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1. Bangkok 2024 - & Food! - 17 to 20 Aug 2024

Meet but Dunno When (or Where)
Bangkok 2024, 4D/3N (not enough!) - 17 August to 20 August 2024

based on jeannette's blog post:
https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2024/08/42-aj-meet-but-dunno-when-5-2024.html

we booked our flights in Jan 2024 - for 17 to 20 August 2024.
why did we think that 4 days was enough?


content flow for this blog post :
- links
- summary in photos - day 1 to day 4
- montage photos - day 1 to day 4
- videos x4
* * * edit1 who's who, * * * our hotel suite walkthru, 
* * * tuk tuk ride, * * * edit2 summary
- summary in text
- sketch 1 - "Kawaii" AJ Meet in BKK - drawing 11 Sep 2024
- day 1 to day 4 - what we did and enjoyed in photos!
- happy tummies in bkk - food pics
- daddy's and jannah's meals while i'm away
- mango sticky rice bought from bkk airport food court and bkk airport departure hall

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Sketches 
More - to be continued
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below: thumbnails &
highlights of every day in Bangkok...

- scroll all the way down for food pics
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DAY 1 - Sat 17/8/2024 - Arrival & Chill at Ben & Bib's (wan tan mee)


DAY 2 - Sun - 18/8/2024 - Chatuchak, Massage, Seafood Dinner


DAY 3 - Mon - 19/8/2024 - Free & Easy + Errands, Cafes, Pizza, Supper (Thai Kuay Chap)



DAY 4 - Tues - 20/8/2024 - Breakfast, KBBQ, Flight Home


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Montage Pix

Day 1



Day 2


Day 3


Day 3


Day 4


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Edited VIDEO 1 - who's who
using footage from flight back


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VIDEO - Our Hotel Suite Walkthrough
4 pax in one suite. each suite has... 
- 2 bedrooms for 4 pax with attached bathroom, (one bathroom has a bathtub)
- each bedroom has a king size bed or twin single beds, built-in wardrobe with ironing board, iron, safe, hair dryer, bedside lamp and table, mirror, suitcase platform, tv, aircon 
- tv area with couch and coffee table
- one dining table with study light and 2 chairs, 
- a kitchenette with induction cooker, cooker hood, fridge, oven, 
- sink with dishwashing sponge/soap and 
- cabinets with plates, cutlery, cups, kettle, pot and pan




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VIDEO - Tuk Tuk ride to our hotel
- catholic church - Holy Redeemer Church
- monet house
- Quart hotel


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Edited VIDEO 2 - Montage of Our Trip - no music
youtube - edit with no music - https://youtu.be/gp7CP4Zlhiw
fb reel with music - https://www.facebook.com/reel/2280789995594135
insta reel with music - https://instagram.com/p/C_N8v0Sy7xM/



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SUMMARY...

DAY 1 (SAT) - SIN-BKK
- airport check in
- lunch at A&W
- flight to BKK (late)
- arrived 4pm+
- check into hotel suite
- Ben's home for wan tan mee, bread, more food, fruits 
and drinks - (beer), champaign, french white wine, french red wine

when we went back to the hotel, 
hwi ching (drunk) and parvin slept almost immediately!

the single bed was not comfortable (back pain!) and i couldn't sleep. 
plus, it seems to cause some backache.
slept at around 3-4+, woke up around 7-8am

DAY 2 (SUN) - Breakfast, Chatuchak, Massage & Seafood Dinner
- soi 26 bcm for breakfast with jamie & parvin - 8.30am
(the others went to attend Mass at Holy Redeemer Church 9.30 to 10.30am)
- shop closed for ghost 7th month day15 prayers (closed 1 day) 
- then went to Soi 11 for noodle soup and tea - nice!
- bib made breakfast for the rest after their mass - bread and eggs
- got back to the hotel to go toilet - ran out to catch the tuk tuk and left hwi ching behind LOL
- chatuchak shopping, lunch there
- massage 60min - feet, shoulders and arms
- walked back to hotel with Gerald
- showered, washed hair, blow dry 
- then ran out to lobby to collect pomelo from jamie
- seafood dinner at town in town, ob aroy restaurant
- sketch, sing then sleep!

