Day 1 of Bangkok - Pratunam & Neon Night Market

Dily daly till the 11th hour to pack my luggage for the trip and these 2 fur balls just had to come and 凑一脚... super cute to see them taking turns to be in the luggage... wahahahaha

then Mr Ang also came and act 一个 emo with the pups.... the 3 emo-beings who had to stay home 

while mama went on a holiday with the chuas -1 and +1

order two 4G SIM card online via KLOOK at only S$8.20 each... original price was 299 baht (S$12.60)... collection was super fuss free, there wasn't any queue at the counter and staff helped to set up the cards too... =D 

took the airport express rail (5 stops) then transferred to the MRT for one more stop to reach our 4 bedrooms + 2 toilets apartment near Phra Ram 9 station... 

apartment lobby 

lousy shot of the dinning area and living room 

bedroom for Alvin & Prasaad 

bedroom for Alfred  

bedroom for 蔡 mummy & me 

that came with a huge bathroom... bath tub on the left and a separate shower area on the right 

chanced upon our first snack - yam + coconut kueh @ 20 baht per box before having dinner @ 

a very satisfied Alfred with his 2nd & 3rd plate of salmon... damaged was 599 baht per pax... 

as it was still early, we popped by the 7-eleven at our apartment lobby

purpose was to buy potable water, ended up with much much more than that.... wahahahaha 


took a break and off we went to Pratunam Night Market  

Alfred's first purchase... 

interesting truck cafe concept... 

Pretty pretty ice-cream @ 80 baht each 

a short walking distant away from Pratunam Night Market was the newer Neon Night Market 

spotted a pig in one of the cafes, there were snakes, tortoises, guinea pigs, rabbits, porcupines, cats too... didnt really like this cafe as some of the animals were kept in very small containers.... =S 

nothing much caught my eyes and these were my only shopping loot from this night market... 


this was what i walked into after my bath.... the power of centralized charging ... 

My 9th trip to Thailand

Adding another tally to my most travelled to country, but first, let's recap... =D

(1st trip) Dec 2002
first trip to Bangkok was a 'secretly run away trip' with casper, eve and ah niu niu. 

it was a 2002 - 2003 跨年 holiday... told my mum that i was having a chalet....oopx.... and got caught cos i was on the same flight back as her friend.... suay to the max.... =S... 

(2nd trip) May 2006
a trip with vivian, stayed over at aaron's apartment while he was stationed there for work, robbed him of his king size bed and banished him to sleep on the foldable bed....wahahaha.... was too busy and tired from all the shopping that we din take any photos throughout the trip.... 

(3rd trip) Feb 2007

with the NIE gals ... the memory of 5 shopaholics squeezing in a hotel room for 3 nights still amuses me... =D

(4th trip) Dec 2008

to Phuket then Bangkok with the 司马家族 and found out on this trip that Joyce's favorite place of visit in BKK was Big C supermarket.. =P 

(5th trip) Mar 2009 

Phuket with the gals and our favourite activity was 'Jump Wave' as coined by Mab ...

(6th trip) September 2012 

shopping trip with Mabel 

(7th trip) September 2014

interesting visit to Maeklong Railway Station on this trip with wai yee & liling where the trains run through a wet market a few times a day 

(8th trip) June 2016

first family trip to BKK 


And with me on this 9th trip to my most travelled to country; Thailand, particularly Bangkok, this March Holiday are 蔡 mummy, Alfred, Alvin and Prasaad... =D 

We are Scooting off at $247 per pax... damn angry as i couldnt locate the AXS option during payment and thus had to pay an additional of $20 processing fee per pax for paying with credit card... =S 

accommodation will be in a 3 room apartment near Phra Ram 9 MRT station, 6 MRT stations away from the airport, that cost us $421.21 for 5 pax for 3 nights... equates to approx $28 / night / pax... =D 

tentative itinerary is:
Terminal 21, Soi Cowboy, Pratunam Night Market, Little Zoo Cafe, Asiatique, Wat Traimit, Chinatown Sampeng Market, Talad Rot Fai Ratchada Night Market and of cos multiple massages... =D 



3 more days!!!  Yeah!!! 

A Paw-some Lunar New Year with friends

CNY is always a great excuse for mega gatherings...

first up on 大年初三 at min hua's place was with the 24th SC 

Then it was at MX's with 2S7 and S8 and S9 on 大年初八

 she even managed to invite Mr Paul Poh, our Math C teacher as the VVVIP ... clap clap clap clap....

There was even a cake to celebrate our 20th year of friendship... =*

S7s with our favourite Math tutor

just me and my favourite Math tutor... one who gave chocolates on Children's day even when we were already 17 & 18 years old... one whose Math notes cover page had a hilarious comic strip related to the Math topic that he was teaching.... one who took the time after school to answer all my questions in the last month before A level....one who didnt give up on me when i just couldn't visualise 3D trigo....  without his help, i doubt i would have gotten into Nanyany Business School ... 

Glad to see Ah Niu Niu who was back from HK this CNY... 

this boy has been MIA from my life since he left for HK for his career 6 years ago... =S 

The Teo family was back from Perth for a weekend and the RSS group took it as an opportunity to meet up for lunch on 大年初十

so how to get toddler teo to look into the handphone??? 

asking her to put on her signature pose - Act Cute-ing... =D 

Looking forward to the 2 new additions to the group this July .... 

Prudential Carnival with the Chuas

Happi Chuas & friends @ Prudential Carnival ... 

眼快手快的我 was among the first 1000 PruPrestige customers to reply to their email to receive a $20 free ride credits card ... =D 

also went online to purchase 2 x $45 vouchers from klook at $40 each with a promo code of mbcfive. Each $40 voucher consisted of $35 ride credits and 2 drinks coupons

Mum was fascinated with the colourful drinks so Alfred bought her a bottle that could lit up from the base at $5 ... 

do ~ re ~ mi

蔡 mummy tried a hand at this 'Pick A Bag' game stall and won herself this little gift 

2 buckets later -  still No pooh bear, No tigger.... =S

Good Job!

Praying to the number God or the very stunned game master?!?!?!?!.... wahahahahaa.... 

The lucky girl with her teddy

not much luck & skill from the rest of us.... 

cleared all $95 worth of credits within an hour and off we went for dinner @ Bugis Junction 

this pic is because Angela is into unicorn nowadays and has these apps on her phone... she still hasn't outgrown them since 2 years ago.... maybe i can really look this pretty if i go for eyelash extension, put on pupil enlarging contact lenses and up my make up skill a little hor?!?!?!

but since i don't... this is how i look... wahahahaha... 

Thanks Alvin for treating Godiva ice cream.... =* 

full attendance Chua's outing.... Yeah!!!