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BKK rocks part I

Note: This post will contain about 70+ pictures so, hopefully nobody is using a dial-up connection while viewing this.

Edit: (29/10/08 @ 1:53am. Finally finished posting everything up. Sorry for the delay. There were some distractions around)

Gosh, I wish today is still a holiday. I am having a replacement class today but, I forgot to bring back my notes for today's lecture thus I am not able to make a slideshow for the students *sigh* Why la?? Last week, I had already prepared a slideshow for my Design 1 class but unfortunately I wasn't able to show it to the students too because the classroom's computer wasn't able to read my pendrive. Soooo...the best solution that I came up was to come real early for work today (which I highly doubt I could seeing it is already past midnight and I am still wide awake) or do my best to compile pictures and info from the net. If I screw things up in class today so help me God, Imma shoot myself! Ok la...not that brutal...jk..jk.

Yesterday was the Diwali holiday, I thought I'd end up doing nothing but Ivan did came over to the condo for lunch and later in the evening we walked to Pyramid to meet Ken there. Weather's been quite good for the past 3 days. It didn't rain since Saturday which was kinda good cos I miss the sunshine! But yesterday was pretty hot. I got all sweaty and sticky at night.

We had Bak Kut Teh for dinner! Super kenyang bah. Big thanks to Ken for the treat :) We went over to the 'cineplex' for yumcha after dinner and that's when Ken, Ivan and Ivan's friend started talking passionately about alcohol and having fun in the club...and I felt so out of place again *sigh* So my eyes were glued on the wall trying my best to concentrate on Die Hard 2 but to no avail. Met Yappzai who recently got back from good ol' WangaVegas. We must go yumcha together la...mau dengar crita dari NZ bah heheh. Oh, speaking of meeting people, finally met Elfie after being 'virtual' friends for quite sometime :) To be honest, I was nervous bah cos I totally suck at meeting new people plus my social skills still needs a hell lot of improvement but it did turn out to be okay! Well, I hope it was heheh. Nice to have finally meet you Elfie and thank you for the J. Co Donuts! Hope we can still hang out again soon.

So yeah,  my weekends and Diwali holiday was well spent :)

Allright, it is time for the Bangkok post. I'm dividing the post to two part. First part would be about places and foods and the second one would be about exhibitions, art and design. We'll start of with the first part shall we? In my previous post, I did mentioned how I wasn't exactly keen on going for this trip due to some reasons la buttttt...turns out Bangkok was great! And I was so glad to have the chance to go there and I will definitely be going back there again, no doubt about it hehe.

Okay, here goes...

The place that me and my workmates stayed is called Sawasdee Sukhumvit Inn, located at Sukhumvit Road at Prakanong, Bangkok. Click for the website here. This is how the standarddouble size room looks like. Love the colour cos it's purple! The Inn is near to the Thong Lo sky train station so it was quite easy for us to go get transportation there. Room rate for standard size room is about 900-1400 Baht (RM90-RM140) depends on the special offer that the Inn provides la.

I found out that Bangkok has tons of 7-Eleven shops! Everywhere you go, you're able to see at least 5 of it.


Interesting packaging no?


While walking along Sukhumvit road looking for lunch during the first day there, I saw this plant. Well, not exactly sure what's the plant or was it flowers? called but it sure has interesting colours.



I also realize that the public transportation in Bangkok especially buses and taxis are in bright colours.


Pink taxi! (picture taken outside Emporium shopping mall)

Not forgetting blue, purple, etc. (picture taken at Mo Chit sky train station)

Sky train railway station.




Thai people are quite stylo-mylo too.





Ahhh...the infamous Tuk Tuk. Didn't get the chance to ride it though. Heard that it is more expensive than normal taxis.

I enjoyed seeing a lot of old buildings in Bangkok. If I have a canggih-manggih camera, it would've be great to capture the old buildings not forgetting the shop signs too.

Beautiful textures.


Another example of the usage of bright colours...in this case, this is complementary colours. Man, I sound like I'm lecturing here haha.


