My Bangkok Trip 2006 - Chapter 1

13th Sept 2006 - Wed

The day is finally here! Today we on board Finnair flight AY98 at 9.50pm S'pore time to Bangkok. The moment I stepped into the transit area of Changi Airport, I started shopping!

Zoomed straight to the Cosmetic and Perfume section and bought the latest & newest slimming/firming product from Biotherm! It's the Biotherm Celluli Intense Peel. Cost me $66. I thought since my Abdochoc was pretty good, why not try this? It is supposed to be more effective than Cellulite Choc and Adbochoc. Cool! I wanna be toned & pencil thin yet sexy like Fiona Xie!...minus boobs. Haha! Not that I dun want...but itz unachievable w/o plastic surgery.

I also bought a M.A.C blusher! Yay! Cost only $29! I bought the latest shade that was out. Happened to suit the tone of my face, so it was highly recommended by the gay M.A.C counter guy. I trust gays that work at beauty counters and hair salons a lot… they know a lot more than girls!

Baby is also very vain. He bought his Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio Pour Homme perfume. I love the smell! My Baby uses that and Hugo Boss' 'Boss'. He loves smelling good. I love him for smelling so good. Hehe!

We shopped till we were almost late to board the plane! Yeah…we were one of the last few to get on. In no time, we reached Bangkok! N we checked into Pathumwan Princess. What a nice hotel! Better than stoopid lousy Asia Hotel I stayed last year. I dun mind paying the price!

A sick girl who went shopping

I was on half day mc on Monday and full day mc on Tuesday. Had fever, headache and sore throat when i went to work on Monday. It got pretty bad and i was feeling so sick tt i felt like fainting. When i ate, I felt like puking. *bleugh* It was so horrible tt i cudnt take it any more n took a cab to see my family doctor near my home. My fever was 38.3 degress celsius. Quite high hor? The doctor gave me 2 days mc! N i slept the whole afternn away. Altho i was feeling terrible, itz kinda cool tt i dun have to work at the beginning of the week!

But juz when my fever was gone n my sore throat was getting better, it evolved into a bad flu and cough on Thursday! But i was so busy at work, i juz gritted my teeth and work on. Plus there was the Isetan Private Sale which i wanted to go to. But as the night wore on, it got pretty bad and i wanted to puke again when i had my dinner with Li Ying. I was coughing like mad, and my nose was blocked n running all at the same time. So this morning, i went to the doctor's b4 gg to work. The doc wanted to give me a full day mc, but i asked for half day instead coz i had to go to work to rush my report. How sick is that! But i sure am a RESPONSIBLE ger right? hehehe! So i came back in the afternn, and slept all the way again. Itz dinner time now.

Anyway, I was very serious when i swore off shopping for 2 months after my Bkk shopping trip. BUT! There had to be the Isetan Private Sale for cardmembers n guests on Thursday. SHIT...i HAVE to go! So yeah, i went w my colleague Hazel during lunch for an hr, and again after work with Li Ying. I din buy much...3 items only...but i spend about $130! hahaha!

I bought a polka dotted sheer babydoll camisole, a purple m)phosis top and yet another...Guess bag. I realli like this new Guess bag i bought as i was eyeing it for some time alry. It costs $119.90. I went to Bkk in hopes of getting it at a cheaper price. But no! Bkk's branded stuff are a little pricer than S'pore becoz of the higher import and govt tax. It cost like $127 at Bkk. During this Isetan Private Sale, most stuff were gg for 30% off(20% for the wkend public sale) + additional 3% for cardmembers! Yay! So in the end i got it for only $81.41. Good buy right? Yippee! It is a casual beachy looking weekend tote bag which is brownish and gold.

Wish i bought more stuff though, but it was perpetually impossible as it was so darn darn crowded! With all the jostling and pushing thru the crowd, it was realli hard to shop. The whole place was a huge disorganized market-like mess! You muz realli look hard for stuff! I was realli lucky to have found the polka dotted camisole. It was the last new piece they had!

Poor Li Ying din managed to buy anything at all. N Hazel only managed to buy one yellow m)phosis racer back top. Both of them nearly gave up shopping there. Haha. I guess im really the shopping queen...which is a really bad thing. Eventually, my bank account will be empty...

Back from Bangkok

For those of you who missed me...Im back!
Was away from last Wed night to Monday night. Went to Bangkok for 6D5N with my Baby. It was truly a fun fun fun trip! Altho we alry went Bkk last August, it was still as fun to go again! This time we managed to cover most of the shopping places in Bkk.
But we were super duper tired with aching feet and bodies.
Yeah, Princess Shopaholic strikes again.

