1000miles: First day down south!

Been gone for far too long! A fortnight without an update thanks to all the crazy assignments and not to forget a shitty exam which left everyone depressed :( Nonetheless, I was rewarded regardless of the outcome! ehehe :D! The White House organised a 3day trip down South to Albany. We started out at 5 in the morning leaving me with only 2 hours of sleep after attending a clubbing event @ Metros the night before! Hell tired ~.~! Nonetheless all was good!

 

After almost 5 hours of driving + 1 scolding from a RACIST lol, we finally reached Albany.  I was famished when we reached nonetheless, Kelvin was all smiles! See Polly’s face? So serious! A hungry lady is a dangerous one :P! Luke’s brain also deep in thinking.

 

Albany was pretty dead on that day. I think it is because it was Easter Friday! According to Toh it was supposed to be an upper class version of Subiaco because of the “viewtiful” sea. But it was a let down! However we were all still happy and excited I believe! After scouting the town a bit we decided to patronize a humble little Hong Kong restaurant:

 

The owner greeted us with a friendly gesture telling us how most owners of businesses are people who cannot find job decades ago. Also he commented on the expensive workforce here which would cost something around 30 dollars to hire on a public holiday! He was nice, but the food was something else. take a look on how looks can be deceiving:

Luke’s Fisherman’s Basket~! A complete seafood platter of Calamari, Fish, Prawn, Crab Sticks and Salad!

 

Kelvin’s Fish with Lemon sauce! It was not nice! The lemon was too sour :(

 

This was Yi Heng and Yvonne’s Sweet and Sour fish! Fortunately for them, their’s was neither too sweet nor sour! So fortunate!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And below is my honey chicken which was… disastrous!! AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa

The honey sauce was so sweet. It was like honey water. Not to mention the sauce tasted horrible with the fried rice!! This is one of the meals that really leaves me unsatisfied. So saddeninggggg!

 

After our meal we headed out to the beaches nearby which was stunning! People in Albany enjoy quite a lot when it comes to outdoor activities. The clear beaches all along the Albany coast was fantastic.

The entire group minus me!

 

Jump jump jump!

 

We managed a little naughty picture of Ming Yuen too!

Phewwit Luke! Hahah. Looks like the camera is focusing on the right thing too! Way to go!

 

After taking more pictures we left to another nearby beach called Emu Point, which name is not a true representation of what to expect! Despite using the bird’s name Emu, we saw no Emu birds around!

I liked the beach at Emu Point compared to the former. The water here is  calmer and more suited for a relaxing rest. Also, the water is super clear!

 

Kids love this place. Saw quite a few of them running all over the beach with their siblings!

A picture before we left to the next beach!

 

Next we headed to a windy fishing beach I would call it. Most people were fishing and the wind was so persistent that the trees along the beach ended up growing in the direction of the wind making all of the trees along the shore slant away from the sea.

A random couple fishing along the area.

 

 

la la la la :D

 

Ok enough of beaches. After going beach after beach, Pauline eventually came up with the term, JAB!! It stands for “Just Another Beach”. Having enough beach scenery for the day, we headed straight to the next attraction which was the Wind Farm which claims to generate 50% of the town electricity!

Pauline loves green energy. I guess? Hohoho

 

The weather that day was very pleasant. The sky was clear and the sun was shining. But I have to insist that it was not the best weather for the few spots we were going to visit next.

First up, the blowhole!

Where’s the blowholeeeee?? There isn’t a picture to take of the blowhole because the attraction of the blowhole was something to feel rather than see in this kind of weather. Check out what it is here blowhole (wikipedia). The weather was too calm for the water to splash high into the air. So instead of waiting for that to happen, we opted for a picnic on the rocky terrain lol.

 

After picnicking we drove to our next spot, the Gap and Natural Bridge!

Again due to the weather, the water did not do what it was meant to do which was to make a super large splash! Allowing the water to soar past the top of the rock and into the skyyyy!! Since the weather has not been very accommodative we decided to do some random stuff :D!

