Given that its on Raj's "I'm Gonna Do This B4 I Get Killed by Someone's Jealous Husband LIST", the planets all aligned perfectly for me to make this trip in Dec 2007.
Why so perfect you ask?....
- Firstly, my younger bro, VJ who is based in Australia now has already planned to be in Koh Samui with his best mate Joel from just before X'Mas till past the New Year! So i get to hijack & crash their accomodations too as this is the time of year when everything costs a bomb and is fully booked as well!
- Second and most importantly, this was also the exact (Thank U God!) weekend, when there was a one week break from the Cornetto Love Perhaps Season 2 shoot at which point i was still in it to win it!
So effectively, i could go...parteee like a Rockstar...and get back in time for the Love Perhaps shoot the next weekend!
For the benefit of everyone, the 3 major parties during this period was :
- Full Moon Parteeee on Mon 24Dec07
- X'mas Parteeeee on Tue 25Dec07
- New Year's Parteeee on Mon 31Dec07
So if u not already bored from reading the above...allow me to share briefly the bits about my trip...and those who are keen to do a road trip there, do take notes yah....
A couple of days before leaving, the Superstar i am, only went to Pudu Station to buy the tixs! Found out that most tixs to Haadyai sold out! Cursing myself for not doing it earlier...however, fate intervened and managed to get 3 tickets (fyi, my 2 best mates, Nanda & Tong joined me on this trip too!) @ RM55 per tix...these tixs were freakin marked-up from RM40 but at least we got transport!
Left Sat 22Dec 11pm Pudu Station...bloody long trip but beggars cant be choosy! Went thru the Thai Border where we stopped and bought some duty free booze for the pre-parteee parteee in Koh Samui!
Reached Haadyai Central Sun 23Dec 9am....got off the bus and 1st thing we needed to do was arrange our onward transfer to Koh Samui the next mrng. Managed to get an express van to Koh Samui (which also includes the ferry fare) for THB430. I had already made arrangements for hotel accomodation in xxx Hotel (i forget!) So we checked in. Tong wanted to take a nap (he's quite the Old Uncle btw in spite of being the youngest! Haha!) while me and Nanda roamed the streets of Haadyai in the afternoon sun!
So basically we went in search of a couple of things...
- Where to parteee tonight (what else!!!)...i've been here b4 and there were some good places BUT for the life of me, i cant remember where they were!!!
- Grab some of the roadside stall delicasies (which would make u cringe if u knew how the food was initially prepared but lets NOT go there!) coz we were starving!
- Looking for some authentic & CHEAPPPP Thai Mas-sage (mind u we are referring to the proper one and not those dodgy ala Ping-Pong Mas-sages!!! It's against RAJ PRINCIPLES to do this!!!)
So we went walkabout, found some stalls...pointed at some stuff on their stall that looks remotely like food and ate the "stuff"...the fact i am writing this meant i survived it! Haha! Tons of places offering foot (approx THB250 per hour) & traditional massages (approx THB300 for 2 hrs!)
Us "kiasu" M'sians of course went around looking for the best deal (and of course the icing would be a HOT Thai gal rubbing her hands all over you!!! Haha!) Finally we found one which we managed to bargain the 2 hr Thai Traditional Massage for THB250! Of course we asked for a good looking chick to do it and there must hv been a HUGE miscommuncation coz we got 2 Aunties instead!!! Oh well....
After that we went walk about again....and passed this place that does haircut...i thought what the hell, i needed a hair cut, why not do it in Haadyai....came out alright in the end and costed me THB190!
Oh we werent done yet for the evening....passed by a foot massage place which had a special deal of ONLY THB190 for foot massage....how could i pass up, so i did that tooo while Nanda used their internet service and tried chatting up the owner's young & innocent daughter to come out partying with us that night!!! Haha! Managed to get a few club names from her which may be happening.
Finally we went back to the hotel with some food we bungkus for Tong otherwise he starves to death!
So we chilled out, had our pre-clubbin drinks and then off we went at 11pm....to sum up the whole nit in a nut shell...the clubs were quite boring, there were NO dance floor...got live performances for the audience to enjoy...so it was a huge letdown for the boys coz it was their 1st time in Haadyai (and probably their last!)
We finally went back at 230am after checking out 3 clubs but all sucked by our standards (i cant remember their names!)
But its cool....save our energy for the BIG Party that is yet to come....
________To Be Continued _________
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