going thailand - part 1

Day 5 - bkk d1

We were carrying our new backpack as hand carry for tiger airways
I think we were worried that the bag will be too big to classify as hand carry
But all went went and husband was happy that we were assigned to the exit row.
Again, I came down with a migraine
And spent the flight trying to sleep.

I think the last time I went Bangkok was many years ago before my sis had kids!
I'm glad they developed the airport city rail
So easy and cheap to reach the city center!
I think we paid about 90baht each and 1hour to our hotel at national stadium bts
Near to mbk to start my shopping haha.

Despite my mum's warnings
I still indulged in the street fruit stalls and charmed husband with the delicious mangoes.
And I lost count of the times we ate from street stalls but luckily no tummy pain.
For lunch, I managed to convince husband not to eat Japanese or pizza
And we ate at the mbk food court
Stew pork rice that tastes very teochew style
And tom yum soup with instant noodles
Food was not bad
And we got hooked on Thai milk tea for the rest of the trip.

I think I have been away from BKK for too long
I was constantly searching for the 100bahts kind of good buys from my memory
While everything was more 200bahts now
Thankfully husband was nice enough to accompany my shopping
Although we didn't buy much
And paid for an expensive Thai massage in mbk at 700bahts each!
Oh well I needed the massage and husband needed the experience

After a short rest
I bought husband to the infamous patpong night scene
Initially I wanted to take a tuktuk
But the hotel estimated it will be 200/300bahts
So we took the metro for 25bahts each.
We took time to walk a little at the night market

Before I was lured into naraya and convinced husband to start buying gifts
I wasn't interested in watching the Thai girls show
Especially after reading online how they can extort money at exit
After compromise, we had a drink at the a go go pub instead
With girls/"girls" dancing in their bikinis.
At least we just need paid for our drinks.

Then was a trip to the 7-11 for snacks, rice with mango,
And buy some BBQ sticks outside hotel for dinner.
Husband was not really into the BBQ
But I was happy to eat a good supper.

back to singapore!

Day 1 -arriving sg

It's the first time we are taking British airlines
With a transit at London
Normally I have difficulty sleeping in flight
And it didn't helped that 2 rows behind us
There were 2 ladies speaking loudly till 3am
They were so loud that I can hear clearly their conversations
Husband was surprisingly sleepy
That he slept 10hrs out of the 13hours flight!
Anyway arrival was smooth and we arrived at sis home shortly.

After we settled down and took a shower
We went for dinner with Aven
And ate the long-missed Xiao long bao
And ended our first day in sg.

Day 2 - cny eve

Due to my visa issues,
My sis and family booked a cny trip
Before I could inform them that I can fly back
So this year we had a relatively quiet reunion dinner at bro home.

In the morning,
We went for breakfast and food shopping with mum
Had some very desparate bad overpriced fried carrot cake because no shops were opened
At least husband had a taste of carrot cake.
The whole day was practical spent eating, watching tv, lying around and doing nothing.
Husband commented that every cny eve we do nothing at bro home
Well, I guess my purpose was to accompany mum when the others leave for reunion dinner at in laws homes
But she always MIA somewhere.
I can spend some quality time with the aged nono....

Usually, I will watch the cny eve show on tv
But I don't know is it because it was so bad or we were tired
We managed to fall asleep before cny countdown, haha.

Day 3 - cny d1

Since sis and family were not around
There was not enough car seat for us to bai nian with them
I think I don't miss seeing my relatives
And good to save the ang baos
So we just had breakfast at bro home
And went for a tourist day with Aven.

I had been telling husband that he must taste a good fast food burger
And spoke to him about Carl juniors
And we managed to have it for lunch!
Husband agreed that the burgers were much better than what we can have from fast food in Paris.

Next was visiting the touristy river hongbao
To me, it felt exactly the same as 2015
Or maybe just me being uninterested
Then we took the very expensive duck tour.
It was $37 for 30mins per pax!
There was a little discount for locals
But still very expensive to me!
It was a good information ride for husband
And a history lesson for Aven and me.

