bangkok, thailand: land of smiles

I’d always wanted to go to Bangkok; obviously I’d never been there, and even though people tell me that it’s a polluted place and not the main to-see in the whole of Thailand, there’s just something about it. Can’t explain why, so I’m not gonna.

Since last year, me and FA had wanted to go to Thailand for Songkran. Then one night Terence messaged me that AirAsia was giving out FREE tickets, starting from 12 a.m. that very night. So I told my sister about it, thinking that she would be interested in the same deal. At the end, we booked ourselves a family holiday to BKK (the process included calling family members and the FA at 2 in the morning for their I/C details). No doubt some people would be asking, why is FA on board our family trip? I don’t know, it just happened. LOL.

We could only get tickets flying to BKK on the last day of Songkran. Reached around 10 in the morning and we passed by vehicles that were splattered with plaster (from the whole plaster+water tradition). Went to our hotel; the Chaophya Park, checked in, then went for lunch.

I don’t remember what we did on the first day. Probably not much, but they had Thai massages. Me and my dad were the only ones who didn’t go for it. We don’t like massages. Pinky was like, wtf you went to Thailand and you didn’t have a massage?!!?! Yeah 😛

Second day we had a boat tour on the Chao Phraya Canal. It was dirty, polluted, and many of the wooden houses along the canal were in serious danger of falling apart. Some houses were dangerously tilted, the middle part almost touching the water… you get the drift.

I asked our tour guide; an amiable chap where the residents go when their houses fall apart.

“They go to second floor.” LMAO!

There were many temples along the way, and the final stop was the snake farm before turning back to the main stream. Didn’t go in either; I don’t like snakes 😛

On the way back, we stopped at Wat Si Sudaram (I think) to feed the catfish. It was a great way to make a profit out of BKK’s leftover bread, but it was also somewhat fascinating.

Feeding catfish along the Chao Phraya Canal
Fireangel, me and one of my sisters feeding the hungry and greedy catfish

There were lots and lots of them around, we got splashed with drops of dirty canal water as the fish fought for the bits of bread. Makes you feel somewhat superior to have living things so eager for the essentials of life outta your hands. Maybe that’s why people keep pets 😛

Hungry Catfish along the Chao Phraya Canal
Mmmmm… dinner!

Waved to a few kids who were bathing in the water… I hope they don’t get sick in the long run 🙁

We also stopped at Wat Arun aka The Temple of Dawn aka the most visited temple in Bangkok. Interesting…

The magnificent Wat Arun along the Chao Phraya Canal
I don’t think they look like the Petronas Twin Towers 😡

This is me with my folks, photo taken by a brother-in-law who kindly lied on the grounds on his back 😛

Suanie with parents at Wat Arun

Do I look like my mom or my dad? 😛

After the canal tour, we were taken to the city. Stopped at two places meant to get the tourists’ money. We didn’t want to get down, but the tour guide explained that could we do him the favour as the owner of the two shops also own the tour company, and it was a ‘requirement’ to bring the tourists there bla bla bla. So we did. Boring, but what to do 🙂

By the way it was Monday and almost everybody was wearing yellow. Apparently the king was born on a Monday, and everybody loves the king, and so they wear yellow shirts on Mondays. I know it’s common knowledge that the Thai King is revered by the Thais, but it was still very fascinating to see. Especially when I think of the Johor royalty and all I could remember was one of them killing some dude and got away scot-free. Why can’t every Malaysian king be like Sultan Azlan Shah, hmmm?

Stopped by Chatuchak, got bored, so I went to the mall next to it and had Starbucks-like coffee for RM2. Crazy!

That night, me and FA took the Skytrain (which was friggin’ awesome!) to Sukhumvit. Walked around for a bit, explored the streets, had a beer each at an open place, then had a jug of Singha at a pub with a really good live band. Can’t remember the name nor URL (yes they had one) to save my life.

Next day, we went shopping again at the Platinum Fashion Mall. Then at night, brother-in-law belanja-ed us sharks’ fin and similarly expensive stuff in Chinatown. Thanks!

After dinner, me and FA took a tuk-tuk to Patpong. It was dirty (from the cars, bikes and buses passing by), loud and we had a really fast and crazy driver. In short, I loved it! 😀 What a typical tourist thing to do, awesome! 😀

Suanie and Fireangel in a tuk-tuk
On the ride of our lives

We walked loads in Patpong, just exploring the various nooks and corners. Got held up by pimps many times too; “you want girl show, boy show, ladyboy show, sex show, ping pong ball show?!?!?!” No thanks (not at your ridiculous prices anyway). Stopped at one of the open bars to have cheap Singha beer.

