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Phuket Trip Day 1

Day 1 @ Phuket Town

We took an early flight from KL to Phuket which departed approximately at 8:30am. The flight distance is short so it only took us 2 hours to reach our destination and finally the plane landed ^^

From Phuket International Airport to Phuket Town, there are a few types of public transportation as your choice. For mini bus service, it's 150Baht per person while taxi usually costs 500Baht for one trip. At first, we wanted to take the airport bus which is the cheapest of all but we weren't really sure of the price as there is no counter or information centre. We only saw the bus schedule in sight. So we decided to take the taxi. The taxi driver did not have a meter reading in his taxi ( dont be surprise with that ) You can hire them by bargaining the before you hop on the taxi. It cost us 550Baht.


Our stay in Phuket Town is at The Emotion Place ( search it on Google or Agoda ). It is within walking distance to the shoppping malls like Central Festival Phuket and Big C as well as the weekend market. There is a 7-11 shop few doors away. It is where you can find the classic type of carbonated drinks such as Coke and Fanta in glass bottle at 10 Baht. I dont think you can find this type of bottle in Malaysia for only MYR 1. The hostel and guesthouse which I stay in is simple and cosy, unlike those five stars hotels which are decorated so grandly as if you are in a ballroom. We have our basic necessities in every room such as the refrigeratior, tv, air conditioner and a small separated space with basin ( I guess you can keep your food there ). If you are looking for any day drips to the islands any famous tourist places like the Fantasea, you can get it from the hotel but the price us at least 1000 over Baht per person.

After taking a rest at the hostel, we headed to Phuket Town area where you find local specialties and souveniers. There are handmade handicrafts, T-shirts, Indonesia made batik cloth, art pieces and many more. As it is more of tourist palace, the price are marked higher up and it doesn't worth the money some times especially clothings. However, the price of the food is still reasonable and most importantly mouth-licking good :D We ate twice at two different restaurant to try different types of food. We had pork satay and some fried noodles at our first stop at a local restaurant. The pork satay costs us 50Baht only. At our second stop, I had stir fried noodles with seafood in soy sauce for 45Baht. Although it looks more like Chinese style food instead of Thai food, but it worth eating as you have seafood like two medium size prawns and lots of sotong ( squid ). These restaurants in Phuket do serve unlimited free water with ice.

At weekend night there's one thing you definitely cannot miss out! It is the Weekend Night Market. Make sure you brought stacks of money notes #just kidding :P For teens especially girls, I can conclude that you will SHOP TILL YOU DROP. Oh gosh. Look at the varities of trendy tops, shorts, flats, sandals, handbag and the accessories which are so cheap! As a price guide (from what I saw), here's the usual price you shall get :

Tops ( some dresses too ) - 100Baht ONLY
You may not get the latest on trend ( Korean style ) clothing but you will not feel left out too with the tops. Their trend here in Thailand is is quite similar with Malaysia trend, but of course incomparable with Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea (definitely).

Shorts - 100Baht ONLY
Most stalls sell the Korean style shorts now with really good quality and cutting. It is free size but it is not too small and it fits everyone. There do have casual shorts in many sizes too. My mum grabbed four different colours shorts :)

Shoes :
Slippers and Sandals - 100Baht only
You can have FitFlops too. Lol. But it looks quite fake. They even have VKI slippers which I saw in 1U.

Flats and Heels -120-150Baht
It is cheap but I find their quality slightly lower :( dont expect too much at this price

Accessories - 10Baht
You can get everything you need, from hair accessories, earrings ( two pairs ) to little bits of unique souveniers. There is only one advice - buy as many as you can so that you wont regret.

Last but not least, FOOD. Have you dinner here by trying all types of  local delicacies, drinks and desserts. Try their fried fish cake ( 8 for 20Baht ). It is slightly spicy but it is yummy. If you opt for pastry and breads, they have it here too. I bought eclairs for 5Baht for one tiny piece ( it is slightly larger than our 50cents coin )  For drinks, there are always blended food drinks, especially blended orange juice. There are also cocktails of your coice.

If you plan to visit the Weekend Market, do wear thin clothings as it is really hot and you will get sweaty too.

I will definitely be back here again. It is a nice place to visit or shall I call it a SHOPPING PARADISE ? <3 nbsp="nbsp" p="p">
*updated on 29/9/12*

Pork Satay ( deserves a thumbs-up :D )

Fried noodles

A teapot of FOC ice water is usually prepared at every table 

Cute little metal mugs

These are served at every table but I have no idea what are these and we didn't try it

A variety of local food can be found here!

To be continued......

