No more same answers, no need stuck with same questions. From next Wednesday onwards, many things will change...
The answer, the question, the status, the money, the responsibility, the knowledge, the experience, the stress level, the schedule, the time...
But certain things I hope very much to be remained and never be changed.
May my wishes come true and everything goes smoothly...
Next Wednesday, this is the moment, This Is It!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Exhausted Student
It's tiring being an STPM student...
Or maybe I should say STPM students are like that...
Dear bro,
Good luck in your exam and you really did study hard and also play hard, I'm sure u can get ur desired result :)
from ur nasty sis who posted this in her blog :P
Or maybe I should say STPM students are like that...
Dear bro,
Good luck in your exam and you really did study hard and also play hard, I'm sure u can get ur desired result :)
from ur nasty sis who posted this in her blog :P
Ma's Birthday
Happy birthday mama!
Went to a Chinese restaurant to celebrate and we ordered a lot of good food...
This is called 'sauna prawn' which uses hot volcano stone to cook the prawns...
before
after
All of us sang too!
We drank too but not drunken :)
CHEERS!
Everyone had a great time
Mom's present from the 3 of us (bro, sis and I). It's a handphone accessory with pictures of Ace, Queen and King that has our names carved behind for each of it and one more blank space for "love mama".
Even my kakak enjoyed sitting there and listening to us sing and joke...
Went to a Chinese restaurant to celebrate and we ordered a lot of good food...
This is called 'sauna prawn' which uses hot volcano stone to cook the prawns...
before
after
All of us sang too!
We drank too but not drunken :)
CHEERS!
Everyone had a great time
Mom's present from the 3 of us (bro, sis and I). It's a handphone accessory with pictures of Ace, Queen and King that has our names carved behind for each of it and one more blank space for "love mama".
Even my kakak enjoyed sitting there and listening to us sing and joke...
Friday, October 30, 2009
Why Can't I Have Both?
There are so many choices in life,
But some times you can only have one,
not two, not all,
and sacrifice the other.
Why can't I have both?
And everyone gets happy?
Why can't I have both?
And never lose any?
Why can't I have both?
And never get isolated?
Understanding friends are getting less,
lesser and lesser,
Or do I even have one?
Or should I expect less,
From the day one I decided?
I should know this from the beginning,
And be satisfied...
But some times you can only have one,
not two, not all,
and sacrifice the other.
Why can't I have both?
And everyone gets happy?
Why can't I have both?
And never lose any?
Why can't I have both?
And never get isolated?
Understanding friends are getting less,
lesser and lesser,
Or do I even have one?
Or should I expect less,
From the day one I decided?
I should know this from the beginning,
And be satisfied...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Otak-Otak
I'm helping my dad's business, trying my best to expand it and making it better. Even if it fails, even if I really do not wish the result is a fail, I will not regret, NEVER.
Cause previously, I failed to realize what my dad has been doing all this while. I failed to realize that doing business is a risk, a tough job, so complicated, so much to learn. I failed to realize the effort and hard time my dad put in.
Helping him is a must, at least once in my lifetime. It is a knowledge that I must gain and it is never too late for now.
Wish me luck! :)
Cause previously, I failed to realize what my dad has been doing all this while. I failed to realize that doing business is a risk, a tough job, so complicated, so much to learn. I failed to realize the effort and hard time my dad put in.
Helping him is a must, at least once in my lifetime. It is a knowledge that I must gain and it is never too late for now.
Wish me luck! :)
Praise
Is being praise really that important?
People show off to get praises,
"Show-off-people" are proud of themselves, they are 'proud people',
Proud people are just afraid that no one realizes their ability,
They are afraid because after all they are not so great,
Proud people are those who lacks of praises,
Hence, great people need not get proud,
As they will receive praise and honor eventually.
So, is praise really that important?
People show off to get praises,
"Show-off-people" are proud of themselves, they are 'proud people',
Proud people are just afraid that no one realizes their ability,
They are afraid because after all they are not so great,
Proud people are those who lacks of praises,
Hence, great people need not get proud,
As they will receive praise and honor eventually.
So, is praise really that important?
The Boss
Interviewed.
Insulted. Offended. Irritated. Annoyed. Disgusted. Stressed. Frustrated. Degraded. Hated. And... cried. In the end, I REJECTED.
All I need now is destress, destress and destress.
Time and effort wasted but I learned that there are such "SUPER BIG" but ego bosses do exist in this world. This is what you called reality.
There goes my job hunting.
Another experience gained.
Insulted. Offended. Irritated. Annoyed. Disgusted. Stressed. Frustrated. Degraded. Hated. And... cried. In the end, I REJECTED.
All I need now is destress, destress and destress.
Time and effort wasted but I learned that there are such "SUPER BIG" but ego bosses do exist in this world. This is what you called reality.
