not done yet... just to fill in a bit of gap regarding my BKK trip :P
The day before the trip was my last day at work.. still had stuff to clear.. had buffet lunch with my boss and colleagues at Swissotel Merchant Court.. ooohh.. yumm~ ate a lot. haven't been eating a lot for some time already. hee
then the new designer came at 3pm, i didn't even had time to uninstall msn from my comp and he was sitting in beside me already! i had to do it in front of him, which made him ask, "is it okay to use msn at work?" well, i told him, "not while u're on probation." i was handling quite an urgent project so i couldn't let him try anything yet. guided him through the usual procedures as much as i can. boss told us that new designer's a staunch Christian, and i was smiling to myself. There's still hope for the company. :P i tried not to point out which clients were the difficult ones, so that he would not form a bad impression of them yet. hope that's a wise thing to do. Anyway. he's from City Harvest Church.. cool. didn't ask him his age, but boss said he's like 31-33? a bit on the gentle side. =x ok no more comments, hope he'll have fun reaching out to my ex-colleagues.
OT till 7+pm.. emailed all my clients that i'm leaving and intro-ed the new designer to them. the last client i was working for called to apologise for making me work so hard even on my last day.. i replied that it was not a problem and that it was fun la. haha..
went back home to do some final packing, tried to slp early.
Thur morning had to wake up early.. almost got scolded by mom for not being able to wake up haha.. prayed for good weather, that we will not get pissed with each other during the whole trip and really thank God! It didn't rain the whole time though the sky was gloomy, and mom n i were okay. of course i had to compromise la, not demanding my own way, try to follow them as much as i can.. (her colleague had to ask me to join them instead of going on my own :P i am that bad!)
couldn't check into hotel yet, so we deposited our bags with the hotel, while settling the check-in we had a welcome drink. i asked one of the guest officers what drink was that, and he replied, "heh heh heh..." -.-" another guest officer told us it was bale with fruit. what the heck is that?
had lunch at the hotel restaurant (buffet lunch again!) i ate a lot again.. :P and went out to Platinum for shopping. taxi driver wanted to cheat our money!! brought us a big round eh! Platinum is actually quite near Siam one lor. i know how to read maps okay! one of my mom's colleagues decided to complain against him (hotels usually have a record of the drivers fetching guests). Although cab fare may be cheap but still cheating is wrong, cannot be road close or what lor. and besides all of us took 4 cabs down together, ours was first to leave yet last to reach.
after Platinum we took Tuk-tuk back to hotel. tired sia~ took some time again before we could get our keys. anyway we got to check in.. i inspected the room facilities and felt that it lack some things, like bedroom slippers, comb, etc. Well, having stayed at Dusit Thani and experienced the high class lifestyle, it's so easy to compare! very terrible...
the convenience of staying at Pathumwan Princess hotel is that, we could just go for rounds of shopping in MBK, deposit our stuff back in our room, and go for 2nd, 3rd round..! and MBK is nice to shop too..
so we spent the whole of Day 02 in MBK (i sneaked out further, of course).. was shopping for underwear (it's known that Singaporeans like to go BKK to buy underwear) and i was looking for a dark grey colour one, the salesgirl couldn't understand, and thought i was asking for green, then i tried saying, "sii tao".. ahh she got it, but "mot laew" (no more). I must say the thai lessons have been quite useful for shopping! I brought my mom they all back to the shop in the evening, and i realise that salesgirl is quite good in Chinese! wahaha..
Day 03 was a hot day, but mom was willing to spare me 2 hours to go Chatuchak with me for final shopping :P having been to BKK last yr already i got a sense of what i want to buy la, so shopping was a breeze. Chop chop, 12pm, take taxi back. managed to stuff everything into my luggage.. my hand carry bag was even quite empty! hehe..
Watched The Bucket List halfway on my flight into Bkk, finally got to catch the 2nd half on the way back! Surprisingly the show started halfway so i could finish the show.. The flight's too short for a full movie. hahaha.. caught the ending for 27 Dresses too. ooh.. James Marsden. =)
On the cab home, the driver is an ahbeng.. got tattoos one, then chat on the phone, must be with girlfriend. oh, he was chatting in Thai! interesting! haha.. i caught a few phrases, "have u eaten? what did u eat?" etc. lol. when he finally hung up i gave him directions in thai too. mom said it must have shocked him cuz he went all quiet suddenly. HAHAHA!
