The Magnificent White Temple and More

This is gonna be a long post with loads of pictures. I sacrificed my lunch just to get this done! If you dont have much time, come back another time :)

Wat Rong Khun or better known as the White Temple is a living work or Art! Located half an hour from Chiang Rai city, this beauty was built in 1997 and till today, it is still under construction. White is to symbolise Buddha's purity.

Basically everything is white. Even the fishes are pure white. I've not seen pure white fishes!

A Hibiscus

JT very impressed :)

Actually there's meaning to every single detail of this temple, in order to reach Heaven, you'll have to go through Hell.

But before you enter Heaven, you'll have to say Hi to this big guy first.

They say the White temple is also known as Heaven on Earth.

The mural in the temple is very interesting. Unfortunately, we werent allowed to snap any photos. Anyway, it has a combination of traditional Buddhist motifs with modern theme such as images of the Matrix, Space Ships, handphones, sept 11 Twin towers etc.

This is Chaloemchai Khositphipat, the man who designed and built the White temple (Not the real person of course!). He creatively brought traditional Buddhist art into the contemporary world.

Our day trip also includes a visit to the Hill Tribe village & the Golden Triangle.

JT with a very pretty looking long necked girl.

This girl so cute!

This is where they live.

The Golden Triangle. The border of Myanmar, Thailand & Laos.

The long boat we took to tour around the Triangle.

Enjoying the cruise along the Mekong River.

Stepped into Laos.

And found this very interesting stuff. Fancy any snake or scorpion Whisky anyone??

I'd rather be safe and go for beers instead! :)

The Northern Most of Thailand, Mae Sai.

Now back to Chiang Mai, this is our mode of transportation. We depend on Maps to get around. Hehehe

We saw and went to more places on our rented bike.

at the park with so many fearless pigeons

Soaking feet in warm water before my 2 hour body scrub and massage! 500 baht only. I need one now!!

After massage, we were given half a mango each and of course water for Free.

We never miss out on street food whenever in Thailand.

Us going round looking for interesting food & places. I was forced by JT to wear that awful looking helmet! yucks

Shopping at Nimmanhaeminda Road.

One of the morning having breakfast at our hotel.

One of the best pork ribs JT has ever had @ Sizzler Restaurant.

This is the entrance to the Sunday Night Market. It is so freaking big its like Chatuchak in BKK. It operates only on Sunday nights. You should not miss this one.

Simply because there are so much to see and buy!

ok this is taking too much of my time.. i need to catch up on my tv series before i get my hair a new colour at the salon later. Hope you enjoyed my final post on Chiang Mai/Rai :)

Will be back with updates on new hair.

Doi Suthep & Panda, Chiang Mai

Our first stop was Wat Phrathat located at Doi Suthep. It was summer then so the weather was quite uncomfortably hot. According to our guide, the best time to visit Chiang Mai is during Winter which falls in Dec and Jan where temperature can drop to as low as 15 degress celcius. Hotel rates will definitely be at its peak during that period.

Me about to take the 309 steps to the Wat (temple). It was surely good exercise for JT & I. hehe

Oh, when in Chiang Mai, you'll find that your surroundings are very Serene and Green. Trees are everywhere and it feels really good ya know.

We reached the top and thats the Pagoda behind us. Visitors must be properly dressed so am wrapped in a sarong here :)

Some renovation going on i think.


View from the top. Over looking Chiang Mai town from Doi Suthep.

I did alot of research on places to visit and one of it is the Zoo. We paid 200 baht each just to see Panda bears! hehe

I look very shocked here because this cutie little panda bear came so close and even posed for our camera. So cute!!

The Pandas in Chiang Mai Zoo are so active and they walk about so much even i feel tired for them. I really did enjoy myself like a little curious kid in the Zoo :)

Dinner in our room. It was my birthday but unfortunately we could not go out for dinner and drinks because of the curfew and havoc in Thailand. Thanks to the Reds shirt supporters. Hmmph.

More coming soon... :)

At Pingnakorn Boutique Hotel, Chiang Mai

Finally updating on my recent Chiang Mai/Rai trip. It was one month ago..on my birthday :)

We stayed at "At Pingnakorn" a Boutique hotel @ Nimmanhaeminda Road. We were so lucky they upgraded our standard room to a Deluxe cuz it was my special day. I requested for it without shame, hehe. The Deluxe room was more spacious and nicer :) So remember to take advantage of such occasion and be daring enough to ask okays? You'll never know. hehe

Love the Interior of the room. Modern and White themed! ........We Loveeeee White!!

There was also a little kitchen in our room. JT made use of the kitchen by cooking instant noodles :)

Garden at the roof top of the hotel

Seating area at the lobby

And this is where we relax and have our breakfast and tea break.

I would definitely recommend this hotel because 1)Stylish Interior & Exterior 2) Rates are very reasonable

3) Location 4) Friendly & helpful staff

If you are planning to visit Chiang Mai, do consider to stay here http://www.atpingnakorn.com/

Stay tuned for more updates on my trip..

Our 1st Wedding Anniversary

We celebrated our 1st Wedding Anniversary at La Bodega in Bangsar on the 31st May 2010. JT took leave just to be with me. How sweet is that. The past one year as husband and wife has been great i'd say. JT helps out with the house chores and most importantly irons his own clothes! :) I can't ask for more!

Food & our bottle of Wine was excellent! We had tapas, soup, pasta and lamb. The only dissappointment was the Mushroom soup. Even Campbell's can soup tastes better, Really!

JT and I seated at one corner of the restaurant...all cozy and romantic..hehe

My love handed me a beautiful bouquet of red roses he hid at the back seat of his car...what a surprise! Aww..

Gosh, am missing the lamb and tapas at La Bodega already!

Benefit

Went to Benefit's warehouse sale few days back and bought 3 items i really like and need! :)

Brow Zings. The complete kit includes pigmented wax for shaping, natural shaded powder for setting, tweezers, hard angle brush and blending brush. RM70 (RM139 at counters) What a bargain!

Benefit's Lemon Aid is a correcting cream which helps to hide redness & discoloration of the eyelids. Can be used as eyeshadow base. RM50


Lastly, an eyeshadow brush i needed so badly. RM35

All of the above for RM155. It will cost me more than double if i bought it at the counter.

What a Tragedy

I was so shocked yesterday when i heard the news about the fire during NYE at Santika Bangkok. 61 people were killed at the club. Apparently the fire was caused by the fireworks on stage. They shouldnt have fireworks indoor! The countdown party was named GoodBye Santika as it was going to move to another premise.

Not only Goodbye to Santika but to the 61 people who are dead. Its really sad.

All gone forever

We were there only last Nov. Lucky we made it otherwise we wouldnt have another chance.