01. The Twin Towers Hotel (***) @ Soi Rongmuang. *In case u were wondering, the escalator leads to some shops and to the hotel's banquet restaurant. SGD$48 per night, 15mins walking distance to MBK. Took me two days to finally figure out how to walk there. Got lost on the first day and had to ask for directions and take a bus(14bht) to MBK.*
02. 6th Floor - Twin Towers Hotel. Walking towards our room.......
03. Rm 678 - Twin Towers Hotel, 6th Floor ............. to room 678... slowly peep in to check if there's ghosts.....
04. The Photographer from Rm 678. *This is my good buddy, one of the most important woman in my life.. Fang Fang!!!!! Buai tahan... She's a bit zhi lian, likes to take pictures of herself when I'm in the bathroom... more examples will be shown later.. hahahaha*
05. Sukhothai Traimit Golden Buddha @ Trimitr Rd. *A valuable treasure of Thailand and Buddhism, this statue is more than 700 yrs old, measuring 12 feet 5 inches in diametre and has a height of 15 feet 9 inches from the base to the crown, weighs approximately 5 tons and is made entirely of pure gold. This golden buddha image was originally completely covered with plaster to conceal it from the enemy then invading Thailand and was installed as the principal Buddha image in the main temple buildings of Choti-naram Temple or Wat Phrayakrai, Yannawa Distric Bangkok in the third reign of the Chakkri Dynasty in the Ratanakosin era......
When Chotanaram Temple was deserted in about 1931, the East Asiatic Company, with official permission, extended its operations into the land area of the deserted temple. The Ecclesiastical Commission then moved this golden Buddha image to the Traimit Witthayaram Temple where it now remains, discovering in 1955 that it was made of pure gold. Reverend Phra Visutha-thibordee, the late abbot whose image is in the sitting position in front of the temple, joined in the construction of the temple building for the golden buddha image to be enshired.
When the building was completed and while preparations were being made to move this Golden Buddha image to the building, the covering plaster was partly broken. Only then did the people realize that it was a golden Buddha image. Thus, it has been treasured for its historical, artistic and cultural values to this day. Part of the covering plaster is also on display inside the temple building.
07. Another statue in the temple.
08. Erawan Shrine @ Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel. *This is the second shrine that we both visited on the first day. Supposedly to be quite ling yan!!!* San Phra Phrom or Erawan Shrine was created as a spirit house connected to the Erawan Hotel, which has now made way for the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel. The forces of the typical Thai spirit house didn't seem effective enough during the building of the hotel, so spiritual persons advised that it should be replaced with the four-headed image of Brahma or Phra Phrom in Thai. There have been no further hitches since then, and the shrine has became famous for bringing good fortune. The name Erawan comes from Brahma's thirty-three headed elephant. People offer colourful flower garlands, lotus, incense and candles. Often, if a wish has been granted, people thank the spirits by donating teak elephants or commissioning the classical Thai dancers and live orchestra.
09. U see what I mean.....Zhi Lian Kuang in Rm 678. There.. this is taken when I'm in the bathroom after we came back from MBK... still got more to come later.. haha
10. Breakfast Item 1@ Gold Teak International Restaurant. Free American Breakfast Buffet for 3 days but pity we can't eat breakfast on the last morning cos we got a 7.15am flight to catch... This and the next few pics are some examples of the items provided.. NICE!!!
11. Fang's Main Course @ Gold Teak International Restaurant. Don't think this is just it k.. Fang and I took a few more helpings like most Singaporeans do.. heh.. & in case you were wondering, that yellow thingy is scambled eggs.... Coming up next.....
12. My Main Course @ Gold Teak International Restaurant. I like the Grilled Tomatoes the best, in fact this is my second helping. No time to take pic of first plate cos Fang and I was too hungry... hahaha
13. Number dunno how many helping still @ Gold Teak International Restaurant. I like their soya milk, the omelettes n the poached eggs with liquid yolks too.. YUMMY!!!!
14. Dessert time...@ Gold Teak International Restaurant. Soya milk with kidneys beans, sago and dunno what else.. think it's all atap chi. heh.. nice too though I prefer Phuket's version better..