parvin and hwi ching knocked out after showering
for me, after my shower, did some sketching, singing and tried to sleep...

slept on king size bed with parvin but aircon so cold, blowing into my face 
ended up sleeping at about SGT 3-4am, waking up around SGT 7-8am

DAY 3 (MON) - Breakfast, Run Errands, Free & Easy, Italian, Supper
(HC, Parvin and I were late coming down and we missed the tuk tuk otw to breakfast. hwi ching was on an international call to settle insurance for her car accident in Oz)
- bcm for breakfast at Soi 26 - with jamie
- parvin - buy cotton t-shirts for nieces and nephews
- hwi ching - money changer at NANA
- met yim may and yaw at pinky
- had drinks at a bakery, then went to athenee hotel cafe 
- "the petal" for avocado on toast and hot tea for me
- went back to hotel with hwi ching
- took a tuk tuk out to take BTS Ploen Chit to Asok for pizza
PALA PIZZA ROMANA & BISTROT
- went to jamie's motorbike rental shop at asok
- went back to hotel with ben and bib (toe nails painful) - 
3 of us took a motorbike tuk tuk in, 80B - took few seconds vs 10min walk 😓
- walked over to ben & bib's place with pomelo for supper
- SUPPER - kuay chap, duck noodles, more mango sticky rice, pomelo
- rained but we managed to walk back with small drizzle

Parvin turned down the aircon and i slept well!!
bed was comfy and aircon not in my face!!!
next morning woke up so fresh, around 6+am

DAY 4 - Breakfast, K-BBQ, BKK-SIN
- bread at bakery beside Quartz hotel lobby
- avocado and 2 poached eggs on toast
- packed, hotel check out and took train to Siam,
walked to mall opposite MBK for Korean BBQ buffet 399B each
Yuk-Do at Siam Scape 215 (opposite MBK)
- back to hotel to pick up bags (missed hotel tuk tuk at bus stop)
- bib drives us to airport and check in
- shop a bit and ran for boarding (last call... )
- flight home 1hr 50min
- dinner at jalan kayu prata shop with parvin, may and yao
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my "kawaii" sketches...
left to right: sketch 1 and sketch 2


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Sketch 1 - "Kawaii" AJ Meet in BKK 
- (not) "chibi style" drawing 11 Sep 2024

featured on my sketchpad blog - 


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Sketch 2 - "Kawaii" AJ Meet in BKK 
- (not) "anime style" drawing 17 Sep 2024

featured on my sketchpad blog - 


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below: our pix!

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DAY 1 - SIN to BKK
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DAY 1 (SAT) - SIN-BKK
- airport check in
- lunch at A&W
- flight to BKK (late), arrived BKK 4pm+
- check into hotel suite
- Ben's home for wan tan mee, bread, more food, fruits 
and drinks - (beer), champaign, french white wine, french red wine

below: walkabout jewel (came 30min early)


below: vern wanted to eat at A&W...
recognize vern's tshirt? (Nope!) - 
it seems we bought it for his 20 something bday LOL


boarding Scoot to Bangkok!






ok, we're seated! 




finally... arrived in Bangkok!
took bts train to sukhumvit, ploen chit station


managed to catch the last tuk tuk to our hotel (5pm bkk time)







below: dinner and chill at ben and bib's home
the monet house















scroll down for food pics

when we went back to the hotel, 
hwi ching and parvin slept almost immediately!

the single bed was not comfortable and i couldn't sleep. 
plus, it seems to cause some backache.
slept at around 3-4+, woke up around 7-8am