Some places in Bkk were so hard to shop at, esp the night markets, weekend markets and huge shopping malls! It was a tought feat esp when Bkk's fashion isnt that fantastic. You've gotto really shop in detail and look hard to find nice and suitable stuff! Depends a lot on your luck too, coz the shops are pretty messy and disorganized. If you are lucky, you can realli find some interesting and cool clothes/accessories!

With my shopping skills and perserverance, i managed to comb thru lotsa shops and bought lotsa nice stuff! Managed to use my great bargaining skills to get real good and cheap deals too! Spent ard $1k on pure shopping alone, excluding airfare and accomodation. Super broke now!

I will be uploading more pictures and more entries about my trip soon! Stay tuned!

I am still on leave yesterday and today. Excluding weekends, i took a total of 6 days leave starting last Wed. Have to go back to work tmr...SIANzzz. After not working for so long, I am bound to be super busy at work tmr. Dun even wanna think about my flooded mailbox and the huge pile of work waiting for me. SHIT.

But luckily i came back on monday night, coz the very next night, Thai's PM declared a state of emergancy! Today is made a public holiday and everyone is advised to stay at home. It was said that the streets today are quiet and deserted. If we stayed longer or go on our trip one day later, and Baby n I could be in danger! However, when we were there, nothing happened at all! Mebbe we were too busy shopping and and enjoying ourselves that we were oblivious to all the impending political unrest that was gg on ard us. Plus there was bombing at Hatyai when we were still in Thailand! Luckily it wasnt at Bkk! I will be scared to death! Boy, i sure am lucky that my trip ended on Monday huh?

Anyway, that was sure a good break for me and Baby. More trips to come!
Next trip in Nov' 06: Malaysia with Baby, Hazel and Kevin.
Next Next trip in Dec'06: Star Cruise with Baby and his family
Next Next Next Trip in June'07: Hongkong with Baby, Candy and frens!

My Daddy says he is thinking of gg Switzerland end of this year. SHIT.
I dun think i can go..coz im way way too broke. I need at least $3k to go there!
N I have to pay for myself this time..no more Daddy-sponsored trips.
Haiz...working life SUCKS!

Flying away...yay!

Yay Yay! I'll be getting out of Singapore in one and a half weeks' time for a hoilday. Can't wait!...Can't wait to take a break from work. Have been so darn busy for the past month. Am realli feeling so sick of gg to work, so sick of the office, so sick of my boss and mentor, so sick of those irritating f**king bitches and assholes who like to play office politics and gossip about other ppl all the time. So sick of those senior ranking f**kers with the "i-think-im-so-smart-and-you-are-so-incompetent" atittude towards us, the more junior staff. All of us are suffering, and cant you see that more ppl are quitting coz we are being thrown w so much shit n yet other banks r paying much higher?

Damn it...6 more months till i get my variable bonus. 6 more months of facing shitty ppl till i get to leave. 6 more months to find a new job that suits my interest more, that also pays me more. But I guess it's tough finding a marketing job can pay as much as a bank huh? Dammit! Life sucks.

Cant wait to take my one week long well-deserved break!

Stop those yo-yo diets now!

For those peeps who wanna lose weight by eating less and skipping meals, read this! Starvation wun help u in losing weight in the long run! There is something called yo-yo diets which a lot of us adopt to battle weight problems. Here's an article on 5 reasons why you should really put an end to all those miserable cycles of weight loss and regain.

What Are Yo-Yo Diets?
Yo-yo dieting (or weight cycling) is the repeated pattern of losing body weight then gaining it back through episodes of diets. Each cycle, the weight loss or gain can be anywhere ranging from 2kg to 20kg or more.Any diet that includes bouts of starvation, missing meals, cutting out certain food groups entirely, or very low calories produces the yo-yo effect (losing weight and putting it back on).

Reason #1: Yo-yo weight loss induces muscle loss.
Very low-calorie fad diets or crash diets cause hunger to set in, triggering the body to break down lean muscle to access the nutrients the body needs. In other words, the amount of weight you have lost does not all come from body fat loss. In fact, the drop in weight is mainly due to water and muscle loss.

