Bangkok August 2013: Day 2

Part 2 of Day #01 in Bangkok since my last post was the Mode Sathorn hotel review, 

let me continue our day from here!

 

So we finally nua in the hotel room and take enough photos and willing to head out to have some food and fun! I wanted to try the Krispy Kreme in Bangkok because in Melbourne we went crazy for Krispy Kreme, Leon & I pretty much finished a dozen of donuts. lol yeah we're extremist. 

I know one of the Krispy Kreme outlets is at the entrance of Siam Paragon and so we took the BTS which is right at Mode Sathorn Hotel's doorstep and just 4 stops away here we are! Went to Siam Centre to check out what's yummy first because we're sooooo hungry!

Mmmm, chanced upon this Charcoal Grill Restaurant on the top level of Siam Centre and it smells so good and looks super yummy so yay we found our lunchie spot!

hehe Cook manslave cook!

EVERYTHING IS SO NICE!!! I think except the beef, which was OK, but it's pretty much the first time i enjoyed bbq pork so much! Guess the fact that it's charcoal grilled makes it yummier.. or cos my baby cooked everything for me!

Heh love eating some fresh greens like lady finger & capsicum with bbq meat! Whoa the sauces are.. THUMBS UP THUMBS UP THUMBS UP!!! Plus everything is so cheap eat already also shiok! haha

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After lunch we just walked around Siam Centre where there are lots of local designer labels, spotted lots of nice stuff but so expensive, 我买不下!! Will heart bleed. Hahah even a plain basic pair of heels from Charles & Keith there is prolly SGD$100 after conversion, and forever21 is more pricey there too lol like more ex than here in Singapore!

And then we saw...

 Overwhelming number of cakes on that table just drawing us in and we have no choice but to go in cos it's sooo attractive!! Hahahah jialat that was like 1.5hours after our bbq lunch only, fyi. Dunno how are we gonna stuff in all the cakes but they are all so pretty! Lol Leon & I have ZERO self control. 

How adorable is this? This wooden rail road is connected throughout the entire cafe and there were these moving gears on the ceiling! 

The seats are booth like and super cute too, but the table is so crazy small! 

OVERORDER OVERORDER!! LOL 3 CAKES COS WE SIMPLY CAN'T JUST PICK ONE.

Mr Jones Orphanage
Siam Center Bangkok
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Jones-Orphanage/448937751840157
 
http://mrjonesbangkok.com/

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Wahh cannot move food coma. We walked around for like 30 mins more before giving up and decided to return to the hotel and rest + take a swim at the hotel pool.. but before we go.. hahaha we tabao-ed a dozen of those Krispy Kreme glazed babies to snack on at night at the hotel :xxx

Yes i know, we're monsters. hehehe

Back to the hotel and wah the pool is shiok! We love the jacuzzi bed, hahaha mad itchy after awhile but shiok! Anyway.. after swimming for like an hour we went back to the hotel room to take a quick shower cos we're meeting nadnut & David for dinner + massage at Chinatown's T & K Seafood, Leon was sliding the glass door to the toilet and it simply CRACKED! 

Super wtf, we were damn shocked and like omg what to do now 

cannot get out of the toilet cos can't open the cracking glass door also 

[it's tempered glass so for like the next 20 mins we were stuck in the toilet it was cracking non-stop!]

Took an insta video, hear hear! 

Mad scary, cos the glass was cracking and some bits were flying off and we were so worried it might suddenly SHATTER and fly all over, so the toilet has no phone and obviously even if we shout the hotel staff can't hear us right, then i realized i was charging my phone in the toilet!! HENG UNTIL LAO SAI! Imagine if we really have no phones in the toilet then stuck inside how! Gone case.

Googled for Mode Sathorn hotel number and quickly called the concierge to come save us!! Explain the situation and they were damn shocked also cos this has never happened. Lol see what i mean by epic shit when im travelling with the fiance? Where got this kinda BS one! Hahaha but quite exciting leh, then the staff came up and the hotel manager keep standing very near the still cracking glass door and talking to us and trying to apologize and try to calm us down i guess? [but we were very calm already la cos luckily there was a separate glass separator to the rainshower so we were hiding there in case the glass door shatters lol]

They got like a bunch of towels to lay on the floor and we were wondering if they were gonna swing a bat at it and let it crack totally or whatever lol, but they started taping the door with stripes of tape to hold it together safely i guess, then after like 10 mins we were finally oooooooout. Raaah felt like imprisoned chimpanzes hahahah.

