Sunday, October 08, 2006

Thai Trip - Cha Am (part 1)

Wat is Cha Am? It is a tiny little town in Thailand wit a fabulous getaway corner for the thai ppl. So we farang(foreigner in thai) won noe much abt tis place. But our FYP tutor made us go dere. It is like exploring an undiscovered gem in a foreign land.i muz admit It is an exciting n adventurous journey tru-out our proj research.

Before the flight
Look hu r dere to see us off!! hmph kai where r u??


my mummy!!


Clement n michelle hu came to see Jean off!! where r my jie mei?? *pout lips*


k la the most impt person(except my mummy) got come i happy liao=DD

Actuali to normal ppl dey may think it jus a 10 day trip not like gg overseas to study for years y need so many ppl to see us off. But guess tru the army coup thing i see real friendship. i dun mean those hu nvr come de is heartless la. i received countless sms concerning abt my trip n askin me to tk care. reali apprecitae dat! dat's y i show my appreciation when im back from thai=DD

Actuali b4 boarding de plane im stil quite skeptical whether i would make it to thai. Cuz on dat day fri, our flight is postponed last min, make me sink into the stress mode n alot qns ran tru my head. Wat if i nvr make it to thai. Reali thank God dat it was oni when i reach Cha Am n see my hotel wit my own eyes dat i decided to slap myself n say "hey, God brought me to Thai safely!!"


Gems Cha Am is the hotel! At first we haf doubts in this hotel cuz we couldnt get any info abt it on internet n try callin the hotel but no one ans the phone. zzZZzz..Thank God it was quite a reputable hotel in Cha Am. we oni knew when we reached dere...


C tis interesting pickup? it was loaded wit all kinds of seashells stuff. At dere, sea shells r so much like its free. Btw our proj is to observe the different kind of commerce which exist in Cha Am. Tis is one of dem.

watchin the auntie in action doing the sea shell crafts~~

bicycle rental..

bike rental. colorful choices!!

Ride a horse service at the beach!!

Thai teenagers arrived in multi-colored buses every weekend to Cha Am for getaway=DD spore buses looked so dull compared to theirs..they even got tons of spotlights at de front of bus which i wonder dere wil b enuff gas truout the 3 hr long journey to cha am not=pp


C the public phone dat my groupmate Angus is posing wit? it reali amuses me wit its colorful casing hahaha.


c the size of the coke bottle? in cha am dere's no such thing as canned coke. oni bottled coke. n tis bottle is enormous!!


This pic is an evidence to those ppl hu r concern whether i reali got do my proj when im in thai. c? i got hor. the sun is killing me=((


so we stopped by at this ice cream palor to dissipate all the heat energy n indulge in an 'ice cream buffet' !! sum candid shots below haha..


C the thai guy beside me? Jean kept emphasizing how sweet he was when he helped us to 'jagar' the dog when we wanted to use the washroom where the fierce dog was. Tis simple gesture n thoughts reali brighten up our day=))


This is a bar called Pink Flamingo. Everything is pink. i wouldnt want to step in cuz pink color is my greatest enemy!!


This game- like machine is actuali a tv cum karaoke system haha..looked like those machines which i used to play pinballs when im young.


haha..tis is a stall selling 4 diff flavor of milk. got yam de, honey dew de, plain de n tea de. n i named it the Moo Moo shop whenever we passed by, we would point at ths stall n exclaimed, 'dat's moo moo shop!!' (tis is how u differentiate a sua gu lookin tourist)


ops! tis photo was taken initially to spike liam(but i noe it won succeed cuz liam won care at all) but everytime i see it i get annoyed myself.he is such a disappointment. For those hu wan noe more can ask me. i can tel u all the horrifyin encounters me n jean went tru wit him=((( k concentrate on the hut not the ppl. it was beside a seaside seafood restaurant i find it kinda nice so decided to take. NO OTHER MEANING.duhs.


