Bangkok - After You

We just love the food here. The soft buttery toasts come with two scoops of ice cream. The moist chocolate cake dessert, the puffy pancake with smoked sausages.. slurp!! On our short 6 days Bangkok trip, we patronised "After You" 3 times... twice at the outlet at Siam Paragon and once at Central.

Ooooo... this is apple cider tea. Its sweet with a light fragrance... no taste of sourness, fantastic! I'm missing this place already.

 

Bangkok - KidZania

A super duper fun place in Bangkok. KIDZANIA. This is a land just for kids between 4 to 14 years old. I am 7 years old, and this place is just for me! Its a miniature town, where we kids, can work and get paid. We can manage our money and spend them on whatever we want! There are many types of jobs, which includes, pilot, petrol station attendant, car mechanic, car salesman, vet, barber, chef, radio DJ, news broadcaster, fireman, doctor, lawyer, law enforcer, delivery man, performer, and many more!

 

I'm at the Fire Department. Let me try to be a fireman. After listening to some instructions and we are all ready! There's a fire at the hotel, we rushed out in the fire engine. I am here to put out fires and save lives! I was paid $8 for my job as a fireman.

 

Now I am opening a bank account, all by myself. Did I forget to mention that, parents can only observe from outside? Well, its a town for the kids, so we had to do everything ourselves. Including banking. Every kid is given $50 seed money when we open an account, we can work and accumulate our money. I requested for an ATM card, and was required to fill up a form.

 

See the ATM machine behind me. Whenever I need money, I can come here to withdraw. I did not have to keep so much cash on me...

 

 

Hmmm, to obtain a driver's licence, I need to pass an eye test. I have to pay $5 for the eye test.

 

 

I'm taking the driving test now. It's not easy, there are many gears which I need to change and keep within the lanes. Nonetheless, I passed! And I had to pay $10 to get my driver's licence.

 

 

Yipee!! With the driver's licence... I can now drive!

 

Next, let me try out to be a delivery man. I collected the parcels from the KZ Express and went around the town delivering them. It's fun. I tried this out 3 times!!  

 

 

 

I got hungry, and decided to work in Mac Donalds. But I had to pay $10 for this, as we'll be making burger... which we can bring back and eat it!

 

I'm still hungry, and I'll make sushi this time. Yeah, I am a sushi chef now! I paid $15 for this.

This is the sushi I made. We used lobster eggs, crabmeat, egg, cucumber, rice and seaweed. It tastes good too!

 

I'm gonna be a doctor this time. Doctor in the Emergency Room (ER). We received a call, and we are off in the ambulance to help the victim!!

I tried other jobs as well. Jobs like car salesman, construction site worker, pilot, wall climber, etc... Before we left, I withdrew all my money I have and spent it at Paragon. As I did not have much money, I only managed to buy two pencils. I am so proud of myself. I was able to work, enjoy and buy things using the money I earned.

Looking forward to KidZania to open in Singapore. Yes! KidZania will be opening in Sentosa, in 2 years' time (2015)!! I wonder if the money we have in our account can be accumulated when we work in KidZania overseas.

Bangkok - Amphawa

After a few trips to the "floating markets" in Bangkok, we finally went to one floating market which really sells things/ food on the boats! This particular floating market is at Amphawa. It opens from 5pm till late. We took a luxurious van from Victoria Monument, the ride took us about 1.5 hours to Maeklong Railway Station, and then a local bus for about 15 mins to get here. And surprising, although this is a tourist spot, but things are relatively cheap here. Our meal, which includes satay, phad thai, grilled sotong and 2 cups of drinks, cost less than 200 baht (S$8). There are many stalls set up from the main road to the river, things sold there are cheaper than chachuchat! We wanted to take the boat ride, which cost 50 baht (S$2) per person, to see the fireflies. But as we were catching the 7pm van back to the city, we did not have time for firefly boat ride which would take 1.5 hours.

Bangkok - Maeklong Railway Station

The infamous Maeklong Railway Station, where there is a market near the station. Stall owners set up their stalls right beside the railway track. As the train arrives, they would remove the shelters, and the train would go over their goods! When the train stops, they would sell their goods to the passengers. It will be an interesting sight if we manage to catch the scene when the train arrives. But too bad, we were 3 hours early. We did not want to wait for the train, as there is nothing much to do around there. We took the local bus to Ampawah, the floating market.

The Piano Guys. Live in Singapore!

It was a long awaited concert. When mommy told me "The Piano Guys" were coming to Singapore, I was so thrilled! I have been seeing them playing beautiful songs at magnificent places on You Tube. And they are coming here! And best of all, mommy was willing to bring me to watch them!!

 

 

I could relate the songs which The Piano Guys (TPG) performed to the names. I was really excited during the entire performance! (=u=) I now know how the group started, why the name "The Piano Guys" and Steven the Cello guy in the team too.. The performance was indeed "ICE CREAM TO MY EARS!"

And I got to meet "The Piano Guys" in person! Although there's school the following day, but I really wanted to have their autographs.. and see them face to face! Jon asked me how was the concert. When he heard that we enjoyed it, he said that was all that mattered to them. I felt really happy and touched that he is such a humble person! Jon, you play really beautiful and special music!! Steven has a really cool cello, which would record, and it seemed like there are many cellos playing at the same time... wow!!

After queuing for an hour, I got my CD authographed! Thanks Piano Guys...
One of my favourite pieces is the TITANIUM.... The video's taken at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, where TPG come from.... check out the video!