But their service is pretty good la for something that is happening for the 1st time i guess the hotel staff also handled it very well never kan chiong also and obviously they changed a room for us [same metropolitan chic room but on the 23rd floor with better city view!]

HAHA ok drama over. Lol 

lesson learnt: Go everywhere also must bring phone!!!

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So we changed to the other room, showered and met nadnut & David at the hotel reception and we cabbed over to Chinatown, T&K Seafood! It's pretty famous so if you tell tuktuks/cabs they should know.

we went there twice or sth on our previous trip in 2011 [so long ago already?!] with Jayden, Mus etc and the seafood was yums and super cheap!

So sad!! We forgot to take group photos lol, after dinner we went for foot massage. 

Whoa everyday like that eat and eat and eat really will die! 

After massaging nadnut wanted Bird's Nest soup and i spotted durians 

and nadnut said it was durian season so buy buy buy! 

Sooooo delicious and creamy and sweet! Whoa best really. 

Next time i only want to come to bangkok durning August when durians are in season!! hahaha

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.

Hotel Review: Mode Sathorn Hotel, Silom, Bangkok. Best hotel stay ever!

Hello you, hope your long weekend was awesome! 

Leon and I kicked off our super sinful weekend at The Grandstand where leon wanted to bring me for some pancakes at Slappy Cakes, but there was like an hour wait or so and I hate waiting for food 

 [No way! Like seriously why would i? Singapore is full of delicious food at every corner, by the time i wait an hour for my food i'd be so grumpy and pissed off] 

So instead we checked out PasarBella, thank god we arrived and found our seats upstairs right before the lunch crowd hits.

Man oh man did we over-order or what?

1 sweet crepe.1 savory crepe, 1 pizza, 1 pasta, 1 soup, 2 crodos!

 The lemon crepe, so delish and it's only $4! 

Totally craving for one of these right now.

Finally got to try out these Cro-Do [Crossiant + Donuts]

Mmmm, the Lemon curd + Meringue is heavenly.

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PasarBella

200 Turf Club Road Singapore 287994

Phone: +65 6887 0077

http://www.pasarbella.com/

Operating Hours: 9:30am to 7pm [Some stalls will close at 7pm]

Then after pigging out at PasarBella we had an hour to kill 
so we drove over to Fairways Drive near the Grandstand to Marmalade Pantry for tea because we so full!

After tea we drove over to meet the JJ/Leehom tour band because JunYang was back in Singapore 
so he was in total pigging out mode and wanted to bring everyone down with him 
so we will all turn into fatties haha thus the crazy amt of food. 

So to continue on our sinful weekend, we booked our bangkok trip during March or so? 
Triple couple trip for Leon + myself, nadnut + David, Jacelyn + Ben. 

Since we had a good 4 days off work, i took an additional 2 days off work. Lol i absolutely love travelling with the fiance, it seems like with him i'm always experiencing all sorts of crazy epic shit, and of course because he loves to make fun of everything and he makes me crack up all the time. 

Since our last two trips [Sydney/Melbourne + Taiwan] they were all work trips for Leon so he was pretty stressed and had to run all over the place for rehearsals, concert etc the entire time so it's been a good half year since we took a vacation off work to really have a stress free time and have some lovey dovey couple time. ♡♡♡

So we searched on Agoda.com and short listed a couple pretty awesome hotels, the hotel industry in bkk is so competetive! Every hotel looks AMAZING, not to mention crazy affordable!

Rates per night: on average $40

At Mind Executive Suites

http://www.atmindsukhumvit.com/

Rates per night: on average $60

Grass Suites

http://www.grasssuites.com/ 

In the end, Mode Sathorn Hotel won our hearts because it's just looking so gorgeous!

