Okay dear friends, i'm FINALLY BACK from thailand! Haha. Here's the update of my trip as promised and there will be photos uplodaded too! =)

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Tuesday,17/3/09
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Had a flight to catch at 6pm to go to Bangkok, Thailand.
Started to prepare and get ready to leave our house at around 3.30pm. Met up with Auntie Maria (my mom's friend) and Junwen at the bus stop.
Took bus 36 to the airport and we waited for about 45mins for our check-in before boarding the plane.
Oh ya, by the way, for this trip to Thailand, my parents are not travelling with me and my siblings.
Basically, it's just me bringing my two younger siblings around. =) Being the Da Gor Gor. Haha.
The flight lasted for two hours and we reached Bangkok at 7.30pm, Thailand time.
When we reached the airport, there was Auntie Ling Ling (my aunt's roomate and 'partner') and Yiyi (my aunt) to pick us up.
My parents did not fetch us as they were busy having their Thai massage.
Yiyi's driver then drove the 5 of us to meet our parents.
We had dinner nearby the massage palour. We had local Thai food for dinner at an outdoor restaurant and there was a live band performing.
My Yiyi even requested the band to let me sing alongside them!
As most of the songs were Thai songs or English oldies, i didn't get to sing on stage as my speciality was Chinese pop Music. Haha. =p

Anyway, we headed to Yiyiy's house after that to have a shower and a good night's rest.
Oh wait! Before i slept, Auntie Ling Ling gave me a Thai/ aroma massage to help soothe my aching shoulders as she was a licensed therapist/massager in Thailand. Haha.
Went to bed after that and i slept well. =)


Wednesday, 19/3/09
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I woke up really late today.
In fact, i was the last one to wake up in the whole household.
Woke up at around noon and had a nice breakfast of porridge made by Auntie Ling Ling.
This porridge tasted different and really yummy!
Is it because there is some secret recipe in making Thai Porridge? HAHAHA!
My YiYi left for work early in the morning while my mom accompanied my dad to go for his meeting.
My two siblings and i were entrusted to Auntie Ling Ling and we went out to tour around Bangkok.
We took the local BTS train to Siam Paragon to walk around.
We went to Siam Ocean World which was an aquarium to look at sea creatures.
We saw many types of creatures ranging from fishes and sharks to jellyfishes to stingrays to crabs and lobsters.
Throughout the 2 hours we spent there, what impressed me the most was this 2 metre long TUNA!!!
It was super enormous and i seriously had a shock when i saw it!
I didnt know that the tunas i ate for breakfast could actually be so big!!! HAHA. >.<

We left the aquarium at around 4pm and had a late lunch at KFC.
All of us ordered food that were not available in Singapore KFCS!
For example, my sister and brother had a KFC Fried Rice Set while i had some Shrimp Paste Burger.
Oh ya, Auntie Ling Ling had this KFC Thai Spicy Noodles! Haha
I didnt know that KFC served rice and noodles as well! >.<

After our meal, we went up to the 5th storey to play bowling.
Gosh, i haven't played bowling in ages and my skills has deteriorated a lot!
Only had a couple of strikes as consolation. Haha.
We played for about an hour before moving on to our next destination.
We walked from Paragon down the main street to tour the streets of Bangkok.
While we were passing by one of the shopping malls, there was an outdoor skate park and a basketball board.
I was tempted to play basketball and Auntie Ling Ling helped me to aprroach the Thai people playing to ask whether we could join in.
Soon, my brother and i were playing matches with the Thai basketballers.
Although most of the Thai players could not speak English and there was a language barrier, we found 'common ground' on basketball. Haha
I enjoyed the basketball game a lot as it was street basketball and passer-bys could all observe the game!
Left the basketball arena after two matches and i was soaked in sweat!
In the first place, i wasn't wearing proper attire as i didn't expect to play basketball.
The game is simply too tempting to resist! >.<

The four of us continued walking down the street and entered MBK, a popular shopping mall in Bangkok.
As we were walking in the mall, a group of university students suddenly approached us to have our photos taken!
They said that our dress sense was fashionable and they wanted to take a photo of each of us to put up on their fashion magazine. =p

After touring the mall, we left the mall and saw a huge crowd outside.
There was actually gonna be a Muay Thai Tournament!
There was a large boxing ring and boxers from different countries came forward to battle.
We stayed for about 30mins before we left the place.
Took the train back to meet my parents and YiYi for dinner.
Had dinner before returning back to my YiYi's house.
What a fun and tiring day!