ATMs are colourful too!


Oh, Thai citizens love their King very much fyi.


The first shopping mall that we ventured was Emporium which was just one station away from Thong Lo (this station is nearby the Inn). Quite a huge place I must say. This is where the Thailand Creative Design Centre (TCDC) is located as well but more about TCDC in the upcoming post.

Right outside Emporium, you'll be able to find a T-Rex (I hope I'm right la)


And...another type of dinosaur but not sure what's the name for it.


The colour of the sky in Bangkok seems to be much blue-er compared to the sky Malaysia. Totally lovin' it. This was taken went we were strolling at the park nearby.


Spotted this too. Kylie's coming to Bangkok! If I'm still there, I would want to go to her concert!


Another random yet interesting plant.


Second shopping mall that we ventured was Siam Paragon, the biggest one in Bangkok. Here, most of the shops are quite similar too the shops in KLCC/ Pavillion. Can't really afford the stuffs there lah. Next to Siam Paragon, you'll be able to find Siam Center & Siam Discovery and then if you go further down, you'll be able to find Bangkok Art And Culture Centre (BAACC). During our visit there, The Bangkok Design Festival was going on.


MBK, another shopping mall nearby. Now this shopping mall is where you can find more affordable stuffs. I guess it's a mixture between Sg. Wang and Pyramid?


A Thai rock band (I reckon they're a bunch of students) rockin' it out right outside Siam Paragon.


Another shopping mall further down...called Central World. Didn't went inside though cos we went over to the Indy In Town an open market for young designers/artist to sell their goods just right in front of the shopping complex. Saw a lot of vintage accessories! *hearts*


Another Thai rock band...


Coconut flavoured ice-cream...good to have one when you're tired of walking the entire day.


Can't recall what this building is called though.

During our second last day in Bangkok, we went over to Chatuchak market! That famous MUST GO market when you're in Bangkok. Weather was really humid and we managed to walk for about 6 hours just to shop...gila eh.


It was way bigger than Petaling Street.

Heaps and heaps of people there. It's insane.

Managed to shop quite a number of stuffs since most of the stuffs there are cheap. A t-shirt can cost only 100 Baht (RM10)!


On the way back to the sky train station, I spotted this. Errr, Thai BN?


Some of the street signs were vandalised but I still find it cool :) (picture taken at Sukhumvit Rd)

Later at night, we were brought to the Red Light District...jeng jeng jeng! Haha. Patpong (according to my mini Lonely Planet book about Bangkok), is a non-stop sexual cabaret, luring a gawking public with circus-like sexual exploits and live sex shows. But of course I didn't managed to catch any of the live sex shows la cos when we arrived there, it was raining plus all we wanted to do was just to have a look at that place. While yumcha-ing at one of the cafe, there were a few pimps standing outside waiting for potential costumers. They usually approach the mat sallehs from my observation.

The all-in-one clinic. 

Hmmm...next visit to Bangkok, I shall try and see some of the live shows la...I mean I'm curious to know how is it like heh.

Aaahhhh...now it's time for the good part. FOODS! Thai foods are really sedap bah! Even though I don't eat spicy foods even chilli sauce because sia penakut pedas (haih, macam mana la mo jadi anak Kadazan jati nih??) but man, no matter how spicy the foods are, it still makes me wanna eat it!

I must show you how interesting their menu is heheh. Do read it :)


This way my lunch on the first day of arrival. Can't remember the name of this dish but it's something noodle with gravy...oh, can't remember man. Well, it tasted...ummm sweet? CY said it has a coffee taste in it.

For dinner we had these...

Kangkung belacan?? I hope I'm right.


Super pedas green curry!


Tom Yam Pla (Hope I'm right too). It's basically Tom Yam Fish lah. This is another super pedas dish but sedaaap!


Can't recall this too but according to SH, it's the Thai version of Yong Taufu.


This is by far my favourite one. Papaya salad! I also realize that Thais like eating raw vegetables.

Oh..the Inn provides breakfast too.

This is the typical American breakfast.