I've never really looked forward to staying in a hotel that much but this one is pretty awesome.

Our flight was 7+am so it was soooo tiring to drag our feets to the airport, the fiance is so sweet to arrange for advance cab booking and printing all the needed itinerary/ hotel booking for us, checking in online and changing thai baht because i was so busy with work the entire week. Awww baby you're the best! ♡

Our pink and yellow fat bitches. 

So we filled our half awake tummies with yummy chiew kueh at the hotel lounge and the dragged our feets to the boarding gate just in time to board! Hoho up and away as we go on our 5 day long vacation!

Landed safely and first thing we did was head to the TrueMove counter to get connected yo. Hahah 

I chose the 199baht package [super cheap! like less than 5SGD?!] which is the smallest package and it was enough for 5 days since the hotel has super fast wi-fi anyway. 

Whoa but it took CRAZY long [it was about 40 mins we got every done and good to go!] 
cos obviously there's a shit long queue full of tourist, raaaah luckily leon was around for my entertatinment sake. hahaha

So we took a cab and headed over to Mode Sathorn Hotel, woots! 

From the airport to the bangkok city area, it takes about 45 mins.

Mode Sathorn Hotel Recption

Love the egg swinging chairs! Wonder if we'll be able to fit one in our future home's balcony area

short insta video of the hotel reception area

While we were waiting for our room, we're pretty surprised that they would allow early check in 
[we were at the hotel at about 10plus to11am, i'd assume the usual check in time is around 2pm?] 
and we were prepared to just leave our luggage at the concierge and head out to eat if we can't check in yet.

We were ushered to the ground and mezzanine floor, BLD Bistro which serves drinks, sandwiches and pastries etc and we were offered to pick out a complimentary welcome drink on the menu, how sweet!

They have a super awesome looking spa in the hotel, infinity pool + Jacuzzi bed on level 10 & 3 restaurants and 2 bars in this hotel, it's so new that the rooftop bar hasn't even open yet.

 

Lol David [nadnut's hubby] is damn cute la, first thing he told us was like omg shiok can order beer for complimentary welcome drink! hahaha but we're like total kiddos, ordering fizzy drinks and milkshakes hehe

I had a refreshing Elderflower soda and Leon had the banana milkshake! 

Love my Dolce Vita flats i got from taiwan, all leather and sooo comfy + it goes with everything so it's the perfect footwear for a holiday.

 LOL as usual i'm always bullying him, bua the cream all over his face for fun.

Gosh the room really wow-ed us, the both of us has never went ra-ra for any hotel room [esp Leon since he travels on tour as often as 4 times a month and stayed in a crazy number of hotels for the past 1.5 years for Leehom + JJ Lin's tour] but this place.. GOD IT'S AWESOME! 

We were just gonna get in, dump our luggages and head out to hunt for food but in the end we spent about an hour or so ooh and ahhhing over the room, taking photos, checking out the view and all.

 Entry walk of the room, clear view to the bathroom!

 Bathtub

There's the mirror and vanity right on the right and a rainshower on the right 

with a separate toilet nearer to the entrance of the room.

We totally would take some inspiration from this room for our future home. (:

 Whoops the teddy bear is mine. haha 

The view from our room [Level 16] to the pool, we changed room later that day will blog about why on my next post to level 23 and the view is even more amazing!!!

short insta video of the hotel room, lol!

It's located right smack beside Surasak BTS Station on North Sathorn, two-stop from Sala Daeng Station on Silom Road, 4 stops away from bustling Siam/MBK/Platinum where you can shop till you drop.

Love that they have a turndown service that they would come and prepare the quilt comfortably and place the comfy room slippers by the bed, hahah i didn't know it was the turndown service until david pointed it out! Lol i assumed it was Leon my ahem haha manslave who placed it there hahaha.

 

All in all it was a wonderful stay, the service is top-notch, rooms were beautfully designed and it feels absolulely like a home away from home and it was an awesome 5 days staying there. Right now I think it's a super affordable stay because it's newly launched, but i hope they wouldn't adjust the room rates way too high because i'd definitely love to come back to stay if the room rates are reasonable!

