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Date: 26th June 2009

Nice and warm snuggling down into the hotel’s duvet on a Friday morning with no alarm set. Unfortunately, I forgot to silence my phone and my very caring, dunno-why-this-time-so-semangat-must-share-the-news-with-me boyfriend text me at 8am in the morning just to tell me MJ passed away.

-____-"


Sai! I was on a vacation lah, why couldn’t I sleep till naturally wake up wo!
D*u.

Well, I was quite shock upon receiving that text and hence with my eyes quarterly opened, I reached out for the TV’s remote and channel-surfed to any news channel hoping the news was just a hoax.




Sadly, it was true.

(Even though there’s so many different kind of rumours spreading over the internet and news media stating that MJ either faked his death, or he’s dead years ago.

I guess people just can’t give him some peacefulness.)


I turned my head to the left and saw Mau moved a bit, thinking that maybe she had waken up, then told her, “Hey… Michael Jackson is dead…”

And, she went back sleeping. Same here.

Then I woke up at 9.30am, freshen up and went downstair for breakfast. 

 

MY Hotel’s cafe. Gotta love the couch.

 

Coin-operated computer, 10 baht for 15 minutes, I think?

 

While waiting for Mau,

Pardon the mess on the dressing table.
Obviously not a person with OCD.

 

I was camwhoring because I had a good hair day, courtesy of Mau’s professional hair dryer which I am so going to buy it for my birthday.

What? I’m on a strict shopping diet now okay!
 

 

It was so nice to camwhore in our room and Mau looked gorgeous that day, because she put in effort to me-lawa-kan rambutnya.

 

 

Camwhore 1,2,3.
Note to self for the gazillion time, SUCK IN YOUR TUMMY! YOU THINK YOU KATE MOSS HIA?

We went to Platinum Mall again.

 

My lunch and Mau’s brunch.

That’s “Fit Burger” from KFC!

After lunch, we wanted to give MBK another try but…. if it’s not for Watson and Boots, I think we’ll leave that place within 2 minutes. 

 
Went to Central World again~

Love it!


It’s so convenient to get from one place to another in Bangkok. You can either take the skytrain which is amazingly idiot-proof, tuk-tuk if you want some adventure on the road or taxi, if you don’t want to wait and walk.  


Oh oh, I found my favorite store in Central World. Nope, it’s not Zara, or Forever 21 or Isetan… Its….. *drum roll*

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3


A book/music/stationery store with lots of things to shop ranging from cheap ball-point pens to my favorite, Crafty DIY tools and materials!


I spent quite some time shopping in it while Mau waited outside and talked to her beau on the phone. Then came the super-lui part. I went to a small corner where they sell small items like paper craft tool and mini diy packets that I wanted to buy for my colleague. The staff came to me and told me that I had to pay there on the spot because they only rent a small corner from B2S.

The stupid thing was… I ran out of Thai baht and.. worse, Singapore dollars. All I had that time was Brunei Dollars. I rushed out to the nearest money changer, which was like 100 steps and one escalator away, and the stupid man told me they don’t accept Brunei dollar.

%^#@%$(&(*^^$#%@^*&^*&!

Hai yer!



Then I rushed to Mau, which I should have do so in the very first place to borrow some cash from her and went back in to B2S and continued shopping. After buying at the small corner, I continued venturing around the store for more stuffs.

Came the annoying part again…

I wanted to pay with my credit card and.. the cashier punched in the wrong amount and swiped my card already. Of course she had to do some amendments abuthen, it took her almost 20 minutes solving the problems. Calling her manager, kept pressing the credit card machine, giving me the sorry look for 1s then the rest of the time making impatient noises. Then customers queuing behind me also kasian. Lucky they directed them to the next line.

Eh, I am innocent one leh. I was the victim too kali ah.

Kasian Mau because she wanted to meet up with her PYs, who coincidentally were at the very same building as us that time.

Finally at around 5pm we managed to meet them up.