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DAY 2 - Chatuchak, Massage, Seafood Dinner
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DAY 2 (SUN) - Breakfast, Chatuchak, Massage & Seafood Dinner
- soi 26 bcm for breakfast with jamie & parvin 8.30am
(the others went to attend Mass at Holy Redeemer Church - 9.30am to 10.30am)
- shop closed for ghost 7th month day15 prayers (closed 1 day) 
- then went to Soi 11 for noodle soup and tea - nice!
- bib made breakfast for the rest after their mass - bread and eggs
- got back to the hotel to go toilet - ran out to catch the tuk tuk and left hwi ching behind LOL
- chatuchak shopping, lunch there
- massage 60min - feet, shoulders and arms
- walked back to hotel with Gerald
- showered, washed hair, blow dry 
then ran out to lobby to collect pomelo from jamie
- seafood dinner at town in town, ob aroy restaurant
- sketch, sing then sleep! (a bit difficult to sleep - aircon in my face, full blast)

below: city pic taken from ploen chit bts station
SGT 8.34am & 7.34pm BKK Time



below: breakfast at sukhumvit soi 11
(bib made breakfast for the others)


below: me at soi 11 (have to go the other side)
bcm at soi 26 closed 1 day for 7th month prayers


below: going to chatuchak - showing off my PJ's Lol




below: parvin and i are waiting at the lobby
why isn't HC with us? 
maybe i ran out and left her in the hotel room on this day ... ?


below: going to chatuchak - ploen chit to mo chit station







below: what i bought at chatuchak
daddy - belt
jannah and kristy - hair ties and cute pins
boys - waist pouches (later bought alcohol for them)




below: pic taken by yim may watching us 
from the bridge / bts station LOL


below: when we arrived, it was too crowded for a group photo



below: finally took a group photo 
but may and yaw waiting at bts station


below: us waiting for hwi ching - 
she's shopping and being assisted by 2 ladyboys





below: sunburnt and melting under the mid day sun at chatuchakðŸ˜ĐðŸ˜Đ




below: joined parvin and the guys for lunch at chatuchak
scroll down for food pics








below: parked cars - opposite mo chit station
(bts station nearest to chatuchak)


below: bus stop next to ploen chit bts station


below: PITIPATA Massage Mahatun Plaza (BTS Ploenchit)
massage at 4pm - from chatuchak to massage shop
had foot, shoulders and arm massage for 60 minutes with Gerald



below: i had 60min foot massage with a bit of back and arm massage.
bib's membership card has 10% discount and i paid 500 Baht + 100 B tip



below: they had 90min massage then went for coffee
(i went back to hotel to shower and collect pomelo jamie delivered)



below: jamie sent pomelo and mangoes by grab
it has to be a sun since shops are closed on mondays



below: hwi ching, parvin and i are waiting at the lobby
(we were late for breakfast so this time we came down early!)




below: Seafood Dinner at Ob Aroy, Town in Town
scroll down for food pics



each person pays $20 x8 pax = $160 total
($5 extra to gerald for paying train fares and some other things)






scroll down for food pics

parvin and hwi ching knocked out after showering
for me, after my shower, did some sketching, singing and tried to sleep...
slept on king size bed with parvin but aircon so cold 
ended up sleeping at about SGT 3-4am, waking up around SGT 7-8am

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DAY 3 - Free & Easy
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DAY 3 (MON) - Breakfast, Run Errands, Free & Easy, Italian, Supper
(HC, Parvin and I were late coming down and we missed the tuk tuk otw to breakfast. hwi ching was on an international call to settle insurance for her car accident in Oz)
- bcm for breakfast at Soi 26, Rung Reung Pork Noodle - with jamie
- parvin - buy cotton t-shirts for nieces and nephews
- hwi ching - money changer at NANA
- met yim may and yao at pinky
- had drinks at a bakery, then went to Athenee hotel (Marriot Group) - a cafe 
- "the petal", a cafe for avocado on toast and hot tea for me
- went back to hotel with hwi ching
- took a tuk tuk out to take BTS Ploen Chit to Asok for pizza
PALA PIZZA ROMANA & BISTROT
- went to jamie's motorbike rental shop at asok
- went back to hotel with ben and bib - 
3 of us took a motorbike tuk tuk in, 80B - took few seconds vs 10min walk 😓
- walked over to ben & bib's place for supper
- SUPPER - kuay chap, duck noodles, more mango sticky rice, pomelo
- rained but we managed to walk back with small drizzle