Second day, we had lunch in one of the restaurant (the mascot for the restaurant was a devil pig) in MBK.

Another salad. Not sure weather it's papaya or not. Geez...I really can't recall all the names man.


Pad Thai! I first tasted Pad Thai in Wanganui, there was a Thai restaurant called Thai House there and it was totally different from this one!


Nana's meal. Sorry...can't remember the name!


They called it black jelly in Bangkok and we called it cincau here. This version tasted good as well!

Later at night HH brought us to eat dinner at one of the stall on the roadside. For people who're very hygienic, roadside stalls might probably not be your thing la but for those who doesn't mind, I think it's good to at least try the foods there.


Raw veges.


If I did remember what HH told us, the fish is cooked by using salt. Hope I'm not wrong lah.



While we were happily eating, a baby elephant approached us!


In a moment I was in fear cos I was thinking what if the elephant suddenly became amok and stepped everybody??? but nah, there were people who took care of it. You can actually buy sugarcanes to feed the baby elephant.

Third day lunch at Chachutak market, we had these...

Lunch was served with sticky rice as well.


Thai version of spring rolls.


Tom Yam Goong.

At dinner before heading off to Patpong, we had...

Roti canai!


and Teh Tarik! SH brought us to a Malaysian restaurant that night as LS was craving for good ol' Malaysian foods.

Last day, before leaving the airport...





Pad Thai again!


Very super sweet chrysanthnum tea.

While waiting for boarding at the airport, I had a cup of Moccachino...haven't had it for agesssss.


**Food pictures end***

There are a lot of interesting statues located in different area at the Suvarnabhumi Airport but didn't managed to snap a lot of pictures on it...probably my mind was already tired absorbing too many stuffs into my brain.







Phewwwww....so there you go! I must say Bangkok was a very eye opening city for me. Seen a lot of new and interesting stuffs and also discovered more on their culture. What kinda sucks was we weren't able to go to those landmark/historical places (we were at the city centre most of the time) sooooo...I shall save my money real hard so that I am able to come back here again and discover more interesting places that I haven't gone to venture yet!

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to meet up any of my Thai friends as well. Tang and Pat are currently still in Welly, NZ. I did called Tee up when I was in Bangkok but he told me he just came out from the hospital after donating his kidney to his father! I was so shocked when he told me about it. Anyway, he's allright la but according to him, he needs a month to recover so there goes my chances to meet him up. Well, there's always next time right? *crosses fingers*

Big thanks to HH and Shien for their hospitality! Really appreciate it.


Shien and HH intro-ed us to their Thai classmate named...Tun Tun. (Hope the spelling is correct lah) Nice & friendly guy.



I'll post the remaining photos on the art & design exhibitions soon :) So yeah, BKK rocks! Did I mentioned that I saw a LOT of hot Thai guys there? Seriously, there are a lot! Hahah.

Now, I need to organise back all my thoughts and memories so that I am able to write up a 'report' to the big boss...*doomed*

What falls during winter pt. II

Ah...an update! Actually writing this on lunch hour heh. Apologies for the lack of updates, well it has been a tiring week for me. I don't know...probably I still haven't recovered from the Bangkok trip yet. I get so sleepy most of the days and tired as well. But thank God that it is already Friday :) I'm looking forward for the weekends plus Diwali holiday on Monday! Time to get more sleep and rest! (not forgetting doing the laundry *sigh*)

It would take a while for me to edit all the Bangkok photos since I need to do the watermarks and some lighting adjustments so, one word. PATIENCE. I will post it up as soon as I am able to find the time to do it aight! Anyways, here are the remaining photos taken during Evor and Anne's wedding. This was during the reception dinner at KDCA. I had to make it as a slideshow cos editing it one by one will take much longer time so I decided to compile into a slide. Had tons of fun during the night and I shook hands with soooo many people!



