Bangkok Invasion - Episode 3

To cope with the lack of late update, here's the final episode of our Bangkok trip - the Chao Phraya river adventure - also our most anticipated experience. Got off at the final BTS Sky Train stop on the Silom line, the Saphan Taksin station to get here at the Phraya river.

Some facts first, the river is known to be a major transportation artery for a vast network of ferries and water taxis, with several towns connected to it. There's a boat ride service which took us to all the 9 piers and its famous attractions, added with different communities there.

We took the Chao Phraya Express to begin our journey along the river.


For tourists like these angmohs (and us), you can also get a one-day river pass with unlimited trips along the river. However, we missed out on that.


You'll find buildings and 5-stars hotels along the river.


One of the main attractions, Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn. It's beautiful even from a far distance away. Too bad we didnt stop there.


Stopped by Maharaj Pier, leading us to a market and the Grand Palace. Unfortunately, we didnt go inside as we are wearing slippers. :(


We opted for a inside tour on a long-tail boat to visit canals instead.


For 800 baht, we had the boat by ourselves on an hour's journey. A rip-off? I dunno but we are certainly thrilled.


We saw typical old houses, shacks, temples, etc. along with the lifestyle of the people along the water way. It's really relaxing seeing them.


Taken to this "floating market". Only a couple of boats waiting there. Bloody conman, real one was actually north up - quite a distance though!


Continued our exploration. Simply view-tiful,got us back on mood again.


Back on land, we explored areas looking around.


Old buildings around... gives the creepy feeling.


Looking at Buddha pendants along the streets. For collecters, it's interesting as these comes in different sizes, designs & prices.


After some shopping we head off to another pier. The weather was friendly, just a little blazing hot. Great for some photo-taking session. :)


Next stop, Ratchawong Pier greeted by "thuk-thuks". Chinatown here we come!


End up it turns to be another shopping haven, especially for the ladies. Good for those who would like to do bulk of business to bring back.


By the time we got back to Saladaeng, the traffic was heavily congested.

I like seeing life along the riverside, its so real THAI life. Quite a breath-taking experience if you can withstand the strong wind and waves on a boat, enough to be scary at times!

That's all for the BKK trip. Looking forward to another Thai trip.

-/fr4g/-

I'm slowly, slowly ...

Recovering from this!

I was told by the Tit Tar Sifu during my visit to the Chinese message parlor that my nerve was overlapped, could be due to the wrong sleeping position or the long hours sitting in front of the computer while at work.

I realized that the condition got worse when I have sprained the same spot again! The nerve actually was connected from my neck till my shoulder and all the way to my arm and middle finger. Ouch!

Certainly need a great length of time to recover according to the Tit Tar Sifu. My shoulder is slowly recovering, but it is still swollen till now~! So I need to be extra careful when I carry heavy stuff (using heavy lappie everyday) and also the position when I'm trying to take something using my right hand! No doubt, there are some food that I need to avoid too~! No choice but gotta follow!

Thanks Daling Frag for accompanying me all the while when I go for my treatment, and always remind me to avoid those food :D


-FeeBz-

Life Is... Busy?

Finally, our blog's back up and running after a not-so-short ''downtime''. Life is getting very busy for us both lately. Sometimes I wonder how on earth do we manage to keep our life so busy at all times. Well, better to be busy and productive rather than being bored doing nothing at all, I guess.

For the past few weeks, we've been filling our schedule with tons of activities, thus reaching some new landmarks on our pathway of life...

1... Feebz's adaptation of a new busy working environment right in the middle of KL. You're doing really well and I'm proud of you baby. So work hard, play hard and at the same time rest more ok!

2... Had our Kuching trip with RR and Hois, joined along by our local host Casa. It was my first time there and I find that life's quiet pretty laid back there unlike KL. The most memorable experience was definitely the wildlife jungle trekking adventure in the Bako National Park. It was worth every penny, just that we had an ''over-friendly'' guide who ''bulls'' alot. We even saw Malaysia's top blogger, Kenny Sia having his dinner - alone. If only our guide was there.

3... Gone looking high and downs for rooms to rent within Cheras area for Feebz due to her new work. Found a few suitable ones but it's still in our decision at the moment. Did finished packing up at her old place and trying to get things moving. It's not easy to look for a room, with various issues such as location, security, flatmates, carpack space etc. to worry about.

4... Had our second round of jungle trekking and canopy walk (200m walkway built on tree tops), this time with my colleagues and Casa back in Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong. Experienced the peace of mind on KL's finest nature again after our recent trip to Bako National Park in Sarawak. I admit that I've gotten addicted to such activities, taking it as a form of exercising and stress-reliever. So might wanna consider getting a hiking shoes!