 

 

 

 

 

After we have played enough, we decided that we’ve had enough for the day and drove West to the City of Denmark where we rested for the day. We stayed at Denmark Hotel and River View Motel for the night. Oh my god!! Their 350 grams rump steak was so good in medium that it made my day even better! The blistered capsicums was so holly smoke with the dish! Yummy yum yum!!

 

The picture turned out blurry because the lighting was dim and I was too hungry to do new settings hehe. And flash naturally sucks when it’s standard equipment :P This dish was totally worth it @ $28.50! Better than Hogs Breath anytime, any day, anyway.

 

So satisfied with the dinner! After that Polly, Luke, Kelvin and I decided to drive around the town but came back in 10 minutes time because the town was so friggin small ahha. But they do have a fancy looking IGA. After that we watched crash and went to bed!

 

WenY

Bangkok’s Walking: Traveling, Day 3 and 4!

On day 3, homie and I were starting to feel really lazy to wake up for breakfast. The night before, we stayed up talking bout childhood stories till half past four. Real nutty we were! Nonetheless Yobi woke us up at about 9 before we had our breakfast. The hotel’s breakfast food was only mediocre. There were many dishes around but my favorites were the omelet bar, fried rice, sausages, steamed egg and juice. There was once they had this stir fried chicken which was nice, but I only had it once because they stopped cooking it subsequently!!

After breakfast homie and I would go back to hotel and start rolling on our beds, much to Yobi’s agitation we stopped and left to go for lunch ahah. We hopped on the taxi and told the taxi driver we wanted to go to China Town for sharks fin. But damn that bastard talked us to going to another place where mere French fries would set us back 200 baht. Total rip off! One thing funny was he asked us whether we’ve done massage before. He then showed Justin a pamphlet showing “body to body” massage. A Caucasian was featured with 6 Thai bikini girls! @.@!! He tried persuading us in the taxi but we said no.

Feeling very cheated by the jerk, we decided to skip China Town and opted to try back lane food stalls by ourselves! We walked 30 to 45 minutes until we reach near the river area before stopping and we started FEASTING ahah.

I started off with 25 baht steamed chicken rice with Justin!

They used a mixture of glutinous rice and fragrant rice I think. The rice did not taste like normal! Loved it but Justin say his favorite stall in Jalan Gasing still serves better chicken rice. Another thing that was awesome about this side stall was the chili sauce. Had a special taste to it! Yummiest to the max!

This is Yobi’s pork leg rice! He said his meal was nice  as well! Later we both ordered Thai Milk Tea large size for 15 baht each. The size was the same as Starbucks “tall”. The Thai Milk tea is very rich and extremely smooth thanks to the high contents of milk in the drink which makes it extra special!! WTH mann RM1.50 lol

Our first meal did not fill us enough so we ordered different food again ahah.

The above was my duck rice and Yobi’s roasted pork rice is featured bellow

I will have to promise you that Yobi and I will NEVER eat the roast duck or roast pork on that street anymore! Mine was totally crap. The sauce was like the doomsday of duck. While Yobi’s pork roast had lots of peanut sauce poured over it. Totally fail. It’s from the same shop some more! What a lost we suffered. Limited stomach space wasted :(!!

Later we went to hang around a little before going back to the hotel. And the way Justin sleeps is insane! Take a look for yourself;

Don’t worry it is not a ghost haha. It’s just Justin sleeping!

Time passed us quickly and before we know it, we were off to Suan Lum Night Bazaar.

We tried looking for disco balls the entire night because Ziyan and Rosanne wanted some. Rwarrrr this mission was total failure! We did not find a single disco ball on the streets. After walking for 30 minutes I told the guys to take a chill pill and so we had our dinner nearby.

Yobi guided us somewhere to the middle of the bazaar to a restaurant set on top of a wooden platform under a large tree . We had our usual fried eggs with Oysters and fried rice lol. Justin and I had orange juice haha Yobi had a coke I think.

After today’s roast pork failure we decided to give it another go. So we ordered one “small” serve which was definitely not small. The pork roast itself tasted good but the sauce sucked to the max. Next time must tell them not to pour sauce on top! Totally spoils the thing!!

And prawn cakes. My sense of taste does not allow this dish to be praised in any manner. Was OKlah I would say haha. Fish cakes own the shrimps 100 times.