Reason #2: Yo-yo diets wreck your metabolism.
While the initial drastic weight loss may seem like the diet is working, yo-yo dieters will soon experience a 'plateau', meaning the rapid weight loss that was initially achieved begins to slow down or stop. This plateau is the result of the adaptation of your body: with less calories coming in and less muscle mass in the body, the body reacts by going into starvation mode and starts to conserve energy. Less energy is burnt and the metabolic rate slows down, making it much more difficult to maintain your new figure.Those struggling to maintain the diet will inevitably find their weight piling back on, sometimes more than what they started out with.

Reason #3: Yo-yo diets make you put on more weight in the long run.
Yo-yo dieters tend to regain all the weight lost, and then some. The mechanisms behind this involve complex physiological and psychological factors: changes in fatty acid synthesis, increased fat storage, and reduction in energy efficiency all contribute to the yo-yo effect. Simply put, the resulting effect is exactly the opposite of what the dieter intended to achieve. When normal eating habits resume, and the body has reduced capacity to burn the excess calories, weight is rapidly regained. What's worse, your new body profile will have a higher proportion of fat, even in cases where the weight has remained the same.

Reason #4: If you regain the lost weight, it'll be even harder to lose it.
A person who repeatedly loses weight only to put it back on can have a cumulative gain in body fat percentage - each time you diet, your body's metabolism slows down in order to store fat. Hence with each dieting episode, the body's metabolism becomes less efficient, and the severe calorie restriction further causes loss of muscle tone, which again means a slower metabolism. Together with less muscle mass and a retarded metabolic rate, each successive attempt to shed off those extra kilos becomes more difficult, if not impossible.

Reason #5: Repetitive weight loss and regain has unhealthy side effects.
Yo-yo dieters often feel lethargic, have a weak immune system and a higher percentage of body fat, and tend to be in poor health. Due to multiple unsuccessful crash diets, they may also experience frustration, loss of concentration, depression and irritability. In fact, each time you lose weight and regain it, fat in your body actually redistributes. It migrates from the thighs and butt to the belly (where studies have found a link between tummy fat and diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer and high cholesterol).To make matters worse, some studies also suggest that those who chronically lose and regain weight have increased risk for certain health problems, including heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and gallbladder disease.

Source: ShoppingLifestyle

So what shud you do to lose weight? Excercise, drinks lots of water to prevent water retention and bloated-ness, and eat healthily! (not skip meals!) Unless of coz, you are lazy like me...u will nvr succeed. Look at me... I have only lost 0.5kg so far. What an achievement. *sniggles* Boo.

In a little world of our own

This poem is specailly for my Baby. The words describes our relationship perfectly. How we are often lost in a world of our own...like there is no one else but us in our little la la land. We share a very close and strong bond, through trust, honesty and communication. There are almost no secrets betw us. Of coz we have our bad times too with our occassional squabbles and fight. But at the end of the day, our relationship becomes stronger as we talk thru' stuff and resolve our conflicts together. Each time, there is a better understanding of each other. We also learnt how to give in to each other, and how to say sorry. Making up and holding hands again is then twice the fun and double the sweetness! I love my Baby Nic Nic!

A Special World
A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.

- Sheelagh Lennon -

Sad World Cup Weekend

First Spain, den England, followed by Brazil. What could be worse? All my fave teams r out of the World Cup. Well, my only consolation is that my most hated team Argentina is out too! Yay! I must really applaud the Germans. Right now, there is nothing left in the World Cup for me. So, to show my gratitude to the mighty Germans who knocked Argentina out, I shall pledge my last remaining WC zest to Germany to support them to win the Cup.

My devastation first started when my dearest all-time fave team, Spain, got booted out of WC by the mean France, who finally unleashed their dragon, after a struggle in the Group Stage and making it to the next round only during the final match of the Group Stage. I must say im really astonished by their comeback and their hunger to be the champions. Spain failed to reveal their true potential. There was simply no magic in the way they played. Yet, altho Zidane had a marvelous flair in him, which I was very impressed with, i felt that Spain deserve to go into the quarter finals more.

Itz all the stoopid referee's fault. He penalized Spain for a non-existent foul! Which obviously Cafu did not even commit. Before this, it was 10 mins before full time and the score was 1-1. A draw. It was that dumb french guy who tackled him from behind and fell backwards theatrically, making it look like Puyol had fouled him. But it was not what it looked like! My poor Puyol was trapped by his tackle from his back! N the fucking referee is blind! N so, that free kick near the penalty box had led to an undeserving goal from the French. If not for that goal, my Spanish boys wun be so desperate and blinded into concentrating on scoring and attacking, leaving their defence open to the opportunistic Zidane. I was devasted. I was hoping the match wud lead to extra time or even to penalty shoot outs, where my Spain might have more chances. But from the penalty given onwards, it led to impending doom for my Spanish boys. One evil pretense, one convincing unscrupulous act was all it took to lead to Spain's exit. Or at least in my eyes, the French was truly undeserving.

