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Hat Yai Day 2 Part 1 – 3 July 09

erm.. so Day 2 i went a wee bit over trigger happy and had to seperate into 4 different post but even then i kinda still went overboard and umm.. this might kill your badwidth =X it is also good to note not to pay attentioon to my locations because i never know where we are seeing as thai boy was driving all the time and im like this little girl going EH SO CUTE at everything and just snapping so… la la la

but most of these pictures were taken in Songkla which is a short drive away from Hatyai City. SEASIDE PEOPLE. HELLO?? its not like gorgeous but its a really chill place and i fell in love pretty fast =)

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stupid boy brought me to eat his favourite chicken rice which has been there for  like forever apparently “=_=

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this is actually the son of the owner!! and dude. he aint young wei. so that gives u a pretty clear idea of how old this place is.

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he looks so i dunno whats the word. but hes just very ngam! lol

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fish sauce. the love of the thais.

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random white man that looks like hes been going there everyday for the past dont know how many years

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these kinda settings always make me feel very nostalgic T_T

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no meh no meh

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damn old skool feel wei

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sorry lar. the lighting in the shop that day very nice ah.

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some random beach at Songkla

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SEEE SEE HES ON THE PHONE AGAIN!??!! i think 4th time since he woke up?!?!

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a lot of cute boats around =D

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oh mi gads. i want the beach and the sea T__T

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even the trees look happy. wtf

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puma ambassador “=_=

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THEN WE SPOTTED THIS MAN!! JENG JENG JENG! im so sad lor. i only saw this once!! ONCE?!?!?

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summoh nobody buy from him wan so sad.

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its this!! coconut jelly. er a lot of other flavours la but i like coconut best. its damn ncie on a hot day okeh!

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see im so easily amused.

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more pigeon. i think this place is monkey hill or something. eh really i dunno la. but got like some cable car thingie to the top wan. den like some mini temple but not temple thingie and u see monkeys running around and playing everywhere.

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these vendors were around selling food to feed the monkeys.

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which these pigeons were waiting for the monkeys to leave bits of food. lol

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=D =D

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umm..aggressive much?

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IM WATCHING YOU…

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its damn blur lar i know la. but aiyo..so cute okay..

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FATASS

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fella looks so freaking contented sial.

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awww…shwweeetmess

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okay i dont remember what this is and im too lazy to zoom in. u may click on it and see yourself. but its something important!! tiba tiba only fence around like that U_U

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i like wind chimes. like a lot… A LOT…did i mention how much i like wind chimes?

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Hat Yai City from the top of the hill =)

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eh okay. ahahhha this post tells you where this freaking place is. Tang Kuan Mountain. LOL. phail max.

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this is the path the cable car takes .__. quite scary lor. looks like some road to nowhereness. den u can imagine sounds going like ziiingg zinnngg.. wtf. i think i had too much shisha and sugar today .___.

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Hat Yai Day 1 – 2 July 09

okay. so in most cases it would be good to note that i never photoshop my pics because im lazy like that and i have just way too many to spam my blog with to even bother. on travel logs however, some pics have been colour editted. which have and which have not really doesnt matter la. but if it does i’ll definitely make it a point to note it down. anyway if they’re too small click on them to see a bigger one. i advice to use right click open in new tab. lol. some can open some cannot. u know la. when editting in design view sometimes u backspace or what then the link hilang adi and im really too malas to bother checking one by one la.

went at night arrived in the morning =D took the bus down and really, the uber long i dont remember 5 or 7 hour trip really WAS NOT AT ALL BAD. the bus was crazy comfortable with massive seats and the best part. only 40 FUCKING BUCKS baybeh. its really a good way to travel up to Hat Yai if you’ve got time and want to spend it doing your own things like reading or playing with the psp or the laptop or something because the ride is definitely much more comfortable than the plan or a car. sorry no pics because i forgot. i did take them on the last day but wait till then la =p what bus also i forgot T_T but according to my Thai travel buddy pretty much all the buses of that price range up are about the same standards so i’d say its a pretty safe bet. eh note that it was 40 bucks in 2009 ya. i dont know how much is it now because nobody will go with me and it sucks to not have a thai friend to translate stuff for me =p

had this jambu guava thingie at the rest stop. actually its quite nice wan. budden hor.. suet li says its just guava soaked in syrup =S and not really jambu. pfft. but its okay. still somewhat tasty?

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haha. and we all know i never go anywhere without a doll from a boyfriend. and this is pinky, the representative of the ex =D

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i dont remember what the point of this pic is. its either the view after i just arrived or the view after we got down from the hotel. we stayed at this budget place called Rado Hotel. 50 bucks a night for 2 twin size beds, air conditioning and a really clean and big toilet. eh its a budget hotel ah. dont expect amazing ya. but it was okay cuz its clean =D its a slight walk from the bus stop and i really dont know where its located but im sure you’ll find your way if you decide to stay there. no pics here cuz i was way too stoned. 2nd day ada la i think. its me camwhoring wan but can see the beds and part of the room in the background. lol

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the famed tuk tuks of thailand! i really like these ones more than those in bangkok. okay in general im a small town person and pretty much stay away from cities =S

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random walk around the market after we had a nap in the room. well i had a nap while the buddy was on the phone with his girl the entire time “=_= . in fact, he was on the phone with her almost the entire trip!!!! RARW!!!

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really messy cables @_@ … it was like this almost everywhere. so scary lor sometimes got sparks and can hear plak plak sound wan!!

