Budget Vacation Tips: Bangkok 2012 -Part 2

2nd Best Time at Bangkok  (Part 2 - Day 2)

Our second day was so tiring!! We went to eat RM1 famous boat noodle for breakfast and then Dusit Zoo...zoo near the city...We only opted for anything within city so we do not have to travel so far..save more time...

I watched about RM 1 famous boat noodle in youtube and told myself to must try it..and reading about Dusit Zoo of mix opinions of positive and negative so why not I check it out myself since it's entrance fee is only  RM 10.  So we took the chance.


How to go to Boat Noodle? 

All the places I have planned visiting were actually nearby to each other.  So after eating boat noodle, we went to Dusit Zoo..How to go to RM 1 Boat Noodle? I did not find much details how to go to the noodle in internet so I guess I should put the details in so you guys can find the way better...

RM1 Famous Boat Noodle:

Well..it tasted mmmmm....not really ummph.....but it was a great experience..must at least try once...

How to go there?

1. Take BTS to Victory Monument Station..walk to the Victory Monument directions...stop and take photo like me haha - VM1 (photo below)
2. Walk to the left of VM1...walk down the bridge staircase...you will see market..
3. Keep walking to your left..and enjoy stalls and little shopping...VM2 and VM2b
4.Keep walking until you see a hospital on your left..
5.Keep walking left again until you see a crossing bridge to the other side of the road...walk up the staircase..and walk to the middle of the bridge and you see a river and shops by the river..Boat Noodle shops are just there...VM3..walked down from the bridge, and choose the noodle house you like..and try it :)

VM1 ( me and Tyan)

VM2

VM2b

VM3

Waiting for food!

RM 1 only

cute

After breakfast, we walked back to the other side of the road where hospital is to take cab to the Zoo. It took us 8 - 10 minutes taxi ride.....Once arrived, we were so excited..RM 10 for adult and RM 5 for children only to enter the zoo..what a great bargain...Not only Tyan was excited..we all did...Back to childhood...yippie!

Tyan with elephants..

So fun...Elephant show and bicycle rides..

Cow hihi...

Sea Lion show..so cool!! we enjoyed it so much..

*p/s: I took lots of animal pictures but I forget where I saved them..If I found them, I will post it up here...There are monkeys, donkeys, birds, alligator, hippopotamus, zebra, giraffe..and etc.

Dusit Zoo isn't that bad for half a day trip ...and my daughter enjoyed herself; plus the entrance fee is so cheap!!

After Zoo, we went to Siam Paragon for quick lunch and then heading back to Tune Hotel for bath and nap...ln the evening, we went to Terminal 21 for  little walk and dinner;...and ended our second day in Bangkok..

The third day we went to boat ride to Khao San Road..and Siam Ocean World in Siam Paragon..Stay tune to our Bangkok Day 3 Part 3 hehe...

Love,
Jac

Malaysia Top 10 Women Hairstylists

Voted by Top 10 Of Malaysia Magazine

Receiving a magazine through post today (Monday 12th November 2012); it is Top 10 of Malaysia magazine.. felt butterfly in my tummy..

Excited..

I opened the envelope and quickly rush to page 76 to have a look..Was waiting to see if my name is in the list of Top 10 Women Hairstylist of Malaysia..(was told by MHA President Billy Lim, that my name has been nominated..would not believe until I see it with my own eyes..)

Top 10 of Malaysia Magazine Issue 8/2012

 I was overwhelmed to see my idol Ms Winnie Loo of A Cut Above in the first page..She is truly an inspiration and living legend to me..I admire her work..and persistency in whatever she do..

I saw my superidol.. Ms Winnie Loo

 And another 9 of them ;) :

Ms Florence Lum  of  Andy Ho Haute Coiffure
Ms Jessica Yong of Hair Culture Saloon
Ms Callie Goh of Michael & Guys

Florence Lum, Jessica Yong and Callie Goh

Ms Jacqueline Chang (me) of Essensual Hairdressing (Cutting Edge Group)
Ms Ann Wang of APT Group
Ms Alice Loh of Snips Hair Salon,

Jacqueline Chang(me ;p), Ann Wang, Alice Loh

My photo was not attached in but...seeing my name has brighten my day...At least my work has been recognized  even though I am from Kuching Sarawak.

Wendy Wong, Liza Leong, and Pessy Tai.

