31 + 2 days

31 plus 2 days days Yeah, that’s long it has been since I last blogged. Needless to say, this gap has been due to a mix of initially nothingness, then laziness and now busy-ness. So, a short recap of what happened. Here it goes.My days at home with my loved ones were awesome. as I mentioned before, it just feels good to hang out with people whom you love and care,  and get to accompany them to the doctors and to share.  Some interesting, some not so - but definitely worth sharing.   What else happen?  I must have forgotten through the enjoyment I had.  I did a lot of shopping.  I bought my 3rd pair of skinny jeans at the newly-opened Dorothy Perkins at

Great

World

City; I also bought a blazer at Marks & Spencer,

Wheelock Place.

My hubby and I made a trip to

Bangkok to visit our Thai friends.  This city is always buzzing, fun and exciting.  We had lots of home-cooked feasting and my waistline expanded over night.  We stayed at Pathumwan Princess which is very close by to MBK shopping Centre, just opposite

Siam Square and WTC.  Lots of shopping and nice Thai food.   Thais are very creative people and I truly loved the way they presented their sweet desserts, very skillfully prepared and well-presented.   I always take a pause before I first bite and pause again before I popped in another ones, so that you can savour and appreciate them as fully as they deserve to be.  I love their ice blended red rubies too. Yum.  Yum. 

Besides, the Thai desserts, the Thai crunchy fish koropok is my another hot favorite. Hmm. It is so crunchy and tastes so good; I wish that some resourceful souls can import them into Singapore.       During our earlier trip to Bangkok this year, we stayed @ Amari Watergate Hotel.  It is a 5-star property, good location as it is close to Pratunam market, well known for its street markets, bazaar and local vendors.  However, I find the hotel a little eerie when we had our business discussion at the lobby one evening.   I had a frightful experience in the toilet (located in the far end corner of the lobby).  The toilets were very clean and nice but a black shadow appeared when I was washing my hands.  The “black” shadow just appeared and disappeared so fast.  I had a very bad fright that I quickly ran out of the toilet.   So scary.   Someone must have traveled through this hotel and died along the way. 

A weekend in Bangkok can be exhausting, but it is so fun and enjoying we won’t mind going there again.   Thai people are resourceful bunch. We witness their drive to struggle.   If I tell someone in

Singapore to work in Chatuchak – in such a cramped, dusty and hot environment with such low pay, they would suffer a heart attack.  Here in

Bangkok, the Thai people slog from 6 am until midnight every day.  Whether it is the hot weather or just the regular rush hour (although here it is not the hour…it is all the time) traffic the city keeps ticking, nothing stops it.  Anyway, driving by in a cab looking at the

Central Bangkok is a moment which puts life in perspective.  Back in

Singapore, I am counting my blessing in our clean, green and well-structured city.  It has been an amazing contrast to experience

Bangkok, a different world alive with an urgency to survive.