We feel lonely, sometimes to the point of tears, but we don’t let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don’t say anything because we’re frozen with the fear of what those words might do to the relationship.
-Mitch Albom
Final day in BKK. Last day is always the worse, cos there are still so many things to do but so little time! We woke up early so we can go Tesco to buy some food stuff hm and settled for breakfast bananaboat at swensens. how sinful is that. we actually wanted to have a real meal only to find out that they dont serve hot food in that outlet =\
Sights and sounds from the taxi. "sex stops global warming" tts so cool!
We finally setted for Sizzler at siam center anyway cos i wanted to go to siam sq to look for the bag tt i didnt buy on the first day in bkk!
Salad from the salad bar! remember wot i said abt having lots of quail eggs in bkk! quail egg doesnt seem as popular here. prob cos of the health consciousness of singaporeans
Cream of mushroom with real bacon! the ones we are so used to in sg are actually imitation bacon if you look closely at the packaging!
My mojito mocktail. dont really fancy the taste. its juz carbonated water with syrup and mint leaves. =\
Toast. This is yummy. i have o idea wot they put on it how did they make the surface so flat?
Me with my bib waiting for my main course!
baked potato! best i've ever had! their butter is juz so creamy and salty and yummy! i've nt tried the ones at Wendy's in SG though but i noted they have various varieties of baked potatoes as well.
P's main. half rack ribs with chicken chop. The chicken chop is yummy and tender but the same cant be sad for the ribs. i guess they dont really specialise much in ribs. we shall stick to chicken chop nxt time we order.
my sizzling grilled prawns! which explains why i needed that bib! this is really nice. i'm so glad i made this choice cos the portion is nt too big and the prawn is succulent n yummy!
after eating and walking ard, i didnt manage to find my bag. i was quite bummed but we were in a rush to do our other task which is to go to Ruamkatanyu Foundation. Previously recommended by Ponsak on TV, its a charitable org. If you were to cab there, juz tell the cab driver you wanna go to Wat Hualamphong which is quite a famous temple a step away from this foundation.
So this org is for coffin donation for those people who died without a kin in street accidents or if they are too poor to afford a decent last journey. it cost $500 baht to provide a simple coffin plus a white piece of cloth for the simple burial. approx to S$23. amazing isnt it?
There are a row of staff sitting there, you juz have to fill up this pink slip of paper with your name and how many sets you wanna donate and pass to them.
The staff there are generally very friendly but may nt speak in english. sign language is very powerful in this case otherwise some of them understand mandarin as well since its near the chinatown area of bkk =)
after making payment, we are issued with the receipt which is meant to be burnt away outside the foundation juz like when we 求签we have to burn away the the 签 piece of paper =)
The original pink slip of paper where we wrote our name on will be returned to us to paste onto the coffin. P putting glue on the pink paper and pasting it on the coffin.
This is how simple the coffin look like, you may even mistaken it for cardboard boxes or sth. we saw alot of locals going there for donation as well. this foundation was set up after the tsunami cos during that time thousands of lives were lost and lot have no next of kin to give them a decent burial.
Outside the foundation, we saw this lady selling animals for release.
There are tortoises, eels, frogs, birds etc, but we have no idea where we could release the other amphibians so we opted to release birds instead. 1 cage of 5 birds cost S$1 to be released. we saw a thai family releasing birds with their children too. its common for them to release living being during special occasions such as bdae and such for blessings =) in sg, we dont really have such release shop available or nt that i know of, however i was told if you were to go to a market and see a live fish on the chopping board but stop it and release it, the karma is even bigger than anything else cos you juz saved a life!
we also saw a cockerels on the street! Ruamkatanyu Foundation is our last stop before we headed to the airport. we really miss bkk and wanna go bk soon for more sightseeing and definitely shopping! >.<