I muz proudly says dat all the cranky poses dat u c in the photos r suggested by me. W/o me i cant imagine how broing the pics wil look=DD


oh n ya tis is called the banana boat!! i wanted to try but Jean n Angus not so keen sum more i cant swim so if i fell into water i b a burden to them. n more ppl more fun!! haizz..regreted not tryin.


Tis auntie i reali love the thai fish cake dat she is selling. *drooling...* it is simply delicious n yummy!! cuz plus oil dust dirt n bacteria! fantastic combination which add on to the flavors~~ oh ya she carry tis tray n walk along the beach to sell the food to de ppl. her hands not tired meh??

Tis ah pek is carrying a whole bunch of styrofoam kites n moving along the beach hoping to sell away the kites. From far it's reali nice but when im near it i reali admit, it is far from nice=((

Mobile furniture stall!! amazing!!


These 2 farangs wit another farang tot we r from(korea japan or taiwan) maybe becuz of my act cute dressing n light skin tone n jean wit her tinge of korean look ba. arhem, btw tis ah moh terrorised me=(( to cut the story short, he tot im jus one of the many gers he knew hu r loose so he did one action which irritaed me til now.

The story goes...

Jean: hey isnt dat the ang moh we saw yest n took pic wit?

me n Angus: wah de world so small!!

We waved to the ang moh. he stopped his bike n started chatting wit us. At this time i was standin the closest to him. He showed us pics he had developed n we saw our photos wit him.

ang moh: take the pic, it's ok.

me:oh no prob we got a copy in our cam too.

ang moh: jus take..

AT THIS MOMENT, he put his dirty hand on my hand n stroke it while askin me to accept the photos. i froze on spot.HALO, is tis sum kind of trade? im not dat kind of loose loose woman k. WALAU EY. after tellin Jean, Jean apologised for not protecting me n swear if we bumped into him again he won let me stand close to him. At least 10m away=(( Guess wat, jus as i exclaimed out loud i dun wan see him again, i bumped into him again at other side of the beach. I almost died of shock when i saw him.


noticed the painting on the wall? it was actuali finding nemo characters. Im attracted to the beautiful selection of colors on the wall n pleaded Jean to tk a pic of me=DD


If u see carefully its actuali my beloved xiao pi. i was shocked to see it covered by my scarf in tis way when i returned to hotel room. Jean n Angus said dat maybe we didnt give any tips to the housekeeper so the auntie ill treated my xiao pi. sobz..but i proved dem wrong lor. even we gave her tips the next day, my xiao pi stil lie in an awkward position on the bed. Maybe hippo is a bad omen to thai ppl ba=(


Isnt tis puppy adorable?? i named it QQ but til now Jean stil couldnt get the name right. It has 8 other siblings n QQ is the oni white one. so i especially adores it. See de eyes not even open yet cuz we woke it from sleep haha.

We quickly ask Angus to grab a float n took a pic of it when no one is lookin. btw one comment to the float. It is REali UGLy compared to the shops sellin all kinds of colorful floats below!!


this dunno wat to call biscuits cost us 70 Baht when the real price is oni 20 Baht. We kana chopped by the seller like nobody biz. At first he opens his lion mouth n say 70Baht. feel like slappin him. dun tink we farang can try to fool us. we r street smart k.


After finished the biscuits, it's time to shit. haha.


Tis lady can spoke quite good english n she reali helped us to understand Cha Am more..guess we r fated to meet each other cuz stil rmb she helped us 'jagar' a mother dog n her puppy when we r kinda harrassed by the dogs..actuali the dogs jus wan to play wit us but im too stress to tink in dat way. Den at nite we bumped into her at the night market in town n realised she worked at our hotel restaurant!! it's reali God's blessing cuz we r findin ppl to interview n she's the right person!! Tis pic is taken the day b4 we left for Bangkok..

K dat's all for time being. Stil got a terrifyin prata man story. im jus so shuay to kana terrorised by these 2 person at Cha Am. Reali spice up Jean n angus time toking abt it=((

part 2 coming soon!!

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