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school is now well into its third week and the work's piling in. thank God for all the meetup lunches though. almost everyday i find myself doing some form of work, be it my summary assignments or readings, even when i feel knackered from the early lessons, travelling to school and all that awful coughing. its great cause it makes me feel organized, (i always feel like i need at least some things under control. hate the feeling of uncertainty and having the situation spiral out of control) but at the expense of sufficient rest which isn't helping my cough at all. at least i attempt to do whatever i can to alleviate my symptoms.. unlike a certain friend of mine who evidently has a stubborn streak in her. haha
i enjoyed this trip to bkk much more than the previous because i already knew what to expect - always to be on guard and not be all stoney when in darker alleys so that i won't get the shock of my life when i suddenly spy a dishevelled man sitting by the corner with hands outstretched asking for donations or crawling towards me. we covered platinum, chatuchak and union mall within 2 days and i think it was just sufficient. the weather was a mega turnoff + killer when we were in chatuchak on the second day. the scorching sun and poor ventilation in the lanes made the walking quite unbearable and i felt really faint at some point. i literally embraced the airconditioning with open arms in union mall which we headed to after. the shopping this time round was much better and though i only bought like 14 pieces, none were impulsive buys and i really like all of my loot! was constantly debating if i should get some stuff back to sell and while we decided against it, ultimately a choice need not have been made cause we spent all our money. haha like all of it, except for 10baht hidden in my wristlet which we only discovered upon getting back home. i didn't get to have the kickass yummy salted egg prawns in Koka since it was in the burnt wing of Central World but a not bad jappy korean bbq place plus my favourite bak mee, super cheap ice monster mango snow ice and the bestest albeit a little salty charsiew ever made up for it :) and i will probably stay at Asia Hotel again since its directly connected to the BTS and the hotel interior was pretty grand and our room was spacious and clean and there was cable tv access. i also did a mani and pedi for $20sgd, both designs which i really love because the person was really meticulous and its dirt cheap considering how elaborate the designs were :)) am extremely lucky to have kenneth whose knowledge of all the places that we wanted to go (no need for any maps!) and basic thai bridged the conversational gap between the locals and prevented any excessive touting and all of that made the flow of the trip smooth without any hiccups. indeedy a superman with tons of patience for me and i'm very thankful :)
i'm blogging about bkk first because one paragraph is enough to capture the highlights but definitely not the case for Aussie. I need the mood to properly pen down every memory of the experience.. that which i clearly lack right now so that's an entry for another time.