We'll Tell You - A&W Couple's Blog

ABBEY:   There are many beaches on Thailand. Among them is Patong beach where we chose to stay during our vacation. The white sand is beautiful but not as soft as what is there on Maya beach. For a hundred bhat you can rent a pair of beach bed with table for drinks where you can enjoy taking snaps on people doing various beach and water activities; like snorkeling, swimming, and parasailing (1500 bhat per person).  Eateries and restaurants flocked the on the opposite road on the beach. You can have a decent meal for about 100 bhat. Bangla road is also near it as well as the large mall Jungceylon.  Pieces of advice:  1. For tourists, don't go on the beach after a New Year's eve party as garbage are all over the place.  2. For the local government, try to educate the tourist and the residents and let them have an awareness to maintain the place clean. WILL:  Have you ever heard of Patong Beach? No? Why? Where have you been? Patong ...

ABBEY:  Fantasea is a cultural-magical-modern-elephant show rolled into one. For 2500 bhat, you can have a buffet dinner before the show and you'll be experiencing a one-of-kind entertainment.  The Fantasea show is located in a make-shift village where you can have arcades, dine in restaurants, buy souvenirs and watch street performers.  At the buffet you will be eating in a huge dining hall replicating the one in their presidential palace. Be sure to remember your table number so you'll not be lost when you got back from the buffet. The menu includes corn soup, pork, chicken and fish fillet in different curry flavors, pasta, crispy pork belly and fried chicken. Fruits, kueh lapis, cream puff and brownies were the desserts.  The gates opened as early as 8:30PM and viewers were asked to deposit their camera-loaded gadgets as photography and videography is prohibited. Guests can strike a pose with tiger cubs, mascots and art installations for photo souvenir (200...

ABBEY:  We went to the exhibit of Little Black Jacket at ArtScience Museum. At the lobby of the gallery was Painting by Light activity area.  In time for the holidays, it invites guests to design a Christmas tree decoration by cyanotype; a technique similar to developing a photo on a dark room. Individuals were given cardboard shape cutouts and they will choose for a design to be used. The template will be put over the card board and then expose to UV light. Marks like snowman, snowflakes and sleigh will be etched on the board. After rinsing, the finished product will be hanged on the tree.  Wishes can be written on the other side of the board. WILL:  After the awesome potrayals of different hollywood actors / actresses, models and known people of  The Little Black Jacket , we went straight to Painting with Light just few steps away from the Chanel's exhibition room. For free, we wrote down all our wishes. We use different kinds o...

ABBEY:  After watching a couple of Hindi action movies like Dhoom 2 and Da Bang, Dhoom 3 is the best by far.  I was anticipating this in silver screen since I saw its trailer. Not only that Katrina Kaif is part of the cast but I was amazed on the effects specially on the scenes involving the twins (spoiler alert). Compared to local films in Philippines the action scenes are better but still plot is predictable. Also they should minimize the use of slow-mo during explosions, and on impossible feats of the hero/villain. Other stunts defy the law of physics but you just need to laugh them off and continue watching the movie. But I assure you all of those criticisms will be gone when you see Aaliyah dance and smile.  7/10 for the film and 10.5/10 for Katrina. No wonder why she was named sexiest in Asia for the fourth time. Woot! Woot!  WILL:  Dhoom machaleeeee! My colleagues got angry whenever I sing the Dhoom Machele Dhoom. I think for a week that wa...

ABBEY:  We got a nice boutique when we went to Hongkong ( Hop Inn ) and we tried if we can repeat the same experience on Phuket.  Lo and behold, Frutta Boutique just opened months before our trip.  We got a promotional rate for 2500baht per day for a Superior Fruit Shake (with breakfast) room.  All the people operating the hotel is warm, approachable and friendly; from their general manager Mameka to Kevin and all the staff.  They also help us to book the airport transfers as well the tours we had on our stay. Buffet breakfast is served; you will be overloaded by the fruits like watermelon and pineapple.  The hotel is only a 15-20mins walk to the beach and Frutta is lending bikes for the guests.  It also has a swimming pool on 2nd floor and entertainment room as well. We haven't got the chance to use it as tours occupied most of out trip. They also have a restaurant to fill-in your hunger; be it snack, lunch or dinner. The room is cozy and clea...

ABBEY:  The Little Black Jacket is a collection of portraits by Karl Lagerfeld. It was exhibited at ArtScience Museum.  I was amazed how the jacket differs when it was worn by variety of individuals. I liked the shots of Mila Jovovich and Keira Knightly. They even have souvenirs of Keira and Kirsten Dunst.  Other portraits were printed in glass and a single-color lights illuminated each of them; this gives a more vivid and contrast to the display. The exhibit has its course from Tokyo and ends here in Singapore.  WILL:   I am so lucky that we are living here as the last stop of Chanels' The Little Black Jacket Exhibition was planned to be in Singapore. Marina Bay Sands' Artscience Museum open its doors to the public for a free admission on this exhibit. It started 9th of November to 1st of January 2014 and we visited last 21st of December. The exhibit portrays different art...

ABBEY:  This is not your ordinary Kopitiam. From what I experienced this is a high-end one. It is located at Swissotel Stamford (near City Hall MRT exit ). So like other restaurant you can make a reservation or walk in to dine. You will be given a menu instead of making an order on the stalls.  I got Nasi Lemak. While waiting, we were served with chips. The serving is big, flavorful and delicious. I expected a fried chicken but their version is chicken curry. Then I had teh-c after the meal.  It is amazing to know that an almost-fine-dining Kopi Tiam exists where you can have a moment with your loved ones on a "classy" way for a higher-than-normal price. The total bill didn't exceed 25sgd for 2 set meals. I would also like to commend Maricor for attending to us during our date. WILL:  We are really amazed that Swissotel named their restaurant  "Kopitiam" which means coffee shop and this is a well known street shop in Singa...