Day 3: "Last day" in Bangkok.

Well, it is sort of the last day in Bangkok for us, because our flight was early next morning, which means there's really nothing much to do. To me, it is the last day, because it's the very last day we can buy things! Being experienced with bargaining from the day before, we decided to go to Pratunum market in the morning at 10am. We didn't want to waste any time! We had our breakfast in the hotel, and left early in the morning. & since we brought practically empty luggages, we had to wear the clothes that we've bought from yesterday already!

Our parents decided to go to a temple in Bangkok to pray and give donations to the poor, but we decided to just run off shopping. :P Well, I heard from my mum that they bought them sacks of rice and gave same cash donation. & one more thing, they bought them a coffin. Yes, the same thing that came into my head, "What? A coffin?" Apparently my mum told us that when the poor people dies, they have no money to have a proper burial and buy themselves a coffin. Therefore they decided to give one as a donation. I guess it is a good, but weird thought.

In the cab, on the way to Pratunum market! New clothes!

Pratunum market! Well, yeah it is just many many small stalls in between small lanes and walk ways. It isn't really a mall. It is not a mall, for the matter of fact. Haha.

We randomly walked the market, because it seems as though there were no proper and organized way of walking the streets. We entered random malls that we had no clue about. & there was this mall that practically every shop in there sells jeans, or denim material clothings. Piles and piles of clothes all lying around, going for really cheap prices! But sadly, denim isn't what we favour, so we did not get anything.

Yes, this is one pile. Can you imagine that there are many many more piles like these inside?

Many shops in Pratunum wasn't open just yet, because it was like 10am in the morning, and apparently that is too early for shopping. We saw small vendors selling food that we've never seen before. It looks like white carrot cake, but it smells like cuttlefish. I think there is cuttlefish, flour and egg inside. Smells good, but disappointingly, it taste tasteless. :(

This is the cuttlefish, flour and egg thing. Honestly, it really looks like carrot cake.

We bought their local pancakes. It has coconut in them, and it comes in the original and chocolate flavour. I personally like the original flavour, because the chocolate spoils the coconut taste.

Our parents were done with their praying at the temple, and we decided to meet up with them at Platinum Mall. It is one of the wholesale retail markets in Bangkok that most blogshops owners go and get their clothes there, or get suppliers. Yes, we've seen many with big-ass-china-looking-plastic-bags in their hands while buying massive loads of clothes.

We walked around not long and bought a few stuffs for my brother. We were suppose to eat lunch, but I guess we were all too full from all the nonsense tidbits we were snacking along the way while we shop. My parents and brother wanted to go for a massage, but I was super reluctant to, even though I love massages, especially Thai massage. But I was just simply unhappy about the amount of things we've bought, and it won't be meaningful. So I dragged daffy and dulcy to shop with me at Platinum Mall. There was like four levels that we could walk. & it is more organized, so we combed the whole area without missing a shop. :)

I have to tell you, that there are a lot of transexuals in Bangkok. & I am super afraid of them, honestly. There's this one shop that was being tended by a transexual. None of us dared to ask the price of the dress that caught our eyes. Well, I had to pluck my courage up and asked him/her/whoever.

"How much is this dress?", carrying the dress.
"350baht.", and looked at his/her/whoever's nails, after taking a look at the dress.

I didn't dare to bargain, plus he/she/whoever wasn't interested in entertaining me from his/her/whoever's body language. So we decided to give a pass on that dress and continued walking. We finally combed finished that area, and we arrived at the same shop again that has that dress. I really wanted the dress, so I went to ask again.

"How much is this dress?", carrying the same dress again.
His/Her/Whoever's eyes scanned my body starting from down to up, and said,
"300baht."
I was like thinking to my mind, "What?" Then I turned to dulcy, "Then now?" dulcy told me to go ask for 200baht, if not let's just go.
"200baht can?" I asked.
"NO."

That big "NO." with that stern face looking at me, I immediately placed the dress back down into the rack and walked away, dragging daffy and dulcy with me. It is freaking scary! Oh well, that was one heck of an incident. I will never offend a transexual ever.

Nevertheless, our legs were killing us. & we really wanted a good foot massage right now. But I insisted to daffy and dulcy that we haven't shopped enough! So we just decided to take a break, at Platinum Mall's basement to sit somewhere and grab a bite.

We decided to get crepes! :D

With the satisfaction and knowledge that we combed Platinum Mall finish, we decided to go back to Platunum market to shop again, because by then, all the shops should be open already. Again, walking through small lanes and there were a lot of people. Unfortunately, by 5pm, many of the stalls were packing up and closing already. I don't get it. It's a Sunday, and they are closing so early!

Our brother called us, notifying us that they are done with their massage, and told us to meet up with them. Well, meanwhile we walking in that direction to meet up, we did shopping too! No time wasting. :P & we ate roadside food vendors again.

We kept buying these meatball sticks. It was like 4 sticks for  like 30baht.  It was really really yummy!

This we didn't try, but the aunty is cooking quall eggs like normal eggs. Pretty cute.

We met up with my brother along the way, and he was suppose to bring us to meet up with our parents. But of course again, we are big eaters and shopaholics. :P We stopped at stalls and food vendors to buy clothes and food. Where ever, whenever. :D

These are how the stalls look like along the road!

My parents are pretty much against this, but we still did anyway. We decided to eat their local roadside food store! The last Bangkok trip that my family did together, the five of us were hungry during the night, and decided to walk out to some roadside food store to get noodles. The next morning, all of us were puking and vomiting everywhere. This is why my mum is pretty against it. Haha! But we wanted to try, it looks pretty good!

Fishball noodles stall!

Looks like "zhi3 cha4", meaning you choose your own food!

We decided to just share one ball of fishball noodles and spicy tomyam.

We didn't want to eat so much, because we were suppose to meet up with my parents at some Indian restaurant that they were at, and eat their naans that my mum said it was superb. Plus dinner was coming soon. :P I honestly think our family are huge ass eaters.

Garlic naan with mutton curry. Very good!

We all went back to the hotel to rest for a while, before having to head out for dinner with one of my dad's friend living in Bangkok. We had dinner at Japanese restaurant called Fuji. Amazingly, we still can eat so much food that the bill added up to like 4000baht, I think?

After dinner, we wanted to head down to a place called Si Lom, recommended by my dad's friend's wife. Apparently Si Lom is known for their night market. Yes, we have not got enough of shopping yet. :) The lady was very nice and wrote down in Thai words on a piece of tissue the place, so that we can show it to the taxi driver.

We got up a cab, and showed the paper to the uncle, and all of us boarded the taxi and off we went! The taxi uncle was speaking in Thai, and we couldn't really understand what he was talking about. We managed to decipher what he was saying and he meant that Si Lom is closed on Sundays! Damn it, we wasted like 50baht on that pointless cab ride. Luckily, we saw a tent that has many stores in it, and it said, "Clearance Sales". We alighted and went on shopping!

It was getting pretty late already, and everything was closing, including the roadside stores. So we decided to head back, and found our parents singing in the karaoke room that our hotel has. We grabbed some stuffs at 7-11 that was walking distance from our place before heading back to the hotel to take a rest. The "some stuffs" I meant, was food and drinks. I don't understand why we never got tired of or full from eating. :P

So end of day 3! :) Pretty exhausting!