We walked the entire bazaar that night. Justin got a couple of socks, shirts while I got myself a pair of shorts and Yobi got himself shirts and shorts! It was quiet weekday night with fewer people and stalls than usual so it did not take us long to walk through the place.

After that we went SOMEWHERE as you can see from the picture above. My eyes had the same view except some neon bulbs were not working that night! Not that fun I can confirm with you. Some 50 year old tranny flashing torch light inviting you in? WTF?? How disgusting can things get? Jeez! Justin and I felt our hopes on Thai girls were lowered significantly. It was saddening. Thai girls are pretty but if they do such things for a living, what does beauty actually mean then? An asset for wrongful use? There are many other ways like in Plat Num mall there were equivalently pretty girls who were entrepreneurs selling stylish clothes which would drive a girls wallet broke. Terms like “We are humans too” is definitely overstated by the girls there. Humans need not such thing. Japanese businessman was a common sight that night in Patpong. Even in a land where moral standards are high, such lowly humans exist in abundance!! You’ve got a ring on your finger dickheads! Go satisfy your wives dammit!@!!!!!

Haihhhhh nonetheless even after a disappointing experience in PATPONG, there was always a sweet treat for broken heart :D

You will get 2 well cut mangoes and 2 serves of sticky rice in Thailand for 80 baht. So awesomely NICE! I had this the first night and my last night! So yummy!

After feasting on the yummy dessert we all slept soundly~!

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The sun raised over the horizon the next day waking us up with it! We went through the entire morning routine over again wake up–> wash up –> breakfast. We packed our clothing and did some last minute shopping down at Baiyoke Sky. After that we left to the airport! buhuhu! Suvarnabhumi airport was Bangkok’s new airport! Like Malaysia’s airport… it is large but.. EMPTY lol.

We took a couple of picture while waiting for the airplane:

Wah! 5 dishes a meal, a couple times a day and you can see, DAMN I’ve got back the weight I lost from swimming!!

Our ONE and ONLY group picture haha!

WenY (Me), Justin and Yobi

So sad. Bye Bye Bangkok! Sister you’re going there soon!! I’m pretty damn sure you’ll enjoy HAHA!

WenY

Bangkok’s Walking: Traveling, Day 2!

After an entire day of walking, we retired into our rooms watching ftv which is our nominated best free channel that Thailand has. Catwalk 24/7 from Milan to Paris to Sao Paulo. In the morning they serve Fbreakfast and at night they serve Midnight HOT. After that we would sit on the bed having a few rounds of card games before falling asleep. Waking up at 8 we got ready for breakfast before going to Chatuchak Market. Chatuchak is a weekend market that sells everything a market does! It is also claimed to be the worlds largest market!!

Justin tries to be Harry Potter to complement his drunk attitude of reciting movie lines from various movies he watches repeatedly every off and on~!

Lol!! Sorry Yobi but must post this picture hahHA! Yobi tries a skirt and the Thai lady is impressed lol. Ok just joking! They did not have a dressing room so the big sarong is just a makeshift changing room! On a side note, your face is gay!

Justin posing @ Chatuchak Market :)

 

The market was really fun. I liked the clean feel it had throughout. It is difficult to find such cleanliness in an Asian country unfortunately. Most of the time it is wet and smelly. Also this market sells pets! Omigosh! So cute la wei the pets. They have Pomeranians, Shih Tzu, Westie, Miniature Pinscher and many more! They also have many decorative furniture and Buddhist ornaments for sale! Awesomeeee! After walking through the maze of Chatuchak, (Yes! It is a crazy big maze!!) we decided to get creative with our food!

Not sure what all the inscriptions mean lol. Maybe Jim or Eric can help me translate? haha

We ordered some noodles soup which seems to be popular among the locals. It looked a little scary and I’m really not quite sure what is inside it! The soup was reddish and felt a little powdery! So I’m suggesting that they might have used some kind of animal blood in it. Oh but the taste of spices was so wonderful that I’m not bothered even if blood was used to make it! Slurpssss!!

