bangkok = shopping frenzy

four of us went to thailand's capital last week. stayed there for 5 days, 4 nights. 5 exhausting days, 4 memorable nights.. it was crazy.

at first i thought bangkok was just another cramp undeveloped city like hanoi or any other indochina major cities we have across the continent. i was wrong. packed with 35 millions citizen, bangkok or "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" surely a well developed metropolitan.

we stayed at khaosan road, very popular among backpackers. i would say that the place was similiar like petaling street we have here in kuala lumpur. before i came to bangkok, i've surveyed the things to do and the things to see, from friends who been there. so my main objective to go there was to make suits, nice fitted suits and to get laid or threesome maybe. hehe..kidding. so we did. i mean the suits, hehe. drop the sex activities thing, will you? :)

as soon as we checked in at nana inn, inevitably a backpackers hotel, with rm 30 per night, we went straight for tailor hunting. i found one. that shop was the best bargain. rm 300 per suit any fabric, design you want with three times fitting (like the one you see in pierce brosnan's tailor of panama movie) with lining inside. and free ties. furthermore, we get discount for shirts. i made four cuff link shirts since i couldn't wear ready made cuff link shirts before. lets face it, my arms are bit short, so ready made will not fit me nicely..

what else? hmm, we went for canal tour on the second day. we cruised along the canal in the city of nonthaburi or the old town of bangkok. and we also went to patpong road or internationally known as red light city on the night. yeah, go go bars..but i will not going to elaborate the details here. spare the details and keep them reserved. hehe..

the best part about bangkok is shopping..yeah, retailing. we all underestimated the power of purchasing in bangkok. we brought only rm 1000 and yet, we were broke only to know that it was our second day and there were still a lot of things to buy. we were being so stingy that we could only afford to eat spring rolls and pad tais. hahaha. we had to if we were to survive another 3 days.

there was a weekend market at bangkok. they called it chatuchak market. chatuchak or jatuchak, covers over 35 acres (1.13 km²) and contains upwards of 15,000 stalls. estimated that the market receives between 200,000 and 300,000 visitors each day. but most stalls only open on weekends. you can find wide variety of products including household items, clothing, thai handicrafts, religious artifacts, collectibles, foods, and even live animals. you name it, anything under the sky. i even wanted to buy one of those cute fluffy puppies! but of course there's no way for me to do that.

we went there on both days, saturday and sunday. the place was so big that on the latter day, i couldn't find the stores i went on the former.. too much to see, so many to buy. its so cheap that you want to buy at least 3 t shirts with the same design and at the end of the day, you couldn't recall how much you had spent. how crazy was that? seriously, we went berzerk to see those lamps, house decors, colorful t shirts and scarfs, table runners, cushion covers and silly fedoras! ya, i sound like a girl. hahaha.

night life? well, we went clubbing on most of the nights. we went to this big club called hollywood awards club. yeah, as crazy as its name, the bartenders wore mechanic liked blue coverall with pockets all over their arms and thighs. each of them have unique designated number as like they were wearing jerseys. they placed the straws on their right arm's pocket, tissues on the other arm and empty bottles on their both thighs' pockets. systematically cool. the live bands were awesome and the singers were half nude and eyes pokingly sexy! the dancers were jaw dropping. cute and sexayh! hahaha :)

but fairy tales always have their own ways to come for an end. its sad that we have to go back. to imagine back in the office? it's suffocating. conclusion, bangkok was fun, the people were polite and graceful though they hardly converse decent english, i fell in love with their soft spoken attitude, we love how they greeted us despite the fuss and hustle in communicating and bargaining, the crowd (me, mache, pyan and farouk) was fun, we were crazy and we definitely will go there again. i even have plans to shop there in bulk and sell those stuff here wholesale..

you can view the photos along the trip at my flickr photo page. just click at the Misery Flickr link on your right screen. till then, i'm out!~