BANGFUCKINGCOCK!! and PATTAYA!!!!

7/23/2011

So, how does it feel to travel alone? Well, it’s nerve racking, exciting, dangerous and adventurous all at the same time. Today, I ended up going to: Central World, Siam Center [Siam region mostly], MBK, Siam Paragon, I can’t think of any other regions where I visited.

Since what I can recall from last year, security has tightened a hell of a lot. Well, maybe not. Ever since the whole yellow-red shirt civil war, and the burning down of a really famous important building I can’t even recall, there are like metal detectors at the major department stores I’ve visited. It’s kind of scary like, “OMG!! THERE REALLY ARE TERRORISTS IN THIS PEACEFUL COUNTRY!” ***on THAT note, there’s a norway slaughter. There’s also the Oslo bomb. WHAT THE FUCK. I feel like every time I’m in Thailand, some dramatic tragic event happens. Last year was that horrid airplane crash, as well as the London underground station terrorist bomb threat. -____-

I love shopping here!!! There’s so many cute things, and pretty clothes, and I looked over some shoes for my brother. They are so legit, yet pricey… but that’s okay. I told him to bring a lot of cash so we can both spend it on shopping :)

Today, I walked for an hour trying to get to the MRT station. On the hotel advertisement, it said the MRT station is only 300 meter away. NO REALLY?!?!?!?! [fucking google maps] and yes, I walked the wrong way. On the way home, I got on the back of a motorcycle because 1. I was lost. 2. I was so tired from walking around all day, and it was only 20 baht.

I didn’t eat anything special today :(. For one thing, I wasn’t comfortable walking around eating street food because my Thai skills for eating like so has not improved since the last time I was in Bangkok. I DID manage to finish a bag of papaya though :). I came back to the hotel to eat overpriced crappy seafood type thing.

There were no particular highlights to my day… just the fact that I was traveling alone for… 7-8 hours or so? I FEEL SO ACCOMPLISHED!! I got to where I wanted to be, without asking for directions… except for the last bit, riding the motorcycle back haha. ***I love Thailand: people are willing to help [with a little cash wouldn’t hurt either though].

I think I’m meeting my friend tomorrow. If she doesn’t show up, it won’t bother me much. After much research on google maps trying to find the closest fucking station to my hotel, it really was 300 meters away. Instead of turning left, I turned fucking right, and made a huge fucking circle. GO ME. Well, that’s what I get for not planning, or researching too much ahead of time? Haha.

I’m running low on cash already :(. I spend 177 baht on a sim card [to call people] and toothpaste. At least 100 baht on transportation. And 240 for that cab ride from the airport. And at least 200 on food so far. Should’ve brought out more Sing. Dollars to exchange into baht :(. I’m praying my brother comes with more money hahaha.

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I have YET to do these things that I really want. I might do it with my brother if we don’t decide to head to Phuket or Pattaya, or Hua Hin [beaches]. These  things are: [any] floating market, Chatuchak Weekend Market [guess I have to do this before my brother gets here anyways], HAVE TO GO TO GO-GO BARS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, sneak a picture. Have to go to silom to relive the good ole 2010 summer. What else do I want to do while I’m here?

7/24/2011

Today, or tonight I should say, I feel lazy and don’t feel like writing much. But I’ll summarize my day anyways. ***Reminder: compare singapore to bangkok***

Today I met up with my good friend Pee-Oii at the Chatuchak station. Damn it, I thought we were going to J.J. market, but we didn’t end up going. INSTEAD, I was given a very nice surprise. I saw Pee-nung!!! I was quite shocked. I was hoping for Pee-Ann as a surprise. But Pee-nung was a great surprise too. We then met up with a new person who replaced Pee-dick [Kyle’s secret lover lol] called Pee-nei. He’s really nice and I like him a lot. Good replacement I suppose lol.

For 10-15 minutes or so, we were debating whether or not we should go watch Thai-boxing. I secretly wanted to to enjoy the experience since I’ve never been to either a sumo wrestling match in Japan, the WWF in the states, and Thai-boxing in Thailand. Haha. But, today I was wearing shorts, and Pee-Oii was wearing a skirt; in watching Thai-boxing in person, they had a rule that women can’t wear shorts or short skirts [maybe it’s because we’re a distraction, eh? ;)] Teheheeee.