I think my 5 days trip back to KK last month has been one of the most fruitful thing I've done this year. The feeling of being home is just soooo wonderful even though it was just for a short time. I was contemplating whether I should go back home for christmas or just wait till CNY, (which means I'll need to spend Christmas here in KL) but after much thought, I've decided to go back home for Christmas because celebrating Christmas with your loved ones are always the best kan? kan? Heheheh. So yeah, gotta burn my savings on air ticket again. Big thanks to my cuzzies for bringing me out to see 1Borneo for the first time and also to Ching Fah to makan mee Tuaran! Also to my mom (it's her birthday today!) for cooking real good chinese foods for me :) And to the girlfriends for making the time to meet up. I shall see you guys in December!

I've still got so many things that I wanna say but, I'll just save it for another time lah. Okay, need to go for lunch now. Super hungry man. Here's a sneak peak of Bangkok ;)

Bacccck!

I is back! Still wish I have more time to sleep though cos I feel tired and my body is in pain (after going for a Thai massage heheh). Gimme some time to organise and sort out everything here first before I start posting about my Bangkok trip. My room is in a mess and there's a lot of laundry to be done.

Bangkok was...AWESOME!

Sawasdee Ka

Greetings from Bangkok City!

I'm trying to use the scheduled post function on blogger for the first time to see whether it works or not so if you can read this post that means, it works! I'm writing this post on Thursday, Oct 16th at 2:13am btw. 

Well, I am currently in Bangkok right at this moment but not sure what am I doing though but I guess I am enjoying being in another different place :) I'll only be arriving back to KL on Sunday night, with the hope of not getting a jet lag cos I have to freaking work the next day! *sigh*

Anyways, will update again soon! In the meantime, here are some lol pictures of my cousins and I. Took these on that Sunday afternoon...the day I was flying back to KL last month. 

Star Trek.

Our riding in a rollercoaster expressions.

Being underwater expressions.

My fav one cos Jesse looks like Spongebob hahahaha.

To sleep or not to sleep...

I can't sleep...well, actually I don't dare to sleep because I'm afraid I can't wake up later. I have to reach the airport the latest by 8:30am which means I should be awake by 6am. I really do wanna sleep but since the operasi bangun awal has not been going on well these days, I am now clueless whether to just sleep or just stay awake till sunrise.

Hmm...hope I'll have a good time in Bangkok lah.

I don't know why but I really miss everyone back home :(

Here's the not-so-great finished art piece! I called it Envy.

Aight, gotta go...be good and have a nice weekend people!

Away

I think my memory of remembering people is getting worse. Man, I tell you this is absolutely a DEFINITE sign of ageing and my birthday is not even here yet! How can? There are quite a number of times when students said hi to me outside campus and it took me quite a while to figure out if any of the students were really my students or not. If I did recognise them, I tend to forget which class/batch they're from. Like yesterday, a bunch of students called my name when they saw me in Pyramid. So I waved at them and then tried to figure out which class were they from. Batch 85 or 88? Then, a while ago I was inside the elevator at the condo and another student of mine came in and I took a quick look at him and said, "I know you're one of my student but I cannot remember which class are you from," 

See? It is getting worse and it has been happening quite a lot lately. Sigh. It's raining right now. Was supposed to go to the cineplex again but when I reached downstairs, it was windy and the clouds doesn't looked good so had to cancel the yamcha session for tonight. Such a good moment to sleep since it's raining and all but today (since it's already past midnight) is another working day again plus I've got to do a medical check-up first thing in the morning hence I was asked to fast for 10 hours. Couldn't even drink teh tarik or milo ais. Just plain water. Ish.

Oh, it is time for me to reveal the good news! Okay, here it is...tomorrow I will be away again and no I'm not going back to KK even though I wish I could BUT I'll be out of the country w00t! I'll give you a clue where I'm gonna be...If you know the title of the upcoming Nicholas Cage's movie, then you'll definitely know where I'm going ;) I will be away from tomorrow till Sunday and fyi it's not considered a vacation. I'll be attending this event since I was one of the "chosen" one to join in for a new business entrepreneurship project which will start soon.  

