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Well~ I was suppose to be back yesterday but due to some complications at the airport, I finally landed here in the afternoon. Sorry for the late blogging so I’ll get straight down to this before I blog about the interview I just had with the owner of Cosafe (pronouced as Cos-Cafe).

And presenting you a wallpaper I did when I got bored in the hotel. I’m still working on it. Do give me comments on the work =)

Day 1:

At 0630hr, I found myself looking outside of the window in the plane as it was getting ready to take of. I didn’t sleep the night before so when I woke up, I was already in Bangkok at 0900hr.

Day 1 seems interesting as I checked into a hotel, which was pretty good since it was a 4 star hotel. THe weather is very cooling unlike Singapore. Having a laptop ready, I decided to blog more about this trip as it could be an interesting one and perhaps I was hoping I could share something with my readers.

Sadly, I didn’t bring my camera with me since I carelessly left it at home after yesterday’s cosplay event at Expo. I do have some pictures taken by my father’s friend so perhaps I could try to get some pictures.

So here I was thinking that it’ll be no animes for me or anything japanese related stuffs for the next few days. However, I was wrong. As I walk down the streets of Bangkok, I was quite suprised to find quite alot of them and I found myself walking into a Japanese bookstore. They had books that teaches on how to communicate Japanese but they were in Thai so I couldn’t be buying that now can I? So I tried my luck in hoping to find something to read like Newtype, Megami or some sorts. What do you know? They do have it! And yes, it’s slighty cheaper here I can assure you. One of the worker of the stall came up to be and say “hi” in Thai, so I said “hi” too. Sadly, they were only good in Japanese and Thai but not really English, so I was trying to communicate with them in Japanese. Yes, it isn’t as proficient like some other people like DarkMirage and such, so I was doing weird gestures as I spoke with them, adding bits of English and Thai that I know (which reminds me of Singlish so much since we always tend to mix up different languages to form sentences.) I did have a few books in mind that I want to get like some artbooks and such, but I’ll probably go and get them on the last day before I come back to Singapore. Left the store and walked around a little more and was shocked to actually find Kinokuniya around the area too. I didn’t enter it since I wanted to check out the Sunday flea market.

The flea market is really an interesting place. Over 600 stores and I was spending almost half the day walking and browsing around. Bought some souviners such as hand-made mugs for myself and someone. (Well~ I wanted to grab a Japanese tea cup but didn’t in the end since I doubt anyone really does tea drinking and I couldn’t get a good bargain.) Got a few shirts as well and also bought weird art works and other stuffs that seemed useless but the artistic value was there. Got lost for awhile but managed to get out and went back to the hotel.

Headed to a Thai resturant and indulged in the food there. Seriously, if you come to Thailand, try out the good food out there. Umehiko mentioned that they love adding sugar to their food. -.-” Well~ I didn’t really see much with sugar except for fruits and such. Oh yeah, animals here were sold cheap too. A puppy cost about SG$200, a rabbit cost about SG$5. They also got kittens, hamster and also squirrels!

After a good meal, I decided to head down to a massage parlour near the hotel to have a massage since I heard that it was good. I actually passed a red-light district on the way since my parents went, “You might want to take a look or somethig.” and I had to grab on my sister and brother so that they dun get dragged away. -.-”

Reached the massage and I went for a foot massage and it was really relaxing. I kid you not! An hour of massage probably cost about SG$12. They ended up massaging the whole leg, arms and back somehow but it was worth it.

That’s about it. Frankly speaking, it’s quite a good experience here. Things are cheap, the food is exotic and it’s fun. What I was really suprised is the number of Japanese people around the area and I still can’t believe I came across a Japanese bookstore and Kinokuniya. I’ll grab those magazines and artbook on the last day before I get back.

And did you know? I practically saw no obease Thais here. All of them are healthy and fit looking. Wonder it’s cause of the lifestyle here or are those people hiding somewhere. =\

Day 2:

Nothing much today except for shopping once again. Went by another Kinokuniya, this time with Japanese books around. Saw Dengeki Daioh and Comic Gao which I’ve not gotten yet and tons of mangas, visual books and magazine. I’ll probably pick them up tomorrow or the last day of the trip. Might just grab some novels since they are cheap and I can try to read them in future. Perhaps some visual books that cannot be gotten too. It’s about the same price as Singapore but it’s slightly cheaper in a way for the visual books.

Went for a river cruise where you can have dinner on. The ambience and food were great too and its about SG$27 for one person. It’s about a 2 hours cruise where you just indulge in the food, hear some music and also dance at the stage. Spent the rest of the time in the hotel just reading through D.Gray-Man and also play Fullani and completed it. Not bad for a Mahjong game (with nice rewards). =D

Day 3:

Usual shopping once again. Bought tons of clothings for the upcoming new year and all. The only special thing was going to the tallest building in Bangkok and have dinner at the top floor looking down at the city. Tomorrow is the last day so I’ll probably be picking up stuffs that I’ve not gotten yet.

Day 4:

Went to the Kinokuniya and grabbed my books except for Comic Gao since it was reserved by some other people. =\ Besides that, its non-stop shopping. I’m like a Shaq in Thailand. Most of them don’t have size for both shirt, pants and shoes. The shirts were ok but the sleeves were too short. The pants were alright for waist but terrible when it comes to thighs so I had to grab even bigger pants that normal people don’t wear. Shoes were hard to get, I guess they have small feet.

Day 5:

Aparrantly, JetStar screwed up yesterday and there wasn’t enough seats for my family to get on board. We end up waiting for the next day’s flight and they compensated us by booking a hotel for us and paid for it with food and transport covered. At long last, I’m home. Time to arrange a meeting with Windbell and Loki to have an interview with the owner of Cosafe. =)