A short term taken from Cheesie. She owns the copyright of this term.

It’s gonna be regional trips first. No money lah. Have to save up for rainy days okay!

So, here is the “Tentative” plans…

Jan – Bangkok (Just decided yesterday… hahah)
Feb – Phuket
Mar – ???
April – ???
May – Africa (50% confirm)
June – ???
July – Singapore (I think it should be in June. Bah. Whatever)
August – ???
September – Mt. KK (yes, again!)
October – ???
November – ???
December – Aussie (I’m coming to find you Nads!)

There are few other places which I’m still undecided when to go yet. They are Hong Kong, Siem Reap, Hanoi, Medan and Koh Samui. Yeah. The list is just nice to empty my pocket…

Will update from time to time. But let’s see how it goes lah.

Jun? You wanna help with the list?

Run by Shiro Enterprises Thailand, this is seriously one unseen army tourism. Very niche and not many people about this. So, that’s why I decided to blog about this Bangkok Shooting tour and let you all know about it.

Hah! You don’t know that you can actually do a tour out at the shooting range?

The shooting range is open from 9AM till 5PM daily, except on public holidays.

Paid like 3000 bath for it. Wait, I think we got a discount as I presented my travel agent ID. Heh Heh…

We need to take a public transport to the shooting range from the office. It takes about 15 minutes to reach outside the army camp. You will be transferred to an army pick up truck to get into the army camp.

There you go, the types of handguns that I chose and I can tell you, they are somewhat heavy!

You will be supervised by an instructor on how to aim and shoot. That person will help you to reload your handgun but I decided to do it myself. Need to do the kiss and pray it will be a bulls eye shot.

The shooting begins. The fire power was so strong that I was taken aback. You need to hold firmly on the handgun to be accurate. I need to hold it firmly and make sure that the strength of my arm is strong enough to withhold the “thrust” of the gun shot. I guess, firing a gun is not for me.

They got rifle too, but I didn’t want to spend on it lah. It’s about additional 1200 bath for the rifle.

We had fun lah. So much fun that I had to this this picture below. Of course, we need to observe safety and not walk into the field without informing others and until they holster down their weapon.

I do have a video for you all to enjoy…

Hasta la vista people!!

Visit Bangkok Shooting for more info.

Anyways, so Bangkok Day 2 was packed with activities. We kinda like did so much in a day.

#1- Got up for breakfast. The hotel’s breakfast was superb lah! I like!

#2- Went back to the room to collect some stuffs before we head out. Camwhore also!

#3- Did a very unique tour which not many people would have heard off. It was fun tho. Check their website out. It was fun and I shall put a separate post about it.

#4- The shooting tour shop was at Thaniya Plaza which is located at the “Japanese” district. Here you can also find a lot of “VIP” Clubs. You get me…

#5- Once shooting was done, we headed back to the city for some shopping adventure.

#6- Oh JUN! Look! DQ!!! hahaha I wonder if they have tom yam hot dog?

#7- Tired of walking all day, we settled for lunch and it was at The Fifth food avenue.

#8- Ooh! The seafood pineapple fried rice! YUM!!!

#9- The “ice-kacang” (shaved ice) I ordered was yum too! Real thirst quencher! See see! Got “atapchi” also! What’s “atapchi” in English?

#10- Finished with our lunch, we took the “tuk tuk” back to our hotel. 100 Bath!

#10Special – Oh! I got video also of the “tuktuk” ride!

#11- Upon reaching hotel, we all decided to go for massage again to sooth our foot.

#12- Everyone gets a private room. NO! No private session happening here…

#13- Then after massage, we went looking for dinner. It was just next door they were having “All You Can Eat” promotion at King Kong for 450Baht only! So cheap! We ate like King Kongs… -_-

#14- Limited varieties but, just nice for 3 persons. Drinks also inclusive! Except the beer.