Suanie and Fireangel enjoying cheap Singha in Patpong
Meaning of life = cheap but good beer

Somehow we turned into a ‘hot boys’ lane, where a male hooker held on to my sweaty arm and exclaimed sultrily in Mandarin, “I LIKE FAT GIRLS”. LMAO WTFBBQ BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Suanie in Patpong
Along the main PP road. I guess this is a famous sign.

Took a taxi back to the hotel. The taxi driver was really friendly, so we asked him where to see shows. He said the good ones wouldn’t be in Patpong — he could take us to a good and cheap one if we liked, but it was a 2-hour show and we were tired. He then asked:

“You girlfriends?”
Huh… “no, we friends, not girlfriends, we like boys.”
“Ohhh I thought you girlfriends… you want to see girl shows…”
“Yes we want to see girl shows but we are not girlfriends :)”

Erm, that was about it 🙂 Came back and FA bought loads of alcohol at the duty-free shop. She is going to be a very happy lass.

Notes and observations:

1. The only thing I bought in Bangkok was an ornament in MBK. The only reason I bought it was because I took it up to admire it, and the lady was saying, “this no break! No break!”. She meant that thing would not break easily, of course. Maybe it was my sub-conscious or something that wanted to prove her wrong, but the ornament fell from my hand, hit the group and was chipped. I swear it was consciously unintentional. So I had to buy (a new) one to shut her up.

2. The only thing I regret not buying was this awesome T-shirt that had the words, “Confucius says… YOU NUMBER ONE!” with an image of a Chinese fella with his middle finger up. It was too large for me, then I couldn’t find the same T-shirt anywhere else. MCH!

3. Thai people keep their public toilets very clean. Respect.

4. In general, Thai people are damn skinny.

5. Their food portions are also a lot less than what we are used to in Malaysia.

6. Starbucks was also cheaper in Bangkok, by about RM1.50.

7. Maybe it was the Songkran, but I didn’t see a lot of people everywhere. The traffic wasn’t that bad either. But apparently we didn’t go to the business district, where the real bad stuff happens.

8. Yay I finally went to Bangkok and all I got was this lousy blog post 😉

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  1. why does it look like petronas twin towers?

  2. correction : why does petronas twin towers look like it.

    copyright. sure kena sue

  3. Singha beer cheap and higher alcohol content then the imported version here (6.6.vs 5%), so drink and be merry! It’s a nice place for a holiday, apart from the traffic fumes.

  4. KY: maybe cos u see it wherever you go 😀

    frostier: then by your logic, two corns in a field can also sue for copyright what

    Grant: yeap it was nice 😀

  5. Dabido(Teflon) says

    ‘I’d always wanted to go to Bangkok;’

    Just don’t bang mine. I need it for other things.

    ‘why is FA on board our family trip?’

    She’s always been like a sister to me!

    ‘We don’t like massages.’

    I don’t like massages either. [Don’t know why. They just don’t relax me … and I leave feeling lighter in the wallet department. A feeling I don’t like!]

    ‘Some houses were dangerously tilted,’

    Hmmmmmm, tilty! [You’d have to know your TV to get that one!] 🙂

    ‘final stop was the snake farm’

    I have no idea what sort of trees they grow on, but I’d be darned if they want me to pick them when they’re ripe!!!

    ‘I don’t like snakes :P’

    HEY!!! I THOUGHT YOU DID LIKE ME!!!

    ‘Waved to a few kids who were bathing in the water… I hope they don’t get sick in the long run’

    I doubt your waving would make them sick! Okay, maybe a little nausious, but not sick! 🙂

    ‘ping pong ball show’

    Ptttth! If I wanted to watch Ping Pong I’d go to China. They play it HEAPS over there!!!

    ‘“I LIKE FAT GIRLS”’

    I hate it when they say that to me too!!!! 🙂
    Did you point out that next to an American you’d be extra super slim? Then bitch slap him into tomorrow morning!

    Then say to him, ‘Now who’s a super pussy, bitch!’

    ‘He then asked:

    “You girlfriends?”’

    ***FAINTS***

    ‘Huh… “no, we friends, not girlfriends, we like boys.”’

    In the past I would have challenged you both to come to Perth and prove it … but … well …

    ‘“Yes we want to see girl shows but we are not girlfriends 🙂 ”’

    Just rampant lesbians out hunting … um … er …
    you are going to give me a nice long head start before you chase after me and beat me to death, Suanie?

    ‘She is going to be a very happy lass.’

    Followed by a depressed one, as Alcohol is a depressant.

    ‘It was too large for me, then I couldn’t find the same T-shirt anywhere else.’

    You could have bought it for me! Ptttthhh! 🙂

    ‘In general, Thai people are damn skinny.’