Parvin turned down the aircon and i slept well!!
bed was comfy and aircon not in my face!!!

below: breakfast bak chor mee, soi 26
Rung Reung Pork Noodle











below: parvin took a pic of gerald having his bcm
right pic: bib and ben went for pilate session


below: helped Parvin to locate a shop in Nana - the rich


after getting Parvin's stuff at the Rich, Nana,
we took pics at the rail track near Soi 1 otw back to hotel
but instead, we met May and Yaw at Pinky (tailor)
and then chilled at 2 cafes!













below: we met May and Yaw at Pinky (tailor)
and then chilled at 2 cafes!














below: The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel (Marriot Group), Bangkok
Athenee Tower, 63 Witthayu Rd, Lumphini Bangkok Thailand 10330

info about the cafe, opened march 2024 - 

we had tea, coffee and avocado toast at Cafe de Petal



meanwhile... Gerald was alone at Central Embassy
here is his view from where he was chilling out at...














Italian food after 4pm at Asok
PALA PIZZA ROMANA & BISTROT
scroll down for food pics










below: visiting jamie's motorbike rental shop at T21, asok






below: SUPPER at Ben & Bib's place
kuay chap, braised duck, chestnut (gao lark) and dessert
scroll down for food pics




















below: yim may and i - we hate our ugly wefies 



below: why are we laughing?
because we hate our ugly wefies 

yim may rejected 3 wefie pics and 
deleted them from my iphone immediately LOL

so i said we must "lose weight" in our photos and moved the camera up... 
that made us LAUGH LOUDLY and
that's when i took this high angle shot!! LOLOLOL



below: car at ben and bib's condo carpark... interesting!


back at the hotel... hwi ching knocked out,
Parvin turned down the aircon and i slept super well!!
bed was comfy and aircon not in my face!!!
next morning woke up so fresh, around 6+am

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DAY 4 - Breakfast, KBBQ, BKK to SIN
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DAY 4 - Breakfast, K-BBQ, BKK-SIN
- bread at bakery beside Quart hotel lobby
- avocado and 2 poached eggs on toast
- packed, hotel check out and took train to Siam,
walked to mall opposite MBK for Korean BBQ buffet 399B each
- back to hotel to pick up bags (missed hotel tuk tuk at bus stop)
- bib drives us to airport and check in
- shop a bit and ran for boarding (last call... )
- flight home 1hr 50min
- dinner at jalan kayu prata shop with parvin, may and yaw


below: breakfast at the "Holey" artisan bread shop at hotel ground floor!
ordered - avocado and poached eggs on toast
gerald had a veggie quiche


below: group photos
vern is praying in the room and not having breakfast
(unedited photos are small)











below: photos without ben and vern
(unedited photos are small)






















below: going for lunch - korean bbq buffet
hwi ching off to the airport, we're off for lunch








below: korean bbq buffet - Yuk-Do Restaurant, 
Siam Scape 215, Pathum Wan (opposite MBK)

awww... our hosts are busy
this is my first KBBQ buffet ever, so i'm unfamiliar with what to do.
glad to have them there!








below: after lunch otw back to hotel to collect our luggage...
outside siam pharmacy behind a bus stop


below: thai airways hanger and planes parked
(there's a plane in the sky!)
took this in the car otw to the airport
















we're home!


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Happy Tummies in BKK!
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Day 1 - Ben & Bib's
Day 2 - Chatuchak Toh-Plue , Cafe de Petal & Ob Aroy Seafood Restaurant
Day 3 - Pala Pizza Romana & Bistrot & Kuay Chap Supper
Day 4 - Holey Artisan Bakery, KBBQ Buffet & Jln Kayu Kuay Teow Goreng


Toh-Plue Restaurant
Chatuchak Market, Section 27, Chatuchak Park, Bangkok Thailand

Cafe de Petal
Athenee Tower, 63 Witthayu Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand

