Life's Little Pleasures

One Night in Bangkok
posted on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 10:56 PM | 0 cmnt/s

Currently flying to Beijing, China from Bangkok.

Spent literally one night in Bangkok. I was super excited because I was going to play the Murray Head song 'One Night in Bangkok' from the musical Chess. I love that song so much. Its so cool and funky. But after all my anticipation to play the song on repeat all night, I became distracted by the sights of the magnificent city and completely forgot to play it. It was until this morning, on the way to the airport again that I remembered. So now I'm rather disappointed that I missed a moment of musical amazingness. Oh well, I suppose you could interpret the song in a slightly different manner. Instead of it being about staying in Bangkok for only one night, I suppose you could interpret it to be about going ons during one night in the larger scheme of things. Let's take the second one.

Besides that lapse of memory, last night was amazing. We got picked up from the airport by a driver, Jackie. He was so kind and friendly, and also a really good driver (which counts for a lot here). Now the drive from the airport to the apartments was an experience in itself. I will never complain about traffic back home in Perth ever again after seeing the traffic last night. Having said that, I was pleasantly surprised to notice that at least everyone seems to drive with more care than in Singapore. My standard of measurement being how little I felt like my life was at risk.

Upon arriving at the apartments, we found the most beautiful home that I have ever seen. My lucky aunty lives in a lovely apartment that is large and has every facility you could want. After dinner (which had been cooked by her own maid) we took a wander around the apartments to see the pool, jacuzzi, library and (most importantly) the gym. It is seriously the most beautiful place that I have ever stayed. I'll have to take plenty of photos of the outdoor pool area because it is just so amazing and tranquil. After that we had a quick wander down the road to see what was around the apartments. There a quite a few restaurants, a 7/11, a massage place (AU$10 for a full Thai massage!!!!!!!!!!) and an upper class shopping complex. Whilst the shops had already closed for the evening, mum and I were able to window shop, my imagination and excitement going into overdrive- remember it's been about 6 months since I've really shopped for myself! Then we headed back to the apartment to pack for today's flight.

Guess what! There is a whole channel on tv here dedicated to the panda Ling Ling. Seriously, it is Big Brother, panda style. It is 24 hours of watching this panda. Soo crazy. Apparently we caught the panda at an exciting moment... It was eating some bamboo. Talk about cultural diversity.

Then I suppose we get to today. Back out to the airport. I'm actually really excited for China. I think it's going to be amazingly rewarding. There is just so much history and culture to delve into, not to mention the ever relevant and interesting political climate that I will be able to experience. Just so excited :D

That's kinda it for now. Talk soon!


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