Short Break : Day 2 (The excitement continues the day....)

After having a cold beer the wee hours before, it is now time to explore the city further... I can say you will not get lost in this city as the MRT line is pretty straight forward like Singapore's. Here it is called BTS. The standard is quite comparable to Singapore's and Hong Kong's, it is all interlink. Unlike Malaysia's eventhough it does cover many places of the city, but the linkage is not so user friendly. I know my country can do better.

This keycard is pretty much similar to Malaysia's LRT line.

The view from nearby Chit Lom station. 4-face buddha is quite famous and a attraction for the local dainties and tourists too. There is a 4-face buddha in Singapore too, located at Little India (Exit A from Little India Station).

Members who are paying their respect.

Siam Paragon (similar to Paragon, Singapore) is the pride of this city.

I love this initerior design, very artistic. Using mirrors and water... natural display.

All of us, except the cameraman.

Siam Centre, just beside Siam Paragon. See the water fountain at the back? It is actually a symphony of fountains...



Some entertainment in Siam Paragon. I love about Siam Paragon is that they have many live bands all over the place. I should say that shoppers will never be bored. While the wives are busy shopping, the husbands get to watched beautiful local ladies showing their talent on musical instruments. Quite an entertainment for them eh...!!


Outside the entrance of The Emporium. Emporium is another place where house all the designer brands.

The foodcourt, called Food Court Hall, is pretty cosy. Unlike elsewhere, here doesn't have the pungent smell of mixed food that stays on you for a long time. With such backdrop, who wants to leave the place? I felt so cosy that after dinner, I felt like dozing off...

Simple dish, Japanese Curry with Rice...

Well, after having such a wonderful meal, I headed down to the shopping area of emporium. Nothing much to show but all I can say is that the prices in the mall is pretty overprice but the quality does makeup for the price.

All awaiting even of the night...... we headed to a place called MAMBO... haha... pretty dashing name... This place actually houses the night shows that is choreograhped by the local ladies... I would say, "ladies"... Hey, they are one beautiful lot ok... I daren't say that Ii am comparable to them.. they really do know how to makeup & show their assets... They chereographed songs & plays where no one could ever think off... Their performance are awesome. Below are pictures in order (according to the events)...

(Above are photo taking sessions right after the shows ends, which is before our show starts).

(The actual sequence of events starts from bottom..)

(Above: Show #1 - Some musical play cum introduction)

(Above : Show #2 - Solo singing)

(Above: Show #3 - During don't-know-what- dynasty)

(Above: Show #4 - Geisha of the Night)

(Above: Show #5 - Ayumi Hamasaki)

(Above: Show #6 - The Reign of Siam)

(Calefare)

(Above: Show #7 - Love Birds. Guy above is an actual audience.)

(Above: Show #8 - Pussycate Dolls)

(Above: Show #9 - Some act of pregnant mum-to-be)

(Above: Show #10 - The Grand Finale)

I find the lady in red is the prettiest among all... unfortunately, she was a he. But hell yea, she is way much prettier than me... (I feel so ashame...). The guy above is genuine.

Short Break : Day 1 (Slightly After Midnight)

Slightly after midnight of the first night, we took a tuk-tuk and drove around the street... Quite a nice feeling cause feeling the wind brushing against our face...

The view from the tuk-tuk is a first hand view of the traffic.. Trust me, if you carry this on eveyrday, in no time you will become a second-hand smoker (equivalent). After around 30 minutes riding around, we headed to a bar which is quite famous base on the tuk-tuk driver. I must say, I was abit scared at first...

After seating in the bar, I was quite please with the ambient. There was live band and Elvis for the night.. but I can say he is a very good singer.. Sings very well.. just like Elvis himself.

Hehe.. to quench my thrist, I took this.. of course I am not a drinker but just for the fun of it. No, I only took a bottle that night and the entire trip.

Short Break : Day1

Finally... I manage to get it posted... Recalling the short break I had, I feel like wanting another break. Well, it is coming soon... Returning to the place I first worked as an engineer.

Ok ok.. back to my recent short break, I went to ....... (can you guess from the dashboard below?)

The departure dashboard does make you puzzle to where I went... muahaha... Come on.. Give a guess....

The arrival dashboard does tell it all right....

Come on..... once you see this you might have guessed it already.... Alrighty, I won't mention it till the last day of postage. See if you can keep guessing... (hahahahaha....)

Bustling traffic on a weekday... pretty crowded traffic.. as busy as KL's and Singapore's...


Local delicacy... daren't try it because I have sensitive stomach and I wouldn't want to have an emergency excursion to the restroom during my jay walking..

Yea yea... that is me... infront of me are the rest of the gang that went along to the break.... There are 13 of us.. haha....

Here are all the ladies... (excluding 2 ladies which actually arrived a day later)... We are actually on the way to the famous Pratunaum Day Market...

After a hot day walking around... I went for a yummy cooling desert at Swensen's... haha, of all places to go. Instead of trying out local kopitiam but I ended up in somewhere I can trust to give me a good gut feel...

Alley to where the famous bak-hu shop is situated.. I must say, this walking did gave me a quick view of how similar this place is to Bunga Raya Street in Malacca. Gave me a nostalgic feeling, recalling back my younger days where my mom would drag me around to purchase new clothes for me at the local shops.... Hey, back then we cannot afford PDI or Kiki Lala ok, we had to opt for the "imported" clothes.

While walking to the destination, I came across this power grid line.. Kinda scary eh, wires are so bare eventhough it is insulated but still... it can come crashing down any moment and wires can get snapped, hence electrocute something or someone.... shish...

Haha.. that is me again.. Behind me is the jewelery factory. Interesting... I got a glimpse of how their handicraft skills are put into fine jewelery items.. (Yeiks... I looked so damn fat and "huge"...)

Blue Topaz... my birth stone..

Went for seafood dinner.. Cost me a bomb... (Almost SGD200 for 3 dishes only but I get to eat very huge king prawn... but lucky it was divided equally with someone else...)