It is quite a challenge finding time for blogging lately. Once I am already free of my "responsibilities" and "duties" ... I found myself having writers' block (and bouts of laziness) hehehe. That's why you see me active on FB ... uploading photos, making comments on friends' photos and updating my status ...
Anyway, after my trip to Jakarta, I knew that I had to go for more vacations overseas. Europe and USA maybe too ambitious at the moment so I decided to move on to other ASEAN cities. Macam-macam laa plan ... sekejap Bali, sekejap Ho Chi Minh and Seam Reap. However, I stumbled upon the "chance" one day during a chat with Jett about his trip to Bangkok when he mentioned something about wanting to go there again because "best Bangkok Mie".
And then throughout the chat he kept mentioning a Thai lady friend named Aey ... so out of curiosity I asked him "How many times have you been to Bangkok?"
"Two."
Well, well, well .... Jethro Henry Adams, lecturer UNIMAS, single and available in early thirties and been to Bangkok twice to meet a friend name Aey .... PANAS!
And so the following weeks saw Mie being the good follower and let Jett do all the hard work of planning the Bangkok trip. Besides I was too exhausted with my "old office" works and lab discussions. But I did put some conditions though ... I want to see the Grand Palace, tried the Tuk Tuk and cruise the Menam Chao Phraya. Plus watch some "educational show" on "human anatomy" .... if boleh. Hehehe
Then Aey suggested we go to Chieng Mai, which to her is more interesting than Bangkok. Coincidentally, that time I already got the offer to join MOTOUR and my gut feeling said, I should go to Chiengmai too. Of course little did I know that supporters of Thaksin in Northern Thai, who were mostly from Chiengmai will create chaos in central Bangkok. Oh! Darn it ... I have a lot of red T-shirts. So weeks before the trip I could only hope and pray that the Red Shirt protest in Bangkok will end soon. Again as usual, I relied on Jett and Aey to update me about the situation in Bangkok ... I love playing the princess!
Though a week before the trip the Red Shirt crisis was over, I still hesitated to pack red shirts ... but other colours didn't do justice to my prosperous tummy so I packed all dark coloured t-shirts. My mum was still a bit concern about the trip , even my new boss said ... "make sure you come back in one piece". Gulp!!
Then the day arrive ....
Anyway, after my trip to Jakarta, I knew that I had to go for more vacations overseas. Europe and USA maybe too ambitious at the moment so I decided to move on to other ASEAN cities. Macam-macam laa plan ... sekejap Bali, sekejap Ho Chi Minh and Seam Reap. However, I stumbled upon the "chance" one day during a chat with Jett about his trip to Bangkok when he mentioned something about wanting to go there again because "best Bangkok Mie".
And then throughout the chat he kept mentioning a Thai lady friend named Aey ... so out of curiosity I asked him "How many times have you been to Bangkok?"
"Two."
Well, well, well .... Jethro Henry Adams, lecturer UNIMAS, single and available in early thirties and been to Bangkok twice to meet a friend name Aey .... PANAS!
And so the following weeks saw Mie being the good follower and let Jett do all the hard work of planning the Bangkok trip. Besides I was too exhausted with my "old office" works and lab discussions. But I did put some conditions though ... I want to see the Grand Palace, tried the Tuk Tuk and cruise the Menam Chao Phraya. Plus watch some "educational show" on "human anatomy" .... if boleh. Hehehe
Then Aey suggested we go to Chieng Mai, which to her is more interesting than Bangkok. Coincidentally, that time I already got the offer to join MOTOUR and my gut feeling said, I should go to Chiengmai too. Of course little did I know that supporters of Thaksin in Northern Thai, who were mostly from Chiengmai will create chaos in central Bangkok. Oh! Darn it ... I have a lot of red T-shirts. So weeks before the trip I could only hope and pray that the Red Shirt protest in Bangkok will end soon. Again as usual, I relied on Jett and Aey to update me about the situation in Bangkok ... I love playing the princess!
Though a week before the trip the Red Shirt crisis was over, I still hesitated to pack red shirts ... but other colours didn't do justice to my prosperous tummy so I packed all dark coloured t-shirts. My mum was still a bit concern about the trip , even my new boss said ... "make sure you come back in one piece". Gulp!!
Then the day arrive ....
5 comments:
Jaime, is this the background to the earlier trip or are you going to Bangkok again? One thing I can say about blogging is, if you hold back a story for a few days it gets stale in your head and ultimately you don't feel like writing about it at all. The excitement is lost. It's better to write while you're in the midst of things, even if it's just a few sentences. If fact blogging on the run is more interesting, You can intersperse a story on what has happened with what taking place around you at the moment of writing like. "God. a mosquito has just landed on my arms while typing this." SMACK, the mosquito is dead, flat out in a little pool of my blood.So, be hearing more from you like before, on the blog or in the comment box. Do ease up a little on the official work to let others catch up on you.
Gimme the info of Chieng mai tour guide pls...
Norzah: Yes... agree to that. Anyway ... that's why I changed it into story telling ... novel like. Couldn't find time to blog my earlier trips.
Yoyop: Sure...
I think the work pressure is now getting onto you. Actully it's not work that causes pressure. It's when you don't really like some of the things you've to do.
Try to like it and the pressure will go away.....at least a little, hehehe.
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