Thursday, 19/3/09
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I woke up late again as usual and i had a quick breakfast and shower before leaving the house.
Auntie Ling Ling brought my mom, my siblings and I around Bangkok.
Our first stop was a tailor shop as my brother wanted to send his jeans for tappering.
After visiting the tailor shop, we went to a hair salon owned by Auntie Ling Ling's friend.
My mom, my brother, my sister and I all had a make-over.
My mom trimmed her hair and had her curly hair blown straighter.
My younger borther had a change in hairstyle.
As for my sister and I, we had a big make-over!
My sister had her hair permed to curls, while i had my hair rebonded. Haha. =)
We spent many hours at the salon.
We left the salon at around 4pm as Auntie Ling Ling said that she wanted to bring me to try to audition to be a superstar.
She told me that a superstar could earn lots of money by acting in films, singing and modelling.
We filled up the application form and we were very lucky and fortunate to have the owner of the superstar gormming agency to meet me personally.
Auntie Ling Ling also told me that this superstar grooming agency is the most famous in Bangkok and groomed many Thai superstars.
I had a bried chat with the owner, Mr Gai, and he seemed pretty pleased with me.
He then told me that i could go to the filming studio the next day to observe how superstars film.
I am very thankful for this opportunity! >.<
He also told me that if all goes well, i may be able to start filming or modelling next week! Haha!


I left the agency after meeting Mr Gai and we waited shortly for my Yiyi to end work and my dad's meeting to end before we went for dinenr.
We went to a roadside stall which my family went to 2 years ago when we visited Bangkok.
The food served there was still as good as before.

Returned home afetr that and i have to rest early to wake up early tmw!



Friday, 20/3/09
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I woke up slightly earlier at 10am because i had to be at the scene of filiming at noon.
Had a quick breakfast and shower before leaving the house.
I was given directions to go to a big bungalow house to watch the filming of a thai romance movie.
I had to observe the filiming procedures and witnessed many 'cuts' and 'NG's.
I also had the chance to take a photo with a thai superstar.

After a long wait, i finally managed to have a chat with Mr Gai and he offered to take me to a concert the next day!
He will be updating Auntie Ling Ling, my manager >.< , about the whereabouts and timing of the concert.
I heard from Auntie Ling Ling that the venue of the concert would be in a large hall that could sit thousands of people!
Besides, many thai superstars would be performing.
Since Mr Gai is quite a big media figurehead, i may get the chance to have my chance to have my photo taken.
If i am lucky, i may even appear on newspapers or magazines as the 'next BIG' thing '!HAHAHA! >.<

After leaving the filiming scene, we went for a yummy lunch. And after lunch, we went to a shopping mall selling fashionable clothes!
The mall is called 'Platinum' and it has a wide range of fashionable clothes and assessories at cheap prices!
I bought a collared shirt and a vest. =)
After spending a few hours shoppping, we went for dinner at hmm guess where?!
THE SAME PLACE AS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT! Haha!

Ended dinner at around 9pm and our initial plan was to go back to my YiYi's house to rest, but we had a change of plan!
YiYi and Auntie Ling Ling wanted to drive to Auntie Ling Ling's house to pick up her two children while my siblings and i wanted to continue shopping!
Auntie Ling Ling told us that there was a night flea market that only opened at night, so we went there for night shopping!
We spent about 3hours walking around and i bought another collared shirt! HAHAHA =p (i need a collared shirt to go well with my vest!) >.<
We shopped till about 1am before making our way back to my YiYi's house.
The journey back was supposed to take an hour, but the taxi driver drove as if he was an F1 Racer and we reached back in half an hour!

Preparing to sleep now. I shall write about more interesting stuff tmw! =)




Saturday, 21/3/09
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Woke up earlier today at around 9.30am.
I had breakfast at home and spent the next few hour lazing around.
Had a sumptous Thai lunch whipped up by Auntie Ling Ling and i went down to join my brother and Auntie Ling Ling's son to play table-tennis.
After playing for sometime, i felt bored and decided to go back to my YiYi's house for a rest.
It was around 3pm and i took a 2hour nap and woke up at 5pm.
My mom and my YiYi just returned after a swim and everyone had a shower before heading to 'Impact', a big a new shopping centre and exhibition centre, for the concert.
Mr Gai was supposed to give me a call, but it seems that he was busy.
Anyway, we drove for about an hour before reaching our destination.
We had a quick dinner a the food centre before enquiring what time the concert would start.
While hanging around outside the concert hall, Auntie Ling Ling spotted two female superstars and asked me to approach them to have a photo taken!
They agreed readily and we had cameras snapping away! Haha.
It is my honour to have a photo taken with them because they are such pretty superstars! Haha! >.<

