Down Under!!

It's Ozzie time!!
It's been like what... six years? Or probably more. If you can hear me writing this, you probably can hear the Ozzie accent. I can't believe it's been so long! The weather is cold, chilly rather. It's great until the wind blows which makes it freezing!!

I thought I will miss this place much more but honestly I don't. It's odd really... it's a nice place to visit again but I realize I love Malaysia more. Anyway, I went to Fremantle today and we had my sister's hens night tonight down town. It was OK. She was pretty sporting though the aim of the night to get her drunk was a failure. She can drink that woman. Anyway, it was fun to see her get abused, even if for a night.

I captured some pictures but it will have to wait till I get to back to KK or even KL. I still have to figure out how to add the video into this thing. Probably it has to be of a smaller file.

Anyway, the wedding is two days away. My brother is drunk from the hag's night which is a laugh since he's not the buck. Whole entire family is up helping him settle for the night and making sure he doesn't puke anywhere else.

OK, I better sign off now. Want to get to sleep before my mom snores in my ears tonight. ;P

Land Below The Wind

It's Kay Kay time!! I can't believe I am finally home! My best friend said I always say that when I come back.. I can't believe I am home! Am ecstatic beyond belief! Am wondering now why I even left. OK not much to blog since it's been busy bee ever since I touched down. I manage to go out with Teddy and Cath tonight. We headed over to the beach for our coconut and of course my dose of the sea and waves. Was hoping I could attach a video but it's not working and it's way too late for me to crack my head and figure out why. Anyway here are some photos I took with my mom's new digicam.


Cath and Teddy staring into the South China Sea as it crashes into Tanjung Aru Beach.

Cath and yours truly.

Will update more.. it's time to sleep because am heading to Oz in the morning!

10 Things I Learn About Thailand

01. It's the land of the colourful toyotas.
02. Tuk-tuk rides are similar to our old mini bus that were demolished.
03. Their love and respect for their King puts us all to shame. Wear yellow every Monday to declare their loyalty and actually stand still when the national anthem is played.
04. Just like Malaysians, Pan-Asian look is their ultimate goddess look.
05. They are sugar freaks. Everything is meant to be sweet.
06. Not everyone will greet you Sawadeeka.
07. They are very religious. Majority will pray before they begin work.
08. Their traffic jam is 10 times worse than KL.
09. It's a shopping heaven for tourists unless you're super kiamsiap like me.
10. If you've not tried Thai massage, you're missing out a lot. hehe

More shopping!

I met Jun at MBK after the tour while koala bear headed back to the hotel to rest. MBK is big, basically reminded me of Sg Wang. Not sure whether it was me or that my sis' size of judgement is very out, it's probably slightly bigger than Mid Valley. According to my sis, she said it's 4 times of Mid Valley. Ya right..

I got a bag for 200 bath, the same one from Chatuchak which I decided not to get because they didn't have a mirror. I bought a white one actually. Thought to match my white sun dress I got from the market. Jun and I decided to have a break. I think we were super worned out by all the walking. She needed her bean fix and I so needed a drink. Was dehydrating fast.



After the break we basically walked round and round. I nearly bought a watch but the girl was so rude I decided not to get anything. And then Jun nearly gotten an immitation Samsonite luggage bag but because he didn't give us a good price we decided to go. Ha! We're really kiamsiap. haha! I bought one small lighter for koala bear. Would have gotten him something else but he already have basically everything. Oh well.. it was just a thought and thoughts are suppose to count!

Grand Tour with Koala Bear

After brekkie Jun headed off to meet her Thai colleague while koala bear brought me to see the Grand Palace that was basically a wee bit far off from the hotel. We took a cab which cost us around 70 baht. During the ride, we passed by buildings that reminded me of Ipoh old town. Except every sign board is in Thai. I wondered how they read their language. It looked so complicated. Am glad koala bear was with me. At least he spoke Thai. He told me that in certain countries, a man has to enter a car before a woman. I asked why. He said so to protect the woman from being driven off immediately. So each time we enter the cab, he enters first. Not sure whether it was a koala bear trick. haha!

The journey to the palace took about 40 minutes. Mostly due to the jam, which is another factor I realized about Thailand. The jam is horrible. I rather walk. Even a tuk tuk is not worth it. I did find out that they have motorbike taxi available. Apparently you just flag one down and pay them a sum to bring you to your destination. Usually a short one that requires them to drive you down the street or something. I didn't dare try though I saw one gwailo riding on one. Pretty cool but can be pretty scary for a girl.

So here I am at the entrance of the Grand Palace and the Temple of The Emerald Buddha. You pay 20 baht to enter and the place was swamped with tourists and locals as well. I wondered what was the fascination until I realized the locals were there to pray at the temple itself.

Some of the pictures I captured at the place. The area from outside looked big but we only covered a small area since majority of the place was closed up.


Here is the Grand Palace. Guarded by a skinny guard. A car actually came out of the gates. We were not allowed in but as you can see from the picture it really looked like it has british influences on its architecture doesn't it? The compound surrounding was huge and am wondering whether the guard can actually protect the king if anything were to happen.


Koala bear needed his ciggie break. Took this picture while he overlooked the musuem. We didn't go in though. Not very interested in articles such as that and we were both tired. Then some tourists passed us and I took one picture of a couple. I wonder whether he realize the statue outside the musuem was more chinese influenced than thai. Ahh... gwailos.

Nation of the sweet tooth

I think I was born in the wrong country. I grew up pratically soaked in sweets and sugar. I should have been born in Thailand. Everything here is sweet. I think they over produced sugar. I suspect bah. Jun and I woke up early to eat an american breakfast koala bear told us about the night before. He said it was nearby around our hotel. Jun needed her bean fix while I thought a good scramble eggs and sausages would do me good.

We found the sidewalk cafe. Surrounded by a morning market, situated just opposite a 2 storey shopping mall. Outside the cafe, we could find locals selling fruits, food and coffee. I went over to have a look at the small mall while Jun waited for our breakfast to come. Nothing much to see. Chatuchak was much better. The fashion at the mall was pretty much repeatition.

Anyhow, back to my brekkie. Jun's plate wasn't enough for her so she went out to get the sugar toast we saw when we were looking for the cafe. It's basically a loaf of bread but toasted with sugar. Then my brekkie came. The tea was normal. The sausages were good. The ham was OK. The eggs... aiseh... like eating a lump of yellow sugar. Blek! Should have taken a picture.

You know how in KL when you order food, they will automatically give you chili? As in KK, they will automatically give you ketchup and you have to ask for chilli. In Thailand, you automatically get a jar of sugar accompanying your every meal. Weird especially when you didn't order drinks. ha!

Thai Jagung!

Yes yes. I must satisfy my corn fetish. XP Jun helped me capture this moment while the locals stared on. They must be thinking we're nuts. But seriously... their jagung was huge! They don't put butter nor salt though. Guess how much they cost? RM1! I love Thailand! HAHA The whole street was basically packed with people waitng for the bus and stalls were lined along selling food. We saw a lot of satay, corn, peanuts and most of all fruits which was darn cheap! Really really cheap food. You definitely won't go hungry in Thailand.