Thursday, January 25, 2007

I crumble and die each time I see this....



Eva, as a puppy......

posted by Lokes @ 1:31 PM 1 comments

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Truly Asia - Part 2

After 3 nights in Bangkok, we left for Phuket. When I initially planned this trip, I thought it'd be more economical for us to spend the first four nights in a 4 star so-so hotel. So....after some research I ended up booking the Merlin Beach Hotel. I don't know how to describe my reaction when we first arrived at the MBH. I knew NOT to expect the high standards that had already been set up by our stay in Bangers BUT at the same time I did not expect to walk into an Ibiza-style resort favoured by the world's most ugliest tattoed skinheads. But not only that. These ugly tattoed skinheads also had kids. Nuff said. (Actually the place wasn't that bad and it would have been great by normal standards, it's just that you can't help feeling pissed off after a 6 star experience.)








The only good thing about our room was that it had a pool access from the balcony.
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Fortunately, we spent a lot of time out of the hotel. We hired a bike and rode along the coast of Phuket exploring all the beaches, markets and topless rippled-stomach men.
Patong was like Patpong on steroids. I loved it. We drank lots of beer on the strip. I stood on a corner and tried to pick up men but it seemed I wasn't dark enough and my red eye was kinda freaking the tourists off.
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Well said and of course blogworthy.
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I love elephants, so aside from kipnapping and smuggling one back to Sydney I decided the next best thing was to sit on one. And get proposed to. Well, that was what was supposed to happen after this kiss but the elephant stopped to do a shit and the ring was accidentally dropped into it. That kinda ruined the moment.
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We spent the last four nights in Phuket at the Le Meridien. It was a huge sigh of relief to find it was remarkably better than the Merlin Beach Hotel. We loved it and never left the hotel for those 4 days. It helped that they had a myriad of activities, big beautiful pools and its own beautiful private beach.
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Another boring hotel pic.
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It's pretty obvious this is the private beach I was referring to. The water was warm, clear and green. I have a feeling a lot of couples make love in it. I have this feeling because I think I saw it happen.
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The beach bbq by the beach was pretty special. Check out the $400 Chanels.
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Phi Phi Island tours are sooooo over-rated but it had to be done. The jet boat trip out was horrendous, not because I was sea sick but because we were grouped with an Israeli family of five, two of whom (father and son) I wanted to slay with my flippers. Why? Because the son didn't know courtesy from a limestone rock and the father wouldn't have known respect if Aretha Franklin shouted at him in song.
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Other than that the water was pretty noice.
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Cooling off.
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We are really happy.
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Complimenary boob/fat shot (depending on which angle you take)
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--This may look like a normal shot to you but it is actually my sole attempt at creative photography.

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Every morning at the Le Meridien a baby elephant would come to visit. This is me giving it a banana that I stole from the breakfast buffet.

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It is only appropriate that I should end off with the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Call me a recalcitrant but even though I love Australia, Malaysia will always be my heart.

posted by Lokes @ 8:08 PM 6 comments

Truly Asia

Due to the overwhelming demand of my beloved fans, "Imnotkorean" has decided to sign on for another enthralling season of meaningless hogwash. Thanks especially to my devotees in Puerto Rico - those petitions were great but enough killing of trees already!!

In case you were wondering, I was MIA because I was over the seas, not because I prematurely gave birth to twins all by myself. For four and a half weeks, Asia welcomed back its golden child and Sydney losts its sparkle.

There's so much to say but the upshot is I had an amazing time both in my homeland (that would be MALAYSIA and not the land of kimchi and scrunchies) and its neighbour (that would be THAILAND and not the land of ex-Malaysians and no bubblegum). Of course, it goes without saying that this was all made the better with Spidey as my companion for two and a half of those weeks. But the absolute highlight would have been seeing my dad, my half-sister, my grandparents, my aunts, uncles and cousins. The worst part was having to say goodbye, not knowing for certain when I would see them again.

Oh, and did I mention the chow? Glorious, glorious food. My gastronomic adventures included nasi lemak, roti canai, char kuay teow, nonya, popiah, satays, chilli crabs, rojak, wan ton mee, Ipoh sar ho fun...the list goes on and on and on. Anyway, I know most of you won't be able to appreciate aforementioned delicacies and are only interested in one thing and one thing only.....pictorials.

So without further ado, I present to you snapshots of my holiday. Oh, and of course there's the commentary too.




Spidey looks like he's about to upchuck but he's actually enjoying his first ever nasi lemak. Little does he know he'll have another 24 of these before he returns to Sydney.


I think I was having a star fruit juice. If you look close enough my right eye is slightly red. I have no idea why. To this day I still have this problem. I've seen two doctors and one optometrist about it but they cannot tell me what is wrong. If anyone can give me an online consultation/diagnosis that would be great.

A local hawker stall selling Yong Dau Fu, another roaring favourite of mine.

Our Deluxe bedroom at The Peninsula, Bangkok. This photo actually does little justice to what the room was really like. The hotel itself is wonderful. Definitely 6 star. Will definitely return. Spa was glorious.


Every girl's dream bathroom.

I am told that the pool at The Peninsula is the most impressive in all of Bangkok. I would not doubt that for a second.


Patpong was typically crazy and dirty. But the Singha was cheap and I was with an alcoholic white boy after all. After this drink we ended up having dinner at the end of a dark alley at a place called The Sphinx. Halfway through our thai beef salad we realised something disturbing. We had in fact stumbled into a restaurant frequented by one type - well-dressed older white men and their much younger thai boyfriends. I wondered if I looked like a boy in there.

This was the view from The Peninsula lobby looking out onto the river. Every morning we ate breakfast by the river and pretended we were rich like the American couple who often sat next to us.

Okay, I'm going to see if I can publish this mother of a post. More pics to come.

posted by Lokes @ 7:12 PM 2 comments