Travel, Fever, Cough and Flu – the whole package!

I’ve been travelling again... this time to Bangkok, Thailand. This is my third trip to Bangkok for three years in a row! I went with my parents for a short break during the long weekend. We just went there for shopping. The weather was terrible. It was very hot and during the night it rains heavily. The road to our hotel was flooded one night and we had to walk as the taxi couldn’t go through. The drainage system is not that great there and with millions of people living in the city, the surrounding is not clean either. I make a habit of washing my crocs shoe with dettol when I return to my hotel.
Unfortunately upon my return back home, I caught the cough and cold. My dad was already coughing badly when he was there (he ate too much of the longan fruit even before we went to Bangkok!). I had the fever as well and was given 2 days sick leave from work. Thank God it’s nothing serious like the H1N1. It is just a common cold and I’m still recovering from it.
My next trip will be in 2 weeks time. I need to recover fully first and get some vaccine shots as well. It’ll be an adventurous one and I’m pretty excited about it. I can’t wait! Will update on it soon...

View of Bangkok from the airplane

Arriving at Bangkok airport

View from the 43rd floor of the hotel

Down below

Police on segway at Chatuchak Weekend market

Coconut Ice-creamSugar rush at Dunkin Donuts (had this on the first day)

The road to the hotel flooded!

Night view
In front of CentralWorld
Durian Mooncake from Starbucks

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Some stick figure drawings

Crazy Month

Not been updating my blog lately because I was quite tight up with a lot of things. I was away to Singapore for the weekend to bring a friend who recently got back from the UK to surprise another friend who is working there. And it turned out really well. We stayed somewhere near to Clarke Quay which was an excellent choice because of the night life there and also because of the food! Oh yeah and I also went on the Singapore Flyer which was amazing though I was afraid of height!

The Famous Singapore Chili Crab

Baked Tiger Prawn with Cheese

The view from my hotel balcony (Singapore River)
Below: my attempt to sketch it

On board the Singapore Flyer

The following weekend I went to KL to watch Manchester United in action against Malaysia. They scored 3-2. I thought they will not win! I would be very disappointed if that happen. Anyways, I enjoyed KL cos' the last time I was there was about a year ago. I was going on a shopping spree... unbelievable! I spend so much in just one day before going to the stadium to watch the match in the afternoon. Never thought I could actually find something to buy there hahaha I never fancy going to KL for shopping but this time round it was different.
My airasia flight back was delayed for an hour. There's nothing much to do in LCCT except shopping (again!) at the duty-free shops and eat, eat, eat. Thank God they have free wi-fi and I was constantly updating my FB status and checking my emails. Amazingly, my luggage only weighs 11kg in total (I had a duffle bag and backpack checked-in). The plane finally departed at 7pm.

The very next day after I arrived back from KL (20th July was a public holiday)I went to Ulu Belalong, Temburong with a group of friends. I've never been to Belalong before and also, I did not came prepared...physically!! My friend who lives in Temburong did not tell me that we need to hike. We took a long speed boat to the place which takes about 30mins and then we hike and climb ALOT of stairs (385m to get to the canopy walk). Upon reaching (I swear I felt like I was going to die while climbing those stairs!) we need to climb the scaffolding which is about 45m high to be above the trees. The view was amazing up there but getting there was hell! hahaha Nevertheless I enjoy the trip though it will be my first and last time! My hands and legs were shaking after the climb. We rested and have lunch by the riverside which was very cooling and proceeded to enjoy the waterfall which was about 10mins walk into the forest.
It really feels good to be away from the city once in a while and enjoy a nature walk. Oh yeah... I was wearing a CROCS shoe for the hike...very convenient I might say...you can just dip your feet in the river after the long walk hehehe and get it clean at the same time ;)

Bored Saturday

Just another day