Spending Mother's Day in Bangkok - May 2014.

Oh my my, have I been neglecting this space of mine! So many things have happened lately, time has absolutely gone by in a daze!

Well, we have been to Bangkok and back, Hubby and I, just  before the eruption of chaos and military law. Thank God!
 

That, and I recently developed a sebaceous cyst on my breast (horror of horrors!) right after our Bangkok trip, and that had consumed a large part of my time and energy. I think I will talk about that some other time.
And of course, we celebrated Adam's 5th birthday! Photos will be up in another post.

Meanwhile, here are some photos of the trip!

Stayed at Pathumwan Princess hotel which is connected to MBK for easy access to shopping.

40baht tuk tuk in all its neon glory.

It was 11pm and we were hungry... This place was recommended by a local. Mouth-watering seafood and Tom Yum indeed!

UNICORN CAFE!!
44/1 ซอย สาทร 8 สีลม Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand

Buying Naraya for my friend Esther for all her massage and essential oil barangs.

Dinner at Sky Bar, Banyan Tree hotel. Roof-top dining to celebrate Mother's Day is the way to go.

Erawan Shrine.

 

 

 

We did enjoy the shopping, massage and seafood.

The trip without kids did wonders to the relationship *ahem*. However, all these travelling is draining my energy. As such, we haven't planned anything that involves airplanes for this June holidays.

Nonetheless, we have some stuff in mind for the kids. Hope I survive the June holidays!

台湾游 2014 part 3: Chiong night markets and eating in Taipei!!

The place we stayed in Taipei was called 民生西路 (Min Sheng Xi Lu)... just in front of Shuang Lian TRTC (mrt) station.

We stayed at an apartment (Min su/ 民宿) which was clean, convenient and cheap. Only sgd$106/night!

 

Walked around in the morning for breakfast and were spoilt for choice on what to eat.

 

Took a cab to Chrome Hearts boutique at No. 37-1, Chung Shan North Road, Section 2... Almost everything OOS, then open boutique for what. Left empty-handed. Damn you, CH!

So Hubby and I went to do hair instead. Had the most orgasmic head and neck massage, hair wash and tong styling for only SGD$10!!! So cheap!! SO love!!!

Hubby had a haircut..

Taipei 101, we meet again.

At Xi Men Ding

At Shilin Night Market where the kids played a myriad of games.

Ashton 人小小 also clever to play, until he won a small Thomas toy.

Preserved snakes in Chinese wine and turtle testicles (睾丸 gao wan) at a corner of Shilin night market.

It's true when they say the Chinese eat every damn thing that moves man!

Snake soup tastes like herbal chicken soup. Really.

 

The moment we reached our 民宿 after all the night market shopping at Shilin, Hubby & I left the kids with my in-laws while we chiong another night market just a stone's throwaway from our apartment, Ning Xia night market (寧夏夜市). Gawd... we just died and went to seafood heaven.

 

Palm-sized oysters anyone?

The further we walked along 寧夏夜市 Ning Xia, the more food we came upon. Uniiii~!!!! So fresh that it was still alive when we picked it.

We gorged ourselves silly with the food, then bought fruits from roadside stall, and went back to apartment eat some more. Never been so happy from eating!

 

 

On the last day, before heading to Tao Yuan airport, we had to stop by Chia Te to queue for their famous pineapple tarts and Wife cakes. Of course we did.

As we reached there early, we only queued for about 10 minutes. By the time we left, there was a snake queue forming outside the shop.

Chia Te Bakery
No. 88, SEc 5, Nanjing East Rd,, Taipei.

After queuing and paying for them, we went to Yang Ming Shan.

Lily garden at Yang Ming Shan

 

Had lunch at Yang Ming Shan and then had to come back to Singapore

 

That's all for our Taiwan trip. I'm packing up and getting ready to jet off to Bangkok next week for Mother's Day celebration. Have a great celebration, wherever you are!