Monday, September 10, 2007
Day No.5 in Chiangmai (Happy Birthday to Tham!)Our time at Chiangmai University came to an end. For the next few days, we visited different tourist attractions and as you can already guess, my camera never stopped clicking! I owe Arlene BIG TIME for loaning it to me.
Tham was so excited that we'd be visiting the hill-top temple on her birthday. Here's a pretty picture of us before boarding the coach and heading for Wat Prathep Doi Suthep Temple!
Tami & Thamarai were very enthu on that day. Both also wear the Punjabi costume. Tham looks exceptionally stunning, doesn't she? Shocking pink leh!
The tree that stood at the entrance of the hill-top temple. It's more than a hundred years old! Way older than my grandma, my late-great grandma but it still looks so majestic... breathtaking!
The white flowers looked so lovely, I couldn't resist asking Pat to take a picture of me with them.(okay, I look horrible here but focus on the flowers, shall we?)
More shots of flora & fauna:
We had two choices of how to get to the top of the temple; one is to take the tram car and the other is to use the stairs.
Which option do you think we picked???
You seriously thought we'd give up a tram ride for a walk up a long flight of stairs eh? HAHAHA! We may be future healthcare professionals but then again... we're on holidays! We need a break too!
Behold, the view of Chiangmai from the temple!
Act cute trio!
Alamak... forget to act cute
Act cute trio!
The girls wanted a picture with the royal couple, so...
Xueling & Pauline: Come, let's take a picture with the royal family!
Phoebe: Pau! Gimme a foot massage!
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Next up, Mr Bala, Tami, Tham, Hiuyan, Nura and I headed for some village. "Entrance fees" were only 200baht, so why not?
Lychee season!!!
A school in the village
Toilet!
Hilltribe Museum
Those are poppy flowers... opium, anyone?
They lead simple lives with little or no luxuries. Yet, they appear so happy, so carefree. Maybe I'll opt for a rural life once I get tired of the current urban one.
They lead simple lives with little or no luxuries. Yet, they appear so happy, so carefree. Maybe I'll opt for a rural life once I get tired of the current urban one.For some reason or another, our next destination was to some leather factory. Yeah, all sorts of leather goods were visible; ranged from crocodile skin to elephant skin. Nura walked from one end of the factory to the other WITHOUT TOUCHING ANYTHING. Hahaha! The poor girl just kept saying, "OMG! I'm going to cry... so many dead animals!!".
Pauline then came to me and said, "Why they bring us here ah? We're students leh! Where got money to buy this kinda stuff?"
Hohoho... she should have kept that comment for our next destination. Know why? Cause they took us to a jewelry store -_-"
We're on an exchange programme? Meaning, we can only afford stuff from shopping centres and the night market.
I was looking at a collection of Sapphires (I just like looking at 'em. BLUE!) when the salesgirl asked if I wanted to try some of it. Of course I said no lah! I then told her I'm only a student who's here on exchange. She asked me to call my mum so she can charge it to mum's VISA.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
Tham, Phoebe and I stayed on the coach while the rest went to some umbrella factory. Was it the umbrella or the honey factory that Phoebe didn't go to? Can't remember. All I know is that Tham and I knocked out until dinner time!
Next, DINNER ONBOARD A RIVER CRUISE ON MAE PING RIVER!
TOM YAM SOUP!!! And the usual fruits (watermelons, pineapples and guavas) because it's in season. Mr Bala never fails to attack the watermelons... Nura and I go for the pineapples. Hahaha!
Wah lao... this entry is frickin' long lah!!
But then again, before I end, check out these two videos by the boys of NYP's Biomedical Engineering Course. I almost suffered from a myocardial infarction the first few seconds into their production. ENJOY! (don't say i didn't warn you!)
Part One:
Part Two:
Shadow stepped, body touched, soul crashed at 5:13 pm.
