work has been awesome so far =D i have really nice colleagues to work with, so that makes going to work happpppy! and yes, im still looking forward going to prisons for data collection and interviews =) i think its interesting talking to the inmates and i think there are a lot of misconceptions that inmates are violent and aggressive...you know, like how they used to think people with mental disorders are 'crazy and violent'....but obviously thats all wrong. in fact, those inmates are really chatty (of course there are those grumpy ones) and they do share stuff with you, and i thought thats pretty nice =) but of course we do need to keep in mind what offences they commit though. not everyone is as nice of course. 

been reading many journal articles and writing papers. oh man. felt like im still in school somehow =x im like burning my weekends clearing my work, which explains my 'lazy-ness' to blog. but anw, i think the job is good because i do get a balance of spending some time in office writing, and out at prisons interacting with other people. so yeah, thumbs up for now! 

anyway im getting my first pay soon! woohoo! =D 

bangkok day 4!!

basically, we chionged shopping for the day! HENCE, we didnt have many photos!

ryl lent me her shades!beth was in the toilet, so the two of us didnt know what to do. so we camwhored. hehh!

anyway, we headed to platinum shopping mall. we realised there are actually 2 platinum shopping malls! we only went to one of them on day 1, so we decided to check out the another one. AND OH MY GOD. WE SHOPPED TILL WE DROP THERE. WE WENT WITHOUT LUNCH AND DINNER BECAUSE WE WERE TOO BUSY SHOPPING. and perhaps because we knew it was our last chance to buy stuff there, we really just spend. like we cant be bothered to think, we just grabbed and paid! kind of regret it now, I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE HEELS THERE! damn. we rushed back to our hotel by 5.30 pm and tried to squeeze all our stuff into 2 bags (we refused to pay $17 to check in our luggage. we want to hand carry them). it was a damn funny sight because the 3 of us were practically emptying our bags at the hotel lobby and repacking them all into our bags. haha! and then we rushed to the airport to catch our flight.

and that marks the end of my bangkok trip!!!! =)

Bangkok day 3!! =DD

We left for grand palace in the morning! we camwhored even when waiting for the train to come at the station platform. HAHA! ultimate. anyway, one bad thing about bangkok is that their train lines are not inter-connected. so they have MRT and BTS which are 2 separate systems. horrible. cant they just connect them somehow so it will be more convenient for commuters to transfer train rides rather than buying two train passes separately?

we found new ways to take photos. hahaha! 

hahaha! liz did not realised that we caught her unglam moments on camera!

ok, smiling nicely for us to take photos!

AND I SAW SI WON ADVERTISEMENT! hahahahha! my eye candy in super junior. we felt like we were at korea for the moment.

anyway, we got off the train and took a boat ride in order to get to the grand palace. so while on the boat, we took photos again! hahaha! i don't know where did all the scenary shots went to again. haha! ryl didnt upload them! anyway, we didnt exactly went into the grand palace because we felt it wasnt worth the price. probably can buy more clothes with that amount of money. so we roamed around the area because taking a cab down to chinatown!

so this is chinatown! we shopped for goodies and had sharks fins and bird nest there! yums! really reallly cheap compared to singapore. we roamed around the area until we realised we got lost! HAHA! and this kind thai uncle saw us looking lost so he came up to us and asked if we needed help. AND YES, HE GAVE US THE DIRECTION =) actually thais are pretty nice people =))

stopped by terminal 21 again!

i already forgot what we did at terminal 21. probably settled our dinner or something....

and there, we ended day 3! we were really dead tired by the end of the day because we have walked soooo much and the weather is not doing us any favour.

bangkok day 2!

 we had breakfast at the hotel before we headed to chatuchak market!!! the weather was damnnnn hotttttt and the market was really crowded and packed! but despite all that, we had a really fun time shopping around chatuchak. basically chatuchak sells everything and i thought it was pretty organised in a way because the entire market is divided into different sections. so there is a section dedicated for clothings, and another for shoes, bags, plants, potteries, paintings and food! so if you are looking for a specific item, then you could just go straight to that section and find what you need. and liz made new friend with this thai who sells shoes. ahahha! he was damn hilarious because he was so proud of himself being able to go to clubs and dance with his 9 inch heels! omg. NINE INCH! not kidding man. he insisted on showing us his photos on his handphone. damn funny a guy (or perhaps woman). we had coconut ice cream along the way too! yums! and as we walked, we chanced upon this little cafe selling tea. so we decided to stop by for a drink! =))

while waiting for our tea we decided to take PHOTOS! hahha! supposed to have more photos ah, but i don't know where did all those photos went to....

started pouring in the late evening so we decided to call it a day at chatuchak market. took a cab and headed to terminal 21! terminal 21 is a mega shopping mall with good concepts! so we shopped while we took photos around the mall. hahaha!

felt as if we were doing some advertisement! hahah! encouraging ppl to come bangkok to shop and eat!

we ended our day with massage!!!! i did traditional thai massage which was reallly damn cheap. like $8 per hr! and ryl and beth did some milky aroma massage or something. and it was damn funny to hear ryl laughing like nuts when the masseur was doing her job. she laughed till the masseur laughed along, and the masseur and beth who was next door also burst out laughing. so the whole place was practically filled with laughters. heh. felt damn awesome after a massage and we returned back hotel to rest! =)))