The PYs (2008) from all over the ASEAN countries.  

I was like, “Oh… you are so-and-so who did this-and-that”. I had heard so much about them during my trip because the Thai friends we met (Pont, Nut and Top) and Yoyo from Cambodia were all the PYs 2008. *make me wanna join the SSEAYP too lah… but i think no chance liao*

 

At the Central World Cineplex.

Nah, we didn’t have time to catch a move so we just posed with the Transformer. 

For the very first time in my picture-taking life, 
I do not appear stubby! 

 
Die die must show again!

*must practice more shots like this*

After meeting the PYs, we had to rushed back to our hotel as Mau’s other Thai friends will be picking us up for dinner and more shopping.

 

Big crowd waiting for something… or someone…

 

 

 

Er… I’m not sure if DBSK did appeared that evening because we didn’t have much time to stay there already. Sorry DBSK fans.



Jan and Ling wanted to bring us to this really nice restaurant in Mehang restaurant, which is located very very near the Suan Lum night market. So yeah, you can guess what’s our itinerary already.

The menu

 

Lovely ambience

 

 

What we ordered.

 

 

Okay, personally… I prefer this soup way better than Tom Yam.  After tasting this orangy vegetable Thai soup, I felt that tom yam is overrated. LOL.

Let me google up the name for this. No result.
Nvm, I asked Jan already in her fb.

 

 

This is absolutely amazing!
Egg and Peanut, both my favorite!

 

 
Kangkung Chili?

 

Okay, I think this is another salad dish.

 

Now this is good.
Minced prawn on a piece of bread, deep fried and sprinkled with sesame….

Lapar!
               

Let me introduce you to the lovely Jan,

 

and Ling~

,whom the both of them would love to marry the boss of Charles & Keith and know Brunei very well as they came here quite often.

We wandered around the Suan Lum Night bazaar, and I bought nothing because… I was out of cash but fortunately, this time the money changer more steady, accepted my Brunei Dollars…

So I could have the cash to try…

 

It felt really ticklish.

 

And I had a cute Japanese guy sitting beside me. LOL

Dislike the bigger fishies eating my skin because their teeth were bigger in size and hence they bite hard. 

 

L-R : Jan, Nonnie, Mau & Ling

 

Will I try it again?

Er.. maybe? 



Got back to our hotel at almost 10pm and came the most difficult part of our trip…

P A C K !

 

 

(And.. we gave up updating our “account” when we went to Cambodia)

 

 

Pack Pack Pack and wonder…..
“When did I buy this? How much was it again? Crap! Can’t fit!”


No lah, I’m just kidding.

Extinct volcano chocolate lava cake.
Pardon for the lack of creativity.
Brain juice just went dry.

FussyKelly had her birthday last Wednesday and since she didn’t request for any particular gift and all she wanted was blessings and prayers, I decided to make her something special.

Epic fail for the very first trial as the batter just wouldn’t solidify.
Hence I turned up the temperature knob and increased the baking time.
And, the batter became a sort-of chocolate cake minus the fluffiness solid brick.

*defeated*

Not believing the fact that I can’t bake, I tried it for the second time in the afternoon again, before Fussy came collect. Well, she said she’s going to put it in the fridge and have it chill first.

I’m guessing it will turned into a chocolate mooncake.


Recipe from here.

 

 

Never knew garage sale can be so tough with that many preparation work.

Filtering, cleaning, pricing, tagging, packing, and lastly, try to fit everything in to the boot.

Here’s sort of a sneak peek of what I’ll be selling tomorrow.

Camouflage flats
B$3.00 / pair (tak kan I sell $3 for one side. Hahahhahaa)
Reason for selling – underestimated the size of my feet.

 

Polka dots pumps.
B$2.00 / pair
Reason for selling – Don’t know, it was given to me but I didn’t like it.

