Bangkok, Finally

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Once more I returned to Bangkok from Mae Sai before my cross over to Cambodia. I decided to stay on for a few days.

Dino and his girlfriend offered accommodation and it was nice to be able to have proper shower with heated water once again.

The other day a friend just reminded me that I never really blogged a proper post about Bangkok before.

And I realized, it’s true. I have so many titles for Bangkok, but never really a full on entry introducing the city. I guess I love the city so much, that I forgot what or where to start writing about it. There’re a lot of things I like about Bangkok and Thailand that made me keep coming back for more.

Small things you can find in some place or other parts of Thailand, you can find them all in Bangkok. Thus the city becomes a generalization of the whole country. Representation, in a way.

I’ll make a list.

1. Chatukchak Market (or the Weekend Wet Market)

or จตุจัก (oh look I can type Thai!)

Easily the largest Market in South East Asia, and possible the world, is a 35 acres market consists of 15,000 stalls receiving more 200k to 300k of visitors a day. You can reach there on the skytrain (BTS), just take it to the last stop Mo Chit and follow the crowd.

I also like to call it the “you name it, they have it” market.

Anything. You. Can. Think. Of.
And everything you can’t think of, they have it.

It’s amazing.

My favourites are the special crude T Shirts.


What’s on your mind? Haha!


The ridiculously large array of earrings.




I wonder how many earrings a Thai woman has.

The place never ceases to amaze me each time I visit, because it is impossible to finish all 15,000 stalls even you have visited Bangkok more than 100 times. Each time I get in, I get lost (literally) and can never find my way back till at least 4 hours later.

But it’s a fun journey getting lost inside. I always seem to spot things that thrills me.

Like this Lord of the Rings shop.


No hobbit, just rings.


Or this giant dyper pin.


Baby want a bottle?


Or even this very suggestive metal mug.




One of my favourite section in the market is the pet market (the place where Kenny bought his illegal immigrant rat hamster)


This is a very fat baby Chihuahua



3 dollars baby bunny


And omg I love this puppy so much I want to smuggle it back.







Omgomgomg, she winked at me!!!




I just died.


2. Praying Ronald McDonald




Oh yes, I love their Mcdonalds because they have cheesy fries!! Why don’t we have cheesy fries? And don’t you just love the Ronald McD that is religious?! *points to photo above*

And pork burger! I love my pork burger, and I don’t even like burgers! Or pork! (read here)


3. Cheese Popcorn!!




Yes yes and yes!! The day I discovered cheese popcorn through darling Zen is the day I know I will never sleep well without catching a movie whenever I’m in Bangkok!!




This is what you should do and expect when watching a movie in Thailand.

Expect a bigger, more comfortable, more luxurious economy seats in the cinema of Siam Paragon.

Expect your camera to be taken away from the security upon check in. (to return after movie so no photos of cinema seats)

Expect to stand up in respect to a 5 minute documentation of the King’s history prior to the screening of the movie. Yes bloody hell, salute to their king when you watch a movie! The documentation nearly put me to tears k!! So kam dong! (trans: touching)


Me dressing nicely for movie in Bangkok


Finally, expect to buy yourself a large cheese popcorn with extra large coke to complement the salty taste. YUM!!


Cheese and sweet popcorn mix in one


4. Pocky




My one and true love. My only food source in Thailand, the only thing I consume. Hence 7-11 became my refuge.

There are many other snacks we don’t have either. Pretz, Picco, Toppo, etc. All chocolate sticks la :p

Also like the strawberry shortcake my Malaysian friend seeks high and low for. :D




5. Thai seafood




Enough said.


6. Pretty Thai girls




And lady boys.




Where else can you find Lady Boys Spice Girl group band? :D

Click to see their awesome MTV – Visa for love




7. Awesome car parking skill




Do you know that when a person double park in Bangkok, the one who is blocked can single handedly “push” the car aside to allow his car to get out. And this is totally acceptable in Thailand. Double parker CANNOT use handbreaks.

How come we don’t have that? Oh yea, right, because someone might just pushed the entire car awayyyyy. -.-


8. Skybars

Expect the expected, I am going to blog about, not one, but TWO skybars in Bangkok. A place to fall in love with, a place where I fell in love :p

First skybar, is the famous DOME. Everyone heard of this one I’m sure. Above the State Tower of Bangkok.


Dress code: casual formal, no sandals


Take the lift up to the 64th floor.

And boom, enjoy the view.







I heard the food is overpriced for its quality, so why not go for a 300 baht drink ($10, RM30). Just stand around at the bar for it’s view and the wind,

or hide in their very nice toilet.




Second one, which I took more photos of because the night was clearer, was the Vertigo bar on the 61st floor of Banyan Tree Hotel.




Dress code to Vertigo bar is also casual formal. However, they offer sarongs and shoes if you don’t have them on you.




With sofa and couches, and also a restaurant to dine at, vertigo bar sets a more comfy cosy ambience as compared to the classily expensive feel and romantic Dome bar.

Guys, I present, the night of Bangkok.


I made a wallpaper of this scene too. You can download it here.








Pair the night with Sex on the Moon. It’s a nice drink.




If it’s get too windy, head down to the Moon Bar on the 59th floor.




There’s a tree out in the open on the 59th floor. Must be the highest placed tree in Asia. (this comment is completely made out of no proof at all)


9. Finally

Bangkok is the place where I got this super nice dress from. :D




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