Digressing, let me just talk a bit about this Tuk-tuk car. If you have taken it more that 2 times, you would have realize these effects on you:
a) Your hair will never be the same as the one that u had when u boarded it.
b) Your legs need a stretch.
c) Dust in your face (hmmm.. not all the time. Not when it's raining)
d) Drenched to the skin (when it's raining)
My advise to these effects:
a) Either you gel it, or take a cab
b) You can walk
c) Just stay in your hotel room and not even step out. Then u wont' have dust in your face as like millions of others who walk in public.
d) When it rains, take the cab la!
So friends, i must say, that if u are in Bangkok, remember to take the tuk-tuk. If not, you won't be believed to have travelled to Bangkok.
The ride is pretty comfortable, except when it's bumpy. It's not as fast as a car, but it's relatively fast, and they dont' really go very sharply on bends. Oh, and on one of the rides, i realized that the Tuk-tuk is actually a modification of the scooter. It's like adding the carriage and the sheltering over a scooter and that's a tuk-tuk. While on a tuk-tuk, i realize that there's no steering wheel, just the handle that looks 100% suspicious like a motorbike/scooter navigator. Try it some time when u are there!!
Back to topic. As i was saying, the 3rd day, i wanted to attempt waking up early to eat the breakfast. But as like usual 2 days, we slept late. And i only woke up at 10.20am. Breakfast ends at 10.30am. And Well-travelled Friend was still sleeping. So, i ended up walking down alone, down to Indra Square, to try to look for McDonald's, which i didn't manage to find and didn't wanna navigate too inside lest i get lost.
And I found a Dunkin Donuts store and stopped there. Yeah, there's no Dunkin Donuts in Singapore (and the nearest one is like up north at Larkin), and it's a good time to catch up on its taste once again.
This Siam Square is quite special with 2 ends with 2 different fillings, namely the strawberry jam and the custard, which i honestly think is mixed with maple syrup and caramel (sinful but nice - for the first 10 bites, the 11th onwards is a bit 腻)
And i found a shop here that sells 12 pairs..... 12 PAIRS!!! Of earrings at 120 bahts. Which is like SGD 45cents per pair!!.
Lunch was at the Indian restaurant next to Baiyoke Boutique Hotel, and i must say that the food's really quite ok, though the service showed that they are from the Land of a Hundred (pun intended) Smiles.
There wasn't much interesting thing to blog about until i came to Platinum Shopping Center. I came across a Pet clothing store. So thought that i could get something for my 2 babies. And i saw that rabbits wear doggie clothings... Yes. RABBITS. See for yourself.
Technically, they have the same kinda body shape. But they look kinda out of place with clothings huh?
Oh, and the street food, is wonderful. They also have Cup-corn in Bangkok.
Oh, i must really introduce this cup-corn. The way that it's been made is totally alike how we eat it in Singapore. They add the following ingredients:
a) Salt [same as us]
b) Butter [same as us, but much more]
c) Sugar
d) Condense milk
So the whole thing is like sweet and salty. A bit rojak. Tasty and special with the first half-cup. 2nd half told me that i'll prefer my salt and butter mix anyday.
It cost 20 baht. [SGD 90 cents]
This is Well-travelled Friend's prelude to supper-before-massage meal. It consist of maggi noodles, some prawn and vegetables, and lotsa spice and tasty. We bought it at a push cart near to the open-air massage place. Sibeh Shiok ah!
It cost 30 baht [SGD 1.35]
This was my dinner.
This is known to us as Yong Tau Hoo, they call it Yen Tao Foa. It comes in Kway Teow with some fish cake, veg, tau pok and quail egg. Quite different from what we have here.
*****
Before i end this entry, please take note...
Stay tune to my next entry; SIN-BKK 17th Jun 2008. We are close to landing. 2 more entries to go before this series of entries closes. Next entry will show u how a flood in Bangkok (a small one la) looked like, and our adventure back to home-sweet-home.
Why 2 more entries, you may ask.
Because the last one will be the prizes and the prices (you will really faint if i tell u the prices - Ladies and aunties, watch out for it... I see ur drool! I see ur drool! Wait lah, be patient)
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