We ended up going on a river tour that took around 30 minutes. I honestly didn’t care about the time. Tehe, as long as I got to spend time with my buddies. We were on the SOMETHING-SOMETHING river. Damn it, I’m such a bad Asian stereotypical tourist that I ought to know the name of the river :( [it’s really famous though if you guys are interested in researching]. Anyways, I took lots of pictures :) [redeeming the stereotype] I took a picture of a temple thing that we had climbed last year!!! [2010 in my bangcock album] oh, wow. I did not realize I typed “bangcock” instead of Bangkok lol, guess you had to read my last summer’s tumblr posts to understand :). Anyways, yes, I’ll put captions on my facebook photos [or, I honestly might be too lazy to do so].

Then we got lunch at the place we had dinner last year with Pee-Ann and Pee-Top and Kyle, and Pee-Oii. We had yellow curry soft shell crab, salted egg with squid, and… fish. It was good. Obviously, there was not a single dish of veggies [quite disappointed, but it’s okay, as long as Pee-Oii was happy haha].

We then decided to head to Siam because Pee-Oii needed to 1. pay bills, 2. go shopping, 3. hangout (?) And, this is where it got truly interesting for a short bit.

Pee-Oii told me to say to the taxi drivers: “Bai Siam ka” [meaning, can you get to Siam? I thinkkkk] We hopped onto the first taxi, and surprisingly he understood me haha.  At a stoplight, a police officer starts knocking on the window of the taxi drivers side. Everyone became dead silent. The officer and the taxi driver were obviously speaking Thai so I couldn’t understand a single word, but I did notice the gesture about Pee-nei’s seatbelt not being buckled. Then things got worse, the taxi driver had to rip off his taxi license from his tiny podium  [I don’t know how to explain what it is].

TURNS OUT: the taxi driver 1. didn’t tell Pee-nei to buckle up on the passenger side. 2. he didn’t have his license on him because it was at the police station already [OH MY FUCKING GOD, I KNOW RIGHT?!?! Why is he on the bloody road?] 3. The license in his car wasn’t even of him.

WHAT I CONCLUDED: He stole someone’s taxi. Maybe?

Haha, so that was the scariest funniest highlight of the day. Then, we hopped onto a different taxi. And this taxi driver was interesting as well. As I was conversing in English with Pee-Oii, the taxi driver obviously knew I was a farang [foreigner]. He kept asking Pee-nei where I lived, how much it cost, how many kilometers was America from Thailand. Was he trying to WIFE me? Or gold-dig me somehow? Trust me, I don’t have any money. I’m waiting for my brother to come to help me live by. Haha.

Oh yes, then we got to Siam discovery, headed to Central world for a bit. And THERE’S AN ICE SKATING RINK IN ONE OF THESE PLACES. I took pictures of kids who were failing. TROLOLOLOL.

I was debating whether to go to Silom area by myself tonight. But, I just came back to the hotel. And, researched how to get to Pattaya. What to do in Pattaya. How to get to the floating market tomorrow.

Things to do when my brother gets here:

1. Book one more night at the hotel.
2. Figure out whether to take the Northern Bus Terminal or Southern Bus Terminal to get to Pattaya.
3. Find a hotel at Pattaya.

4. Find a hotel back at Bangkok.

SO MANY THINGS TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I was thinking of going to a floating market that James Bond so famously starred in in one of his movies  tomorrow[I was never really interested in James Bond, so I can’t tell you which one…]. But I have so many things to plan, I might just get up early, research more things to do. Chill by the poolside and read my Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Sounds good??? I THINK SO!!! Oh fuck, oh right. I’m going to Khao San Road to meet up with some other friends. And then I’ll be waiting for James at the hotel.

What do you guys think, should I go to a go-go bar with my brother? Or would that be HELLA awkward? Or…cultural experience we both need to share? Bwahaha. I know—I’m just a perverted girl who really wants to see what the hell a ping pong show is. I got my fill of gay strippers, prostitutes already. But I have yet to see a ping pong show.

***REMINDER!!!***

Pee-Oii also recently came to Singapore. And, as we were all shopping today at the high-end department stores, we started comparing Singapore’s high-end shopping versus Bangkok’s. The environment is totally different. There’s no scent of “pompous shopping” in Bangkok [if that makes sense]. Everyone’s treated equally, farang and locals, it’s kind of refreshing. Whereas in Singapore, you can tell the department store clerks pay special attention to those WHO DON’T LOOK ASIAN. Yeah, I know I’m a foreigner too—but, it’s because I look like I’m Asian, they don’t give me the special treatment—I DON’T KNOW HOW I SHOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT. I’m pissed, yet happy at the same time. Meaning, locals won’t bother me that much—happy. Meaning, locals won’t give me special attention—pissed. Make sense?

