I cheated death

I'm back from Bangkok in one piece. By rights, I shouldn't be here. But a miracle happened and I survived a heart-stopping accident there.

It was night time, we were crossing 1 of the jam-packed, fast-paced and messy roads. The road we were crossing was supposed to be a designated pedestrian crossing but as people familiar with Thailand will tell you, pedestrian crossings do not 'exists', and that vehicle rules the roads with any rules. We were chatting while walking halfway when I suddenly stopped and that that split 1/2 of a second, a big van zoomed right past my face! The van was so close to me that I swear if I stepped forward 1 feet I willl not live to write this entry now. The people around me were shell shocked. The caucasian guy behind me stood rooted to the ground staring at me with his jaws almost dropping. His girl was covering her face and screaming something in Thai. I was shocked, I didn't know what to do except quickly get past the road safety and it's only when I got to the safe side of the road did it occur to me how I danced with death. I had no idea why I stopped suddenly, I did not noticed the van approaching either. I just stopped suddenly. It must have been heaven's will that I will not die that day. And strangely that night, $1000 bahts (about $50SGD) mysteriously disappeared from my wallet.

No doubts I was worried and angry as to how did that big note disappear from my wallet for no reason? I don't remember dropping any money, or did I use it. It was only when I carried my thoughts deeper and further did I realized it could all be destined. I survived, but I lost $1000 THB. I decided to treat it like I paid for prolonging my life with $1000 THB. My 2 friends were not as lucky, Jeri lost his handphone & wallet when he was drunk and Daniel lost his digital video cam.

I had an average trip and perhaps the most wonderful point was that I finally stayed at this stylish fashion hotel called "Le Fennix". The interior design and furnitures are especially stylish and nice, making the letter 'L' the trademark of the hotel.








I love this TV! Pure white!








Breakfast cafe




Mini Bar


The windows are all L shaped! cool!

Compared to HK, the number of pictures I took this time easily dwarfs the size of the HK album. I always have a little regret not taking more photos but I always can't seem to be snapping alot when I'm in Bangkok. Maybe because Bangkok is now like Singapore to me which I know like the back of my hands. Bangkok isn't really a place for holidays anymore because I've been to almost all the attractions and so on and I think this explains the amount of pictures I took.


A very old and vintage BMW


Driving through floods...


Doughnut shop. Krispy Kreame from HK tastes better though




Normal daily Thai life of the average Thai


















Bed Superclub - One of BKK's most posh clubs






BTS Station


Soi Cowboy - 1 of the Go-Go bar areas


Rual Thai province


A typical Thai apartment without any living room


Ahh I missed this!






This chicken rice street stall tastes alot better than those sold in foodcourts here




Traditional thai noodles






The foodcourt at Platinum Fashion Mall










Piri Piri Flaming Chicken! Nice must try!


Hotel Breakfast


Swiss Airline's standard meal

My thai friend Porpia's birthday