Ms Wendy Wong of Wenawave Hair Salon
Ms Liza Leong of Grace Salon
and Ms Pessy Tai of Hair Impression Salon and Academy

Summary of my work ;) felt blessed and happy.

I am glad to be part of this..And seeing my hard work is being recognized gave me more motivation to work harder to improve myself..I have yet so much to learn..and I congrats all the female stylists (as above) for being able to be work hard to prove themselves despite having family etc...

Thanks Top 10 of Malaysia Magazine..I really feel honoured..

Love
Jac

How to solve Hair Loss Problem? The answer is - SHORTER HAIR.

PLEASE cut your hair SHORTER if you are facing HAIR LOSS problem...

and the truth is..that is the no 1 best way..

Ya, you heard me..Cut it short please..if you found lots of hair on the floor or on your bed..Waste no time...Go get it cut the shortest length you can accept. Please stop living in denial that you can keep your long hair by using premium hair loss product to ensure hair loss problem stop..Well..it does not.. You need to get shorter hair straightaway.

My experience with clients having "hair long with hair loss problem - cut to shorter length" these years; gave me the confidence to state a clear statement - "SHORTER HAIR help prevents further hair falls"..
Reasons are:

1) You will not be able to tie your hair..giving further pressure to the weak root.

Tying your hair everyday only make your face look rounder if you have round face..and your hair looked unlively..dull, flat and oily.  Why do you want to live 365 days tying your long hair? Just because the public told you that woman should have long hair??? Well.. We are living in this modern era...We have the choice to go mid length, short or even supershort.. Trust me..You will still look feminine even with short hair too..It depends on how your stylist do it..


Sharing real life examples around Kuching...

Jacqueline Tiong has super long hair, and decided to cut shorter due to hair falls too..But she looked too PRETTY now hehe..

ME

Gena Sim, IMH Music Teacher

Jacqueline Wong

ME with blue hair hehe..

Ummi Abdullah- Movie Producer

Gena Sim, IMH Music Teacher

Kimberly Wee, Astro Customer Executive

Crystal Chooi, Actress and Producer

2) You will be able to wash your hair everyday.

When you have shorter hair, you feel lighter, and it ease your daily maintenance..You can wash your hair anytime you want..either after cooking or exercising..and it dries faster.  End result -  Your scalp stays clean and healthy and; gone all the grease; smelly grease that caused by impurities from the surrounding air..We are living in a hot country.. What's the point of having superlong hair but you only have few hair!!! Ya imagine yourself tying only a small bunch of hair! What's the point?? And whenever you sweat, your balding scalp is visible...

At certain time; I felt really angry seeing woman walking around having their little hair tied up and seeing bad oily scalp..I would try my best to be as honest as possible..walk to her and tell her, "I think you need a shorter haircut..Your scalp looked pretty bad"..Some will smile at me blankly..some will say; "Cannotlah! My hubby loves me with long hair.." I was stunned and ???...

Think on behalf of the men..Do they want to run their finger thru your oily and smelly hair???  No right?  It is the truth..Hair is all womens' crowning beauty..And having bad hair and scalp will kick your man away...So, when you have shorter hair, your scalp health improved as you can wash everyday..BUT...
It does not mean that you can wash your hair 2-3 times a day..1 time per day is good enough..Over wash per day will only will clean away sebum that are needed to protect you hair......Clear ;)?

And I always hear clients telling me that many people told them that wash hair everyday is bad for hair...It is not true at all! The skins that are nearest to our face is scalp..Imagine, we washed our face 2 days once, what will happen? We will have breakout right? Same as our scalp..Our scalp will turn dirty and resulted more hair falls.. Be logical okay?

After your hair is cut shorter, you can improve your hair grows by using hair loss preventive shampoo; that helps a lot..Saving some little money will not help you improve yourself.. after all you are just pampering yourself too..

A tip to share - some hair loss shampoo does cause dryness to the hair (very normal) as it acts to clean your scalp and ensure your scalp clean..So I would suggest that you use leave in conditioner (leave in conditioner is a better option as you can avoid unnecessary excess of moisture to the scalp that caused oily scalp - one of the reason why you have loss is greasy scalp) instead of rinse condtioner to give moisture to your hair..ensuring both scalp clean and healthy hair.


Try it out..and do not be afraid..You will realise the benefits of shorter hair..Please do not misunderstand what I meant..You can always grow back your hair longer when your scalp is healthier..For those who do not have hair loss problem, you can always have long hair..

