thai trip
Saturday, December 03, 2005
hello ppl!!! i'm BACK!!! ~whee... sooooo FUN!!! all the things thr r cheap cheAP CHEAP!!! wah!!! can't wait to use the com!!! so... i'm using now!!! gonna post an extremely looooong post now... so sit back n relax...
27th Nov '05 [Sunday]:
when we landed @ chiang mai airport, nat [a 6-yr-old boi, church fren] clapped n cheered cos it was his 1st time taking an airplane... so every1 were like clapping n stuff... we were like laughing lor... reached chiang mai airport @ ard 6.30pm... delayed further til ard 7pm cos of the boxes la!!! they dun allow us to get thru unless dunno wad la... they ah, so ma2 fan2, waste our time... den we went to Star Hotel to check-in... although it's a 1-star hotel, it's still not bad :)) i like it!!! but of course, no facilities n stuff... but we oso not realli using... n it's CHEAP!!! every1 were like STARVING when we've reached thr... so we can't b bothered to go find a restaurant or wad, so we juz ate @ the restaurant downstairs...
wah!!! so CHEAP k... it's like S$4.80/person for a steamboat buffet!!! we, the 4 teens, sat @ 1 table by ourselves [w/o parents, YAY!!!] n we ate like 3 whole servings of ya, the liao4... haha xD mad sia... we cracked 4 eggs n juz throw 'em into the steamboat... den after a few mins, white foam like juz bobbed out of the soup!!! it was the egg white la... so funny lor... it looks like soap u noe, the foam... gross... but the soup became nicer!!! thr was like the whole plate of veges left la!!! as kids, u noe, we dun like veges... ewww... YUCK!!! not nice... i didn't even ate a single bit of it... bleahx =P after dat, we still ate grass jelly leh... n fruits... wah!!! so pro sia... didn't ate dis full b4... BLOATED!!! **burp***
after dat, we went to the nite market... @ 1st, i tot it was as big as the black market in australia... but more lie s'pore's pasa malam... 1 whole stretch de... n the worse thing is dat they all sell the same things... diaoz rite? wah... dunno how they manage to sell their things... as we walked, i saw a huge macs lor!!! much bigger than s'pore's... 2 storeys de leh... dun think they veh *eh-hem* de lor...
ya... shop til quite late... didn't buy anything cos it's only the 1st day... intend to come again tmr, so we came to like survey the price only... the real shopping is tmr!!! woohoo!!! wonder wad i'll buying the nxt few days n whr we'll b gg!!! gtg now, buhbyez!!! :))
28 Nov '05 [Monday]:
a fresh new day!!! 2nd day of hol!!! we went to dis [i think it's a...] farm... we went for the cow cart ride, elephant ride n bamboo raft... wah!!! the elephant ride was so damn FREAKY la!!! the driver looked like a terrorist lor, he was wearing the u noe, hat kinda thing... de brought us into dis part of jungle whereby thr was not even a single elephant in sight la!!! thr were abt more than 20 elephants walking thru the jungle @ the same time lor... we saw piles of elephant dung... so i think elephants passed by not long ago... so we shld b safe... the elephant dungs were larger than coconuts la!!! goodness... but afer 20 mins, we saw some other elephants... phew!!! *cold sweat* :)) we shld oso think of the bright side rite? longer dist., longer time, more worth it!!! wahahaha xD
after dat, we went to sit the bamboo raft... it was FUN!!! haha xD my jeans gt wet though... we were allowed to try pedalling the raft... it wasn't easy as it seems... after dat we went back to the farm cos beck n me wanted to buy sth, den my mum dun let lor... so no choice, hv to drive back to dat place... haha :)) teach her a lesson... wasted every1's time... not entirely our fault rite? :))
after dat, we went to the nite market... we ate dinner @ some restaurant b4 shopping... they were so damn slow @ serving the food lor... den my bro was like PISSED alr, so he didn't ate alot... he didn't join us for the shopping n so, he went back to the hotel...
i LURVE shopping @ thailand k!!! cheap n nice!!! summore can bargain... haha xD s'poreans, veh kiasu de... so, too bad!!! =P we bargain like siaox lor... luckily we hv 2 adults hu noes how to speak thai... easier to bargain cos they dun realli noe how to speak eng or chi... we happened to pass by dis shopping centre which sells real sports stuff!!! i bought an adidas bottle!!1 LURVE it... transparent de...
den an INFURIATING happened...