There goes my job hunting.
Another experience gained.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Same Question
Recently I was being asked repeatedly the same question- What are you busy with? What have you been up to lately?
It's hard to explain why I seem busy and yet jobless. Here's a few things that I've been doing might give you guys a better idea:
1. Revise my Japanese. Beginning of December I'll be sitting for an International level exam and I need to make sure I score well in that exam.
2. Arrange my laptop's documents- clear old stuffs, arrange music files, photos etc
3. Clean my room and clear my stuffs which I've not been doing that for almost a year I think. Recently I just cleared all the old and broken shoes and set a new shoes rack.
4. Take good care of my dog- walk him to the playground nearby, walk him every morning and evening, feed him, wash him...
5. Read news daily, still want to keep up with the world.
6. Try to keep in touch with my sister often- msn and writing her newsletter
7. Babysit my brother at times- drive him back from tuition, cook for him etc
8. Catching up with friends- hang out and msn chatting
9. Hunting for jobs of course though not really keen on it- modify my resume, interviews (so far only one face to face and one phone interview ><, make a job list...
10. Read books- been reading bible and a Christian book (dah insaf...haha)
11. Family gathering and spending quality time with family- family dinner, celebrations and accompany mom to look for houses and land for investment (probably moving to a new house but so far, no ideal one yet...)
12. Translation job which took up 2 weeks time
13. Pak-toh-ing of course
14. Playing Winning Eleven and PS2 but not on daily basis defnitely
15. Wash my car once a while
16. Church every Sunday
17. Sports like futsal and badminton
18. Watch HK drama while enjoying my meals
19. Help out in my dad's otak-otak
20. Babysit Kaden Chong once in a while...
21. other small stuffs...
Of course, despite all these, I still can spend some time yamcha. So feel free to ask me out though I might reject, but now at least you know the reason, right? ^^
It's hard to explain why I seem busy and yet jobless. Here's a few things that I've been doing might give you guys a better idea:
1. Revise my Japanese. Beginning of December I'll be sitting for an International level exam and I need to make sure I score well in that exam.
2. Arrange my laptop's documents- clear old stuffs, arrange music files, photos etc
3. Clean my room and clear my stuffs which I've not been doing that for almost a year I think. Recently I just cleared all the old and broken shoes and set a new shoes rack.
4. Take good care of my dog- walk him to the playground nearby, walk him every morning and evening, feed him, wash him...
5. Read news daily, still want to keep up with the world.
6. Try to keep in touch with my sister often- msn and writing her newsletter
7. Babysit my brother at times- drive him back from tuition, cook for him etc
8. Catching up with friends- hang out and msn chatting
9. Hunting for jobs of course though not really keen on it- modify my resume, interviews (so far only one face to face and one phone interview ><, make a job list...
10. Read books- been reading bible and a Christian book (dah insaf...haha)
11. Family gathering and spending quality time with family- family dinner, celebrations and accompany mom to look for houses and land for investment (probably moving to a new house but so far, no ideal one yet...)
12. Translation job which took up 2 weeks time
13. Pak-toh-ing of course
14. Playing Winning Eleven and PS2 but not on daily basis defnitely
15. Wash my car once a while
16. Church every Sunday
17. Sports like futsal and badminton
18. Watch HK drama while enjoying my meals
19. Help out in my dad's otak-otak
20. Babysit Kaden Chong once in a while...
21. other small stuffs...
Of course, despite all these, I still can spend some time yamcha. So feel free to ask me out though I might reject, but now at least you know the reason, right? ^^
Monday, October 12, 2009
Webcaming
Still the same old girl we know :)
My mom had a serious chat with my sister yesterday night. Asking her about her college work, whether she has gained weight, her relationship with Wey Lok... usual mom's nagging etc. We all took turns to webcam with her.
It was a joyous moment for the whole family reunioned once again!
Timber!
It took 5 workers and half a day to bring this tree down.
Occupied the whole badminton court. Luckily my backyard is spacious enough.
Goodbye old oak tree! My so called Christmas tree...
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Snake Killing
Early in the morning the few of us surrounded the washing machine near my house kitchen wanting to see the snake that was hiding underneath the washing machine. My dad finally gave up after waiting for a long time for it refused to come out despite all the mosquito spray.
Then I asked Kakak to use hot water to splash underneath the washing machine and before my dad could get ready his net, she splashed and not long after that, my Kakak shouted and she ran away. I just happened to open the hose in case the hot water is not enough so that I can spray the water immediately. After knowing my Kakak shouted, I was panicked and hurriedly asked, "Mana? Mana?" Before I even finished asking, I found the answer myself.
There the snake struggling frantically out of the washing machine, next to it. It was slimy and yucky. Then its head and eyes turned toward me. Now it was my turn to shout and I began running seconds after my Kakak ran.
