Shopping in Bangkok, shop till you drop!

I shop, shop and shop while i was in Bangkok city. I just luv the shopping experience in this city. Although, every time, i will have to whip out my calculator to punch the conversion rate, you see my maths is very poor....hehehe..:)

I went to MBK, opposite MBK - Siam SQ, so much has changed and oops and also Platinum mall as well. Seems like Singaporeans like to shop in MBK but Siam SQ has this little funky shops all over and i heard even Thai youngsters also luv to shop in this shopping belt.

Siam SQ gives me the feeling of Bugis Street shopping where you see little boutique shops selling clothes, accessories, shoes, bags and etc.... I simple luv this kind of shopping style but too bad, i didn't find anything that fancies my eye...kekeke...

So much for shopping, total things that i purchase was the following:

1) A blue duffel bag which can also act as a haversack too...simple wonderful to carry around and its WATER-PROOF TOO...It is a US brand and its pretty long lasting as well, i have such a bag too and that is why i bought it for its quality....Price - $75++

2) A few pairs of bermudas, T-shirts.

3) Souvenirs for the gal-friend, my god-sister and my own sister as well...Not forgetting the office colleagues and church frens...

Later in the evening, i went to see the Siam Niramit Show hosted by my Thai Operator, nice show with buffet dinner. Show is about the history of Siam and the likes of it. Very interesting, the actors and actresses did a good job...Bravo and kudos to them all...

All in all, it was a good experience for me, i wanna go back again but this time, hopefully other areas of Bangkok.

Okay, this spells the last of my entry for my Thai trip...XOXO till then...

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Parachuting in Coral Island

This morning i woke up and got ready to go to Pattaya's Coral Island. Its about 1 hour journey if you were to take the junk boat but half an hour by speed boat.

Its a lovely island with white sandy beaches but abit too much of tourist. It seems like all tourist has flooded down to coral island to enjoy the sun, sand and sea!

There are also a whole row of mini shops selling all sorts of souvenirs, clothes, t-shirts and of course swim wear for both the men and for the ladies as well. I bought a swimming trunk for myself and it costs 100 baht which is around $4 sin dollars. :D I also bought some souvenirs back for my sister, my godsister and my galfriend.

I want to highlight my experience while taking the parachuting course which lasted a few minutes but really enjoyable and fun. This is my first time i tried this sport and i will try it again if i see one....:D You seem to be having wings soaring thru' the open air in the sky and freedom is yours to choose. But of course, you are driven or pulled by the speed boat down below you as it drags you and that is why, you are able to lift into the air. Its 300 baht per person and everyone that was in my group tried this fun and exciting sport.

This is actually held on a floating platform and the instructors and helpers are on the platform to help you buckle up according to the safety standards and hence its really quite safe to soar in the air....LOL

XOXO..

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Bangkok, the land of smiles

Bangkok was never in my birthday itinerary until at a last minute resort where i got no place to go and some resort in Malaysia did not get back to me till now whereby they will host me or not??? If cannot, just say so, i wouldn't get hurt, i will simply not push your resort or bear your resort in mind...:)

Anyway..........I had better things to do than to keep scores...it could really bring oneself down and tired as well...LOL So when i learnt that my friend has some cheap tickets to go to Bangkok, i jumped on the opportunity.

It is WINTER in Bangkok now, not that it is snowing or something....but raining quite a bit until it approaches SUMMER time. While, i was there, it rained a bit but not so much that it could dampen my holiday spirit...

My Birthday itinerary as follow:

Day 1 : Early arrival and transfer to Pattaya. Check in to Mecure Pattaya and in the evening watch Alcazar Show

Day 2 : Morning part - visit Coral Island with Lunch. Afternoon part - free and easy

Day 3 : Morning part - Depart Pattaya and visit my operator's office. Afternoon part - Shopping. Evening part - Watch Siam Niramit Show and dinner plus more shopping at Suan Lum Night Market.

Day 4 : Morning part - Hotel inspection. Afternoon part - Shopping at Platinum Mall and HOME SWEET HOME

Although, you may feel tired and exhausted. But at the end of the day, i felt like i have done so much things and i was occupied, tired but happy...

Ok, pixs time. The next round, some pixs of my Coral Island Trip.

My room at Mecure Pattaya, very resort feel....

Pay to get a map of Pattaya and of course pay again for durex condom

The sculptures in front of Alcazar entrance

The female impersonator show

Hard Rock Cafe at Pattaya

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Emperor Hotel Macao & Venetian Macao Resort

Sorry folks for the late entry...LOL

Well, when we are were back to Macao, we took the Grand Emperor Hotel Macao shuttle service from the ferry terminal only to discover that this wasn't the hotel that my land operator has reserved for me. It was reserved at the Emperor Hotel Macao.

Anyway, we took a taxi there and checked right into the hotel as it was approaching dinner time, we walked to a nearby eatery and had our dinner. A stones throw, you can actually see a local supermarket, we bought some local sweets, maggi noodle for tomorrow's breakfast, etc.

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This day, we were ready to check out of our hotel. We ate our maggi noodle breakfast and quickly took a walk to Senardo Square. Its a walkway amongst boutique shops selling clothes, shoes, Macao Local Snacks and finally reached St Paul's Church or what is left after a big fire which happened many many years ago. We snapped some photos and left, we even went to the newly opened Yaohan Store for shopping as well.

Actually, our hotel is very near to Holiday Inn Macao which i can recall many many years ago when i was here during my fam trip with Cathay Pacific. They were introducing some new ways of traveling these places.


