Magazines from Thailand

Well, I bought extra stuffs too. Total magazine price 400 bahts! (about RM40 or USD12). Well, you definitely don't get these magazines in Malaysia as these models are way sexier and scantily clad. Well, I boutght FHM and Penthouse. They also throw out the usual calender, which is a good deal to me. Now I just need to find somewhere I can hang this without looking too much like a pervert. Also, I'd be a pervert for the GTR and the car magazine too. So much goodies to read (though it is in Thai). But yes, savor these beautiful model (and cars) on some preview snaps of the magazines.

Hat Yai : 3rd Day

Well, did nothing much again. It was a tiring night, woke up late and started packing. We did our final shopping once again in the Central shopping center. But yes, we decided to have some lunch before we drove back, as we would expect a long queue over the Thai border at Sadao. We had Samurai Pork burger in Mcdonalds. Over here, the McDonalds serving are quite different. Their small size refers to our medium size, while the medium size here in Thailand, refers to Malaysia's large size. And you could imagine large size being Super American size, with a large cup of coke and fries. Now thats really scary for the average Asian. But yeah, before I left the hotel, I took some nice reflecting mirros (which was an illusion to the eye) and practically the lobby in the hotel with the nice ambience.

Well, our hunches was correct, it took us almost 1 hour to cross the border. It took about 5 hours to drive. It was pouring badly the whole journey. A few mishaps along the road too, when a couple of car crashes happened after Taiping. Well I'd admit I had a close call when I tried to overtake this E90 BMW 320i with a blinding brake foglight. I just lost my patience and yeah, thank god for what I learnt in Mercedes Driving Experience, I managed to put that in good use. I managed to swerve the obstacle and I managed to stop in time when the traffic ahead decided to stop suddenly.

So we had dinner around Kuala Kangsar area, at a place called Sauk. This place is known for millionaire rubber tappers who lives in a small community. The food there was nice and it was reasonable. The family friend, who is a developer brought us there. The fishballs were nice and tangy. It's some place you want to go for a nice Chinese meal (for those who wants to drive especially). Here's the sign board of the shop (Sorry, I did not take any pictures, as I was too hungry to think).

Hat Yai : 2nd Day

Well, I didn't get to do much nor snap much picture. The second day was rather cold and rainy. All I did was did a bit of exercise in the gym, the usual cardio and weight-lifting to start my day. We had a nice breakfast buffet, part and partial of the hotel bookings we made. They had good food, from oriental to western breakfast. Obviously, they have their coconut rice too, which we label "nasi lemak". Food was good and was definitely halal. It was good for my relatives who are Muslims.

So yeah, we just ended shopping mostly in the Central Department Store down below. Well, it may sound gloomy, but the Levi's jeans were on sale. Usually, Levi's will never have any sale. Go to the local shopping center in Ipoh, for example, Kinta City, you could tell those stocks are old and they don't even offer discounts to customers! So, my usual visit in Thailand usually comes back with some Levi's harvest.

In the evening, we took a tuk-tuk (Thailand taxi) around the Hat Yai town, just going lost around town, since the taxi driver didn't understand where did we wanted to go. My family friend decided to call up the friend to help him speak in Thai and relate wherever we were going next. But it was fun to circle around the town :)

Hat Yai : 1st Night

We had our dinner in the Sushi buffet and headed out for a short walk. Well, I guess the proper word would be "keeping ourselves from indigestion". Anwways, the streets were crowded. Its usually this crowded at the end of the year. You would see nice parade of the decorations from the local lights festival. I took a few pictures of my mother, which she looks pretty in the nice background and setting.

We walked about and I naturally became my mother's GPS. I pin-pointed shopping location within the city and yeah we did buy a couple of stuffs for ourselves. Clothes were nice and cheap there, not the usual quality you would find in a Pasar Malam (night market). But yeah, to those who consider food and shopping, this place is the place to be.

Hat Yai : 1st Day

This blog has been long overdue. I had so many bad stuffs that happened to me, I didn't had any mood or motivation to post. But now that I find my motivation again, I'm here to talk about my happy moments in Thailand.

We headed to Thailand on 27th of December, which is on a Saturday morning. Driving took about 5 hours in total, including to the checkpoint we passed in Bukit Kayu Hitam. We arrived and checked in the hotel at around 3 P.M. We were in a 4 car convoy, including my relatives, Terry and his parents (in seperate cars)

We didn't do much on the first day. We stayed at the Central Hotel during our trip. We were probably just tired from driving. But yes, we did feed ourselves to some awesome food. Though it was not Thai food, Japanese sushi buffet at 450 bahts (about RM45 or USD12) was really a good deal. The sushi was fresh and it was delicious. Though I enjoyed the International buffet held during the weekdays (during our last visit in September), this one was good too :)

If you consider a nice place, 4 star hotel, the Central Hotel is a great place to stay. No questions asked on why this becomes our regular visiting place every year. Great food and everything.

Thai number plate on a Malaysian car?

This is not the usual Thai number plates that you can find in any car in Haadyai in Songkhla. Its a blue number plate, that is unusually irregular. Its found on a Malaysian car! I wonder what does the plate signifies. It does have a Thai road tax. Does the Kenari benefit from such situation. Maybe avoid speeding tickets? This car was found in Hospital Ipoh and I have seen it going about Kampar. I wonder...

Back from Hadyai and spotted the nation's unrest

I am back from my vacation since Merdeka day. I needed this vacation to take my mind off idling and boredom. It took about 4 1/2 hours on the highway and about RM150 of fuel to reach Hadyai. On the way back home, I spotted "Democracy in action". Look at those peaceful rioters, which consists of even school children. I bet if we did the same in front of our Prime Minister's office, we would be blown by their water cannon. Talk about inequality in treatment and definitely with the recent comments by the UMNO big-shot from Bukit Bendera, its even harder to see democracy to happen for all of us.