Both of us like crazy people ran and shouted non stop without even turning back until we felt far and safe enough to stop. Then only we realized that the snake did not chase after us. It was caught by my dad (Tuan King and my brother at that time were already getting ready to hide).
But the snake was smart enough to sneak out from the net's hole. I shouted once again and thank god my dad was alert enough to prevent his leg from getting stung for the snake was heading toward his leg and might be poisonous.
Initially my dad was to sell the snake to a pet shop for a good price of RM30 to RM40 but in order to safe all the troubles and better safe our life, Kakak used hot water once again to kill it and the snake became cooked.
It was another scary and dangerous yet funny experience. I guess my family and I love all these adventures (especially my dad, he's an expert). I think hardly anyone in the city can experience all these like we do.
So now, I'm selling snake meat for a good price. Anyone?
Then I asked Kakak to use hot water to splash underneath the washing machine and before my dad could get ready his net, she splashed and not long after that, my Kakak shouted and she ran away. I just happened to open the hose in case the hot water is not enough so that I can spray the water immediately. After knowing my Kakak shouted, I was panicked and hurriedly asked, "Mana? Mana?" Before I even finished asking, I found the answer myself.
There the snake struggling frantically out of the washing machine, next to it. It was slimy and yucky. Then its head and eyes turned toward me. Now it was my turn to shout and I began running seconds after my Kakak ran.
Both of us like crazy people ran and shouted non stop without even turning back until we felt far and safe enough to stop. Then only we realized that the snake did not chase after us. It was caught by my dad (Tuan King and my brother at that time were already getting ready to hide).
But the snake was smart enough to sneak out from the net's hole. I shouted once again and thank god my dad was alert enough to prevent his leg from getting stung for the snake was heading toward his leg and might be poisonous.
Initially my dad was to sell the snake to a pet shop for a good price of RM30 to RM40 but in order to safe all the troubles and better safe our life, Kakak used hot water once again to kill it and the snake became cooked.
It was another scary and dangerous yet funny experience. I guess my family and I love all these adventures (especially my dad, he's an expert). I think hardly anyone in the city can experience all these like we do.
So now, I'm selling snake meat for a good price. Anyone?
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Mid Autumn Fest
As my sister wished, Tuan King replaced her in many ways. Including this year's Mid Autumn Fest. So that the celebration remained 5 people. But this year we have 2 more special guests. Kakak Rose and Leon joining us later on.
As usual, mom cooked A LOT including her favorite shark fin soup (finally this time was a success). After having a great family dinner, dad let us hear a long lost cassette which I have been searching for years. It was the cassette that recorded Nicholas Teo's (张栋梁)singing when he first came to my house a night after he won the 2002 Astro Talent Quest. It was an honor to listen to him live and that cassette became priceless by now. He was already a talented singer by then. Next we burst into laughter listening to my neighbor sang. We thought she was reading but my dad said she would have made a better rapper. After laughing hard, we heard a husky little boy's voice and later on reckoned it was my brother's voice back when he was 11 years old. We were surprised to hear him sang so cutely and I must admit, he can sing that time. Unfortunately, after his voice changed, disaster happens (just kidding bro...haha). This cassette is filled with memory and my dad decided to keep it safe and labeled it.
Then, we brought Leon out of his cage and tied him to a pole near us while we used light to torture him. Not exactly torture, we made him exercised. My dad was really excited in fooling him with his new red LED torch light that he used it to shine on the ground here and there so that my dog will chase after it frantically. My dog sure knows how to break dance having his paw stepping here and there. After giving up chasing the LED light, he changed his target to the candle's light. We wonder he had nightmare about light that night...
We skipped our usual 'campfire' activity (set small campfire and burn leaves and crisps) and went to the playground nearby with our lanterns after enjoying the moon while eating mooncake.
Leon enjoying his massage from Jensen
It was a simple celebration but yet a joyful one even though how I wish my sister was here to celebrate with us. It's good that even Leon and Kakak had a wonderful time that night :)
As usual, mom cooked A LOT including her favorite shark fin soup (finally this time was a success). After having a great family dinner, dad let us hear a long lost cassette which I have been searching for years. It was the cassette that recorded Nicholas Teo's (张栋梁)singing when he first came to my house a night after he won the 2002 Astro Talent Quest. It was an honor to listen to him live and that cassette became priceless by now. He was already a talented singer by then. Next we burst into laughter listening to my neighbor sang. We thought she was reading but my dad said she would have made a better rapper. After laughing hard, we heard a husky little boy's voice and later on reckoned it was my brother's voice back when he was 11 years old. We were surprised to hear him sang so cutely and I must admit, he can sing that time. Unfortunately, after his voice changed, disaster happens (just kidding bro...haha). This cassette is filled with memory and my dad decided to keep it safe and labeled it.