 

PS: You can search for Mode Sathorn Hotel on Agoda.com, we booked the deluxe room hotel stay there for about SGD90 per night, at the request column during the online booking i requested for a non-corner room and specifically the Metropolitan Chic room as they have 3 room designs. 

You can check out their website to see which room design you prefer! (:

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Mode Sathorn Hotel

http://www.modesathorn.com/

Contact: +66 2 623 4555

144 North Sathorn Road, Silom Bangkok, Thailand 10500 

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.

VDL & LOTD

HAPPY LONG WEEKEND!

This weekend is especially long for me since i'm taking time off work to head to bangkok with the Fiance, nadnut + Hubby ccb &+ Jacelyn and Hubby!

Booked this awesome hotel http://www.modesathorn.com/

and we're flying over on SQ on Leon's krisflyer miles hohoho *score!*

Can't wait for the shopping + thai oyster in chinatown + partying!

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Have you checked out the latest beauty brand in Singapore?

VDL has a huge range of product lines promising to pamper you from your head to toes. 

Consisting of the Signature Expert Line, Brightening Line, Festival Line, Ready,Action Line, Tint Bar, Eye Bomb, VDL Beauty, Fragrance and Body, Chocolatier

At the launch party at Antoinette, I managed to try out most of the representative products of each lines and was pleasantly surprised that I'm loving lots of products of their product lines unlike some brands usually most of their products are a hit and miss with 1 or 2 great products. 

Definitely keeping our eyes peeled on VDL for their future product releases to be the first to try them out!

Curious ninja baaaaaby sniffing around my VDL press kit!

I won an extra set of Festival Love Mark products during a Q and A session during the launch party so yay!

Hello gorgeous! These baked e/s are very shimmery and pigmented, awesome if you're into shimmers! But they are very finely milled and wouldn't fall all over your cheeks during application *Thumbs up!*

Here are 2 of my personal favorites:

VDL FESTIVAL MINERAL BLUSHER (LOVEMARK)

 This is a baked two-color highlighter and blush that gives color and highlights in just one sweep of the brush. So convenient and the color pay-off is awesome and the highlighter is not the OH-YES-I'M-A-REVOLVING-DISCOBALL type but a really finely milled, shimmer that gives your skin a wonderful healthy glow.

Gave the pinky one to Leon's mum and i'm using the peachy tone one almost everyday cos i like it so much! (:

Festival Line which is their main color variety line emphasizes on celebration of colors and life of a VDL woman. This line carries a wide range of colors that are rich in texture and payoff for the eyes, lips, cheeks and nails.

VDL READY ACTION PEN LINER 

 

I'm in love! This pen eyeliner is amazing.

The pen tip is firm and it creates highly pigmentated, long-lasting, fine, clean lines.
Lol I even use this for my waterline and amazingly it's so pigmented and lasting that it stays even though i have pretty teary eyes.

Ready Action Line features mini-sized item for quick, easy and functional on-the-go makeup. With products being small in size, It reflects the lifestyle of a VDL woman who is always ready to take action to achieve her dreams!

Isn't it gorgeous or what? 
look at the VDL "wax stamp" on the lippie, and the feel of the lipstick is crazy wonderful because it has a magnetic lid. Love it!

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LOTD

BASE MAKEUP: 
1 drop of Kiehl's Actively Correcting & Beautifying BB Cream
mix with 1 drop of Ettusais Flat Design Liquid applied with a BeautyBlender sponge
CoverGirl X Olay Simply Ageless Corrector as an undereye concealer
set my foundation with FACE OF AUSTRALIA Translucent Loose Powder

CHEEK: 
VDL Festival Mineral Blusher (Lovemark) in shade 602 
with Real Technique Blush Brush

EYE: 
 Too Faced Natural Eye Neutral Eye Shadow Palette
VDL Ready Action Pen Liner 
Dolly Wink Brown Pencil Liner for lower eyelid
ZA Base Mascara
Rimmel Volume Flash The Max Mascara

LIPS: VDL Festival Lipstick (Lovemark) in 504 Jude

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You can now find VDL at Suntec City Level 2 #02-338/339


♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.