Wednesday, December 28, 2005

A few more pics from BK, Bangkok...


BTS Skytrain in BK. They only have escalators for going up. Coming down is by stairscase.

Dun u think the pail is cute...

Bought 2 shirts at a shop in siam square and they gave me a pail instead of plastic bags! Brought the pail back coz its so cute...haha.

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Frohe Weihnaehten und alles Gute zum Neujahr!
means Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

That is German.

My life feeling empty again after i came back from BK and after pch left. This was somewhat similar to how i felt 3 years ago when she left. Hai... You can yearn for the life you want, you can miss the people you love but life has to continue as usual. The earth doesnt stop turning no matter what happens on earth.

Year 2005 ended meaningfully coz i found back the VALUE of FRIENDSHIP. Its going to end with all the empty & lonely feelings but with a grateful heart. Not all my friends will see this. But i want to say THANK YOU to my friends who were there when i needed them. I dun have a lot things in life, all that i have is what that is me, all that i have is what i value & treasure, all that i have is wat that is close to my heart, all that i have is wat pple give me, all that i have is what i'm grateful for.

New year resolution
I think i mention a bit abt my new year resolution last time. My only resolution is to wake up my idea and have more brains to think things carefully & sorts things out in a better way. To get my stupid thoughts right. When the right thing happen at the wrong time, everything still goes wrong in the end. Nobody is going to be there for me forever to remind me this and that. Being young is not an excuse to make mistakes & repeat mistakes. be INDEPENDANT.

Next, to be less narrow-minded. Be a happier person. get to know my friends better. Care more for the people around me. Care more for my family and friends. To be a better friend.

thats it for now...
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Anyway i removed the tagboard for some time coz very few pple or virtually no1 leaves a msg for me. and only a few pple read my blog... so ya...

Pch, thanks eh, my hair doesnt curl that well. permed hair is a troublesome beautiful shit. i seriously dun care abt my hair looking good if not for the money spent. i only care abt the money i spent. i'm LAZY. i dun like to spend hours dressing up & looking great. But i wan to look good when i feel like it... sounds contradicting. thats me.

I am watching Full House now :) Going to finish soon. wow ho. I love the songs inside.

Sunday, December 25, 2005

15th December Wednesday
Saw Bangkok city most high-class and new shopping mall - Siam Paragon...
Went in to use the toilets and see how big izzit, its too expensive to shop there... We walked quite a distance inside b4 we found the washrooms. Wide variety of food on 1st level.


Siam Paragon

Siam Paragon, Pride of Bangkok.

Glorious Phenomenon...

Car show in Siam Paragon...

Ate the famous egg tarts @ Kanom in Siam Square.

Enjoying the egg tarts... I like the Xmas decor of this shop. I love this shop & the egg tarts!

inside ka-nom...

We ate steamboat for dinner at MBK, Ma Boon Kong.
16th December Friday
We went to Grand Palace with Chor Hoon & her thai fren- Nuny. Thais dun have to pay for going in. Sharon managed to pass off as a thai at the entrance for thais. We were trying to act as thai nationals while entering with chor h & nuny but I was kinda giggling so they saw through me & ask me to buy a ticket!!! It is 250 THB!
at the entrance, ch said i can't pass off as a thai...

nuny looking so cute... haha...

(left to right) Sharon, ChorHoon & me. Why muz they alwaz make me look short in the photos?!!

tallest structure in the Grand palace...

looks like real gold!!! some part of it are made of real gold...

grand looking structure...

We are going to cross a river near the Grand Palace to another place...

see the red rooftop of the palace.. we were at that grand palace juz now...

Bridge in the background...

me!
After crossing the river, we are at another shopping paradise!!! Bangkok is really all about shopping!!! A lot of flea markets along the streets & roadside...


flea market again!!!

Banana dessert, taste sweet... *yummy
17th December, Saturday
we woke up late. Took their mrt known as BTS skytrain to Chatuchuk. The weekend market - ChatuChuk, also known as JJ is the longest & biggest shopping market. The things are cheap but its so scary because there're many sections that sell anything from bag, shoes to plants and animals... WHy scary?? Coz its too big to walk finish in one day, we started at around 1pm and left at 4.30 because we had no $$$ to continue.
One day pass for BTS skytrain. If i din remember wrongly, its 100 THB for the 1-day pass.

BTS Skytrain staion...
18th December, Sunday
Went to German class with Chor & Nu at the Goethe-Institut Bangkok. Yes they are learning German. Thought that i can learn something but I dun understand what the teacher is teaching because it was taught in thai!!!!!


Goethe-Institut Bangkok

Goethe-Institut

(left to right) nuny, me & chorhoon in the classroom...
@ KTV... i cant remember how much but price is reasonable, the rate is per hour cost. Rooms nice & comfortable.. I like the room wallpaper. N-Sync huge poster in the background.


