Company trip - Bangkok ( 8th - 10th June 06)

I left ACN on 1st June and joined DC on 5th June . I just felt like I am rolling off from one project and going to another but I know I will miss the nice people from ACN. DC company trip was on 8th-10th June. So, since the company was shut down for 2 days, they allowed me to join the trip. On my 4th day in DC( 8th June ), I worked for half day and fly to bangkok on 3.30pm flight. When I checked in the room at Shangri-la hotel, there was a girl already inside the room. She was my roommate - Foong Ping, a sweet girl from Finance department. I met other Finance colleage like Jenny, Wei Boon, Chee Wah and Vanni through Foong Ping and joined the group during my stay at Bangkok.

1st day at Bangkok, we took a ferry from Shangri-la hotel to our dinner place, Supatra Riverhouse. The river cruise was not bad. The lights of the hotels and temples along the Chao Phraya river made up the nice night scene. The 2nd half day was the kick off meeting for FY07. In the afternoon, it's Friday frolic time where there are few activities that we can choose to attend. I went for Thai massage. 1st time trying out the Thai massage, well..... the massage was not as good as I thought but who cares, it’s sponsored by company. We went to MBK center for shopping after the massage session. We didn’t spent much time for shopping at MBK center as we need to go back to hotel for the dinner session.

I didn’t join the crowd to Q-bar after the dinner but chose to stay in the hotel room. This is my 2nd visit for Bangkok. I traveled by flight and stay in hotel that cost USD 110 per night. It's really different from the 1st time . The 1st visit was about 3.5 years ago. I was backpacking at Bangkok and Pattaya with a group of friends. We stayed in budget guesthouse at Khao San Road and traveled by bus and train. Huay Mein, Siew Lin, Quek, Tuck Seng and Su Yan, do you all remember our Bangkok trip? To save money, we walked a lot, until I can’t feel my legs; we shared only 1 tuk-tuk. I think many people wouldn’t be able to imagine how 6 of us can fit in 1 small tuk-tuk. :p To save time for visit more places, we skipped some breakfast and lunch. Siew Lin always complained that she was tired, hungry and only been provided with biscuits. Su Yan will suddenly disappear and when came back, there was food in her hand. The foods at Khao San Road are cheap and good - rice with omelets, banana pancake, BBQ squid etc. There are a lot of memories about the trip that will still make us laugh when we talked about it.

This short trip to Bangkok ended on Saturday. I took the 5.30pm flight back to KLIA.