on famliar ground...

Yoz...Back from Bangkok.

Finally unpacked my barang. Phew...

It's gonna take whole night to describe the trip there so I'll just summarize abit here. Even so, it will be a long post. Read on to get the whole story.

I journeyed alone and met up some friends at Sukhumvit, Bangkok.

Let's start on my flight there:
Took Tiger Airways. Raawwrr. My maiden flight. Weeee. The budget terminal wasn't all fantastic. As a geek would say, WYSIWYG. No MehNonner, no KFC, no kopitiam foodcourt. Only one bakery/cafe and it's ni nah bu expensive. Bobian have to eat something before the flight. One fried rice one green tea = $10 gone.
On the plane, as expected, the stewardesses not chio one. When one of them explained the safety procedures with a sian jipua look, I also sian jipua. Listen Ipod better. The taking off part most shiok. Like machiam sit inside Lambo and den zua the accelerator. Then I was like wtf, we are flying. It was drizzling and the storm clouds dun look very welcoming. So when the plane flew thru them, I was like wtf, tio lightning how?
Above the clouds then different case leow. All fluffy and white...beautiful. The stewardesses came with their pushcart. I was thinking who will be so stupid to buy from them. The guy beside me did. One coke.....$3.50. SIAO. Got the mind to kena chop den go take SQ la...why take Tiger?

Suvarnabhumi International Airport:
Well done. Everywhere got toilets. Airport staff can understand Singlish...not bad. And the zabor customer service staff are chio one lor. Walau!
The moment I step out of the arrival hall, got a few ahpeks shouting, "Sir, taxi?. I was like, "Taxi ur head la..limpeh wan to sio hungki first. Lol, make them wait.

Taxi:
The cab driver didn't know where the hotel name I was saying. He juz huh-ed me. Huh simi, smack u ar! But of coz I didn't say that. He got so many taxi kakis there. All come onto me I will die very fast. So I had to act I dunno English very well and try to give him the address, which I have no fucking idea why I had to do that. I felt stupid afterwards. I juz need to show him the map.
But he was ok. Rather friendly actually. And I tell you, cabbies in Bangkok got more skillz than any in Singapore. Can cut lanes like nobody's business. Every single cab ride I took there was always a rollercoaster ride. The best thing is, they can even drive on the wrong side of traffic, just to beat the slower traffic. Imagine that man. Fwah. The driver will laugh at u if u looked surprised. He will say it's ok. WTF. I was like hell yeah, gimme more....do some drifting or wat den maybe I will give tips.
Bangkok uses good cars for their taxis man. I saw Corolla Altis, Mitsubishi Lancer...tsktsktsk....and they got fierce spoilers somemore! Walau!

Weather:
Hot. Humid. Same same la. The air more polluted in a sense but still can tahan.

Traffic:
HORRIGIBLE. Cannot make it. Their redlights got countdown timer somemore. Starts from 150. Siao bo...I tell u a Singaporean driver can never survive Bangkok traffic. Either your car horn spoil first or you ki siao first. Strange thing is, Thai drivers seldom horn. At most they will give a friendly warning horn. BUT.....they like to high beam. ROFL. Flicking the high beam lever is like second nature to them. Fwah if I drive there my astigmatism comfem skyrocket. No wonder the cabbies there need specs to read anything smaller than a signboard.

Hotel:
Hotel Davis. Bangkok's first boutique hotel. Every single room is uniquely furnished. The breakfast was not bad. They had a bar with internet access. The bathroom was partitioned with only a see-thru glass so from the bed outside can eat popcorn and watch people bathe ^^.
The concierge girl that checked me in was chio one lor. Too bad she got bf alry :(...

Shopping:
I'm lazy to mention all the places I visited. But everything is cheap gao laosai. Especially cigarettes and beer. I had some good steals of clothes and footwear. But one place was fantastic. Siam Paragon. It has car showrooms occupying one floor. Where to find? And not japalang cars ok? Got BMW, Mercs, Audi, Maserati, Lotus and the best one, Lambo. Walau!

Food:
Original Thai food is shiok. ThaiExpress u suck. Also went to a Japanese restuarant called Fuji. Damn cheap can! I can even order sake without feeling heartpain. Sashimi galore for 1/4 the cost in Singapore. Walau! Sakae u suck. Den go Siam Square eat mango @ Mango Tango. Mango siao. That area also alot of zabor college students into Jap fashion and is chio daaaaoooooo....wuah see until I shy sia.
MehNonner and KFC very funny...no set meals one. All ala carte...sibeh mafan. Bcos of dat, I also trouble them back by giving alot of coins. LOL.

Nightlife:
Went past a few clubs but never go in. Heard dat Thai youths like techno......not my cup of tea. Maybe next trip down den I will try them out. Bring more money and open cannon. Skarly get VIP woooo...
Thai massage! Dis one I nonid explain. Best until cannot be more best. The masseuse laugh at me lor, cos I produced more bone cracks than any of my friends. Nabeh work very stressful ok? By the way I went every night throughout my stay so I'm missing it right now. Made me sleep so much better.

So that's about all. The last cab ride back to the airport was nothing short of something like a scene out from Crazy Taxi. A 45min drive took only 30mins. I gave the driver a handsome tip, which consists of a fat note and all the remaining shillings I have, on top of the fare. He was simply smiling from ear to ear ahhaha. I'm definitely coming back to this place again. At least I get a taste of spending money lavishly which dun usually happen here.

The pics will come later. I'm pretty shag now.