#15- We ate like five rounds of these amount…

#16- After dinner, we paid Suan Lum Night Bazaar a visit…

#17- Here, you can find pretty much anything lah. All cheap cheap! Wooden craft also got…

#18- The guy who is selling these is from Malaysia. Making a living there is not easy, says he. Oh this pic reminds me of something. Hmmm…

#19- Women wear over here is so dirt cheap it will make people like Pamsong go shopping frenzy! Okay, maybe not her alone but every other woman…

#20- They even have home furnishing like these lightings…

#21- We ended up the night with these bags… and it is only day 2!!!

I would say, day 2 would be the most enjoyable part of my Bangkok trip… Cause we got a whole day to ourselves… Day 3 coming up… soon okay? soon…

**Some of the pics are from Wingz and Dale. My travel companion**

Read more of my other post on Bangkok.

Also because I got so many pictures and I am lazy to elaborate the details of my trip and what not. Because, you should be going for the kind of trip that I went to and enjoy it yourself.

Also because pictures speaks a thousand words..

Now.. do enjoy… the 30 pictures I’ve selected over thousands of them…

#1 – So I was at the BTS station… (no, that’s not me…)

#2 – We wanted to do Chao Praya river cruise, so we headed to Saphan Taksin station.

#3 – Here comes the train…

#4 – We could have done the cruse ourselves but decided to take a tour then. It cost us THB 1300. Well, it is not really worth it. You can actually get less by going way down to the pier and rent a boat to go tour the river yourself, without a tour guide that is.

#5 – Our boat for the four of us…

#6 – Saw some temples along the river…

#7 – The Wichai Prasit Guns…

#8 – We made some charity fish feeding…

#9 – Saw a mini floating market…

#10 – Laid back lifestyle for the people staying along the river…

#11 – Artist house along the river banks…

#12 – Grocery store…

#13 – We made a tour to the King’s Palace…

#14 – Our tour guide. Let’s call him Bob and he is good because he can talk. We were exhausted because we talk too much… hahaha

#15 – More temple pictures…

#16 – Camwhoring in the temple… No, it is not illegal…

#17 – Very the golden…

#18 – We left all the temples action back to the city. But couldn’t go far, because we had to make our way to Erawan Shrine near our hotel or better known as the Four Face Buddha.

#19 – Flowers for offerings…

#20 – I had Pork Burger at McDonalds for tea break… Oh the yummy…

#21 – Back to the hotel. Rest. Then headed over for dinner at Cabbages & Condoms.

#22 – Saw Arirang Korean Restaurant on our way to Cabbages & Condoms. Wonder if I would encounter similar cool & cold korean lady there?… hmmm..

#23 – After dinner, we asked for mints after the meal but they gave us condoms instead. -_-

#24 – We then headed to Sirocco at the top of Lebua Hotel, State Tower for some drinks and breathtaking views of Bangkok at night. Very nice place indeed. Another post for this place.

#25 – We ended our night with a nice thai foot massage that cost us THB 300 each.

Ahhh.. WONDEFRUL.

That my friends, is my Day 1 of Bangkok trip… Day 2 was more relaxing with some action on hand. Stay tune to find out more…

Read more of my other post on Bangkok.

So, I contacted one of my friend who is working with Marriott in Malaysia and he helped me connect to a special deal with Courtyard by Marriott, Bangkok.

Earlier last year, I’ve embarked on a training program by Marriott International. It is called the Hotel Excellence program.

This program enables me to understand and sell Marriott brands better. There are five tiers of lodging and they are Luxury, Quality/Upscale, Moderate, Economy and Extended Stay. Courtyard by Marriott falls under the Moderate category. Let me show you the brands under Marriott…

Quite the comprehensive right? Click on either one to read more about each brand.

Before I continue, DO YOU KNOW.. that the Chairman and CEO of Marriott International Bill Marriott has been blogging since January 2007..?? Read Bill Marriott’s Blog.