 

White sneakers with fuchsia shoe laces and 2 glittering purple stars at the side
(detail also the description)
B$2.00 / pair
Reason for selling – Underestimate the size of my feet, again.

 

 

Easy knit (some teddy bear + scarf knitting kit)
B$ 4.00 (Original price $5.90 from Hua Ho)
Everything still nicely intact in the box, no missing pieces! Brand new!
Reason for selling – Overambitious… I’m so not a knitting-person.

 

 

Wesley Series by Ni Kuang
B$1.00 / book
Reason for selling – I’ve passed the science fiction fanatic phase. And mother complained I have too many books.

 

 

For your convenience if you malas to tilt your head.
Oh, I love Blue-blood man!

 

Gossip Girl Novel - B$5.00

Confessions of a Shopaholic - B$5.00

Why men can only do one thing at a time and why women something something something -B$ 5.00

Reason for selling – Refer above, minus the science-fiction thingie.

 

Some Guitar chord book (Chinese songs)
B$ 3.00
Reason for selling – 4 words, hangat-hangat tahi ayam. period.

 

 

Olympus Film Camera
B$10.00 (Price negotiable, since I don’t think anyone will still want it)
Reason for selling – Bought this when digital camera didn’t exist.

Well, you can buy this for your children’s field trip if you can’t trust them with your precious digital camera, rather than buying those disposable one since you might have child 2,3,4,5 and 6. Good reason ey?

 

Teddy bear / f (for female, what? wearing skirt wa…)
B$ 3.00
Reason for selling – Given. Am never a teddy-bear kind of girl…

(Never hold it to sleep hence no saliva, dandruff, sweat or tears on it. It’s kept inside a plastic bag)

 

Shoulder bag (gold color)
B$ 1.00
Reason for selling – Given. Don’t like.

 

 

 

Denim squarish bag
B$ 3.00
Reason for selling – Don’t use it anymore

 

 

Uno Hears Playing Card (ada sikit flaw)
B$ 1.00
Reason for selling – err…. malu also. Don’t know how to play.

 

 

Straw weaved bag
B$ 3.00
Reason for selling – Never use. Bought it for ASEAN Corner to display last time…

 

 

Brown Suede bag
B$ 3.00
Reason for selling – Too small for greedy people like me who want to put everything in my bag

 

 

No. 5 messenger bag
B$ 3.00
Reason for selling – I feel I’m too old for this bag aleli.

 

 

 

White clutch? With hibiscus print?
B$ 3.00
Reason for selling – Too old. Don’t know wear what to suit it since I’m a boring.

SOLD.
Had my very first business from MSN, webcam with Tobi. LOL.

 

 

 

Perambahan Brunei - B$ 2.00
Peribahasa Sekolah Rendah - B$ 2.00
Reason for selling – Went for Ckg Mansor’s yellow boot camp and you won’t need this anymore.

 

 

Silicone USB Keyboard
B$ 8.00
Reason for selling – Have an identical one

 

 

iPur Air Purifier, the solution in the bottle still banyak!
B$ 10.00 (Original price B$ 38.00 from Hua Ho)
Reason for selling – My room too messy, no space for it. Used it when I was staying in UBD. Hence, now no use liao.

 

 

STAR BUY!

Adidas White Jacket (wore once only!)
B$ 27.00
Reason for selling – Impulse purchase.

(Not mine lah, this belongs to FussyKelly’s sister)

 

 

Okay, that’s about it.. for this post. Not for the garage sale.
What you saw in my blog I think it’s only 1/10 of everything.

Just look at my car boot now..

                     

*Heart Attack*

Thank Buddha tomorrow I will have two kuli helpers if not, how… I ask you.


If you’re interested in any of the items listed above, you can email me for inquiries or… I don’t know, reservation?

email me at, nonnie.king@gmail.com
I know, very predictable email address.

 

I forgot to mention, I’m not the only one selling stuffs. There will be 3 other friends selling at the same time under one roof so I’m sure you’ll be able to find something.