Dear Invictus, it's been really long since I have posted something here. Just wanna do a quick update, Im currently in Japan and will be here for the next 2 years.
I look forward to learning from the professors, friends and excited to see and experience what's gonna present me in the future!
To my friends who are wondering, I am in Japan, doing my masters' course in Economics. Other than focusing on studying, I am also actively attending many Gakkai meetings as those are really really invigorous and never fails to revitalise my inner being and faith. Hope to be able to tour around Japan during my short breaks.
Aside to these exciting stuff upcoming, I am also learning to live independently and to take tabs on important matters like my diet, health, lifestyle, finances and others.
This is precisely the reason I want to travel out of my own comfort zone to explore and further grow myself entirely :)
Just a month more before it turns 2018, below are some resolutions:
1. 2 friends (something which I am determined and promised)
2. 100 dialogues (something which I am determined and promised)
3. to realise my inner mission which I might not be aware now
4. My human revolution
5. Good grades
6. Explore other parts of Japan
7. Master Japanese and Korean
8. Make good friends
Wednesday 29 November 2017
Monday 12 June 2017
Bangkok Travelogue: Just eat only
Day 5: Lotus Sutra Exhibition, Villa de Bear and Blue Whale Cafe
Locating the Soka Gakkai Thailand HQ wasn't easy; even with the use of the Grab app. But lucky we found out that the centre is located just beside an indoor soccer field, we just drop pin at the field and walk over.
During our stay in Bangkok, SGT is actually having the Lotus Sutra Exhibition from 3 May to 28 June. We headed over to the exhibition. Though exhibits are mainly in Thai, we had a FD English speaking guide!
The dunhuang mogao cave was done up amazingly beautiful.
After having our lunch/dinner, we grabcar again to Blue Whale Cafe which is super near the Wat Pho temple with the big reclining Buddha.
To be honest, I don't think the taste of the food/drinks worth the price it is selling at. The toast is just normal bread and charred. The drink wise, at least the latte tasted better than the hot version. Probably we aren't familiar with the taste of the blue dye flower, we didn't like it.
Day 6: Wat Pho, Audrey Cafe and Bistro, Vanilla Bakeshop, Supanniga Eating Room
Good to be able to at least visit 1 of the cultural side of Thailand. Just take note that you will have to wear proper attire i.e. cover shoulder top, bottom over your knee cap, when you enter the sacred place of worship. You can wear shorts in the temple but not entering the worshipping area. But not to worry, the merchants are well prepared for tourists, there are a lot of mobile carts outside the temple selling long loose pants and scarves to cover up.
We went to Audrey Bistro after this. Ordered the Thai milk tea flavoured crepe! The taste was just nice, not too thick nor sweet. And reasonably priced too!
We walked from Audrey to Vanilla Bakeshop since it was just nearby. Wrong decision. We wanted to sort of walk and digest our food but guys, please just take a cab la... its not very near. And, the food sold at Vanilla Bakeshop is so damn expensive? Its more expensive than the usual rates in Singapore! Like normal eggs Benedict, they could charge like SGD25??? WHATTT???
What's worse, we opened our wallets to realise that we didn't bring out that kinda of money to support this expensive dinner. If spending so much here, we may not even have the money to cab back. Plus this place is really ulu at night.
Wonders happened when Haohao somehow pulled out a 1000baht from his wallet lol *phew* we didnt have our dinner here anyway cos I really felt that it is not worth it. So we just get a insta-worthy dessert at 350baht.
Haohao researched for an alternative place, and we grabcar to Supanniga Eating Room. Good choice! The food is yummy and reasonably priced! And lots of locals and foreigners.
We grabcar back to our hotel and do our last pack up before departing early next morning :)
Bangkok Travelogue: A last minute decision to the Land of Smiles!
Haohao and I are indeed super last minute. In April, we were already discussing the place to go but always can't find a good deal and settle the location to explore next. Also, Haohao couldn't find a good period to travel and clear this Annual Leave since his colleagues are mostly jetting off in May/June. After much ding dong, we only managed to confirm on this trip 2 weeks prior to departure.
We sourced for the cheap air tickets to Thailand via Thai Airways at only SGD211. Quite ok right the price!
We are quite picky at choosing the right hotel.
1) Near cafe area
2) Near station
3) Centralised
4) Comfortable look and feel
5) Reasonable pricing
After looking out for a few hotels, we settled with Modena by Fraser hotel. It is conveniently located just beside the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre MRT. 1 stop away from the BTS Asok where the Terminal 21 shopping centre is located. Our hotel is also a few MRT stops away from the cafe area! Direct train to Chatuchak as well!
We stayed from 18 May to 24 May; at a total of SGD177 per pax for 6 nights. ok lah. quite cheap le.
Transportation: highly recommend to use the Grab app to get the cars/taxi.
1) You will have input the location in advance - this saves the hassle to communicate to the Thai taxi drivers
2) The price is already indicated on the app (this excludes the expressway toll charges; which usually ranges from 25BAHT to 50BAHT each gantry)
We bought both the MRT card and BTS Card for easy access; the transportation fare for either token or card is the same. So would recommend to get the card to avoid queuing at popular tourist spot/stations having to purchase the tokens.
At the Changi Airport! Flight scheduled in the afternoon.
We reached our hotel quite late at night so we decided to just rest and eat dinner in the hotel.
Morning view from our unit; level 14.
Good gymming facilities. We ran on the treadmill for 45minutes before changing to other equipments.
Bathed and ready to head out!
It was raining so we decided to lunch at a nearby Thai restaurant in Thonglo. Yummy daoooo~ #kruajiangmai
Then we continued our walk to "After You" cafe. We ordered the famous Shibuya Toast and the Strawberry ice flake thing lol
Then we continued on to "The Commons". It looked really different to what I expected lol though the mall isn't fully air-conditioned, the shops are.