Anyways, we then discussed how a lot of Asian societies are trying to become more Westernized. Our conclusion? There are some Asian cultural things we need to preserve, because it’s our culture to do certain things. Adopting the Western culture doesn’t make the Asian culture better. Take “credit” for example. In a couple of years, Thailand’s also going to have a credit, debt crisis. -_____-

7/26/2011

So, last night I had too much fun and came home late so I’m going to summarize what I did last night and today.

On 7/25/2011, I just chilled in the hotel room researching things about how to get to Pattaya, and so forth. I also ended up reading HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX!!! Yes, it was amazing. I just chilled in the hotel till 5pm ‘cause I had a date with some of my girlfriends I met last year.

I headed off to Ratchethewi BTS station and from there I took the motorcycle taxi for 80baht. Oh my god. GOOD TIMES. I took photos as I was on the motorcycle. Pretty stupid? I THINK NOT. Lol. And as I was doing so, I past the grand palace yet again. I also passed by one of three remaining metallic castles in the world. I also passed the constitution (?) statue. Tehehehe. I had so much fun. Oh right. My destination was: Khao Sarn Road. It’s a typical tourist trap, but oh dear, it was fun.

I got lost for around 30 minutes trying to find the fucking KFC my girlfriends were at. Turns out I was on the other side of Khao Sarn Road. Anyways, we met up and had dinner. It wasn’t that great in all honesty :/, but we had fun catching up.

THEN, we decided to go bar hopping. We only hopped to two different bars, but that was… enough. Hahahaha. I finally had Chang beer (Thailand’s beer). Then, we hopped to another bar with “very strong cocktails.” The night got interesting. My friends and I took pictures with farangs (foreigners), there was an Aussie, there were the Italiano couples.

PWAHAHAHA: I told my friend I thought this guy was cute [yes, I was drunk, and I assume she was too]. I also said “I WANT TO MAKE OUT WITH HIM BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.” And, she told him that I think. Lol. He and his friends kept staring at me, and I was like, oh shit -____-, but it didn’t bother me that much because I was having fun anyways.

I bought two roses from a little girl 20 baht each, because 1. I was drunk, 2. the little girl was cute [I am NOT a pedophile] and 3. I was happy.

The girls and I headed to the bathroom, and we entered the men’s, because the women’s were locked. Thank god no guy was in there. Then as we filed out, a hot European guy kept looking at the men symbol and looking at us, confused. Bwahaha. It was kind of cute.

But, that was pretty much the summary of the night. No naked men this time… :( but pretty foreigners!!! Hahaha.

Oh yes! And I’m so proud of myself. I got to the hotel before my brother did. He called me 10 minutes right after I got to the hotel. I was like HELL YEAH!!! I CAN BE DRUNK AND RESPONSIBLE AT THE SAME TIME. :)

And, today. 7/26/2011, or now it’s actually midnight as I’m typing this.  Me and my brother woke up early to go do his shopping. His list consisted of five things, we only accomplished buying one thing -_____-.

We shopped for his shoes [leather, wingtips, etc. etc. etcsadkfjsdkjf;af] for at least 7 hours. And, we never got it. BUT, I did coax him into getting SKINNY JEANS!!! WOO-HOOOOO. I’m so proud of myself.

We shopped at this crocodile, ostrich, snake skin, leather shoe shop. Oh my god. It wasn’t trashy at all [okay, fine, there were several items that were and looked fake], it was like shoe-gasm. But, it was hella pricey. The shoes that me and my brother liked were 14,900baht on a 50% discount already. BAHHHH, we were pissed. But, actually it’s quite cheap. Genuine crocodile skin and leather? Who wouldn’t want that???

And, I bought 2 shirts for myself. 2 typical tourist shirts: 1 chang beer singlet, and 1 I love Bangkok shirt.

Nothing too interesting happened today. OH, except for the fact that my brother and I were split up because he got onto the mrt faster than I did and I was stuck in the station. I was scared and nervous ‘cause he doesn’t have a cell phone. I told him to come back, but he OBVIOUSLY kept going. My bejeezus.

Going to Pattaya tomorrowwwww!!!! Taking a bus, chillin’ at the beach. I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow :( it’s raining tonight :(.

I’M ON AN ISLAND MATHAFACKAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

7/27/2011

AMAZING DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. So this is how it went. Me and my brother got up at 7.30am to get some breakfast and to check out of the hotel. We took the MRT to Sukhumvit, then switched to Asok BTS to head to Ekkamai BTS to catch the bus to PATTAYA!!!

