Ramblings

just back from pattaya and bangkok! hmm...how i wish we could have more days for the trip... nvm i will be back soon!! well, pattaya (2 hours journey from bangkok) was very very much like venice beach in california. they have rows of shops and hotels and bars along the pattaya beach road..and the beach span about few km from one end to the other..the sea view is awesome!! and my hotel room actually face the beach so you just can't help to admire the horizon in the morning!! we didn't really shop in the pattaya town cuz the guide said stuff down there were much more expensive than in bangkok.

then we headed back to bangkok city, went to all sorts of "tourist" places ie floating market, elephant show man playing with the croc who looked so bored, pray the 4 face Buddha, and AHEM of cuz shopping! my sis and i nearly bought the whole shop in jajutak, the bugis street version for thailand!! the shirts and dresses there are ridiculously cheap. and i mean CHEAP. wah..how i wish i bought more.....mome bought heavy souvenirs for our new home decor, she's a killer when it comes to bargaining, that poor shopkeeper..

and of all places, the tourist guide bought us to siam paragon. wth. as if i can afford to buy anything from there...well, maybe the mng, zara and guess is still my limit, but all those lv, gucci and marc jacobs..OH there's a couple of huge victoria beckham poster ad for marc jacobs. she looked so hmm weird and fake. but i still love her!! hehe

the only thing that surprised me is that the income gap is very very huge in thailand, unlike singapore. i saw a couple of lamborghini and ferrari, high rise condominium and thai women carrying real prada bags all in the midst of slum houses and roadside peddlers. well, the rich get richer the poor get poorer then??

ps: god bless the people in sichuan/beichuan and myanmar..all they need now is the courage and strength to move on.