15. Dessert 2 @ Gold Teak International Restaurant. Banana cakes... the best that I have ever tasted!!!!!!! Then again.. dunno is it because I'm still hungry?!?!?!?!
16. Dessert 3 @ Gold Teak International Restaurant. Still having breakfast.... hahaha..
17. Hmmm.... At this point of time, I'm thinking if I should go for more food... hmmmmmm.............
18. Here's the Answer..................................................................... I decided to go for the salad... it's fantastic...!!! Of course it's the dressing which makes its fantastic.. Olive oil with vinegar... *saliva drooling*
19. So how many helpings did i had? 4!!! heh.. took 4 helpings of this salad with lots n lots of dressing on it... feel like ta-bao-ing the dressing back to SG.. hahaha...
20. Dessert still... Fang is eating cereal in case u can't see wat's in the bowl.. 1 and a half hour has passed and we are almost done with breakfast, ready to explore the hotel n take some pics.
21. First Half of the swimming pool @ 5th Level. The swimming pool is actually quite small, can't really suntan in Bangkok. Will tell u the reason in one of the pics later. Anyway since we intend to use the pool but can't, we decided to take pics instead..
22. Me @ 5th Level. Kenna forced to take pics... dun really like to take cos I'm not photogenic.. Fang Fang purposely... :(
23. Don't let this picture fool u... it's not what it seems...
24. Second half of the pool which is really very small...
25. Fang Fang N Me @ 5th Level still. Kenna forced again..... haiz...
26.That woman complain say I didn't smile enough so force me to take another pic n smile wider ...
27. Still not enough... Wider!!! Arghh.. but then.. my teeth look very nice hor.. hahaha
28. Tired liao.... this is how i look after forcing myself to show my beautiful teeth so many times... heh
29. Who knows, she still want to take another pic... buai tahan.... *pengz*
30. While waiting at the lift @ 5th level to go out to scout for food.... she whips out her camera...........
31. On our way out... she took pictures of the cakes displayed at the hotel restaurant... think she tired of taking pictures of herself liao... heh..
32. Grilled Bananas! @ Some roadside stall towards MBK.. Something which we are not destined to eat at Phuket.. finally managed to find it after two days of walking around the streets looking for it....
33. Around the area of Patunam Market. The vendor didn't give us any spoons to dig out the flesh so we decided to bring it back to the hotel to eat... heh.. Sweet wor.. better than the ones at SG...
34. Durians!!!! @ Teso Mart along to MBK. Thai durians taste slightly different from the Malaysian ones that we normally eat in Sg. The smell is less strong and so is the taste. But to me, as long as it's durians, it's nices!!! We managed to smuggle in 6 packets of durians. In the end, I had to wake up at 4am to finish 4 packets of durians as we had to be at the airport by 6am.
35. LV Bag. One of Fang Fang's prized bargains...
36.Part 1...One of the many ones she took.. hahaha.. wait.. still got some more..
37.Part 2.....
38. Part 3!!!!
39. Thai DFS Stores
40. SQ Plane @ Terminal 2 (Thai). I know I'm a bit sua ku lar.. but it's my first time(back n forth) sitting an SQ plane k.. Must take a pic of the plane as a memoir mah.. heh
41. Time to board the gates.. leaving for SG... *sigh*
42. NIce? This is taken at 7plus in the morning.. now u understand why I can't do sunbathing at the hotel's pool...
43. Tired..yet.. kenna forced again.. haiz.. we both didn't sleep much at all but i dun understand how come she can still be so active...
44. Again... History repeats all over again...
45. Luckily though.. she didn't force me to smile... heheh
46. A real Zhi Lian Kuang??? Really Buai tahan.. she took over 12 pics of herself alone... and rather not ask me to help her take... hmmm...
47. Due to no more pictures for her to take anymore, I decided to agreed to her last request and pose for the ugliest picture of the mth... heh
48. Gazing out, sad that this trip is over.. nevertheless, I had a great time!
