Wednesday, June 22, 2011
withers away @ 7:30 pm
now for my records of the bkk trip for my own pleasure...
15062011 1025 bkk time
finally reached the hotel after the taxi driver got lost. we're staying on the 33rd floor omg. the highest floor of my block of flats isn't even this high! i think it's a, er, 5 star hotel?? hehe.
1228
more or less done with the buffet. going to get desserts now!
1313
we took the guy's phone away to put in my bag for safekeeping (and as a prank) cos he just left it on the table when the waitress was clearing our plates from the buffet. it's been what, half an hour since we took it and he still didn't realize it's missing. fail...
[update: he nv did realize it until his phone rang in my bag. actually even i forgot it was inside and was wondering what was ringing. he was still in a confused state while the other two of us just kept laughing at the back of the taxi. stupid guy lol.]
1420
just met gerald's two guy friends at siam paragon by chance. ok i mean we know they're all coming to bkk but didn't expect to meet them like that. we're going to have dinner tgt soon.
[update: turns out this grp of his friends are real highflyers. what, 20k a mth on a 3 day work wk? director of a music sch? and what what what? so high i dun even understand anymore. but we all think the friendship of what, 16 yrs? is so amazing and true, even with such highflyers. trust me, this bunch of guys dun look that rich at all. v low profile.]
1530
now we're at the tailor's... calyn's helping her bf tailor make shirts, gerald's getting his own...
1855
we're all worn out from the shopping. just sat down to decide on dinner. gerald's down with flu suddenly. hope he'll feel better after tonight's sleep.
2012
done with dinner and grocery shopping and we're all still v tired. queuing up for krispy kreme doughnuts for breakfast tml. going to see for ourselves what's so nice abt it.
2019
they started giving out free doughnuts to all in the queue. omg it's damn good.
2051
queuing for cab now. it's drizzling again. falling asleep standing.
2141
finally back in the hotel. damn tired.
[update: that night, we probably didnt talk to each other for what, a good 1 or 2 hrs. simply cos we were really too worn out. it was pretty funny on hindsight.]
16062011 1001
drank hot milo and ate doughnuts. heaven. off to platinum mall now.
1346
just bought a prepaid card to buy food around the food court.
1536
omg calyn and i just spent 1h in one accessory shop.
2051
can u imagine, we havent eaten! but we really shop until we drop. off to chinatown for good food. and durian!
2116
at chinatown now. eating a galore of seafood including fresh oysters, shark's fin soup, prawns and what have you. 7 dishes for 3 ppl.
[update: i know the time doesnt look so bad, but bkk time is behind sg time by an hour. so we actually only had dinner at 10+ sg time. so freaking hungry by then i was irritating the entire taxi of ppl with my whining.]
2310
the guy is still v energetic and the girls are dead lying on the sofa. i think its cos his flu was gone after the hot ginger tea dessert he had. i tried a mouthful. it was real potent. the guy's so energetic he's actually packing all that he's bought today. wth?
17062011 1214
had mango sticky rice for breakfast. the mango was oh so sweet. ytd's durian was fantastic too. now we're off to meet gerald's friends for lunch, then head to their tailor to make their suits, before we go for more shopping. current luggage only weighs abt 11kg. can buy another half a luggage full of stuff!
1903
after another afternoon of shopping, i've gotten so many dresses i'm losing count. going to collect calyn's bf's tailored shirts and do gerald's fitting. looks like tonight's dinner going to be at 10 again. we're intending to go back to chinatown for more seafood later.
2118
ok now's calyn's sick and we can't determine what's wrg. shld we still go out for dinner?
2152
after much deliberation, calyn has decided to still join us for dinner. praying that she'll be fine.
2214
ordering our food now. trying out some new stuff that we didnt eat last night.
2314
after listening to gerald's incidents in aust, i feel like we should really not taking sg's safety and racial equality for granted.
18062011 1118
after much deliberation and calling her mum, calyn has decided to still go to chatuchak with us, despite vomiting and having diarrhoea in the night. waiting for her to wash up while the two of us watch some fascinating fishing channel.
1428
just walked to the part of the mkt where they sell loads and loads of puppies. some look like they're only a few days old. some of their conditions are really quite saddening though.
1535
now i feel faint along with calyn. i think it's cos i havent had lunch. and i didnt drink my milo for breakfast. damn. so we're sitting down at some bench while gerald finishes up his shopping.
1555
so not looking forward to going back to the shitload of work tomorrow argh. still waiting for gerald to be back.
1711
back in the hotel waiting for gerald's tailer to deliver his suits. going to buy dinner back for calyn who is slping now. omg i really dun wanna go back to sg!
