APPT Manila!!

Finally...

Ok, I know it's been a very very long time that I kept this blog hanging for updates from our Bangkok trip. Now, it's not even recent. It's like two months ago now. Hehe!

Anyway, we just got our dsl yesterday before we left for carmona. Really nice game guys! I lasted for a while in the tourney. I was able to outlast half of the field or a little more, but not good enough. Congrats to all the winners!

other bangkok pics coming up...

We left Manila last June 3 past 10pm. Then past midnight, we are already in Bangkok. Their airport is very nice but so far. Without traffic, it’s a 45-minute ride at the very least and using their skyway-like toll way.

So knowing that you’d have to be in the airport at least 2 hours before boarding and the time we spent on transit, we are now so hungry. Our plane tickets are dirt cheap and they don’t serve food or drinks there. But you can buy from them in a highly padded price.

We got to our place, we stayed in Wendy (Guest)House. It's a small guesthouse with cheap accomodations. And since we are staying there for sometime, we really need something cheap. We relied on reviews and comment on forums. And luckily, we made the right choice. The place is clean. The staff are friendly and understands English, we even make tem write our destination in Thai so the cab driver would understand.

So we just decided to put our things in our room and meet downstairs to see where we can find food at that time of the night. We were told that most establishments in Bangkok close by 2am.

Oh, by the way, we are with Betsy in Bangkok. She’s also a part of the bridal entourage, like Che. She’s the one you’ll often see in our pictures. Good thing I love taking photos rather than be in it… so perfect that Betsy and Che loves posing for the camera!

Anyway, we ended up in 7/11 where they have some sort of hotdog and burgers. I tried the bbq chicken sandwich. I was proud to finish half of it! Yes I’m terribly hungry and didn’t mind that it feels as though my mouth is on fire. Well, till I ate half of it anyway. At least it was enough to last me thru till breakfast. Yes, we do wake up for breakfast. It’s the free meal! And we are budget tourists.

Then we had lunch with Ana (the Bride) at MBK, the mall very near to our place. She told us how it’s done there. You exchange your money to coupons which will be your money in that food court. Leftover coupons can be exchanged back to cash at face value anyway. It was amazing that the food there is cheap and most of the dishes are seafood and chicken.

While having lunch, we bumped into Neil Shelley. He’s the best man and he also teaches English there like Ana and Warren. Good thing he was there. Since it is already understood that the couple would be terribly busy before their wedding day, no one is really available to show us around. But Neil is nice enough to join us for the day.

He showed us how to use the BTS (Bangkok’s MRT) and also took us to our first boat ride there.

He took us to Khao Sarn, the backpacker’s Mecca in Bangkok.

Most of the people there are foreigners.

We are there to go drinking.

Like the guys at the table beside us....

That's it for my first official blog entry about our Bangkok Trip. I think there would be at least 3 more posts...

Preface for Bangkok posts

Yeah, I know it's been such a long time since my last post... again. I don't even know if someone still reads this page. Anyway, i don't mind talking to myself. hahaha!





I don't really have much time right now, but i'd like to give a sort of introduction for my soon-bangkok posts. It was helluva fun! No poker though. I guess that's one of the very few down parts of our vacation.





It's not my first time to visit this neighboring country. In fact, in my previous visits I've been very pampered and accomodated. I was taken to the best sights in Bangkok and nearby cities like Ayuttaya. One of those visits were even sponsored by the Tourisim Authority of Thailand and Thai Airways to introduce their Amazing Thailand campaign. It was really good.





This time around, I go back to Bangkok on my own. Without watchful eyes of hosts who look after our safety and guides who makes sure we get the best of Bangkok. Now, I get to see the rest....





But before I tell you my story of our Bangkok vacation, I want to show you something. I was able to bring home not just memories and a couple of Baht, meet my new pet...

I haven't figuered out a name for this creature yet. Since flop and river's already the name of our new kittens, i'm thinking of "Turn" but im not so comfortable with it. Maybe "Brick" or "Bluff". Whaddya think? Hehehe!

Anyway, till my next post....

Poker for a Cause!

A Charity no limit hold 'em tourny for the destitute elderly of Sinag Kalinga Foundation.

MARCH 3
Registration opens 10:30am
Tourny starts 12noon

at the 3rd level west lane of ROBINSONS GALLERIA, Ortias, Pasig City

Buyin for Php 500
Unlimited rebuys until the end of the 4th level.

Get a chance to win 1 of the ff. prizes:
* trip to boracay for 2 with accomodations at mandarin boracay
* trip to Palau for 2
* laptop
* 80 gig Ipod video
* Sony PSP
* Bose Speakers
* High -end Mobile phone
* 19" LCD TV
* Canon PowerShot Digicam
* Ipod shuffle


See you there!