Swadee Kha
Im back from thailand!! No bombings, no blood on the floor, no riots, no fighting, no theives, no baddies... Very normal state of country.. haha... Yeah, im so glad i didnt cancel this trip!!
bangkok is quite clean but can be quite smelly some places.. haha... looks like the very rich and the very poor can live together in the same street... standing on the same spot in the streets of thong lo, not moving my legs at all, on the right there are beautiful high rising condos with excellent artitecture; but on the left is a totally ran down shophouse smelling of pee.
let's not waste time on sight-seeing since they are mostly temples.. haha... but when i do pass by, the temples are indeed really grand. but it saddens my heart to think of all the time and effort man put into building this thing that they mistakenly thinks will benefit them. in a country where poverty, on the whole, is still struggling hard, i wonder how many thais really know what their religion is about? I tend to think that buddhism is juz a way of life they, believers might not even think of it spiritually. Poverty is a straight forward thing. If one does not even have a proper shelter over his hand, what exactly do they think God can do for them? i then to think then, that religion should not stand alone, but be straighten together. Thailand needs more good missionaries, and they need more good politicians as well. One who can re-make the nation. Sg got out of poverty fast and easy becos we are small, but thailand is so much bigger. When will thailand ever catch up then?
tourist eat and drink all the time! wah, it was tom yum craze for me!! Wo-hoo... i've tasted tom yum that are more sour, more sweet, more hot, and boring there.... haha... i've avoided all the street side stores, but billy had a chicken wing from the road side store and viola! diarrhea for the next 2 days.. haha... poor guy... good thing i didnt eat and remained healthy to take care of him! haha... for all the tom yums i've had, my vote goes to the one from "Oldies Cafe" at Siam Center... very nice, it's the one that more sweet... yupz...
shopping shopping! Shopping centres are much much more expensive then at the markets. esp things in siam discovery/center/paragon - is anyhow put price tag one! MBK and Platinum Fashion Mall are fine, quite ok prices but not so nice goods i think.. for me.. my shopping came from:
1. Sapthan Prut night market - 1 t-shirt
2. Chatuchak Weekend market - 2 t-shirts, 2 dresses, 6 lamps
3. Suan Lum night market - 2 necklaces
4. Siam Discovery - 2 bradges
5. Siam Center - 1 cup
6. Streets of Thong lo - slippers
7. Playground shopping centre - 3 tissue covers, 1 notebook from billy
8. Emporium shopping centre - lots of wacoal!!
9. Khao San Road market - 1 necklace, 1 bag, 2 shoes
10. MBK - food snacks as presents
Yupz, should be all that ba... my vote for the best shopping centre, i like siam discovery most despite can be quite expensive. my vote for the best markets are of couse Chatuchak Weekend market (lots of things but not easy to bargain), and Khao San Road market (lesser things but very good bargaining)!!!!
Bye bye bangkok...
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