But then, you remembered when I said that this good news doesn't really make me go all YAYYYY right? Well, it's cause I'm kinda in a tight budget at the moment so I might not be able to spurge on a lot of stuffs and I know there's a famous market there where you can get everything under the sun! I wasn't exactly prepared for this trip too and that is why the budget side is not currently great at the moment. Plus there are several personal reasons too but it's better for me not to share it here. Anyway, whatever it is, I got to look on the bright side no? I mean this opportunity doesn't comes everyday so I should be lucky and thankful to go right? Not forgetting it's one of the places that the girlfriends and I have been planning to go for so long. Hopefully we can make it next year ya??

So yup, I am going to Bangkok tomorrow! Do wish me luck so I could meet a hot thai guy while I'm there hahaha. NOT. Okay, I'm kidding but do wish me and my work mates a safe journey and hope we won't encounter all the rallies/riots that is currently going on in Bangkok city. Not sure if I'm able to meet up with the Thai boys though. I texted Tee but I wasn't able to send the text message to him. Hope  he gets to read my email lah. I miss them! All three of them :(

Guess, that's it for now...oh, Estranged is coming to Pyramid to perform in Latte@8 this Friday and I won't be in Sunway at that time! Crap. I really would like to see them perform again. So near yet so far...

Here are some work-in-progress photos. I've no classes yesterday so I took some of my time to do this illust. Not so great la as usual (I know my students could do better) but oh well...

Will post the final outcome later tonight. Amazing Race Asia Season 1 is currently showing on TV right now and guess where are all the teams now? 

Bangkok :)

P/S: I know having a LDR (Long Distance Relationship) is not easy especially when you've just got married but to Anne and Evor, hang in there! I love you guys both haha *hugs*

P/P/S: The house lizard has magically disappeared! Hallelujah.

I can be a datuk too

MALACCA: Popular Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is among 77 people to be conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM), which carries the title Datuk, in conjunction with the 70th birthday of Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob today.
More news here

Wow...in this case, everyone can be a datuk too cos Shah Rukh Khan just became one!

Seriously? Wtf.

There is a house lizard in one of the kitchen sink and it has been there since last night. Knowing how much I despise house lizards, please tell me how to get rid of it! I've been trying to shoo it away a lot of times but that stupid lizard just wouldn't move. I'm sure it knows how to get out from the sink right? I worry that if the lizard insist of staying there, it'll die of hunger and getting rid of a dying house lizard is what  I fear the most. How lah???

Felt like the weekends passed by so fast cos tomorrow it's gonna be Monday. Gotta spend my Sunday doing house chores again...man, seems like I've got a neverending chores to do here. Ohh, know what? There was this guy who I think was kind of cute during college...everytime I see him around the campus, he just took my breath away hahahaha.. okay, not exactly la but the point is, he is kind of nice to look at. Never had the chance to talk to him though. Sad case. So anyway, last night I was soooo bored cos I have nothing to do after watching another episode of Grey's on TV so I decided to do some random googling (yes, this is what I do when I'm bored. I know I don't have a life) and then suddenly found him on the net! He's seeing a girl now. Odoiiiiii there goes my chances lah hahaha.

Allright, need to do my laundry before I get all emo about it lol. I still haven't watch Mamma Mia yet!

Progress

I managed to watch WWE Smackdown at the 'cineplex' outside last night. I don't watch WWE regularly like how I used to back in high school but anyway, I was so surprised that Funaki still survives in the industry! I mean, he usually lose in a wrestling match but yeah, Funaki still lives on...hahaha and he lost on last night's match too heh.

Then there was this Russian wrestler by the name of Vladmir something, came out suddenly and beat up Jeff Hardy. I totally have no freaking idea who that Vladmir dude was. Hardy Boyz still rocks man :)

I managed to wake up early yesterday since my class starts at 9am and also managed to pack my lunch as well. W00t! See, I'm making a progress here :) But not sure about today cos it's already 1:15am and I am still awake. Need to go to bed soon! 

TGIF! Have a good day people.

