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I'm finally done with most of my vacations. After being overseas for so long, I almost forgot I had a home back in Singapore. But of course, my family is most pleased that I am going on frequent vacations as they get to pester me for souvenirs and whatnot. But I have to say, no matter how tempting it is to go overseas, I am so happy to be back home. I don't know why, but it is just implanted in me that wherever I go, if I do not return back, I will feel something missing in me. Well some of you may just scoff it off as 'homesickness', but I beg to differ though.
Anyways, the day after I touched down to Singapore from Bangkok Thailand, I found myself feeling queasy and nauseous. As I would have known: I caught a fever due to my throat infection after spending so many treacherous hot days in Bangkok without much hydration. With that, I am so late with my updates and posts on my trips. So here I am! I have not exactly updated the pictures from Bangkok from my DSLR, but I have a few random pictures taken from my phone. So yea, don't expect much though :S
This was the last picture I took before I board the flight to Bangkok! The HelloKitty woven bag was bought from Nanjing by my dearest as he thought it was one of a kind here in Singapore.
And this was the first food I ate the moment I touched down in Bangkok: Hainanese Chicken Rice. Can you believe it? Lol.
This was the name of the Hotel I was residing in: METZ. I strongly recommend this place as it is super close to Platinum Fashion Mall: Bangkok's largest place to shop for the cheapest clothing ever possible! You can't bargain in there, but hey! It is fully air-conditioned! What more can you possibly ask for? In addition, this hotel is also relatively near to another shopping mall called MBK Center. Apparently that place is only suitable for those who are interested in souvenirs, accessories and handphone covers.
This was what I bought from Bangkok Chinatown! I know you may be wondering why the hell would I want to go to Chinatown in Thailand? But rest assure, the food there is not only good, the things you buy are super cheap too! Not to mention, you can bargain there! Wheees~ BUT, be warned, Chinatown is a super HUGE place so do know where to walk as you may end up getting lost. Hubby and I literally walked where we felt was good and we ended up walking in there for 3hrs. Thank goodness for ample food and drink carts! Hahaha(:
Here is Hubby preparing breakfast at the lobby!
Oh right, they gave us complimentary breakfasts for our stay there and even though the portions are slightly small, the eggs there are fantastic! Plus you get free flow of bread, rice, and pasta at the counter! So it was good!
This was how much I shopped. Granted it is not much, but after shopping a lot in Nanjing, I tell you I've got not much juice in me. And frankly speaking, the clothing is somewhat the same in both Nanjing and Bangkok. But the best thing about shopping in Nanjing is that Hubby is a local there, so the people there do not exactly 'cheat' with the prices, and he can bargain as fluent as he breathes. However here in Bangkok, we learned that if we are not locals, they do not give us the best price, instead they jacked up their prices to twice of what they would sell to the locals. So that was why we could not bargain at all. So in the end, even though many people would think Bangkok is a good place to spree, I will still prefer Nanjing as I have Hubby there to help with the bargaining and in the end the prices would be around the same if you switched it back to Singapore dollars.
After talking so much about shopping, I'm crying inside because I've too many clothes back at home for me to pack. I have not even finished packing my new clothes I bought in Nanjing, and it is already divided to three mountains on my bed. Plus this shopping in Bangkok, I have a total of five freaking mountains to pack.
In addition, my wardrobe is already bursting as it is, because before heading to Nanjing and Bangkok, I did a major shopping spree at Singapore which was a bad judgment on my part. Ahhhh, this is the burden all shopaholics have to carry D: Hubby also did tell me that he is probably not going to accompany me shopping for the next three months or so as he is so exhausted from all the walking we did in Bangkok. That is a funny story because Hubby and I did not bring much money with us after exhausting ourselves in Nanjing. So to save up, we actually walked to and fro for most of our trips here and there in Bangkok. Oh it was quite agonizing but thanks to that, we did not put on weight at all in Bangkok even though we ate a lot of snacks and tidbits there! Hahaha lucky us!(:
Anyways, that is all I have for my current Bangkok post due to insufficient pictures. Lol, but I will update as soon as I have the pictures uploaded from the DSLR. Toodles~!