Our legs are jelly after walking so much in the afternoon. We headed to the platinum mall/Central World to get some souvenirs and clothes. #morewalking 😰
The Erawan Shrine; taken from the overhead bridge. This area has a lot of bridges built since I last went in 2013. Good good.
I'm really amazed by our legs' strength. We even went on further to the "Talad Neon" market. Thankfully, we went as we didn't know in advance that night markets are only open from Friday to Sunday.
Had dinner at Talad Neon + rain again.
After a crazy day 2, we decided to tone down bit today. 😅
Damn nice the fries at Terminal 21!
Had dinner at the MK restaurant. Apparently, it quite a popular place for steamboat in Thailand!
Must buy the instant noodles!!
To embrace the heat, we bought the wet tissue body wipes by Biore to wipe off the sweat and have that cooling effect on our skin. Just that, we could have gone further to get a portable fan. Its really ta-ma-de hot! Haohao still say the heat was ok lol
Viva (something); damn nice!
Went for a foot massage session; my masseur was alright. And as usual, I slept lol but for Haohao, his masseur perhaps applied too much strength on his calf that he had muscles ache for a few days.
Or Tor Kor is about 5 minutes walk away from Chatuchak. Its just opposite.
Yummy and fresh mango anyone? We bought 12 mangos at 850baht. The ladies helped to pack them into 2 boxes with handles to bring around.
While I was waiting for the mangoes, Haohao went around to look for cheap and good durians. Was quite good but expensive! I later told my dad and he said he would prefer not to get durians in Thailand cos not very delicious. But anyway, the mangoes were good buy.
As Or Tor Kor is located near the MRT station as well (different exit), we headed back to hotel to rest and put the stuff before going to another area.
We then went to BTS Siam with a lot of Siam shopping malls; Siam Paragon, Siam Square, Siam Center etc
Spotted the A&W store and had our dinner! But the food is so-so.
We sourced for the cheap air tickets to Thailand via Thai Airways at only SGD211. Quite ok right the price!
We are quite picky at choosing the right hotel.
1) Near cafe area
2) Near station
3) Centralised
4) Comfortable look and feel
5) Reasonable pricing
After looking out for a few hotels, we settled with Modena by Fraser hotel. It is conveniently located just beside the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre MRT. 1 stop away from the BTS Asok where the Terminal 21 shopping centre is located. Our hotel is also a few MRT stops away from the cafe area! Direct train to Chatuchak as well!
We stayed from 18 May to 24 May; at a total of SGD177 per pax for 6 nights. ok lah. quite cheap le.
Transportation: highly recommend to use the Grab app to get the cars/taxi.
1) You will have input the location in advance - this saves the hassle to communicate to the Thai taxi drivers
2) The price is already indicated on the app (this excludes the expressway toll charges; which usually ranges from 25BAHT to 50BAHT each gantry)
We bought both the MRT card and BTS Card for easy access; the transportation fare for either token or card is the same. So would recommend to get the card to avoid queuing at popular tourist spot/stations having to purchase the tokens.
Day 1: Settle down at Hotel
At the Changi Airport! Flight scheduled in the afternoon.
Day 2: Cafe Hopping!
Morning view from our unit; level 14.
Good gymming facilities. We ran on the treadmill for 45minutes before changing to other equipments.
Bathed and ready to head out!
It was raining so we decided to lunch at a nearby Thai restaurant in Thonglo. Yummy daoooo~ #kruajiangmai
Then we continued our walk to "After You" cafe. We ordered the famous Shibuya Toast and the Strawberry ice flake thing lol
Then we continued on to "The Commons". It looked really different to what I expected lol though the mall isn't fully air-conditioned, the shops are.
Our legs are jelly after walking so much in the afternoon. We headed to the platinum mall/Central World to get some souvenirs and clothes. #morewalking 😰
The Erawan Shrine; taken from the overhead bridge. This area has a lot of bridges built since I last went in 2013. Good good.
I'm really amazed by our legs' strength. We even went on further to the "Talad Neon" market. Thankfully, we went as we didn't know in advance that night markets are only open from Friday to Sunday.
Had dinner at Talad Neon + rain again.
Day 3: Terminal 21, Big C and Rod Fai Night Market
After a crazy day 2, we decided to tone down bit today. 😅
Damn nice the fries at Terminal 21!
Had dinner at the MK restaurant. Apparently, it quite a popular place for steamboat in Thailand!
Must buy the instant noodles!!
Day 4: Chatuchak and Or Tor Kor Fruit Market
To embrace the heat, we bought the wet tissue body wipes by Biore to wipe off the sweat and have that cooling effect on our skin. Just that, we could have gone further to get a portable fan. Its really ta-ma-de hot! Haohao still say the heat was ok lol
Viva (something); damn nice!
Went for a foot massage session; my masseur was alright. And as usual, I slept lol but for Haohao, his masseur perhaps applied too much strength on his calf that he had muscles ache for a few days.
Or Tor Kor is about 5 minutes walk away from Chatuchak. Its just opposite.
Yummy and fresh mango anyone? We bought 12 mangos at 850baht. The ladies helped to pack them into 2 boxes with handles to bring around.
While I was waiting for the mangoes, Haohao went around to look for cheap and good durians. Was quite good but expensive! I later told my dad and he said he would prefer not to get durians in Thailand cos not very delicious. But anyway, the mangoes were good buy.
As Or Tor Kor is located near the MRT station as well (different exit), we headed back to hotel to rest and put the stuff before going to another area.
We then went to BTS Siam with a lot of Siam shopping malls; Siam Paragon, Siam Square, Siam Center etc
Spotted the A&W store and had our dinner! But the food is so-so.
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