Kara Simon on the right..finalist of Miss Malaysia...She is too cool with short hair..

Joey Bong..She is bored with longer hair..and was hesitant too..Look how gorgeous she is now! and
her hubby Zac loves it!

Jacqueline Wong..always gone mad hehe..

Gorgeous Ms Keh Mei, she has healthy scalp so she can keep her hair long and wavy ;)

p/s: All the hair cut and color above is done by me :) haha..


Love,
Jac

FAYE WONG!! MY DREAM IS TO CUT YOUR HAIR!

PLEASE LET ME CUT YOUR HAIR IF YOU SAW THIS BLOG!
I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU :)



I really do not know where to find you Faye..I dropped you message in Weibo but I guessed you may not have noticed since you have millions of fans...and I am one of them. I am not from big city..I am from humble Kuching, a capital city of Sarawak..in Malaysia...I was trained overseas..but because of I love KUCHING...I decided to live here and  to raise my daughter ..I never stop trying my best changing hairstyle trends of women in this small and peaceful Kuching.. I believe Kuching was a town of a lot of beautiful women...My passion is to transform them into a beautiful butterflies so men will fight over them...

Faye, you are already a beautiful woman and no one can deny that..Fashion forward is your style..I know I may look stupid by creating this post, asking if one day I could really cut your hair..just even for once...I might be daydreaming..but I don't mind at all as it may come true one day..If I don't try I may not even stand a chance..So I took this chance....and I will patiencely wait..if one day you will notice this post in my blog..I hope you get the message....I do not have any connection to the entertainment world..so I guess the only way to connect to you is thru my humble blog....

So I guess this little message that I wrote here, made my day..

"FAYE WONG!! MY DREAM IS TO CUT YOUR HAIR! WOULD YOU LET ME?? "

Faye, if I really have the fate with you... I want to let you know that I really hope one day I can give you a nice good haircut....Please do not hesitate to email me ya..cuttingedgeschool@yahoo.com.my..

I know it may sounds crazy to you..but I am not crazy..I am a hairdresser from Kuching...I may not be the best hairstylist in the world..but I know I am good in what I am doing..

p/s: Faye, you looked best with short hair..

Love

Jac

Budget Vacation Tips: Bangkok 2012 -Part 1

2nd Best Time at Bangkok (Part 1-Day 1)

Too good to be true!  I love Bangkok too much I  flew in again after 3 months..I went last June (2012) and then this time in September...and the group gets bigger..I went with my colleagues (same trip group who went to Bandung with me in April); with a mission to accomplish...To change my sister Jess's mindset about how Bangkok is - "not fun at all"...Let's see if I succeed..

Well, we went from 25th September until 29th September.  Again, we bought air ticket at good bargain...Kuching to Kuala Lumpur at RM 55 return plus RM 288 to Bangkok from Kuala Lumpur - return ticket as well..cool!!! Everyone can fly now! Thanks Air Asia...

We stayed at TuneHotel Asoke which was launched 14th September and ..believe it or not I was lucky enough to purchase a sharing room for 2 persons at only RM19.90 a night online http://www.tunehotels.com/
with add on 12 hours air conditioner and tv - total of about RM 49 only.  I know it is mad..I am happy..we are happy...New! CHeap! Comfortable and oh my! Just opposite Terminal 21...

Look at the map..Tune Hotel is just 2 minutes walk to Asok BTS..and Terminal 21 shopping mall is linked to Asok BTS..Very Convenient..

Tune Hotel Asoke..

Two months before the departure, I planned a thorough tour schedule of  5 Days 4 Nights..let me share with you guys...it's fun to plan for your own tour as you will learn alot and I felt like I am a Thai now hehe..

Look at the schedule below..The time and locations were good enough for us to venture the whole Bangkok in 4 days..

