Alrightee, Let's See...
Talking to myself:
I think your blog is just like a diary. Do you want to think over it and see if you want to continue this style of writing?
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[ Bangkok ]
Much to my dismay, my trip turned out to be a shopping trip. Yeah.
The friend I went with initially told me to go look up for places of interests to visit. Thus, my earlier post about me being excited to do all those look up stuffs. But upon reaching, she seemed to have forgotten that she has told me that before, and told me that there is enough places for me to "visit". To which, she meant, the shopping centres.
I guess her trips to Bangkok with friends and colleagues are always shopping-based. Hence, she knew the shopping area well, leading the way, passing from one mall to another. Yep, she became the leader. And when I mentioned about going to Chao Phrya River, she said it would take an entire day, and so we gave up the idea.
So for the 3 days and two evenings in Bangkok, I was going from one shopping mall to another. And end up buying alot of stuffs. C'mon, I am a woman, and I am in the shopping hub, what else can I do?
On one hand, I do understand that given the limited no. of days in Bangkok, it was not easy to plan to do touristy stuffs. But I think the main grouse I had about myself is that I didn't communicate clearly to my friend of my intention to do touristy stuffs, and not shopping.
I am not a shopper. But the Singaporeans that I am amongst are shoppers, so alot of times, I really do not want to go on tours with my friends. Not because I do not like their company, but our interests are so different. I want to see what is the country about, why is it different from ours. But Singaporeans want to do what they did in Singapore in the country of visit. Shop and eat. In fact, I only managed to eat one time of Tom Yam Kung at a food court. My other meals are 2x of breakfast at the hotel, 2 x japanese food for lunch, and a dunkin donut while taking a break for my tired legs.
My friend really can walk. After seeing me massaging my feet and leg at the hotel room after a day of walking, she said "How are you going to go shopping with the shoppers like that?" Well, thank God I am not a shopper. :D
I remember how I enjoyed the mission trips I had previously. I live the life of a local and totally enjoy it. There were no shopping trips, but I came back positively happier than I was before everytime.
I may need to explore going on tours by myself.
Or if I am going with a group, I probably have to make it clear to them that I am not joining them for shopping mall tours.
It is possible. I just need to make myself heard.
I think your blog is just like a diary. Do you want to think over it and see if you want to continue this style of writing?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ Bangkok ]
Much to my dismay, my trip turned out to be a shopping trip. Yeah.
The friend I went with initially told me to go look up for places of interests to visit. Thus, my earlier post about me being excited to do all those look up stuffs. But upon reaching, she seemed to have forgotten that she has told me that before, and told me that there is enough places for me to "visit". To which, she meant, the shopping centres.
I guess her trips to Bangkok with friends and colleagues are always shopping-based. Hence, she knew the shopping area well, leading the way, passing from one mall to another. Yep, she became the leader. And when I mentioned about going to Chao Phrya River, she said it would take an entire day, and so we gave up the idea.
So for the 3 days and two evenings in Bangkok, I was going from one shopping mall to another. And end up buying alot of stuffs. C'mon, I am a woman, and I am in the shopping hub, what else can I do?
On one hand, I do understand that given the limited no. of days in Bangkok, it was not easy to plan to do touristy stuffs. But I think the main grouse I had about myself is that I didn't communicate clearly to my friend of my intention to do touristy stuffs, and not shopping.
I am not a shopper. But the Singaporeans that I am amongst are shoppers, so alot of times, I really do not want to go on tours with my friends. Not because I do not like their company, but our interests are so different. I want to see what is the country about, why is it different from ours. But Singaporeans want to do what they did in Singapore in the country of visit. Shop and eat. In fact, I only managed to eat one time of Tom Yam Kung at a food court. My other meals are 2x of breakfast at the hotel, 2 x japanese food for lunch, and a dunkin donut while taking a break for my tired legs.
My friend really can walk. After seeing me massaging my feet and leg at the hotel room after a day of walking, she said "How are you going to go shopping with the shoppers like that?" Well, thank God I am not a shopper. :D
I remember how I enjoyed the mission trips I had previously. I live the life of a local and totally enjoy it. There were no shopping trips, but I came back positively happier than I was before everytime.
I may need to explore going on tours by myself.
Or if I am going with a group, I probably have to make it clear to them that I am not joining them for shopping mall tours.
It is possible. I just need to make myself heard.
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