Where are you from?

As an Asian, people can be quite confuse about where I'm from. I do clarify sometimes but most of the time I just buat bodoh and listen to their conversation while pretending that I don't understand them. Here's a few interesting experience which I can share with you.

#1
I remember there's this group of Taiwanese girls who were looking for someone to take a picture of them. One of the girl suggested to her friend that perhaps they can ask me since I was just standing right in front of them. The other girl said "I don't think she can speak English" in chinese. I was quite surprise at her remark. I was like "Hey, which part of me doesn't look Asian enough to have the possibility of understanding your conversation?" I was so tempted to tell her that I can understand perfectly what she said in English. But I didn't want to make it awkward.

#2
It happened a week ago at Mui Ne where a Korean uncle keep talking to me in korean language when I was standing in the middle of the street. I guess he was asking if I was looking for a place to stay. I do get the "Are you from Korea?" question a lot because of my skin color and people normally look confused after I told them that I'm a Malaysian.

#3
On my first day in Japan, I was approached by a few HK travelers who asked if I was from HK too because our flight were about the same time. The guy thought that I'm from HK but the girl thought that I'm not. So, they bet on my nationality. I felt that they were discussing about me when I saw them and I tried to avoid making any eye contact and made my exit to the subway station. But, the girl ran after me and asked 'Excuse me, are you from HK?' We exchanged a few conversation and I left the subway station because I was rushing for time. We didn't meet after that.

So, what do you think? Looking at the brighter side, I can easily disguise as a local if I speak their language in their country. LOL

Bangkok 04

Phewwwww. I've finally reach the last day of our Bangkok Trip.
Do you know that I have a new outfit already? What? You don't know about that? Read here pleaseeee.
I'm a handsome bear now. *smirk*
Okay..I better not run away from the topic. I shall focus. I'm a procrastinating bear. Did you read my previous post? How can you missed that? You can find them here, here and here.
We wanted to be in the floating market on the fourth day of our trip. Jiejie did her research and she found that there's this hidden floating market in Bangkok which is very famous among the locals. It's called Khlong Lat Mayom Floating Market. The place was introduced by the local.
But when we ask for the common name for the place, most of the people don't know anything about it. fol 
Then, a CSer told jiejie that the common name for the place is 'Bang Khun Thien' Floating Market, which was a mistake. :( BKT actually meant 'Wat Sai Floating Market'. sigh 
We took a taxi there.
There's a lot of stalls before the river but they didn't take a look at them because they were super hungry. I don't need food anyway. *shrug*

The problem of going to a local floating market is that the vendors doesn't speak Thai language. Hoho. Luckily jiejie actually brush up her thai language.And there's an aunty who can speak mandarin. She became our translator in the market. hehee..
Look at the food they had!
Jiejie's favourite Chae-In. 

After our breakfast, we can't wait to explore the floating market. Unfortunately, we were conned by the boatmen. Not only he charge us at a high price. He didn't bring us to the real floating market. stupid uncle ! He only want to bring us to those crocodile farm where he can earn some commission. Who needs to be in Crocodile farm when we have it in our country. *curse that stupid boatmen*How I wish I'm a bigger bear.

But, I can show you pictures of the local neighborhood instead.  The weather was super hot that day and it was very bad for my fur.
Let the picture do the talking k?

With this picture, I will end my Bangkok trip post!
I'm so sowie for the delay. Where should I blog about next? Any ideas? =))

Guess where is it?

Yesss. I was at somewhere last weekend and took a few pictures when I see these buildings. The only hint is that this place was ruled by British in the past. See those British influenced buildings? :)

Next, I will post up the night shots and you can definitely guess the place!

Hello!