Then, we brought Leon out of his cage and tied him to a pole near us while we used light to torture him. Not exactly torture, we made him exercised. My dad was really excited in fooling him with his new red LED torch light that he used it to shine on the ground here and there so that my dog will chase after it frantically. My dog sure knows how to break dance having his paw stepping here and there. After giving up chasing the LED light, he changed his target to the candle's light. We wonder he had nightmare about light that night...
We skipped our usual 'campfire' activity (set small campfire and burn leaves and crisps) and went to the playground nearby with our lanterns after enjoying the moon while eating mooncake.
Leon enjoying his massage from Jensen
It was a simple celebration but yet a joyful one even though how I wish my sister was here to celebrate with us. It's good that even Leon and Kakak had a wonderful time that night :)
Job Seeking
A call interview just took place on the spot without allowing me to prepare myself well enough to provide better answers.
I wonder is it better to be humble during interview so that the person will admire your personality. But I might make the interviwer degrade me, making myself not up to the level, not capable enough, still a lot more to learn and experience. In the call interview, the guy with strong accent asked, "How do you rate your English given the scale of 10?" I answered humbly, "Probably around 6.5?" For him, it might not be good enough to consider me.
Or maybe it is better to boast more about myself so that I will create a 'wow' and a great first time impression for the interviewer. And that I might have a better chance in getting a job offer. I might as well just lie on certain things. I mean white lies don't hurt. For example, in reality I don't really like PR but in order to get the job, I was forced to say, "I love meeting up with people, I love socializing, I love communication..." which is true, but I just don't like building up permanent, strong and good but fake relationships with the media and public. Ok, maybe I have some prejudice over PR. So that was how I white lied.
Obviously, I did not react smartly for the interview because up to now I received no news from the guy nor the company. So, teach me. Which way is better?
I wonder is it better to be humble during interview so that the person will admire your personality. But I might make the interviwer degrade me, making myself not up to the level, not capable enough, still a lot more to learn and experience. In the call interview, the guy with strong accent asked, "How do you rate your English given the scale of 10?" I answered humbly, "Probably around 6.5?" For him, it might not be good enough to consider me.
Or maybe it is better to boast more about myself so that I will create a 'wow' and a great first time impression for the interviewer. And that I might have a better chance in getting a job offer. I might as well just lie on certain things. I mean white lies don't hurt. For example, in reality I don't really like PR but in order to get the job, I was forced to say, "I love meeting up with people, I love socializing, I love communication..." which is true, but I just don't like building up permanent, strong and good but fake relationships with the media and public. Ok, maybe I have some prejudice over PR. So that was how I white lied.
Obviously, I did not react smartly for the interview because up to now I received no news from the guy nor the company. So, teach me. Which way is better?
Contacting Sis...
Ah... a face that I miss a lot.
She enjoying over there, attended lots of camps since the first week she arrived in Taiwan, enjoying her time with her new friends and roommates (thank god all of them are good girls), enjoying her badminton tournament which she won the first round without even using smash (the best female player in Taiwan most probably, LOL), enjoying Taiwan's cheap and nice food of course, enjoying shopping and the freedom she's now having...
No wonder we hardly have the chance to chat since she's so so busy. I've sent her email, letters, tempted to call her, msn her, sms her... and lately I created a thing called newsletter which includes all 4 of us family members' updates, recent activities and issues, her favorite team Arsenal's update, some games and recent photos. I've yet to send out the second issue, will do it soon. Even before she left, I did her a farewell video. I was the director, producer, cameraman, editor... basically the whole video I did it by my own and I was even in the video.
She took few weeks to watch it. The newsletter, she did not reply some of my questions and gave little respond... Probably I'm just too free to do all these things or I just miss her too much... I think I used all kinds of possible ways to contact her. Any ways I left out?
Anyhow, I'm more than happy to know that she's enjoying her life in Taiwan. She's not feeling lonely, afraid or homesick which is a huge relieve to me.
Sis, you do read my blog still? Then please leave a comment. hahahaha.. Study hard and study smart and take good care of yourself :) Don't worry, everything's fine here. Except for your Da Jie will be rotting at home soon...
Flies Attack!
It's true when the old saying says that people who are too free will only just hit the flies (拍苍蝇 pak wu ying) which is what exactly I did today. Yes, I am jobless, and many people has been asking the same question many times until the extent that I think I should have a press conference... even though I am jobless, I've LOTS of things to do! Just that I happened to see too many flies in my living room. I'm still finding out the reason behind and at the mean time, trying to kill ALL of them. It's disgusting to see so many big black ugly flies...
After successfully smacking a few and spraying the flies at the window for 30 seconds, most died, a few miracly survived no matter how much Insect Spray I sprayed on them...
