Bangkok Trip: Day 2 (Poor TH... really poor)

Woken up By StupidGenius for Breakfast an hour earlier than we intended as he was still looking at Singapore Time (GMT +8) instead of the local time (GMT +7). Nonetheless, I still nua for a while more in my bed before getting out reluctantly to wash up. Then call the gals down for breakfast at around 915. They served a main dish, sunny side up, sausage, toast, crossiant, banana muffin and cereal for breakfast. Of course my favourite would be the banana muffin... :p

Today we going to Chatuchak Weekend Market for further 血拼. Do the 4 of us took a cab down from our hotel after breakfast. The temperature here in Bangkok is really hot. But we simply have to endure it for the sake of shopping... My 战利品 from here was quite a few pieces of T-shirt. Took a short break after hours of walking and shopping.

Worse was to come later in the day. As we resumed from our half time break, we were weaving our way through a crowd of people. It was not long before S found that my pouch was unzipped and that my wallet inside was gone (holy s#%&)... Luckily only the wallet was gone, the rest of the stuff inside the pouch were still intact. Had to call up a few numbers to suspend the credit card and stuffs like that... And the 4 of us tried to navigate our way back to the stall where we had a rest. In the process, SG manage to buy a shirt from a stall that we passed by once before.

After that went to the information center and report my lost of wallet. The person there also advised me to make a police report at the local police station. She gave us a map of how to get to the station from here. Then trying to hail a taxi to bring us to a police station, but was rejected by many drivers. Finally managed to find one who would bring us to the station.

Made a police report at Bangsue Police Station. This is the first time that I have done such a thing. First I would fill up a form describing the incident that had occurred. Then the policeman brought me to another officer who would record down what I have written in another book. Most of the time, I was just waiting for the officer to finish recording the incident. Finally the officer pass me the original copy of the police report, which I would need to make my insurance claim.

Head back to hotel to rest after making the police report. SG message E to see if she wanna join us for dinner. E was going to Pantip to get her laptop repaired. We decided to go meet E at Central World Plaza (former World Trade Center), which is pretty near Pantip. As we were feeling hungry, we bought some donuts and ice cream from Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins respectively to fill our stomach. There were 2 statue of buddha outside of the plaza and many people were praying at it. I joined in to pray as well.

We decided to have dinner at a roadside stall nearby. There were many BBQ fish which looks pretty appetizing. SG went off to pick up E while the rest of us stayed to order the food. We had a hard time ordering the food as we were communicating in different languages. Finally managed to place our order after some "finger-pointing".

The food came very quickly but not SG and E. And so we waited. Finally, they came. SG bought some stuff back to 加菜, this includes some maggots, worms, fried frogs and grasshoppers. I think some of them didn't taste too bad, although it took me a while to have the 1st bite.

We wanted to go Bed Supper Club straight after dinner. But apparently the club did not open until much later. So we all went Metropolis (opposite of Central World Plaza) for more window shopping. Head down to the club when it was about time.

Upon arriving, E found the place very familiar as she had come to the place only a couple of days ago with her colleague. So she decided not to join us, perhaps also partly because the next day is a working day. The entrance cover charge was THB500 for the day, including 2 free drinks. This was comparable to the price in Singapore. Heard from E that the cover charge was THB750 on friday night.

There were not too many people when we went in, perhaps the night is still young. After a while though, the place started filling up. We ordered our drinks and started playing some finger guessing game. I guess the bed here must be very cozy, and I managed to doze off for a while. Then there was a performance going on, which was some singing gig.

Went for supper after coming out of Bed Supper Club. SG took us to have chicken rice at a shop opposite of Pratunam Center. Went back hotel to rest after yet another late night out.

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