Through the day was just drinking coffee
and wandering around
It amazed me how many shops were opened!
I remember that when I was young
The only shops opened on cny will be fast food restaurants
Sg must be really becoming a shopping city
To attract people to spend even on cny d1.

We ended the day with dinner at four fingers.
My first try at Korean fried chicken.
Well, I think the trend started when I was leaving
With a few outlets in sg so I didn't tried
I think the chicken is nice but I prefer my fried chicken with no sauce
So I think I will stick with popeyes chicken.

Sis and family returned from their trip
And we came home to excited kids
Trying to tell and show us everything
From ice skate moves to Taekwondo...
Trying to have our attention as they can
Soon we all went to bed to save energy for next day.

Day 4 - cny d2

During our planning for Thailand trip
Husband mentioned that he wants visit the Chiangmai zoo
I'm always wary of zoos because of all the stories I heard about how animals are not well cared in some zoos
And I don't want to be the tourist paying for them to encourage the operation of bad zoos.
After I googled about Chiangmai zoo
Most reviews were not great
Many suggested visiting Singapore zoo instead!
Since we only visited night safari here
I asked sis and family along for a zoo visit.

I dont know is it I'm still recovering or I'm unable to adjust to the weather
I was definitely not as enthusiastic as husband or the kids
And I kept getting mirgraine
That only stopped a few days after
I blame all the flight trips.
I think only husband tried to speak to all the animals, haha

After the long hot day,
We had Japanese food for dinner
Husband was totally impressed by nabe and sukiyaki
He kept reminding me how limited choices we can have in Japanese restaurant in Paris.
How he is going to miss the variety here.

At home, husband get to entertain the kids
While I packed for our Thailand trip
Knowing that it will be a shopping trip
I brought stuff that I can throw away through the trip and less than enough clothings.
Husband being husband insist on bringing his best and enough clothings
That I told him I'm sure he will regret his choice.

A little drama happened at home.
Since husband joined the kids at the zoo water playground
I told him to wash his shorts and Han outside to try to bring for the trip
My mum being my mum insisted I do it for him
But I was busy packing
Suddenly I heard loud noises in the kitchen
And I knew husband must have dropped the hanging bamboo
Because he is the icon of misfortune! Haha
I scolded husband a little but he must be feeling so bad
Worried that he may killed someone
Well, we managed to find the shorts 1 level down
But mum can't find any bamboo or dead body.
So I guess no one was killed.

being sick

whenever i catch a cold in france
it will take me at least a week to recover
it seems the virus is more powerful here!
so when i started to have a fou and cough for a week
i didnt think much about it.


suddenly Thursday night I developed high fever
and it kept staying high
despite the panadols I was popping
on Friday evening, husband brought me to the doc
and he commented that its a flu virus
I was given some medication


despite the medication, I didn't feel better
fever was still around
and I started vomitting from coughing
I even started to vomit my medications
since the doc mentioned that the fever will go up and down
I just stayed in the bed for the weekend
I even vomitted blood!


on Monday, husband decided to take off to care for me at home
I became worse with high fever
and decided to call for an ambulance
after I was vomitting 4x in 30min


the ambulance came in 45m
and we waited in the a n e for about 2 hours
as I was having 40deg fever
the nurse gave some soluble panadols to bring down my fever


finally, I got to see the Dr
and he thinks is a flu virus but put me on a drip
while sending me to blood test and xray
after 2hrs, doc informed that I had lungs infection
I was allows to return home
the antibiotic worked and I felt really well next day on


since I was not supposed to fly with lung infection
we went to a doc to check whether I was fit to fly
and was happy that I was good to go
is scary how we almost didn't make it again for the flight
I think this is the worst illness I had in france
I hope I will stay healthy for 2016...