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:
Ahnyong to our favourite Korean grandmama.. you were sorely missed, you BBQ-eating, banana hairclip, Burberry accessory-lovin' rascal.
Glad you protected Spidey from those nasty lady boys. The hotel looks fab
Thanks you fit crazy biatchface! It's great to be back entertaining the world at large. I expect to see many pics of your trip to the US of A by the way....I'm putting a special request for B's kokomos as we speak.
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