After so long, boyfriend & i finally successfully went for a holiday trip :)
I know, we've been planning for so long, Redang, Thailand blar blar blar but it never came true. So, it was great that our plans for Thailand eventually went through =)
It was a 4 days 3 nights stay at the Courtyard Marriott Bangkok and it was extremely fantastic. The room was really nice, especially the comfy beds & the beautiful bathroom i would say :) Service was great too! Staffs were very friendly and helpful!
On the 8th, boyfriend came to pick me up after my work and fetch me to his place where i stayed over. Woke up the next morning at 0430hrs as our flight departs at 0710hrs. Boyfriend's parents then fetched us to the airport. Can you imagine our luggages weighed 11kg even before we fly off?! And what, its 3kg more to excess baggages which we will be charged if any. So well, we know we will sure hit the excess baggages as we are there to shop! Next, its about time the flight take off and i'm freaking out as im afraid of taking planes. You know, too much of media influence and you know, plane crash etc. So well...Boyfriend was nontheless caring and held me tightly as the plane took off. 2 hours later, we reached Bangkok!
Day 1 ( 9 Nov 08 )
As i requested for an earlier check in, we got our rooms at around 0900hrs. =) We went into the room #209 and unpack our luggages. Place our passport and valuables in the safe and visited the Concierge desk for some information. Took the free tuk tuk provided by our hotel and head to the BTS (MRT) station. 2 stations away, it is the Asia hotel and just opposite that its the Pierre Tailor where boyfriend's friend recommended him. Tailored made clothes were so cheap and boyfriend decided to choose 3 cloths first to be made and fit on the next day. Off we head to the shop next door for some delicious bee hoon soup. These are really great food in Bangkok especially with the chilli flakes. =) Then, BTS again this time about 8 stations to Chat Tuk Chat (weekend night market). Shopping there wasn't really fantastic as it was so hot and there were over hundreds stalls! So, i just bought a few items and off me & boyfriend head back to hotel. We got back to rest and shower and went to Siam Paragon for dinner. Had mos burger there and it was freaking CHEAP! whole set for like less than $5. Then we continue our shopping at the Siam shophouses, bought more clothes and some snacks, cup noodles. Went back to hotel had our "supper", watch movie (there are so many channels in the room: HBO etc) & off to bed.
Day 2 ( 10 Nov 08 )
Woke up at 0900hrs and changed over to head downstairs for breakfast. Its hotdogs, eggs, waffles, beehoon, fried rice etc. boyfriend and i love the fresh fruit juice especially. We'll have them daily. me - watermelon, boyfriend - orange. Head back to room to shower and head off to Siam again for shopping. Siam is extremely big with shopping malls and shop houses so it will take days to finish touring the whole area. Went to shopping malls today, Siam Paragon, Siam Centre and then went to the tailor shop to do fitting for boyfriend's shirts and went back to Siam area to continue shopping again. Both boyfriend and i agreed that our 2nd day is the most fruitful day of all as we both bought alot of clothes that we really liked :) Dinner at Pizza Hut, it was really cheap as well. I cant finish the pizza and the onion rings so we take away back to hotel for supper! =) Then we head to MBK to shop and bought lots of local snacks for our colleagues and family. We ate Swensens as well which is like $1 and its $4 or $5 in Singapore!! *Hmmph! Went back to hotel, get the rooms service to warm up our pizza and we gave them the onion rings. =) watch movie and off to bed :)
Day 3 ( 11 Nov 08 )
Woke up for breakfast and went to the Grand Palace (Famous and extremely big temple in Bangkok) as boyfriend wants to go there and pray. I couldn't believe that there's actually a charge for admission. 300 baht!! For a temple?? And we have to pay additional 30 baht for joysticks!! like wth??? But anyway, we spend an hour there and left for Pratunam and Platinum Mall. Shopping again and of cause i bought more clothes =D Had dinner at Pratinum mall for the bee hoon soup again, its soooo delicious and im missing it so badly now. Their mango freeze is just $1.50,singapore will be around $3 - $4? After that we took a tuk tuk down to Suan Lum Night Market. Back to hotel, cup noodle and movie again, then -.-zzz
Day 4 ( 12 Nov 08 )
Breakfast, back to room to try to pack our luggage as we bought so much! then got the bellman to carry it down and weigh it for us. mine was freaking 13kg, boyfriend 12kg = 25kg, way over the limit of 14kg. Then we head back to Siam Paragon to purchase the Boots items for my elder sister, which i really regret buying them. After that, we took the BTS and head to Health Land Spa for massage!! 2 hours thai massage with dear dear :) He was being very annoying. When people ask: you guys are here for honeymoon, he says, no i dont't know her. When they said he's dashing, he points at me and said im ugly! WTH! but i love him still :) cause he loves me for who i am, ugly or whatever! =) Then we finished our massage and head back to hotel to get our luggage and off we head to the airport where it turns my trip sour.
Upon reaching the airport, we got the news that we will be fine for excess baggage, and that really sucks cause they don't accept credit cards, only thai baht. Which means we have to change our currency at the airport, offering the worst rate in the whole country! which pissed me again again. Then we paid for it and we went to the VAT trying to claim back our taxes but to realise that we have to have another form to get the money back, and that form can only be obtained at the shopping mall where we purchased our items. That really sucks big time. I hit the roof knowing that the airport reprensentative cannot be flexible to situations. Fine, fancy spending so much over there and helping their economy! Next, it was the worst part of all and it really send my blood boiling! I forgotten to place the Boots items that i bought for my sister into the check in luggage and its in my handcarry luggage and the both items are 400ml each which e limit is 100ml. F**K it and i had to throw those newly bought items away! boyfriend watched me helplessly and i hug bf and teared.
He was the greatest person i've ever met. Without him, i don't know how i would survive. He was extremely caring not to mention understanding. We board the plane and fortunately nobody's sitting with us so we got 1 extra seat so i lay on bf's lap and sleep. Just as i was falling asleep, the plane shakes so badly that it woke me up & everyone on the plane were like freaking out. I was scared outta my mind and bf hugged me tightly as everyone were given instructions to sit straight and put on our seat belts again! The plane felt as if the wind was going to blow it away and i was so afraid that it will crash! i still don't wana end my life. I still wana get married with my bf, give birth to cute little ones and grow old with him. I've got so much more to do with my life. Just then, everything seems back to norm and as i hug bf and kiss him, i thought to myself, i really can't live without this man by my side.
His presence is significant.
p.s: i love you