Anyone knows a better way to kill flies without using any parts of my body? Probably I should do some research about it since I'm quite free... I need a solution before they spread... EWE!!!
After successfully smacking a few and spraying the flies at the window for 30 seconds, most died, a few miracly survived no matter how much Insect Spray I sprayed on them...
Anyone knows a better way to kill flies without using any parts of my body? Probably I should do some research about it since I'm quite free... I need a solution before they spread... EWE!!!
Leon Leon~~~
If second chance is given, appreciation is no longer an option. It's a must!
The cage is no longer empty...
He's back of course! All fit and healthy (no more neck bandage aka 'flower', no more going back to the clinic, and no more surgeries...). He's still as smelly as usual, as naughty as before and still the same macho Leon (despite losing all his sperms to the castration surgery...). The doctor said it is impossible for him to pass motion like before anymore (Leon can only diarrhea for his butt muscles are thinning and will tear anytime) and requires special diet and medication; no more bones and rubbish food for him; make sure he drinks more etc.
Even if Leon is now like that and even if it is now more complicated and time consuming to take care of him, even if anything, I'm willing to take this second chance and take better care of him.
Welcome back Leon~ That's all I can ask for.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Empty Cage
The sight of seeing my dog in the back of the van and being sent away gave me a heartache. Seeing his innocent eyes into mine as if he was saying "Don't sent me away..."
Leon will be away for hernia repair and castration surgery for 3 days. This surgery must be done so that my dog can pass motion back to usual. I asked the doctor whether there is other ways other than castration, he said no. Then I asked again if there is such thing as sperm bank, he said no again. With great disappointment, I know after today, his generation will come to an end.
Before he was admitted into the clinic, I looked at him close enough to realize that he has actually grown old. To me, he is forever a kid, a naughty one. Grey fur are already growing around his mouth just like human's beard. This should be my greatest regret in him; I could not find him a mate, I did not help him breed...
All hopes in seeing his little children will be gone soon. All I can do is pray for him to recover and hopefully, he will still remain the macho dog of mine...
Don't be afraid Leon, everything will be alright soon...
Leon will be away for hernia repair and castration surgery for 3 days. This surgery must be done so that my dog can pass motion back to usual. I asked the doctor whether there is other ways other than castration, he said no. Then I asked again if there is such thing as sperm bank, he said no again. With great disappointment, I know after today, his generation will come to an end.
Before he was admitted into the clinic, I looked at him close enough to realize that he has actually grown old. To me, he is forever a kid, a naughty one. Grey fur are already growing around his mouth just like human's beard. This should be my greatest regret in him; I could not find him a mate, I did not help him breed...
All hopes in seeing his little children will be gone soon. All I can do is pray for him to recover and hopefully, he will still remain the macho dog of mine...
Don't be afraid Leon, everything will be alright soon...
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Sawasdeeka...
Before the day came, we already felt the excitement as my aunt who named this tour as Chang's (Our surname but also elephant as Thai's mascot) 大象旅行团, created a guide book (inclusive of our 4 days' schedule, transportation, MRT map, Bangkok map, hotel address, phone numbers, places' descriptions...); prepared rain coats with her very own Chang label and logo; name tags with our names on it for the 8 of us so that we will know one another soon enough; luggage tags... How can we not have the mood to travel with all these cute little designs as if we really joined a tour.
1st night
Arrived Bangkok at night. After eating, went to 7-Eleven and to my surprise, their 7-Eleven is like Taiwan's where you get to eat lunch boxes, delicious sandwiches, variety of drinks and desserts... and they are all cheap! I wonder if only Malaysia has 7-Eleven that sells nothing... After that my brother and I spent most of our time figuring how to use their SIM card and call back to Malaysia as we did not know the code and everything in Thailand is in Thai, even SIM card's instruction book. Took my brother and I one and a half hour to figure it out...
2nd day
Went to Ocean World @ Siam Paragon. I haven't been into KLCC Aquaria but my sister said this one is better than KLCC's. One of the most extraordinary thing we saw was:
Wine fridge transformed into fish tank
Fridge transformed into fish tank
Car transformed into fish tank
We went for a 4D motion after that. It was not as nice as expected but I was chicken enough to sit up straight to avoid the wind blowing to my hair from behind; used my bag to block the front from spraying out water; had my glasses off whenever I sensed danger; and had my feet straight up to avoid the strings from below to tickle my legs... but it wasn't nice, so I didn't have to feel everything after all.
We had some Thai food for lunch. It was quite tasty but the spiciness was superb and I just love it. In Thai, 'mai pien ma' is a very important word for us to use as it means 'less spicy' in order to rescue our tongue. We went to a Mango Dessert Shop which I've forgotten the name that sells only Mango desserts. Nothing extraordinary except for its mango sticky rice and mangos. Awesome!