So yeah. I got myself a place at Courtyard by Marriott, Bangkok and I got it at a very nice offer because I a embarked on this program and thanks to my friend also lah… See, the benefit of a travel agent! Muahahaha

Courtyard by Marriott Bangkok to me is designed to be a very contemporary yet elegant business hotel located right smacked in central Bangkok with attractions and shopping complexes nearby. It is just nearby the Ratchadamri BTS SkyTrain if you would like to take the train elsewhere and the hotel provides free tuk-tuk transfer to Ratchadamri BTS SkyTrain station.

Upon arrival, we check into the hotel and the hotel General Manager, Mr. Nicholas Tse came to great us. During our stay Mr. Nicholas offered us usage of WiFi for free while he also gave us complimentary breakfast. Unfortunately, we didn’t take a picture with Mr. Nicholas. But I’m sure there will be another time I’m going to Bangkok and I’m definitely going to stay at Courtyard by Marriott.

The Courtyard by Marriott Bangkok has 314 spacious rooms and 2 suites with King Size/Double beds. All rooms are equipped with 32-inch LCD flat-screen TV which comes with Cable/Satellite TV. They also have coffee/tea making facilities and the other usual amenities like in-room safe (which can fit laptops), minibar, telephone and wireless high-speed internet access. You will love the room. Look!

Being a business hotel, Courtyard by Marriott Bangkok has 2 function rooms which can be divided into 5 meeting rooms. Each meeting room comes equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, video conferencing facilities and most importantly wireless high-speed internet. Download meetings information.

Let me run you through the other facilities that Courtyard by Marriott has.

The award winning MoMo Cafe…

The simple yet well equipped gym…

The Mood, in-house spa outlet…

The swimming pool…

I enjoyed my stay here at Courtyard by Marriott and the price per night is starting from Thai Bath 4499 per room per night without breakfast. That’s not too bad of a price for such a nice hotel at such a convenient location. If you want breakfast, top up another Thai Bath 500. If you do go to Bangkok on business, why not give it a check. You will definitely not regret it.

Next… Taken tuk-tuk to Ratchadamri and I’m exploring Bangkok already!!

More pictures of hotel here.

Hotel Information & Map

Courtyard® by Marriott® Bangkok
155/1 Soi Mahadlekluang 1, Rajdamri Road Bangkok, 10330 Thailand
* Phone: 66 2 690 1888
* Fax : 66 2 690 1899
* Sales: 66 2 656 7700 ext. 4360

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You can also make your bookings with me if you want.
Send your booking enquiries to travel [at] yapthomas [dot] com

Pictures thanks to Dale and Wingz.

Oh no! It’s like some love hate relationship with my own blog. What the heck right? I know!

Anyways… I’ve got a plan… nyek nyek nyek…

Okay, so I went to Bangkok two weeks ago. It was such a random plan. Wingz was one of my travel companion to Bangkok. I told him I wanna plan a trip cause I got ‘jalan’ for cheap fare and cheap accommodation at Courtyard Marriott. See! The benefit of a travel agent! Wingz got his buddy Frostier to join in, since he needs to break his flight virginity. That fella so lucky you know! ‘Cause he broke his flight virginity with Malaysia Airlines! So many people out there now breaks their flight virginity with Air Asia. :p hahaha

Since I got my contact in MAS to give me this flight to Bangkok free of charge, I promised to blog about them like how I blog about Air Asia. FOC is only for me, not for Wingz and Frostier. Muahahahha *bragging time*

My flight was…
MH  784 Y  10APR KULBKK HS1  0910   1015
MH  783 Y  12APR BKKKUL HS1  1710   2015

I was so busy before I flew and I barely even have time to pack. But what pack? Three pair of cloths and I’m set to go!

Reached the airport very early in the morning and since I’m still early, I decided to give the self check-in kiosk a try. I’ve tried the self check-in kiosk for Air Asia at LCCT long time ago but never used MAS’ kiosk.