Guys and noodles! lol

The noodles were really super duper cheap! We paid 116 baht for 3 bowls of noodles and one large bottle of mineral water with ice! And the quality of the ingredients is so good! Better than Malaysia x10! On the downside, the serving was miserably small! So we proceeded to the store next to it!

Master chef doing his thing!

The stall’s main chef is called J-Eung? :S No idea! But his food is divine!

50 baht fishcakes? I can start rolling all over the floor thinking about it. These fishcakes tasted better than the one at The Side Walk and are loads cheaper for the amount we get which is either similar or more!

His seafood tom yam is the BEST I’ve had during my entire trip there. He asked “Spicy ok?” I said “ Spicy? No problem”! OOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK it did not take long before Justin and Yobi had their buttholes on fire! But ooo~ The glory of tom yam in full heat. His soup was superbly flavorful. The soup felt rich making other tom yam around feel stingy! His ingredients were plentiful and his price is INSANELY CHEAP!

We also ordered the dish above called Grilled Pork “SALAD”! laugh out loud in this case. I’ll definitely eat salad every single day if that is called salad! With 80% of the plate filled with tender grilled pork in thai sauce, this is my “salad”! If only Australia has this available from the cafe instead of the lame Caesar or garden salad! I will be so “healthy”!  The meal only cost us 190 baht! TAKE THAT MAN! RWARRRRRRRRRRRR!! it is 20 ringgit or 8AUD. And 8AUD only buy me 1 lousy plate of Pad Thai back in Broadyway :(!!

To cool of the spiciness of the soup, we walked a meter or two before reaching our next destination which changed my perception of GOOD juice for LIFE. Read it again people, FOR LIFE! So what is the deal of those normal looking juice? Well, it is 100% pure MANDARIN Orange juice. And this man is smart not to use lousy large oranges! Instead he insists on using small tangerines. Oh the concentration @.@!! This drink put in me in difficulty choosing between coconuts or juice! Each bottle costs us 13 baht each @.@! Double kill I tell you!

My day in Chatuchak ended with some Coconut Ice-cream! It came served in a shell with coconut flesh and a cup of coconut juice! Yummy max! We then took a taxi to the mall and got myself a pair of Jack Purcell’s and chilled in the hotel till it was about 6 before we get ready to go from ragss to RICHES!!

All of us got dressed up only to realize we did not take a group picture at the end of the day as the battery had died lol. Lameeeeee!! We got ready and went to Baiyoke Sky for dinner. We’ve book ourselves for a buffet dinner on the 79th floor of Baiyoke Sky! The place was simply overwhelming! I enjoy being in high areas! Feels so on top of the world! Especially when all the other buildings around you is so much lower allowing you to get the clear view of the city! It feels legendary to be higher up than other people for some reason. Some kind of weird sense of satisfaction!

Day Time! (Not my pics!)

At night (not my pic)

After that comes the dining part! The food is not the best I’ve tasted but generally when the food blends with the atmosphere, it simply tastes better than it should! The variety was satisfying and I was satisfied. The price we paid? 47 bucks! It would have been 100 if we were not hotel guests! Glad we stayed in Baiyoke!!

Time to check out the food! They had Spanish, French, Italian, American, Indian, Thai and Japanese! I think I missed something out, but not quite sure what :(!

Jap food first

Justin’s food

My food

Some prawns

Dessert

With all the food pictures I’ve posted, I can still say that is barely half the food we ate! They had sashimi, sushi , roast beef and many other food I did not get to try as I had already over-eaten by then! Not to mention pasta and soups were available. They also had murtabak @,@! A full array of fresh vegetables were available as well. Fruits were plentiful! And OMG! I just realized I did not eat ice cream ~.~

We had some picture taking around the area after finishing our meal.

Justin and I

Yobi and Justin!

Yobi and his apprentice Justin doing some old school calculation on abacus!

The meal was definitely enjoyable! In fact I would not mind going 2 floors up to sample the other buffet called Crystal Grill which costs 50 baht more only! And after that go up 2 more floors to have a little alcohol on the 83rd :) Anyone up for Bangkok round 2?

To finish up : The seat no filled! A picture to show that our friends ffk us on this trip! Evil Zhan Sheng and Ziyan!!

Day 3 should be soon!

WenY