Bangkok High - Khao San and CHICKEN JUS

HELL WEEK. HELL HELL WEEK. Okay so you guys remembered my "DOUGH" week right? I think this has been so far my ruthless one. Culinary school is getting harder and harder. The highlight of this week is I think the Chicken Trussing SKILLZ. I think did pretty well with my chicken, I made him happy. But while I was dressing the chicken, WITH ITS HEAD ON, I unintentionally touched its eyelids and OMFG it was staring at me. It still has its eyeballs on. FUC***%#%$. Now i'm more scared because I think on the 15th practical we will be dressing Bugs Bunny. @##$^&. I'd be in hell. But anyway Chef was happy with my performance. Everything was fast, I thought I won't be able to go to degustation part but oh well, I finished right on time.

my chicken

Went right back to O'Reilley's on a Thursday night with new people. It was a pool doubles night with people in the Pub. NENG ROI TIGER!!!

Cindy from Australia and Terrence from California

Felix from South Africa (green) and Johann from India (white)

Cindy have lived in The Philippines for 3 years at South Forbes Park. Her husband was diplomat in Manila. Terrence is American-Thai and could do a good imitation of PINOY ENGLISH ACCENT. You would actually believe it. Felix is South African-Taiwanese who speaks fluent Mandarin. I freaked out when I heard it first. Then Johann is Irish-Indian who grew up in Mumbai. He's a walking karaoke.

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Saturday was the FUNNEST day ever, I thought I was going to be alone. I was at Erawan mall to check out Club 21 and check out Comme Des Garcon's new collection. The Margiela stuff they had were okay. But I almost got this Raf Simons shoes which is on a 60% discount. GOOD THING IS, I didn't have a size. Thanks to my fat feet, you just saved my wallet and my conscience. haha. But this is what I am excited about!

WEEE!!!

valentine's - ugh suck.

and it's gonna be Chinese New Year next week! Same day as to Valentine's day

So after and everything being lonely and shit and all that, FINALLY Bunny called me right after I just came back from Paragon to my Apartment. NICE BUNNY. So I went back to Paragon to meet up with Terrence and Bunny to try this Japanese place at Sukhumvit and oh well we saw a ready made PUFF PASTRY for 75 baht!!! fuckitfucklife.

You would think that it's something, but they're talking about dogs. :p

nice. dick. don't be a dick. puff pastry sheehs whatever.
and this is gonna get better, we went to Khao San road just right after the National Stadium. Tip: if you're a farang (foreigner) then I suggest you go with someone who looks like Asian enough. Taxi people just take advantage of you and won't let you go by meter. BEEATCH.

So yes we went to Khao San Road. So many tourists and of course you get to know new people as well. People are just as nice as everyone. And they've got vodka buckets! We stayed at this roof top place just along the road. It has a live band that plays everything 90's 80's. Cranberries, Oasis, Korn and even Aretha Franklin songs. It's just too awesome to be inside. I wanna go back. We met up with Johann and Felix and just came home @ 5:30 am. This week's FUNNER that the last.

these two stayed for more.

Terrence and his beard. telling everyone how SHMEXY he is.that's the bucket we had. We had 4 of that and Felix is trying to convince Terrence to have more bucket of Mojitoi wouldn't believe if this is the club's bouncer. he's been around the roof top place.... AWEZUM.they even bothered trying cricketsKHAO SAN state of mind haha.

That's it for now. All the peace and love from Bangkok...

xoxoxoxo

Babinella

First Day of Culinary School

Hey guys!!! I just came back from school an hour and a half ago. Im tired. And ive got two cuts on my left and right fingers! FANTASTIC.

So yesterday was my birthday. We were at Gaysorn Mall it's like their Greenbelt 4 + 5 + Rustan's. You can find anything here, but personally I think I like Siam Paragon better than Gaysorn. So we headed to Longchamp and while entering the store, this beautiful thing surprised me... So you know what i did.

Bangkok traffic. But believe me, Manila is much worse.
our merienda place
and yes they've got SAN MIGUEL BEER!

So after that, me and my mom went to Central Plaza, just in front of Gaysorn. With an overpass connecting to the other side. Everything was on sale @ ZEN... My mom saw this beautiful white Mexx dress. It was priced from 13,500 down to 1,900 baht. Then Topshop/Topman were also on sale, they had a buy 1 take 1 deal (cheaper item is free). We don't have that in the Philippines!!!

OKAY! So i just realized now... "What does this have to do with my first day in culinary school?"

Whatever.... So anyway. Culinary school was great!!! But im too damn tired right now! I met people from Singapore, Vietnam, US, HK and of course the 2 girls from the Philippines. I'm just so happy that i get to talk to someone in my own language. People really think I'm thai. The demo class was fun! Instructions were a little fast, but all is good! and my Practical class was just the same. We made Rustic Vegetable Soup. My vegetable cuts were horrible!!! But it's okay, it's my first day!! I didn't know that my soup would take me 2 hours and 30 mins to cook!!! I was so slow... from cleaning my station to packing my things. But I was happy with how it turned out. My plating was good and the taste was...well...like a soup. hahahaha....no, it's actually great! Here's how Chef Arnaud made it.

mine was a little paler than that! haha

But for the past few days we were at Suan Lum Bazaar to check out Sneaka Villa. They have every expensive sneakers you could imagine. If you want cheap thrills, then Suan Lum is definitely a place to visit here in BKK. BUT TAKE NOTE: because of our "katangahan" we forgot that it's a night bazaar. We went there at around 4pm. FANTASTIC, They start @ 7pm!!!

thai furniture shop
puppet theater at Suan Lum
my first ever Thai Designer clothing from WWA (harem pants)

Anyway, that's it from Bangkok!!! I'll sleep now. Hope my cuts will heal! :)))))))))))

XOXO BABINELLA!!