After refilling our batteries, we headed off to Platinum. To our surprise, that place is just like Taiwan's '五分铺' where they sell cheap and really nice clothes. As long as you buy more than 2 items, they will charge you as a wholesale price. So my sister and I worked together on this. There was this shop selling 200 Baht (RM20) for a set of clothes (jacket + singlet) but if you buy more than 2 sets, per set becomes 130 Baht. I bought 2 sets and my sister 1 in the end which I only paid 60 Baht for an extra set.
1 and a half hour to shop at this 5 floor building was not enough at all. We had to rush to the MRT Station to be at a restaurant for dinner. We had seafood dinner at a famous restaurant. Everyone was too hungry due to long hours' of walking and decided to order as much as possible. It was good but the price was even 'better'! 450 Baht per person! Next meal might be cup noodles?
Then we were rushing again to catch the 8pm Thai Cultural Show. It's supposed to be a must watch show for tourist as apparently the government spent millions for this stage theater. Our 700 Baht was well worth spending. It was about Thailand's culture and history. I learned that some of the Thai are Chinese and Thailand was the only Southeast Asia country that has never been colonized because of having very able rulers... The show managed to capture back our tired souls whenever we were about to doze off. There was a small river enough for boats to pass through on stage, there was water pouring down up above the stage to signify rain, there were elephants passing by just right in front of us, goats on the stage... A lot of scenes amazed me and created my curiosity on how they do it. I probably should learn more about theater arts... Anyway, the entire show not only opened our eyes but also lightened our hearts. It was indeed a must watch show!
3rd day
We continued our hectic schedule the next morning by heading to the Ancient City. It was a huge place with over hundreds of ancient Thai buildings that you have to ride on something to go through the whole place. Hence, we rented 2 bicycles and a scooter. It was a wise decision as we were tired out half way through and we needed to take turns to ride on the scooter. We hardly had anytime to explore the buildings' description and history, we just chose unique buildings, snapped some photos and left for the next. We would have gotten lost without a map for their signboards were all in Thai, even exit signs I believe. At the end of the adventure, we gained some knowledge, had some fun and also some exercise! And true enough our lunch was cup noodles.
It was the same taxi driver who took us here, bringing us back to Bangkok. He tried to talk to us but we were clueless as he was speaking in Thai and not at all in English. We struggled at first, all we did was smile, smile and sometimes 'ok'. We found a few useful Thai words with explanation in our guide book. All thanks to this taxi driver that we were forced to learn Thai. We used words like 'ti nai' (where), 'tao rai' (how much), 'ma pien rai' (never mind) etc with lots of sign language. I suddenly realized that communication can be actually funny. We didn't know if he got the right message and so did we, but we just communicate like that all the way and he managed to drop us at our desired destination and we were happy... it wasn't that difficult communicating with people in different language I supposed... we were actually kind of addicted to speak in Thai! especially my brother... he's gonna become a Thai soon...
We went for Thai dinner again. After that, flea market nearby which all sell DIY stuffs. I learned how to make successful bargain after spending quite some time shopping in Bangkok. Their prices are usually hiked up to double and you can attempt to cut down into half the price. I came to this stall which sells DIY cards, when you open it, a pop-up shape will appear such as love shape, christmas tree etc. Since my aunt was buying, so I thought of bargaining a cheaper price if we were to buy two. The lady gave me a calculator instead and without further question, I pressed the amount I wanted. She gave a doubtful face but in the end also nodded her head. I happily gave her the money and when I was about to leave, a guy came to her and used his hands to show 'how much'. I turned around and asked my aunt, "Are they dumb?" My aunt replied, "Obviously. You didn't know about that?" After that, the guilt haunted me for a while until my brother came to me and showed interest in the card. I was so delightful to bring him over to the place and he bought another card. All thanks to me, they made a small board with prices saying that 1 card = 80 Baht, 2 cards = 150 Baht, 3 cards = 210 Baht so that they will use this board to reject bargains. To my relieve, if three of our cards combined, we paid exactly 210 Baht. My brother was my saviour!
Ever since then, I dare not simply bargain anymore, especially with calculators. Even when we arrived at their night market next, I lost my appetite in bargaining. Probably also because of a rough tuk-tuk (Thai's taxi bike) ride that I swear I will never ever take tuk-tuk anymore. If you wish to have some excitement in life, then you should go for it.
After buying some really cool clothes and happily getting lost around, it was time for our first foot massage. My aunt was sitting next to me, yelled whenever the guy put a tiny bit of strength on her foot. I believe the guy did the lightest massage ever and felt tortured and bored throughout the session and he gave weird looks to my aunt.
4th day
A foot massage gave us more energy to our feet to walk further the next day. We went to the morning market near where we stayed and bought a lot of unique food such as egg with its yolk on the outer bottom of the egg etc. It was our last day so we ate a lot.
