Bangkok Day2

Day2 sightseeing day!  Our hotel was near both the river ferry pier and BTS station.  It was the former we headed to.

JE and SE with a tuk-tuk

Hit our first problem... I had planned this holiday after hubby had completed his radiotherapy sessions and was physically fine.  However since then he had taken a turn for the worse, feeling bad stiffness in his right arm and leg.  He was unsteady despite walking very slowly.  Hence he was totally unprepared for usage of ferries with floating piers, where there was urgency to board and disembark.  Fortunately there happened to be people (either operators or other passengers) available to help.  There were various points he could have had a bad fall.

Come, we help you

The fare was cheap, only 16THB or RM2 each.  But if lesson #1 was not to get scammed at the airport, lesson #2 was this:   You had to go and stand at the desembarkation part of the boat before it reached your destination pier, else it wouldn't stop.  With hubby so shaky on his feet, no way we were thinking of moving around a moving boat!  And that's how we ended up watching our pier go by hahaha.

Managed to find another boat albeit paying extra to get to where we should be, which was Wat Arun-The Temple of Dawn.   

With THB200 tickets  

Hello from Wat Arun!

Then we hit our second problem - the steep stairs to the temple.  Hubby could only manage the short flight up to take the photo below.  Even then he had to descend on his bottom, one step at a time, as there were no stair railings.

Hubby at his closest proximity to temple

Having paid RM100+ admission, we proceeded without hubby.

 

Up!

Wat Arun was beautiful, so intricately set with individual pieces of pottery.

Pretty huh?

Moomin wuz here

We loitered around (getting our money's worth) then headed to the opposite side of the river.  We then walked to Wat Pho, which was another major attraction, but kids weren't interested in visiting another temple.  Well, it was hot and hubby wasn't interested either so... we walked back to the pier.  

  

Heading back

A total of 3 boat journeys with 6 embarkation/disembarkation without any mishaps for hubby.  Phew. Rested in our luxurious digs then headed to 'our' restaurant (name is Nalin's Kitchen) for dinner.

Yums

Bangkok Trip 2025

Just realised it has been a month since my last post.  Work-wise I had been insanely busy as multiple independent things kept popping up for attention.  Plus had to attend to the household as we are still without a maid.  I couldn't wait for.... our holiday in Bangkok!  :)   

Throwback to a month ago when we were planning where to go for the school holiday: Melaka? Traffic jam. Ipoh?  Went there recently.  Genting?  Nothing much to do there.  How about Bangkok?  Heyyy.. why not?  Hubby and me had actually bought air tickets when I discovered JE was on the way.  Fast-forward to the present, JE is already 15 and we could now all go together.  Perfect. 

Arrived!

Then first thing we did was get scammed by the taxi from the airport haha.  While I was still puzzling the THB-MYR conversion rate, agreed to a rate over double what it should be.  Oh well.  Reached our home for 7D6N, Centre Point Plus Silom which was lovely and huge (183m2) with 2 rooms.  

Happily shopped for snacks at the supermarket below. 

Snacks!

We found a dinner place opposite the hotel and would return for the next few nights.  Even with dessert and drink, the bill would come up to less than RM120.

Let's eat

Our first day was as usual a designated "chill day".  :)

'Crybaby' Pop Mart

JE has been interested in Pop Mart since it arrived.  I don't get it... I find the products not nice, not cheap at RM50 for a small figure, comes in a blind box so you can't even choose the one you like.  Yet there is always a queue of people trying to get in.  And it's not a 'look-see only' type of queue as I see many people coming out with purchases.  Luckily for JE, hubby is more indulgent and thus she has acquired 3 'skullpanda' figures.

She started asking for a 'crybaby' figure.  Errm to me, a 'crybaby' is even worse than a 'skullpanda' in the esthetic area.  Also what's the point of getting these figurines when you keep wanting more??  She offered a deal - if she gets top 3 in class she gets one.  She got first. I suppose that in the grand scheme of things, yes, I'd much rather shell out for this than have her meandering lost somewhere near the bottom of the class.

Oo it's one of those I like!

Isn't it cute?

Erm no.  These 'crybabies' have weird 'tears' which are fat pieces of plastic. And I think this one looks like an old lady with its white hair.  But JE likes it so... oh fine. 

Fridays after Radiotherapy

Hubby had 30 sessions of radiotherapy at UMSC which worked out to 6 weeks minus weekends.  I would leave early from work on weekdays to pick him up, then we brave the traffic to get there, wait for his turn and then return to my parents' place where my amazing mum would have dinner waiting.  On Fridays the kids would come along so we could go back to our house directly from the hospital.  First, dinner .  :)  Checked out a different place nearby each week:

Week 1 - The Ship at PJ Centrestage for Western food.  Easy to get to but expensive parking at RM12.

Week 2 - Oishi at Plaza 33 for Korean food.  Even more expensive parking at RM15 

Week 3 - Malgudi's to expose the kids to Indian food. As expected they did not like. But I did :)

Week 4 - Pokok cafe for local-ish food.  Found Mahsa uni accomodation deco interesting.

Week 5 - Bueno Brasa at The Sphere for Spanish food. Enjoyed because haven't had these for a while.

Week 6 - The Farm at The Sphere. The best for food as well as deco. 

Bueno Brasa - Chilli prawns, paella, ribs

At The Farm

My big girl

OK, enough of hanging around PJ now that the sessions are done.

Ah Kong’s birthday

Ah Kong is 83!  This year thankfully we were able to dine out which is an improvement from last year.  Dinner was at Extra Super Tanker - sis took pictures of the dishes so I didn't.  Generally the venue and presentation were nicer than the taste of the food itself.

I took pictures after dinner....

All together!

Grandparents and grandkids

Happy birthday to Ah Kong

While he continues to have health issues, may this improve in the coming days.  Happy birthday to my father! 

Badminton cousins

My brother took the GenZ-s for badminton recently.  Putting the group photo here.  I'm glad my kiddos have had their cousins around since birth and they are growing up meeting each other all the time.

6 out of 7

Rackets up!

 

All done!

Right, we are all done with the radiotherapy!  Picture of the warrior coming out with his 'mask' worn during the session to ensure his head doesn't move too much.  Yep, lost the hair on the radiation site - the neurologist says it will grow back after 6 months.

The neuro had informed he would feel progressively worse as the sessions went on, then improve 2-3 weeks after.  So I had been very anxious, hardly daring to think how bad it would be.  As it turned out, hubby fared really well. He did get seizures twice which were expected and controlled by additional medication. 

Survived!

After having to drive to the hospital daily for 1.5 months, it had become a routine already!  

Praying that hubby's health will be rosy from now on.