Ob Aroy, town in town (Seafood Restaurant)
1329 53 Lat Phrao 94 Alley, Phlabphla, āļ§ัāļ‡āļ—āļ­āļ‡āļŦāļĨāļē Bangkok 10310, Thailand

Pala Pizza Romana & Bistrot, Asok BTS/MRT
Room 1 BTS/MRT Soi Sukhumvit 23, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Asok Intersection, between Terminal 21 and MRT Sukhumvit exit 3, Bangkok, Thailand

Holey Artisan Bakery and Cafe, Soi Ruamrudee
38/3 Soi Ruamrudee, Khwaeng Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Yuk-Do, KBBQ Buffet
SiamScape 215 āļŠั้āļ™ 3 Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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day1 sat - food pics
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- wan tan mee 
- mango sticky rice & kueh
- baked sourdough bread with laoganma chicken topping
- champaign, white wine, red wine











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day2 - food pics
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- noodle soup
- chatuchak 
- seafood dinner at ob aroy, town in town

Breakfast - Noodle Soup at Soi 11
- kuay teow pork soup and ice black tea for me
- kuay teow pork soup and coffee for parvin
- jamie had iced tea and his pork in soup, no noodles




Lunch - Chatuchak - Toh-Plue Restaurant
Chatuchak Market, Section 27, Chatuchak Park, Bangkok Thailand
(vern's treat)
- parvin and i shared a tom yum fried rice and grilled pork jowl
- hwi ching ordered salted egg sotong
- vern, gerald and ben ordered pork bones, roast pork and papaya salad










Dinner - Seafood dinner at Ob Aroy, town in town
1329 53 Lat Phrao 94 Alley, Phlabphla, āļ§ัāļ‡āļ—āļ­āļ‡āļŦāļĨāļē Bangkok 10310, Thailand
- tom yum soup
- seafood tung hoon salad
- som tum - papaya salad
- papaya salad with raw prawns
- corn salad
- bbq prawns
- grilled sea bass fish
- crab omelette
- crab fried rice
- crab tung hoon woon sen in claypot
- mussels with basil in claypot
- stir fry mimosa leaves x2
- stir fry bittermelon leaves x2
= Maab dlib ab (bitter melon vines/leaves)
- mango sticky rice

































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day3 - food pics
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- bcm noodle soup soi 26
- Cafe de Petal - hot thai black tea and avocado on toast
- Pala @Asok near T21 - italian pizza and dishes
- supper duck noodles and kuay chap




below: dry noodles


below: after meeting may and yaw at pinky, walked to a bakery for cold drinks (chrysanthemums) and they gifted some little madeline cakes - also bought some cheese cakes to try. 


then went to Cafe de Petal for some more drinks and snacks LOL




below: bought stir fry basil pork from a food truck
didn't write egg so was just plain... 50B


below: Italian food at Pala @Asok, near T21












below: SUPPER at ben and bib's
kuay chap and duck noodles, pomelo, mango sticky rice, etc








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day4 - food pics
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- Holey Artisan Bakery and Cafe - avocado and eggs on toast
- Yuk-Do kbbq buffet
- souvenirs from airport - mango sticky rice
- kuay teow goreng at jalan kayu

breakfast - Holey Artisan Bakery and Cafe, Soi Ruamrudee










below: menu - holey artisan bakery








Lunch - Yuk Do - KBBQ Buffet
SiamScape 215 āļŠั้āļ™ 3 Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

pork choices for bbq 
- pork belly
- pork chop
- pork collar
- sukiyaki style pork slices
- ??

buffet sides
- sauces
- salads, leaves and side dishes banchan like kimchi and pickles
- soup with fish cake
- fried chapjae
- fried chicken - 2 types - plain and with chilli paste
- fried fishcake
- fried dumplings (disappointing)

others
- instant noodles - cooked to order
- ice cream
- soft drinks


below: location and food!


















below: what daddy ate & what jannah cooked 
while i was in bangkok







below: mango sticky rice
from airport foodcourt 60B x2 packets
from king power inside departure 180B x2 packets
both are very nice! very tasty!














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