my superly, hyperly, extremely, idiotically, stupid, pig brother ah, act smart la... he caused sooooo much trouble k... he went back to the hotel b4 us n he was sleepy, so he slept... uncle victor placed the keys @ the counter so even if he slept, we still gt the key to enter... i was like shopping happily b4 dat n b'cos of him, my mood was SPOILT entirely!!! u noe wad he did? he locked dat stupid metal ledge thingy la!!! walao... act smart lor... so clever hor... u noe dat kinda metal ledge can only b opened frm inside... so, my mother was like screaming, n banging, n shouting til our fren woke up... wah!!! he ah, slp like PIG lor... after dat, we still con'td screaming, n banging, n shouting til we disturbed the neighbours... he asked wad happened n we told him... u noe, how could a person slp til liddat??? if it's me, u bang once i wake up liao lorh... den after dat, we had no choice but to ask the hotel guy to come up to open the DAMN door [locked by dat DAMN IDIOT!!!] den he oso dunno wad to do... he even attempted to climb in thru the windows lor!!! so dangerous... cos of dat stupid pig la... caused so much trouble... den another hotel guy came up to help... luckily the metal ledge was "dismantlable" frm outside, otherwise, i can't imagine wad they'ld do lor... bash the whole door down??? i was so DAMN ***PISSED*** after dat la!!! i felt like gg straight rite to him, throw my slippers directly @ his face, slap him, whack him, beat him, punch him, chop him, shred him, blend him n den throw him downstairs!!! all thx to dat P-I-G!!! caused us so much trouble... i'm not eva gonna wad happened dis day...
29 Nov '05 [Tuesday]:
we went to the tallest mountain in thailand!!! mt. dunno wad la... haha xD we oso saw the most dangerous waterfall lor... wah!!! veh huge!!! heard frm my mother dat it killed 3 ppl... woah... freaky... after dat, we went to the lower part of the river to soak our leg... wah!!! soooo CREEPY k!!! we saw a SNAKE!!! goodness... we were like screaming n jumping... we left quickly after dat... we went further down to the shallow waters whr we can soak ourselves entirely... we were playing in the water... veh cold... brrr...
we went to the silver factory, thai silk factory n the bird nest factory... we were allowed to take a sill worm cocoon home!!! in side still gt a dead ya, worm... ewww... we ate a bowl of bird nest @ the bird nest factory... not nice de... @ hm 1 much nicer!!! mmm...
after dat, we took a "tuk tuk" [thai taxi] to the airport shopping center!!! dun play play k... their shopping center oso quite high-class de hor... gt robinsons k... but i veh sad :(( they close @ 9pm!!! goodness la... sooooo damn early lor... we reached thr @ ard 8.30pm so we only hv abt 1/2 n hr to shop... u can't do alot of things within 1/2 an hr... wasted... didn't get to shop @ the sports stuff thr... haiz... full of regrets... we still went to the nite market after dat... shop shop shop... blah blah blah... all the same things... quite boring liao le...
o ya!!! i asked my bro today whether he noes anything abt wad happened ytd, n u noe wad's his ans??? N O!!! goodness!!! he realli can slp like a P I G!!! haiz... hopeless... tsk tsk tsk... *shake head*
30 Nov '05 [Wednesday]:
we went to the orchid farm dis morning... their orchids r all big, n nice, n COLOURFUL!!! gt pink, purple, white, etc, etc, etc... den we went to the butterfly farm which was beside it... all small small de... no veh nice though...
den we went to a monkey sch... veh FUNNY!!! we managed to watch the monkey show!!! veh NICE!!! the monkeys thr can do basketball shooting, pumping, sit-ups, ride a bicycle, n many more!!! 1 of the monkeys was named liu2 de2 hua2 [andy lau] haha xD wonder how the real andy lau wld feel if he noes his name is used for a monkey... LOL!!!
after dat, we went to the elephant dung factory... veh interesting!!! they i think heat it, den wash it, den dry it... aiya, dun realli rmb la... but they didn't use glue n surprisingly, it sticks togeta!!! wah... pro sia... it looks like recycled paper la... ya... no smell oso... dun stink...
we went to the orange farm after dat... we were so damn bored til we were shooting the oranges wif our catapult... haha xD but the ppl thr seems to be veh unhappy... obviously!!! we drank the freshly squeezed orange juice!!! nice n sweet... mmm... refreshing!!! thirst-quenching!!!
