BKK, Thailand > Luang Prabang, Laos PDR (1)

Well, embrace yourself for this photos-flooded post. I registered myself in a humanitarian expedition by my university to Luang Prabang, Laos PDR 2 months ago. and yes, this is first post after my last updates. sorry for the laziness, not sure if anyone still care reading about it but this is the trip I must blog about. Which ...kinda remind me of my half blogged 2011 Aus trip. o.O

In case you not sure where is Laos, is a land-lock country in between Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia and China. 

in Chinese language,we know Laos as 辽国/寮国/老挝(wo1).

Anyway, I wouldn't thinking about visit this country if I never join the expedition trip. Original route in the itinerary was from KL to Vientiane (capital of Laos) and 10 freakinhours bus to Luang Prabang and a boat trip to the village. So me and 2 of my friends decided to take an alternative route by entering Bangkok and a non-stop flight to Luang Prabang the next day morning.

First visit to Thailand. :) I am the rare species of Malaysian who never visit Thailand before. 

First sight of love about Bangkok is the cleanliness of the street. 

Nice bathroom/toilet area of our hostel at Silom.

Must prove that I was there. 

Those wires doesn't make this city less beautiful. :)

Tom Yummmmm 

BTS ride to visit Chatuchak market.

the small icon with some yellow colour is the sign stated that: This seat is priority to Monks. 

The market.

A bit regret on not wearing sunglasses and sunblock :)

50 baht (~RM5) for this one big cup of ice coffee from a road side stall. Taste better than SB/CB/SFC or other coffee houses in Malaysia.

Colourful street view :)

Siam Paragon's hypermarket

self-service salad bar, of course you need to pay.

Sausages. *Drooling*

Dinner at some random local Chinese wantan mee shop. here ends our Bangkok one day trip :)

our dinner.

15th July. Ready to check out.Lobby of Saphaipae hostel. Clean, nice, comfortable, affordable stay.

Heading to airport. Jokes: Taxi driver thinks I am a Thai.

Survanabhumi airport.

simple breakfast before boarding

On shuttle bus to our flight. Fish and Vanessa

Lao Airline.

Compact yet more LEG SPACE compare to..ahhem. 

snacks.

Reaching. 

Luang Prabang international airport. which requires 5 minutes driving distance from where the plane landed. 

Heading to boat ride.

Mr. Peter, project coordinator. Thanks for all the arrangement of transport and accommodation. 

You're looking at Mekong River.

Welcoming ritual. (photo taken by Hwei Ming) and this was the morning before we arrived. Just to show how they welcome their guests. 

Muang Kham Village's multi purpose hall.

is a free case village. which means, is totally safe for you to have your front door unlock and your kids running around. 

Lunch by host lady (we addressed her as Meh-mee) and her cook 'team'.

Vanessa and kids from the village

Our accommodation at the host family house number 2.

Kids were so happy cz they have new friends to play with.

Mr. Peter brought us to visit the schools and their library. We gonna paint their library and make it look like one with books. Previous batch built the library but due to time constraint, they couldn't finish the entire thing.

Classroom. 

The one and only football field /assembly place.

Kids are enjoyed themselves following us up and down. 

Their playground.

Convenient stall. is 24/7. better than 7-11. You can just knock the door whenever you need even when it is closed. Laos currency is in Kip.which is unavailable for exchange in M'sia or precisely, outside Laos PDR. 

Tips: exchange your money to US dollar/Thai Baht before entering Laos and exchange it back to Thai Baht or USD before you leaving , or else, those Kip you bringing home will be worthless. ($1 USD = ~8000Kip) 

to be continued. cheers

xoxo

Distance

The sun is filling up the room and I can hear you dreamingDo you feel the way I do, right now?I wish we would just give up'Cause the best part is falling, call it anything but loveAnd I will make sure to keep my distanceSay "I love you" when you're not listeningAnd how long can we keep this up?Please don't stand so close to me, I'm having trouble breathingI'm afraid of what you'll see, right nowI'll give you everything I amAll my broken heartbeats until I know you'll understandAnd I keep waiting for you to take meYou keep waiting to say what we haveMake sure to keep my distanceSay "I love you" when you're not listeningHow long till we call this love?

Here is the story, you fall for a guy in a wrong timing. You both have chemistry, it started in 2 ways but ended up one way with no return ticket. In between, you make sure yourself to keep a distance so that you won't fallin' too deep. Well, you failed. Then, you waited and try your best about keeping the situation in where you two still can joke about each other without awkwardness. Sudden, all have gone and never coming back and you started to sing Adele's Someone Like You. All you have now were memories and movie tickets.
He is a good guy but things just don't happen sometimes, with or without a reason. 
teehee...

*

M.I.C.K.E.Y.M.O.U.S.E

I grew up with this mouse.
From the whistling version in black and white to the coloured version with dialog.

Now it not just the sailor and the normal red pants and yellow shoes.
Mickey has portrayed in different style by companies and individuals.

by Saito College.

Donuts themed

by Amber Chia.

Captain "Mickey" America

My favorite. by Saito college, an unique and detailed work.

by DJ Goldfish.

by YSL.

creepy mouse (another fav)

Kwan kong mickey! hahahah.

Thanks for the sweetest childhood memory yea~!
Hope one day I can visit Disneyland.


Peace!

Goodbye Year 2.

It has been a bumpy first quarter of 2012 for me.
Been through some rough moments in the end of year 2011 then I get myself in one piece and move on.
With all the assignments and rounds of tests, well.. I still keep myself walking. Don't I ? :)

Unlike last semester which I practically nested in the uni's library, this year i decided to study at home. For our uni, we basically don't have to fight for course registration every semester. All have been arranged, and we just need to go for classes. So 9 subjects are heavy. This explained why I have not been update this pity little blog so much because my life was so bore with same thing going around everyday : Assigns and test. Thanks to my friend, I survived.

Well, back to the real deal. I passed this goddamnfreakin Sem 4. and YES, I have finished 2 years of my course so far.
With all the brain torturing moments, finally I get to taste real holiday.

So, I have longer semester break now. It's time to plan some holiday getaways. :)

Yours truly,

 See Ya!