Hi everyone!
Do you miss me? lol
It's my day 5 in Indonesia !
Things had been great so far. I met lots of nice people here. Traveling with the locals is so much fun ! Bandung and Jogja are great! We ate cheese Indomie in Bandung and it is definitely different from what we have back home. I didn't feel that I'm in a other country on the first few days. But since I'm in Jogja now, I'm traveling a lot. like a tourist. Borobudur was amazing. Prambanan was so-so. I think it is because I had seen Angkor Wat earlier so this is not a surprise for me anymore. My host are great! I had been experience lots of local lifestyle because of them. I learn how to play Gamelan yesterday! I'm grateful that my teacher was patient because I nearly ruin the songs. hahaha.

Seven more days to go.
Will write more soon ! 

Itinerary for 9 days in Vietnam and Cambodia

Hola! I'm back to travel blogging.
It's time to reveal a bit about my travel in Saigon and Cambodia.(Phnom Penh& Siam Reap)
Here's my itinerary. Feel free to drop me a message if you need any clarification. =)

Day 1
Walking tour in District One(Reunification Palace, Notre Dame, Post Office)

Day 2
Cu Chi Tunnel and Cao Dai Temple

Day 3
Cai Be Floating Market and Vinh Long Village

Day 4
Ben Tanh Market and Bin Tay Market

Day 5
Leaving for Phnom Penh.
Golden Palace and Silver Pagoda
Phnom Penh Night Market
Visit the temple around.

Day 6
Russian Market
Central Market
Killing Field
Leaving for Siam Reap

Day 7
Angkor Wat

Day 8
Khmer Cooking Class
Old Market
Royal Garden
Central Market
Artisan Angkor
Pub Street

Day 9
Fly back to Malaysia.

Stay tune for the pictorial itinerary and the travel tips. Visit my co-own travel blog too.

Bangkok 03

Arlowwww. I'm back.
I'm getting more hardworking now because I have 10 days worth of trips waiting for me to write. Can you please stab me right naooooo?  Why can't I just live like a normal stuffed toy? 
It's our day three in Bangkok and it's Saturday! 
Yesss! How can we miss the famous Chatukchak Weekend market? 
If you are going to book a ticket to Bkk, make sure that you will travel during the weekends because you can't afford to miss this. If you had never been to Chatukchak, you had never been to Bkk! As simple as that =)
We took  bus No.3 or No. 9  from KS Road to  Chatukchak. The cost is 12 Bath. Or you can take the BTS train to Mo Chit Station.

Don't ask me where to get down. It was the last station I think. You just need to constantly check with the ticket conductor. =)
Since Chatukchak only start at 10am, we went to Ow Tor Kor which is located near Chatukchak market. You might wonder what is Ow Tor Kor? It is one of the wet markets in Bangkok. We love visiting local market to observe the daily life of the locals. And food too! Too bad a bear can't eat in the market. 
Jie jie doesn't know the exact location of this market. But, it is located next to Chatukchak weekend market. She just ask 'Where is Ow Tor Kor?' all the way and the local just direct her to the right place. It is located near a subway station if I'm not mistaken. 

 

From the main entrance, you just need to keep walking until you see food! Lots of them. *droooool*
Can you see those red color sauce? It's curry and cocobear doesn't like them although they look like honey. blehhh 

All my travel mates thinks that Ow Tor Kor is the right place to have breakfast. I guess I have to second them!

Desserts!

  

More desserts! How can I not fall in love with this place?

And fish.

Grilled Banana.

 Can you spot the huge cuttle fish? Too bad my sistas doesn't like them very much. It tasted too rubbery.

Giant Prawns that cost 950Bath. Basically you can find lobsters and crabs at a very cheap price.

 

Their breakfast of the day!

After lunch, they proceed to Chatukchak Market for shopping! That place is a heaven for everyone! I heard some uncles saying that they spent their whole fortune in the market. Hik hik. That was so funny. Basically it is a place for both genders because they sell everything there. Shirts, shoes, house ware, pets, decos, souvenirs and etc. You don't need to go other place to shop when you are in the market.
Jie jie say she miss the RM10 leather bag, the RM5 t-shirts and RM10 shorts. I think she will never shop in KL again if she know that she's paying triple price for the same stuff. =D

I'm glad that I don't have money or else I need to declare bankruptcy too.

