Chiang Rai - Mae Sai Day 3

It was 6.30AM in Chiang Rai. Outside the hotel. Sun is yet to shine and the moon is yet to set.


Winding road up the hill but towards which direction?


We finally reached after the long and winding road. See...Flags for sale.


There's a fee to visit all the 3 places firstly the villa, secondly the garden and lastly the memorial hall


I think it costs use around THB 200


This is IT!! we explore first the Doi Tung villa. The King of Thailand's mother's Villa.
Entrance to the Doi Tung villa reads this.....


My mum was smart enough to wear a skirt on that day so she ended up looking like this hehehehe. Stylo isn't it?


The Mae Fah Luong Garden. Look at the grass. Looks gross to me actually...


Nicely done with bamboo sticks


and the sun was this high and it was freaking hotz!!


The "monkey cup". If you need to clear flies out of your way get this plant. They help u lots.


this is interesting and amazingly done.


A special species of flower..They did not specify the name of the flower so i can't help it.


i was impressed by this....the flower face downside if you look at it properly and it does look a bit like morning glory except where it was facing and it was white.


The garden with the memorial statue in the middle


a little hut for you to catch a deep breath after the long walk and sweat..


believe in your eyes..nobody spray it white


the flower facing sideways and probably that was were the sun rises.


the discovery has come to an end and this garden is the final one to the Mae Fah Luong. most importantly this is the spot where you can see from the Doi Tung villa.


they offer drinking water in the garden...and it's icy ice coldddd..... didn't dare to drink so i used them to wash my hands. :D. i agree that defeats the purpose but please think of this out of the 100 ppl who actually drinks them?


We then head for lunch in Mae Sai. A little shop near the river which mark the boundary to Cambodia. That's Combodia.


Combadian flag on the left side and Thai on the left.


This is the side of Thailand in Mae-Sai. There is a lot of things for you to buy here in Mae Sai. all affordable.


We rented a place in one of the chalet type lodging in Chiang Rai and it's on top of a hill :S We went through the long winding road, passes through the paddy fields


Dragon fruit orchard



and more paddy fields


and when we finally reach, a 4WD was waiting to transport us up the hill already


This is the little hut that we stayed in on that night.


another type of chalet for 2.


The dining table. open air.


Hangers made from bamboo. creative but not practical. not strong enough to hang my towel even.

owing you owing me

i realise ever since i started to blog about the food i ate, or the places i've been to, i actually had neglected to blog about the personal piece of myself which originally it was meant to be.

anyway..i've been in hibernation mode recently and i still dont find the reason why. Strange aye? i'm very sure i'm still owing not you but myself the post of my vacation in Bangkok a month ago.

last week I went for dinner at this place called Bukit Genting which is located on the stretch of the road from Teluk Kumbar heading to Balik Pulau. Food is nothing extraordinary. Most of the value goes to the scenic environment. A great place for sunset and sunrise but food wise not recommended. It's Pork Free too...(picture should flow after i completed the Bangkok Piece)

do you find the media nowadays have nothing great to talk about but they repeat themselves. Things like...

• I'm not stepping down

sounds familiar to you? Bet it is because ever since 0803 that was the one and only controversial hawt juicy issue that everyone has been occupying themselves with.

I also came about this article this morning about the increasing stds of living. An auntie made a comment that she heard rising prices of food and neccessities but her husband's pension never increase. Well that shows that the quality of life actually deteriorates.

But that doesn't mean that when we get pay increments we are better off. Because the pay increment is meant to cover for inflation. We are no better or worst off. Quality of life stay the same? Hell no...Because when we earn more we tend to spend more and that's the issue of human being not able to succumb to temptations. Well that then is our fault.

Hahaha...it sounds like i'm giving a lecture on Economics. Rmb im going to move in to Market research and hey i can't wait for the next phase in my career. But i have a month and a half to kill in "the great place to work" before moving down central of the peninsula.

Haven't found a place to move in. Haven't figure out what to move and how to move them.

What's important now? Bye Bye....time out and i'm heading to gym now.

adios...

Been there, Done That

It was a lovely day last Monday where coincidentally the manager that i used to report to was on leave and the other colleague who sat behind me was on MC. The lady who sat diagonally from me went to the toilet. And there was my manager sitting next to me.

So how did i approach her?

ME: ohh is HL on leave?

Manager: Oh yes....

Me: oh is it...i have a bad news (opened the drawer and took out 2 envelopes) i want to resign.