Time	25th Tuesday	26th Wednesday	27th Thursday
7.00 am
8.00 am	Meet at airport 9am	Breakfast	Free and easy
9.00 am	Flight to KL	Dusit Zoo	Free and easy
10.00 am	Flight to KL	Dusit Zoo	Take boat to Khaosan
11.00 am	Reach Kl	Dusit Zoo	Take boat to Khaosan
12.00pm	Lunch at LCCT	Dusit Zoo	Walk to Khaosan
1.00pm	Check in for BKK flight	Siam Paragon	Walk to Khaosan
2.00pm	Waiting Time	Siam Paragon	Walk to Khaosan
3.00pm	Flight to BKK	Back hotel rest	Back to hotel
4.00pm	Reach BKk after 2 hrs	Back hotel rest	Back to hotel
5.00pm	Take train to Tune	Terminal 21	Siam Paragon
6.00pm	Check in Tune Hotel	Terminal 21	Siam Paragon
7.00pm	Venture terminal 21	Terminal 21	Siam Paragon
8.00pm	Dinner at Yaowarat	Terminal 21	Siam Paragon
9.00pm	Dinner at Yaowarat	Terminal 21	Siam Paragon
10.00pm	Shop at Yaowarat	Supper at ASOKE	Back Hotel Rest
11.00pm	Back Hotel	Supper at ASOKE	Back Hotel Rest
12.00pm	Rest

_________________________________________________________________________

Time	28th Friday	29th Saturday
7.00 am		Meet at tune lobby
8.00 am	Free and easy	go airport
9.00 am	Free and easy	go airport
10.00 am	Meet at Tune Lobby	Check in luggage KL
11.00 am	Platinum Mall
12.00pm	Platinum Mall	Flight back KL
1.00pm	Platinum Mall
2.00pm	Platinum Mall
3.00pm	Platinum Mall	Reach KL
4.00pm	Platinum Mall	Check in lugg KCh
5.00pm	Platinum Mall
6.00pm	Platinum Mall
7.00pm	Dinner	Flight back Kuching
8.00pm	Dinner
9.00pm	Dinner	Reach Kuching
10.00pm	Back Hotel Rest
11.00pm	Back Hotel Rest
12.00pm

________________________________________________________________________

You can use the schedule above..if you like ;)...


Throughout the trip, we used  mostly trains..Read more to find out how...

I would like to share some photos and exciting new foods and places with you guys..at least you know more about Bangkok before heading there.. Eventhough this is the second time being in Bangkok this year itself...I still felt the excitement as  I still see new things....the more I travelled to Bangkok..the more I felt myself at home...

From the tour schedule, we did all of it.....we are discipline you know? We don't want to miss a thing hihi...Big major shopping malls covered, Dusit Zoo (new adventures), RM 10 Boat Noodle, Boat ride to Khaosan Road, lovely Yaowarat, etc..


First Day 

We reached Bangkok at 4 some, since we took half day to fly  in to Bangkok..How I wish Air Asia can fly to Bangkok straight from Kuching..since Singaporean can fly in to Bangkok straight too..

And we took train to Tune Hotel by using airport train from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi; which costed us RM4.50 only; we stopped at Phaya Thai station..and from Phaya Thai we took sky train BTS Ratchthewi to BTS ASOK (about RM 3 if  I am not mistaken) and walked to Tune Hotel Asoke--2-5 minutes away...Easy..simple...be adventurous...Taking taxi would take you ages to reach hotel during peak time...

At BTS waiting for the train...the Sky train is comfy and  the air con is so cold.

My sister does not trust public transportation and think it is a waste of time.....But in Bangkok..it is so much convenient...cheap and comfortable..I do not want to be stuck in jam...So travelling with train is so so comfortable..unless the location from A to B is very near..taking taxi would be a good option if you are carrying a lot of things..

With me, she was amazed that she could save a lot of money and time..and we all had so much fun..

Train Map

                                                            Tune Hotel..small but cozy..

Toilet is very huge..not bad..

Big head shower..

comfortable new bed..for only RM 19.90 per night..so worth...

Terminal 21 at night

After we checked in Tune Hotel, we went to Terminal 21 shopping mall just across the road to look look see see before taking Tuk Tuk to Yaowarat for seafood dinner...Taking Tuk Tuk to Yaowarat (Bangkok China Town) is the best mode of transportation..

2 beautiful girls with 1 handsome boy wahahahahaha...

Looking at the menu - T & K seafood is always the choice..yum yum

menu..

Foumd no seats outside..so we crawled to level 2 and the ceiling was so low..

fresh clams..at only RM 6

all the nice seafood

Cool prawn..

Finished..

along Yaowarat

We went to chinese shop nearby..oops forgot the name ...we bought so much dry food at Rm 5 - Rm 10 per packet only...Dry food like crab crackers, fish cracker and dried barbecued pork to take home for souveniers..lovely.. We went back to hotel using tuk tuk and rest for the long day..and got a good comfy sleep to be readied for 2nd day tour...

Stay Tune for part 2..

To be continued..;)