They don't have much pictures on Chatukchak because they were busy shopping. Me, the only available bear doesn't know how to operate the camera either. Sigh 
Let me show you a few pics from the market. 
By the way, I found new friends there ! 

 Don't you think that the floor mats are beautiful? I shall convince momma to go there and get some for our home.

 Puppies! They are so cute. Too bad we can't bring them back home.

 The two jie jie bought a few shirt from this shop because they are so cute. They were tempted to buy the daddy, mommy and daughter t-shirts. Did I mention that everything are hand made?

 That's all from Day 3. Are you ready for our last day in Bangkok. *flex fingers*

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Bangkok 02

Heya! It's me -Cocobear again. Phew, I think I need a more macho name. Coco sounds so lady. :(
I'm here to blog about our day 2 in Bangkok. I just came back from a 9 days trip and it was super fun! Much to my type of adventure. I'm macho and I love to do adventurous stuff.

We walk to N13 pier near Khao San Road after breakfast. It is known as Phra Arthit. We took the boat and stop at N9.

There's a tourist information booth after you walk out of N9. According to them, its better to visit GP first then turn left and the exit and walk to Wat Pho instead of turning right to Wat Pho.

The entrance fee to GP is 350 Bath(They will stop selling ticket at 3pm but the palace open till 5pm/530pm) The ticket consist of entrance to Grand Palace, Dusit Palace(far from GP) and the museum inside GP but you have to use it within 7 days. The dress code is very strictalthough I went in naked (I'm a bear and I don't wear clothes)They will lend you sarongs and proper top with a deposit. You can get back the money after you return the attire.

Tips: Get the free guide from GP at 10am, 1030am, 130pm and 2pm.  The guide will explain all the basic things that you need to know about the place. Their guide, Mr Tuy is very nice and I had learnt a lot from him. when I was hiding inside the backpack of course

It's time to show you my handsome pichas!
Oppss.This is not me larrrrr. This is the guardian of the temple.

Part of the temple. I love the sky but definitely not the weather! I feel like peeling off my fur when I was in Bangkok. It was so stuffy and hot. :(

The main temple.

Decoration on the wall of the temple.

My nose touching the tip of the stupa.

Me with one of the statue.

Ahhhhhh..When I take picture with this stupa, it proves that I've been to GP. =)

With the ceramic wall on one of the temple.

I was so tired after walking under the big hot sun.

After visiting the museum(It was included in the ticket earlier), we spot a shop which allow us to send postcard oversea! yayyy for me.

I enjoyed being a postman. Luckily everyone got their postcard already =)

After Grand Palace, jie jie and her friends decided not to do any tourist attraction anymore because they couldn't stand the hot weather. We took a cab to Chinatown instead! Yes for my tummy! They paid 80 bath for the fare but you can choose to take bus 53 or take the boat to N5.

You must go to Chinatown for food. There's lots of snack there. You won't regret for sure. Now, I understand why my tummy grew bigger when I get to travel more :(

They went to Pratunam area after lunch. Chinatown is good for those who like to buy in bulk, the same goes to Pratunam market. You will get wholesale price when you buy three piece together. I didn't do any shopping because they don't sell clothes to bear. I should open a shop there in the future and I believe that I can earn a lot from the locals. $_$

Jie jie and her friends went to Patpong night market after their dinner. I thought it was a normal night market. I was right because it look exactly like Petaling Street. But, the night market is located in front of the red light district. *cover eyes with hand* They actually offer menus for sex show. *cover eyes with both hand* And they have shops with different theme/girls with different uniforms for different customers. Too much for an innocent bear like me. @.@

That's all for now! I will keep writing. Gonna drink some honey for breakfast.

Ciao.