We went to KTV in the afternoon. They only have a few chinese oldies, F4 songs and popular Korean series theme songs. THe rest is all thai & english songs... so i din get to sing a lot. Sang Korean "I Believe" with the help of translated pronounciation. and my friends said i sound better in korean songs & ask me go learn korean?!!
19th December Monday
Went to dye my hair near their college, it was one hour car travel without traffic jam from Bangkok city.

at the hair salon...

my hair undergoing bleaching... we all going to dye our hair :)

We ate at Narai Hotel had buffet for dinner at 395 THB abt SGD 16! Nuny said it wasnt this price, it was cheaper but i think its peak season, then they increase price. The food is ok but i din overeat though its buffet. Thai chilly is very spicy! Usually its spicy & sour taste.
20th December Tuesday
Nuny drove us to visit Chor Hoon & her hostel. I love their hostel coz its so spacious & cosy.

Infront of chorhoon's desk.. i like the bathroom door with the Winnie the Pooh & Friends decor.

Ate opposite their school, at some roadside stall that only open in the night...

20th December
Last destination of our trip was @ Khao San. I had a shock as Khao San seems like a very havoc place. Foreigners go there to drink and dance. There is also flea market as usual but we went there after 11pm so most stalls already tidied up and left.


Last destination of the trip at Khao San...

night life @ khao san...

Food stalls open late after the flea market is gone...

Posh looking van-truck??? found at khao san...

ang moh at the Khao San street blowing this long instrument...

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Chor. & Nu. ...
I'm back. Trying to post pictures but photobucket is close for maintainence.

I realise i am not such a good friend anymore, not a good friend to my own buddies. My bestest friends of life. I am not such a goood & caring friend who will be there all the time, not a good friend that i used to be... I'm juz so caught up in my small world...

I realise it during the bangkok trip, on the last day. I realise i have been neglecting a friend who treats me as her best friend. PCh, *sorry. I'm glad that i went there, even if it was at the expense of my savings. Friends give pple the strength to carry on in life because they know they have friends who will be there for them when they are needed.

I dun even want to come back... Bangkok is shopping. I spent a lot on shopping. but i juz dun wan to come back here. spore is small & boring. no life. I heard some ugly thing abt singapore govt. I LOVE chor hoon's hostel. she is graduating next year, i guess i'll never have a chance to go back there. I MISS bk, i miss them...

Chor Hoon's thai friend, pretty Nuny ;p was nice to drove us around on the last day. She is not such a bad female driver. Thais dun care abt wat traffic rules. There is traffic jam in bangkok everyday! Flight to go home is at 11.45, we arrive airport at 11 coz of the traffic jam!!!

thats it for now.. till i post the pictures.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

thailand thailand here i come...
Yeappie, i'm flying to bangkok tomorrow. Going with one friend to visit our friend there, free and easy travel. I juz hope i dun overspend. You know how i can shop like nobody's business... i'm working but i'm spending a lot too!!! Will be back on next wed. The thought of taking aeroplane & looking out and i will see white clouds all over... i've some sort of fattish for aeroplans. heh.

Anyway work as been ok. I have not met the worst & unreasonable customers yet, though there're a few called-in customers who are very mah fan!!! I'm helping walk-in customers exchange new battery as there is a batch of batteries have problem. This battery comes with certain Nikon cameras. This 1-to-1 exchange can only be done at the Nikon service centre, they muz bring in their old battery for exchange as we need to record down some things and print a warranty for them. Recently this woman called in to ask about the battery exchange, she requested us to deliver the battery to her and she is willing to pay the to & fro delivery cost. After abt 4,5 times of communication with her over the phone, we finally arranged for her the date & time of delivery, then she said her husband will collect it for her!!! troublesome pple... but this is customer service.

Oh ya pple, to those who owned cameras, before u want to use your camera for overseas trip or any important occasion. Please take out your cameras at least 2 weeks before hand. Coz u never know what can happen. Always expect the unexpected. Techicians usually need at least 7 working days to repair cameras. Some customers only bring in their camera 2 days before their trip and expect us to repair immediately so they can use. I handled one such customer. He is leaving on saturday night, so he took out his camera on wednesday then he realised there's problem with the image, so he came in on thursday. So happen the part required for the repair is not available and it's only coming in the following week or later. Then he demanded me to ask them to use the same part from other camera and replace the part when it arrive. He was telling me that is what car companies do, they take out parts required from other cars for repair!!!??? I mean cars are cars, cameras are cameras. They are completely 2 different thing. Of cos Nikon can't do that! Then i kept saying sorry but he still dun give up and repeated the car company story blah, blah, blah... He was lucky enough coz i asked my colleagues again, they said the parts are arriving in the afternoon. He didnt scold me but its the things he say & comment that makes pple irritated. This is customer service...