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Friday, December 22, 2006

came back from chiangmai, thailand, yesterday. the weather there was chilling, and i love it. you hardly get such weather in singapore. so here's the whole summary on the trip, (well, at least it seems to be a summary... )

DAY 1:
woke up at 3 in the morning, chatted with tina on the phone before leaving for the airport. on the way there, was texting tina and weicheang. then got onto the plane however really reluctantly. sat beside some woman who's really mean and everything to the air stewardess, and her daughter. there was this awful girl sitting behind me, and she was sticking her feet on my arm rest, and her feet totally smelled like overcooked cabbage, hence, i duped her as The Cabbage Feet. totally gross. anyway, we touched down in chiangmai at around 8 their time. really cooling though. anyways, we went up this mountain, doi inthanoi or something. temperature really dropped. from like, the 20s, to 10 degrees, and at the peak, it dropped to 5, and my windbreaker and jeans did little to stop the chill from getting into me. saw millions of waterfalls, okay, not really millions, but maybe around 5 or 6? really gorgeous. trekked up to the peak of the mountain, as in the real peak, crossed the ridge to come back down. was about a four hours trek, muscles were totally soggy by the time i returned back to the start of the trail. stayed with the HILL TRIBES. they didn't even have proper hot water and bed for goodness sake. my sister was screaming - or was it laughing? cousin keith and i had no idea what it was - when she took the shower cuz the water was far too cold for human to bathe in. i haven't got the slightest clue when i slept. didn't keep a watch with me.

DAY 2:
ate too much scrambled egg for breakfast. nearly puked at the thought of eating one more. came down from the mountain. went to the royal project. a flower place where the king of thailand made for the hill tribe people staying in chiangmai to stop planting opium and plant something useful. quite cool actually. and went to the hot spring. slept throughout the ride there. got a massage there. can't say i liked it. after that, my sister went to boil egg at the hot spring, and the whole place smelt like boiled eggs. eew. then went back down to the city, stayed in royal lana hotel. it was much better than staying in the mountains, since there was tv, hot water, and disney channel. went to eat dinner at this pub restaurant at the outskirts of the city that played live 60s music. totally rad. went back to hotel, and slept at 2 after walking around the night bazaar for a while.

DAY 3:
woke at 7, ate breakfast at the hotel, absolutely delicious food. set off to chiangrai, another province further up north of thailand. before arriving at chiangrai, went to the elephant camp, sat on the elephant and went for a ride. totally fun. i came down with a dent in my butt though, it was a pretty rough ride. then watched the elephants perform. really cute. then took the bamboo rafting. really peaceful. something that you can't get in singapore cuz of all the hustle and bustle. then went ox-cart riding thing. bumpy. (: then there was a 3 hours drive to chiangrai, and checked into this really cool hotel. but the hot water's temperamental. really. went shopping again, and i saw this really cool nike dunks that i wanted, but the blasted shop didn't have my size! dammit, they only stocked to size 6, and i was a 6 and a half!

DAY 4:
woke up at 7 again, and went up to the golden triangle where Myanmar, formally known as burma, laos and thailand meet with two rivers to separate them. the day was spent mostly driving. got myself a terrible headache for reading in the bus and listening to my mp3 and whining at my dad to let me play with his dopod. stupid i know. got back to chiangmai after an almost 5 hour drive from the tip of thailand, and it was 9 by the time we reached. checked into Raming Lodge Hotel, and i was having a burning gastric since i didn't have my dinner. ate seafood, and that made me loose my appetite for good. went back to the hotel at 12, and sat at the toilet bowl, thinking of sticking a toothbrush down my throat to barf. really couldn't take it.

DAY 5:
woke up at 7. shopping day! didn't feel much better than the night before. went on the river cruise on the river. had a smile frozen onto my face since i was facing the wind. too cold. went shopping at two shopping malls. bought one pair of heels, really pretty ones. decided to give up on the idea of buying boots, singapore's too hot. bought cargo pants, skirts, some shirts, a new handbag, two pairs of levi's jeans, one 527 and one 593. sorry christie! they didn't have levi's skirts there. bought a couple more things. couldn't remember what they were.
ate at some chinese restaurant, and ended up with a upset stomach again, and wanted to barf my heart out, in this case, my stomach out. went back to the hotel after shopping at the night bazaar. slept at 2.

DAY 6:
woke at 6 to catch the flight back.
after visiting grandma, came back at 7, and slept all the way to 11 plus the next day. (:

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