Day One. Excess baggage. Had to pay $45 for the darn stuff in my luggage. And I had to HAND carry the smaller one. Also heavy.
Reached Bangkok in the afternoon, picked up by the very smiley cab driver sent by my Thai partner. I didn't catch his name and we didn't understand each other, so I will just call him the 9394 man because that's his car number. By the time I checked into the hotel, it was already almost 5pm and raining heavily and the luggage handle I found missing. My Thai partner and I decided not to go to the exhibition setup today.
I took a cab to MBK (Mahboonkrong Shopping center) by myself. I remembered the way and the shops were all basically the same as the last time. Bought just snacks and had dinner, nothing really I wanted to buy. Got a cargo army look-alike pants, a bit more expensive than the normal 199baht range but much better quality and NICER, I think I paid 480baht. I was impressed that practically 70% of all the people on the streets are wearing yellow tshirts, to commemorate the King's 60th year ascension to the throne. Very supportive and devoted people. I wonder if Singaporeans will ever wear red or white (the ruling party's colours) throughout the year apart from National Day, if ever there is such a campaign. Nah...
Stuck in traffic jam for more than an hour on the way back to my hotel. It was so near yet so far. And it's still raining. Paid a 100baht note to the driver for the 83baht fare. He didn't give me back the change. Pretended to be fumbling and searching for something. Nevermind, what the heck. So I got off.
Couldn't get to sleep, and much later dozed off watching HBO ....
Reached Bangkok in the afternoon, picked up by the very smiley cab driver sent by my Thai partner. I didn't catch his name and we didn't understand each other, so I will just call him the 9394 man because that's his car number. By the time I checked into the hotel, it was already almost 5pm and raining heavily and the luggage handle I found missing. My Thai partner and I decided not to go to the exhibition setup today.
I took a cab to MBK (Mahboonkrong Shopping center) by myself. I remembered the way and the shops were all basically the same as the last time. Bought just snacks and had dinner, nothing really I wanted to buy. Got a cargo army look-alike pants, a bit more expensive than the normal 199baht range but much better quality and NICER, I think I paid 480baht. I was impressed that practically 70% of all the people on the streets are wearing yellow tshirts, to commemorate the King's 60th year ascension to the throne. Very supportive and devoted people. I wonder if Singaporeans will ever wear red or white (the ruling party's colours) throughout the year apart from National Day, if ever there is such a campaign. Nah...
Stuck in traffic jam for more than an hour on the way back to my hotel. It was so near yet so far. And it's still raining. Paid a 100baht note to the driver for the 83baht fare. He didn't give me back the change. Pretended to be fumbling and searching for something. Nevermind, what the heck. So I got off.
Couldn't get to sleep, and much later dozed off watching HBO ....
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