Hello BKK Day 1: Chatuchak and Massage

Yay! After such a long wait, we are finally heading to BKK. We were also in BKK last June. I duno why we chose to go back again. Maybe bcos shopping is good or BKK is so much cheaper than Aussieland - the other country that we love visiting in June. Anyway, all holidays are good. 

I had to miss the Saturday ride bcos there wasn’t enough time. I had wanted to try rollerblading at the Pang Sua PCN, only for Daddy Lim to warn against doing so, in case I break something. Zzzz.. I am so bad with rollerblading meh? Anyway, I ended up using my trusty legs, unwillingly trodding through my 5km. How do other people find joy in jogging?

We had to send Mochi to the sitter (SS). Zaky accompanied Mochi bcos he rather carry Mochi and sit in the car than help me clean the cages. Hoho. 

Nana got the best deal. She slept in when we went for bfast and woke up to MacD. Then claimed that she had to pack her bag and escaped both sending Mochi and cage cleaning duties. 

We left for the airport soon after the boys came back. Other than the grab car being a tad too small for the 3 of us in the back seat, it was uneventful. After immigration, Zaky said that I have to buy him expensive airport food. Didn’t we already have MacD bfast? I think eating expensive airport food is part of the pre-traveling ritual. 

Waiting to board. 

After we purchased the Scoot tickets, there was a slight change of flight schedule that required the seatings to be rebooked. I duno what I did but I ended up paying extra for the priority boarding that we didnt need. Oh well, since we paid for it, we did board 1st.

Then, I realised that I didn’t get Daddy Lim the extra leg space seat. I duno if the extra leg space seats ran out or I screwed up. He didn’t complain. Ok lah. 

The flight was slightly shaky but the kids seated behind us irritated us more. Nana and Zaky had their downloaded Netflix. Nana attempted to study a little. I slept. The 2.5 hrs flight was manageable. Zaky wanted to have air plane hot meal but was told that the heating up would take 20 mins and there wasn’t enough time to enjoy the food. He decided to save his tummy for Thailand food. When about to descend, we had rainbow lights, I think in support of Pride. 

Immigration was speedy. We took a taxi to Bangkok city. The taxi driver was playing soft rock and drive quite fast, just what we need after a flight and the Land of Smile waiting for us. The ride cost us about ThB500. 

We decided to splurge on a better hotel and book Center Point Pratunam. We stayed in the same hotel the last round. The room was ready when we arrived and it was huge, like just how we remembered it. 

They have to help show how big the room is.

The plan of the day - Chatuchak. However, we didn’t have proper lunches and decided that we needed to fill our tummy 1st. Daddy Lim and I visited this joint during our last couple trip. 

Look at the mango sticky rice. Yummy! 

Our lunch. 

Daddy Lim was sad that whatever he had ordered was just fish maw soup. Lol. 

We took a taxi to Chatuchak. We flagged one that charges us THB300 and claimed traffic jam. It was slightly more expensive than Grab and we took it. We were dropped at a part that we are not aware of. Welcome to animal kingdom. Seriously, all kinds. It is legal? 

There was also snakes, squirrels, spiders, tortoises of all sizes, all sorts of rodents and even lynxes! 

It took us a while to get to the real shopping part. 

Shop we did, especially Nana. She wanted to buy jeans and cargo pants and even forgo dinner to do more shopping. Daddy Lin said that the dinner serving was mini, so we supplemented with wraps. Yummy! 

We left Chatuchak after a good several hours and took another taxi for THB300. How did Zaky survive shopping for so long? Bcos I bought this collapsible chair. Very useful, super good buy. 

We headed back to the hotel to compare our loot. Nana won 100%. 

Even Mochi got something. Hoho. 

The night was still young and we went for massage for THB250 each. Daddy Lim and the kids opted for feet and shoulder massage. I wanted to do head, neck and shoulder massage and was led to a different room. I wonder if what was given to me was really what I opted for bcos it felt more like back breaking Thai massage. At one point, the masseur had both kneees on my back, where the lungs are. At another point, she was totally stepping on my back. Both times, I could barely breathe and thought if my lungs will collapse. Then, there was the twisting of my back in so many ways that I didn’t know possible.

A male ang mo (bcos he sounded like one) took the bed next to me midway. He must have opted for the same massage and for 1.5hrs some more. I know bcos at some point, his masseur asked if it was ok and he barely croaked “it’s ok”. I know the feeling, like a while ago, I had the air whipped out of my lungs too. Haha. Good luck to your 1.5 hours massage. 

Daddy Lim is usually not a fan of massage but came along bcos we wanted to go for supper after that. The fish maw soup and tiny noodles were too little. We ended up at MacD. 

Zaky also scored his banana prata. 

Finally, hotel sweet hotel. 

Mummy Lim