Next was Jatuchak, a place as large as 16 football fields with thousands of small stalls selling many different categories of things such as handicrafts, accessories, furnitures, antiques, DIY stuffs, clothes and lots more. Given only 2 hours to spend, we dare not walk far and spent 2 hours of going round about near the entrance, we were lost... we wonder why too... but we still bought some little stuffs and food for ourselves. And for me, it was even more amazing as I spent RM0! Unbelievable?
Our last destination will be definitely back to our most favorite spot- Platinum. My brother satisfyingly bought his desired two pairs of jeans despite being forced to wear a skirt for changing purposes. They looked good on him, at least his butt looked smaller, haha. After a quick shopping, we were to rush back to our hotel, pack and leave for airport.
It was indeed an exhausting trip but still we didn't get enough of Bangkok and Thailand. The best thing about this trip is not about shopping, not about the massage, the spa, not about the things we explored, not about the food (definitely Malaysian food can compare with theirs!), not about their culture, not about their people... It's about the happy moments I spent with my siblings especially with my sister. It was one of 'the' moment I had with them. I'm also happy that more photos of us are now added into our photo album as our very sweet memories...
We just love Thai, don't we? And not to forget my wonderful and genius HuaLing gugu who made this dream came true for all of us. She was like our mother and tour guide who did research for this trip for months and also provided us everything we need, seriously, EVERYTHING!! I asked her to open a travel agency since she was so efficient... If she were to own one, I will be her first customer, hahaha... Anyway, thanks a bunch!
Domo arigato~!
T-H-A-I *love*
p.s. If you wish to see more photos, do visit my facebook. Thank you!
1st night
Arrived Bangkok at night. After eating, went to 7-Eleven and to my surprise, their 7-Eleven is like Taiwan's where you get to eat lunch boxes, delicious sandwiches, variety of drinks and desserts... and they are all cheap! I wonder if only Malaysia has 7-Eleven that sells nothing... After that my brother and I spent most of our time figuring how to use their SIM card and call back to Malaysia as we did not know the code and everything in Thailand is in Thai, even SIM card's instruction book. Took my brother and I one and a half hour to figure it out...
2nd day
Went to Ocean World @ Siam Paragon. I haven't been into KLCC Aquaria but my sister said this one is better than KLCC's. One of the most extraordinary thing we saw was:
Wine fridge transformed into fish tank
Fridge transformed into fish tank
Car transformed into fish tank
We went for a 4D motion after that. It was not as nice as expected but I was chicken enough to sit up straight to avoid the wind blowing to my hair from behind; used my bag to block the front from spraying out water; had my glasses off whenever I sensed danger; and had my feet straight up to avoid the strings from below to tickle my legs... but it wasn't nice, so I didn't have to feel everything after all.
We had some Thai food for lunch. It was quite tasty but the spiciness was superb and I just love it. In Thai, 'mai pien ma' is a very important word for us to use as it means 'less spicy' in order to rescue our tongue. We went to a Mango Dessert Shop which I've forgotten the name that sells only Mango desserts. Nothing extraordinary except for its mango sticky rice and mangos. Awesome!
After refilling our batteries, we headed off to Platinum. To our surprise, that place is just like Taiwan's '五分铺' where they sell cheap and really nice clothes. As long as you buy more than 2 items, they will charge you as a wholesale price. So my sister and I worked together on this. There was this shop selling 200 Baht (RM20) for a set of clothes (jacket + singlet) but if you buy more than 2 sets, per set becomes 130 Baht. I bought 2 sets and my sister 1 in the end which I only paid 60 Baht for an extra set.
1 and a half hour to shop at this 5 floor building was not enough at all. We had to rush to the MRT Station to be at a restaurant for dinner. We had seafood dinner at a famous restaurant. Everyone was too hungry due to long hours' of walking and decided to order as much as possible. It was good but the price was even 'better'! 450 Baht per person! Next meal might be cup noodles?
Then we were rushing again to catch the 8pm Thai Cultural Show. It's supposed to be a must watch show for tourist as apparently the government spent millions for this stage theater. Our 700 Baht was well worth spending. It was about Thailand's culture and history. I learned that some of the Thai are Chinese and Thailand was the only Southeast Asia country that has never been colonized because of having very able rulers... The show managed to capture back our tired souls whenever we were about to doze off. There was a small river enough for boats to pass through on stage, there was water pouring down up above the stage to signify rain, there were elephants passing by just right in front of us, goats on the stage... A lot of scenes amazed me and created my curiosity on how they do it. I probably should learn more about theater arts... Anyway, the entire show not only opened our eyes but also lightened our hearts. It was indeed a must watch show!
