I'm back from the Thailand trip! It was awesome having no restrictions, no curfews, no naggings, and yes to whatever I wanted to do! They were the bestest days I've ever had this year, and the happiest. Oh but before that, the colleagues ambushed me during work last Monday. Boss came to me looking solemn and told me that she had to speak to me. Then she did a little shaking-of-head action and that got me so worried cos' I thought I'd screwed something up again. But when I followed her to the meeting room, everyone including big boss were there and there was a really huge marble cake baked by the courtesy of Anita (she knows I love her marble cakes) plus lots of curry puffs and a birthday song. I was struck dumbfounded by this little surprise party and so so so thankful to all of them who went to the expense for me!

Yes, and back to the topic of the Land of Smiles. The people there lived up to their name. They were all helpful, friendly and extremely smiley, not as scary as you think they would be (the stereotypical thinking of every Thai being pervertic monsters who kill, kidnap and rape females should be changed).

Day 1 - 13th Dec
I couldn't sleep. The next thing I knew, my parents were already driving the 4 of us to the airport at 4 freaking a.m. While checking in at the budget terminal, Qi and I saw a mutual long lost friend who was taking the same flight as us. The world is so small oops.. or rather Singapore. After catching a long 2 hour coach from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Pattaya, we got lost after alighting from the coach. We were supposedly walking towards the direction of our hotel - Aiyara Palace Hotel but it was a good 10km away under the blistering heat, the polluted road and our huge luggage. So we took a taxi (the non-airconditioned kind) and sorta got cheated for the high price quoted by a taxi driver. Oh well, we were quite desperate to get outta there anyway.

Our hotel was beautiful. Everything looked new, clean and tidy and our rooms were huge for a Superior!


After getting some rest, we had an unsatisfying lunch at a nearby coffeeshop and then headed to Ripley's Believe Or Not at Royal Garden Plaza. It was even better than amusement parks I swear and the four main attractions are: 1. Believe It or Not Museum, 2. Infinity Maze, 3. 4D Moving Theatre, and 4. Haunted Adventure. Let me take you through the pictures and you will have an idea of what each category is about.

Believe It or Not Museum

We're sitting on the biggest chair ever but you can't see the size of the chair because our photographer is lousy =X

Do a little wriggle of your fingers at the empty space where strings should be for a harp and you'll find yourself playing the harp like a pro.





The man who walks down the stairs via head.



The mirror which made us laugh like idiots.

Shortest and tallest men respectively.

4D Moving TheatreWe had a hell of a time in there! The motion picture featured was 'The Log' and it's like a crazy roller coaster ride. But short of that, 'heart drop' kinda feeling when the train we were supposed to be sitting in went free fall! Absolutely thrilling.

Infinity Maze
We couldn't take pictures in there but I managed to get this from some blog. Hee. Infinity maze was spectacular. We had to wear socks which cover our shoes and gloves as well so we wouldn't scratch the mirrors. You'll have to find your way out for every room and in the midst of doing that, there will be different lightings, atmosphere and settings for each room. Fantastic. We looked like the modern kinda Charlie Chaplin doing some desperate mimes.

Haunted Adventure
The 3 cute little friends were staring at this stationary gruesome frankenstein after I told them that his eyes were following me when we walked past him. The smart me went further away from him when the curious 3 went closer. Then he suddenly came to life and scared the hell outta them. HAHAH! Anyways, the haunted house was scary! I screamed until my throat went hoarse and I screamed until I was so tired. Poor Chris. I bet he was half deaf when the walk ended. But it was freaking scary la! Someone kept squeezing my shoulders and until after we got out of the freaky room did I realise that it was Nixon who was doing that all the time. -_- But overall, the 300 baht spent was well worth!

Thereafter, we went for some seafood at the red light district of Pattaya. While walking and looking out for our ideal seafood restaurant, there was a striptease club right beside me. And out came a woman who was scantily dressed, drawing the attention of many innocent onlookers like us. And yes, the curious me tried to peek into the club and gosh.. -see no evil- Then we chose this open-air seafood restaurant which overlooks the sea. Beautiful. A perfect way to end the day.







To be continued..