After taking a photo with the superstars, we went to the ticketing counter to purchase our tickets.
Just as we were about to purchase our tickets, a group of girls approached me to have a photo taken with them! Haha.
They even gave us free tickets to the concert!
Each ticket was worth about S$25 and i won over 3 tickets thanks to my good looks. HAHAHA. >.<
Nah, just kidding!
I did win over 3 free tickets, but it was because i had a nice dressing and Auntie Ling Ling said that i already look like a superstar! Haha.
Anyway, we were also fortunate to buy over 2 more tickets from a stranger at less than half price as his partner did not turn up!
My mom and dad went to the sports exhibition to buy stuff while the rest of us went to watch the concert! Haha.

The concert lasted for 3hours from 8pm to 11pm and the concert hall was enormous!
At least ten thousand people were present and it was actually a singing performance by superstars and young budding singers competing in a singing competition titled 'The Master'.
The atmosphere was very high and i enjoyed myself very much although i could'nt understand anything when some songs were sang in Thai! Haha.

Left 'Impact' after the concert, and yea, it did left an impact on me! LOL. >.<
Had noodles for supper before proceeding home.

It's 1.15am here in Thailand now.
Gonna sleep coz i gotta wake up early tmw!



Sunday, 22/3/09
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Woke up very early at 7.30am today because YiYi's plan was to visit waterfalls.
She hired a driver and a big SUV van which could sit at least 11 people.
There was supposed to be only ten people in the van, but the driver brought along his girlfriend when he was not supposed to!
Anyway, we spent the next few hours on the road trying to find the waterfalls.
We drove for about 3 hours before stopping by at some river meandes as we could not find the waterfalls. Haha.
And i swear that the driver's driving skills suck!
The van was swaying left and right the whole journey and my two siblings plus my mom felt nauseau when we reached our destination.
Anyway, we spent the next one or two hours playing with large floats that we rented.
There were also many other people there enjoying themselves.
We had a quick shower and a late lunch at around 4pm.
We then made our way back and reached back at my YiYi's house at around 6.30pm.

Okay, story's not over for today.
Here's where the fun begins! Haha. >.<
My siblings and Auntie Ling Ling's children were feeling tired, so they decided to stay at home.
The adults (I am one too! >.<) then made our way to the massage palour to have our massage!

This is my first time having a massage outside by a professional massager and i tried the Aroma Massage!
The whole process took one and a half hours and it was very 'sabai sabai'! (relaxing)
What happens basically is that you enter a dimly lit room with soft music and lavender aroma.
Oh ya, you have to take off your underwear! >.<
The massager will then rub oilment on your body and give you a full body massage for every single part of your body from head to toe except for your *eham* (*clears throat).
Guess you guys are clever enough to figure that out.
All in all, the massage is thereupatic and i don't mind going for a second round! Haha.
Feeling sleepy after the massage.
Going to bed now!



Monday, 23/3/09
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Woke up at 11am and had a quick breakfast before going to Platinum for our last round of shopping!
Reached there about noon and we shopped for 4hours before having a late lunch at 4pm.
Continued our shopping spree all the way till 7.30pm when Platinum close early because it was The Buddha Day.
Oh ya, all clothes and assessories were sold at half price after 4pm as it was Buddha Day! Haha.
I bought lots of stuffs! >.<
I purchased a shirt, two bermuda shorts, a dog tag, and souvenirs!
My brother also bought lots of souvenirs and a punk bag which was kinda costly.
I think the punk bag looks quite cool with all the chains and bling. Haha.

Anyway, my sis only managed to buy a shirt at Platinum and she wasn't satisfied so she continued shopping with my mom at some other mall while my brother and i took a rest.
My mother and sister returned 30mins later and my mom bought a pair of shorts, while my sis bought two tops and a dress!
Gosh, girls sure shop at lightning speed! Haha. >.<

Anyway, we took a taxi back to my YiYi's house to pack our stuff and get ready to return back to Singapore the next day.
I WILL miss Bangkok dearly, for all the good food, pretty girls >.< , and most importantly the wonderful memories that i had here throughout my stay.
Guess it would be quite some time before i return to this shopping haven and wonderful place again!

Okay, i will be going to bed soon! I have to wake up at 6am tmw and i have a morning flight to catch!
GOODBYE, THAILAND! =)



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Have camp tmw morning for 4days and 3 nights! Shall upload photos when i'm back! Sorry >.<