we went to the cave after dat... the cave is situated @ the [i think] 2nd or 3rd tallest mountain in thailand... forget liao... [so fast hor...] after dat, we went to chiang rai... we had KFC for dinner!!! mmm... didn't even tot of hving KFC b4 i came... we went shopping in the supermarket... it's like carrefour... so BIG!!! i bought a bolster, t-shirt, shorts... ya... n their cakes r all so CHEAP!!! $1 for a cake... ard 8cm x 10cm... cheap cheap cheap... n NICE!!!
blueberry n pandan...
dat nite, we stayed @ chiang rai, in a [i think] 3 or 4-star hotel... looks quite nice... not much difference compared to the 1-star hotel yet it's like so ex!!! aiya, hu cares, oso not i pay... haha xD we took chairs n tables outside n played poker cards!!! dai-di!!! UNO!!!
1 Dec '05 [Thursday]:
woke up early in the morning looking forward to the 4-star hotel's breakfast but to my horror, the food SUX!!! it was much worser than the 1-star hotel dat we stayed previously... the sausageswere like RUBBER, the eggs were as FLAT as PAPER, the toaster was more for re-heating cos i had to toast it 3 times b4 it was slightly brown, their orange juice was so damn SWEET n their butter was so damn HARD!!! so damn gross la!!! ewww... PUI!!! bleahx...
after dat, we walked frm Thailand to Myanmar!so cool rite? it's only a bridge across, less than 5 mins... we went to visit pastor ho n his family... we oso went to visit his student centre, chapel and his plot of LAND!!! cool rite? he owns a big plot of land n he has his own plantation, school and village!!! goodness... s'pore definitely dun hv such things... we went fishing wif a bamboo stick @ a nearby river n of course, caught no fish la... duh... not easy to catch k, n i heard thr's veh lil fish inside...
we den went to the plantation n saw starfruit trees!!! he allowed us to pluck it n bring it back :)) after dat, we happened to pass by dis wooden hse n thr were 5 puppies thr!!! thr was oso 2 gooses... 1 was laying eggs!!! the puppies were so damn CUTE la!!! it's not say those veh nice dogs or wad, it's juz ordinary stray dogs... thr were 5 of us [as in kids] so each of us carried 1!!! wah!!! feel like carrying hm man!!! so IRRESISTABLE!!! we oso saw cows, chickens, goose n pigs!!! oink... haha xD the pigs black black de... i tot pigs were supposed to b pink??? :)) we oso brought our catapults which we bought in chiang mai, so we were like shooting the pigs wif yellow beans n corns... EVIL!!! ...but FUN!!! haha xD the pig sty was veh clean @ 1st when we saw it but it was like flooded after we left... haha xD they will like oink n jump... haha xD
i was veh SAD when we had to leave cos we had to leave the puppies!!! boohohoo!!! ='( but saw another 3 puppies b4 we left, so not dat sad, look quite alike though... when we returned to the hotel, we went swimming la!!! siaox lor... it was so damn FREEZING!!! brrr... swam for not more than 1/2 n hr... LOL!!! muz well dun swim rite? den after dat, we went for dinner... veh tiring dat day cos walked alot... slept early... Zzz...
2 Dec '05 [Friday]:
last day of hol le!!! so sad... time realli flies... went to the Golden Triangle... so damn cool k!!! u can c Thailand, Myanmar n Laos @ the same time!!! coolness k... we took a boat to the market of Laos... they gt snake whisky, scorpion whisky, etc, etc, etc... eee... all damn gross la!!! ewww... but after dat, i saw some caucasians drinking 'em lor... YUCK!!! c wanna puke liaoz... pui... after dat, still gt time after lunch... we went to the hot springs... there's a well for u to boil the eggs... ya.. it's connected to a river outside... the river veh weird leh... 1 part cold, 1 part warm n 1 part HOT!!! same river... in less than 1 meter, u can hv all 3 diff temp @ the same spot!!! cool rite? woah... incredible... @ ard 5.30pm, we reached the chiang mai airport... had to leave... so sad :((
when we were in the airplane above s'pore, the airplane kept shaking vigourously!!! like roller coaster... up, down, up, down... den nat vomitted!!! eww... 1st time so shakey... he puked alot leh... i think breakfast lunch dinner all came out liao... haha xD my bro la, act big, sit wif him until his bag kena the vomit... eww... too bad lor... ya... den i reached hm @ ard 12 midnite today... still had the floaty feeling even b4 i slept... slept til 10+ dis morning... still veh tired... wanna go slp liao, buhbye!!! *waves*
esther