3rd day
We continued our hectic schedule the next morning by heading to the Ancient City. It was a huge place with over hundreds of ancient Thai buildings that you have to ride on something to go through the whole place. Hence, we rented 2 bicycles and a scooter. It was a wise decision as we were tired out half way through and we needed to take turns to ride on the scooter. We hardly had anytime to explore the buildings' description and history, we just chose unique buildings, snapped some photos and left for the next. We would have gotten lost without a map for their signboards were all in Thai, even exit signs I believe. At the end of the adventure, we gained some knowledge, had some fun and also some exercise! And true enough our lunch was cup noodles.
It was the same taxi driver who took us here, bringing us back to Bangkok. He tried to talk to us but we were clueless as he was speaking in Thai and not at all in English. We struggled at first, all we did was smile, smile and sometimes 'ok'. We found a few useful Thai words with explanation in our guide book. All thanks to this taxi driver that we were forced to learn Thai. We used words like 'ti nai' (where), 'tao rai' (how much), 'ma pien rai' (never mind) etc with lots of sign language. I suddenly realized that communication can be actually funny. We didn't know if he got the right message and so did we, but we just communicate like that all the way and he managed to drop us at our desired destination and we were happy... it wasn't that difficult communicating with people in different language I supposed... we were actually kind of addicted to speak in Thai! especially my brother... he's gonna become a Thai soon...
We went for Thai dinner again. After that, flea market nearby which all sell DIY stuffs. I learned how to make successful bargain after spending quite some time shopping in Bangkok. Their prices are usually hiked up to double and you can attempt to cut down into half the price. I came to this stall which sells DIY cards, when you open it, a pop-up shape will appear such as love shape, christmas tree etc. Since my aunt was buying, so I thought of bargaining a cheaper price if we were to buy two. The lady gave me a calculator instead and without further question, I pressed the amount I wanted. She gave a doubtful face but in the end also nodded her head. I happily gave her the money and when I was about to leave, a guy came to her and used his hands to show 'how much'. I turned around and asked my aunt, "Are they dumb?" My aunt replied, "Obviously. You didn't know about that?" After that, the guilt haunted me for a while until my brother came to me and showed interest in the card. I was so delightful to bring him over to the place and he bought another card. All thanks to me, they made a small board with prices saying that 1 card = 80 Baht, 2 cards = 150 Baht, 3 cards = 210 Baht so that they will use this board to reject bargains. To my relieve, if three of our cards combined, we paid exactly 210 Baht. My brother was my saviour!
Ever since then, I dare not simply bargain anymore, especially with calculators. Even when we arrived at their night market next, I lost my appetite in bargaining. Probably also because of a rough tuk-tuk (Thai's taxi bike) ride that I swear I will never ever take tuk-tuk anymore. If you wish to have some excitement in life, then you should go for it.
After buying some really cool clothes and happily getting lost around, it was time for our first foot massage. My aunt was sitting next to me, yelled whenever the guy put a tiny bit of strength on her foot. I believe the guy did the lightest massage ever and felt tortured and bored throughout the session and he gave weird looks to my aunt.
4th day
A foot massage gave us more energy to our feet to walk further the next day. We went to the morning market near where we stayed and bought a lot of unique food such as egg with its yolk on the outer bottom of the egg etc. It was our last day so we ate a lot.
Next was Jatuchak, a place as large as 16 football fields with thousands of small stalls selling many different categories of things such as handicrafts, accessories, furnitures, antiques, DIY stuffs, clothes and lots more. Given only 2 hours to spend, we dare not walk far and spent 2 hours of going round about near the entrance, we were lost... we wonder why too... but we still bought some little stuffs and food for ourselves. And for me, it was even more amazing as I spent RM0! Unbelievable?
Our last destination will be definitely back to our most favorite spot- Platinum. My brother satisfyingly bought his desired two pairs of jeans despite being forced to wear a skirt for changing purposes. They looked good on him, at least his butt looked smaller, haha. After a quick shopping, we were to rush back to our hotel, pack and leave for airport.
It was indeed an exhausting trip but still we didn't get enough of Bangkok and Thailand. The best thing about this trip is not about shopping, not about the massage, the spa, not about the things we explored, not about the food (definitely Malaysian food can compare with theirs!), not about their culture, not about their people... It's about the happy moments I spent with my siblings especially with my sister. It was one of 'the' moment I had with them. I'm also happy that more photos of us are now added into our photo album as our very sweet memories...
We just love Thai, don't we? And not to forget my wonderful and genius HuaLing gugu who made this dream came true for all of us. She was like our mother and tour guide who did research for this trip for months and also provided us everything we need, seriously, EVERYTHING!! I asked her to open a travel agency since she was so efficient... If she were to own one, I will be her first customer, hahaha... Anyway, thanks a bunch!
Domo arigato~!
T-H-A-I *love*
p.s. If you wish to see more photos, do visit my facebook. Thank you!
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