5... Most importantly, it's our 10-month anniversary together! Realized that the days are going so fast as we go on, and we are now counting the days again. Everything's just wonderful and I am so glad to say that I am blessed to have you in my life. I love you very much, dearest Phoebe. p/s: My Jogoya?

Cant wait to get off from my current company as it is my 2nd last day here. Found this quote that I'm using it as my source of inspiration.

"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."
- Mark Victor Hansen

- Frag -

A week~

Yeah it’s Friday!!!!!

Been working in Asus for a week already, notice the big different between my previous job. All the while, it was software and now it is focused more on hardware. There are many products that I need to study and pick up. Job scope is so much different because I need to meet a lot of media, organize events such as PC fair, road show, etc. It is interesting through.

I find it really challenging and in fact it is something new for me to learn and gain more experience. Still in the learning stage at the moment, thus I am hoping to inherit and gain more knowledge from my senior. All the colleagues here are nice and friendly as well, willing to guide me whenever I need help.

The tough part is that I have a longer working hours and also hectic working schedule. I was made to attend 5 meetings, right just on my second day! Tight schedule as there are many things that have to be settled and completed a.s.a.p, in this fast paced industry on the marketing side.

I look tired and certainly there will not be enough sleep everyday. However, I will need some time to get use to everything mainly the hectic work. There is another issue that I need to get accustomed to, which is the TRAFFIC JAM during every morning and knock off time. Still, need to try my very best and I have confidence that I can do this!

Well today is the last working day of the week. Felt so excited as I will be flying to Kuching tomorrow morning with Daling Frag, RR and Hois. We will be going there to meet our dear Casa and he will be our tour guide for the trip. Hopefully, this time he will perform this duty well, else I think there wont be 3rd time going there, I think. Wahahaha!

P/s – Casa, please do some homework and plan where to bring us, no movie for everyday k!

-FeeBz-

Steamboat

Yesterday during the late noon, we head over to KLCC Convention Centre for the Pikom PC Fair. The entire venue were so crowded, sometimes it's just hard to walk around and take a look at the computer stuff and such.

However after some time, we bought a Canon 3-in-1 printer, Seagate 160GB 2.5" Portable Hard Disk and also a "kap-chai" headphone for quite a bargain price. Met Casa there as well because he need to get a MP3 for his sista in the PC fair too.

Frag's parents went for their vacation and since there were a few of us at home, so we had decided to have a simple home cooked steamboat session. We invited Casa to join us and Frag's siblings along as we have bought quite a large amount of steamboat ingredients and food.

All of us were so hungry, cant wait the food to be cook~


Waiting for the soup to boil~ This is 2nd round already.

Thanks Aunt for buying all the food for us, before the vacation :D

-Feebz-

D'oh!

I'm at work currently freezing while busy doing nothing. It sure feels cold here. Man, I need some good music to kill off my downbeat feelings of melancholy and pessimism, while waiting for the time to pass. There goes a beautiful Saturday morning.

Need to head to nearby police station after work to see if I'm able to settle Feebz's summon. Hope the counter's open today, so we can beg for ''forgiveness''. After that, we'll shoot off to KLCC to meet up Casa for the PC Fair to get a printer for home.

Anyways on the bright side, looking forward to tonight's main event, home cook steamboat... I can't wait for it!

- Frag -

Old Town Kopitam

Reporting live from Old Trafford Town, Taman Midah along with dear Feebz. Yes, it's freaky Friday today and seeing that wonderful weekend's coming, we decided to hangout here as the place's suitable for chilling out and relax.



Usually, we'll be seen here surfing online (him) and getting busy with the PSP (her)... sipping cool ice milk teas to pass our time slowly here. This Cheras outlet (between Honda showroom & Toyota service centre) sure is crowded - very crowded especially when it comes to night. People of all ages coming here to sip iced ''kopis'', ''goyang kakis'' and talk grandfather stories like there's no tomorrow.

The franchise for Old Town ain't cheap though, around 200k plus minus depending on shop's size, I heard. It's common to see such kopitiam concepts mushrooming all around the town within these few years, with Old Town White Coffee being the pioneer. We have Oldtaste, Olden Town, Old Kopitiam, Station Kopitiam etc. appearing everywhere, good enough to "tarpao" the big international players like Starbucks and Coffee Bean.

To many coffee kakis, maybe it does matter to them. But I don't really fancy coffee that much thus I dont really care what are the differences, pros & cons between all these holy kopitiams. As long as the place's serving a variety of food, cheap & affordable price, comfortable enough to rest my butt on... I'm good with it. I'll be a loyal die hard customer too.

Now where's my glass of "Xi Mut" ice tea and kaya & butter toasts? Bwahahaha!

~/Frag/~