BKK with the lilies

As my cheap nail art starts to chip off, i'm miss the tiring but fun trip to BKK. ALbeit a short 4D3N trip, but i managed to totally blow my budget and had to borrow 400 baht from lily chan to pay airport tax.

So what did i buy? As i tallied up my purchases, finally unpacked from the ah-ma canvas bag. (the blue-red-white trusty classic has been updated with mickey mouse prints), half of the stuff are gifts, a quarter are useless knick-knacks.. so what's useful?

my top 3 fav purchases...

....... 99baht 3/4 pants.. i'll be wearing them a lot..floppin ard like an ah-soh.. considerin i got 3 pairs.. lol.. i 'weaved through' leaking canvas sheets to get to the store and had to squeeze pass women while trying to avoid the puddles of water at my feet to get to the pants!

................... a black clutch for 75baht..

.................................. and a 199 baht pair of silly wedges encased in bright pink flowery print.. gasp.. with fantastic service too. I was trying to balance my mocha latte and a box of Dunkin DOnuts and the shopgirl helped me to try on 2 different sizes of the shoe! Nice... Wait til i figure out how to wear it without looking like im being hit by flowers...

and top 3 most memorable experiences were...

..........Praying at the Erawan shrine: Firstly, i got confused as i prayed and wondered which side i missed.. *gasp*, then lily chan and moi were trapped as they started to wash the road around the shrine. Poor lily fong was stuck outside holding one coconut in each hand since she cant go in due to religious reasons. when we finally got out, we were stuck between the sloshing water jets and crazy traffic. I figured our sandals were being sterilised by industrial strength detergent.

...........................Watching a romantic chick-flick which turned out to be a terrible period drama. It was so cliche and lame it got funny. Its basically abt a spoilt brat who toyed with his beautiful childhood friend's feelings and later really fall in love with her. The sex scenes were cringeworthy. The stupid director tried to bring across the idea that the couple had many rendevous at an inn by having various almost identical scenes shown in quick succession, just that the female lead's kimono kept changing.

After some research, the show Spring Snow is actually an adaption of one of the 4 part novels by Yukio Mishima - an acclaimed author who is one of the most influential Japanese Novelist of the 20th century. Its some arty farty stuff apparently..
http://www.wdog.com/rider/writings/springsnow.htm

.....................................and well, seeing all fellow lilies in our worst possible state.. sans-make-up, skin going downhill no thanks to the polluted air and dirt and lily chan is holding onto some blackmail worthy pics..

And what's the worst experience?
Getting home with my bags.
Lugging 3 bags from T1, onto the sky train, to T2, to the MRT, changing trains at Tanah Merah and JE was no easy feat! I had to call my mei mei who had thankfully returned home from sku, bribe her with a pair of cutsy flats and a voodoo doll so that she'll come to the MRT station to help moi get thru the last leg of the journey home.

Setting-off: 19th May Friday

Camera-whoring shamelessly in the room!

Lily Fong and Lily Chan
& their love affair with seafood




Back to Sg, with a crazy amount of luggage for such a short trip... *faints*

I'm proud to declare all my stuff weigh just under 10Kg, banana chips and shoes included!!


ANd of cos .. My beloved 199baht sandals which i haven't figured out how to wear!!