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pigeons were everywhere. i like pigeons and crows. dont ask me why i just do.

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random cobbler fixing old shoes =D .. at least i think thats what his stall is for…

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eh so weird lor suddenly walk past this area then im like zomg! look like kampung in malaysia. wtf. okay i know … right

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wall scribblings. this one really caught my attention for some reason .__. just an elephant but theres something about the wall and the elephant la!!

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over exposed random part of the city.

after walking around the thai boy got hungry and me being a pescetarian i was rather hard to feed. lol. so he brought me to his favourite western place which was apparently very worth the money. its called Sizzles and its really quite good with buffet salad bar and soups and stuff =D at least i liked it.

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salads had a really big variety and all fresh!!! love love

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they gave this bread with the set. i dont remmeber what it is. but its really good. crunchy outside and all soft and warm inside. *melts*

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see what i meant about the variety of salds and random stuff you can have if u get the buffet thing.

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fish and chips with this sweet sauce i really liked. and baked potatoes!! nyam nyam!!!

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his i dont know what but it looked pretty good.

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and the pineapple was nicely baked *o*

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they even gave mints after paying the bill! =D i like service like this lor!!

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this random building was really weird. the sun kept hitting it in a way that only this building gets lit while around it it’s all dark.

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random car!

after more aimless wondering went back to the hotel freshen up and headed out to this night market that he apparently frequented at a child. its really big and apparently these kinda night markets are scattered all over town. just pick up a map and look for the legends. the one we went to was called Green something i think. i just remember the word green. lol. you get all sorta crap there like ure hair stuff and tshirts and all at really cheap prices. not much bargaining needed either UNLIKE bangkok. pfft. lotsa random foods around and things to see as well. it really was quite big lor.

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see what i meant. suddenly got this one. and around it got some other games stalls and stuff. its really cool!! its powered by a fan only. i keep thinking the thing is gonna break and fly off cause it looks so fragile but nobody really gives a shit. lol

whee… looks so fun lor =( but im too big for it. ish

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this thai dessert thing thats everywhere!! one is salty one is sweet. i really really like it and apparently so does thai boy because he ate A LOT of it.

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in the tuk tuk tired and sweaty back to the hotel.

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sudden pang of hunger so walked around and found this wanton stall thingie? yah i dont eat meat but im not that strict so i still ate the noodles and had the soup. HAHAHA. loser.

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okay. this is ochien. AND I HATE ochien in KL because usually its small and got this very sang/fishy smell. but the ones there was soooo good. and they used like thos big western oysters!! like BIIGGGG and fresh so no smell!!! *o* shit. craving now T_T

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this is what the stall looks like scattered alone the random roads. some of them can speak english some cant but they all usually have pictures so just point =p

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and then spotted this T_T…

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and this

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but thai boy told me not to get any because he says they usually keep refrying them and its not fresh. but oh my gosh it looks so good. but you can try your luck. if youre lucky its a fresh new batch! =D

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so he got the sulking me mango sticky rice for supper instead. and i was proclaiming how i wanted to loose weight. wtf. i ate this and fell asleep almost immediatly. fail whale. BUT ITS DAMN GOOD LA!! OMG I THINK MANGO sticky rice is like my favourite thai dessert lor T_T

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Take me Back to Hat Yai 09

at times when i think im fine it all breaks apart and somehow i feel that little splinter dig deeper into my heart. what am i thinking? no, i know what im thinking. instead, what am i doing? and why the hell am i doing it knowing that nothing good ever comes.

take me back to Hat Yai 09 where coconut jellies and long car rides made me feel most at ease.

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Back from the Land of Fish Sauce and Quaill Eggs

haha. guess where i randomly popped over too for the past 4 days! but im sure fish sauce pretty much gave it away because seriously the people there love their fish sauce. even certain parts of the sea smelt like fish sauce and when i proclaimed how disgusting it smelt my host/translator/clown/burnt friend proclaimed what! it smells normal what!! smells nice!! i like the smell of fish sauce. wtf.

okay la. i went to Hat Yai on a random whim. said situation went like this. receive sms at 10pm at night on tuesday. said sms read i’m going to hatyai again tomorrow 10pm. u want to come? wed afternoon i decide okay imma gonna go and sms mum for passport where she very swiftly dodges the entire question with things like no cannot H1N1 and how i will die in the bus. after about 15-20 messages or so she tells me my passport is at home. “=_=

at 8.30 PM pack bags and leave realising i have forgotten my prized bolster, sun screen and contact lens solution. reach bus stop at 9.30 because of pit stops to buy solution thus depleting a quarter of my money. bad move. thought i was going to miss the bus but said previous friend lied to me about having to be there at 9. bus left at 22:22 (yes it was fated)

arrived at uber cheap hotel (approximate4ly 50 bucks for 2 twin size beds, hot water, air conditioning, and lots of channels on the tube) i expected muych dodginess but was pleasently surprised at how clean it was. toilet was clean!! i am very anal about my toilets.

so Hat Yai is one of those cities where on first arrival i was sorely dissapointed (havent been there in years), the weather was way too hot and the city way too messy but over time you just fall in love with the place and the random quirks that point out to you as a reminder you’re not exactly in KL anymore.

Yet at the same time it’s so much like KL i forget im even away from KL. On day 1 i was pretty much upset to find out that we had to stay an extra day, on the last day i was bummed and didn’t exactly want to go home.

well, anyway i need to rush out now so more on Thailand later =) toodles.

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