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Day 2 (19 Dec 2008)

Poor XiaoMei who has to wake up at 5:30am... coz we agreed to have breakfast by 7am in the morning with zhutou and schnappi... haha.. Kiat took quite sometime and finally manage to drag XiaoMei out of the bed... By then I was already awaken by them already... shag... And we went down on time to the nearby cafe to have the "American" breakfast... it is not that fascinating but still edible... just that XiaoMei found some bugs in the cucumber but she still eat them... yucks!~ lolx...

After the breakfast... we were discussing how should we be going to our first destination Bo-bae Market.. Coz XiaoMei has to go there to pass some goods to one of her father's partner... then one cab driver approached us and mentioned that he can drive us to any destination with only 50bahts... it was consider cheap already... but with another agreement that we need to visit some visitor's place before fetching us to Bo-bae... That guy told us that we need not buy anything but just to walk a few rounds and he will get a stamps for discount in petrol.. and also a piece of gold if he manage to clock enough ppl... Since the time was still early.. we agreed to visit those places first... but before that I mentioned that we must go to the famous 4-head Budhha to pray for a safe trip ahead... I think he brought us to the one outside Continental Hotel and 3 of us (Abi, Kiat & Me) prayed....

After that we went to two different places... firstly the Jewellery shop.. and the price there was super shocking... cant even get anything with the money I exchanged (9000 Bahts)... lolx.. but it was an eye-opener for us bah... the jewelleries there were fantastic... and the next place was those sourvenir shops... which has 4 storeys that sector each level on different type of sourvenirs... from hand-made... to jewelleries... to leather/silks product and food corner... In both shops... we were "entertained" by their salesperson there... after tons and tons of lousy english conversation and some criticising sentences from their mouth... Kiat actually started to get pissed by one of the salesperson... lolx.. and in fact... I was quite unhappy with her criticising words lor...

Not gonna get our day spoiled because of them... and the cab bring us to our destination, Bo-bae. While on the way... we had quite a good chat with him.. and XiaoMei took a pic with him... Anyway... his name is Nikom... and we took his namecards if there is any chance that we going to Bangkok again.. I will approach him again...

It wasnt a good day for Abi... coz she left her goods inside the cab!!!~ She was quite panick and afraid that she couldnt recover back her goods despite our confirmation that the cab driver will come back again the next day morning for us again... Although after that she cool down... I can see that she still feeling quite uncomfortable for the whole day and keep thinking what will happen if Nikom did not appear the next day... But still... we went into the mall and start our shopping spree...

Actually the items there wasnt very fantastic.. quite disappointed but Abi told us that actually that place wasnt for us de... but i think Zhutou got one traditional white shirt over there... We didnt stayed there for long... and after Abi settled her things there, which was to ask that person to come to the hotel to collect the packages the next day morning, we then make our way out of that mall.

Abi remembered that there is a boat quay nearby where we can ride on it and reach our next destination: Platinum Fashion Mall. After 5 mins walk.. we manage to find the quay and the boat came in a few mins.. the cost for each person was only 8 bahts... The boat is actually travelling along a river which has a width that can accomodate 2 boats... and the water is actually splashing outside which luckily blocked by the "blue" plastic... Even I sit at the centre.. i can still feel the water splashing on me... Zzzz... and the water isnt very clean lor...

And so.. we reached the Platinum Mall in the afternoon and started our shopping spree there... it is a 7 storeys of stores that suit our taste... And we shopped till 3 plus before we start eating our lunch... by then.. i already bought 2 bermudas.. 2 shirts and 2 tees... By then we already very hungry.. just take a look at our table:

After that we went back to our Hotel to offload our things and wanted to go to Suan Lam Night Bazaar to have our dinner there... When we went down to the Hotel lobby... another cab driver approached us.. we mentioned that we want to go Suan Lam... but that cab driver told us that there was a traffic jam and very hard to go into the night bazaar... and he said that he can bring us somewhere near the night bazaar to have our dinner there... and is only walking distance to Suan Lam... we thought since it is near... so why not finish our dinner and we walk there... and we boarded that cab... in the end.. we ended up at a "high-end" seafood restaurant which sell their fried rice for 300bahts!!~ which is more than S$10!!! kaoz... we didnt order anything and we just walk off... still thinking that Suan Lam is nearby but it wasnt anywhere in sight...

So while figuring where were we in the map... another cab driver came over and offered his help.. he actually told us that the night bazaar was closed... I didnt really believed him but we still boarded the cab... thinking that he may still bring us to other places to shop for our night... but in the end.. we end up inside another seafood restaurant... the first thing i did there was to ask the waiter over there if the night bazaar was really closed... and surprisingly.. that waiter told me it is still opened!!~ damn idiotic cab driver.... and the seafood restaurant still offer 300bahts for fried rice lor... haiz... so we got so pissed... and walked off... singing that the road was actually quite quiet there... we "lan lan" has to engage another cab driver... and insisted that we only wanted to go Suan Lam Night Bazaar for any price... and he actually quoted us 180bahts!!~

We manage drop the prices to 80/100bahts.. then we board the cab... and the ride to Suan Lum was considered far lor... really got tricked by 2 cab drivers in a night alone... but at least we finally reached the bazaar... and of coz.. had our dinner there.... cheap and nice... hahah... that place didnt sell much clothes.. but they do sell alot of furnitures... i got myself a red/black strip belt and a red/black covers for those cushions in my living room and one in the office...

At the end of the day... When we reached back to the hotel... Abi and Kiat already tire out and only wanted to faster bath and slp for the night... but Zhutou, Schnappi & I got plans after we bathed... we went down to a foot massage shop below our hotel to have our leg massaged... it was the first time I tried.. and really got very uncomfortable with ppl touching my foot... and most of the time... I'll kick whoever tried to meddle with my foot.. but I forced myself to stay calm.. and enjoyed the massage..
Day 3 (20 Dec 2008)

To be continued.... ....