night :( The crowd were so chatty instead of having fun. Yobi asked, “hey why can’t we have fun like them?” I’m like “How is this fun :(?” Homie had his hands in his pocket and Ziyan was sitting down by the side. We had this pose for an hour or two for the night before we got the artiste list and seriously bored as well.  It was down hell boring!@#$ Not to mention there were several fake shits with that weird accent in their speech. We looked at each other and put up the “what the hell” eye. THIS EVENT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS EPIC FAILURE!!! Nonetheless we would have Cold Play doing their stuff in this coming event as well as Prodigy. These two are the “thing” for me if I actually attended Sun Burst KL!!

 

Nonetheless, the night has not ended yet. I was famished when we left, so we did a little driving and ended up at Jalan Alor and Changkat Tong Shin area. In this cari makan event, Ngau Kee noodle shop became a contender in the battle for the best beef ball noodles haha!

 

You won’t accept the fact that this humble store by the side of the road was actually one of the  best of its kind back in the good old days! Nonetheless, competition and modernization has somewhat toned the quality down a little and now this place is second when compared to Soong Kee beef ball noodles!

 

Why is that so? well if you’d ask me, I very much prefer the minced meat (chu yok sui) topping at Soong Kee because it is cooked much finer and taste holy smoke! The one at Ngau Kee though is still tasty but not as good only. Truth to be said, this opinion would really differ for different individuals.  Like Ziyan’s dad prefers Ngau Kee compared to Soong Kee.

 

After enjoying a hearty meal, we left feeling rather satisfied. A large bowl of noodles @ $6 was a little on the pricy side when compared to Soong Kee. Furthermore, only 6 balls were given in contrast to 8 ball by Soong Kee. I also had a coconut water drink with some coconut flesh in it for $1.50! So enjoyyy! See? Even bad times can be good! Damn Sun Burst 09 love Food :)! On the way home the ipod had old tunes from the early year 2000 days playing. LFO was on with SummerGirls, Girl on TV and  Every Other Time. 98 degrees as well. We felt nostalgic back then. We also questioned the credibility of current boy bands. Why? Why? Why? Nonetheless we are all appreciative for what we enjoyed before! One weird thing is that I do not listen to much music back then haha.

 

Disclaimer: PICTURES ARE NOT MINE! I took it from several blogs:

Sixthseal.com

 Live to eat or eat to live

 

WenY