Ok, we checked out of our hotel and took a cab to Venetian Macao Resort. This resort is super big. With big casinos in its building premises, big boutique shopping malls, restaurants and even a small man-made river to row those little boats just like the ones you see in Venice. You pay a fee and you can board those little luxury boats and i think the guy in the boat will probably sing a song to entertain you..:D

A picture which i took in Venetian Macao Resort

I bought a big purple bag from its boutique shop in Venetian and it only costs me $90 sing dollars only, which is rather cheap. When one is in Venetian Macao, don't forget that it offers free shuttle service for its guest to the nearby airport and even to the ferry terminal.

Okay, xoxo...

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Scrapbook

Hey, have been playing with the photobucket cool gadget - Scrapbook, where you can put in your photos, drag, delete and do whatever your heart desires, quite cool. Try it out yourself today!

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Honkong, loving it

Our plans for this five days trip will be as follow:

Day 1 Arrival in Macao and check into hotel
Day 2 Depart by ferry to Hongkong and check into hotel and begin our shopping spree
Day 3 Shopping, shopping and more shopping
Day 4 Ocean Park Visitation and depart by ferry back to Macao
Day 5 Last minute shopping in Macao before home sweet home...

I've already tasted the shopping in Hongkong and hence since this is the first time that i'm bringing my sister there and its also her virgin trip, i played the tour leader most of the time. We went shopping at Temple Street, Ladies Street, Stanley Market for the whole of second day. We were exhausted at the end of the day, tired of a full day of walking and were really happy that at least our Hongkong accommodation was settled before we took a ferry into Hongkong.

My land operator has graciously hosted another 2 nights for me at this hotel called Dorsett Fareast located at Tsuen Wan. This neat 3 star hotel is a five-minute walk to the MTR or sub-way, its located in a hub of restaurants, shops, eateries. Its like in a mini neighbourhood by itself. When my sister and i reached the Kowloon Ferry Terminal, we took a cab there and it cost us less than $100 Hongkong dollars traveling there. Checked in and although its small but at least there is a decent shower facilities, a flat TV mounted on the wall for your viewing pleasures, no nice outside view but its okay, we will be scouring the downtowns of Hongkong and will be back in the night to sleep. LOL...

Our room at Dorsett Fareast

I didn't buy alot of stuff this time round, coz i've been to Hongkong earlier this year and have bought all that i could already...My sister bought the most things this trip, all in all, we spent around $700 sin dollars each (air-tickets + meals + transportation + shopping). I did bought again two bags, a few tees for CNY, a cap, bermudas.

Our last day in Hongkong, we decided to go for a Ocean Park trip as i've not been to this park before. Hence, my operator again sponsored me two tickets to visit this park with my sister. But you know what??? It was drizzling in the morning when we visited this park but we enjoyed ourselves there though. We took the air-balloon, watched the pandas sleeping in their enclosure. Bought some souvenirs back as well and watched the Dolphin and seal performance. It was a long rain, it rained so much like in the morning till the time we left which was around 4.30pm. Maybe God is punishing me for taking too much freebies from my operator.

The souvenir shop in Ocean Park

The air-ballon which we sat in Ocean Park

The cable-car which we took in Ocean Park

The pandas sleeping

The dolphin and Seal Performance

Anyway, this late afternoon, we bid goodbye to Hongkong and bought our return ferry ticket back to Macao.

Okay, pix time, will post my last entry another day...XOXO...

Our ferry tickets

Me and the finger prints of Jackie Cheung at the Avenue of Stars

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My virgin trip onboard Jetstar Asia

It has been a long while since i updated this blog coz i was busy flying off on behalf of my company instead of my own holidays and hence, i separated my own fun with that of my company's sponsored working trips.

I do hope that there will be more to come, but nowadays, the taxes itself can really kill just planning for even a short trip now. Taxes going to Bangkok if you are flying by Thai Airways is around $270 which was around hundred plus a few months ago. So how to have a few trips in a year, i once read one will have to de-stress and go for a short holiday every three months, now if one can go every once a year will be a luxury affair...

Sorry for the rantings...now my own trip to Hongkong and Macao. I flew into Macao with Jetstar and i must complain that the seats itself was a leather seat but....seat to seat itself was rather cramp and hence if you are a big size fellow, you might suffer the inconvenience of having to cramp your legs and stuff like that...

Another thing is that if you are boarding for Jetstar in Singapore, the boarding gate is far far away at the end of the boarding terminal and if you are old and have difficulties walking you might not enjoy your journey the first part though.

Hey, one thing i did discover while waiting in the boarding area is that you can actually bring in your own water bottle and fill it up with the water fountain found inside the boarding area. I saw some aunties doing that and i think its really a neat way of saving your money especially flying on a budget carrier with no frills...Onboard just buying a small bottle of mineral water will cost one a hefty $3 dollars where if one goes and buy one in the supermarket will only cost lesser than or half of the price you paid onboard the flight.

It is my first virgin flight onboard this Jetstar and i think i will not take this flight again, i will try to pay more where i can enjoy meals, drinks and everyone gets to have it and not where one have to pay to eat or drink where the rest will have to look on, stare and smell...LOL, i remember that they served chicken rice on my coming back flight to Singapore, so can you imagine the whole flight smell of chicken rice and GARLIC.....LOL

My first night was hosted by my land operator and he helped me book at this hotel called Pousada Marina Infante Hotel . Its located just infront of the river with nice natural views, the rooms were fine and breakfast was normal and edible. I like that they have shuttle services that runs to/fro to the jetty terminal over at Macao Island which is a plus point and i think others are also doing it as well, well not everyone of them, but some of the prestigious ones. You might want to check over the internet whether they provide such a service. Funny thing is that they don't serve a shuttle service to/fro the Macao International Airport which is a mere 10mins drive away and its in Taipa Island itself.

Remember to change some Macao Money when you land in the Macao International Airport. Okay, now pixs time...

Breakfast

Picture of the marina in the lobby area

My room

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