    In general, the entire world is skinny compared to me!

    ‘and all I got was this lousy blog post ;)’

    It wasn’t that bad a post!!! In fact, I quite enjoyed commenting on it. 🙂

  6. I must second KY, but opposite : Petronas Twin tower upper part looks like sub tower of Wat Arun.
    Something not to miss is the marble temple.

    When come back to KL, don’t forget to adjust yourself of KL shops salesperson “you just kill my sibling” stares.

  7. Chapree Da Grande says

    So this is how Bangkok looks like…must go one day. 🙂

  8. Brother-in-law lied on the floor? Don’t we all? LOL.

  9. kimberlycun says

    funnnnnn i wanna go!! i wanna see thaiboyshow!

  10. Suan HOT!!!!!

  11. Suanie = super HOT!!

  12. >>No doubt some people would be asking, why is FA on board our family trip?

    Life’s better when you fly with an Angel..

    You’re so funny lar, you outta be hosting a travel show.

  13. did Dabido write more than suan in this post?

  14. This is not a lousy blog post. LOL haven’t been to bangkok b4 but i have to say

    those catfish look mean. the ones i used to fish when i visit my frandma’s house will eat anything, ANYTHING!! even shit!!

    too bad u didn’t get to see the shows hahaha, i’ve heard of a lot of stories on what they could do. o_o

  15. Ky: thats what i am trying to find out.

  16. Dabido(Teflon) says

    KY / Shireen – Suanie’s word count [Including Headline and eveything below it] – 1390 word count – 7253 letter count.

    Dabido’s comment count – 385 word count – 2000 letter count.

    Not even close. lol

  17. ooohh so thats where u wentttttt

    i need help lookin for cheap hotels in phuket sob

  18. I WANNA SEE THE FIREANGEL SHOW!!!

  19. “Are you girlfriends?” LMAO. Thai people are so funny.

  20. not enough pics of hot sister. more pls!

  21. Gallivanter says

    I’m not a huge fan of Bangkok, in fact, it’s the least of my favorite places…

  22. Datang pun tak panggil 🙁 Hahah…Hope you had a blast while you were in town 😉

  23. Dabs: yay long comments are baaackkK!!!! but seriously, the canal water was dirty, and the folks use it everyday. Happens everywhere, I saw it before in Sabah along the Kinabatangan River, but Kinabatangan River was yellow from the mud, whereas this one was just murky green and toxic-looking

    moo_t: oh yeah! thai people are AWESOME for their hospitality!!!

    Chapree: well, not really. there’s a lot more to BKK than what I posted lmao

    anttyk: the kesian breed 😛

    kim: me too!

    Wingz: it was the hottest month of the year 😉

    Shireen: 39 degree celcius

    Suertes: hahahaha only you think so 😛

    ky: not this one 😛

    Boss Lepton: lmao those catfish were hungry. we wanted to see the shows, but we were afraid of getting ripped off. anyway buy DVD oso can see la

    reta: asiarooms.com .. best evar! 😉

    boo: fireangelism.com

    mad: and wonderful 😀

    paul: come my house!

    gallivanter: heheh cos you go there for work? Lmao

    unkaleong: tak tau pun u kat bkk lmao

  24. wah SUPER PUSSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. Sounds like a fun trip! So where next? I just bought Air Asia packages to Bali this December. Can’t believe how cheap they are compared to our local holiday packages.

  26. Dabido(Teflon) says

    vad3r – you can have a super pussy, but you have to feed it and clean up after it. Remember Super Pussy also does super poo poo! You’ve been warned! 😉

  27. You. ate. sharksfin.

    What the HELL were you doing that for?

    Honestly. *shakes head* I thought you were of this generation, not the old aunty generation that thinks eating that endangered fish fin is actually worth shit.

    1. Sharks are endangered or did you not know that. Would you like some nice panda paw next?

    2. The method through which shark fins are obtained is inhumane and wasteful. Shark fins are cut off and the shark thrown back into the water ALIVE, where the shark gradually suffocates to death

    3. Sharks fin has no actual taste at all. What you taste is the chicken or seafood broth it is cooked in (plus the msg)

    4. Sharks fin has no nutritional value after being chemically treated and dried in the sun / dirt before it is cooked up in your soup. In fact, the chemicals it is treated with is probably bad for you in the long term.

    So don’t eat the fucking sharks fin ok. Geez.

  28. caption for picture 5 : suan white and the dwarf. hehaehaehahea

  29. vad3r: 😀 can bergetar one

    izad: Oo i am gg to bali this sept. it’s about the same price as a redang trip, lol

    dabs: with many levels of difficulty

    ib: yeap you are right 🙂

    chen: i thought i was pink… ish

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