We were right on time as we bought the ticket. We got to Pattaya around 11.30pm, and checked in at our hotel. This could pass off as a 5 star hotel [but, I think because of the location, and amenities within the room deems it a 3.5-4 star] but, HELL YEAH. It’s only like $43 a night for a nice hotel.

After we checked in, me and brother really just wanted to head to the beach to chill for a day. I lined up some cultural things for us to do, such as visit the Sanctuary of Truth, the Pattaya floating market, etc. yep, we ended up doing none of that cultural stuff. -____- BUT, we had much more fun.

We tried to find the beach, we may have gotten lost, but we decided to keep walking anyways. We walked to a food stall and had some local noodles. It was really goooood.

Anyways, as we got to what we think was the populous beach, turns out we ended up at the pier [in all actuality the populous part was around 2-3km away… I think it would be too much of a walk to be a relaxing day at the beach].  So, me and my brother decided to head towards the pier.

WE ENDED UP GOING TO AN ISLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YEAH. WAYYY BETTER THAN GULA GULA [actually I wouldn’t know] We took a local ferry there, and then switched to a mini bowl boat (?). I didn’t take pictures on the bowl boat because I didn’t want my camera to get wet.

I haven’t swam in the Pacific Ocean… in… what seems like forever [which may be YEARS!!!] I don’t think Sentosa beach counts, because 1. it’s ugly as hell. 2. it’s artificial. 3. Singapore’s Pacific got nothing on Thailand :)

It was just a pretty amazing day. I don’t know if I got my “tan” on. Bwahahahaha, Liz [and other girls who are like her] missed out. There were some pretty hawwwwt guys, and one really creepy Indian guy. And there was this European girl, oh my god, she had an amazing body. I would probably go lesbian for her.

The sad thing was neither I nor my brother had swimsuits. I just swam in my bra, and underwear, and tank top and shorts. TEEEHEEEEEE. I had fun regardless. Oh, it was just amazing. Photos can’t replicate how I felt. I also did a lot of deep thinking. Oh yes, the sunset back on the ferry was beautiful as well.

Then, me and my brother decided to grab seafood from a high class restaurant. It’s our 2nd to last day here, so, why not spend a little. :)

TOMORROW, heading to Bangkok again. Doing some last minute shopping. Maybe get a massage tomorrow too :) and the hotel we’re staying at would be another 3-4 star hotel. OH HELL YES FOR agoda.com <3

***Oh my god. I totally forgot. The highlight of theisland trip was that the ferry was PLAYING MY JAM!!!  They played “My Love” by Westlife <3 <3 <3. It means a lot to me. And then, they also played “fireflies” and “apple bottom jeans, boots with da furrr”***

7/29/2011

Nothing good happened last night. EXCEPT THERE WERE 3 FUCKING COCKAROACHES IN OUR FUCKING ROOM. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. I couldn’t sleep. So I demanded a room change. The new room wasn’t any better. OF ALL HOTELS, THE LAST ONE, IN BANGKOK HAD TO BE DIRTY AS FUCK. -____- ew. Kill me now.

Anyways, onto other news. I did a lot of shopping. Like a lot. I also bought some Absolut at duty free. And some chocolate for my host family :) hopefully they’ll like it.

And, LUCKY ME. I was supposed to fly out of Bangkok today at 9pm, which resulted in me having to stay at the airport from 5am to 9pm. But then, I went to the front desk and asked them for an ealier flight. AND HELL YEAH, got the first flight out. I don’t care where I sit at this point, I just want to get to Singapore. Wow, I’m actually quite surprised I just typed that. I don’t really want to go back, but life is so easy there; 1. meal’s are always available, 2. transportation is a breeze, 3. the “country” is small, 4. everyone speaks English. MEH.

Only, what… 20 days or so till I leave singapore back to TAI-FUCKING-WAN!?!?!? Hell yeah, who doesn’t want THAT?

***I’m currently at the gate waiting to be boarded. There is not one single foreigner at the gate waiting to go Singapore. Do you see how pathetic it is? [I don’t know why I’m hating on Singapore so much…sorry if I offend anyone, or make people think twice about coming to Singapore.] It’s a good “country,” I just feel a resentment towards it due to the past, and the present, and how I was brought up…************ONE WHITE PERSON WALKED BY! And, counting.

Oh yes. And I propose a new tumblr: cockasianssleepingintheairport

And, oh my god: I hate $%@^#&! PEOPLE. How can I hate my own race? Well, yes. Let me tell you, its fucking possible.

Wow, there’s so many cusswords in this post alone. I don’t know why. I think it’s because I’m sleep deprived, because I refused to sleep knowing that cockroaches existed in that god awful fucking MOTEL [is more like it[.