Altho i was all teary-eyed at Spain's defeat, i aint gonna give up. I believed that my next fave team will avenge for Spain, to knock France out. France won 3-0 over Brazil in the 1998 WC, so isnt it time for Brazil to give them a kick back? Yet...it was not meant to be. Brazil failed to fight for themselves...they failed to avenge Spain. Ronaldo has lost his form. Ronaldinho lost his magic. Kaka was disappointing. Adriano had no value. What happened to the Golden Boyz? Zidane once again was France's instrument to victory. His beautiful cross that set the ball for Thierry Henry to volley home, cost Brazil their reigning title.

I wudnt even wanna talk about England's silly-ness and their disappointing penalty shoot-out. I dun care about Wayne Rooney that ba-looney freak. I dun care about that ya-ya banana Cristiano Ronaldo. Fuck the Man Utd players. I was juz upset that my beloved Liverpool players Gerrard and Carrager failed to score during the penalty shoot-out, and Peter Crouch seemed useless.

After all these matches that failed me, killed my hopes n excitement...i can only sit back and sob weep n cry. What can i say now? I can only whimper "Go Germany, goal!", and den...*sob weep cry*.

Having my meals like a princess

I love eating with Baby. When eating out with Baby, I can just sit there and wait for my food to be served. Baby always make sure that we sit at a clean table (when we r eating at food courts, coffeeshops and hawker places), with clean chairs. He would also always make sure that whenever possible, I will have a chair to put my bag n stuff, so that i wun have to hold on to them when i eat.

Den he will ask me what i wanna eat and try to order both our meals from the same stall to minimize time-wasting. It is also so that i wun end up sitting there all alone for so long while waiting for him order his own food.

Sometimes he will order different food from the same stall, so that if mine taste yucky, he will let me have his and he will take the yucky one. Coz Baby said he is pretty easy-going w food n not picky like me. Other times, he will order the exact same food so that if i want more of it, i can take his. Or if there are scenerios like there are bean sprouts accidentally put in one of our food,or one has more fats than the other, then i can have the 'better' one.

Baby knows exactly what I like to drink, what to put and what not to put in my food. Baby also knows what kind of chilli i like to go with whichever food, and that I like my green chilli chopped thinly. Baby checks my cutlery to make sure they r clean before giving them to me. Baby doesnt like me to open canned drinks cuz he doesnt want my fingernails to chip or my manicure to spoil. So he always open the drinks and pour them out for me. Baby cuts tough meat into bite size and shells all prawns and lobster etc for me.

Baby is so sweet n thoughtful. I love having my meals with Baby! Yay!

World Cup Fever -Sizzling Hot!

I finally managed to talk my daddy into subscribing to SCV's World Cup Channel this evening! I couldnt take it anymore as i was bursting w excitment to watch tonight's Spain vs. Ukraine match! When i asked my dad two days ago, he did not want to subscribe as my mum was worried tt Daddy n me might have late nights n have no energy for work the next day, n my bro will be having 'A' level prelims soon.

Today, i found out that Daddy's concern was he had a misconception tt he needs to upgrade our SCV cable box to the digital one n subsequently have to pay additional mthly charges for the digital box or smthg. But his worries r unfounded as i clarified tt there is no need n subscribing is as easy as ABC n within the next 24 hrs! Just call and pay $15.75, n u get one mth of World Cup on your telly! How did I know? Coz Baby subscribed to it too! Yay! So, my daddy called to confirm tt my facts were right n subscribed! I was so happie! The Spain match is just an hour away n Daddy tried to talk the service personnel into activating the World Cup channel for us in the next 1 to 2 hrs in time for the Spain match...but she said she will try her best. So i waited n waited n waited..till the match started..still nothing...until finally at half time, i received the cable signal. But it was half-time! So i waited again for half time to be over...and yay! I cud watch my beloved Spain!

For the first half, Daddy n I were getting live updates n live scores of the match...but yet it only made me more frustrated tt i cudnt watch becoz it sounded so exciting! Also, the updates were not that accurate! The first goal was conceeded by Alonso but the website stated Luis Garcia! It was not until i checked another website that i found out the mistake...n soon after, they changed the name of the scorer to the correct one. SCREW UP! Boo! I cud've been more excited if i know itz my fave Alonso who scored!

