Day 1: Arriving at Bangkok...

Been looking forward to my Bangkok trip wif mom as i'm dying to fly away! Chose this destination as my orignal plan to Lijiang was aborted... BKK is budget mah. Today commenced our 5D4N trip. This backpack rep me waiting to get onboard at Changi Airport... heehee!

Boarded our Cathay Pacific CX712 at local time 1.30pm. I was thrilled to ride on my fav airline again! To my little dismay, the in-flight entertainment system only have music, the movies r switch off. The lunch was yummy (usually i dislike airplane food). I had pork wif rice, while mom opted for chicken wif baked potato. This is my 2nd lunch in the day, haha! Haagen Diaz ice-cream is usually served on CX flights ... I love it!

Before long, our 2hrs flight touched down on Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Int'l Airport. Abit lost searching for our tour leader to pick us up. Finally found this gal who intro herself as Patoon, she sat us down while waiting for the 9-seater van & started asking if we interested in watching some 'aguar show' (the famous thai tranvestite show!) or day tours... haha! I asked her to teach me how to say 'Thank You' in Thai ... it's 'Khaawp Khoon' (for men, add the word 'khrap' behind; for ladies, add the word 'kha' behind) ... to me its pronuciation sound like 'cartoon ka'! Similarly, their Thai greetings (can be used in many ways, Hello, Gd Morning, Gd Afternoon etc) is commonly what we known as 'Sa Wat Dee' (add Khrap for males/ add Kha for ladies behind it). So as a gal, i've to greet by saying 'Sa Wat Dee Kha'!

By the time we checked into Narai Hotel at Silom Road, it's abt 5pm! Took a short rest & decided to head to MBK Center. Our nearest BTS was Chong Nonsi which was 15mins walk fr our hotel! Purchased the BTS Sky Smartpass for 130 THB (only 70 THB can be used) for convenient sake . The counter gal gave me the wrong change & was certainly unfriendly when i asked her abt it... wat a bad experience at the start of my trip!

Arrived at BTS National Stadium station which had a skylink to Tokyu (jap dept store in MBK). Security was tight as each person entering fr the station had to pass thru' a scan. Subsequently, i realized all the major malls in BKK require similar security checks. Wa sei! MBK Mall is really huge wif many shops lining each level. My pre-departure research discovered that we can show our passport at its info counter to get a Tourist discount card for discount at selected merchants. So naturally, we got the card bef exploring the mall....

Had late dinner at Level 6 food court (there's another more ex eating pl at Level 5). Settled for their local tze char stall & prior to purchasing food, need to buy their coupons. I tried tis delicious Fried Rice wif Shrimp... chose this stall as there was a pretty long Q, haha! It's a well deserved wait & i decided to return again.

Fried Rice with Shrimp

When we need to ans the call of nature, i bought mom to the adjoining 5* hotel ~ Pathumwan Princess. Wow! I luv the ambience at this hotel & the design is modern & chic...

Ended our day slightly early as we were both tired & need to wake up super early the next day for our half day tour.... as such, have to postpone my orginal plan to tour the nite bazaar tonite.