Need some fixing

Well not much stuffs been happening lately, except for work, tutoring and teaching (what else is new huh?). I've been trying to get some decent sleep these days, meaning trying not to sleep late and be able to wake up early the next day. But it's not as easy as it looks like since I have been having trouble sleeping for months now. Insomnia I presume? But yeah, trying my best here. There's just so many things that I want to organise/manage/fix properly like my time, body and mind. I'm afraid I might fall into depression again if I don't do so. *sigh*

Anyho, got some good...well, not exactly a good news that'll make me go YAYYYY!!! all the way but it is still a good one but I shall spare the details next week. 

On some random notes, my brother turned 26 on Monday but if you've seen him before, you won't think that he's 26. 

I've been tagged into 2 drunk-singing videos on Facebook that was taken during the BBQ party last week. Well, obviously I wasn't drunk that night lah (so don't get it twisted), in fact I looked like an emo person in one of the videos hahah.

Tried cooking pasta with my rice cooker today and it worked :)

And...I want to watch Mamamia! 

P/S: Haven't got the time to edit pictures for part two of Evor & Anne's big day. So please be patient yah???

Raya 08

I've been away for a week...well not because I was busy or anything, just that my lazy mode has been kicking off hence no updates for the entire week. I've been wanting to blog but I am just way too lazy to do so. Anyway, how was your Raya holidays? Mine was okay though I think last year's Raya was better cos I was able to go for an open house. This year, I did absolutely nothing! Stayed at home for the entire two days of hols, just watching new episodes of Grey's and Gossip Girls (cos I managed to find a way to download the shows more faster than using the ol' Limewire) and also LOTR: The Two Towers on TV.

Oh, the day before Raya, I was at Metropolitan Sq in Damansara Perdana to attend my ex-housemate, Jun's bbq party. Actually, I wasn't that keen on going to the party at the first place (I have my personal reasons la) but Jun personally called me up a week before the party and invited me to go so...I couldn't really turn down the invitation. Turns out, the bbq party was quite fun and I was happy to be able to meet up with the seniors from college. Haven't seen them for sooooo long. Ahh...college days were fun! Managed to meet up my ex-roomie too plus Loong came back all the way from S'pore to attend the party. So yeah, it was all good :)

BUT you know what? I think I am an absolute party pooper. Yes, you people who loves drinking and getting high and drunk can smack me on my head now. There was a lot of drinking activity going on during the party. Even after the bbq session was over, everyone went up to Josh's crib and continued getting high and drunk.That's when I kinda felt out of place again cos everyone was having fun and I on the other hand, sat at one corner and *tried* my best to enjoy the night. So  now you know I am not one of those 'cool' people to hang out with. If you've watched Beverly Hills 90210 before, the character that suits me best would be Andrea Zuckerman. No kidding. 

I searched for a party pooper picture on google and this is what I've found. Lol!

Anyway, highlight of the night was when Ken and Loong started creating impromptu songs and singing it in different languages. My favourite ones were in BM and Hakka. I had to embarrass myself with singing too cos Ken and Jun said after knowing me for so long, they've never even heard me sing before. So Kau Ilhamku was my song choice of the night. 

Didn't brought my d-cam along but here are some pictures taken from Simon's FB.

I haven't seen Simon after I graduated from college...I think it has been like 3 years? Omg, punya lah lama sudah. My thighs macam drumstick bah. Ishhh...Simon has been working out so that explains why he's so fit.

With Theresa (my ex-roomie) and Simon. 

Love Loong's shirt!

At Josh's crib with Loong and Kenny (the class monitor in my batch)

I reached home the next day, (1st day of Raya) 8am to be exact cos Ivan was in a hungover mode so he had to sleep for a while before he could actually drive Ken and me home. So ended up listening to lotsa bedtime stories from Ken till sunrise. What a night man.

Weekend's here again. Will probably do some paintings...if I am rajin enough, if not then I shall do all the house chores again. Laundry...sigh. 

ManU vs Blackburn tonight! Oh, hope it's not too late to wish all my muslim friends and relatives Selamat Hari Raya!