Bunking Bangkok, Day 1

*Monday, 21st July 2008*

Dem.... our long planned Bangkok trip ended in a blink of eye. To return to work after spent 4 days 3 nights there really is a.... pain in the arse. In addition to that, Lifebook wasn't able to make it at the last minute due to some work commitments...


Nasser's AirAsia meal - Roti Jala with curry chicken.

Anyway, it was my best trip there so far. I decided to travel light; only brought 3 tees, one jeans, cash, grooming tools (this is a MUST bring items), camera (another MUST bring item) etc. Our flight is at 1.40pm and luckiy, no delay but we didn't take a group photo at the Suvarnabhumi Airport. The 15 of us were then split into 2 groups; one group booked the hotel at Baan Saladaeng (Savante, Alexander, Jin, Nasser, BunnyBan) while another group at Take A Nap hostel (both are in Silom district). I shared the 6 beds dorm at Take A Nap with Daemon, Xavier, Defiant and CK (Cheryl's friend) which is about 10 mins away from Saladaeng BTS Station. I did the stupidest thing there - I locked the safe box and unable to open it after that. Luckily I haven't put my passport in it. :p


Food court inside Central World.

After refreshed ourselves a bit, we waste no time and the 10 of us decided to visit Central World. Took 2 cabs there but the first cab (Xavier, Daemon, Chief, Janvier & Defiant) seems to stopped at the different entrance of the mall, hence we were separated and I'm stucked with Will.i.am, KH, Cheryl and CK. Went to Zara and a few shops as they were having sales but the Q detered me from getting anything... and we had our first Bangkok dinner at the food court (small and not much choice). I ordered the Tom Yum Goong spaghetti which lack of flavour (this was my only Tom Yam meal!)


Oyster Omelette.



Central World.

We then loitered inside the mall and spent most of the time at the underwear section and a local handbag boutique called NaRaYa. Got mom a small brown coin purse that costs 55 baht (RM 5.50! Cheap cheap cheap!) while Cheryl was buying like there's no tomorrow. Waited for the rest of the group to arrive, we headed back to hostel and this time, I'm stucked with the Baan Saladaeng group... While we were on the way to BTS station, Savante made a detour and we ended up at McThai (McDonald's) somewhere behind Gaysorn. Before we left, the guys took picture with the Ronald McDonald's with the "wai" gesture where Savante showed a shocking slut pose we never seen before!

Nasser: The doctor really changed when he stepped into this land.
Hyperion: Must be the air. Or water. Or food.

Oh well... :p


Jin jumping around at the BTS station.


We hurried back to the hotel, showered (the weather was freakingly hot and humid), I put on my corniest tee I bought from Chatuchak last year and walked to DJ Station (about 10 mins away) to meet up with the rest of the group. Seriously... DJ Station rocks! It was so crowded, it's really difficult to walk around. The best thing was it's not allowed to smoke inside the club and the air-conds were blasting at full speed. Plenty of hotties and cuties... "There's one on your right." "Wait, his friends were cute too." "Oh, there's another one on the podium." "He's dragging his buddies on the podium too." "OMG, they're stripping!"

I felt really calm and relax there... as if it's my little sanctuary. The people there were very outgoing and friendly. As we shake our booties, there was this particular guy, around early 30s in a pink and white stripes polo tee, small eyes, spiky hair that catches my attention. He was with another two friends, Chinese I assumed and they were dancing just next to us. I sensed that he was trying to read what my shirt says. We exchanged quite plenty of eye contacts and occasionally, smirks.

Hyperion: Did you see that guy in pink polo tee?
Daemon: Yeah. He's kinda cute, isn't it?
Hyperion: Yeah. And he was looking at us most of the time.

So, I did something out of my normal self... I purposely try to get near him and when he was just in front of me (his back is facing me), I turn around and rub my back and my butt to his! I think he must have sensed it, as I felt that he was like trying to press his to mine seconds later. This continued for a few minutes before the ever expanding crowd pushed us away.

We decided to escape from the crowd and went upstairs. We were standing near the balcony when another guy, in his late 30s, long hair, black tank tops leaning at the divider stares at my shirt and whispered something to his friend next to him. His friend then came forward to greet me.

Guy: Hi, how are you?
Hyperion: I'm fine, thanks.
Guy: Where do you come from?
Hyperion: Malaysia.
Guy: Oh I see. *points to the long hair guy* This is Gerard. From Philippines.
Hyperion: *Smiles and nod*
Guy: Why aren't you drinking?
Hyperion: Cos I get drunk fast.

At this point, you can hear the guys giggling and whispering away... = ="

Defiant scored that night when a Thai boy approached him for a dance and both of them disappeared later on. We finally left the club without Defiant as he was no where to be found and went for supper at the Burger King next door. I was going to take my seat when a Caucasian guy sitting at the left side came over.

Caucasian Guy: *look and stares at my shirt* Excuse me, can you tell me where did you get that shirt?
Hyperion: *a bit confused* Er... Chatuchak.
Caucasian Guy: Sorry but can you please get up and show it to my friend there?
Hyperion: Err... okay. *stood up and display my shirt like a dummy*
Caucasian Guy: Thanks a lot. That was a really nice shirt.
Hyperion: Haha, thank you.

And the guys started to giggle again. I suddenly feel so proud of my tee. :p

Defiant finally showed up with his newly met Thai boy and a love bite on his neck!

Defiant: I can't help it. He wanna bite. Gosh, I feel like my nipple's a bit pain too.

That concludes our first day in Bangkok :)