There's nothing perfect

It has been months since I abandoned my dearest blog. PMR is just few months or even weeks ahead but trial had come to an end. There's just mix feelings :/ Most of my results are just too unexpected but they turn up to reach my perfection, BUT it's just almost to perfect. You won't know how to deal with it to see you result with a 99. For the others, they may think it was excellent but I would think that why do I made such mistakes. There's nothing I can do right now. Others may think that I'm boasting but I want to be myself - perfection. I had tried to live away from perfection for the past exams but I think it doesn't work well on me. Living with perfection organize my mindset and push me ahead towards my goal.

There's nothing perfect. Now, I believe in this. Like what my KH teacher asked me, why do change your answer? If not, you would score full marks. I definitely know that but believe that, it is faith. No matter how, I told myself: Be grateful. I am trying to think positively and appreciate those great comments and praising from my teachers. It takes time though. I may look happy with the smile on my face but you dont know what I feel. Here, I will like to thank all my friends and teachers who praised me and I'm sorry for not replying you with a thank you.

It has also been some time for me to abandon my favorite pastime. Food may not appear here till PMR is over unless I have the time to BAKE :( I just cant wait it to be over, we are planning to start our very own blogshop. I guess it will be a great experience other than running a business and earn some money for myself.
That's all for now, got to buck up in my studies.

Back to normal :)

It's time for me to update my blog. It has been quite some time since I posted here in May.

Exam was over and I will be getting my results tomorrow. That's not my likey :( I wasn't really sure with my papers and I'm not confident that I will score good results.

Well, forget about it for now. Holiday is coming !! We will be going to dad's place for one whole week. YAY I like to stay there with the chilling air at night and fresh breezy air in the morning. It's worth to take in a deep breathe after all those stress weeks. While in the evening, I can have a swim in the pool. That's fun! Mum said we may be going on a holiday to Cameron but I aren't sure about it. I hope to go there soon :)

There isn't any post about food but I will try to do so whenever I have the mood but not now =P

Frozen Yogurt of the day : Tutti Fruitti

Thanks to my aunt, I finally have a chance to taste what's a frozen yoghurt tastes like but honestly I do not find anything special about it other than its smoother and creamier texture than the normal ice cream. It tastes almost the same with McDonald's sundae, seriously. I like the white one the most, I guess it's vanilla but not the pinky and greyish one. I will not waste my money trying this again cause I will rather  buy my favourite Chatime - Strawberry Pudding Au-Lait which costs RM6.90. :)

Something to cheer up my day

With cocoa balls and peanuts as toppings

It's melting.

People around me are getting crazy

As you know, this so called korea most famous girls group SNSD is right here in Malaysia at this moment. Since yesterday, almost one quarter of my class was overjoyed and this xxxxxx jumped here and there like a kangaroo to celebrate. But not me, I hated Kpop because of this xxxxxx, she thought that she was a great fan of these Kpop singers and even stalk them. I can tell you that this is seriouly very annoying. She just show off how loyal she was as a fan but think twice, you are actually invading someone's privacy. If I am to be a fan, I will not do such thing like someone who is crazy. One more thing, these going to be crazy fans are all going to be packed like sardins at KLCC. You can imagine since the ticket is free, the fans all over Malaysia including those from the countries nearby will be rushing there. Some will even choose to camp there. Everyone has the same thinking, "since the ticket is free, why dont i go" but you will never have a chance to be in front of the stage because the crowd is going o be TREMENDOUSLY HUGE but not the ordinary big crowd. Pen off:)

The Little Chef Diary : Plain Buttery Cookies

Plain cookies taste nice! On Wednesday, my friends came over my house during the holidays and I decided to bake this along with them. It's typically the simplest of all but I doesn't like to bake it because you need to to roll it on a flat surface and cut it out with a cookie cutter. :( It's troublesome for me.

Plain Cookies (aka Star Cookies in the book) ( from Something Sweet - Cakes, Bakes, Desserts by Food Lovers )
Ingredients:
250g all-purpose flour
90g castor sugar
175g butter, cubed
12 candy-coated chocolate chips (M&M) (Instead of this, I used chocolate chips)

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 180'C
2. Put the flour, sugar and butter together in a processor and blend together to make crumbs, or put into a bowl and rub everything together with your fingertips. Pulse a little more to form into a ball, or squeeze the mixture together with your hands.
3. Turn the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper. Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll out the dough to 0.5cm thickness.
4. Dip your 1ocm star cutter in flour and stamp out 10 star shapes, carefully removing the trimmings from around the sides, but leaving the cookies on the paper. Reroll the trimming to make 2 additional cookies and place on another parchment paper.  ( You can actually use cookies cutter of any size or any shape to your favour :)
5. Place the dough, still on the parchment, onto 2 baking sheets. Press the candy into the center of each. Bake for 10 minutes until pale golden. Cool and store in airtight tin.