Such a hassle free and not like Wingz he has to line up because the window for self check in is one hour before flight departure. So he was unlucky. Muahahaha!! Take picture summore lah!

Traveling with Malaysia Airlines, I was expecting the MH is Malaysian Hospitality that was much talked and advertised all over.

The plane was a small one (Boeing 737, I think) when I was going to Bangkok but I was only complaining for the first 15 minutes upon entering the plane. This one particular stewardess was so sweet that it took my complains away! Her name is Agnes Soh. *bluek*

See! So sweet right? Her smile just threw all my complaints out of the window. She was just like the Cool & Cold Korean Lady I met when I was at Arirang, Perth. She was kinda frustrating at one point when her mate at the back of the plane was slow in responding to her request but that frustration she had diminish when she turns to the passenger. *melts*

Anyways, that aside. I have babbled enough. *hik* Let the pictures do all the talking from now on…

I got this pillow from the flight going to Bangkok…

Was served Nasi Lemak with Sambal Prawn…

Liked the deserts very much…

Liked even more the smile of Agnes Soh…

Didn’t like the seat given to me.  Should have asked for emergency seat which I always do. My leg so long I can’t have enough seat pitch!! *boo*

The flight coming back was a lot better. They are using a bigger aircraft. YAY! That time I was smarter also, I asked for emergency aisle seat! Clever right? I know!!

That flight MH783 from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur got screen also wei!!!

The seats were a lot nicer and more comfy also!

Was served pizza. I was jealous because Frostier got rice. Was so hungry that I wanted rice, but they said finish. See lah! You want nice seats but couldn’t have nice food because when the trolley cart reaches you, everyone else had the nice food. But I got good seats!! *Hmmph!*

Oh… I was hoping to see that sweet stewardess Ms. Agnes Soh again on my way back from Bangkok.

NO! she was not on that flight.   “Hi Agnes, If you are reading this…” hahaha

Anyways… it was a nice experience flying with Malaysia Airlines after so long!!!
I think with the increasing sales volume I have with MAS, I shall ask for a flight to UK?

Coming up next… the hotel I stayed in Bangkok!!…

When I was at Bangkok airport at about 4pm, I saw footage of the ‘red shirts, supporters of the ousted former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin giving a government vehicle current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit a piece of their mind.

(Source)

The picture above is not as scary as the footage I saw on their Thai National News. Bricks were thrown, chair, table (I’m serious), and I think practically everything they can find around that area to be thrown at the car.

I can’t imagine the amount of shock Mr. Abhisit would be having that time. He could be shouting “beung! beung! reo!” which means “fast! fast! quick!” to his driver to get outta that zone to safety. Gosh!

Then again, as a tourist, I felt very safe in the city. But I can’t judge further because throughout Bangkok was really quiet the whole weekend because most Thais went back for the Songkran festival.

Oh! Good idea for the Thai police and army force. Use water cannon today and shot at the “red shirts”. I don’t think they will fight back. Celebrating Songkran Festival at a whole new level of experience!! Play water mah!! hahaha

Seriously, already a big shame for ASEAN Summit being canceled, this is gonna give a big blow to the country, in terms of tourism. I read Thai paper yesterday morning and it is reported that Thailand is expected to lose 200 Billion Thai Baht from this on-going protest.

See, Malaysia is such a peaceful country. No? The only force we Malaysians use is to force you out of the ruling government.

More news on New York Times

What’s missing is nice aromatherapy to sooth the feeling…

Zen-ness incomplete.. -_-

How often you will get a personal letter from hotel General Manager?

Oh.. another note.. I think I saw President Obama in Bangkok!!!

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I AM SERIOUS!!

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Don’t Believe…

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I no lie you wan lor…

Muahahhaha

Okay. Dinner time!! BYE

Bid me farewell…

This is a last minute urgent plan to leave…

I haven’t even pack yet! Shiat…

I will have access to internet so check back again…

BYE…