Manager: ....... (took out the letter and read it)

ME: *smile* I'm moving to KL

Manager: oh..to Lenovo? (because Dell employees are famous of moving to their competitors)

ME: Nope. It's a consulting firm in KL

Manager: I see...

From the way i look at her facial expression i know my resignation was not a surprise to her. but it was a surprise to all the rest. I gave so much hints that i will be leaving Dell one day but it was not expected to be so fast. As fast as 2 weeks after my performance review. I was promoted to a Senior Pricing Analyst and received an increment of 18%. That was great news aye?

and my guess came true...my manager told me 2 days ago that she knew i will be resigning. she actually make that guess a few months ago. haha....well she is a very kind and good manager. I wish her all the best in Dell.

That's it!!
I have tendered my resignation as a pricing analyst in Dell Asia Pacific on the 31st of March.

Finally it's true. I'm no longer dreaming of leaving that place. It was not a difficult decision make.

I gave 2 month's notice and my last day in Dell Asia Pacific is on the 30th of May.

Plans moving forward?
I will be reporting to work on the 2nd June 2008 with Synovate Malaysia which is located in Menara IGB South court of Mid Valley Megamall.

I think it will be quite a rush for me to move on the 31st of May to KL because i only have 2 days to settle down but... no choice but this is it. I'm positive with the move.

The only issue now is looking for a place to stay.

Chiang Rai - Day 2

Our location on the second day was = I don't know. The only thing i knew was we were heading towards Chiang Rai. While we were on the way we visited a few temples and the story flows below.

Pork Knuckles Rice for Breakfast


and Pork Ribs Rice Noodles Soup


Time for another temple


I was amazed and at the same time shocked when i saw them worshipping the Buddha with a Pig's head. Do you see it?


We went up to this temple which was located on top of the hill.


From there look at how does the country of Thailand looks like. I felt so relaxed and green then. Fresh air too unlike those we find it here locally. It looks a bit like the Jelapang Padi in Kedah...hahaha.


We had lunch on the hill in this hut.



These was what we had. Do you see the shit lookalike thing on the bottom right corner? Apparently it's pig's intestines stuffed with pork.


From where we sat while satisfying ourself with food we had this in the background. If only the weather was cool then it would be a great lunch :)


Another temple which i don't know what it calls


The gigantic Sleeping Buddha I've ever seen.


We finally reached Chiang Rai at around 5PM in the evening. We stayed in one of the hotel called Sabai Inn. They offer free internet access tooo...
We then had dinner at one of the best local restaurant that served the best Fried Egg with Radish.

This is the Chiang Rai night Market. Everything is darn cheap. A pair of earring for THB10 and 2 T-shirts for THB99. Amazingly cheap!!


The dog who has purple fur..The owner actually dye them and apparently she (i presume) was so used(maybe bored) to camera flashes that the she sometimes don't feel like posing for a picture. Lansi isn't it?


Tower Glass for Chang Beer. FYI, local Thai beer is called Chang.

Bangkok - Day 1

Day 1
Survanabhumi Airport Bangkok

Interesting...


Not very clear..i was standing too far... let you make the guess


This is the exterior of the airport. Apparently its a low cost airport and tht's why its not painted.


This is the tastiest Fried Chicken on Earth!!!


Roots rooting (ted?) outside the temple.


It's very creative of them by folding these joss papers into this mini tower


This is a famous buddhist temple.


Very nice architecture isnt it? and very goldly

The sun almost sets when we were there.


I didn't climbed up the steep stairs, we used the backdoor


while we were on the way to dinner...amazing thai's sitting on the bike WITHOUT helmets you see. 3 of them!!

We reached the hotel which i duno what name it was and which location it was cus we reached at 11PM. I was too sleepy to bother even. A decent room with TV and fridge costs THB350 per room. Cheap isn't it?

Updates to the rest of my vacation: Day 2 to Day 8 will follow suit soon...

New Term for Penangites

don't think this blog has been abandoned...it won't

it was in the non updating status because i was

• away for a vacation in BKK (which i will blog about it soon) *i'm owing myself so many posts out here *sobs *sobs
• since my arrival from a long (9 days not very long but quite long) vacation i have been occupied by following up with my job as a pricer.
• then this week: 5 days x 8 hours is all committed to the Finance Academy. (a training which is compulsory for all Finance Folks in Dell to attend)

I hope i'll get this up and running soon...

By the way DAP won!!

Go Rocket!! and please prove yourself but don't overdo it. We are giving you this 4 yrs term and cherish it.

And Jeff Ooi is representing us in the Parliament. If u don't know who Jeff Ooi is please visit his blog @ jeffooi.com