Success, all around YOU: January 2010

Captains Log:

Day 2, 29th of December 2010 - We woke up early to catch the morning flight to the capital of Thailand - Bangkok. We took the same van to the airport. However this time he was late by 20 minutes and so he had to rush there by driving SUPER FAST ... squeezing and speeding, all the way to the airport.

On the way to the airport =)

Hatyai's airport is comparatively smaller than the ones in Bangkok for it is just a small town. Nevertheless, the airport is still beautiful and advance looking. Thank god, we were able to check-in in time for our flight. We waited at the waiting are till our plane is done taxing.

At the airport

Louis talking to Aunt Lisa

Everyone =)

Soon it was time for us to get on board the plane, an Air Asia plane. It has been awhile since i sat on a plane, the last time i remember, I was form 5, going on a holiday trip to Hong Kong.

Me =)

Ji Xiang

Whoo hooe ... nice turbine engine =)

Clear to go !!!

And up we go !!! WHEEEE ~

On the plane, they had a catalogue of food such as Nasi Lemak, Hotdogs, Mee Cup, sandwiches and many more. I decided to grab a Tuna sandwich and a Green Tea for my Breakfast.

Tada !!!

It took us around 1 hour to reach Bangkok and the view was magnificent !!! there are aeroplanes everywhere (of coz la, airport sure got aeroplane ma, abo oil tankers meh ??? *Penang's Hokkien slang*) ... HUGE ones I mean !!!

told ya =)

As Soon as we got off the plane, we went straight out to the main gate to meet our driver that will bring us to our next destination - Emerald Hotel. This time, the van that we got is way way way cooler than the one in Hatyai.

Check it out =)

The entrance of Emerald hotel

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas !!!

Penguins and Igloo

The Giant Christmas tree ???

I like this aquarium =)

Hotel Emerald

After taking a short rest in the Hotel Room, we then headed down to the nearby underground LRT station to grab a ride to a restaurant near the MBK centre (a shopping haven) for lunch.

JX and Louis

IT means .... A....va...tar ... in English i think ... =)

Queueing up for the train

Louis with his blur expression

In the train

Upon reaching, we headed to a steamboat restaurant to have our lunch. We were all hungry already because we only had light breakfast on the plan this morning.

pan yeng *acting cool*

Dumpling and fish *something*

Tom Yam soup and clear soup

Raw pork slice and minced meat

Yum yum !!!

Delicious *Sio Bak* Roast pork)

The machas

more dumplings

Char Siew (roast pork too)

Fried salted egg prawns

Fried garlic prawns

Fried fish cake *it seems like this dish is rather famous in Thailand*

Soon after our meal, we went to a nearby hotel to take a rest and to decide on where to go next. Since everyone was rather tired, we decided to head back to the hotel and rest before going out for tonight's dinner.

See, i told ya =)

and i present to you, DISTRICT 9 *hint: the middle station*

We went back to the hotel and rested for quite awhile. I slept for around an hour and a half before preparing myself for the dinner. At around 7 pm, we all headed down and took a ride provided by Mr. Bunpot to the restaurant. The event is actually an annual dinner organized by a company known as INTERLINK. INTERLINK sells various kind of health product and is very popular among the Thai people.

1st dish, four season appetizer

2nd dish, shark fin soup

The dress code of the night: PINK =)

Live band

3rd dish, salad prawns

Gift Exchange

Mr Bunpot (CEO of Interlink) and uncle Johnny, his co-partner.

4th dish, Thai style "Sotong Kankung"

5th dish, Deep fried crunchy pork meat with fries

6th dish, Thai style fried fish

7th dish, fried Bihun

8th dish, dessert

My Gift

During the dinner, there were many performances by the company's employees. There were dances and karaoke and even games. The Host of the evening is actually a famous TV host and yes she is HOT !

There she is, the one wearing a jacket

One of the team performing an advertisement dance for the company =)

Soon, it was cake cutting time as it was the 3rd anniversary for the company.

B'day cake =)

No doubt one of the best performance of the night was by Ms. Dara Loy. She sang a couple of songs such as Wind beneath my wings, Iwill survive, colours of the wind and it was magnificent.

The stunning Dara Loy

As soon as the crowd started to clear, me and Louis were requested to sing a song *DAMN !!!!* I chose the song Words by Bee Gees for it was rather and easy song *i think*.

singing Words by Bee Gees

Mr Bunpot singing and posing beside louis

Before we reach the end of the night, Mr. Bunpot insisted for Dara to sing a last song. I was surprised when she asked me to duet with her and since the only song that ran through my mind at that moment was A WHOLE NEW WORLD by the movie Alladin, we then decided to sing that song. I felt both nervous and honoured at the same time to be able to duet with her. It was all good =)

Me and Dara

After we left the restaurant, uncle Johnny was still hungry so we decided to pay a "visit" to a nearby seafood restaurant for supper and mind you, it was already 1 am.