Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Chiang Mai Day 2
Weather there was cooling. Beautiful flowers surrounded everywhere. We went to visit the malls and city there.
Kad Suan Kaew Shopping Centre
Pictures below are taken during journey around the city
Went to the market to get food again for lunch.
During the night, we took a walk by the riverside.
There were a lots of pubs and restaurants by the riverside. Locals fish there too.
After walking around enjoying the breeze and scenery, we went to search for food. Stop by at
Kalare Night Bazaar food centre. Coincidentally they were having a Thai traditonal dance performance.
After food, we continued walking around the night bazaar. I found a stall doing manicure at a cheap price.
So I got my nails done at a price of 180 baht(approx. RM18). While I my fingers were freezing because my fingers need to stay still for it to be blow dry, my parents went for a massage at 140 baht(approx. RM14) per hour. Super bargain!
Next post day 3...
Monday, December 29, 2008
4 Days, 3 Nights in Chiang Mai
Let's keep it short here. This is how I spend my holidays.
Day 1 in Chiang Mai
Street in Chiang Mai.
Market place with delicious food everywhere. You won't get starve there. Ever since day one we were there my family and I had been a glutton.
Thai Coke. Bro said it tasted better there. He's been downing it every time if he got the chance.
Freshly fried pork skin. Very popular snack there.
Night Bazaar. Two or three streets joined together. It's something like our pasar malam here but it's way huge. There's a whole wide range of imitation goods especially branded bags and accessories, arts and craft, clothes, weapons like the katana, dvds and others.
They even have services like open air Thai massage at the night bazaar.
Lastly but not least, must try their pork burger. We had it for supper at Burger King.
Will blog about day 2 next time ;)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Off To Chiang Mai Soon
I'm going back Chiang Rai to visit grandma on the 6th. But I'll be taking flight to Chiang Mai first for a short holiday with my family. I will be coming back on the 16th. Holiday seems to be really short for me. Time really flies. The thought of going back to my uni soon really hurts.
Holiday doesn't seems to be a happy thing for me anymore because I still have to go back to the forest. I tend to get emotional whenever I think or talk about my university. There's anger, frustration and resentment. My secondary school teachers used to said "Campus life is really fun, enjoy it while you can". Maybe other university are but the university I'm in, I don't think so. The fact that it is located in a forest already spoilt the whole enjoyable factor. There's barely entertainment there. I'm isolated from the outside world. What happens outside I don't know. Unless I read newspaper or check the internet. When it's time, I wake up. When it's time, I eat. When it's time, I bath. When it's time, I shit. When its' time, I sleep. From my room window I see the same environment. In my room I face the same wall everyday. What else can I do? It's so routine. I felt that I'm a robot. I don't feel alive. This is my life? In life, we need at least some things to spice things up right? I felt stressed up when I'm there.
Furthermore, parents will be really proud and by telling their friends, parents will get praised and other hu ha like "Whoa, you're lucky because your daughter can get into a government university because it's really hard to get into one unless you're really good." For some parents, if you're in a college means you're not that good because everywhere there's college but university there's only a few. No offense but yea these are their mindset. The reason that I'm in the uni? It's because of my family condition. I'm not in a poor family but there's somethings that I don't want to state or go in depth here.
The uni management sucks. They like to make changes yet they never ask us students opinion. They like to see us suffer. What is wrong with them I don't know. Maybe they're in the forest for such a long time so they're mentally unbalance. The uni stated that they provide wireless in the whole campus. Bullshit! My room don't even have a connection. All lies...
Enough of all these. I'm so dead tired of thinking about this. Waste my time...
Kad Suan Kaew Shopping Centre
There were a lots of pubs and restaurants by the riverside. Locals fish there too.
Next post day 3...
Street in Chiang Mai.
Market place with delicious food everywhere. You won't get starve there. Ever since day one we were there my family and I had been a glutton.
Thai Coke. Bro said it tasted better there. He's been downing it every time if he got the chance.
Freshly fried pork skin. Very popular snack there.
Night Bazaar. Two or three streets joined together. It's something like our pasar malam here but it's way huge. There's a whole wide range of imitation goods especially branded bags and accessories, arts and craft, clothes, weapons like the katana, dvds and others.
They even have services like open air Thai massage at the night bazaar.
Lastly but not least, must try their pork burger. We had it for supper at Burger King.