It was 2-0 to Spain in the first half. However, both were due to deflection off the Ukrainian players. But who cares anyway..haha! The 3rd goal was oso due to luck as the referee gave a red card n a penalty kick for a seemingly dubious foul committed by Ukraine on Spain's last man. Din look like a serious enuff action to be dubbed as a foul, but oh well, who cares! As long as Spain wins!

At the end of the game, although Spain won by 4-0..i was a little worried. 3 out of their 4 goals were kinda out of luck. Only the last goal by Torres looks good. Just hope that they will buck up to get thru the rest of the world cup. Kinda hoping that Spain will get to the Semi-finals..but looks doubtful. Still hoping though, haha!

I've caught on the World Cup Fever! But boys & girls, please dun gamble n indulge in illegal soccer betting. Itz bad!

Latest Buzz

My computer has been attacked by a fucking tojan horse virus for the past 3 weeks! Havent got time to fixing it till today. On mc today coz i strained my tendons at the softest bone of my left foot! Or at least ttz what the doctor said. I guess itz becoz i went jogging on sunday w Baby fr his house to East Coast Park n back, after not excercising for 2 weeks. Prolly too strenuous for fragile little me! *Sob sob*. Itz all Baby's fault. He keep asking me to run. 'Run Run! Dun stop, a bit more only! We are reaching...' My ass! His 'a bit more' is a super duper long way ahead! Argh! Itz so painful tt im limping ard. N e doctor said my ankles r 'loose' so im prone to strains and ankle sprains. What the hell..my stamina is alry bad enuff, n now im prone to injuries? There goes my plans to lose weight and tone up! Supposed to go to the gym this week w Baby, but doctor said i cant excercise for the next few days. Damn it. Anyway, speaking of GYM, here r some fun n fit pics we took the previous time we were at the gym!

Yay! Im a strong and fit ger! Actually..im aspiring to be lah...not yet leh..sobz...

My Baby is so flexible! He has a black belt in Taekwando! Can u believe it!? *weet!* He can protect me and beat up all the baddies! My Hero!

Baby can do a split! How many guys you know can do a split?!! Im darn impressed!

Anyway i finally fixed my comp when i was on mc! My several attempts with anti-virus softwares din work, so i got fed up and reformatted the whole comp. It was a tough feat having to reinstall all the other software n reconfigure them again after reformatting. But i did it! For the first time i did it successfully on my own! Am i smart or what! hehehe!

Im really looking forward to the World Cup...which starts Friday! Itz Germany vs Costa Rica. Not too interesting to me...im looking forward to watch my beloved Spain, all-time fave England, n Baby's beloved Brazil! I promised Baby tt i'll support Brazil if he supports Liverpool FC. Hehe!

Before World Cup, i was getting all excited over...the Great S'pore Sale! I took leave on the first weekday that GSS started...a Monday! N Baby was so sweet to take leave too, to acc me to go shopping! After Baby settled some stuff at his office, off we went to have McDonald's breakfast! We finished our yummy breakfast just when the shops opened at 11am..how timely!

Altho i was really excited, GSS was quite a disappointment. Most things on sale aint fantastically nice. Most of the things i had my eyes on were either not on sale, or had negligible discount (10% - 20%?) such that it still remains expensive! I ended up with more than half of my purchases bought at itz original price as they were not on sale! Crap! #$*#@&^!@* Im busted and broke now! Check out the dresses below tt i wanted to buy from GG>5. They were on a 20% sale, but still cost more than $100 each. Yet, itz not about the price tt i did not buy them. It bcoz there was no fate!

This dress is simply too short! But i LURVE it so much! If only it was a bit longer. Itz short length makes it look juvenile, n i cant wear it to work. =(

This dress is gorgeous! But itz too big! Itz size S yet still too big. N both the GG>5 outlets at Orchard sold out their XS size alry. Another boo =(

Ohh..check out my Baby..he looks so cute! N yeah, as everyone can guess, i made him stand there n pose like the model. Hehe! He looks super cute when he is embarrassed. Poor Baby, he's got a crazy gf.

This month is a torturous month on my bank acct, not only bcoz of my shopping sprees, but also i had to pay back a lump sum to my dad's cpf for my uni tuition loan, my one year due insurance bill, n a series of birthdays of the ppl close to me (e.g. lil'bro, Baby Nic, Soph,LiYing, Yanling, cousin's 21st, future nieces Livvie & Leticia). When the going gets tough, the tough must stop shopping!