[update: calyn ended up not being able to slp cos she was too hungry, plus the tailor came late. so we all went out for dinner in the end. calyn would have starved to death if she had to wait for gerald and i to finish dinner before packing food back for her.]
1930
yakiniku dinner! spending the rest of the petty cash we have on this dinner.
2103
the girl at the ice cream shop talked to us in jap. could only catch her saying 「ください」. seeing our shocked expression, she continued saying 「日本人ですか？」with which i responded 「いいえ。」we're in bkk. u mean we really look like japs?? lol.
2151
gerald has fallen asleep at the table in front of his laptop and i'm laughing silently at him. poor guy, still need to do testimonial now.
19062011 1206
now all of us are down with diarrhoea, vomiting and nausea. first it hit calyn, then me, and now gerald. wonder what is it that caused it.
[update: till now we also dunno what it is. calyn vomitted twice before having diarrhoea the entire night. the same thing happened to me the next night. that's when we thought it shld be smth we both contacted. gerald's been in bkk for so many times, it didnt make sense that he fell sick too. but he also had diarrhoea before we checked out of the hotel, and felt like puking on the cab on the way to the airport. well, he held on to his puke till we reached, and couldnt take it in anymore. afterwhich he still felt queasy. just knew today that he did develop a bit of fever later on. just what hit us?]
It's something Mystical
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
withers away @ 11:43 pm
unknowingly, i think i've been in service (officially) for a year. can't rmbr when's the official date of appointment, since it's some time in the hols anyway.
and i wonder, how did i get here?
and i wonder, where will i go from here?
questions questions questions.
like i told my friend on the way back from bangkok, i so dun wanna grow up. then she said, but u can't grow old but not grow up. so i laughed, i dun wanna grow old and i dun wanna grow up.
人生，需要规划和想法。周遭的大家似乎都很清楚自己的方向。上头不止一次两次地问我我的方向，但是我答不上来。我总不能说，我不相信想太远，是吧？人生际遇的变幻莫测，我经历过，偏偏我却是个超讨厌改变的人。所以我觉得，何必想那么多？我从不过于担心，因为我知道我有能力。我算不上平步青云，更算不上最好，但是我知道我不差。我懒惰，但是用功；我抱怨；但是负责任。以往的二十多年我都是随着人生出现的际遇做选择，至今好像没什么大问题。我相信引领我的，因为祂比我更懂我。
我祈祷，接下来的人生，我能够继续被引导，被引导到真正属于我的地方。我需要智慧、需要力量……
It's something Mystical
Sunday, June 12, 2011
withers away @ 12:46 pm
backlogging backlogs...
abt gang's trip to batam...
03062011 2103
currently in the cab. thank God for pin's parents, who can speak malay and got us the cab. in this dark dark night, glad that we're safe.
2104
we've reached! hotel looks damn good, though the road here looks like shit.
2344
now we're all damn hungry but none of us brought food. and it's not like there's 7-11 outside. the restaurant's damn ex. but i'm damn hungry :(
2357
omg we finally decided on what to eat and drink. gonna try their local beer. hopefully the food comes soon. i'm really dying of hunger.
04062011 0039
done with food and beer. feel so damn satisfied.
1156
"stick" here means chopsticks. was so puzzled when she asked me.
1238
walked to the rocky beach and doing nothing. may go riding the go kart before hitting town.
1246
the true art of ponging by the beach.
1450
started raining alr. and we're going to town now. doink.
1740
roamed around the mall and bought nothing. think we're going to end up buying nothing except for food and activities.
1834
doing grocery shopping. took a whole basket of food.
05062011 1039
pouring like crazy while on the way to massage. hopefully the rain stops by the time we're going back, or else the water's going to be choppy while we're at sea.
1441
just done with massaging. really pretty interesting though i was a noob. hahaha.
It's something Mystical
Thursday, June 02, 2011
withers away @ 10:54 pm
now here's praying that the situation in bangkok will not worsen, so that we can go on our trip without worries. i'm the slowpoke who didnt even realize anything was going on, cos was too caught up with work. the guy is insistent on going, the girls are having reservations. evthg's booked alr, so all we can do now is kiv. we all need a freaking holiday break, so hopefully this can pull through...
and for now, we'll dump evthg in SG tml and go for our break. will cut off all conns with SG starting frm 7+pm tml. i refuse to do or think (i hope i can) abt work, though i know i'll be home to a huge pile of work. it's ok. it can wait. no one is going to die cos i'm going on strike for 2 days. sorry, i need to go on strike cos i've been working non-stop for the whole wk when i'm not supposed to. someone shld pay us OT...